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Read of the month

The Trad Wife by Carrie Hughes

1st May 2026

Faith is a beautiful ‘trad wife’ social media star with a beefcake husband, five cute kids and millions of followers of their picture-perfect life. When they employ English content creator Melissa to promote their brand she has no …

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Featured author

Russell Wate

Dr Russell Wate QPM Russell Wate is a world renowned and royalty honoured, senior homicide detective. He was the SIO in over 100 major crime enquiries, including homicides, international kidnappings and large-scale paedophile investigations. His most high-profile case was that of Holly Wells and Jes…