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'A glorious story that celebrates the power of love' – Bestselling author ADRIANA TRIGIANI 'I adored The House in the Olive Grove. It is a hymn to friendship and love, and is utterly perfect' – Bestselling author LIZ FENWICK Will one week in Greece change their lives for ever? Chef Maria is running a successful cookery school in her home village of Petalidi, Greece – but she is also running from the secrets of her past. Food journalist Kayla...
2) The Bay
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A stunning debutWinner of the NorthBound Book Award (2022, sponsored by University of York)A beautiful novel finding kindness, hope and connection in the harshest of circumstancesBased on a shocking true incident resulting in multiple deaths of undocumented workersA tender, uplifting and page-turning story of intergenerational friendship across culture
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The most original, uplifting and poignant read of the year! For fans of The Keeper of Stories and Rachel Joyce. I am the oldest person ever to have lived in this world. I am the one who lived through their monster camps and brought the ones left of my family to London to make more family. I am the one to laugh at those angry, evil people and tell them, you see, I made it through. We made it through. This is enough. It is my world's record. Family...
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A warm and universal story about finding the courage to be the real you.
Greta Gale has played the part of the funny fat one her entire life, hiding her insecurities behind a big smile. But size doesn't matter when you can laugh at yourself, right?
Until Greta realizes she's the only one not laughing. And deep down, she's not sure if she'll ever laugh again. But when an unexpected road trip takes Greta from her home in Dublin to the bright lights...
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Sometimes, to find love, you have to be a little accommodating… A whip-smart, hilariously funny romcom for fans of Mhairi McFarlane and Sophie Kinsella! Cath Beckinsale is in a jam. She's a single mum of three, with her 40th birthday in sight and a precarious hold on employment. And she can't quite let go of her late husband Gaz, whose ashes are still in an urn on the kitchen table. To make ends meet a student lodger seems like the perfect solution...
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'A lovely sunshiney story, bursting with wit and joy' – Bestselling author MILLY JOHNSON The brand-new summery rom com from Bella Osborne, full of laughter, love and life's twists and turns! An Invitation to Seashell Bay was originally published as a four-part serial. This is the complete story in one package. One ambitious businesswoman. One irresponsible heir. A deal that will turn both their lives upside down… To grow her craft business,...
7) The Fall
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'The term pageturner was made for books like this' Andrea Mara 'Thoroughly addictive, The Fall is full of twists you won't see coming' Kathryn Croft She promised not to tell. They made sure she couldn't… At her surprise 40th birthday party, Kate Granger feels like the luckiest woman in the world but just hours later her fifteen-year-old daughter, Caily, is found unconscious underneath a bridge when she should have been at school. Now, Caily lies...
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2022
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Best friends growing up along Clement Moore Avenue in Queens, Brisma and Kelly will do anything for each other. They keep each other's secrets, from their mother's hidden heartbreaks to warding off the unwanted advances of creepy neighbors. Their exclusive world shifts when they begin high school and Brisma falls deeply in love with Brian, the local baseball legend. Always the wallflower to the vibrant and alluring Kelly, Brisma is secretly thrilled...
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2024
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The strap-hangers of Ealing Broadway station are familiar with unusual sights on the London Tube, including the woman with the sign who appears every day to watch the droves of busy commuters. Polite and neatly dressed, Mary O'Connor doesn't beg for spare change or ask anything from anyone. What sets her apart is the placard she carries bearing a plaintive message: Come Home Jim. While others pass her by without a thought, Alice, a junior reporter...
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Sometimes the best things in life happen when you dare to get out of your depth. Abby lives and works in the heart of the Lake District. She splits her time between bringing up daughter, working in the Plum Pie Bakery — and dreaming of the time before her husband, Ben, left. Lori is on holiday from the States, hoping to find her way to the lake that she's looked at for years in a picture on her wall back home. Rebecca is contemplating taking the...
11) At First Sight
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Two strangers. A spark. And a love story that will save a life... Nell and Charlie feel a spark when they meet by chance in a cafe. But they don't trade numbers, or surnames, so there's no way they'll meet again. But the next day, Nell's phone rings at work. Somehow, impossibly, Charlie is on the other end. And he needs her help. Nell is about to save a life, fall in love... and risk everything for a perfect stranger. Tender, thought-provoking and...
12) Picture Perfect
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'I loved it! I read this book in a (very pleasant) day' Sue Moorcroft, Sunday Times bestselling author 'Captured perfectly the essence of the fake-dating trope… Really enjoyable and fun.' NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Niro is a photographer who's lost the joy of taking photos. Burned by a bad break-up, she's in desperate need of inspiration. Vimal is determined to win back his ex-girlfriend. When he hears she's bringing her new boyfriend on...
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'Is there really such a thing as a perfect proposal?
Over the next hundred days I intend to find out. I will find one hundred ways to propose to our Chief Proposer Suzie McKenzie and post the results here for your enjoyment. One thing's for sure, not one of my proposals will be on top of the Eiffel Tower with a dozen red roses.'
Best friends Suzie and Harry are partners in romance. That is, they run the.
PerfectProposal.com, coming to the aid...
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As the youngest of four, Nina Hadley has always had her big brothers telling her what to do. So, when she's given the chance to move to Paris and help run a patisserie course, she can't say au revoir quick enough!
There's just one problem: high-flying chef Sebastian Finlay is the owner of the patisserie. He's also her brother Nick's best friend - and the man she has secretly been in love with since forever.
Amongst the mouth-wateringly delicious...
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Annie Lovell is keen to put the spark back into her life and when her elderly neighbor inherits an abandoned Parisian apartment she goes to Paris to discover more. Her curiosity takes an unexpected turn on discovering a bundle of secret diaries hidden within the walls, detailing the life of a young English woman, Beatrice Crawford, who volunteered in 1916 to nurse the soldiers in the fields of France.
Captivated by the romantic City of Light, Annie...
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Aisha Moore is eight months pregnant. She's thrilled, and a little scared. Not least because her husband Jason hasn't quite wrapped his head around the fact. Lucy is having her first child too. She has finally got her wish - although the circumstances aren't quite what she had hoped. Oscar will be a great dad though, won't he? When the two women join the same baby group, they quickly become friends and before long, they're confiding in each other....
18) Up the Creek
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2013
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The bear, the moose and the beaver are the best of friends, even though they often disagree. On a canoe trip, the trio's squabbling leads them into rough waters. Can they agree on a plan before it's too late?
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The Troubles turned Northern Ireland into a ghost factory: as the manufacturing industry withered, the death business boomed. In trying to come to terms with his father's sudden death, and the attack on his harmless best friend Titch, Jacky is forced to face the bullies who still menace a city scarred by conflict. After he himself is attacked, he flees to London to build a new life. But even in the midst of a burgeoning love affair he hears the ghosts...
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'An engaging portrait of an indomitable woman at the heart of Golden Age Hollywood' Gill Paul, bestselling author of The Manhattan Girls ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I was hooked from the first page… it had what I was looking for in the Golden Age of Hollywood' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Really reminded me of City of Girls, the lifestyle, the glamour but also the tenderness… Wonderful!' NetGalley reviewer A compelling story inspired by the real life...
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