Whether you are holidaying abroad, on a UK staycation or simply remaining at home, a bookish recommendation or two always comes in handy. So, the Easypress team have compiled a list of our top titles to add to your 2025 Summer reading list:
Lume Books
Nancy Bilyeau’s The Versailles Formula is a clever historical mystery set in eighteenth-century England and France. Genevieve Sturbridge has left London behind for a peaceful country life, but a dinner invitation to Sir Horace Walpole’s magnificent Gothic estate pulls her into a web of espionage and murder.
At the centre is a secret pigment –an intense, pure blue, once thought lost, now fiercely coveted by chemists, artists and spies. When Genevieve learns the formula has resurfaced, she must stop it falling into the wrong hands. Years ago, the discovery nearly tore her life apart. Now, someone’s ready to kill for it again.
Forward Thinking Publishing
Winter, 1055. Hereford – a proud English city – has fallen. Gruffudd ap Llewellyn, now the first King of all Wales, has taken it. Its Minster lies in ashes, its priests slaughtered. Treasure and captives are dragged across the border into Wales. England reels from the humiliation, andone question hangs in the air: how will King Edward and his powerful Earls strike back?
Caught in the chaos is Sar, a young survivor already drawn deep into the violence. As the war over the volatile borderlands rages on, Sar finds himself once again in the thick of it – crossing paths with old allies, and discovering new enemies.
Open Road Media
Initially published globally in 1998, Listening Now tells the story of seven women, belonging to three successive generations, in contemporary India. The narrative captures the voices of each woman – the spoken conversations as well as all that remains in the realm of silence – in order to accommodate societal and familial expectations.
A story of sisterhood and and love, Listening Now takes place before the events of Appachana’s 2023 critically acclaimed novel, Fear and Lovely, and was previously shortlisted for the 1998 Crossword Prize.
Lume Books
Once Upon a Crown: the third addictive fantasy romance novel in The Twisted Crown trilogy!
In a world where legend and truth collide, the fate of two kingdoms — and one forbidden love — hangs in the balance.
Queen Elara of Everness rules over a fractured realm. Her grip on power is fragile, and her heart is caught between duty and the haunted king who once vowed to fight by her side.
Perfect for fans of Throne of Glass, The Veiled Kingdom, Powerless, Spark of the Everflame, A Kiss of Iron and The Cruel Prince!
Brighton Independent Press
It's another perfect night in New Manhattan! At least it is, until Aldrin 207, one of the latest android Helpers built only a few weeks ago, walks into the center of New Times Square and sets himself on fire.
Though shrugged off as an accident, the event has a deep impact on Sebastian, who decides to investigate the android's death, much to the dismay of his roommate Joseph. His inquiries strike at hidden depths of the city, threatening to topple the delicate atopia of the citizens above.
The perfect futuristic novel for science-fiction fans!
Self-Published
A tense and utterly gripping World War II thriller that centres on a young Jewish protagonist, Cordelia Olivieri, desperate to the escape the racial persecution happening in 1942 Rome.
Hoping to secure her freedom, she goes undercover and begins obtaining and leaking military intelligence to a British agent. But the more Cordelia uncovers, the greater the risks are to her safety and potential freedom. How far must she go to protect her identity and secure a passage out of Rome?
With a narrative packed full of military secrets and a personal crusade for freedom, Lucifer’s Game is perfect for those who enjoy historical fiction!
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