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One Last Summer at Hideaway Bay

One Last Summer at Hideaway Bay
  • Author(s): Zoe Cook
  • Location(s): Cornwall, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Secrets lie waiting beneath the Cornish waves in this moving and unforgettable love story. Perfect for fans of Nicholas Sparks, Kelly Rimmer and Jojo Moyes. Lucy, hi. It’s Tom. How are you? It’s been a while. I’ve been meaning...

One Summer

One Summer
  • Author(s): Taylor Cole
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance, RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two people. Two pasts. One summer to fall in love. Caleb is a former professional surfer trying to build his life after a career-ending accident. Lindy has moved to Loor island to start a new life, combing the shores...

One Tuesday, Early

One Tuesday, Early
  • Author(s): Annalisa Crawford
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

You’re on your own and you shouldn’t be. Your partner is missing. The streets are empty. Even the birds have disappeared. What do you do? It’s 6:05am one Tuesday morning, and Lexi Peters is alone. Her partner, her friends,...

Orla and the Serpent’s Curse

Orla and the Serpent’s Curse
  • Author(s): C J Haslam
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Children, Fantasy
  • Era(s): Present

A spooky and darkly comic adventure set in Cornwall – Famous Five with a twist. Orla thought she was in for a relaxing family holiday, but when she finds a mysterious glowing necklace in the woods, it turns out...

Over Sea Under Stone

Over Sea Under Stone
  • Author(s): Susan Cooper
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 20th Century

On holiday in Cornwall, Simon, Jane and Barney Drew discover an ancient map in the attic of the Grey House, where they are staying with their mysterious Great-Uncle Merry. They know immediately that it is special. But it is...

Pengelly’s Daughter

Pengelly’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Nicola Pryce
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Late Eighteenth century

Rose Pengelly’s father has been ruined – plunging Rose and her mother into poverty. There appears to be only one way out of their terrible circumstances: for Rose to marry Mr Tregellas, a powerful timber merchant and the man...

Rogue Flamingo

Rogue Flamingo
  • Author(s): L A Kent
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Crime

Set between Fowey and St Mawes. A lawyer’s body is found on the beach in the small Cornish village of Porthaven, staked out with a tarred bag over its head, just as the peak summer season gets underway. When...

Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall 1783 – 1787 (Poldark Book 1)

Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall 1783 – 1787 (Poldark Book 1)
  • Author(s): Winston Graham
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Later 18th Century

Cornwall in the 1780s – when powerful forces of revolution and reaction are at large in the world. Tired from a grim war in America, Ross Poldark returns to his land and his family. But the joyful homecoming he...

Rough Music

Rough Music
  • Author(s): Patrick Gale
  • Location(s): North Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Coming of Age, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Julian is a contented if naïve only child, and a holiday on the coast of North Cornwall should be perfect, especially when distant American cousins join the party. But their arrival brings upheaval and unexpected turmoil. It is only...

Ruin Beach

Ruin Beach
  • Author(s): Kate Rhodes
  • Location(s): Isles of Scilly, Tresco
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

THE ISLAND OF TRESCO HOLDS A DARK SECRET SOMEONE WILL KILL TO PROTECT. Ben Kitto is the Scilly Isles’ Deputy Chief of Police, but as the island’s lazy summer takes hold, he finds himself missing the excitement of the...

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