Born in a prison and removed from his drug-dependent mother, rejection is all that 7-year-old Alex knows.When Cathy is asked to foster little Alex, aged 7, her immediate reaction is: Why can’t he stay with his present carers for the last month? He’s already had many moves since coming into care as a toddler and he’ll only be with her a short while before he goes to live with his permanent adoptive family. But the present carers are expecting a baby and the foster mother isn’t coping, so Alex goes to live with Cathy.He settles easily and is very much looking forward to having a forever family of his own. The introductions and move to his adoptive family go well. But Alex is only with them for a week when problems begin. What happens next is both shocking and upsetting, and calls into question the whole adoption process.Cathy Glass's book 'Helpless' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-09-02. Read more

A shocking true story that reveals how one woman was tormented to the very depths of despair by her husband through coercive control and continual physical and sexual abuse.Broken in mind, body and spirit and completely isolated from the rest of the world, Hannah thinks she’ll never find the strength to escape, until one day an opportunity arrives… Read more

The eleventh instalment in the popular Thrown Away Children paperback series.Michelle and Andy are thrilled to be fast-tracked into fostering and are quickly paired with 7-year-old Milo – whom they hope will complete their family, making a ‘pigeon pair’ with their older daughter, Grace.But Milo tears through their home like a raging tornado, destroying a beautiful interior – and their lives.Their dream of a new homelife costs Michelle her job, thousands of pounds in damages to their home and car, and leaves them with a traumatised daughter in need of professional support.What are the secrets of his violent and destructive behaviours? Experienced foster carer Louise Allen steps in. Can she uncover the little boy’s disturbing past and help him? Read more

Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child.Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother’s alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and vulnerable, and normally lives with her grandparents, both of whom have mobility problems. Cathy and her children welcome Faye into their home and hearts. The care plan is for Faye to stay with Cathy until after the birth when she will return home and the baby will go for adoption. Given that Faye never goes out alone it is something of a mystery how she ever became pregnant and Faye says it’s a secret.To begin with Faye won’t acknowledge she is pregnant or talk about the changes in her body as she worries it will upset her grandparents, but after her social worker assures her she can talk to Cathy she opens up. However, this leads to Faye realizing just how much she will lose and she changes her mind and says she wants to keep her baby.Is it possible Faye could learn enough to parent her child? Cathy believes it is, and Faye’s social worker is obliged to give Faye the chance.Cathy Glass's book 'Helpless' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-09-02. Read more

Aged nine Joss came home from school to discover her father's suicide. She's never gotten over it.This is the true story of Joss, 13 who is angry and out of control. At the age of nine, Joss finds her father’s dead body. He has committed suicide. Then her mother remarries and Joss bitterly resents her step-father who abuses her mentally and physically.Cathy takes Joss under her wing but will she ever be able to get through to the warm-hearted girl she sees glimpses of underneath the vehement outbreaks of anger that dominate the house, and will Cathy be able to build up Joss’s trust so she can learn the full truth of the terrible situation?Cathy Glass's book 'Helpless' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-09-02. Read more

What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy’s care, and the potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings.When Cathy is first asked to foster one-day old Harrison her only concern is if she will remember how to look after a baby. But upon collecting Harrison from the hospital, Cathy realises she has more to worry than she thought when she discovers that his background is shrouded in secrecy.She isn’t told why Harrison is in foster care and his social worker says only a few are aware of his very existence, and if his whereabouts became known his life, and that of his parents, could be in danger. Cathy tries to put her worries aside as she looks after Harrison, a beautiful baby, who is alert and engaging. Cathy and her children quickly bond with Harrison although they know that, inevitably, he will eventually be adopted.But when a woman Cathy doesn’t know starts appearing in the street outside her house acting suspiciously, Cathy fears for her own family’s safety and demands some answers from Harrison’s social worker. The social worker tells Cathy a little but what she says is very disturbing . How is this woman connected to Harrison and can she answer the questions that will affect Harrison’s whole life?Cathy Glass's book 'Helpless' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-09-02. Read more

