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The Flower Girls
‘a dark, disturbing and all-consuming mystery’ sun ‘i couldn’t put it down’ sophie hannah ‘clever and twisty’ observer the flower girls are about to hit the headlines all over again… it’s been nineteen years since ten-year-old laurel was given a life sentence and six-year-old rosie was given a new identity. the sisters were the very picture of innocence: two little girls who loved to listen to their mother’s bedtime stories and play make-believe in the garden. but then an act of unparalleled horror tears their family apart, leaving laurel behind bars. neither sister has laid eyes on the other since then, during which time their lives have followed very different paths. but now – with laurel coming up for parole – they look set to be reunited in court, and the world will be watching… ‘chilling, atmospheric and incredibly compelling’ will dean ‘enjoyably twisty … with a killer ending’ i
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Retreat To The Spanish Sun
Sometimes you just need to get away… ‘warm and life-enhancing, i wanted to move to spain with these wonderful characters’ katie fforde ‘a fabulous read celebrating the good things in life – fun, friends, family and food’ jill mansell from the bestselling author of escape to the french farmhouse comes a deliciously feel-good new story… eliza has a full house! when her three children grew up and moved out, she downsized to a smaller property… but now they’re all back. every room in the house is taken and eliza finds herself sharing her bed with her eldest daughter and her daughter’s pug. combined with the online course she’s trying to finish, plus her job to fit in, there just isn’t the peace and quiet that eliza needs. so when an ad pops up on her laptop saying ‘house-sitters wanted’, eliza can’t resist the chance to escape. she ends up moving to a rural finca in southern spain, looking after the owner’s iberico pigs, learning about secret gastronomic societies… and finding a new zest for life and love along the way. readers have fallen in love with retreat to the spanish sun ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘perfect for a summer holiday read’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐’you’ll be craving tapas, flamenco and the southern spanish sun after reading this 5-star book’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘a lovely read from jo thomas, her books never fail to make me happy’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐’a lovely, warm and sunny read’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘fabulous location, delicious descriptions of food & drink & wonderful characters, an all round feel-good book’ if you love jo’s books, her next christmas novel, keeping a christmas promise, is available to pre-order now
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Lamentation
Summer, 1546. king henry viii is slowly, painfully dying. his protestant and catholic councillors are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle; whoever wins will control the government of henry’s successor, eight-year-old prince edward. as heretics are hunted across london, and the radical protestant anne askew is burned at the stake, the catholic party focus their attack on henry’s sixth wife, matthew shardlake’s old mentor, queen catherine parr. shardlake, still haunted by events aboard the warship mary rose the year before, is working on the cotterstoke will case, a savage dispute between rival siblings. then, unexpectedly, he is summoned to whitehall palace and asked for help by his old patron, the now beleaguered and desperate queen
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Finding Love At The Christmas Market
Cosy up with the new christmas book from best-selling author jo thomas residential-home caterer connie has had one online-dating disaster too many. hurt in the past and with her son to consider, now she’s feeling hesitant. then one of connie’s residents sets her up on a date at a beautiful german christmas market – with the promise she’ll take a mini-bus full of pensioners with her… amongst the twinkling lights and smell of warm gingerbread in the old market square, connie heads off on her date with a check-list of potential partner must-haves. baker henrich ticks all the boxes, but when connie meets henrich’s rival william, she starts to wonder if ticking boxes is the answer. will connie’s wish for love this christmas come true, and if so – with who? praise for jo thomas: ‘magically romantic… best read in front of a crackling log fire’ milly johnson ‘the characters went straight to my heart’ katie fforde ‘a sparkling, heartwarming hug of a story’ miranda dickinson ‘like the very best kind of holiday’ lucy diamond
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Child’s Play
You think you know what’s best for your grown-up children. but you’ll find they have lessons they can now teach you. kate morgan is an esteemed manhattan lawyer. after losing her beloved husband in a tragic accident, she’s successfully raised their three children single-handedly. now in their twenties, she slightly smugly feels that they are well set up to travel the path she planned. except why is her eldest daughter, tamara, a high-flying marketing executive, so secretive and why won’t she commit to a relationship? then there’s anthony, kate’s middle child, who is engaged to a wealthy new york socialite – it will be the wedding of the year, so why doesn’t he seem happy? and as for her youngest daughter, claire, at twenty-six she’s on a successful career path until she suddenly reveals she’s in love with, in kate’s opinion, the ̀wrong man’. we all know that life rarely turns out the way we plan for our children. but it’s about listening, learning when to let go and letting them live the life that makes them happy.
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Heads You Win
Heads you win is the incredible and thrilling novel by the master storyteller and bestselling author of the clifton chronicles and kane and abel, jeffrey archer. can one man achieve his destiny?
