"It is a real pleasure to find what many readers are always on the lookout for: a new and original writer of a rattling good story told with intelligence and depth." The TabletParson's daughter Mara Johns arrives as a postgraduate student at a great northern cathedral city. Antagonistic to the church and fiercely independent, she repels all friendly overtures and seeks spiritual answers in her theological research. But when her past involvement in an extreme sect resurfaces, she finds her quest won't stay academic. Nor can she hold out against her persistent would-be friends.Gradually she unbends and laughs with Maddy and May; locks horns with the insufferable 'polecat' - and finds herself torn between the attentions of two suitors. But they are both ordinands, and she's vowed she'll never marry a vicar. When her carefully controlled world falls apart, it is these new friends she must turn to if she wants to survive.

When it comes to the work/life balance, modern women continually find themselves in a no-win situation where they are criticised regardless of the path they choose. The F Word: How we learned to swear by feminism argues that the pervasive idea that women will never be able to effectively combine work or interests outside the home with marriage, a social life and parenting is a furphy. In their lively and topical new book, Caro and Fox combine both personal experience and the stories of a range of women with the big picture, and provide practical suggestions for forgiving ourselves, having fun and not giving up while holding it all together.

Catherine Fox is not your typical martial artist. Her initiation into the sacred rites of judo began not in a dojo in Tokyo but in the Tunnel Cement Works in Pitstone, Buckinghamshire. And her dedication to the sport has been questionable: a thirty-year sabbatical, two children and a life spent writing books does not necessarily prepare one for enlightenment. Determined not to let these details stand in her way, Catherine has set herself a challenge: before she turns forty-five she will become a black belt. After all, how many other opportunities do vicars' wives get to roll around the floor with sweaty blokes?Fight the Good Fight asks what lessons judo can teach you about life. It's touching surprising, gripping (in every sense) - and the funniest take on spiritual struggle since the last Lions vs. Christians fixture.

Being a woman, raising children, succeeding in a leadership role and living a full life remains a tall order in modern Australia if you don’t happen to be extraordinary. Being a woman on a board, running an ASX top –listed company, or running a government department remains an exception rather than the norm. Despite the progress made towards a fairer workplace, in the discussion about the lack of women on boards or the size of the gap between men and women’s pay, tired excuses are recycled. Catherine Fox labels these the seven myths about women and work.

Wage inequality between men and women seems one of the intractables of our age. Women are told they need to back themselves more, stop marginalising themselves, negotiate better, speak up, support each other, strike a balance between work and home. This searing book argues that insisting that women fix themselves won’t fix the system, the system built by men.Catherine Fox does more than identify and analyse the nature of the problem. Her book is an important tool for male leaders who say they want to make a difference. She throws down the gauntlet, showing how business, defence, public service and community leaders might do it, rather than just talk about it. She shows that not only will this be better for women but for productivity as well, not to mention men and women’s health and happiness at home and at work.

Despite the surge of women into university, jobs and sitting in federal parliament, why are men still overwhelmingly running the show?Fewer women are running governments, and the small proportion who make it as CEO has barely budged. The major culprit is right under our noses. Entrenched gender bias about who should be the boss means leadership is mainly seen as a masculine endeavour. And no matter how well qualified and experienced, women continue to be underestimated and face an obstacle course of sexism to get to the decision-making table.In Breaking the Boss Bias, Catherine Fox sounds the alarm. She argues that toxic sexism woven through processes, beliefs, management, education and leadership norms is keeping privileged men in power, making decisions for us all. It’s time for a new way to lead and to unlock the talent being wasted from boss bias.

What does work mean to you? Why do you like it? Why is work so important? Why do we give it such a place in our lives? What is it about work that makes us feel so good?Better Than Sex is about what you’re trading off in your love affair with work, and about what you can do to change the deal.Helen and Catherine are in a perfect position to examine how much work has changed in the last few decades and where it is heading, because their work is about work. Helen Trinca and Catherine Fox have worked as business journalists for much of their life. They spend their time thinking, writing and talking about the way jobs are organised, the way companies are run and the way power operates in offices.

