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Cupcakes, crafting and love at the cherry tree cafe… perfect feel-good summer reading for fans of great british bake-off lizzie dixon’s life feels as though it’s fallen apart. instead of the marriage proposal she was hoping for from her boyfriend, she is unceremoniously dumped, and her job is about to go the same way. so, there’s only one option: to go back home to the village she grew up in and to try to start again. her best friend jemma is delighted lizzie has come back home as she has just bought a little cafe and lizzie’s sewing skills are just what she needs to help get it ready for the grand opening. with a new venture and a new home, things are looking much brighter for lizzie. but can she get over her broken heart, and will an old flame reignite a love from long ago…? for everyone who loves settling down to watch great british bake-off, the great british sewing bee, or curling up to read milly johnson or jenny colgan,the cherry tree cafe is a coffee-break treat. ‘a heart-warming sweet treat of a read’ mandy baggot ‘fans of jenny colgan and carole matthews will enjoy this heartfelt debut novel from talented new author, heidi swain. the cherry tree cafe is that most delicious of things – a warm and gently funny story of reinvention, romance, and second chances that you’ll devour in one sitting’ katie oliver, author of the bestselling ‘marrying mr darcy’ series ‘the cherry tree cafe is every bit as delicious as the cover promises. drop in for a minute, and the fabulous world of the crafting cafe wraps itself around you, pulling you in right from the first page. beautifully written, with a heroine i rooted for all the way, and a great supporting cast. original and assured, and like a cup of orange pekoe tea – perfect to enjoy in the afternoon’ jane linfoot, author of the vintage cinema club

A hilarious comedy of errors set on the scottish highlands.

The festive season has always been a sad time for young widow holly brown, so when she’s asked to look after a remote house on the lancashire moors, it’s the perfect excuse to forget about the festivities. the owner of the house, jude martland, is also avoiding christmas since the last one saw his brother run off with his fiancee. but forced to return home unexpectedly, jude arrives to find that his family are running amok–with holly seemingly at the centre of it all. as the blizzards decend, there is no escape. with nowhere to go, holly and jude get much more than they bargained for and it soon looks like the twelve day of christmas are going to be very interesting indeed!

Jill mansell’s you and me, always is a deliciously romantic and poignant read about love, loss and how nothing can stay hidden for ever… if you love the novels of milly johnson and lucy diamond, you won’t want to miss jill mansell. ‘achingly romantic… we loved it!’ heat lily’s always been surrounded by love. ever since her mother died, she’s been cared for by friends who are as close as any family. coral, her mum’s best friend; patsy, her old babysitter – and even dan, patsy’s incorrigible younger brother – have always been there for her. but when the chance comes to meet the man who was the love of her mother’s life, lily knows she has to take it. getting to know him could change everything, and not just for lily… what readers are saying about you and me, always: ‘fabulous, fun, flirty characters and a story that cracks along at a delicious pace. another winner!’ amazon reviewer, 5 stars ‘filled with laughter and tears, friendship and love, you and me, always is an uplifting tale filled with soul stirring characters – i became sincerely invested in everybody’s outcome’ goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘a lovely, warm and humorous read and nothing less than i expected from one of my favourite authors’ goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

‘the feeling you get when you read a milly johnson book should be bottled and made available on the nhs’ debbie johnson ‘funny, poignant and so uplifting’ the sun the brand new novel from the sunday times bestselling author of the magnificent mrs mayhew – a gorgeous read full of hope, warmth and heartfelt emotion. ​ laurie and pete should never have met. but fate has pushed them together for a reason. six months ago, on the same night, laurie and pete both lost their partners. struggling to manage the grief, they join the same counselling group – and meet each other. from their sadness, pete and laurie find happiness growing and they sense a fresh new beginning. except, the more they talk, the more they begin to spot the strange parallels in their stories. then pete discovers a truth that changes everything. but, as surely as a compass points north, some people cannot be kept apart. my one true north is a story of friendship and what love means, of secrets uncovered, teashops on corners and the northern lights. praise for my one true north: ‘a heartfelt novel from one of our favourite authors’ bella ‘a heart-warming and engaging read’ woman’s weekly ‘a heartfelt and emotional story . . . it’s another wonderful feelgood read from a talented author’ daily express ‘milly johnson brings her trademark warmth, humour and compassion to this tale of love, fate, second chances and the importance of giving your heart time to heal. the perfect read for a rainy day spent under a blanket’ culturefly, 8 of the best new books to read this march ​ ‘if your march reading list is all about warmth and cosiness, then milly johnson’s latest novel should be top of your reading pile. from the writer of the magnificent mrs mayhew (which is fabulous, by the way) my one true north is full of the heartfelt optimism we need at this time of year’ yahoo book of the month ‘a dazzling, contemporary masterpiece, full of heart, soul and humour’ lancashire evening post praise for milly johnson: ‘every time you discover a new milly book, it’s like finding a pot of gold’ heat ‘a glorious, heartfelt novel’ rowan coleman ‘absolutely loved it. milly’s writing is like getting a big hug with just the right amount of bite underneath. i was rooting for bonnie from the start’ jane fallon ‘bursting with warmth and joie de vivre’ jill mansell ‘warm, optimistic and romantic’ katie fforde

The latest novel in the will trent series from no. 1 bestselling author, karin slaughter. a body is discovered in an empty atlanta warehouse. it’s the body of an ex-cop, and from the moment special agent will trent walks in he knows this could be the most devastating case of his career. bloody footprints leading away from the scene reveal that another victim – a woman – has left the scene and vanished into thin air. and, worst of all, the warehouse belongs to the city’s biggest, most politically-connected, most high-profile athlete – a local hero protected by the world’s most expensive lawyers. a local hero will has spent the last six months investigating on a brutal rape charge. but for will – and also for dr sara linton, the gbi’s newest medical examiner – the case is about to get even worse. because an unexpected discovery at the scene reveals a personal link to will’s troubled past. the consequences will wreak havoc on his life and the lives of those he loves, those he works with, and those he pursues. but sara’s scene-of-the-crime diagnosis is that they only have a few hours to find the missing woman before she bleeds out . . .

The no.1 sunday times bestseller!

Is italian really the language of love? a new class of students hopes to find out. anna’s recently been told the father she’s never met is italian. now she’s baking focaccia, whipping up tiramisu and swotting up on her vocabulary, determined to make it to italy so she can find him in person. catherine’s husband has walked out on her, and she’s trying to pick up the pieces of her life. but she’ll need courage as well as friends when she discovers his deception runs even deeper than infidelity. sophie’s the teacher of the class, who’d much rather be back in sunny sorrento. she can’t wait to escape the tensions at home and go travelling again. but sometimes life – and love – can surprise you when you least expect it. as the evening class gets underway, friendships form and secrets from italy begin to emerge. with love affairs blossoming in the most unlikely places, and hard decisions to face, it’s going to be a year that anna, catherine and sophie will never forget.