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Welcome To Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop Of Dreams
₱80.00‘a sheer delight from start to finish’ sophie kinsella ***winner of the rna romantic novel of the year award 2013*** can you hear the jangle of pocket money, the rustle of striped paper bags . . ? ‘an evocative, sweet treat’ jojo moyes ‘gorgeous, glorious, uplifting’ marian keyes ‘irresistible’ jill mansell ‘just lovely’ katie fforde ‘naturally funny, warm-hearted’ lisa jewell ‘a gobble-it-all-up-in-one-sitting kind of book’ mike gayle ___________________________________ rosie hopkins thinks leaving her busy london life, and her boyfriend gerard, to sort out her elderly aunt lilian’s sweetshop in a small country village is going to be dull. boy, is she wrong. lilian hopkins has spent her life running lipton’s sweetshop, through wartime and family feuds. as she struggles with the idea that it might finally be time to settle up, she also wrestles with the secret history hidden behind the jars of beautifully coloured sweets. welcome to rosie hopkins’ sweetshop of dreams – a novel – with recipes. ___________________________________ why readers adore jenny colgan ‘jenny colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside’ ‘her books are so good i want to start over as soon as i have finished’ ‘there’s something so engaging about her characters and plots’ ‘her books are like a big, warm blanket’ ‘her stories are just so fabulous’ ‘she brings her settings and characters so vividly to life’ ‘the woman is just magic’
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Mothers And Daughters
₱85.00A sweeping family drama of old secrets and new beginnings… ‘a satisfying treat’ adele parks, platinum ‘a compelling family drama’ sarah morgan ‘wise and warm with plenty of twists and turns’ rachel hore ’emotional and uplifting’ veronica henry ‘captivating and vivid’ miranda dickinson
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Hornet Flight
₱99.00In june of 1941, a baffling luftwaffe radio message is picked up by the decoders of allied intelligence. it mentions a new invention with the codename freya – the viking goddess of love. starting from this slender clue, intelligence analyst hermia mount begins to suspect the existence of a secret experimental radar station on the coast of denmark.
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Tools Of Engagement
₱300.00In tessa bailey’s latest rom-com, two enemies team up to flip a house… and the sparks between them might burn the place down or ignite a passion that neither can ignore! hair, makeup, clothing, decor… everything in bethany castle’s world is organized, planned, and styled to perfection. which is why the homes she designs for her family’s real estate business are the most coveted in town. the only thing not perfect? her track record with men. she’s on a dating hiatus and after helping her friends achieve their dreams, bethany finally has time to focus on her own: flip a house, from framework to furnishings, all by herself. except her older brother runs the company and refuses to take her seriously. when a television producer gets wind of the castle sibling rivalry, they’re invited on flip off, a competition to see who can do the best renovation. bethany wants bragging rights, but she needs a crew and the only member of her brother’s construction team willing to jump ship is wes daniels, the new guy in town. his texas drawl and handsome face got under bethany’s skin on day one, but the last thing she needs is some cocky young cowboy in her way. as the race to renovate heats up, wes and bethany are forced into close quarters, trading barbs and biting banter as they remodel the ugliest house on the block. it’s a labor of love, hate, and everything in between, and soon sparks are flying. but bethany’s perfectly structured life is one kiss away from going up in smoke and she knows falling for a guy like wes would be a flipping disaster. “her voice feels as fresh and contemporary as a netflix rom-com.” –entertainment weekly
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From Notting Hill To New York . . . Actually
₱150.00‘an irresistible, feel-good story infused with infectious humour and sprinkled with manhattan magic’ – miranda dickinson ‘an endearing, romantic and fun read for chick-lit (and rom com!) fans’ – closer ————————— scarlett o’brien, utterly addicted to romantic films, has found her leading man. she’s convinced sean is mr right, but the day-to-day reality of a relationship isn’t quite like the movies. with sean constantly away on business, scarlett and her new best friend oscar decide to head to new york for the holiday of a lifetime. from one famous landmark to the next, scarlett and oscar make many new friends during their adventure – including sailors in town for fleet week, a famous film star, and jamie & max, a tv reporter and cameraman. scarlett finds herself strangely drawn to jamie, they appear to have much in common: a love of films and jamie’s search for a parent he never knew. but scarlett has to ask herself why she is reacting like this to another man when she’s so in love with sean . . . the third fabulously fun romantic comedy from ali mcnamara, bestselling author of breakfast at darcy’s and from notting hill with love . . . actually
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Jackdaws
₱120.00Felicity clairet, more commonly known as flick, is english, the beautiful wife of michel, the leader of the reims-based resistance circuit, codenamed bollinger. by day, flick is a first-aider with the nursing yeomanry. by night, she plays a vital role in the resistance.