Living in Hope is the York Course written for Advent 2021 by Catherine Fox.In this enlightening and absorbing four-session ecumenical course, Catherine Fox explores living in hope and dying well. As with previous Advent York Courses, the standard study book is supported by an in-depth interview, covering all 4 sessions between Catherine Fox and Simon Stanley, available on CD, as a Digital Download or as a transcript in either paperback or eBook.Session 1: Living wellSession 2: Dying wellSession 3: Hell-bent on destruction?Session 4: Going to heaven?This York Course is available in the following formatsCourse Book (Paperback 9781909107298)Course Book (eBook 9781909107588)Audio Book of Interview to support Living in Hope York Course (CD 9781909107434)Audio Book of Interview (Digital Download 9781909107571)Transcript of interview to support Living in Hope York Course (Paperback 9781909107304)Transcript of interview (eBook 9781909107595)Book Pack (9781909107411 Featuring Paperback Course Book, Audio Book on CD and Paperback Transcript of Interview)Large print (9781909107601)

"She has again succeeded in creating a cast of compelling characters (some of whom made their first appearance in Angels and Men), whose fate one becomes anxious to discover." Kate Chisholm, Sunday TelegraphAnnie Brown, wrestling with doubts about her faith and a biological clock the size of Big Ben, escapes the stifling kindness of her fellow ordinands and the stifled yelps of her sexuality by writing a raunchy novel.Yet Annie can no more control her characters than she could a congregation. Outrageous Isabella and butter-wouldn't-melt Barney hurtle unbidden into difficult situations that lead Annie inexorably back to her own repressed upbringing and present predicament. Some of their liberation rubs off on her too, and when she meets brusque outsider Will, Annie plunges into passion as uninhibitedly as Isabella.But Annie's vocation, like her libido, won't lie down, and she despairs of finding a happy ending to either of her stories . . .

"... yet another superb and gripping novel about faith and forgiveness, love and loss, by the wife of the Dean of Liverpool." Paul Beasley-Murray; Ministry TodayIsobel Knox is happy and confident in her new job and likes her single life, free as it is from confusing and complicating entanglements. Supressing her emotions and burying painful memories has become second nature to her, but it seems to work; after all, why should letting it all out necessarily be good for you?But there are two men who could shatter her calm, brittle world: Davy, a young policeman, who, despite Isobel's distance, falls in love with her, and Johnny Whitaker, a charismatic priest with a troubled marriage. As Isobel's feelings for Johnny become stronger and deeper, her facade begins to crack, and the memories and emotions of years before come back, overpowering her with feelings she had thought long past and dealt with.

How will it all end? Come, dear reader, and join with the good and the bad of the Diocese of Lindchester as they navigate their way through the storms of 2016. What does the year hold in this best of times, this worst of times; this season of bake-offs and food banks, of muscular theological hope and hand-wringing theological despair? We will peep through many a stained-glass window in pursuit of answers.Will the new bishop - dubbed Steve-angelical by his detractors - impose the evils of management on the timeless beauty of Anglicanism? Will kind Dean Marion collude with him? Will Archdeacon Matt be the next bishop of Barcup - and what will Jane think of that? And will Freddie - more lovely than a summer's day, though far less temperate - finally find love and happiness?Times are dark in this, the final volume of the Lindchester Chronicles, but we may yet glimpse a touch of radiance around the grubby edges of our characters. So let us soar as best we can on Anglican wings, towards those unseen Realms of Glory.'Catherine Fox's glorious Lindchester series is the twenty-first-century answer to Trollope's Barchester - but Trollope was never so funny, so fundamentally kind, or so mischievously attentive to grace.'Francis Spufford, author of Golden Hill

Who will be the next bishop of Lindchester? That's what everyone's been asking since bishop Paul Henderson resigned in haste and a whiff of scandal. Unseen Things Above rejoins our friends in the diocese as they address themselves to the labyrinthine process of appointing his replacement.When they aren't arguing about love and marriage, that is. Should Jane renounce her feminist orthodoxy and wed the manly archdeacon? Could Father Ed defy the House of Bishops and marry Neil? And how many hearts will start atrembling when the gorgeous but volatile Freddie May returns to the Cathedral Close?Come, dear reader, and clamber once again onto the liturgical rollercoaster. Travel from Easter to Advent with bishops, archbishops, and all the company of Lindchester. Hang on to your hat as you're whirled through ups and downs and twists of plot. There are unseen things above, all right. But if you manage to open your eyes, the view from the top is glorious.

