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Sultan in Oman

Sultan in Oman
  • Author(s): Jan Morris
  • Location(s): Oman
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1955

In 1955 the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, southeast of Saudi Arabia on the Arabian Sea, was a truly medieval Islamic State, shuttered against all progress under the aegis of its traditionalist and autocratic ruler. But it was also...

Summer at the Art Cafe

Summer at the Art Cafe
  • Author(s): Sue McDonagh
  • Location(s): Gower Peninsula
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Can “Dozy Rosie” spice up her life and prove she’s not boring? Rosie Bunting has spent her life caring for others, often at the expense of her own hopes and dreams. But when she overhears somebody describing her as...

Summer at the Cornish Café

Summer at the Cornish Café
  • Author(s): Phillipa Ashley
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): present-day

Demi doesn’t expect her summer in Cornwall to hold anything out of the ordinary. As a waitress, working all hours to make ends meet, washing dishes and serving ice creams seems to be as exciting as the holiday season...

Summer at the Cornish Farmhouse

Summer at the Cornish Farmhouse
  • Author(s): Linn B Halton
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

When Jess Newman married the love of her life Ben she was sure they had what it took to stay together forever. So when Ben falls out of love with her only to promptly fall in the arms of...

Summer at the French Olive Grove

Summer at the French Olive Grove
  • Author(s): Sophie Claire
  • Location(s): Provence
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

Filmmaker Lily’s life is all about work and adventure. So when she suffers an accident on her travels and finds herself recuperating in the quiet French seaside village where she spent her childhood, she can’t wait to escape. Not...

Summer Bird Blue

Summer Bird Blue
  • Author(s): Akemi Dawn Bowman
  • Location(s): Hawai'i
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

Rumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying. What to eat, where to go, who to love. But one thing she is sure of – she wants to spend her life writing music with her younger sister, Lea. Then...

Summer Brother

Summer Brother
  • Author(s): Jaap Robben, David Doherty (translator)
  • Location(s): Netherlands
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): Contemporary

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE Thirteen-year-old Brian lives in a trailer on a forgotten patch of land with his divorced and uncaring father. His older brother Lucien, physically and mentally disabled, has been institutionalized for years. While...

Summer Darlings

Summer Darlings
  • Author(s): Brooke Lea Foster
  • Location(s): Martha's Vineyard
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

“Filled with 1960s nostalgia and a host of deftly drawn characters” (Renée Rosen, author of Park Avenue Summer), Summer Darlings pulls back the curtain on one mysterious and wealthy family as seen through the eyes of their nanny–a college...

Summer Ever After

Summer Ever After
  • Author(s): Jane Crittenden
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Can love bloom again under the heat of the Spanish sun? Ten years ago, while travelling before starting a cookery apprenticeship, Alice fell head over heels for Barcelona: the food, the sun and the gorgeous Andy Hall…Family tragedy sent...

Summer Fever

Summer Fever
  • Author(s): Kate Riordan
  • Location(s): Le Marche
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two couples. One sweltering Italian villa . . . Nick and Laura are the hosts: pretending their marriage isn’t on the rocks. Madison and Bastian are the guests: neither is remotely who they claim to be. Under the scorching...

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