They moved out while she was away on holiday, and now, at the tender age of twenty-five, she must stand on her own two feet. Lori learns very quickly that having your ideal man is not as satisfying as it ought to be and that being an adult is far harder than it looks. Snowflake is a story about prehistoric pets, delinquent donkeys and becoming the person you want to be, not the person everyone else expects you to be. Detective Munro is on the back foot when a dangerous killer always seems to be one step ahead. Having been the victim of a hit and run accident, and despite being black and blue, DI Munro wastes no time in trying to find out the identity of the perpetrator.
With attempted murder upgraded to a full-scale murder investigation, can the police close in on a mysterious killer or will Munro be finally outwitted? The Accident by Dawn Goodwin. Final Breath by Robert F Barker. When former members of that network start dying, Carver suspects that someone is out to make sure that their involvement at least, remains hidden -and will stop at nothing to do so.
Needing information, fast , but right now chained to a desk, his only recourse is the person who, after last time, he vowed to never have contact with again — the extraordinary and dangerously-seductive dominatrix, Megan Crane. Hush Hush by Mel Sherratt. A killer is on the loose, attacking people in places they feel most safe: Two brothers and two sisters, connected by the violent father only Grace and her mother escaped.
To catch the killer, Grace will have to choose between her team and her blood. But who do you trust, when both sides are out to get you? Luigi is a young Italian boy growing up in tuscany in the s, dreaming of cowboys and adventure, when a young Englishman, passing through on his way to Rome, gives him his first bicycle, thus sparking a lifelong passion.
Last Woman Hanged by Caroline Overington. Two husbands, four trials and one bloody execution: In January , Louisa Collins, a year-old mother of ten children, became the first woman hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol and the last woman hanged in New South Wales. Louisa protested her innocence until the end. Much of the evidence against Louisa was circumstantial. Some of the most important testimony was given by her only daughter, May, who was just years-old when asked to take the stand. Louisa Collins was hanged at a time when women were in no sense equal under the law — except when it came to the gallows.
They could not vote or stand for parliament — or sit on juries. The tenacity of these women would not save Louisa but it would ultimately carry women from their homes all the way to Parliament House. Elizabeth grew up in a lighthouse, inseparable from her enigmatic twin sister Emily. Their father, the lightkeeper, kept a journal of his observations and their daily life. When those journals are discovered on a shipwrecked boat, many decades later, Elizabeth is living in a retirement home and her eyesight is failing.
She enlists the help of a troubled teenager, Morgan, to read to her, and an unlikely friendship grows between the two. But as Morgan reads on, Elizabeth discovers that the past revealed is not as she remembers it, and that the journal may contain answers to unexplained events that have haunted her all her life. My Reign in Spain by Rich Bradwell. Despite a near-zero knowledge of the language, he had three months to learn. No problem , or so Rich kept telling himself. Instead, Rich takes his chances on a journey across Spain.
Follow Rich on a hilarious, life-changing trip as he learns about the history, traditions and culture of this fascinating country. He travels through the vineyards of La Rioja, surfs in the Basque Country and frantically tries to speak Spanish at anyone he can find. The microphone is on and the audience is ready, but is he? The Almost Wife by Jade Beer.
She misses him every moment of every day. The only thing that eases her pain is her job at the White Gallery — a gorgeous boutique tucked away in her tumbledown, wisteria-covered cottage in the English countryside. Sometimes heartbreak is the only way you can begin to heal. And sometimes second chances can be found in the most unlikely of places. Goddess by Kelly Gardiner. Within another year, she has become a beloved star at the famed Paris Opera.
Yet Julie is destined to die alone in a convent at the age of Based on an extraordinary true story, this is an original, dazzling and witty novel — a compelling portrait of an unforgettable woman. Mike Lynch is going through hard times. But things get much worse when he witnesses a murder in a lay-by. This is when the real trouble begins. Mike wants to go to the police, but the nanny, Melissa, wants to delay until the daughter, Charlie, is somewhere safe. Mike agrees to this request before finding out the seriousness of the situation, and just how much danger they are really in.
Who exactly was the man he saw murdered? And who is the man he saw pulling the trigger? And when the death count rises, he will discover what kind of man he really is. When Mike Lynch is contacted by his ex-wife about the missing nephew of her new husband, he offers to help find the young man with the help of his friend Terry Cochran.