Million-copy bestselling author Cathy Glass tells the story of Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a traumatic childhood of suffering at the hands of the very people who should have cared for her.Dawn was the first girl Cathy Glass ever fostered. Sweet and seemingly well balanced girl, Dawn’s outward appearance masked a traumatic childhood so awful, that even she could not remember it.During the first night, Cathy awoke to see Dawn looming above Cathy’s baby’s cot, her eyes staring and blank. She sleepwalks – which Cathy learns is often a manifestation in disturbed children. It becomes a regular and frightening occurrence, and Cathy is horrified to find Dawn lighting a match whilst mumbling it’s not my fault in her sleep one night.Cathy discovers Dawn is playing truant from school, and struggling to make friends. More worryingly she finds her room empty one night, and her pillow covered in blood. Dawn has been self-harming in order to release the pain of her past.When Dawn attempts suicide, Cathy realises that she needs more help than she can give. Dawn’s mother eventually confides in her that Dawn was sent away to live with relatives in Ireland between the ages of 5 and 9, and Cathy soon realises that the horrors Dawn was exposed to during this time have left her a very disturbed little girl.Cathy Glass's book 'Helpless' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-09-02. Read more

ONE REMARKABLE WOMANOVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERINGCARER TO MORE THAN 150 CHILDRENTayo arrives at Cathy’s with only the clothes he stands up in. He has been brought to her by the police, but he is calm, polite, and very well spoken, and not at all like the children she normally fosters. The social worker gives Cathy the forms which should contain Tayo’s history, but apart from his name and age, it is blank. Tayo has no past.Tayo is an 'invisible' child, kidnapped from his loving father in Nigeria and brought illegally to the UK by his drink and drugs dependent prostitute mother, where he is put to work in a sweat shop in Central London. When he sustains an injury and is no longer earning, he is cast out.When Cathy takes Tayo to school he points out a dozen different addresses where he has stayed in the last six months, often being left alone. Tayo lies, and manipulates situations to his own advantage and Cathy has to be continually on guard. Tayo’s social worker searches all computer databases but there is no record of Tayo – he has only attended school for 3 terms and has never seen a doctor. He and his mother have been evading the authorities by living ‘underground’.With his mother recently released from prison, Tayo is desperate to live with his father in Nigeria, but no one can track him down or even prove that he exists.Cathy Glass's book 'Helpless' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-09-02. Read more

Secrets come in small packages…In the face of marital challenges, Sandy finds refuge with her estranged parents, with whom she has always had a strained relationship. Haunted by questions surrounding her past, Sandy stumbles upon a forgotten red box in the attic. This serendipitous yet shocking discovery will unlock the answers she has longed for all her life as well as bringing her closer to her disabled son, Toby.Across the Atlantic, journalist Jasper embarks on an assignment to cover the 1976 presidential election. His trail of investigation will lead him to expose shocking truths unveiling a dark underbelly of corporate greed and moral corruption. As he immerses himself deeper into the story, he becomes entangled in danger.Secrets of the past unearthed and bonds of love are severely tested in this 4th book in the series, Every Parent’s Fear. Read more

ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN. OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING. THE STORY OF ONE CHILD SHE COULD NEVER FORGET.Seven-year-old Reece is the last of six siblings to be taken into foster care. He can't cope with school and is often excluded for his violent and aggressive outbursts. But behind that anger is a kind little boy with secrets – he's just too scared to tell.When Reece arrives at Cathy's door aged 7 years old, he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge, it becomes clear that to help him, Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet.Reece is the last of six siblings to be fostered. Having been in care for four months his aggressive and disruptive behaviour has seen him passed from carer to carer. Although only 7, he has been excluded from school, and bites people so often that his mother calls him 'Sharky'.Cathy wants to find the answers for Reece’s distressing behaviour, but he has been sworn to secrecy by his mother, and will not tell them anything. As the social worker prepares for the final hearing, he finds five different files on Reece’s family, and is incredulous that he had not been removed from them as a baby. When the darkest of family secrets is revealed to Cathy, Reece’s behaviour suddenly starts to make sense, and together they can begin to rebuild his life.The latest title from the author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged.Cathy Glass's book 'Helpless' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-09-02. Read more

