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Maya

Maya
  • Author(s): Jostein Gaarder
  • Location(s): Spain, Fiji
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): late 20th century

A chance meeting on the Fijian island of Taveuni is the trigger for a fascinating and mysterious novel that intertwines the stories of John Spooke, an English author who is grieving for his dead wife; Frank Andersen, a Norwegian...

Maya and Natasha

Maya and Natasha
  • Author(s): Elyse Durham
  • Location(s): Russia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Second half 20th Century

This stunning debut novel set in the fascinating world of Cold War Soviet ballet follows the fates of twin sisters whose bond is competitive, complicated, but never broken. Maya and Natasha are twin sisters born in the midst of...

Maya and the Rising Dark

Maya and the Rising Dark
  • Author(s): Rena Barron
  • Location(s): Chicago
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

In this highly anticipated contemporary fantasy, twelve-year-old Maya’s search for her missing father puts her at the center of a battle between our world, the Orishas, and the mysterious and sinister Dark world. Perfect for fans of Aru Shah...

Maybe Baby

Maybe Baby
  • Author(s): Kim Golden
  • Location(s): Stockholm, Copenhagen
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Imagine finding out you could never have a baby with the man you love… Expat American Laney Halliwell finds out the hard way when Niklas tells her he had a vasectomy before they met and isn’t interested in reversing...

Maybe In Another Life

Maybe In Another Life
  • Author(s): Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

At the age of twenty-nine, Hannah Martin still has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She has lived in six different cities and held countless jobs since graduating college. On the heels of leaving another...

Maybe Next Time

Maybe Next Time
  • Author(s): Cesca Major
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Time Slip, Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Dan is Emma’s person. She’s known it since the first time she saw him dressed in lederhosen on the tube. On their fifteen year ‘dateversary’, Emma texts a list of everything she should have told Dan that morning. Tell...

Maybe This Time

Maybe This Time
  • Author(s): Jill Mansell
  • Location(s): The Cotswolds, Mallorca
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Mimi isn’t looking for love when she spends a weekend in Goosebrook, the Cotswolds village her dad has moved to. And her first encounter with Cal, who lives there too, is nothing like a scene in a romantic movie...

Maybe Tomorrow

Maybe Tomorrow
  • Author(s): Kim Golden
  • Location(s): Denmark, Copenhagen
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

No such thing as love… Eddy and Henrik don’t believe in love. At least, that’s what they keep telling themselves. They’ve been burned in the past, and neither wants to be that vulnerable again. A summer fling… That’s all...

Mayday

Mayday
  • Author(s): Grethe Bøe
  • Location(s): Norway, Russia
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In Norway’s frozen north, tension is escalating across the border with Russia. One false move could trigger a major political crisis, or even a war … When an F-16 N.A.T.O. plane goes down on Russian territory, the danger of...

Mayflies

Mayflies
  • Author(s): Andrew O'Hagan
  • Location(s): Scotland, London, Manchester
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1986 and 2017

A heartbreaking novel of an extraordinary lifelong friendship. Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life. In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, James and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music,...

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