Malia lives with Cole, her little boy. They are always together and live a very quiet life because absolutely everyone else is the world has gone, including Malia's beloved husband Josh. Malia can't think too deeply about what has happened, or why she and Cole are the only people left on the planet. The thought scares her, so she lives what she perceives to be a 'normal' existence until one day, she is messaged by someone on defunct social media channels. In a desperate attempt to connect to this man, Malia strikes up an online friendship with Ian, in Australia. That's when even more strange and unnatural things start to happen. Dark entities and crows begin to threaten Malia and Cole's very existence, which Malia desperately tries to cling onto while Ian is trying to get to her and her son. Will he make it? Will Malia and Cole survive and who are the dark entities that threaten the only ones left? The Only Ones Left is the debut novel of K.E. Jennings, who signed for Provoco in 2023. We're pleased to announce that the pre-order launch date is 15th February and publication day is 28th March, 2024. More books from this talented, new author are planned for later in the year and into 2025. K.E's website will be live soon.

Joe Thompson is a success. Great job, own house, car, money. He's got it all - or he thinks he has until one day, his boss suddenly decides he needs some time off and tells him to take a break, with immediate effect, which leads Joe to get in the car and drive somewhere, anywhere. Eventually, he arrives in Ripon, and the cathedral. Imbibing the atmosphere and the history, Joe's road trip leads him onto several more cathedrals. Is it a pilgrimage? Is he looking for something he can't find except in the sanctity of a cathedral? Or is what he is looking for much more simple. A chance encounter with Louise gives him what was really missing in his life - love on equal terms, until he learns Louise's love comes with complexities, something Joe does not know if he can cope with. What happens to someone when they get lost? When their past and present don't add up to their future? Is what Joe has got worth giving up for what he really wants and will he only find it on the road home? Nigel Stewart's novel takes Joe not only on a physical journey but an emotional one, too, where he is able to discover the complexities of his own personality and why he has become who he is and how he can become who he really wants to be. The book explores the effects of modern day life when you think you have it all and you actually have nothing. The Road Home is Nigel's second novel with Provoco. His currently published Justinian's Daughters is also available online and in all good bookshops. 

Anthony Crawford is young, rich, and lazy. With aspirations to take the film world by storm, he never quite seems to motivate himself enough to do anything about it - until he meets the beautiful Cecile. Wife to Robert Ford, who is Anthony's stepfather’s business associate and close confident, Cecile is older, wiser, and wants Anthony to be her next little plaything, but will an affair with her be Anthony's making or his downfall? The oncoming Christmas season provides a perfect opportunity for Anthony's mother and stepfather to throw a party, but what happens to turn a glittering, dreamlike celebration, the pinnacle of the social calendar of the rich and famous, into Anthony's personal nightmare, and more importantly, will he survive? A SCANDAL OF SECRETS is a cleverly presented murder mystery set in the environs of 1920's English high society and is JOHN F HOWARD'S debut novel. He is currently busy writing the sequel, with the working title PAST SECRETS.