A new memoir from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass, now with an exclusive preview of Cathy’s inspiring new title, Please Don’t Take My Baby, coming out on April 25th.Eight-year-old Aimee was on the child protection register at birth. Her five older siblings were taken into care many years ago. So no one can understand why she was left at home to suffer for so long. It seems Aimee was forgotten.The social services are looking for a very experienced foster carer to look after Aimee and, when she reads the referral, Cathy understands why. Despite her reservations, Cathy agrees to Aimee on – there is something about her that reminds Cathy of Jodie (the subject of ‘Damaged’ and the most disturbed child Cathy has cared for), and reading the report instantly tugs at her heart strings.When she arrives, Aimee is angry. And she has every right to be. She has spent the first eight years of her life living with her drug-dependent mother in a flat that the social worker described as ‘not fit for human habitation’. Aimee is so grateful as she snuggles into her bed at Cathy’s house on the first night that it brings Cathy to tears.Aimee’s aggressive mother is constantly causing trouble at contact, and makes sweeping allegations against Cathy and her family in front of her daughter as well. It is a trying time for Cathy, and it makes it difficult for Aimee to settle. But as Aimee begins to trust Cathy, she starts to open up. And the more Cathy learns about Aimee’s life before she came into care, the more horrified she becomes.It’s clear that Aimee should have been rescued much sooner and as her journey seems to be coming to a happy end, Cathy can’t help but reflect on all the other ‘forgotten children’ that are still suffering…Cathy Glass's book 'Helpless' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-09-02. Read more

What if your entire existence was based on someone else's story, someone else's dreams, someone else's expectations ....someone else's lies?NYC Big Book Awards 2021 Winner in Women's Issues FictionWriter's Digest Awards 2020 Finalist in Mainstream Literary FictionWritten is the heart-wrenching story of a young girl’s struggle for freedom, and the uncovering of an intricate plan laced around forty years of secrets, betrayal and lies, in a family desperate to preserve their culture and honour.Reviews'Readers will find this book hard to put down' Michael McConnell - Editor of NY Times Best Sellers'Lee tells Eleanor’s tale in smooth, expressive prose that captures her protagonist’s inner turmoil' Kirkus ReviewsWhat readers have to say...Wow! 'Just finished reading your book!! Wow....wow...wow!'Amazing 'The book is amazing - it was 'unputdownable!'Heartbreaking 'The descriptive language makes you feel like you are in the moment. What a heartbreaking yet inspirational story''This book looks worn now...a sign of a good read. D.A. Lee the most amazing author and probably the best book I have ever read (I’ve read a lot). It captivated me like a book has never. It pulled on my heartstrings and brought me to tears. Amazing read by a wonderful strong woman. You have to read this !!!!'Page-turner 'I have just read her new book, Written. The book is a real page-turner. I couldn’t put it down. Very enjoyable read, albeit heart-wrenching. I strongly recommend this book.'Unputdownable 'This is a multi-faceted book that elicits tears, sadness, joy and an entire range of other emotions. I read this non-stop over the space of a day, and couldn’t put it down such was the power of the story. A highly emotive and courageous subject, which the author has done justice to. Highly highly recommended''A well-told story about cultural issues around love and marriage - rich, deep and thoughtful. I couldn't put it down.''AMAZING!!!!!! Not only the heart-felt story but the way the story was told, exquisite...addictive. So beautifully done.....'SynopsisFour-year-old Eleanor is forced to accept her mother’s religious beliefs, that her whole life has already been written, and that she has no choice but to honour and accept her parents’ plans for her. Subject to abuse by an Islamic teacher, and witness to scenes of violence inflicted by her father, Eleanor finds her only refuge at school, where she dreams of a life beyond the hills of her hometown of Ashcroft, England. A mysterious woman befriends Eleanor – showing her a world of choice and freedom. Caught between her parent's cultural values and her own desires, Eleanor must decide whether to honour her parents’ wishes – a life locked in marriage to the hands of an abuser – or rewrite her own story. Written is the heart-wrenching story of a young girl’s struggle for freedom, and the uncovering of an intricate plan laced around forty years of secrets, betrayal and lies, in a family desperate to preserve their culture and honour. Read more

