Blogs in May 2020

The Cottage in a Cornish Cove 24th May 2020

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...

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Pilgrims 22nd May 2020

1289. A rich farmer fears he’ll go to hell for cheating his neighbours. His wife wants pilgrim badges to sew into her hat and show off at church. A poor, ragged villager is convinced his beloved cat is suffering...

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The Gypsy Bride 22nd May 2020

‘your Gypsy loves you so much he’s ready to put his head in a noose for you!’ 1922: Harvest time in the Chilterns. A Gypsy falls in love with a lonely girl in a close-knit Evangelical community. Opposed on...

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My Lover’s Lover 22nd May 2020

From the Costa Award winning Maggie O’Farrell comes the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller MY LOVER’S LOVER, an intense, unnerving and passionate story of betrayal, loss and love, with all the frisson and psychological intensity of Rebecca. When Lily...

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Death of a Mermaid 22nd May 2020

Freddy Power walked out of her childhood home twenty-two years ago, and swore never to return. But now she’s back, helping run her family’s fishery in Newhaven in the wake of her mother’s death. It feels as if time...

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