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Legend Press was set up in 2005 and is focused primarily on publishing mainstream literary and commercial fiction. We are based in London, UK. Legend Press is now the most successful independent in 30 years to start up with no capital and runs a range of successful across-industry initiatives and joint-ventures. Legend Press is part of the Legend Times Group. We hope you enjoy browsing and reading our books. We would love to hear from you, so please do get in touch! Join our mailing list: http://legendpress.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1d0a5f8d84f879e461a7e6ea8&id=587b4a1e86 |
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Pub Date 01 Mar 2019
WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DEBUT DAGGER
WINNER OF THE 2018 INDIE DEBUT FICTION AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, ABIA AWARDS 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR, ABIA AWARDS 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FICTION 2018
Growing up in a small country town, Ben and Fab...
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Into the River
Mark Brandi
Pub Date 01 Mar 2019
WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DEBUT DAGGER
WINNER OF THE 2018 INDIE DEBUT FICTION AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, ABIA AWARDS 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR, ABIA AWARDS 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FICTION 2018
Growing up in a small country town, Ben and Fab...
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Pub Date 15 Feb 2019
'Kim Fu skillfully measures how long and loudly one formative moment can reverberate' Celeste Ng
A group of young girls descend on a sleepaway camp where their days are filled with swimming lessons, friendship bracelets, and songs by the fire. Filled with excitement and nervous energy, they set off on an overnight kayaking trip to a nearby island. But before...
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The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore
Kim Fu
Pub Date 15 Feb 2019
'Kim Fu skillfully measures how long and loudly one formative moment can reverberate' Celeste Ng
A group of young girls descend on a sleepaway camp where their days are filled with swimming lessons, friendship bracelets, and songs by the fire. Filled with excitement and nervous energy, they set off on an overnight kayaking trip to a nearby island. But before...
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Pub Date 01 Feb 2019
Women’s Weekly Book Club Great Read
When three women set off on a hike through the wilderness they are anticipating the adventure of a lifetime. Over the next five days, as they face up to the challenging terrain, it soon becomes clear they are not alone.
Lisa, Samantha and Nicole have known each other since school. Lisa is a fighter, Samantha a peacekeeper...
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The Geography of Friendship
Sally Piper
Pub Date 01 Feb 2019
Women’s Weekly Book Club Great Read
When three women set off on a hike through the wilderness they are anticipating the adventure of a lifetime. Over the next five days, as they face up to the challenging terrain, it soon becomes clear they are not alone.
Lisa, Samantha and Nicole have known each other since school. Lisa is a fighter, Samantha a peacekeeper...
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Pub Date 04 Oct 2018
Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award
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An astounding debut, Pieces of Me is a beautiful book written with emotion and compassion and will stay with me for a long time. It’s characters and story tugged at my heart with every turning page.' Nina Pottell, Books Editor Prima Magazine and Costa Book Awards Judge
Emma did not go to war looking for love, but...
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Pieces of Me - Costa Book Prize Shortlisted Novel
Natalie Hart
Pub Date 04 Oct 2018
Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award
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An astounding debut, Pieces of Me is a beautiful book written with emotion and compassion and will stay with me for a long time. It’s characters and story tugged at my heart with every turning page.' Nina Pottell, Books Editor Prima Magazine and Costa Book Awards Judge
Emma did not go to war looking for love, but...
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Pub Date 19 Apr 2018
Released in the US on 1st January 2019
'An extraordinary story of the bond between a mother and her son. Four-year-old Danny's voice is utterly convincing, heartbreaking and ultimately full of love and hope,' Catherine Hall
Four-year-old Danny lives with his mother, Natalie, in a small Sussex town. Life is a struggle and when they are threatened with a...
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Tale of a Tooth
Allie Rogers
Pub Date 19 Apr 2018
Released in the US on 1st January 2019
'An extraordinary story of the bond between a mother and her son. Four-year-old Danny's voice is utterly convincing, heartbreaking and ultimately full of love and hope,' Catherine Hall
Four-year-old Danny lives with his mother, Natalie, in a small Sussex town. Life is a struggle and when they are threatened with a...
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Published in the USA on 1st November 2018
A story of love, race, power and consequences that spans generations
Three days after arriving in Zimbabwe, Natalie discovers an abandoned newborn baby on a hill near her uncle’s farm.
Years earlier, the hill was home to the Mazowe village where Chief Tafara governed at a time of great unrest. Faced with taxation...
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A Child Called Happiness
Stephan Collishaw
Published in the USA on 1st November 2018
A story of love, race, power and consequences that spans generations
Three days after arriving in Zimbabwe, Natalie discovers an abandoned newborn baby on a hill near her uncle’s farm.
Years earlier, the hill was home to the Mazowe village where Chief Tafara governed at a time of great unrest. Faced with taxation...
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Pub Date 01 Nov 2018
'This novel bears all the hallmarks of a great thriller. It not only deals with huge issues like greed, guilt, evil and revenge, but with Anna’s deeply personal search for justice, reconciliation, forgiveness and trust. Her journey takes her to the very limits of herself but, at its heart, The Truth Waits is also a story about love in its best forms and I...
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The Truth Waits
Susanna Beard

