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A secluded house. A lost notebook. A wartime secret.
1942: Young Irish nurse Ellen arrives at May Day House, tasked with helping the men there rehabilitate. But there's something strange about the house, surrounded by water, on its own island in the Thames. And then there are the men: traumatised by their experiences of war, and subject to troubling methods in a desperate race to get them back to duty. As Ellen gets drawn into the world of May Day...
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The most original, uplifting and poignant read of the year! For fans of The Keeper of Stories and Rachel Joyce. I am the oldest person ever to have lived in this world. I am the one who lived through their monster camps and brought the ones left of my family to London to make more family. I am the one to laugh at those angry, evil people and tell them, you see, I made it through. We made it through. This is enough. It is my world's record. Family...
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Book two in Fenella J. Miller's gripping and emotional WWII series.
Will her secret destroy her chance at happiness?
The phony war is over and Hitler is beginning his rampage through Europe. But back home Barbara Sinclair has troubles of her own. With her wedding to Spitfire Pilot Alex Everton imminent, Barbara is worried about a secret she is keeping from her new husband – one that could ruin everything.
Determined to try and maintain some normality...
44) Summer Stage
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From the bestselling author of Vacationland, a spirited summer page-turner following a family of actors grappling with fame, scandal, and ambition--perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand.
Summer Stage is a five-star novel that deserves a standing ovation! And Meg Mitchell Moore has a permanent place on my list of favorite authors."-Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Wedding Veil
Amy Trevino, a former aspiring playwright,...
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Discovering old photos in which she sees what her work is missing, Manhattan photographer Dani Campbell searches for their source, which leads her to eighty-year-old Lawrence Sinclair who agrees to mentor her until his estranged grandson arrives believing she's a fortune hunter.
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Pre-order the BRAND NEW Instalment of bestselling author Jo Bartlett's Cornish Country Hospital Series. Perfect for fans of Grey's Anatomy!
A fresh beginning…
Esther Hamilton, is finally finding her feet after her split with her horrible ex, and is looking forward to her new single life. She has a job she loves in the busy Accident and Emergency department, a new home and for the first time ever, a chance to just have fun with her good friends....
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From Emmy Award-winning writer Rachel McRady comes a vital, illuminating debut novel of a broken family uniting in the face of terrifying crisis, for fans of This is Us and Parenthood. Six-year-old Gracie Lynn is perpetually curious and big-hearted. Convinced she knows how to save her beloved grandfather John from the "worm" that is eating his brain-a metaphor her mother once used to explain John's dementia and sundown syndrome-she helps him break...
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Award-winning author Eric Schlich's Eli Harpo's Adventure to the Afterlife isan accessible and big-hearted novel that explores belief and forgiveness as a boy grapples with his faith and sexuality on a rollicking family road trip to Bible World.
When Eli Harpo was four, he underwent emergency open-heart surgery, flatlined on the operating table, and for a brief time, went to heaven and met Jesus. Or at least that's what his father, a loving but...
49) Mi infierno
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Si algo ha aprendido desde que llegó a Old-Quarter es que todo el mundo guarda secretos, aunque no resulta una tarea fácil cuando en el pueblo viven menos de cincuenta habitantes. Pero Mathew cree que todo lo tiene bajo control y que su nueva identidad lo ayudará a forjar la vida sencilla a la que aspira: una mujer, un trabajo y vivir rodeado de personas que lo respetan y quieren.Sin embargo, cuando está a punto de lograr su sueño, el pasado...
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A body in a hospital isn't so unusual. Unless they've been murdered!
1916, London: Keen to support the war effort, bookshop manager and sometime amateur sleuth Hannah Merrill has taken a volunteer role in the library of the nearby military hospital.
But arriving at the hospital one cold winter's morning, she is horrified to find the body of a dead soldier in the library.
What's more, a beautiful young nurse confides in Hannah that she thinks she's...
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No man can be as good as the one in your imagination...
