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Author
Series
The Summer I Turned Pretty volume 1
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Every year Isabel spends a perfect summer at her family friends' house. There's the swimming pool at night, the private stretch of sandy beach . . . and the two boys. Unavailable, aloof Conrad - who she's been in love with forever - and friendly, relaxed Jeremiah, the only one who's ever really paid her any attention. But this year something is different. They seem to have noticed her for the first time. It's going to be an amazing summer - and one...
Author
Publisher
HQ DIgital
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Mary Smith is turning her very ordinary life upside-down! She?s bought herself a one-way ticket to Rome and is ready for a summer she?ll never forget.Men might be off the cards for waitress Mary, but within hours of arriving at the utterly charming family-run La Dolce Vita pizzeria, she?s already fallen in love with the bustling capital!Only Dante Rossi, the mysterious (and drop-dead gorgeous) chef seems displeased with her arrival. And in the heat...
Author
Publisher
Aria
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Growing up with her bohemian mother, Allie was always on the move. Now Helena keeps people at arm's length: relationships never last and old friends have slipped away. But when Allie inherits Helena's childhood home, she begins to see snatches of the tormented past her mother has been running from. Determined to find out what keeps driving her mother away from people, Allie follows a lead to the beautiful island of Ischia. Here she is drawn into a...
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Have you heard? The place to be this summer is in love! This summer the gossip mill is running overtime - love is most definitely in the air? Poor Evanna has been infatuated with her boss forever - to him she?s just part of the furniture. Rumour has it this summer she?s decided to get noticed! Kyla has other, more pressing distractions - the new gorgeous doctor! Dr Ethan sticks out in the picture-perfect island like a very handsome sore thumb. Flora?s...
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Life in the sleepy island of Glenmore is filled with tranquil lazy days. Bliss! But this summer the gossip mill is running overtime - love is most definitely in the air? Poor Evanna has been infatuated with her boss forever - to him she?s just part of the furniture. Rumour has it this summer she?s decided to get noticed. No more sensible suits for her?she?s bringing out the stilettos! Kyla can see Evanna is in love with her brother and if she had...
Author
Publisher
Aria
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Benefits of a summer romance: it's always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken. There aren't enough labeled glass containers to contain the mess that is Ali Morris's life. Her mum died two years ago, then her husband left, and she hasn't worn pants with a zipper in longer than she cares to remember. She's a professional organiser whose pantry is a disgrace. No one is more surprised than Ali when the first time she takes off her wedding...
Author
Publisher
Embla Books
Pub. Date
2023
Description
They're from different worlds, but for one summer their lives will suddenly collide... Bella Mason always dreamed of a life beyond her small town but never had the opportunity - until now. When she lands a job as chief stewardess on board a private yacht, it's just the adventure she's been looking for. After the last couple of years, renowned actress Felicity Kennedy is desperate for a break away from the spotlight. Escaping to the Riviera with her...
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy' - Candis Fall head over heels in Blossom Street with the second five books in Debbie Macomber?s bestselling series bundled together for perfect reading pleasure. Including: Twenty Wishes, Summer on Blossom Street, Hannah?s List, A Turn in the Road and Thursdays at Eight.Make time for friends. Make time for Debbie Macomber.
Author
Publisher
HQ
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Ava Young has the whole summer stretching out ahead of her - living in her Grandmother?s apartment above the Sunbeam Caf�. Yes, she?s there to work, but life is so laid back compared to her frenetic London schedule, leaving her plenty of time for lazy afternoons soaking up the beauty of Spain from underneath her favourite Orange Blossom tree.But no summer is complete without a splash of romance, and that?s exactly what her months in the sunshine...
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2014
Description
SLEIGH BELLS IN THE SNOW Marketing whiz Kayla Green hates Christmas- but when her newest client, Jackson O?Neil, invites her to visit and experience his family business, Snow Crystal Resort and Spa, she can hardly refuse. After spending a few flirty festive nights in this glittering winter wonderland, Christmas will be never the same again. SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER Fiery French chef �lise Phillipe has left behind her troubled past, but then sexy surgeon...