Pub Date 01 Nov 2018
'This novel bears all the hallmarks of a great thriller. It not only deals with huge issues like greed, guilt, evil and revenge, but with Anna’s deeply personal search for justice, reconciliation, forgiveness and trust. Her journey takes her to the very limits of herself but, at its heart, The Truth Waits is also a story about love in its best forms and I...
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She Chose Me
Intelligent psychological thriller that will keep you guessing...
by Tracey Emerson
Pub Date 15 Oct 2018
For fans of The Girl Before, Into the Water and The Couple Next Door
'Not having a child can change your life as much as having one.'
Grace has returned to London after twenty years abroad to manage her dying mother’s affairs. When she receives a blank Mother’s Day card in the post, she is confused and unsettled. Who could have sent it to her and why? She...
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She Chose Me
Tracey Emerson

She Chose Me
Intelligent psychological thriller that will keep you guessing...
by Tracey Emerson
Pub Date 15 Oct 2018
For fans of The Girl Before, Into the Water and The Couple Next Door
'Not having a child can change your life as much as having one.'
Grace has returned to London after twenty years abroad to manage her dying mother’s affairs. When she receives a blank Mother’s Day card in the post, she is confused and unsettled. Who could have sent it to her and why? She...
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Philippa Smith is in her forties and has a beautiful newborn baby girl. She also has no husband, and nowhere to turn. So she turns to the only place she knows: the beginning.
Retracing her life, she confronts the daily obstacles that shaped her very existence. From the tragic events of her...
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The Generation Game
Sophie Duffy
Philippa Smith is in her forties and has a beautiful newborn baby girl. She also has no husband, and nowhere to turn. So she turns to the only place she knows: the beginning.
Retracing her life, she confronts the daily obstacles that shaped her very existence. From the tragic events of her...
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'A gorgeous, absorbing tale. The characters' experiences of loss and their stoic sense of survival brought history to life in a way I had never seen it before… a compelling and captivating story, filled with adventure, love and regret' Nicola Cassidy, author of December Girl
I have a story to tell you, Diane. It is my story and your story and the story of...
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The Reckoning
Clár Ní Chonghaile
'A gorgeous, absorbing tale. The characters' experiences of loss and their stoic sense of survival brought history to life in a way I had never seen it before… a compelling and captivating story, filled with adventure, love and regret' Nicola Cassidy, author of December Girl
I have a story to tell you, Diane. It is my story and your story and the story of...
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London, 1926: two baby girls are born just hours and miles apart. One you know as the Queen of England, but what of the other girl—the daughter of an undertaker named in her honor? Betsy Sunshine grows up surrounded by death in war-torn London, watching her community grieve for their loved ones while dealing with her own teenage troubles . . . namely her...
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Betsy & Lilibet
Sophie Duffy
London, 1926: two baby girls are born just hours and miles apart. One you know as the Queen of England, but what of the other girl—the daughter of an undertaker named in her honor? Betsy Sunshine grows up surrounded by death in war-torn London, watching her community grieve for their loved ones while dealing with her own teenage troubles . . . namely her...
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Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy
In 1967 Patience Bickersleigh is a teenager who discovers a talent for telling people what they want to hear. Fifty years later she is Patrice Leigh, a nationally celebrated medium. But cracks are forming in the carefully constructed barriers that keep her real history at bay.
Leo is the journalist hired to write Patrice’s...
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All That Was Lost
Alison May
Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy
In 1967 Patience Bickersleigh is a teenager who discovers a talent for telling people what they want to hear. Fifty years later she is Patrice Leigh, a nationally celebrated medium. But cracks are forming in the carefully constructed barriers that keep her real history at bay.
Leo is the journalist hired to write Patrice’s...
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‘Petals and Stones is the kind of book that makes you want to sneak away from real life so that you can return to its characters and their lives… A beautifully written debut’ Virginia Macgregor
When Uma discovers her husband’s infidelity just hours before his untimely death, the carefully woven threads of her life begin to unravel.
Struggling to manage...
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Petals and Stones
Joanne Burn
‘Petals and Stones is the kind of book that makes you want to sneak away from real life so that you can return to its characters and their lives… A beautifully written debut’ Virginia Macgregor
When Uma discovers her husband’s infidelity just hours before his untimely death, the carefully woven threads of her life begin to unravel.
Struggling to manage...
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“If you’re going to end it, you better make it big. No slipping off bridges, it’s undignified for men of our vintage. Go big or don’t bother.”
Joel lives in a nursing home and he’s not one bit happy about it. He doesn’t like being told when to eat, when to sleep, when to take his pills. In fact, he doesn’t like living at all, and he’s decided he’s going to...
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The Great Unexpected
Dan Mooney
“If you’re going to end it, you better make it big. No slipping off bridges, it’s undignified for men of our vintage. Go big or don’t bother.”
Joel lives in a nursing home and he’s not one bit happy about it. He doesn’t like being told when to eat, when to sleep, when to take his pills. In fact, he doesn’t like living at all, and he’s decided he’s going to...
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Conquer the Web
The Ultimate Cybersecurity Guide
by Nick Wilding; Tim Mitchell; Maureen Kendal; Nick Ioannou
Pub Date 30 Jun 2018
This is the ultimate guide to protect your data on the web. From passwords to opening emails, everyone knows what they should do but do you do it? Tons of malicious content floods the internet which can compromise your system and your device, be it your laptop, tablet or phone. How often do you make payments online? Do you have children and want to ensure...
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Conquer the Web
Nick Wilding; Tim Mitchell; Maureen Kendal; Nick Ioannou

