Published By: Hodder and StoughtonPages: 400Date Released: 02/09/2021 At the height of the Holocaust, 25 young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers. The fashionContinue reading “The Dressmakers of Auschwitz – Lucy Adlington”
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Under The Whispering Door- TJ Klune
Published by: St Martins PressPages: 384Date Published: 21/09/2021 When a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from his own funeral, Wallace suspects he really might be dead. Instead of leading him directly to the afterlife, the reaper takes him to a small village. On the outskirts, off the path through the woods, tucked between mountains,Continue reading “Under The Whispering Door- TJ Klune”
Corinth 2642 AD – Bindiya Schaefer
Published By: ZenithPages: 296Date Released: 21/09/2021 In the year 2642, no one person is ethnically like the other. Globalisation, war and other catalysts have given birth to a diverse and multi-ethnic new world. Not everyone feels this new society is ideal, though. A select group creates their own colony – a pureblood, white supremacist cultContinue reading “Corinth 2642 AD – Bindiya Schaefer”
A Country Village Christmas – Suzanne Snow
Published By: CaneloPages: 306Date Released: 02/09/2021 Can the magic of Christmas and the community of Thorndale bring two lost souls together in love?Olivia doesn’t have time for Christmas or for romance – she’s got a demanding career and has been burned before when it comes to love. This year, she’s spending the festive season inContinue reading “A Country Village Christmas – Suzanne Snow”
A Midwinter Match – Jane Lovering
Published by: Boldwood BooksDate Published: 19/08/2021Date Read: 09/07/2021 Ruby Oldbridge needs to learn to take her own advice. A brilliant counsellor at work in York, she is however floundering in her own life. Her romantic track record is woeful, her finances are in a pickle, and she’s back in a house-share after splitting up withContinue reading “A Midwinter Match – Jane Lovering”
The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman – Julietta Henderson
Published by: Bantam PressPages: 311Date released: 01/04/2021Date read: 31/05/2021 What do you get when you cross a painfully awkward son, lofty comedic ambition and a dead best friend? Norman. Norman and Jax were a legendary comedic duo in waiting. They had a plan to take them all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe in justContinue reading “The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman – Julietta Henderson”
A Narrow Door – Joanne Harris
Published by: OrionPages: 448Date published: 04/08/2021Date read: 06/08/2021 Now I’m in charge, the gates are my gates. The rules are my rules. It’s an incendiary moment for St Oswald’s school. For the first time in its history, a headmistress is in power, the gates opening to girls. Rebecca Buckfast has spilled blood to reach thisContinue reading “A Narrow Door – Joanne Harris”
The Cancer Ladies’ Running Club – Josie Lloyd
Published by: HQPages: 431Date released: 25/06/2020Date read: 26/05/2021 Sometimes we find friendship in the most unexpected of places… When Keira receives her breast cancer diagnosis, she doesn’t want to have to tell her children or her husband Tom, and she doesn’t want to step back from work. She doesn’t want to sit in a hospitalContinue reading “The Cancer Ladies’ Running Club – Josie Lloyd”
Snowflakes Over The Starfish Cafe – Jessica Redland
Published By: BoldwoodPages: 338Date Published: 31/08/2021Date Read: 01/08/2021 Two broken hearts. Since she inherited The Starfish Café, Hollie has poured her heart into the business, striving to keep her mother’s traditions and warm-hearted spirit alive. But behind closed doors Hollie is searching for true happiness as she grieves the tragic loss of her family whoContinue reading “Snowflakes Over The Starfish Cafe – Jessica Redland”
The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
Published by: Williams CollinsPages: 256Date released: 01/06/2017Date read: 26/05/2020 The plot centers around Mary Lennox, a young English girl who returns to England from India, having suffered the immense trauma by losing both her parents in a cholera epidemic. However, her memories of her parents are not pleasant, as they were a selfish, neglectful andContinue reading “The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett”
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