Author
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Discover the brand new escapist read from the author of Top 10 bestseller, A Year at the French Farmhouse. It was just supposed to be a holiday, but could it become the second chance she didn't know she needed...? Life isn?t quite going as planned for Katy. With her only daughter living in Australia and a husband who has asked for a break, she is suddenly at a loss. Her best friends, Sam, Vicky and Ivy have always been there for her through thick...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Description
From the chalk downs of the south coast of England to the heathery moorland of the Shetland Isles, and from the holy island of Lindisfarne in the east to the Atlantic frontier of western Ireland, Orchid Summer is a journey into Britain and Ireland's most beautiful corners. The flowers that are the focus of this treasure hunt are exquisite and diverse. Some resemble insects and develop scents that mimic the smell of a virgin female wasp in order to...
Author
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Pub. Date
2012
Description
One very hot Italian summer, a young woman sits alone in her bedroom and writes in her diary: 'I want love. I want to feel my heart melt. I want to sink into a river of passion.' As the summer unfolds, she follows her desires wherever they lead her, often into the arms of men who set her world on fire. She is thrilled to discover the sexual power she wields. And yet, will any of these passionate encounters lead to the love she longs for?.
14) Lost summer
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Adam Turner is an investigative journalist plagued by the memory of a girl who vanished from the town where he grew up. When he is asked to look into a suspicious car accident in which three students were killed, he sees a chance to exorcise the demons that have haunted him since his youth.Past and present rapidly collide as Adam finds himself in conflict with the friend who once betrayed him and the very emotions he?s tried to avoid for years come...
Author
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2019
Description
For fans of Harlan Coben and Shari Lapena, and from the bestselling author of LIES take a holiday you won't forget . . . Seven days. Three families. One killer. It was supposed to be the perfect holiday, dreamed up by Kate as the ideal way to turn 40: four best friends and their husbands and children in a luxurious villa under the blazing sunshine of Provence. But there is trouble in paradise. Kate suspects that her husband is having an affair, and...
Author
Series
A Chesapeake Shores Novel volume 9
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
2012
Description
New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods proves once more that home is always where the heart is.Falling for "Maddening Moira" O?Malley was the unexpected highlight of Luke O'Brien?s Dublin holiday. So when she pays a surprise visit to Chesapeake Shores, Luke is thrilled?at first. A fling with this wild Irish rose is one thing, but forever? Maybe someday, but not when he?s totally focused on establishing a business that will prove his mettle...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hot Key Books
Pub. Date
2022
Description
The thrilling prequel to the TikTok phenomenon and #1 New York Times bestseller We Were Liars takes readers back to the story of another summer, another generation, and the secrets that will haunt them for decades to come. A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts. A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow. A fiery, addicted heiress. An irresistible, unpredictable boy. A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes....
Author
Publisher
Killer Reads
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Just 13-years-old, making the most of the long, hot, lazy days of summer, thinking we had the world at our feet. That was us - me, Fat Bobby, Jim and Tara - the four members of the Outsiders? Club.The day we found a burnt-out car in the woods was the day everything changed. Cold, hard cash in the front seat, and a body in the trunk? it started out as a mystery we were desperate to solve.Then, the Collector arrived. He knew we had found his secret....
19) The pearl thief
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017
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Description
From the internationally acclaimed bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes a stunning new story of pearls, love and murder - a mystery with all the suspense of an Agatha Christie and the intrigue of Downton Abbey. Sixteen-year-old Julie Beaufort-Stuart is returning to her family's ancestral home in Perthshire for one last summer. It is not an idyllic return to childhood. Her grandfather's death has forced the sale of the house and estate and...
Author
Series
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard volume 1
Publisher
Puffin
Formats
Description
The first book in the incredible new series from the author of Percy Jackson, the Kane Chronicles and Heroes of Olympus. My name is Magnus Chase. I'm orphaned and living rough on the streets of Boston. And things are about to get much worse. My day started out normally enough. I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake and said, 'They're after you.' Next thing I know, I'm reunited with my obnoxious uncle, who casually informs me that...
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