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Azincourt
An extraordinary and dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of agincourt from the number one historical novelist azincourt, fought on october 25th 1415, st crispin’s day, is one of england’s best-known battles, in part through the brilliant depiction of it in shakespeare’s henry v, in part because it was a brilliant and unexpected english victory and in part because it was the first battle won by the use of the longbow – a weapon developed by the english which enabled them to dominate the european battlefields for the rest of the century. bernard cornwell’s azincourt is a vivid, breathtaking and meticulously well-researched account of this momentous battle and its aftermath. from the varying viewpoints of nobles, peasants, archers, and horsemen, azincourt skilfully brings to life the hours of relentless fighting, the desperation of an army crippled by disease and the exceptional bravery of the english soldiers.
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Dating Dr. Dil
Nisha sharma’s hilarious new romantic comedy inspired by the taming of the shrew features a love-phobic tv doctor who must convince a love-obsessed homebody they are destined to be together. kareena mann dreams of having a love story like her parents, but she prefers restoring her classic car to swiping right on dating apps. when her father announces he’s selling her mother’s home, kareena makes a deal with him: he’ll gift her the house if she can get engaged in four months. her search for her soulmate becomes impossible when her argument with dr. prem verma, host of the dr. dil show, goes viral. now the only man in her life is the one she doesn’t want. dr. prem verma is dedicated to building a local community health center, but he needs to get donors with deep pockets. the dr. dil show was doing just that, until his argument with kareena went viral, and he’s left short changed. that’s when kareena’s meddling aunties presented him with a solution: convince kareena he’s her soulmate and they’ll fund his clinic. even though they have conflicting views on love-matches and arranged-matches, the more time prem spends with kareena, the more he begins to believe she’s the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. but for prem and kareena to find their happily ever after, they must admit that hate has turned into fate. “nisha sharma always delights.”–meg cabot, #1 new york times bestselling author on radha and jai’s recipe for romance
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Fire Study
As the sitian council, deeming her dangerous due to her soulfinder abilities, decides her fate, yolena, who can capture and release souls, embarks on a dangerous journey to her homeland to save her people from a murderous sorcerer.
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The Garden Of Forgotten Wishes
The delightful sunday times bestselling novel from trisha ashley ‘one of the best writers around!’ katie fforde ‘full of down-to-earth humour.’ sophie kinsella _____ all marnie wants is somewhere to call home. mourning lost years spent in a marriage that has finally come to an end, she needs a fresh start and time to heal. things she hopes to find in the rural west lancashire village her mother always told her about. with nothing but her two green thumbs, marnie takes a job as a gardener, which comes with a little cottage to make her own. the garden is beautiful – filled with roses, lavender and honeysuckle – and only a little rough around the edges. which is more than can be said for her next-door neighbour, ned mars. marnie remembers ned from her college days but he’s far from the untroubled man she once knew. a recent relationship has left him with a heart as bruised as her own. can a summer spent gardening help them recapture the forgotten dreams they’ve let get away? _____ readers are falling in love with the garden of forgotten wishes: ***** ‘gorgeous . . . a lovely rom-com to cheer your heart and ease your soul.’ ***** ‘once again another outstanding book full of intrigue, hope and a new beginning.’ ***** ‘a perfect read to escape with.’
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The Gift
A powerfully life-affirming story of the wonder of nature, the ties of family, and the healing power of love from bestselling novelist and national treasure alan titchmarsh *** an ordinary life. an extraordinary choice. adam gabriel has always been a child of nature. raised on his parents’ remote yorkshire farm, where life is measured by the rhythms of the flock, the turn of the seasons, and the yearly arrival of an itinerant local monk, he seems destined for a quietly contented life. as adam grows, luke and bethany see flickers of something extraordinary in their son – a healing touch that goes beyond his love for the land. but adam’s gentleness has always made him an outsider, and a powerful gift can also be a heavy burden… when tragedy turns the gabriels’ life upside down, adam faces a stark choice. can he keep faith in his talents, even if it means risking the suspicion of others? should he listen to the lure of new horizons, or does happiness lie closer to home? and when he needs it most, can he find the strength to save the people he loves? *** there’s an alan titchmarsh novel for every mood! if you’re looking for . . . an enthralling wartime mystery, head over to the scarlet nightingale ‘a perfect love story’ (katie fforde), search for the haunting an uplifting, enchanting novel about second chances, dive into mr gandy’s grand tour an absorbing family saga, head over to the page for folly an escapist family mystery, read bring me home praise for alan titchmarsh: ‘the story brims with intrigue’ – daily express on the haunting ‘a pleasurable read which fans will lap up’ – daily mail on mr gandy’s grand tour ‘it’s just brilliant – full of poetry’ – jilly cooper