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Bridget Jones
₱60.00At the end of bridget jones’s diary, bridget hiccuped off into the sunset with man-of-her-dreams mark darcy. now she discovers what it is like when you have the man of your dreams actually in your flat and he doesn’t do the washing up, not just the whole of this week, but ever.
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Skipping Christmas
₱99.00Imagine a year without christmas. no crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. that’s just what luther and nora krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they’ll skip the holiday altogether. theirs will be the only house on hemlock street without a rooftop frosty; they won’t be hosting their annual christmas eve bash; they aren’t even going to have a tree. they won’t need one, because come december 25 they’re setting sail on a caribbean cruise. but, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping christmas brings enormous consequences-and isn’t half as easy as they’d imagined. a classic tale for modern times, skipping christmas offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that has become part of our holiday tradition.
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The Forgotten Tower
₱150.00A gripping tale of dark family secrets, set across two time periods, from the top ten bestselling author lulu taylor.
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The Locked Room
₱65.00**the number one sunday times bestseller** forensic archaeologist dr ruth galloway and dci harry nelson are on the hunt for a murderer when covid rears its ugly head. but can they find the killer despite lockdown? ‘galloway now seems as real as marple and morse’ the times ‘intensely atmospheric and great’ india knight forensic archaeologist dr ruth is in london clearing out her mother’s belongings when she makes a surprising discovery: a photograph of her norfolk cottage taken before ruth lived there. her mother always hated the cottage, so why does she have a picture of the place? the only clue is written on the back of the photo: dawn, 1963. ruth returns to norfolk determined to solve the mystery, but then covid rears its ugly head. ruth and her daughter are locked down in their cottage, attempting to continue with work and home-schooling. happily, the house next door is rented by a nice woman called zoe, who they become friendly with while standing on their doorsteps clapping for carers. nelson, meanwhile, is investigating a series of deaths of women that may or may not be suicide. when he links the deaths to an archaeological discovery, he breaks curfew to visit the cottage where he finds ruth chatting to her neighbour whom he remembers as a carer who was once tried for murdering her employer. only then her name wasn’t zoe. it was dawn. ******************************** praise for the locked room ‘intelligent and gripping’ daily express ‘a terrific story’ the times ‘this is griffiths on top form’ mail on sunday ‘charming from start to finish’ irish independent a sunday times bestseller w/c 07/02/2022
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A Night At The Frost Fair
₱180.00Capture the magic of winters past with this stunning gift for all the family by bestselling author emma carroll, and award-winning illustrator, sam usher. ‘a magical adventure to melt the frostiest of hearts’ ben miller. it’s christmastime, and searching for magic, maya finds herself transported back two hundred years to the banks of the frozen river thames. a boy called eddie shows maya the bustle of the glittering frost fair, filled with music, sweet stalls and thrilling rides. is this all a dream, or can maya bring a piece of the beautiful frost fair home with her after all . . . ? a winter story of freedom and family, from the award-winning emma carroll, with stunning full colour illustrations by sam usher, a night at the frost fair is a classic to treasure on the family bookshelf this christmas and for years to come.
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One Summer
₱70.00In the summer of 1927, america had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest of the time), a semi-crazed sculptor with a mad plan to carve four giant heads into an inaccessible mountain called rushmore, a devastating flood of the mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and a youthful aviator named charles lindbergh who started the summer wholly unknown and finished it as the most famous man on earth. (so famous that minnesota considered renaming itself after him.) it was the summer that saw the birth of talking pictures, the invention of television, the peak of al capone’s reign of terror, the horrifying bombing of a school in michigan by a madman, the ill-conceived decision that led to the great depression, the thrillingly improbable return to greatness of a wheezing, over-the-hill baseball player named babe ruth, and an almost impossible amount more. in this hugely entertaining book, bill bryson spins a story of brawling adventure, reckless optimism and delirious energy, with an unforgettable cast of vivid and eccentric personalities.
