Published By: Bellows PressPages: 380Released On: 15/11/2022 Susan Mottram lives an idyllic existence until her eighteenth birthday, when her father’s sudden death plunges the family into penury. To support her mother and younger sister, Susan takes employment as a teacher at a remote Yorkshire boarding school, Matterdale Hall, owned by the radical Dr. Claybourn andContinue reading “The Secret of Matterdale Hall – Marianne Ratcliffe”
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Mad Honey – Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
Published By: Hodder and StoughtonPages: 464Released On: 15/11/2022 Olivia fled her abusive marriage to return to her hometown and take over the family beekeeping business when her son Asher was six. Now, impossibly, her baby is six feet tall and in his last year of high school, a kind, good-looking, popular ice hockey star withContinue reading “Mad Honey – Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan”
The Man Without Shelter – Indrajit Garai
Pages: 122Released On: 06/09/2022 Lucy, a young lawyer, is on fast track to partnership in her firm. Arnault, a convicted felon, leaves prison after two decades through a piece of evidence in his favor. The two of them come together during a rescue operation at the centre of Paris, and then they go on withContinue reading “The Man Without Shelter – Indrajit Garai”
Murder on the Christmas Express – Alexandra Benedict
Published By: Simon and SchusterPages: 352Released On: 10/11/2022 Eighteen passengers. Seven stops. One killer. In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the sleeper train to the Highlands is derailed, along with the festive plans of its travellers. With the train stuck in snow in the middle of nowhere, a killer stalks its carriages, picking offContinue reading “Murder on the Christmas Express – Alexandra Benedict”
The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair – Natasha Hastings
Published By: Harper CollinsPages: 400Released On: 27/10/2022 It’s a cold winter during the Great Frost of 1683. Thomasina and Anne are the best of friends, one running her father’s sweet shop and the other the apprentice at the family apothecary – together they sell their goods on the frozen River Thames. When a family tragedyContinue reading “The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair – Natasha Hastings”
Better Than Fiction – Alexa Martin
Published By: HeadlinePages: 320Released On: 08/11/2022 As a self-proclaimed book hater and a firm believer that the movie is always better, Drew Young didn’t anticipate inheriting her grandma’s bookstore, the Book Nook. She’s in way over her head even before the shop’s resident book club, comprising seven of the naughtiest old ladies ever, begin toContinue reading “Better Than Fiction – Alexa Martin”
Undoctored – Adam Kay
Published By: TrapezePages: 288Released On: 15/09/2022 This is Going to Hurt was the publishing phenomenon of the century, read by many millions, loved by at least fifty of them, and adapted into a major TV series. But it was only part of the story. Undoctored is about what happens when a doctor hangs up his scrubs, butContinue reading “Undoctored – Adam Kay”
N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia – Mark Piesing
Published By: MarinerPages: 448Released On: 13/10/2022 The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, which crashed near the North Pole in 1928. During the Roaring Twenties, zeppelin travel embodied the exuberant spirit of the age. Germany’s luxurious Graf Zeppelin ran passenger serviceContinue reading “N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia – Mark Piesing”
The Gingerbread Cafe – Anita Faulkner
Published By: SpherePages: 368Released On: 27/10/2022 The Gingerbread Café is always full of Christmas magic. Come rain or shine (or even a July heatwave), there’s always a hot chocolate bursting with cinnamon and marshmallows waiting for you. For introverted Gretel, it’s been the perfect escape from ‘real life’. The owner, Nell, is Gretel’s last linkContinue reading “The Gingerbread Cafe – Anita Faulkner”
Cat Lady – Dawn O’Porter
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 400Released On: 27/10/2022 CAT LADY [n.]Single, independent, crazy, aloof, on-the-shelf, lives alone . . . It’s safer for Mia to play the part that people expect. She’s a good wife to her husband Tristan, a doting stepmother, she slips on her suit for work each morning like a new skin. But beneath theContinue reading “Cat Lady – Dawn O’Porter”
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