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Empire Street volume 4
Pub. Date
2017
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Kitty has seen her fair share of tragedy and instead of thinking about romance, is determined to do her bit for King and country. Her life as a WREN means she is kept busy much of the time, but when Kitty finds herself stationed back home on Merseyside, she meets up again with Frank Feeny, the brave young officer who has always held a place in her heart. Britain is on the verge of victory, but will Kitty embrace the future and learn to love again?....
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The traders volume 5
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When Fergus Deagan's wife dies, leaving him to care for their small children, he doesn't know how to manage. He's always been envious of his older brother Bram's good fortune but now he reluctantly knows he needs his help, and sets off with his family for Western Australia. When he gets there, he finds that the problems with Bram's ice-making ventu
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Joubert Family Chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Mantle
Pub. Date
2018
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Bringing sixteenth-century Languedoc vividly to life, Kate Mosse's The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love and betrayal, mysteries and secrets; of war and adventure, conspiracies and divided loyalties . . . Carcassonne 1562: Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father?s bookshop. Sealed with a distinctive family crest, it contains just five words: SHE KNOWS THAT YOU LIVE. But before Minou can decipher the mysterious...
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Pub. Date
2018
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The compelling new bestseller from the author of The Mersey Daughter and Winter on the Mersey. Alice Lake has arrived in London from Liverpool to start her training as a District Nurse, but her journey has been far from easy. Her parents think that she should settle down and get married, but she has already had her heart broken once and isn?t about to make the same mistake again. Alice and her best friend Edith are based in the East End but before...
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Queen volume 2
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The story of Gabrielle d'Estrees is one of love, betrayal, intrigue and tragedy. All she wanted was to marry for love, and enjoy the respectability of a happy marriage. But in the court of 16th century France this was almost impossible to achieve.
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Zaffre
Pub. Date
2023
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The phenomenal new novel of resilience and survival from the international bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz 1942. Singapore is falling to the Japanese Army. English musician Norah Chambers places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe. As the island burns, Australian nurse Nesta James joins the terrified cargo of people, including the heartbroken Norah, crammed aboard the HMS Vyner...
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One More Chapter
Pub. Date
2020
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?An exquisitely poignant tale of life, friendship and facing death? Everyone should read this book? Ruth Hogan, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things If I can choose how to live my own life, why can?t I choose how to die my own death? Eudora Honeysett is done - with all of it. Having seen first-hand what a prolonged illness can create, the eighty-five-year-old has no intention of leaving things to chance. With one call to a...
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Pub. Date
2020
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This is the story of Ella. And Robert. And of all the things they should have said, but never did. ?What have you been up to?? I shrug, ?Just existing, I guess.? ?Looks like more than just existing.? Robert gestures at the baby, the lifeboat, the ocean. ?All right, not existing. Surviving.? He laughs, not unkindly. ?Sounds grim.? ?It wasn?t so bad, really. But I wish you?d been there.? Ella has known Robert all her life. Through seven key moments...
52) The Quaker
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In the chilling new crime novel from award-winning author Liam McIlvanney, a serial killer stalks the streets of Glasgow and DI McCormack follows a trail of devastating secrets to uncover the truth?A city torn apart.Glasgow, 1969. In the grip of the worst winter for years, the city is brought to its knees by a killer whose name fills the streets with fear: the Quaker. He takes his next victim - the third woman from the same nightclub - and dumps her...
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2015
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Amory's first memory is of her father doing a handstand. She has memories of him returning on leave during the First World War. But his absences, both actual and emotional, are what she chiefly remembers. It is her photographer uncle Greville who supplies the emotional bond she needs, and, when he gives her a camera and some rudimentary lessons in photography, unleashes a passion that will irrevocably shape her future. A spell at boarding school ends...
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Zaffre
Pub. Date
2020
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Be swept away by the new breath-taking romantic novel from Sunday Times bestselling author and Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke. This Christmas, you are cordially invited to the wedding of the year! London, 1938. When fiercely independent chambermaid Nancy Nettleton first moved to London and the Buckingham hotel, the last thing on her mind was finding love, let alone falling for the debonair demonstration dancer Raymond de Guise. As the festive...
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BEATEN Glenda Jenkins has been beaten by her husband Harry one too many times - and this time he?s put her in a hospital bed. Battered and bruised, Glenda slowly makes her recovery. But she fears what awaits her back at home? BROKEN When Glenda meets kind hospital porter Frank, he offers her a lifeline she can?t refuse. The pair decide to run away together, escaping the terror of Harry. But, fearing for her life, Glenda has to make the biggest sacrifice...
57) A family secret
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2017
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Sometimes you just need the courage to tell the truth? Although she's surrounded by a loving family, Marie feels lost: living with a lie can be very lonely. Marie has been carrying a secret for years, one that could ruin the lives of those she loves most, and the guilt she feels weighs heavily. Her granddaughter, Cathy, is a most cheerful young woman, and in the first flush of love. The secret Marie is about to tell her will not only change her future...
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