Published By: PolygonPages: 176Released On: 06/08/2026 At the end of the seventeenth century, a brave group of Scots sail for a jungle-coastline on the other side of the world, the junction between North and South America. Their objective: to establish a trading colony that would assure their hard-strapped country’s future, as the East India CompanyContinue reading “This Door of the Seas – Val McDermid and Jo Sharp”
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The Cotswold Christmas Bookshop – Jill Steeples
Published By: BoldwoodPages: 264Released On: 31/08/2026 Isla Stewart has a glittering publishing career in London, but when she’s unexpectedly made redundant, she faces an uncertain future. Licking her wounds, Isla heads home to the Cotswolds. Keeping her devastating redundancy a secret from her proud parents, she seeks refuge at Finch’s, the enchanting bookshop she workedContinue reading “The Cotswold Christmas Bookshop – Jill Steeples”
The Art of Charming a Changeling – Sylvie Cathrall
Published By: OrbitPages: 352Released On: 25/08/2026 On her first day working in the prince’s galleries, art conservator Florrie Hyverfell discovers that the most famous portrait in the collection is not only a fake-it’s also inhabited by Vern, a fairy trapped in the forged painting. Tracking down the stolen original is the only way for FlorrieContinue reading “The Art of Charming a Changeling – Sylvie Cathrall”
Some People – Parini Shroff
Published By: AtlanticPages: 304Released On: 06/08/2026 Unfortunately, some people are family. Malti Patel is absolutely fine. Concussed and bruised, maybe, but fine. Certainly fine enough to not need her daughter’s soon-to-be-ex-husband, Nathan Whitlock, playing nurse in her home while she recuperates. And yet her doctor insists on in-home supervision for seven days, and with herContinue reading “Some People – Parini Shroff”
Eleven Days: The Fascinating True Account of Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Disappearance – Laura Thompson
Published By: Bedford SquarePages: 224Released On: 27/08/2026 In December of 1926, Agatha Christie vanished. Eleven days later, after frenzied media speculation, she was discovered alive and well. A century on, there are questions that have never been answered. Now Christie biographer Laura Thompson seeks to penetrate the story of the greatest mystery ever created byContinue reading “Eleven Days: The Fascinating True Account of Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Disappearance – Laura Thompson”
Everywhere But Here – Jacqueline Silvester
Published By: Simon and Schuster Children’s UKPages: 336Released On: 13/08/2026 Margot is That Girl – she’s built her online audience from scratch and though her life looks perfect on screen, her influencing supports her family’s dying B&B. Theo is seen as a nepo baby – but photography is his ticket to escaping his billionaireContinue reading “Everywhere But Here – Jacqueline Silvester”
The Best of Enemies – Julie Mae Cohen
Published By: ZaffrePages: 384Released On: 20/08/2026 Gwen keeps a list of enemies. Not that she’d ever hurt any of them – she just likes knowing if karma catches up. So when her childhood bully drowns in sewage, Gwen’s quietly satisfied. But then another foe dies. And another. Soon, everyone who’s ever crossed Gwen – fromContinue reading “The Best of Enemies – Julie Mae Cohen”
A Bloody Scandal – Evelyn Scott
Published By: Fourth EstatePages: 256Released On: 13/08/2026 Evelyn was just a teenager when she first began suffering with the symptoms of endometriosis – a reproductive condition that affects one in ten women. For fifteen years, she endured constant, agonising pain. Where she was desperate for clarity and support from medical practitioners, she was instead metContinue reading “A Bloody Scandal – Evelyn Scott”
Hiroshima, 8:15 – Kiyoshi Tanimoto
Published By: Ebury PressPages: 256Released On: 06/08/2026 The whole city was covered with dark clouds, and conflagrations were breaking out in various directions. Could all of this have happened at once? It was then that black drops of rain, as big as blackberries, began to fall – rain caused by the atomic bomb. I wonderedContinue reading “Hiroshima, 8:15 – Kiyoshi Tanimoto”
My Favourite Books of 2026: Part 1 😊
2026 has probably been one of the best years for books – in my home at least. There have been sooooooo many great reads, and a lot of wonderful debut novels too! Here you’ll find my favourite reads of January through to June 2026, with the rest of the year coming in December. Please beContinue reading “My Favourite Books of 2026: Part 1 😊”
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