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Runaway Summer

Runaway Summer
  • Author(s): Ruth Saberton
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Since leaving Polwenna Bay for the bright lights of London, actress Summer Penhalligan has tried her hardest to never look back; Jake, her childhood sweetheart, let her down terribly and the beautiful Cornish village holds nothing but painful memories....

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

Somewhere Beyond the Sea
  • Author(s): Amanda James
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Modern

When love begins with a lie, where will it end? Doctor Tristan Ainsworth has returned with his family to the idyllic Cornish village close to where he grew up. The past has taught him some hard lessons, but he’ll...

Summertime at the Cornish Confetti Agency

Summertime at the Cornish Confetti Agency
  • Author(s): Daisy James
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It’s Summertime at The Cornish Confetti Agency! When Lexie Harrington is asked to co-ordinate Kat and Dylan’s ‘English village fête’ wedding, she’s determined that this time everything will go according to her carefully laid plans; no ice bucket challenges,...

The Admiral’s Daughter (8)

The Admiral’s Daughter (8)
  • Author(s): Julian Stockwin
  • Location(s): Cornwall, Devon
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 1800s

1803. Tensions are escalating again between England and France. While the Royal Navy launches reconnaissance, rescue missions and spies on the continent, French privateer ships are lurking in English waters poised to strike at British trade. Smugglers, perilous storms...

The Beach Hut

The Beach Hut
  • Author(s): Cassandra Parkin
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

It is autumn time and on a peaceful Cornish beach, Finn and his sister Ava defy planning regulations and achieve a childhood dream when they build themselves an illegal beach hut. This tiny haven will be their home until...

The Camomile Lawn

The Camomile Lawn
  • Author(s): Mary Wesley
  • Location(s): Cornwall, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late 1930s

Behind the large house, the fragrant camomile lawn stretches down to the Cornish cliffs. Here, in the dizzying heat of August 1939, five cousins have gathered at their aunt’s house for their annual ritual of a holiday. For most...

The Consul’s Daughter

The Consul’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Jane Jackson
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th Century

With family honour at stake, the price of failure is high… The Consul’s Daughter is the first in Jane Jackson’s epic new historical series, The Captain’s Honour. Caseley is the 21-year-old daughter of Teuder Bonython, successful shipyard owner and...

The Cove

The Cove
  • Author(s): LJ Ross
  • Location(s): The Lizard Peninsula
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Gabrielle Adams has it all – brains, beauty, a handsome fiancé, and a dream job in publishing. Until, one day, everything changes. The ‘Underground Killer’ takes his victims when they least expect it: standing on the edge of a...

The Gossamer Trail

The Gossamer Trail
  • Author(s): B D Hawkey
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Victorian

In 1861 Beth Jago appears to have the idyllic life – she has a trade to earn a living and a cottage of her own in the beautiful River Valley. When Beth starts receiving threatening letters demanding that she...

The Levelling Sea

The Levelling Sea
  • Author(s): Philip Marsden
  • Location(s): Falmouth
  • Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Various

The story of Britain’s colourful maritime past seen through the changing fortunes of the Cornish port of Falmouth. Within the space of few years, during the 1560s and 1570s, a maritime revolution took place in England that would contribute...

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