Published By: BoldwoodPages: 344Released On: 02/12/2024 ‘We’re celebrating life,’ Rose said. ‘Life, every single minute of it. Tell me, girls – is there ever anything better to celebrate than that?’ Five years after seventy-something Tess jetted off to Paris with her best friends, Jen, Rose, Della and Pam – the Five French Hens – forContinue reading “The Silver-Haired Sisterhood – Judy Leigh”
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The Ice Retreat – Ruth Kelly
Published By: PanPages: 400Released On: 21/11/2024 HEALER?Meet Hollie Jenson, presenter of the smash-hit docu-series Bad Medicine, which exposes the perils of extreme therapies. Her next target: a new retreat run by wellness guru Ariel Rose, who claims to have discovered the secret to healing pain through her three-day ice rebirth treatment. LIAR?Acting on a mother’sContinue reading “The Ice Retreat – Ruth Kelly”
City of Silk – Glennis Virgo
Published By: Allison & BusbyPages: 352Released On: 21/11/2024 Justice in sixteenth-century Bologna is like the fine silk which the city produces: something only the rich and powerful can afford. Elena Morandi is a supremely talented seamstress, at home among the bolts of fabric and cutting shears of her trade. However, she is determined that herContinue reading “City of Silk – Glennis Virgo”
I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I’ve Told Myself – Adelle Purdham
Published By: Dundurn PressPages: 232Released On: 03/12/2024 With the arrival of her daughter with Down syndrome, Adelle Purdham began unpacking a lifetime of her own ableism. In a society where people with disabilities remain largely invisible, what does it mean to parent such a child? And simultaneously, what does it mean as a mother, aContinue reading “I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I’ve Told Myself – Adelle Purdham”
Escape For Christmas – Phillipa Ashley
Published By: PenguinPages: 400Released On: 07/11/2024 Sophie used to adore everything about Christmas. Hot chocolate and velvet bows, fairy lights and mince pies. Until the December her fiancé jilted her. Since then, Sophie opened Sunnyside Hotel, a quaint guesthouse nestled deep in the Cumbrian countryside. And, though it might be winter at Sunnyside, it’s neverContinue reading “Escape For Christmas – Phillipa Ashley”
Brightly Shining – Ingvild Rishøi
Published By: Grove PressPages: 192Released On: 19/11/2024Translated By: Caroline Waight Christmas is just around the corner, and Ronja and Melissa’s dreamer of a father is out of work again. When ten-year-old Ronja hears about a job at a Christmas tree stand near where the family lives in central Oslo, she thinks it might be theContinue reading “Brightly Shining – Ingvild Rishøi”
The Christmas Stocking Murders – Denzil Meyrick
Published By: BantamPages: 432Released On: 07/11/2024 A case shrouded in secrets.It’s just before Christmas, 1953. Grasby and Juggers are investigating a puzzling murder in the remote village of Uthley’s Bay. A fisherman has been found dead on the beach, with a stocking wound tight round his throat. A festive mystery for one and all.Hundreds ofContinue reading “The Christmas Stocking Murders – Denzil Meyrick”
The Last Hour Between Worlds – Melissa Caruso
Published By: OrbitPages: 432Released On: 21/11/2024 Kembral Thorne is spending a precious few hours away from her newborn, and she’s determined to enjoy herself at the year-turning ball. But when the guests start dropping dead, Kem has no choice but to get to work. She’s a member of the Guild of Hounds, after all, andContinue reading “The Last Hour Between Worlds – Melissa Caruso”
Too Young For Cancer – Katie Coleman
Published By: Alcove PressPages: 320Released On: 12/11/2024 A Stage IV cancer survivor reflects on treatment and recovery in this inspiring memoir that reveals the biases of the healthcare system—and the power of community. New Year’s Eve 2020 was supposed to be a turning point to better days for twenty-nine-year-old Katie Coleman. Instead, she found herselfContinue reading “Too Young For Cancer – Katie Coleman”
A Skye Full of Stars – Sue Moorcroft
Published By: AvonPages: 384Released On: 07/11/2024 Ezzie Wynter can’t wait for Christmas on the beautiful Isle of Skye. Her island home sparkles at this time of year thanks to the snow-capped mountains and frosty winter walks, topped off with family gatherings with those she loves the most. But her peaceful Christmas idyll is upended whenContinue reading “A Skye Full of Stars – Sue Moorcroft”
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