When two fake police officers cross their path, Terry and Mike know there is more to the case than meets the eye, and soon they find themselves asking exactly who it is they are really looking for…. My Perfect Stranger by Kat French. Honeysuckle Jones has a problem, and her best friends Nell and Tash are on a mission to help her solve it. She needs a man — a caring, intelligent, funny man. But when Honey discovers the devastating reason for his moods she decides to give him another chance.
The extraordinary weather conditions prompt Edward and a former colleague to resurrect an idea for a documentary series that sets to challenge consumerist lifestyles. The Isles of Scilly become a model for sustainability and a filming trip to the islands provides an idyllic backdrop to the unfolding romantic tensions. Set in , the year of the London Olympics, the action alternates between Broadclyst and Beckenham and examines the difficult issues faced in committing to a new relationship in midlife.
Could being alone be a preferable alternative? Edward is not happy, not least because she seems to be losing interest in him. Taryn is a borderline manic-depressive, a scheming minx, a seductress and user of men. To Edward, Marianne is a former classmate who sends him crazy emails. Taryn sees a challenge and concocts a devious plan to meet him during a series of lectures he is giving at the British Museum. Like its prequel, it will appeal to fans of adult fiction, especially those interested in the psychology of relationships. Unspoken Truths by Liz Mistry. As he battles against the storms of the Beast from the East, Gus must uncover the links between the crimes.
With the body count increasing, Gus sets his team loose on the Dark Web but how will Gus react when he discovers that things are not as they seem? Can Gus stop the blueprint for a deadly bioweapon from falling into the wrong hands? Can he solve a series of murders and track down a psychotic killer? The Book of Love by Fionnuala Kearney. From the moment they met, Erin and Dom loved each other too much, too quickly.
But they knew differently. A wedding present, a notebook, brings them together through the good times and the bad. Falling in love is easy but staying in love is where the story begins…. Tale of a Tooth by Allie Rogers. Four-year-old Danny lives with his mother, Natalie, in a small Sussex town. Life is a struggle and when they are threatened with a benefits sanction, salvation appears in the form of a Job Centre employee called Karen. Told in the voice of an intelligent, passionate and unusual child, Tale of a Tooth is an immersive and compelling look at the impact of domestic abuse on a vulnerable family unit.
Tony started the bar for the English post-war babies who retired early on good pensions — the por favors, as the Spanish call them — flocking to the dream of wine, rest and sun around the pool. But now their retirement paradise is shadowed by Brexit: Tony wants to move back to enjoy the remainder of his life in his childhood home, but his tenacious wife Laney wants to stay in the happy valley and forget about England and the dark, unresolved feelings it provokes in their marriage. Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer?
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Ruth Butterham is young, poor and awaiting trial for murder. But when she meets teenage seamstress Ruth, she is faced with another theory: For Ruth attributes her crimes to a supernatural power inherent in her stitches. Across the city in the New Town, medical student Will Raven is about to start his apprenticeship with the brilliant and renowned Dr Simpson. His house is like no other, full of visiting luminaries and daring experiments in the new medical frontier of anaesthesia.
It is here that Raven meets housemaid Sarah Fisher, who recognises trouble when she sees it and takes an immediate dislike to him. Sympathy by Olivia Sudjic. An electrifying novel of blood ties, online identities, and our tormented efforts to connect in the digital age. She falls in love with Manhattan, and becomes fixated on Mizuko Himura, an intriguing Japanese writer whose life has strange parallels to her own. The relationship between the two women exposes a tangle of lies and sexual encounters. Three families collide as Alice learns that the swiftest answer to an ancient question — where do we come from?
Distortion by Gautam Malkani. Meet Dillon, a high-functioning mess with a rather inconvenient foot fetish, who has been keeping some very big secrets from his girlfriend Ramona. Also, meet Dhilan, a young carer caught in an endless loop of pre-bereavement bereavement for his dying mother.
These three very separate identities for the same young man have been growing dangerously hardwired thanks to the self-reinforcing effects of social media and search engines, and the uncanny predictive capabilities of his smartphones. Disappointed to report that as of this month October Bookchoice England will cease to operate.
