2007

Scarred by her father’s violence and being bullied, sexually assaulted and raped at school, Nikola had nowhere to turn for help.  She fell in love and married Neil while still in her teens, but his abuse of her started on the first night of their honeymoon.  She was tormented, kept a prisoner, sexually abused, and subjected to horrific beatings.  When the violence escalated and he threatened to kill her, Nikola found the courage to fight back and be free of him.  Eventually, she turned her life around, and today is happily married and works as a therapist helping others.

Eve, the 34-year-old daughter of recently deceased conman Alexander Weston, knows a good deal when she sees it – and this one doesn’t even come close.  However, with her vulnerable brother Terry being beaten up in jail, she can’t afford to be fussy.  She needs to organise protection for him.  The intimidating con, Martin Cavelli, seems the perfect solution, but how high a price is he going to exact?

Bareknuckle fighter and East End legend Lenny McLean sat down for months talking to Peter Gerrard to write one of the best-selling books of all-time, The Guv’nor.  This companion to it, contains riveting conversations from the original tapes, raw and unedited.

Could your brilliant brainwave change the world?  Think your talent could take you to the top?  Itching to get stuck into business and make a million?  Whatever your dream, it’s closer than you think.  An inspirational guide for teenagers with contributions by dozens of household names, who started small and made it big.

Michelle Morgan ran the UK Marilyn fan club for many years, and is probably the most knowledgeable person on the planet about her.  Her special talent is to find people who knew Marilyn, but have never previously shared their memories and photographs, that is until the very persuasive author discovered them for her intimate and illuminating biography of the actress’s private and professional life.