The Bishop of Lindchester is happily married with four daughters. But does he have a secret? Archdeacon Matt is inclined to think not. That said, it's obvious to him that Bishop Paul's got a pretty big bee in his mitre about the brilliant but troubled Freddie May . . . Welcome to the fictional Diocese of Lindchester, where you will be taken (dear reader) on a yearlong romp in the company of bishops, priests and lay people. Prepare yourself for a bumpy and hilarious ride from the rarefied heights of the Cathedral Close down to the coalface of ordinary urban and rural parishes.Acts and Omissions reveals the Church of England in all its mess and glory. It is a world shot through with grace, but one where even the best intentioned err and stray. And occasionally do those things which they ought not to have done . . .

'Lyrical, compelling and full of insight. I found this very hard to put down.'KATIE FFORDE, THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Catherine Fox writes with immense compassion, unsentimental faith and an impressively undisciplined humour.'ROWAN WILLIAMS, FORMER ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURYJanuary 2020. Freddie, Father Dominic, Jane and all the other residents of Lindfordshire are celebrating the New Year with parties and resolutions. None of them is aware of the trials and tribulations the coming months will bring - not least the horseman of the apocalypse who has set out quietly, with barely a jingle of harness, in a distance province of China...Return to Lindchester once more with Tales from Lindford, the fourth in the beloved series of novels from Catherine Fox. Valiantly written in real time in the midst of the pandemic, this entertaining book captures the difficulties of 2020 with heart, humour and insight. Perfect for Lindchester fans, it's also the ideal novel for anyone seeking comfort and a way of understanding all that has been happening.A twenty-first century Barchester that fans of Barbara Pym and the BBC's Rev will love, this new volume in the Lindchester Chronicles is contemporary Christian fiction at its finest.Tales from Lindford will make you laugh, cry and leave you with hope that grace can be found even in the darkest times.

2020 and sadly the Tales from Lindford came to an end, but the pandemic did not, and neither did the lives of our valiant Lindchester community. Return to Lindchester once more with The Company of Heaven, the fifth in the beloved series of novels from Catherine Fox.Valiantly written in real time in the midst of the pandemic, this entertaining book captures the difficulties of 2021 with heart, humour and insight. Perfect for Lindchester fans, it's also the ideal novel for anyone seeking comfort and a way of understanding all that has happened.In The Company of Heaven, we re-join our Lindchester friends on Easter Monday 2021, just as the third lockdown in our Covid winter of discontent draws to a close. The new paschal candles have been lit. The endless snowy ghastliness of January, February, and March are behind us now.Shake out your wings and fly once more across the Diocese of Lindfordshire, as we launch out on Pandemic, Part II. We will catch up with old friends and make new ones. Skeletons will tumble from cupboards, and not everyone will behave themselves as well as they ought (this is Lindchester after all).A twenty-first century Barchester that fans of Barbara Pym and the BBC's Rev will love, this new volume in the Lindchester Chronicles is contemporary Christian fiction at its finest. Sharp-eyed, witty and compassionate, Catherine Fox once again helps us make sense of real-life events and challenges, while weaving through a series of heart-stopping storylines. The Company of Heaven will make you laugh, cry and leave you with hope that grace can be found even in the darkest times.

Jessica will heiraten und hält sich für glücklich, als sie von ihren Freundinnen eine Junggesellinnenreise geschenkt bekommt. Auf einem Reiterhof soll sie ihrem Hobby frönen und die letzten Tage Freiheit genießen. Doch mit der Entspannung ist es bald vorbei, denn sie trifft Kim, die ihren Gefühlshaushalt gehörig durcheinanderbringt. Sie gerät in einen Strudel leidenschaftlicher Gefühle, erfährt eine Zärtlichkeit, die sie nicht kannte. Sie verliebt sich in Kim, aber was wird bleiben, wenn sie wieder zu Hause im alten Trott versinkt?