“I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Hannah to any family looking to improve their child’s sleep.”Dr Charlotte Sakuda, Paediatric Registrar and mummyThe C.A.L.M (Consistent, Achievable, Loving and Manageable®️) Approach to Baby Sleep shows you a kind and gentle way to get your baby to sleep well.Hannah Love combines her skills as a paediatric nurse, nutritional therapist, nanny, maternity nurse and mummy of three, to offer a truly kind, original solution to baby sleep issues. With her calm, confident and consistent approach used by thousands of parents, you too can help your baby sleep well.Hannah is more than a sleep trainer. Her deep knowledge of babies and children makes families feel confident in her hands. Her greatest achievement is bringing many families out of dark, sleepless places to enjoy day-to-day life with their happy, sleeping baby.Have you tried everything to help your baby sleep well?Are you against leaving your baby to cry it out?Do you want your baby to be able to sleep well in their cot?Do you want to stop co-sleeping or contact napping?Do you want your evenings back?If so, Hannah’s C.A.L.M approach is perfect for you.“Hannah’s advice is invaluable. She really is an expert in her field!”Dr L Norman (GP) and mummyAbout the author:Hannah Love is a paediatric nurse, nutritional therapist, parenting and sleep expert. She has spent the last 25 years showing families that parenting doesn’t need to be exhausting. More importantly, juggling work, life and a baby can be a pleasure. You can be a gentle parent, have a baby who sleeps well and who fits into your lifestyle - whatever that means to you. Through her CALM approach (Consistent, Achievable, Loving, Manageable) she helps parents in all areas of parenting, including her favourite subject - sleep. Read more

Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson shares the shocking true story of Tyler, an abused eleven-year-old who, after stabbing his step-mother, had nowhere else to go.Knowing a little of Tyler’s past – his biological mother, a heroin addict, died of an overdose when he was three – Casey feels bound to do her best for him. It isn’t easy; Tyler continuously lashes out, even trying to attack Casey herself. Investigation into his earlier childhood reveals why: forced to watch his mother die he was found emaciated and traumatised two days later, then delivered to a father who didn’t want him and a step-mother who beat him.With the horrific events of his past now vividly affecting the course of his present, Casey and her husband Mike are determined to veer him away from the violence and drugs they fear he will come to depend on.Heartbreaking and profoundly moving, Nowhere to Go tells the story of a child forsaken by his family but fought for by his foster carers.Casey Watson's book 'Little Girl Lost' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-03-25. Read more

A BRAND NEW hilarious holiday romantic comedy that will give you all the festive feels! I’ve got the perfect Christmas holiday planned: a romantic getaway in the Scottish Highlands with my gorgeous husband, Nico, and four other loved-up couples, staying in a snow-covered luxury cabin.There’ll be kisses under the mistletoe and spicy times with the love of my life before our baby is born in the New Year. It’s going to be epic!Or so I thought.When we arrive, disaster strikes and my dreams for a perfect Christmas are shattered.With secrets swirling and our cosy couples’ nights in turning frostier than the winter snow, the holiday is in danger of being ruined.But I promised my friends an amazing time and I won’t let them down.Can I save Christmas? And will everyone get their perfect happy ending?---Join Cassie, Nico and their friends for a fun, romantic adventure filled with seasonal shenanigans!This laugh-out-loud, steamy, dual POV romcom can be read as the final book of the My Ten-Year Crush series or as a standalone novella.Don’t miss out. Order My Perfect Happy Ending now! Read more

Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child.Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother’s alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and vulnerable, and normally lives with her grandparents, both of whom have mobility problems. Cathy and her children welcome Faye into their home and hearts. The care plan is for Faye to stay with Cathy until after the birth when she will return home and the baby will go for adoption. Given that Faye never goes out alone it is something of a mystery how she ever became pregnant and Faye says it’s a secret.To begin with Faye won’t acknowledge she is pregnant or talk about the changes in her body as she worries it will upset her grandparents, but after her social worker assures her she can talk to Cathy she opens up. However, this leads to Faye realizing just how much she will lose and she changes her mind and says she wants to keep her baby.Is it possible Faye could learn enough to parent her child? Cathy believes it is, and Faye’s social worker is obliged to give Faye the chance.Cathy Glass's book 'Helpless' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-09-02. Read more

