Published By: Bedford SquarePages: 384Released On: 14/08/2025 Joel Foster is a hapless twenty-something. His girlfriend, Beth Lewis, would likely have been a hapless twenty-something, too, had she not been obliterated by a very large cement truck. Some time after Beth’s tragic death, Joel is still trying to juggle grief with the world of modern dating.Continue reading “Nearly Departed -Lucas Oakeley”
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The World’s Worst Alien – Alice Primmer
Published By: WalkerPages: 224Released On: 05/06/2025Reading Age: 9-12 When alien “Sky” creates planet Earth as part of a school project, she’s delighted by her success. Those dinosaurs roaming about the place are top-mark material! Then humans sweep in and it’s farewell dinosaurs, hello destruction. This disappointing evolutionary twist calls for drastic measures: Sky, the laziestContinue reading “The World’s Worst Alien – Alice Primmer”
The Margaret Code – Richard Hooton
Published By: SpherePages: 352Released On: 10/04/2025 89-year-old Margaret has lived on Garnon Crescent all her life, except for those few years she never talks about. She knows all the neighbours; their hopes, their heartbreaks. Only recently, Margaret’s memory isn’t what it used to be. She is sure Barbara, her best friend and neighbour, told herContinue reading “The Margaret Code – Richard Hooton”
An Ethical Guide To Murder – Jenny Morris
Published By: Simon & SchusterPages: 416Released On: 16/01/2025 If you had the power between life and death, what would you do?Thea has a secret. She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them. Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another – something she findsContinue reading “An Ethical Guide To Murder – Jenny Morris”
The Cats We Meet Along the Way – Nadia Mikail
Published By: Guppy BooksPages: 192Released On: 03/02/2022 Seventeen-year-old Aisha hasn’t seen her sister June for two years. And now that a calamity is about to end the world in nine months’ time, she and her mother decide that it’s time to track her down and mend the hurts of the past. Along with Aisha’s boyfriend,Continue reading “The Cats We Meet Along the Way – Nadia Mikail”
Don’t Believe the Hype – Natalie Lewis
Published By: Hodder and StoughtonPages: 352Released On: 13/04/2023 The world of fashion is supposed to be glamorous . . . isn’t it? Meet Frankie Marks: the world’s least likely fashion PR. She got the job by fluke, she doesn’t know the first thing about designers, she’s always hungry, and she struggles to think before sheContinue reading “Don’t Believe the Hype – Natalie Lewis”
Her – Mira V Shah
Published By: Hodder and StoughtonPages: 336Released On: 23/03/2023 You want to be just like her. But do you really know her? Rani has always felt like an outsider. First growing up among her white, wealthy peers. And now next to her successful, child-free friends. From the tiny rented flat she lives in with her family,Continue reading “Her – Mira V Shah”
Between the Lines – T.J Ryan
Pages: 280Released On: 14/02/2023 Jonathan’s done playing the token diversity character. Despite being the son of an award-winning director and a screen sensation, he has struggled to find his own identity in his craft. He only felt normal that amazing night with the mystery girl who had no idea who he really was. No actingContinue reading “Between the Lines – T.J Ryan”
The Vanishing of Margaret Small – Neil Alexander
Published By: EmblaReleased On: 16/11/2022 Meet Margaret Small: 75, plain spoken and a Cilla Black super fan. Shortly after the death of her idol, Margaret begins receiving sums of money in the post, signed simply ‘C’. She is convinced it must be Cilla, but how can it be? To solve the mystery of her benefactorContinue reading “The Vanishing of Margaret Small – Neil Alexander”
A Colourful Country Escape – Anita Faulkner
Published By: Little BrownPages: 368Released On: 09/06/2022 When vibrant but penniless Lexie is dumped by her posh boyfriend who is looking for a more financially suitable match, she decides to pack up her beloved orange campervan Penny in search of a new path. Stumbling upon a vacancy at a family-run paint company in the Cotswolds,Continue reading “A Colourful Country Escape – Anita Faulkner”
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