1. Platz im 4. Lesbischen LiteraturPreisWährend eines Praktikums im Morddezernat lernt die Studentin Karen die Kommissarin Diane kennen. Beide verstehen sich auf Anhieb. Die Aufklärung des Mordanschlages auf einen Stadtratsabgeordneten bringt sie auch privat näher. Doch Karens manchmal äußerst merkwürdiges Verhalten bringt Diane immer wieder durcheinander, bis Karen eines Tages spurlos verschwindet. Die Kommissarin beginnt fieberhaft zu ermitteln ...

Das Liebesleben von Staranwältin Evelyn verläuft genauso nach Plan wie ihre Karriere. Doch eines Tages stürzt sie bei einem Ausritt vom Pferd und wird von einer jungen Frau gerettet. Andie ist das Gegenteil von Evelyn, respektlos, planlos, bar jeder Manieren. Trotzdem nimmt Evelyn Andie bei sich auf, denn sie hat sich in sie verliebt. Doch die Unfälle häufen sich - und immer ist Andie in der Nähe. War die Rettung gar kein Zufall? Hatte Andie den Unfall geplant? Evelyn will das nicht glauben, doch Zweifel beginnen an ihr zu nagen ... Sie muss das Geheimnis um Andie auf jeden Fall lüften.

Ruby findet eine Ballonnachricht mit einer Liebesbotschaft, die zu Herzen geht. Obwohl es leichter scheint, eine Stecknadel im Heuhaufen als die Absenderin zu suchen, macht Ruby die attraktive Gärtnerin Lea ausfindig. Doch sie traut sich nicht, ihr von der "Love Message" zu erzählen ...

Konzernchefin Sina König führt arrogant, hochnäsig und rücksichtlos die Firma. Ein graues Mäuschen wie die neue Sekretärin Lilly Neumeier hat es da nicht leicht. Doch dann geschieht das Unvorstellbare: An einem Wochenende bleiben beide zusammen im Fahrstuhl stecken. Notruf und Handy funktionieren nicht, und so müssen sie bis Montag ausharren - was nicht ohne Folgen bleibt ...

Auf einem Social Network für Lesben lernen Bea und die gehörlose Jeanny sich kennen. Die Chats werden schnell heiß und intim, und so drängt Bea darauf, Jeanny endlich persönlich zu treffen. Doch Jeanny lässt sich darauf nicht ein. Nachdem Bea in Gesprächen mehr über Jeannys Leben herausgefunden hat, setzt sie sich über ihre Wünsche hinweg und taucht auf ihrer Arbeitsstelle auf – wo man nichts von einer Jeanny weiß ...

Kampflesbe trifft auf Zickenblondine – ein (nicht ganz ernst gemeintes) WeihnachtsmärchenAls Weihnachtsmann verkleidet bricht Romy in Häuser reicher Familien ein, um als moderner Robin Hood die Beute unter den Armen zu verteilen. Eines Nachts wird sie jedoch von Gräfin Sandra Austel überrascht, es kommt zum Handgemenge ... und Sandra wacht nach einem Knockout in Romys Waldhütte wieder auf. Frau Gräfin passt es zunächst gar nicht, dem Bauerntrampel Romy ausgeliefert zu sein, die Abneigung beruht auf Gegenseitigkeit – allerdings nicht sehr lange ...

Auf einem über hundert Jahre alten Leuchtturmwärterhaus an der irischen Steilküste lastet ein Fluch: Der Geist einer ermordeten gehe darin um. Lucy lässt sich davon nicht abschrecken, kauft das Haus und renoviert es. Zunächst hält sie erste Begegnungen mit dem Geist Kyra für Hirngespinste, doch dann beginnt sie über die Geschichte des Fluches zu recherchieren und fördert eine dramatische Geschichte um den mysteriösen Tod Kyras vor hundertfünfzig Jahren ans Licht. Doch wenn die Wahrheit gefunden ist, wird Kyra ihren Seelenfrieden finden und für immer verschwinden – Lucy jedoch hat bereits ihr Herz an Kyra verloren ...

