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Safe House

Safe House
  • Author(s): Jo Jakeman
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction, Indigenous
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The morning after a terrible storm, a woman turns up in a remote Cornish village. She calls herself Charlie, but it’s a name she’s only had for a few days. She keeps herself to herself, reluctant to integrate with...

Sea and Shore

Sea and Shore
  • Author(s): Emily Scott
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink

Close your eyes and think of a place where the sky meets the sea; where the weather changes from moment to moment; and where the coastline is beautifully rugged and where surf breaks on endless sandy shores. This is...

Seahorses

Seahorses
  • Author(s): Ruth Khan
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): 1970s

Seahorses By Ruth Khan Synopsis Seahorses is a retro exploration of falling in love, drinking tea, family and village life, and grief, set in an England that existed for a long, hot, perfect summer in the 70s. It is...

Second Chance Summer

Second Chance Summer
  • Author(s): Phillipa Ashley
  • Location(s): Isles of Scilly
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From the moment Lily Harper arrives at a remote retreat on the breath-taking Scilly Isles, she is itching to get back to civilisation – and her thriving business. Slowing down simply isn’t in her vocabulary, and so she quickly...

Seven Summers

Seven Summers
  • Author(s): Paige Toon
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two epic love stories. One impossible choice. The stunning new novel from Paige Toon. Six summers ago Liv and Finn meet working in a bar on the rugged Cornish coastline, their futures full of promise. When a night of...

Shock Therapy

Shock Therapy
  • Author(s): Angus Blair
  • Location(s): London, Cornwall, Ireland, Lisbon
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Henry Bradbury’s life is in free fall. His marriage has failed, he’s about to lose his City job, and he now finds himself dangerously out of his depth as an unlikely agent of the British secret intelligence services. His...

Shorts and Thoughts

Shorts and Thoughts
  • Author(s): Maggie Fogarty
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Obsession, forgiveness, big life changes, growing older – just some of the themes explored in eight short stories. Stories to make you think and stay with you afterwards. Bite-sized but packing a punch.

Single All the Way

Single All the Way
  • Author(s): Karen King
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

I can see my mother is calling me. I answer the phone, knowing I’ll have to tell her about Oliver and me breaking up. But before I can, she announces, ‘I don’t exactly know how to tell you this…...

Small Forgotten Moments

Small Forgotten Moments
  • Author(s): Annalisa Crawford
  • Location(s): Seaton, Cornwall, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Is Zenna a muse, a sleep-deprived apparition, or something much more sinister? Suffering long-term amnesia, artist Jo Mckye is ready to start a fresh, new project after the success of her debut exhibition. But the fictional subject of the...

Snow Falls Over Starry Cove

Snow Falls Over Starry Cove
  • Author(s): Nancy Barone
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Emmie Weaver has it all – a handsome fiancé and students who love her. So why does she feel so lost? When Emmie’s estranged grandfather dies, leaving her a barge in Starry Cove, it’s a welcome chance to hit...

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