Katy Sobey
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Landing her personal hero and mega-best-selling author Essie Starling as a client, housecleaner Liv Green forms an unlikely friendship with this infamous recluse, but when Essie suddenly dies, leaving her an astonishing last wish, Liv discovers a connection between them that changes Liv's own life story forever.
2) Geek girl
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Geek girl (Holly Smale) volume 1
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When she is accidentally discovered by a modeling agent, fifteen-year-old Harriet jumps at the chance to transform herself from a geek to a fashion model.
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"For fans of Louise Penny and Tana French, this haunting debut novel "with a slight Broadchurch feel" (Sunday Herald) explores the devastating repercussions of a long-ago crime as it delves into forbidden relationships, the emotional bond between mothers and daughters, and the dark consequences of harboring secrets. It is the summer of 1956, and fifteen-year-old Betty Broadbent has never left the Cornish fishing village of St. Steele or ventured...
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Fall of Egypt volume 1
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Reimagines the beginnings of Cleopatra's epic saga through the eyes of her younger sister. Reading-group guide available.
Abandoned by her beloved sister Cleopatra and an indifferent father, young Arsinoe must fight for her survival in the bloodthirsty royal court when her half-sister Berenice seizes Egypt's throne. To survive, she escapes the palace for the war-torn streets of Alexandria. When their deposed father Ptolemy marches on the city with...
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The thrilling follow-up to boarding school mystery The Girl with the Glass Bird.
Best friends... for never?Anastasia Stolonov and Edie Wilson are back at boarding school after spending the summer apart, and they can't wait to be dormmates again! Unfortunately, things don't go as planned, and Edie is stuck with Janet, the new girl at Knight's Haddon. Janet isn't like anyone the other girls have ever met before. She's cool, confident, and a little...
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Geek girl (Holly Smale) volume 5
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English
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She knows that fourteen squirrels were once detained as spies.
She knows that both chess and snakes and ladders were invented in the same country. And for once, Harriet knows exactly how her life should go. She's got it ALL planned out. So her friends seem less than happy, Harriet is determined to Make Things Happen!
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"My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek."
A brand new summer story from the no. 1 bestselling and award-winning GEEK GIRL series!
Harriet Manners knows many facts.
And she knows everything there is to know about Paris... except what to do when you're the hottest new model at Fashion Week.
Can Harriet find her je ne sais quoi or will it be sacré bleu! on the runway?
Find out in this hilarious summer special GEEK GIRL novella from the no. 1 bestselling...
8) Why, Father?
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Betrayed by Those Meant to Love Her, This is Gerri Mayo's True Story of Survival
For fans of Cathy Glass and #1 bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a true story of abuse and survival
Toni Maguire is the author of twelve books sold over 1.5 million worldwide, including her own bestselling memoirs Don't Tell Mummy and When Daddy Comes Home. Telling her own story encouraged others who had kept their childhood secrets hidden to approach her. Now she...
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When the Great Depression hits Liverpool hard, can Weaver Street's close knit community keep each other safe?
As Liverpool and its residents begin to heal from the wounds and memories of World War I, life on Weaver Street in 1924 is blessedly peaceful.
At number eleven, widow Kitty Conlon is dreaming about her upcoming wedding to John, while at number nine her best friend Maggie is cursing her bad luck as she juggles the demands of her cantankerous...
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Can one kiss change your life forever?
When two strangers meet in a bar and share a scorching, once-in-a-lifetime kiss, they never expect to see each other again. Until days later when Skye walks into Gemma's Surrey vineyard. For once, Gemma is lost for words.
When they start working together, they agree nothing can happen. Business comes first.
But such simmering sexual tension can only be contained for so long
...11) Model Misfit
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Geek girl (Holly Smale) volume 2
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You can make a geek a model, but you can't make her chic. More hilarity and high fashion await in the second book in the internationally bestselling Geek Girl series! Harriet Manners is a model-but she feels even less popular and more awkward than she did when she was just a geek. So a summer modeling job in Japan sounds like the perfect vacation, even if she has to bring along her crazy grandma Bunty, and even if she might run into Nick, her gorgeous...