E-book and Audio Titles. Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride. He is only four years old. Big Brother by Lionel Shriver. The Surfboard by Dan Kieran. Dan Kieran, CEO of Unbound, undertakes a new challenge when he feels he has reached his limits, both personally and professionally.
He retreats to Cornwall, where he learns the intricate craft of building a seven-foot surfboard from scratch, despite never having surfed a day in his life. With this project comes a time of pure reflection regarding all the obstacles, rewards and realisations he has encountered upon starting his business and turning it into a success. Both an insightful business memoir and an ode to the value of craftmanship, this book is a must for anyone looking for their next challenge. Exquisite by Sarah Stovell. Alice is an aspiring author still figuring her life out.
Bo Luxton is an established novelist, wife and mother. As their intimacy grows, disturbing realisations and hints of a dark past come to the surface. Both are telling the story, but who is telling the truth? The Secret life of Cows by Rosamund Young. The lives of animals pose many questions. Do they have friends? Do they have their own unique personalities?
Do they hold a grudge? When it comes to cows, farmer Rosamund Young has the answers to everything you could ask and more. This charming account details her observations, accumulated over a lifetime of tending cattle. The Secret Life of Cows reveals the real-life drama found in everyday bovine life, and shows that not every cow follows the herd. The Frighteners by Peter Laws. Join Peter Laws, life-long horror fan and ordained minister, as he investigates the darker side of our imaginations. Amidst the secure luxury of posh eco-estate San La Mer outside Durban, a shocking murder takes place.
Prominent advocate Norman Ware is found mutilated and dead, and attention turns to the estate residents to find the culprit. Through skillful introduction of an eclectic cast of characters, everyone seems to have a hand in what happened to Norman Ware.
Rosamund Kendal weaves a story that is uniquely South African, depicting a society that is both widely diverse and divided. The old Seattle landmark has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made a startling discovery in the basement: Among the fascinated crowd gathering outside the hotel, stands Henry Lee, and, as the owner unfurls a distinctive parasol, he is flooded by memories of his childhood.
He wonders if by some miracle, in amongst the boxes of dusty treasures, lies a link to the Okabe family, and the girl he lost his young heart to, so many years ago. Mary Boleyn arrives in the English court, fresh-faced and eager to earn her place as the favourite of the king. She catches his eye, a flirtation begins, and what happens next changes the course of English history. At the center of it all is Mary and her sister Anne — both the fiercest of rivals and dearest of friends. The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah.
Memory is an albino woman languishing in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, where she has been convicted of murder. As part of her appeal her lawyer insists that she write down what happened as she remembers it. The death penalty is a mandatory sentence for murder, and Memory is, both literally and metaphorically, writing for her life. As her story unfolds, Memory reveals that she has been tried and convicted for the murder of Lloyd Hendricks, her adopted father.
But who was Lloyd Hendricks? Why does Memory feel no remorse for his death? And did everything happen exactly as she remembers? Things Bright and Beautiful by Anbara Salam. The jungle invades the mission house she shares with her husband. There are weevils in the powdered milk and black orchids in the sink. Houseguests are just as invasive. They claim their own room, their own chair, their own place in the kitchen.
Their constant humming is the only thing louder than the insects. Only faith can drive him out. Deaf since childhood, Caleb is no stranger to facing difficulties head on. When a young woman is killed after pleading for his help in sign language, he throws himself into the mystery of her identity and finds himself lead back to his hometown, Resurrection Bay.
Edie Thompson had grand plans for her move to London: How Hard can it Be? Last we saw Kate Reddy, she was leaving her high powered job to focus on her family. Fifteen years later, Kate is faced with a husband in the throes of a midlife crisis, aging parents, and impossible teenage children. In order to keep the family afloat, Kate returns to the workforce, only to discover that years of raising children have made her irrelevant. A warm, witty and timely account of what it means to be a working mum in this day and age.
Essential reading for all women — young and old — in need of a good laugh. The Transition by Luke Kennard. Yes, they rent a wallpapered conservatory in a shared house. And yes the only way they can afford it is through perfectly orchestrated credit card fraud. When it all falls apart, they are ordered to enrol in The Transition, a radical programme of self-improvement. As long as they follow each step, and ignore the warnings carved into the bedpost.