"It is a real pleasure to find what many readers are always on the lookout for: a new and original writer of a rattling good story told with intelligence and depth." The TabletParson's daughter Mara Johns arrives as a postgraduate student at a great northern cathedral city. Antagonistic to the church and fiercely independent, she repels all friendly overtures and seeks spiritual answers in her theological research. But when her past involvement in an extreme sect resurfaces, she finds her quest won't stay academic. Nor can she hold out against her persistent would-be friends.Gradually she unbends and laughs with Maddy and May; locks horns with the insufferable 'polecat' - and finds herself torn between the attentions of two suitors. But they are both ordinands, and she's vowed she'll never marry a vicar. When her carefully controlled world falls apart, it is these new friends she must turn to if she wants to survive.

When it comes to the work/life balance, modern women continually find themselves in a no-win situation where they are criticised regardless of the path they choose. The F Word: How we learned to swear by feminism argues that the pervasive idea that women will never be able to effectively combine work or interests outside the home with marriage, a social life and parenting is a furphy. In their lively and topical new book, Caro and Fox combine both personal experience and the stories of a range of women with the big picture, and provide practical suggestions for forgiving ourselves, having fun and not giving up while holding it all together.

Catherine Fox is not your typical martial artist. Her initiation into the sacred rites of judo began not in a dojo in Tokyo but in the Tunnel Cement Works in Pitstone, Buckinghamshire. And her dedication to the sport has been questionable: a thirty-year sabbatical, two children and a life spent writing books does not necessarily prepare one for enlightenment. Determined not to let these details stand in her way, Catherine has set herself a challenge: before she turns forty-five she will become a black belt. After all, how many other opportunities do vicars' wives get to roll around the floor with sweaty blokes?Fight the Good Fight asks what lessons judo can teach you about life. It's touching surprising, gripping (in every sense) - and the funniest take on spiritual struggle since the last Lions vs. Christians fixture.

Being a woman, raising children, succeeding in a leadership role and living a full life remains a tall order in modern Australia if you don’t happen to be extraordinary. Being a woman on a board, running an ASX top –listed company, or running a government department remains an exception rather than the norm. Despite the progress made towards a fairer workplace, in the discussion about the lack of women on boards or the size of the gap between men and women’s pay, tired excuses are recycled. Catherine Fox labels these the seven myths about women and work.

Wage inequality between men and women seems one of the intractables of our age. Women are told they need to back themselves more, stop marginalising themselves, negotiate better, speak up, support each other, strike a balance between work and home. This searing book argues that insisting that women fix themselves won’t fix the system, the system built by men.Catherine Fox does more than identify and analyse the nature of the problem. Her book is an important tool for male leaders who say they want to make a difference. She throws down the gauntlet, showing how business, defence, public service and community leaders might do it, rather than just talk about it. She shows that not only will this be better for women but for productivity as well, not to mention men and women’s health and happiness at home and at work.

Despite the surge of women into university, jobs and sitting in federal parliament, why are men still overwhelmingly running the show?Fewer women are running governments, and the small proportion who make it as CEO has barely budged. The major culprit is right under our noses. Entrenched gender bias about who should be the boss means leadership is mainly seen as a masculine endeavour. And no matter how well qualified and experienced, women continue to be underestimated and face an obstacle course of sexism to get to the decision-making table.In Breaking the Boss Bias, Catherine Fox sounds the alarm. She argues that toxic sexism woven through processes, beliefs, management, education and leadership norms is keeping privileged men in power, making decisions for us all. It’s time for a new way to lead and to unlock the talent being wasted from boss bias.

What does work mean to you? Why do you like it? Why is work so important? Why do we give it such a place in our lives? What is it about work that makes us feel so good?Better Than Sex is about what you’re trading off in your love affair with work, and about what you can do to change the deal.Helen and Catherine are in a perfect position to examine how much work has changed in the last few decades and where it is heading, because their work is about work. Helen Trinca and Catherine Fox have worked as business journalists for much of their life. They spend their time thinking, writing and talking about the way jobs are organised, the way companies are run and the way power operates in offices.

