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The Summer Holiday

The Summer Holiday
  • Author(s): Jo Clegg
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two weeks. Two families. What could possibly go wrong…? Claire Swift can’t think of anything worse than another holiday with the Wellbeloved family. The last trip together was a complete disaster – yet somehow, despite Claire’s best efforts, they’re...

The Summer Holiday

The Summer Holiday
  • Author(s): S E Lynes
  • Location(s): Cadaqués
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

One loving couple. One surprise guest. One week to destroy everything… When the doorbell rings, I take one last look round the villa. The nuts and olives are in bowls; the white wine is chilling in the fridge; everything...

The Summer House

The Summer House
  • Author(s): Philip Teir
  • Location(s): Finland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The light greenery of the early summer is trembling around Erik and Julia as they shove their children into the car and start the drive towards the house by the sea on the west coast of Finland where they...

The Summer House

The Summer House
  • Author(s): Keri Beevis
  • Location(s): Norfolk
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller

Mead House was once our childhood home. Despite my fears, I always knew we would have to return to face the demons of our past. Back to the place where it happened, to where, as carefree teenagers, we lost...

The Summer House in Santorini

The Summer House in Santorini
  • Author(s): Samantha Parks
  • Location(s): Santorini
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance

One summer in Greece will change everything… Anna’s running away. From a failed relationship, a dead-end career and a complicated family life. On the island of Santorini, with its picturesque villas, blue-tiled roofs, and the turquoise waters of the Aegean...

The Summer I Met Jack

The Summer I Met Jack
  • Author(s): Michelle Gable
  • Location(s): Hollywood, Hyannis Port, Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Second half 20th Century

New York Times bestselling author imagines the affair between John F. Kennedy and Alicia Corning Clark – and the child they may have had. Based on a real story – in 1950, a young, beautiful Polish refugee arrives in...

The Summer Job

The Summer Job
  • Author(s): Lizzy Dent
  • Location(s): Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Have you ever imagined running away from your life? Well Birdy Finch didn’t just imagine it. She did it. Which might’ve been an error. And the life she’s run into? Her best friend, Heather’s. The only problem is, she...

The Summer List

The Summer List
  • Author(s): Amy Mason Doan
  • Location(s): Lake Tahoe (California)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In the tradition of Judy Blume’s Summer Sisters, The Summer List is a tender yet tantalizing novel about two friends, the summer night they fell apart, and the scavenger hunt that reunites them decades later—until the clues expose a...

The Summer of Ellen

The Summer of Ellen
  • Author(s): Agnete Friis, Sinead Quirke Kongerskov (translator)
  • Location(s): Jutland, Denmark
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary and 1978

Agnete Friis returns with a lyrical, suspenseful new standalone set in rural Denmark that moves between the present and the summer of 1978, exploring obsession, toxic masculinity and the tricks we play on our own memory. Jacob, a middle-aged...

The Summer of Going Topless

The Summer of Going Topless
  • Author(s): Liz Davies
  • Location(s): Worcestershire
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Candice Summerville is fast approaching fifty-years-old and wonders if she might be invisible. No one seems to notice her – not really. Heck, she often doesn’t notice herself, except for her monthly scrutiny in the mirror to check on...

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