Daisy Belle by Caitlin Davies. Aged 14, Daisy becomes the first woman to swim the River Thames, and soon afterwards, she leaves for America with the intention of making history by swimming across New York harbour. Inspired by the careers of real women, Daisy Belle pays homage to the courage and bravery of the Victorian women who broke new ground in the fight for equality. In the Zone by Clyde Brolin.
What makes the difference between Championship and Premier League? Between silver and gold? That space where practice takes hold, and everything else falls away: Modern education has taught us how to think, but thanks to hours of interviews with some of the most legendary figures in sport, Clyde Brolin is able to offer us a new lesson: How to stem the flow of mental detritus, and enter that mindset where the great become the greatest. Dub Steps by Andrew Miller. What was shocking at first was the silence.
Roy had never noticed the sound the electricity had made behind the walls, but he knew when it was gone. Then one morning Johannesburg was empty, and the loudest sound left was the wind. You could hear the plants inching forward, reclaiming the land the city had tried to concrete over.
And there were the arguments between the survivors:. In , a violent man began attacking women in the suburbs of Sacramento, California. Over the next ten years, he sexually assaulted fifty women and murdered at least ten — but he was never caught. For years, she sifted through masses of evidence — in the form of police records and victim interviews — to single-handedly identify the killer. Nod by Adrian Barnes. On the seventh night, she sits and stares into a book, hour after hour without turning the page. Outside the whole world is restless too.
Strange cults embrace the new awakening, nuclear warships wash-up on land, and children are slaughtered in the hope that the taste of their blood might end this global insomnia. Harvest by Jim Crace. In a small English hamlet, the summer harvest is at its end and the villagers look forward to a day of rest. But when they wake to find two columns of smoke on the horizon, suspicion abounds. Whilst one column of smoke is explained by a fire, another signals the arrival of newcomers to their land.
But it is the arrival of a third presence that, more than anything else, will threaten to disrupt the calm order of their lives. Rich in detail and hauntingly atmospheric, Harvest is a mesmerising paean to rural life by a novelist at the height of his powers. Recipes for Love and Murder by Sally Andrew. Tannie Maria is in her fifties and writes a successful cookery column for the local paper, the Klein Karoo Gazette. When her cookery column is scrapped in favour of an advice column, she decides to offer wisdom the only way she knows how: As Tannie becomes an adept agony aunt, she thinks she may have found her calling — until one day, she receives a letter from a woman in an abusive relationship, and decides she must take matters into her own hands….
Clever, suspenseful and endlessly fun, Recipes for Love and Murder is a delicious new take on the whodunit. Good Money by Jim Green. Early one morning, Stella is called to the home of one of her clients, where their teenage son has been found murdered. If you want to take a look at Bookchoice you can find them here. Another bumper month is there any other?
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Resisting Mr Rochester by Sharon Booth. When she was a gullible teenager, she believed boyfriend Seth to be a modern-day brooding Heathcliff. Fourteen years later, when Seth has proved to be more like Homer Simpson, Cara vows never to fall in love again, and turns her back on romance for good. Leaving Seth behind, Cara secures a job as nanny at Moreland Hall on the Yorkshire Moors, but is shocked to discover her new employer is none other than the tall, dark, and disturbingly handsome Mr Rochester. Her resolve to be more level-headed is soon tested when strange things begin to happen at Moreland Hall.
What are the strange noises she hears from the attic? Why is the housekeeper so reluctant to leave her on her own? As events unfold, Cara knows she must keep a cool head, curb her imagination — and resist Mr Rochester at all costs. Two would be downright greedy. New Beginnings by Sharon Downes. A heart-warming romantic comedy about starting again. Amanda Harper believed she had everything in her comfortable life, but after getting dumped by her husband for a younger model, she now has a decision to make… Stay wallowing in her own self-pity or get out there and start again.
Amanda is married with 3 grown children. She had been with her husband Andy for 33 years before he left her for his young Australian physiotherapist. Turning to her one true love, McVities, Amanda sinks into a pit of biscuit wrappers and cups of tea. Her bolshie bezzie Chrissie drags her kicking and screaming back into life with a new hairdo and makeover, but is she back to normal? After a trip to Port Isaac in Cornwall, her favourite place other than a holiday at the McVitie factory , will she get the old Amanda back? In this hilarious journey out of her comfort zone, you will laugh and cry as Amanda executes a daring heist, suffers an embarrassing trip to Ann Summers and finds unexpected friendships with a butcher, a baker and a salsa dance teacher.
