Tag: fiction
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Close Knit
by Jenny Colgan Everyone knows her life story.But who will win her heart? Gertie has always wondered what her life would be like if she could pluck up the courage to leave the remote Scottish island where she was born. It”s the only place she”s ever known, but it can be stifling. The glue of…
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One More Day Of Us
by Shari Low 1990: In a hot, humid Hong Kong summer, three young singers are loving life, performing to packed crowds every night in a swanky hotel bar. Twenty-three-year-old Scottish songbird, Moira Chiles is living the dream alongside Carina Lloyd and Lisa Dixon. They work hard, play hard, and always stick together… until one day Moira…
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The Revenge Club
by Kathy Lette WHEN THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU, IT’S TIME TO GET EVEN. Matilda, Jo, Penny and Cressy are all women at the top of their game; so imagine their surprise when they start to be personally overlooked and professionally pushed aside by less-qualified men. Only they’re not going down without a fight. Society…
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Under A Riviera Moon
by Helen McGinn When a heartsick Maggie is sent on an errand by her mother to Cannes, she is keen to get it over with as quickly as possible. She has been tasked with collecting a treasured box of photos from her late grandmother Elizabeth’s best friend, the impossibly glamorous Allegra Morgon who is desperate…
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Turned
by Emma Bloor A local author, who lives in Wiltshire has set this thriller in Lechlade, come and meet Emma at a book signing on May 24th in Lechlade Library from10am till 1pm. Reality is an illusion Something isn’t right in Addison Rae’s head. Things have changed and reality doesn’t seem real. The dead mayor…
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Private Monaco
by James Patterson When Jack Morgan is invited to the luxurious Monaco coast to set up a new Private office, it seems like the perfect opportunity to relax in an iconic destination. But the vacation is quickly cut short when Jack’s partner Justine is abducted. The kidnappers send Jack clear instructions – and a gun.…
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Book Lovers
by Emily Henry Nora is a cut-throat literary agent at the top of her game. Her whole life is books. Charlie is an editor with a gift for creating bestsellers. And he’s Nora’s work nemesis. Nora has been through enough break-ups to know she’s the one men date before finding their happy-ever-after. To prevent another dating dud, Nora’s sister…
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Lost For Words
by Stephanie Butland THIS BOOKSHOP KEEPS MANY SECRETS . . . Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look carefully, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But there are some things Loveday will never show you. Into her refuge – the York book emporium…
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Marble Hall Murders
by Anthony Horowitz Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder. She’s edited two novels about the famous detective, Atticus Pünd, and both times she’s come close to being killed. Now she’s back in England and she’s been persuaded to work on a third. The new ‘continuation’ novel is by Eliot Crace, grandson of Miriam Crace…
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The Jane Austen Collection – Emma, Pride & Prejudice, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, Sense & Sensibility
Any book in the set can be taken out individually “Emma” by Jane Austen Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a ‘heroine whom no one but myself will much like’, but Emma is irresistible. ‘Handsome, clever, and rich’, Emma is also an ‘imaginist’, ‘on fire with speculation and foresight’. She sees the signs…