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The Dilemma

The Dilemma
  • Author(s): Julia Roberts
  • Location(s): Berkshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 2018 - 2020

My child means everything to me. But saving his life means destroying my best friend’s family… I didn’t plan to fall pregnant, but when I found out, I was overjoyed. Even though I’d be going it alone, I swore...

The Exhibitionist

The Exhibitionist
  • Author(s): Charlotte Mendelson
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘It takes the most ferocious intelligence, skill, and a deep reservoir of sadness to write a novel as funny as this. I adored it’ – Meg Mason, author of Sorrow & Bliss ‘A devastating treat of a novel: funny,...

The Family Retreat

The Family Retreat
  • Author(s): Bev Thomas
  • Location(s): Dorset
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Rob decides the family needs to get away for the summer Jess is not convinced—won’t all the things they’re escaping be waiting for them on their return? But the kids are thrilled, and before long their idyllic little...

The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E

The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E
  • Author(s): Claire Parkin
  • Location(s): North London
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): 2019

Muriel, a former bestselling romantic novelist, and Ruth, a journalist, are best friends. Inseparable since they were little, they’ve shared everything; unable to be without each other, even after the most vicious of fights. Now fate has left them...

The Flight (Jenny Cooper 4)

The Flight (Jenny Cooper 4)
  • Author(s): M R Hall
  • Location(s): Somerset
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Late 2000s

Coroner Jenny Cooper has to examine two bodies washed up after Flight 189 from Heathrow, and destined for JFK, plunges into the Severn Estuary,

The Forgotten Seamstress

The Forgotten Seamstress
  • Author(s): Liz Trenow
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1914

A stunning novel set in the Edwardian era about a seamstress working at Buckingham Palace. Full of drama, betrayal and addictive real-life detail – The Forgotten Seamstress by Liz Trenow is perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Joanne...

The French Lieutenant’s Woman

The French Lieutenant’s Woman
  • Author(s): John Fowles
  • Location(s): Exeter, Lyme Regis
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Mid 1800s

Sarah Woodruff is the woman of the title, the French Lieutenant’s Woman, also known as the “Tragedy”. She lives in the coastal town of Lyme Regis, as a disgraced woman, supposedly abandoned by a French naval officer named Varguennes,...

The Gilded Fan

The Gilded Fan
  • Author(s): Christina Courtenay
  • Location(s): Amsterdam, Nagasaki, Plymouth
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 1640s

How do you start a new life, leaving behind all you love? It’s 1641, and when Midori Kumashiro, the orphaned daughter of a warlord, is told she has to leave Japan or die, she has no choice but to...

The Girl in the Mask

The Girl in the Mask
  • Author(s): Marie-Louise Jensen
  • Location(s): Bath
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 18th Century

Sophia Williams has a duty to her father to behave in an appropriate way for a young lady in 18th century Bath, so that she can find a good quality husband. She is not one to do as she’s...

The Gown

The Gown
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1947, 2016

London, 1947: Besieged by a harsh winter, burdened by shortages and rationing, the people of post-war Britain are suffering despite their nation’s recent victory. For Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, embroiderers at the famed Mayfair fashion house of Norman...

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