Published By: BookouturePages: 291Released On: 29/09/2023 Thirty-year-old Holliday Harrison is throwing herself into the festive season to give her life some purpose after losing her husband three years ago. Working at Christmas Resort, an all-year-round holiday village, with its sparkling lights and community of quirky characters, is the warm environment she needs right now. But everythingContinue reading “Christmas Secrets in the Scottish Highlands – Donna Ashcroft”
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The Babysitter – Emma Curtis
Published By: CorvusPages: 400Released On: 05/10/2023 Three women. Three secrets.Claudia’s life imploded ten years ago when she was convicted of the murder of her child. Now she has done the unthinkable and confessed to manslaughter in order to be granted parole – her only hope of finding out what really happened to Tilly.Sara is married toContinue reading “The Babysitter – Emma Curtis”
Christmas at the Cat Café – Jessica Redland
Published By: BoldwoodPages: 393Released On: 15/09/2023 It had always been Tabby’s dream to work with cats and an inheritance from her beloved nanna has finally made that a reality. Idyllic Castle Street in Whitsborough Bay couldn’t be a better place for pastry chef Tabby to open a cat café with her boyfriend, Leon. But when LeonContinue reading “Christmas at the Cat Café – Jessica Redland”
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth – Natalie Haynes
Published By: PicadorPages: 304Released On: 28/09/2023 We meet Athene, who sprang fully formed from her father’s head: goddess of war and wisdom, guardian of Athens. We run with Artemis, goddess of hunting and protector of young girls (apart from those she decides she wants as a sacrifice). Here is Aphrodite, goddess of sex and desireContinue reading “Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth – Natalie Haynes”
Island of Whispers – Frances Hardinge
Published By: Macmillan Two HootsPages: 120Released On: 12/09/2023Age Range: 12+ On the island of Merlank, the Dead must not be allowed to linger. The very sight of their ghosts can kill you. When young Milo is thrust into the role of Ferryman following his father’s sudden death, he is the one who must carry awayContinue reading “Island of Whispers – Frances Hardinge”
The Crash – Robert Peston
Published By: ZaffrePages: 400Released On: 14/09/2023 London, 2007. It’s summer in the City: the economy is booming, profits are up and the stock market sits near record highs.But journalist Gil Peck is a lone voice worrying it can’t last. Deep in the plumbing of the financial system, he has noticed strange things happening which could threatenContinue reading “The Crash – Robert Peston”
Life and Otter Miracles – Hazel Prior
Published By: PenguinPages: 400Released On: 14/09/2023 Nineteen-year-old Phoebe and her widower father Al have recently moved to Devon, to a small cottage with a river at the end of the garden.Struggling with her own closely guarded issues, Phoebe doesn’t go out much. Instead, she spends her time at home, watching detective dramas and playing detective herself – trying toContinue reading “Life and Otter Miracles – Hazel Prior”
The Spy’s Daughter – Bianca M. Schwarz
Published By: Central AvenuePages: 288Released On: 05/09/2023 Emily March, the illegitimate daughter of Sir Henry March, has all she needs: bountiful wealth, ample beauty, and abundant talent. But will this be enough to secure the one thing she truly wants: a loving marriage and her own family? However, it’s not her illegitimacy that stands inContinue reading “The Spy’s Daughter – Bianca M. Schwarz”
The Turnglass – Gareth Rubin
Published By: Simon and SchusterPages: 512Released On: 31/08/2023 Imagine you’re holding a book in your hands. It’s not just any book though. It’s a tête-bêche novel, beloved of nineteenth-century bookmakers. It’s a book that is two books: two intertwined stories printed back-to-back. Open the book and the first novella begins. It ends at the middleContinue reading “The Turnglass – Gareth Rubin”
The Gingerbread Christmas Village – Kiley Dunbar
Published By: Canelo HeraPages: 320Released On: 31/08/2023 Everyone deserves a Christmas treat… The annual Wheaton gingerbread exhibit (a model village made of gingerbread) and grotto has been an important part of the sleepy Cotswold hamlet’s Christmas celebrations for decades. For years the gingerbread exhibition drew visitors from across the region and each year the modelContinue reading “The Gingerbread Christmas Village – Kiley Dunbar”
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