Living in Hope is the York Course written for Advent 2021 by Catherine Fox.In this enlightening and absorbing four-session ecumenical course, Catherine Fox explores living in hope and dying well. As with previous Advent York Courses, the standard study book is supported by an in-depth interview, covering all 4 sessions between Catherine Fox and Simon Stanley, available on CD, as a Digital Download or as a transcript in either paperback or eBook.Session 1: Living wellSession 2: Dying wellSession 3: Hell-bent on destruction?Session 4: Going to heaven?This York Course is available in the following formatsCourse Book (Paperback 9781909107298)Course Book (eBook 9781909107588)Audio Book of Interview to support Living in Hope York Course (CD 9781909107434)Audio Book of Interview (Digital Download 9781909107571)Transcript of interview to support Living in Hope York Course (Paperback 9781909107304)Transcript of interview (eBook 9781909107595)Book Pack (9781909107411 Featuring Paperback Course Book, Audio Book on CD and Paperback Transcript of Interview)Large print (9781909107601)

"She has again succeeded in creating a cast of compelling characters (some of whom made their first appearance in Angels and Men), whose fate one becomes anxious to discover." Kate Chisholm, Sunday TelegraphAnnie Brown, wrestling with doubts about her faith and a biological clock the size of Big Ben, escapes the stifling kindness of her fellow ordinands and the stifled yelps of her sexuality by writing a raunchy novel.Yet Annie can no more control her characters than she could a congregation. Outrageous Isabella and butter-wouldn't-melt Barney hurtle unbidden into difficult situations that lead Annie inexorably back to her own repressed upbringing and present predicament. Some of their liberation rubs off on her too, and when she meets brusque outsider Will, Annie plunges into passion as uninhibitedly as Isabella.But Annie's vocation, like her libido, won't lie down, and she despairs of finding a happy ending to either of her stories . . .

"... yet another superb and gripping novel about faith and forgiveness, love and loss, by the wife of the Dean of Liverpool." Paul Beasley-Murray; Ministry TodayIsobel Knox is happy and confident in her new job and likes her single life, free as it is from confusing and complicating entanglements. Supressing her emotions and burying painful memories has become second nature to her, but it seems to work; after all, why should letting it all out necessarily be good for you?But there are two men who could shatter her calm, brittle world: Davy, a young policeman, who, despite Isobel's distance, falls in love with her, and Johnny Whitaker, a charismatic priest with a troubled marriage. As Isobel's feelings for Johnny become stronger and deeper, her facade begins to crack, and the memories and emotions of years before come back, overpowering her with feelings she had thought long past and dealt with.

How will it all end? Come, dear reader, and join with the good and the bad of the Diocese of Lindchester as they navigate their way through the storms of 2016. What does the year hold in this best of times, this worst of times; this season of bake-offs and food banks, of muscular theological hope and hand-wringing theological despair? We will peep through many a stained-glass window in pursuit of answers.Will the new bishop - dubbed Steve-angelical by his detractors - impose the evils of management on the timeless beauty of Anglicanism? Will kind Dean Marion collude with him? Will Archdeacon Matt be the next bishop of Barcup - and what will Jane think of that? And will Freddie - more lovely than a summer's day, though far less temperate - finally find love and happiness?Times are dark in this, the final volume of the Lindchester Chronicles, but we may yet glimpse a touch of radiance around the grubby edges of our characters. So let us soar as best we can on Anglican wings, towards those unseen Realms of Glory.'Catherine Fox's glorious Lindchester series is the twenty-first-century answer to Trollope's Barchester - but Trollope was never so funny, so fundamentally kind, or so mischievously attentive to grace.'Francis Spufford, author of Golden Hill

Who will be the next bishop of Lindchester? That's what everyone's been asking since bishop Paul Henderson resigned in haste and a whiff of scandal. Unseen Things Above rejoins our friends in the diocese as they address themselves to the labyrinthine process of appointing his replacement.When they aren't arguing about love and marriage, that is. Should Jane renounce her feminist orthodoxy and wed the manly archdeacon? Could Father Ed defy the House of Bishops and marry Neil? And how many hearts will start atrembling when the gorgeous but volatile Freddie May returns to the Cathedral Close?Come, dear reader, and clamber once again onto the liturgical rollercoaster. Travel from Easter to Advent with bishops, archbishops, and all the company of Lindchester. Hang on to your hat as you're whirled through ups and downs and twists of plot. There are unseen things above, all right. But if you manage to open your eyes, the view from the top is glorious.