Conquer the Web
The Ultimate Cybersecurity Guide
by Nick Wilding; Tim Mitchell; Maureen Kendal; Nick Ioannou
Pub Date 30 Jun 2018
This is the ultimate guide to protect your data on the web. From passwords to opening emails, everyone knows what they should do but do you do it? Tons of malicious content floods the internet which can compromise your system and your device, be it your laptop, tablet or phone. How often do you make payments online? Do you have children and want to ensure...
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Book 1 of the Smart Skills series: practical guides to mastering vital business skills and techniques. Using proven strategies from business experts, these essential smart skills can empower anyone with the tools to get ahead.
Become a master negotiator with just 7 key steps
Negotiating is a part of everyday life, but in business it’s absolutely critical...
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Smart Skills: Negotiation
Anthony Jacks
Book 1 of the Smart Skills series: practical guides to mastering vital business skills and techniques. Using proven strategies from business experts, these essential smart skills can empower anyone with the tools to get ahead.
Become a master negotiator with just 7 key steps
Negotiating is a part of everyday life, but in business it’s absolutely critical...
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'Fresh. Original. Spell-binding.' Jane Corry
'…a wonderful writer with a painterly eye for detail... There are some brilliant twists.' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail
Cassandra Parkin brings us a ghostly winter mystery with a modern gothic flavor. A dark tale of twisted love, marriage, family secrets and hauntings, Parkin keeps us guessing throughout.
Five years ago...
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The Winter's Child
Cassandra Parkin
'Fresh. Original. Spell-binding.' Jane Corry
'…a wonderful writer with a painterly eye for detail... There are some brilliant twists.' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail
Cassandra Parkin brings us a ghostly winter mystery with a modern gothic flavor. A dark tale of twisted love, marriage, family secrets and hauntings, Parkin keeps us guessing throughout.
Five years ago...
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Georgie Henderson doesn’t want to have kids, but her best friend, Nina, has wanted to have a baby for as long as she can remember. Sadly, Nina’s uterus refuses to cooperate. One drunken evening, Nina asks Georgie for the ultimate favour: would she carry a baby for her? Georgie says yes and spends the next nine months wondering why.
With intense bacon-and-egg...
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She's Having Her Baby
Lauren Sams
Georgie Henderson doesn’t want to have kids, but her best friend, Nina, has wanted to have a baby for as long as she can remember. Sadly, Nina’s uterus refuses to cooperate. One drunken evening, Nina asks Georgie for the ultimate favour: would she carry a baby for her? Georgie says yes and spends the next nine months wondering why.
With intense bacon-and-egg...
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Stoke Newington, 1863: Little Margaret Lovejoy is found brutally murdered in the outhouse at her family’s estate.
A few days later, a man is cut down in a similar manner on the doorstep of courtesan and professional detective Heloise Chancey’s prestigious address. At the same time, Heloise’s maid, Amah Li Leen, must confront events from her past that appear...
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A Necessary Murder
M.J. Tjia
Stoke Newington, 1863: Little Margaret Lovejoy is found brutally murdered in the outhouse at her family’s estate.
A few days later, a man is cut down in a similar manner on the doorstep of courtesan and professional detective Heloise Chancey’s prestigious address. At the same time, Heloise’s maid, Amah Li Leen, must confront events from her past that appear...
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This I Would Kill For
A Psychological Thriller featuring Forensic Psychiatrist Natalie King
by Anne Buist
Pub Date 15 Jun 2018
The latest installment in the thrilling Natalie King series
Natalie King has been hired to do a psychiatric evaluation for the children’s court. A custody dispute. Not her usual territory. A distraught mother Jenna needs help maintaining custody of her children, claiming her former partner Malik has been abusing one of the children. He claims she’s crazy and...
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This I Would Kill For
Anne Buist

This I Would Kill For
A Psychological Thriller featuring Forensic Psychiatrist Natalie King
by Anne Buist
Pub Date 15 Jun 2018
The latest installment in the thrilling Natalie King series
Natalie King has been hired to do a psychiatric evaluation for the children’s court. A custody dispute. Not her usual territory. A distraught mother Jenna needs help maintaining custody of her children, claiming her former partner Malik has been abusing one of the children. He claims she’s crazy and...
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Legend Press

Legend Press was set up in 2005 and is focused primarily on publishing mainstream literary and commercial fiction. We are based in London, UK.
Legend Press is now the most successful independent in 30 years to start up with no capital and runs a range of successful across-industry initiatives and joint-ventures. Legend Press is part of the Legend Times Group.
We hope you enjoy browsing and reading our books. We would love to hear from you, so please do get in touch!
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