Will Amanda find new romance? Is that even what she needs? A beautiful guesthouse, a fresh start and a hunky Italian. Does it sound too good to be true? But then her world was turned upside down. When Adam tragically passes away, Gina is left all alone. Her friends and her sister try to cheer Gina up with wine-fuelled karaoke nights and plenty of gossip — yet life has never quite been the same. Is she up to the challenge? But Fabio has a secret he is scared to share, and Gina has her past to come to terms with. Murder at the Book Club by Betsy Reavley. Imagine nine women meeting. Tea and cake are on the coffee table.
They trust each other. What could be more harmless? But just when they think they are on the right track, a twist in the case throws them off course…. Snap by Belinda Bauer. She never comes back. And life as the children know it is changed for ever. What would you do if someone used your deepest secrets to commit the darkest crimes? When the cold, lifeless body of a policeman is pulled from the Thames in the early hours of the morning, it appears at first glance to be a terrible accident. But as more extracts are posted, and more bodies begin to surface, how much longer can she ignore the connection?
Different Genes by Claire Baldry. Sixty-one year old Louise finally learns she is adopted after the death of her mother. She embarks on a quest to reveal the secrets of her past, helped by new companion and lover, Simon, whom she meets after joining an Internet dating site. In her first full-length novel, author Claire Baldry sensitively explores the growing closeness between the newly retired couple as they develop their mutual understanding and physical relationship.
But when war with Germany is declared their lives will never be the same again…. Determined to do what she can, Alice works in the bookshop by day, and risks her own life driving an ambulance around bomb-ravaged London by night. Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh. One year ago, Caroline Johnson chose to end her life brutally: Their daughter, Anna, has struggled to come to terms with their loss ever since. But by digging up the past, is she putting her future in danger? Four Mums in a Boat. The incredible true story of four ordinary working mums from Yorkshire who took on an extraordinary challenge and broke a world record along the way.
Janette, Frances, Helen and Niki, though all from Yorkshire, were four very different women, all juggling full time jobs alongside being mothers to each of their 2 children. They could never be described as athletes, but they were determined to be busy and the local Saturday morning rowing club was the perfect place to go to have a laugh and a gossip, get the blood pumping in the open air, and feel invigorated.
They were going to cross 3, miles of treacherous ocean in the toughest row in the world, The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. Yes, they had children and husbands that they would be leaving behind for two months, yes they had businesses to run, mortgages to pay, responsibilities. And there was that little thing of them all being in their 40s and 50s. But two years of planning, preparation, fundraising, training and difficult conversations later, and they found themselves standing on the edge of the San Sebastian harbour in the Canary Islands, petrified, exhilarated and ready to head up the race of their lives.
This is the story of how four friends together had the audacity to go on a wild, terrifying and beautiful adventure, not to escape life, but for life not to escape them. The Three Deaths by Katherine Hayton. Paul Worthington just confessed to a murder that never happened. Magdalene Lynton died forty years ago: Her body was left behind in a small, private cemetery encircled by acres of fallow ground. The trouble is, neither does the original verdict. Together with her partner, Deb, Ngaire digs deeper into the case to uncover inconsistencies, lies, and mortal danger. Grieving and bereft, she is stunned when a young woman approaches her at the funeral service, and slips something into her pocket.
The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney. The hole they dug was not deep. A white flour bag encased the little body.
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Gina Kirkham actually purchased in hard copy last month, but bought so as not to spoil signed copy. Throw a diva drag queen into the mix and readers can expect the usual hilarious Mavis mishaps that made the first book such a hit. In addition, Paul shares some of his favourite recipes, explores country lore and superstitions, and extols the benefits of growing your own vegetables, herbs and fruit.
This is a warts-and-all account of country living, as far removed from the bright lights of celebrity as you could ever imagine. The trials and tribulations Paul experienced on moving to deepest darkest Kent as a dyed-in-the-wool city dweller are every bit as hilarious and eventful as you would think. He had a lot of new skills to learn, and fast: When a dapper, young George Washington comes into her life, Martha Custis is a young widow with two young children. Their love and loyalty toward each other—and the new nation they fight for, lasts a lifetime and is an inspiration even now, after years.
