Published By: VikingPages: 608Released On: 15/10/2026 During a time of great turmoil, Gustave Flaubert created literature’s most scandalous heroine: Madame Bovary. He then poisoned her with arsenic. But what if, 175 years later, Emma – and the women history overlooked – could seize the quill from his hands and tell a different story? In OneContinue reading “In One Brief Moment All Eternity – Elif Shafak”
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Lessons in Harmony – Jonathan Coe
Published By: VikingPages: 240Released On: 12/11/2026 The year is 1907 and Maurice Ravel is one of the most admired young composers in France. In Belle Epoque Paris he cuts a charismatic, dandyish figure, whose technically flawless music hides a deep emotional core, and whose unpredictable talent is as hard to pin down as his mysteriousContinue reading “Lessons in Harmony – Jonathan Coe”
Operation Doodlebug – Tia Fisher
Published By: Piccadilly PressPages: 256Released On: 05/11/2026Reading Age: 9-12 It’s 1944 and Stan’s hopes of keeping his family together until the war is over are shattered when his father signs up to fight. Left with his mother in Croydon as Hitler sends over waves of V1 rockets, Stan suffers endless air-raid sirens and long nightsContinue reading “Operation Doodlebug – Tia Fisher”
Hollow Bones – Jodi Picoult
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 464Released On: 05/11/2026 I reach up and unravel my braid. When my hair is loose and whipping around my face, I take the red ribbon I’ve woven through it and press it just beneath my mother’s etched name, underlining. She was here. She was mine. When Molly Fitzgerald was two months old,Continue reading “Hollow Bones – Jodi Picoult”
The Enigmas – Emilia Hart
Published By: The Borough PressPages: 384Released On: 18/03/2027 It is 1940, and Beatrice Bone does not want to turn twenty-eight. She longs for adventure like the heroines of her favourite novels, but instead finds herself locked away in her parents’ house by a mother determined to keep her safe from a world at war. ThenContinue reading “The Enigmas – Emilia Hart”
Murder on the Royal Crescent – Harriet F. Townson
Published By: VikingPages: 304Released On: 29/10/2026 On a frosty day in December 1936, librarian and part-time detective Dora Wildwood is summoned to Bath. She has no idea what will unfold but she is glad to go; recent events have left her longing to disappear. Arriving on the world-famous Royal Crescent, Dora quickly learns of DaisyContinue reading “Murder on the Royal Crescent – Harriet F. Townson”
Always A Silver Lining – Jessica Redland
Published By: BoldwoodPages: 376Released On: 19/10/2026 Juliet believes in love stories. As a wedding planner, she’s helped create more than five hundred perfect days for other people, though her own path to happy-ever-after has been far from easy. Her first love always taught Juliet to look for the silver linings in life, and when sheContinue reading “Always A Silver Lining – Jessica Redland”
Murder Most Proper – Josie Lloyd
Published By: HQPages: 320Released On: 08/10/2026 Alice Beeton runs a tight ship. Like her distant relative – the somewhat more famous Mrs Beeton – she believes there should be a place for everything, but she’s not so sure she’s in her place. Since a whirlwind romance with a billionaire swept her best friend, Jinx, off her feet andContinue reading “Murder Most Proper – Josie Lloyd”
Love from Christmas Tree Farm – Jo Thomas
Published By: PanPages: 384Released On: 22/10/2026 Gwen has lived at Christmas Tree Farm for many years. It’s where she’s built a life, a business and a place to call home. But after her beloved husband Paddy dies, it’s time to downsize and move on.But when nine-year-old Willow, a distant relative of Paddy’s, arrives on herContinue reading “Love from Christmas Tree Farm – Jo Thomas”
The Slow Cooker Supper Club – Sue Heath
Published By: One More ChapterPages: 384Released On: 30/09/2026 When professional house sitter Erin moves into Marie’s cosy home at Station Cottages while the widow takes a four-month cruise, the job seems pretty easy: 1. Stay in the house to take care of Marie’s pup, Bella. 2. Keep an eye on Marie’s plantings in the communityContinue reading “The Slow Cooker Supper Club – Sue Heath”