Now in a revised and updated 6th edition, the groundbreaking, research-based approach to understanding and parenting children who frequently exhibit severe fits of temper and other challenging behaviors, from a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the field.What’s an explosive child? A child who responds to routine problems with extreme frustration—crying, screaming, swearing, kicking, hitting, biting, spitting, destroying property, and worse. A child whose frequent, severe outbursts leave his or her parents feeling frustrated, scared, worried, and desperate for help. Most of these parents have tried everything-reasoning, explaining, punishing, sticker charts, therapy, medication—but to no avail. They can’t figure out why their child acts the way he or she does; they wonder why the strategies that work for other kids don’t work for theirs; and they don’t know what to do instead.Dr. Ross Greene, a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the treatment of kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges, has worked with thousands of explosive children, and he has good news: these kids aren’t attention-seeking, manipulative, or unmotivated, and their parents aren’t passive, permissive pushovers. Rather, explosive kids are lacking some crucial skills in the domains of flexibility/adaptability, frustration tolerance, and problem solving, and they require a different approach to parenting. Throughout this compassionate, insightful, and practical book, Dr. Greene provides a new conceptual framework for understanding their difficulties, based on research in the neurosciences. He explains why traditional parenting and treatment often don’t work with these children, and he describes what to do instead. Instead of relying on rewarding and punishing, Dr. Greene’s Collaborative Problem Solving model promotes working with explosive children to solve the problems that precipitate explosive episodes, and teaching these kids the skills they lack. Read more

**AMAZON UK BESTSELLER**"Once again, Katharine Smith really brings Cornwall to life in this series. The characters are as engaging as ever, and even though this is number six in the series, the story has not tired at all. In fact, I believe it is just getting better.""Katharine has the ability to lure the reader into the storyline very easily and leave them wanting to know more. An absolute joy to read."Looking after a baby must be easy. They can’t move, they can’t talk, or shout, or argue with you. Make sure they’re fed, clean, and have plenty of naps. Oh, and make sure you sleep when they do. What could be more simple?For Alice, motherhood marks the beginning of a new part of her life, bringing changes she could never have foreseen. While she and Sam adjust to the effect of a baby on their relationship, although the focus is initially on their new little boy it soon becomes apparent that it’s teenage Sophie who really needs some extra support. She’s not the only one.Alice discovers her parents are struggling with their new lives, running the Sail Loft Hotel. She needs to find a way to help them but with a baby to look after, a business to run, and a family life to maintain - not to mention extreme sleep deprivation – easy is the last thing this is going to be."This series has helped brighten up these difficult days during lockdown." Read more

The latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass.Beth is a sweet-natured child who appears to have been well looked after. But it isn’t long before Cathy begins to have concerns that the relationship between Beth and her father is not as it should be.Little Beth, aged 7, has been brought up by her father Derek after her mother left when she was a toddler. When Derek is suddenly admitted to hospital with psychiatric problems Beth is taken into care and arrives at Cathy’s.Beth and her father clearly love each other very much and Derek spoils his daughter, treating her like a princess, but there is something bothering Cathy, something she can’t quite put her finger on.Meanwhile Cathy’s husband is working away a lot and coming home less at weekends. Then, suddenly, everything changes. Events take a dramatic turn for both Beth and Cathy and her family; as Cathy strives to pick up the pieces all their lives are changed forever.Cathy Glass's book 'Helpless' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-09-02. Read more

"Excellent yet again. How can you not fall in love with Cornwall and these characters. Can't wait to read the next one.""The last paragraph has you wanting the next chapter in the characters’ lives. I await the next book with longing!"The scene is set for the perfect summer. Business is booming. The weather couldn’t be better. Best of all, Sam is coming back to Cornwall. For good.A storm is brewing, however. It seems that somebody, somewhere, has it in for Alice, although it is not clear who, or why. As Julie tries to help her friend, she finds her own thoughts turning progressively towards motherhood. Sam, meanwhile, has the pressure of a new job, as well as a stressed-out girlfriend and a teenage daughter to contend with.Fearing for her business, her relationship, and her sanity, can Alice get to the root of the problem before any permanent damage is done?A Second Chance Summer, After the Sun and As Boundless as the Sea precede Sticks and Stones. The series is continued beautifully by Lighting the Sky, Something About the Stars, Weathering the Storm, and Sparkling Like Snow."Good to reconnect with the characters who have developed into friends after the previous books. The storyline is different, an interesting and very topical subject combining social media and mental health issues, leading the reader to an intriguing mystery.... with a realistic outcome. All set in that most lovely of counties, Cornwall." Read more