We never take our eyes off each other. In love and in rivalry, we always think of each other. The three sisters will become the queens of England, Scotland and France. United by family loyalties and affections, the three queens find themselves set against each other. As they experience betrayals, dangers, loss and passion, the three sisters find that the only constant in their perilous lives is their special bond, more powerful than any man, even a king.
Security — and happiness — comes when Elizabeth is introduced to kindly, ambitious merchant turned lawyer, Thomas Cromwell. The city is filled with ruthless people and strange delights — and Elizabeth realises she must adjust to the life she has chosen…or risk losing everything. Dreaming about Daran by Jessica Redland. When her boss insists she travels to Ireland to repair a damaged relationship with a key client.
With the door to her past now wide open, the first three rules have gone out of the window. Can Clare stick to rule number four? Small Change by Keddie Hughes. Forty-two-year-old Izzy Campbell wants more from life than a husband who is a fanatical Glasgow Rangers football supporter and a borderline alcoholic. Before she knows it, she is drawn into the excitement of political activism and the arms of an attractive man. The choices Izzy makes will determine the future of her life. A disused railway tunnel where cruel and sinister deeds are executed.
A domestic dog attack on a child soon leads to a more complex case — the macabre discovery of a jigsaw of featureless, indiscernible body parts amongst bin bags littering a quiet road on the outskirts of the town. While under the leadership of a Chinese Mafioso, a team of Eastern Europeans spreads its tentacles into the sordid underworld of people trafficking, dog fighting, prostitution and murder. Bennett quickly has his hands full investigating a gambling syndicate, the discovery of a mutilated corpse, the death of a prostitute and the case of a badly beaten police officer.
As Bennett and his team are stretched to capacity cracks begin to appear. Is there a link between these cases and can they catch a twisted killer before he strikes again? Flesh Evidence by Malcolm Hollingdrake. Jars of honey containing pieces of tattooed flesh are the first clue in the search for the whereabouts of a missing fourteen-year-old boy. Then another boy goes missing and further jars of honey are discovered.
Serial kidnappings taking place in Harrogate and the culprit is unlike any other Bennett has dealt with before. Crossed Out by Malcolm Hollingdrake. DCI Bennett and his team are back and called to a house in Ripon that has collapsed into a sinkhole where a body is discovered. Soon old weathered Remembrance Crosses are found dug up. DC April Richmond is assigned to help the team due to her impressive biblical knowledge and soon makes a startling discovery. Meanwhile, Gideon Fletcher is walking around the streets of Harrogate distributing religious texts.
Is there a link between Gideon and the crosses? Do the crosses have anything to do with the body in the house? Look in the Mirror … by Kristina Bryson. This is a captivating, heart-warming and funny story where I take you on the journey from when I was a young girl who, to the outside world, enjoyed an idyllic upbringing. If only I knew what was going on behind closed doors and the profound impact this would have on the rest of my life.
If your life has been perfect then my memoirs will bore the pants off you. However, if you have been mentally battered and bruised by dysfunctional relationships, cursed by anxiety and panic attacks and believe that chocolate is the cure for everything then grab yourself a multi-pack, buckle up and enjoy the ride!
One morning, Connie McColl wakes up and decides to swap her ordinary life, for an extraordinary adventure…. So they make a pact for this summer to be their best yet — and drive off into the sunset together…. As they meander their way along the beautiful beaches of France and onto the glorious delights of Italy in their luxury campervan, the new friends have plenty of fun and frolics in the sunshine. In the end, all three women discover that the journey they thought would be their last really is just the beginning….
Wealthy, glamorous and bored, she longed for something more. Now a talented artist with a small business, Helen creates crazy patchwork crafts to support her young daughter, Megan. Penniless, content and single, she is almost unrecognisable. But when her past unexpectedly collides with her new life, Helen finds herself torn. She knows what the easiest choice is, but is it what she wants?