The Bishop of Lindchester is happily married with four daughters. But does he have a secret? Archdeacon Matt is inclined to think not. That said, it's obvious to him that Bishop Paul's got a pretty big bee in his mitre about the brilliant but troubled Freddie May . . . Welcome to the fictional Diocese of Lindchester, where you will be taken (dear reader) on a yearlong romp in the company of bishops, priests and lay people. Prepare yourself for a bumpy and hilarious ride from the rarefied heights of the Cathedral Close down to the coalface of ordinary urban and rural parishes.Acts and Omissions reveals the Church of England in all its mess and glory. It is a world shot through with grace, but one where even the best intentioned err and stray. And occasionally do those things which they ought not to have done . . .

'Lyrical, compelling and full of insight. I found this very hard to put down.'KATIE FFORDE, THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Catherine Fox writes with immense compassion, unsentimental faith and an impressively undisciplined humour.'ROWAN WILLIAMS, FORMER ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURYJanuary 2020. Freddie, Father Dominic, Jane and all the other residents of Lindfordshire are celebrating the New Year with parties and resolutions. None of them is aware of the trials and tribulations the coming months will bring - not least the horseman of the apocalypse who has set out quietly, with barely a jingle of harness, in a distance province of China...Return to Lindchester once more with Tales from Lindford, the fourth in the beloved series of novels from Catherine Fox. Valiantly written in real time in the midst of the pandemic, this entertaining book captures the difficulties of 2020 with heart, humour and insight. Perfect for Lindchester fans, it's also the ideal novel for anyone seeking comfort and a way of understanding all that has been happening.A twenty-first century Barchester that fans of Barbara Pym and the BBC's Rev will love, this new volume in the Lindchester Chronicles is contemporary Christian fiction at its finest.Tales from Lindford will make you laugh, cry and leave you with hope that grace can be found even in the darkest times.

2020 and sadly the Tales from Lindford came to an end, but the pandemic did not, and neither did the lives of our valiant Lindchester community. Return to Lindchester once more with The Company of Heaven, the fifth in the beloved series of novels from Catherine Fox.Valiantly written in real time in the midst of the pandemic, this entertaining book captures the difficulties of 2021 with heart, humour and insight. Perfect for Lindchester fans, it's also the ideal novel for anyone seeking comfort and a way of understanding all that has happened.In The Company of Heaven, we re-join our Lindchester friends on Easter Monday 2021, just as the third lockdown in our Covid winter of discontent draws to a close. The new paschal candles have been lit. The endless snowy ghastliness of January, February, and March are behind us now.Shake out your wings and fly once more across the Diocese of Lindfordshire, as we launch out on Pandemic, Part II. We will catch up with old friends and make new ones. Skeletons will tumble from cupboards, and not everyone will behave themselves as well as they ought (this is Lindchester after all).A twenty-first century Barchester that fans of Barbara Pym and the BBC's Rev will love, this new volume in the Lindchester Chronicles is contemporary Christian fiction at its finest. Sharp-eyed, witty and compassionate, Catherine Fox once again helps us make sense of real-life events and challenges, while weaving through a series of heart-stopping storylines. The Company of Heaven will make you laugh, cry and leave you with hope that grace can be found even in the darkest times.

Jessica will heiraten und hält sich für glücklich, als sie von ihren Freundinnen eine Junggesellinnenreise geschenkt bekommt. Auf einem Reiterhof soll sie ihrem Hobby frönen und die letzten Tage Freiheit genießen. Doch mit der Entspannung ist es bald vorbei, denn sie trifft Kim, die ihren Gefühlshaushalt gehörig durcheinanderbringt. Sie gerät in einen Strudel leidenschaftlicher Gefühle, erfährt eine Zärtlichkeit, die sie nicht kannte. Sie verliebt sich in Kim, aber was wird bleiben, wenn sie wieder zu Hause im alten Trott versinkt?

