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Based on a True Story

Based on a True Story
  • Author(s): Sarah Vaughan
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

This is a compelling story, with deep roots, which asks us to think about the stories we tell not just publicly, but also privately, to make up a life. It manages that rare trick of being both addictive and thoughtful’...

Beautiful Little Fools

Beautiful Little Fools
  • Author(s): Olivia Horrox
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s

Elizabeth “Birdie” Graham must defy her family to discover herself. Birdie dreams of becoming a professional artist, but the constraints of society demand she marries well. In order to fulfil her dreams, she makes a deal with her parents:...

Beautiful People

Beautiful People
  • Author(s): Amanda Jennings
  • Location(s): Cornwall, France, London
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

As the champagne flows at a glittering society wedding, one guest isn’t celebrating. It’s been years since Victoria fell in love with Nick and was welcomed into his circle of privileged friends at university. Then life took a darker...

Black Thorn

Black Thorn
  • Author(s): Sarah Hilary
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Blackthorn Ashes was meant to be their forever home. For the first six families moving into the exclusive new housing development, it was a chance to live a peaceful life on the cliffs overlooking the Cornish sea, safe in...

Bonded Heart

Bonded Heart
  • Author(s): Jane Jackson
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 19th Century

Born into a once-respectable family, circumstances have reduced Roz Trevaskis to working at the local inn. In order to pay the fines incurred through her alcoholic mother’s drunken behaviour, Roz has put herself in debt and reluctantly turned to...

Brave New Summer

Brave New Summer
  • Author(s): Sarah Morgan
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Evie is the acting general manager of The Alexandra hotel in picturesque Cornwall, but she feels trapped in a life defined by others’ expectations. Just as she contemplates a fresh start, Abby arrives, sent undercover by the hotel’s owner...

Burnt Island

Burnt Island
  • Author(s): Kate Rhodes
  • Location(s): Isles of Scilly, St Agnes
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

As the sun sets on a cold November evening, the tiny community of St Agnes prepares for their annual Fifth-of-November festivities. Moments before the fireworks are scheduled to commence, an islander discovers a charred body left on the bonfire,...

Chosen Child

Chosen Child
  • Author(s): Linda Huber
  • Location(s): St Ives
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): present day

A disappearance. A sudden death. A betrayal of the worst kind. Ella longs for a child of her own, but a gruesome find during an adoption process deepens the cracks in her marriage. Her husband Rick has a secret,...

Cod in Devon!

Cod in Devon!
  • Author(s): Sandy Fish
  • Location(s): Devon, Cornwall, Tiverton
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

An uplifting adventure with a touch of fantasy. (Surprisingly, it’s not about fishing!) When you find yourself in that gap between a proper job and no job at all, when the everyday is unfamiliar and the law is a...

Coming Home

Coming Home
  • Author(s): Rosamunde Pilcher
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

Born in Colombo, Judith Dunbar spends her teenage years at boarding school, while her beloved mother and younger sister live abroad with her father. When her new friend Loveday Carey-Lewis invites Judith home for the weekend to Nancherrow, the...

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