The Lies between us by Ronnie Turner pre-order due 1st October. Three people, leading very different lives, are about to be brought together — with devastating consequences. As regular readers of this blog will know, I need more books like I need a hole in the head. But then when has that ever stopped me? So let me introduce you to my latest discovery. Some of you may already be acquainted with Unbound , if not, in brief, they are a crowdfunding publisher. They take care of the whole process, from manuscript editing to shipping the first editions. What has normally stopped me, is the number of available projects and sheer indecision.
Then along comes the Unbound Reading Club and problem solved. This is a feature that allows procrastinators like me, to help make books happen without having to make a direct choice. Having signed up I immediately received my first download with the proviso that if I already had it they were happy to send an alternative. My comedy career began in , which proves I have no comic timing.
In there were no comedy clubs, no comedy agents and not much comedy future. Inspired by Spike Milligan, John Dowie embarked on his comedy career in a time when such a thing was virtually unheard of, and then, just as alternative comedy began to be recognised by popular culture, he quit. And so began his next obsession — riding his bike. Having been blessed or cursed with an addictive personality, Dowie quickly realises that what was once a simple hobby — cycling — will soon become something very different….
This book follows a similar route to his cycling habits: Wending his way through France and Holland, round the lanes of Norfolk and over the hills of Devon, Dowie expertly leads his readers on a delightful journey through the trials, tribulations and triumphs of his life so far. Oh well, another month when good intentions fell by the wayside. In my defence I blame the Amazon Summer Sale for including lots of titles from my wishlist. I have got some cracking titles though.
No Turning Back by Sam Blake. Orla and Conor Quinn are the perfect power couple: But then the unthinkable happens. Their only son, Tom, is the victim of a deliberate hit-and-run. As Cathy delves deeper, she uncovers links to the Dark Web and a catalogue of cold cases, realising that those involved each have their own reasons for hiding things from the police. But events are about to get a lot more frightening. But can Colette ever forgive Thea for what she has done? As Thea opens up to her for the first time, Colette finds herself softening and being drawn back into the landscape of her past.
The ghosts of that past still linger. What happened all those years ago and how did it cause the rift between mother and daughter? The Anatomy of Escape by Michael Blue. For twenty years, Michael Blue, an accountant trapped on the corporate treadmill, contemplated these questions. Now he lives in a bus in the dense jungles of Northern Sumatra. This is his idea of freedom. He is a fugitive of an unusual kind, an escapee from the work-consume-die hamster wheel. He has a simple existence without much use for work or money. This is the story of how he got there. Michael takes us along for the ride as he reflects on four previous failed escape attempts.
It is amongst these stories, his meetings with Shamans in the Amazon, the lessons from a sex-crazed marsupial, and his revelations during lonely rides in frozen chicken trucks, that we discover the hard-learned secrets of a successful escape artist. Amongst his adventures, he dismantles commonly held beliefs about success, work, money, and ownership. And then, from the remains, with an uncomplicated perspective on health, wealth, and happiness, he reconstructs what it means to live a good life. The result is at once a travel story and a firsthand experiential blueprint, guide or perhaps anatomy of escape.
Women Behaving Badly by Frances Garrood. Three women, three affairs, and a self-help group with a difference…. All three women are behaving in ways very much frowned upon by the Catholic Church. But their priest, Father Cuthbert is determined to reform them. The Riot by Laura Wilson. Notting Hill is sweltering in a heatwave. A rent collector is stabbed and a series of street fights between teddy boys and Caribbean immigrants sparks further unrest. Young runaway Irene, on the verge of prostitution, finds her loyalties lie on both sides of the fight. A race riot breaks out — the worst Britain has ever seen.
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Stratton must tread a path through the violence and prejudice to find the killer and save Irene before Notting Hill explodes. The Island Villa by Lily Graham. A villa on a sleepy Spanish island. A place that time had forgotten. A place of long ago summers, sun-kissed memories and one terrible betrayal ….
Or will the secrets of the past shake the new life and love that Charlotte is close to finding? Theo by Amanda Prowse. But his childhood was full of neglect and he was bullied at school. Now he is an adult, he longs to find a soulmate. Someone who understands him. Someone who will love him unconditionally. Anna grew up in a care home, and has always wanted to create the noisy family life she never had. Is their love for each other enough to let go of the pain of their pasts? A Family recipe by Veronica Henry. Laura Griffin is preparing for an empty nest. The thought of Number 11 Lark Hill falling silent — a home usually bustling with noise, people and the fragrant smells of something cooking on the Aga — seems impossible.
