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Rebecca’s Children

Rebecca’s Children
  • Author(s): Kate Dunn
  • Location(s): Carmarthenshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Victorian

For centuries generations of the Jenkins family have eked out a living from their Carmarthensire hill farm. But when a fire destroys virtually all of their possessions the Jenkins children are forced to watch their lives crumble around them....

Rebel English Academy

Rebel English Academy
  • Author(s): Mohammed Hanif
  • Location(s): Pakistan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When a major Pakistani political figure is hanged, OK Town erupts in protest. A few miles away, Sir Baghi is surprised by a knock at the door of his language school, the Rebel English Academy. An unexpected visitor, Sabiha,...

Rebel: My Escape from Saudi Arabia to Freedom

Rebel: My Escape from Saudi Arabia to Freedom
  • Author(s): Rahaf Mohammed
  • Location(s): Saudi Arabia
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A gripping true story of bravery and sacrifice by a young woman whose escape from Saudi Arabia captivated the world. In early 2019, after more than a year of careful planning, Rahaf Mohammed boarded a plane and finally escaped...

ReBerth: Stories from Cities on the Edge

ReBerth: Stories from Cities on the Edge
  • Author(s): Jude Bloomfield
  • Location(s): Europe
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The six European port cities known as the ‘Cities on the Edge’ – Liverpool, Bremen, Gdansk, Istanbul, Marseilles and Naples – share a history of dissent, diversity and economic reinvention. Once gateways to the world, bringing wealth and innovation...

Recapitulation

Recapitulation
  • Author(s): Wallace Stegner
  • Location(s): Salt Lake City
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Bruce Mason returns to Salt Lake City not for his aunt’s funeral, but to encounter the place he fled in bitterness forty-five years ago. A successful statesman and diplomat, Mason had buried his awkward childhood and sealed himself off...

Recipe for a Perfect Wife

Recipe for a Perfect Wife
  • Author(s): Karma Brown
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary, 1950s

When Alice Hale leaves a career to become a writer and follows her husband to the New York suburbs, she is unaccustomed to filling her days alone in a big, empty house. But when she finds a vintage cookbook...

Recipes for Love and Murder: A Tannie Maria Mystery

Recipes for Love and Murder: A Tannie Maria Mystery
  • Author(s): Sally Andrew
  • Location(s): South Africa, Karoo
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Meet Tannie Maria: A woman who likes to cook a lot and write a little. Tannie Maria writes recipes for a column in her local paper, the Klein Karoo Gazette. One Sunday morning, as Maria savours the breeze through...

Reckless Girls

Reckless Girls
  • Author(s): Rachel Hawkins
  • Location(s): Hawai'i
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The holiday of your dreams… When Lux and Nico get the chance to sail to a remote island off the coast of Hawaii, they’re thrilled. It’s the trip they’ve been dreaming of their whole lives. A tropical paradise… Despite...

Reckoning Point

Reckoning Point
  • Author(s): J M Hewitt
  • Location(s): Scheveningen
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 1986 / present day

Nineteen year old Elian Gould is on the tail of one of her attackers, and finds herself in the badlands near Scheveningen, a Dutch beachside resort. This is a place of neglect; where one would find used needles in...

Reconquista

Reconquista
  • Author(s): J J Anderson
  • Location(s): Jerez
  • Genre(s): Adventure
  • Era(s): 13th century Al Andalus

Intrigue, adventure and self-discovery in 13th century Al Andalus. Outside the city an army awaits…. Within the walls, Nathan, his older cousin, Rebecca and their friend, Atta face an uncertain future. In war-torn Al Andalus, King and Emir vie...

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