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The Captain’s Girl

The Captain’s Girl
  • Author(s): Nicola Pryce
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Late Eighteenth century

As the French Revolution threatens the stability of England, so too is discontent brewing in the heart of Celia Cavendish. Promised to the brutal Viscount Vallenforth, she must find a way to break free from the bounds of a...

The Chosen

The Chosen
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Lowry
  • Location(s): Cornwall, Dorset
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1912

One Wednesday morning in November 1912 the ageing Thomas Hardy, entombed by paper and books and increasingly estranged from his wife Emma, finds her dying in her bedroom. Between his speaking to her and taking her in his arms,...

The Chosen Queen

The Chosen Queen
  • Author(s): Sam Davey
  • Location(s): Cornwall, Orkney Islands
  • Genre(s): Mythology
  • Era(s): Arthurian Legend

The stories of Camelot do not begin with the sword in the stone—but rather with a twisted chain of murder, magic, and deceit. Igraine is happily married to Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall, even though his withdrawal from the Mysteries...

The Cliff House

The Cliff House
  • Author(s): Amanda Jennings
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 1986

Some friendships are made to be broken Cornwall, summer of 1986. The Davenports, with their fast cars and glamorous clothes, living the dream in a breathtaking house overlooking the sea. If only… thinks sixteen-year-old Tamsyn, her binoculars trained on...

The Cold Cold Sea

The Cold Cold Sea
  • Author(s): Linda Huber
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): present day

They stared at each other, and Maggie felt the tightness in her middle expand as it shifted, burning its way up… Painful sobs rose from her throat as Colin, his face expressionless now, reached for his mobile and dialled...

The Cornish Coast Murder

The Cornish Coast Murder
  • Author(s): John Bude
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Crime, Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1930s (Golden Age)

The Cornish Guest House

The Cornish Guest House
  • Author(s): Emma Burstall
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A new couple have arrived in Tremarnock, but will these glamorous strangers fit into village life? Tremarnock is a small fishing village, crowded with holidaymakers in the summer, but a sleepy Cornish backwater at other times of the year....

The Cornish Hotel by the Sea

The Cornish Hotel by the Sea
  • Author(s): Karen King
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Ellie Truman’s widowed mum is struggling to keep Gwel Teg, the family hotel in Cornwall, afloat. Ellie is determined to do everything in her power to help her, even if that means moving back to the sleepy Cornish village...

The Cottage in a Cornish Cove

The Cottage in a Cornish Cove
  • Author(s): Cass Grafton
  • Location(s): The West Country, Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Orphaned as a baby and raised by uncaring relatives, much of Anna Redding’s happiness as a child came from the long summer holidays spent with an elderly family friend, Aunt Meg, in the coastal village of Polkerran. With Aunt...

The Cottage of Curiosities

The Cottage of Curiosities
  • Author(s): Celia Anderson
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tucked away amongst the winding, cobbled streets of Pengelly in Cornwall, the old stone cottage on Memory Lane is full of secrets. Brimming with trinkets and treasures, there are thousands of stories hidden within its walls. Fifty-four-year-old Grace Clarke...

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