12) Exile
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A love triangle. A medieval world. A superpower to die for.
On a rescue mission to save her spurned lover, Sophie is exiled to a terrifying realm. Her ex, her dog, and her soulmate are sent there too.
Fortunately, in this parallel universe, Sophie has a superpower. The catch? Her new ability horrifies her ex, endangers her dog, and alienates her soulmate.
Alone, Sophie can rule a kingdom with an iron fist, vanquish evil, and protect the innocent.
But...
13) Someone's There
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'Compulsive, addictive and gripping - a truly five star read! Diane Saxon is a name to look out for!' Geraldine Hogan
Is he still out there?
Brand new psychological crime from the author of The Keeper.
When a beautiful, red haired nurse's body is found mutilated in her house in Lawley the morning after a date with Detective Constable Ryan Downey, all eyes turn to him.
With a very specific modus operandi, Detective Sergeant Jenna Morgan and her...
14) Silent Child
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Unlike people with carefree previous lives, I packed away my past. There are some memories labeled 'Look at', and others 'Leave well alone'...
Emily Smith was held in a prison of fear for ten years. When she was four, her father left and a new man was brought into her life. He loved her, he kept telling her so, but the emotional and physical abuse she suffered at his hands were a daily nightmare. Until one day, after he crept into her bedroom, her...
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From the bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of abuse and survival.
'Whatever you do, don't go back to him, not this time. If not for your sake, then for your children's.'
Ava Thomas knew leaving was the right decision. Trapped and manipulated in her relationship, and after yet another violent beating whilst she was pregnant, Ava was helped to a women's refuge with her children.
Listening to the stories of other women there,...
16) Stranded
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Sophie Arundel is stranded in history, stuck in a grand house in 1925 England. Thankfully, she has her faithful dog with her. Oh, and her fellow student Hugo, who is fit, privileged, and annoying.
Baffled by upper-class rules and courted by boring suitors, Sophie is desperate to get back to the 21st century. But the only way home is through a hidden portal-and to unlock its secrets, she must work with Hugo.
As one clue leads to another, Sophie and...
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A notorious thief joins up with Belgravia's most eligible gentleman to steal for Queen and country…
London, 1879. Della Rose scans the crowds until she finds her target. A well-dressed gentleman with a fine gold watch. Stealing it will be easy. Everyone knows she has the quickest hands in the notorious Seven Dials.
The gentleman's name is Cole Winthrop and he's been watching her for a while, waiting to see whether the scandalous things people...
18) Just A Child
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The Sunday Times Bestseller
Sammy Woodhouse was just 14 when she met Arshid Hussain. Ten years older, he promised to take care of her. Sammy thought she was in love, but in reality she was being groomed by a ringleader of Britain's most notorious child sex ring.
Just A Child tells the heartbreaking story of how a young girl from Rotherham was abused by her drug-dealing 'boyfriend', eventually giving birth to his baby, right under the nose of the...
19) What She Saw
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The Lawrence's were the perfect family; successful, beautiful, and happy until one night their whole world was ripped apart.
Detective Sergeant Jenna Morgan is called to investigate the suspected arson attack and death of the Lawrence family at the charred remains of their stunning home, Kimble Hall.
The case takes a sinister turn as the body count fails to tally.
Suspecting that someone may have survived the inferno, DS Morgan and her team need...
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The second heartwarming book in The Royal Station Master's Daughters series. For readers of Maisie Thomas and Daisy Styles.
It is 1917 and Maria has adapted well to her new life on the royal Sandringham estate where she works as a maid in the Big House for Queen Alexandra and is in awe of the many treasures around her. It is two years since she turned up at the royal station master's house to escape her secret past, destitute and with nowhere else...