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Gozo Is The Grass Greener?

Gozo Is The Grass Greener?
  • Author(s): Freya Barrington
  • Location(s): Malta
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Present day

Gozo: Is the Grass Greener?, winner of the 2016 Paris Book Festival autobiographical section, and an Honorable mention from the 2016 London Book Festival, is the story of the bestselling author, Freya Barrington, and her husband, Steve, when they...

Hampstead Fever

Hampstead Fever
  • Author(s): Carol Cooper
  • Location(s): Hampstead
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): present day

A heatwave brings emotions to boiling point… It is high summer in London and trouble is brewing. Chef Dan should be blissfully happy. He has the woman of his dreams and a job in a trendy Hampstead bistro. But...

An Honest Man

An Honest Man
  • Author(s): Simon Michael
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1960s

Sequel to The Brief (although can be read as a standalone): maverick barrister, Charles Holborne, may have just escaped hanging by proving he was framed for murder, but his life is now in ruins. His wife is dead, his...

Caught in Traffick

Caught in Traffick
  • Author(s): Freya Barrington
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern Day

In her previous book, Known to Social Services Freya Barrington gave us a frighteningly realistic insight into the harrowing world of the child protection social worker. Based on her own experiences, the book was a revelation and occupied the...

The Hunger Within

The Hunger Within
  • Author(s): J M Hewitt
  • Location(s): Northern Ireland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1981

Northern Ireland, 1981 The Troubles are tearing apart the country. Neighbour turns on neighbour as the Catholic/Protestant divide rages on. In Maze Prison, a group of men start a hunger strike, wanting to be recognised as political prisoners. On...

As If I Were A River

As If I Were A River
  • Author(s): Amanda Saint
  • Location(s): Lancaster
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s, 1970s, 2010s

When we discover the truth about others, we find ourselves…. Kate has a safe, happy, ordinary existence. Or so she thinks. When her husband Jimmy goes missing she is forced to re-evaluate every aspect of her life, and must...

The Viking Hostage

The Viking Hostage
  • Author(s): Tracey Warr
  • Location(s): France, Wales
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 10th century

The Viking Hostage is set in late 10th century France and Wales, and tells the stories of three women living through turbulent power struggles across Europe, Viking raids, and fears of The End of Time. Sigrid is a Norwegian...

Almodis the Peaceweaver

Almodis the Peaceweaver
  • Author(s): Tracey Warr
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi), Catalonia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 11th century

A story of love, adventure and scandal based on the real life of the eleventh-century Countess Almodis de la Marche. At a time when a noblewoman’s purpose is to produce heirs, Almodis resolves to create her own dynasty. Almodis’...

For Such a Moment

For Such a Moment
  • Author(s): Marie Wells Coutu
  • Location(s): Minneapolis - St Paul, Guatemala
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

***Books of Hope Award Winner*** “If I don’t do this, I might as well perish …” Revealing her secret could save lives … or change hers forever. In this book that re-imagines the story of Queen Esther in a...

Thirsting for More

Thirsting for More
  • Author(s): Marie Wells Coutu
  • Location(s): Charleston
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

***2016 Selah Awards Finalist*** ***2016 Royal Palm Literary Awards Semi-Finalist*** … she closed her eyes to this real-life nightmare. The whole city of Charleston seems to be watching, waiting for Northern transplant and recently hired director of tourism, Victoria...

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