1. Platz im 4. Lesbischen LiteraturPreisWährend eines Praktikums im Morddezernat lernt die Studentin Karen die Kommissarin Diane kennen. Beide verstehen sich auf Anhieb. Die Aufklärung des Mordanschlages auf einen Stadtratsabgeordneten bringt sie auch privat näher. Doch Karens manchmal äußerst merkwürdiges Verhalten bringt Diane immer wieder durcheinander, bis Karen eines Tages spurlos verschwindet. Die Kommissarin beginnt fieberhaft zu ermitteln ...

Das Liebesleben von Staranwältin Evelyn verläuft genauso nach Plan wie ihre Karriere. Doch eines Tages stürzt sie bei einem Ausritt vom Pferd und wird von einer jungen Frau gerettet. Andie ist das Gegenteil von Evelyn, respektlos, planlos, bar jeder Manieren. Trotzdem nimmt Evelyn Andie bei sich auf, denn sie hat sich in sie verliebt. Doch die Unfälle häufen sich - und immer ist Andie in der Nähe. War die Rettung gar kein Zufall? Hatte Andie den Unfall geplant? Evelyn will das nicht glauben, doch Zweifel beginnen an ihr zu nagen ... Sie muss das Geheimnis um Andie auf jeden Fall lüften.

Ruby findet eine Ballonnachricht mit einer Liebesbotschaft, die zu Herzen geht. Obwohl es leichter scheint, eine Stecknadel im Heuhaufen als die Absenderin zu suchen, macht Ruby die attraktive Gärtnerin Lea ausfindig. Doch sie traut sich nicht, ihr von der "Love Message" zu erzählen ...

Konzernchefin Sina König führt arrogant, hochnäsig und rücksichtlos die Firma. Ein graues Mäuschen wie die neue Sekretärin Lilly Neumeier hat es da nicht leicht. Doch dann geschieht das Unvorstellbare: An einem Wochenende bleiben beide zusammen im Fahrstuhl stecken. Notruf und Handy funktionieren nicht, und so müssen sie bis Montag ausharren - was nicht ohne Folgen bleibt ...

Auf einem Social Network für Lesben lernen Bea und die gehörlose Jeanny sich kennen. Die Chats werden schnell heiß und intim, und so drängt Bea darauf, Jeanny endlich persönlich zu treffen. Doch Jeanny lässt sich darauf nicht ein. Nachdem Bea in Gesprächen mehr über Jeannys Leben herausgefunden hat, setzt sie sich über ihre Wünsche hinweg und taucht auf ihrer Arbeitsstelle auf – wo man nichts von einer Jeanny weiß ...

Kampflesbe trifft auf Zickenblondine – ein (nicht ganz ernst gemeintes) WeihnachtsmärchenAls Weihnachtsmann verkleidet bricht Romy in Häuser reicher Familien ein, um als moderner Robin Hood die Beute unter den Armen zu verteilen. Eines Nachts wird sie jedoch von Gräfin Sandra Austel überrascht, es kommt zum Handgemenge ... und Sandra wacht nach einem Knockout in Romys Waldhütte wieder auf. Frau Gräfin passt es zunächst gar nicht, dem Bauerntrampel Romy ausgeliefert zu sein, die Abneigung beruht auf Gegenseitigkeit – allerdings nicht sehr lange ...

Auf einem über hundert Jahre alten Leuchtturmwärterhaus an der irischen Steilküste lastet ein Fluch: Der Geist einer ermordeten gehe darin um. Lucy lässt sich davon nicht abschrecken, kauft das Haus und renoviert es. Zunächst hält sie erste Begegnungen mit dem Geist Kyra für Hirngespinste, doch dann beginnt sie über die Geschichte des Fluches zu recherchieren und fördert eine dramatische Geschichte um den mysteriösen Tod Kyras vor hundertfünfzig Jahren ans Licht. Doch wenn die Wahrheit gefunden ist, wird Kyra ihren Seelenfrieden finden und für immer verschwinden – Lucy jedoch hat bereits ihr Herz an Kyra verloren ...