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Seven short stories from bestselling author Tony Parsons, based on his week as Writer in Residence at Heathrow airport.Here is Heathrow as it has never been seen before – a secret city populated by the 75 million travellers who pass through every year, a place where journeys and dreams end – and begin.From the brilliant twenty-something kids who control the skies up in Air Traffic Control to the softly-spoken man who cares for the dogs, lions and smuggled rattlesnakes at Heathrow’s Animal Reception Centre, from the immigration officers who have heard it all before to the firemen who hone their skills by setting the green plane on fire, from the armed police who watch for terrorist attacks to the pilots who have touched the face of god – Heathrow teems with life.In Departures, his first collection of short stories, Tony Parsons takes us deep inside the secret city.

The second adult novel from the internationally bestselling author Melissa MarrChloe knew she shouldn’t have gone into the bar last night. Now, in addition to a pounding headache and weak limbs, she’s got the guilt of five years sobriety down the drain.When she wakes, she’s not in the world she knows. She’s in The Wasteland, a world populated by monsters and unfamiliar landscapes, in the company of people just like her, pulled to the Wasteland out of time and place, for reasons no one knows or understands. Once there, though, their mission is clear: keep the peace, protect each other, and try not to die, because sometimes, after six days of death, you might not wake up.But things are changing in the Wasteland. And for Jack and Kitty, brother and sister from a Wild West frontier town; Edgar, a Prohibition rumrunner and Kitty’s former lover; Francis, a former hippie and general peacemaker; Melody, a mentally-unbalanced 50s housewife; and Hector, a former carnival artist, the careful balance they’ve been keeping for years is about to be upset. All of them, and Chloe, are about to get the answer they’ve been looking for years: why have they been brought to the Wasteland in the first place? And will it be possible for them to get back home?

THE CATTLEMAN'S ADOPTED FAMILYA baby of their own. Tall, rangy and gorgeous, Seth Reardon sets Amy Ross’s nerves rattling. She’s come all this way to tell him he is the father of her best friend’s baby. Could this be the family Amy has dreamed of… ?THE SOLDIER'S HOMECOMINGJonas Kirkpatrick left town to be a soldier without ever looking back. But Shannyn saw him every day in her little girl’s eyes… Six years later, Jonas comes home, to discover a child and the only woman he has ever loved.MARRIAGE FOR BABYJared and Kate are separated when they find themselves guardians of an orphaned baby. The one hitch is, for them to be guardians, they have to stay married! Can this tiny baby help Jared and Kate fall in love again?

Her Secret, His ChildFive years ago, hotel worker Anna Bailey cast aside her usual shyness for a night with Italian Dante Romano. Now her only reminder of him is her adorable daughter. But when Dante discovers her secret, he demands marriage. He’ll see her at the altar, willing or not!Charlotte Prescott is shocked when Rohan Costello walks through the door. Rohan was Charlotte’s shining white knight until he disappeared – before she had the chance to tell him she was pregnant! Now could be her last chance…Sara hasn’t seen Prince Aleks for five years… He never told her he was a prince and now he’s wearing a crown! Yet she can’t shake the feeling that there are more secrets to be revealed.

His Perfect FamilyWhen Lucas Demarco discovered he shared custody of his orphaned niece with Devin Hartley, he was determined to change her mind about the Demarcos. Yet he didn’t expect his own passion to become so out of control…The job was housekeeper, not fiancee! But billionaire bachelor Kirk Deverill couldn’t fire the lovely single mum. Of course, making their fake engagement real wasn’t going to happen… Even this desirable woman wouldn’t change his mind.When ex-model Ivy Seacrest steps on to Noah Ballenger’s ranch, Noah wonders why the prettiest woman he’s ever seen is working here! But, when his little daughter gets involved, Noah and Ivy stand no chance against this mutual attraction!