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#TheGirlandtheGoddess
Read more: #TheGirlandtheGoddessMeet Paro. A girl with a strong will, a full heart and much to learn. Born into a family reeling from the ruptures of Partition, follow her as she crosses the precarious lines between childhood, teenage discovery and realising her adult self all while navigating different cultures, religions and identities. Returning to her core themes […]
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#TheOnceAndFutureWitches
Read more: #TheOnceAndFutureWitchesIn 1893, there’s no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the three Eastwood sisters […]
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#AllAboutUs
Read more: #AllAboutUsAn unforgettable and heart-stoppingly romantic story of love, loss and second chances, perfect for fans of One Day and Me Before You. *** If you could turn back the clock, would you choose a different life? Ben’s always loved the month of December, but this year, with his relationship with Daphne on the rocks, it’s […]
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#ThisGreen&PleasantLand
Read more: #ThisGreen&PleasantLandEveryone has a place they call home. But who gets to decide where you belong? For years Bilal Hasham and his wife Mariam have lived contented, quiet lives in the sleepy rural village of Babbel’s End. Now all that is about to change. On her deathbed, Bilal’s mother reaches for his hand. Instead of whispering […]
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#OddBird
Read more: #OddBirdSimon Selwood is an academic expert on the monogamous sexual behaviour of birds, but hopeless at finding human love. Then he meets Kim, and at last something is more important to him than ornithology. Kim doesn’t give a hoot about birds. And at first she isn’t very interested in Simon either. Relying on what he […]
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#LoveSongsforSceptics
Read more: #LoveSongsforScepticsMy brother’s getting married in a few weeks and asked for help picking a song for his first dance. I suggested Kiss’s ‘Love’s a Slap in the Face’. It didn’t go down well. When she was a teenager, Zoë Frixos fell in love with Simon Baxter, her best friend and the boy next door. But […]
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#TheWitchHouse
Read more: #TheWitchHouseWho can you trust, if you can’t trust yourself? Alice Hunter, grieving and troubled after a breakdown, stumbles on the body of her friend and trustee, Harry Rook. The police determine he has been ritually murdered and suspicion falls on the vulnerable Alice, who inherited the place known locally as The Witch House from her […]
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#TheLostLightsofStKilda
Read more: #TheLostLightsofStKilda1927: When Fred Lawson takes a summer job on St Kilda, little does he realise that he has joined the last community to ever live on the beautiful, isolated island. Only three years later, St Kilda will be evacuated, the islanders near-dead from starvation. But for Fred, that summer – and the island woman, Chrissie, […]
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Are You Watching – Ralph Vincent
Read more: Are You Watching – Ralph VincentThis was a brilliant young adult thriller which I devoured in a single sitting! I liked that the use of social media in the book was to try and do something proactive and not just another teenager addicted to likes and followers.
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Who Did You Tell – Lesley Kara
Read more: Who Did You Tell – Lesley KaraIt’s been 192 days, seven hours and fifteen minutes since her last drink. Now Astrid is trying to turn her life around. Having reluctantly moved back in with her mother, in a quiet seaside town away from the temptations and painful memories of her life before, Astrid is focusing on her recovery. She’s going to […]