Published By: Hodder and StoughtonPages: 336Released On: 02/11/2023 Heather Winterbottom has worked side by side with her husband as GPs in their idyllic rural practice for over forty years. But as the time comes to hang up their stethoscopes, the Winterbottoms discover that they have rather different visions of retirement . . .Heather dreams of exploringContinue reading “Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year – Joanna Nell”
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Conversations With The Dead – Jim Bates
Pages: 335Released On: 04/08/2023 Jasmine “Jazzy” Jaspers is a ten-year-old albino who lives with his mother, an obese telephone sex worker. When his mother dies, Jazzy is sent to live with his grandparents on their farm in southwestern Minnesota. At his mother’s funeral, he meets and befriends his first dead person and it changes hisContinue reading “Conversations With The Dead – Jim Bates”
The Christmas Love Letters – Sue Moorcroft
Published By: AvonPages: 384Released On; 26/10/2023 The love letters were only the start of the story… Tucked into a crook of the Norfolk coast lies Nelson’s Bar – an idyllic village where time seems to stand still. Maddy Austen has called this beautiful spot home all her life, as had her husband Adey – untilContinue reading “The Christmas Love Letters – Sue Moorcroft”
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz – Robin Stevens
Published By: PuffinPages: 464Released On: 12/10/2023Reading Age: 8-13 March 1941. Britain is at war, and a secret agency called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up children as spies – because grown-ups always underestimate them. Enter May, Eric and Nuala: courageous, smart, and the Ministry’s newest recruits.May’s big sister Hazel has arranged for them to stay on a quietContinue reading “The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz – Robin Stevens”
The Snow Girl – Sophie Anderson
Published By: Usborne PublishingPages: 288Released On: 26/10/2023Reading Age: 8-12 Years I wish the snow girl would come to life. Then I would have a friend, a real friend I could trust, and I wouldn’t feel so alone. When Tasha builds a snow girl with her grandpa, all she wants is for her to be real.Continue reading “The Snow Girl – Sophie Anderson”
The Christmas Appeal – Janice Hallett
Published By: ViperPages: 208Released On: 26/10/2023 One dead Santa. A town full of suspects. Will you discover the truth?Christmas in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, to raise money for the church roof appeal. But despite the season, goodwill is distinctly lacking amongst the amateur dramatics enthusiasts. Sarah-JaneContinue reading “The Christmas Appeal – Janice Hallett”
Once a Monster – Robert Dinsdale
Published By: MacmillanPages: 512Released On: 21/09/2023 London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell belongs to a crew of mudlarks who work a stretch of the Thames along the Ratcliffe Highway. An orphan since her mother died four years past, leaving Nell with only broken dreams and a pair of satin slippers in her possession, she spends her daysContinue reading “Once a Monster – Robert Dinsdale”
The Nutcracker: And the Mouse King’s Christmas Shenanigans – Alex T. Smith
Published By: Macmillan Children’s BooksPages: 176Released On: 05/10/2023Reading Age: 5-9 Years The Mouse King is up to some very sneaky shenanigans.The night before Christmas, he steals the key to the Kingdom of Sweets and sets out to cause as much festive mayhem as he can!Clara and Fritz Strudel, and their new friend the Nutcracker, are the onlyContinue reading “The Nutcracker: And the Mouse King’s Christmas Shenanigans – Alex T. Smith”
The Winter Spirits – Various Authors
Published By: SpherePages: 464Released On: 19/10/2023 Featuring new and original stories from:Bridget Collins, author of The BindingImogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs HancockKiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The MerciesAndrew Michael Hurley, author of The LoneyJess Kidd, author of Things in JarsNatasha Pulley, author of The Watchmaker of Filigree StreetElizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll FactoryLaura Purcell, author of The Silent CompanionsSusan StokesContinue reading “The Winter Spirits – Various Authors”
Starting Over at Halesmere House – Suzanne Snow
Published By: CaneloPages: 320Released On: 19/10/2023 Taking over the Flower Shed studio at Halesmere, Alice is looking to mend her heart through horticulture after the end of her ten-year marriage. She isn’t looking for romance, especially not with brash young tree surgeon, Zac. Zac has his own past he’s trying to move on from, andContinue reading “Starting Over at Halesmere House – Suzanne Snow”
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