Librarian Liv Thomas has always dreamed of writing a romance novel. But she's stuck when it comes to creating a romantic hero – sadly – lacking anyone in real life to base him on.
When her brother suggests his best friend stay in their shared flat for a few weeks, she can't believe her bad luck. Aiden Rivers is irritating and pushes all her buttons. Worst of all, he's gorgeous, has a sexy...
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The Brand New Instalment in the Coronation Close Saga from Lizzie Lane.There's talk of war and dark clouds fester on the horizon...
Bristol 1938
A shadowy presence overshadows Coronation Close, watching and waiting. Jenny Crawford is the first to notice the stranger and wonders why his attention is fixed on Thelma Dawson's house. When challenged he makes a hasty retreat.
Meanwhile Thelma is having trouble with her precocious daughter Mary who is...
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Christmas on the Island
On the remote Scottish island of Mure, Flora MacKenzie braces for a stark, windy, and icy—yet incredibly festive and beautiful—Christmas season. She must figure out how to tell her ex-boss that she's carrying his child, as well as break the news to her co-parent Joel. Meanwhile Saif, a doctor and refugee from war-torn Syria is trying to enjoy his first western Christmas with his sons. His wife, however, is still missing,...
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Brand New from Lisa HobmanCan you live your dreams and also find your destiny?
Since having to drop out of her design degree, Bella Douglas has been unlucky in just about everything life has thrown at her.
She's lost more jobs than she cares to remember and to top it off she's still single, despite her Granny Isla's best attempts to set her up with every eligible bachelor in the Scottish Highlands.
Currently PA to her best friend, aka, Lady Olivia...
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Love books? The Bordeaux Book Club is seeking new members!
When Leah and her husband moved to France, it was with the dream of becoming self-sufficient. But in truth, it's not the 'good life' she'd imagined, as three hours of digging barely yields a single straggly carrot. Worse, her teenage daughter is acting up, and her husband seems to find every strange excuse under the hot French sun to disappear.
So when her friend entreats her to join the...
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GOOD WITH HIS HANDS, BAD FOR HER HEART...
Ever since her marriage went up in flames, Olivia Wilder hasn't had the desire for love. But one magical dance with Logan Travers might change all that. The blue-eyed hometown hunk is a bit younger and a whole lot sexier than any man she's ever dated before. This is one carpenter Olivia would like to get to know better, and not just because of his building skills...
From his first dance with Olivia, Logan...
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From "just one night" ...to bonded for life Kate McCoy calculates everything. She has every detail in her life organized to perfection-until the fateful night she steps into Gray Gallagher's arms. "One time only," she vows about getting romantic with Gray, her longtime protector and her closest friend. But this time, perfect Kate has miscalculated: the woman who plans everything is unexpectedly expecting. And the heart she has so carefully sheltered...
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A woman returns to her family's Hamptons beach house for a final time-and a final chance at the love she's lost before, in this contemporary retelling of Persuasion, perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Rebecca Serle. Olivia Taylor's marriage is in a death spiral when she agrees to come home to the Hamptons to help her father and sisters pack up the family estate. If it looks like she's running away from her soon-to-be ex, Wes, and New York City, well,...
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Desperate to obliterate her past, a young widow flees California for the French Riviera in this compelling debut, a tale of loss, rebirth, modern friendship, and romance that blends Sally Rooney's wryness and psychological insight with Emma Straub's gorgeous scene-setting and rich relationships.
Just days after her young, handsome husband dies in a car accident, Ellie Huang discovers that he had a mistress-one of her own colleagues at a prestigious...
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"Nessa Garvey's sister Deena vanished without a trace in Philadelphia in 2004. In all that time, Nessa has never once doubted what her instincts told her: her sister's ex-husband has gotten away with an unspeakable crime. Nessa's niece, Ruby, is raised by her father, the man Nessa suspects, in rural Vermont, on the shores of Lake Champlain. Ruby learns how to hunt, how the plants and trees grow, how to avoid making her father angry. The one question...
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