Laura hopes it will mean more time for herself, and more time with her husband, Dom. But when an exposed secret shakes their marriage, Laura suddenly feels as though her family is shrinking around her. Feeling lost, she turns to her greatest comfort: Inspired by a bit of the old Blitz spirit, Laura has an idea that gives her a fresh sense of purpose. Full of fierce determination, Laura starts carving her own path. But even the bravest woman needs the people who love her. And now, they need her in return. One Summer in Italy by Sue Moorcroft.
The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers. From his remote moorland home David Hartley assembles a gang of weavers and land workers to embark upon a criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history. They are the Cragg Vale Coiners and their business is clipping — the forging of coins, a treasonous offence punishable by death.
Once a spirited, independent woman with a rebellious streak, her life has been forever changed by a tragic event twelve years ago. But just as Masha dares to imagine the future, the past comes roaring back …. Fran loves Will with all her heart. They had a whirlwind romance, a perfect marriage and a wonderful life. Now Fran needs to find her way again and teaching a yoga retreat in Spain offers her just that. Leaving behind a broken marriage she has some very important decisions to make. But he may have damaged any possibility he had of mending their relationship and now Fran is in Spain and Will is alone.
As both Fran and Will begin to let go of a life that could have been, fate may just find a way of bringing them back together. Million Love Songs by Carole Matthews. Ruby Brown is ready for a change. Mason represents everything Ruby wants right now: Joe on the other hand is kind and attractive, but comes with the sort of baggage Ruby wants to avoid: Ruby thinks she knows what she wants, but is it what she needs to be truly happy?
Journalist Bronte McKnight is summoned to a hillside village in the wild and beautiful Mani region of Greece by her estranged expat father Angus to help him with a medical problem. With the country gripped by economic crisis, and the clock ticking against them, their near-impossible quest takes them from Kalamata to a remote mountain village, where its few remaining inhabitants are bound by old traditions and secrecy. As the tensions of their own fractured relationship rise, the pair are helped in their search by a cast of intriguing Greek characters, especially charismatic doctor Leonidas Papachristou.
The secrets unearthed by Angus and Bronte will be painful and astonishing. Never the Bride by Charlotte Fallowfield. Abbie Carter felt doomed as she clutched her bouquet and started walking up the aisle. She felt like she was stuck in some kind of Groundhog Day wedding nightmare. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Eight dresses, most of them hideous, were already stuffed in her attic space.
She had more bridesmaid dresses than relationships. Was she really that unlucky in love? That was until she locked eyes with one of the handsome ushers, whose wink turned her elegant and well-practiced glide up the aisle into a flailing Bambi-on-ice spectacle. Miller Davis was the first man in forever to make her heart skip a beat, as well as her legs turn to jelly. It was just a shame that the Atlantic Ocean separated them. Her best friend, Georgie, told her to ignore the miles that separated her from Miller and to go for it, saying that true love knew no bounds.
Was Abbie fated to always be the bridesmaid, or would her wish for the perfect day with the man of her dreams ever come true? The Harcombe Year by Di Alexander. Good humour and misadventure run hand in hand with the people and animals, wild and tame, who call this little corner of the Cotswolds their home. The Harcombe Year is a warm and life-affirming account of life with an eccentric octogenarian husband who can find calamity in the most ordinary of situations; a daughter with two young children who is preparing to move into the tiny house next door; and stray cats who pitch up at the door demanding shelter and care.
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Join Di Alexander in a fresh new year at the farm. Lucy is recovering from an operation in a New York hospital when she wakes to find her estranged mother sitting by her bed. They have not seen one another in years. As they talk Lucy finds herself recalling her troubled rural childhood and how it was she eventually arrived in the big city, got married and had children. Dark Fire by C J Sansom. It is and the hottest summer of the sixteenth century. Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice and keep a low profile.
The secret of Greek Fire, the legendary substance with which the Byzantines destroyed the Arab navies, has been lost for centuries. Now an official of the Court of Augmentations has discovered the formula in the library of a dissolved London monastery. When Shardlake is sent to recover it, he finds the official and his alchemist brother horribly murdered — the formula has disappeared. But very soon he discovers nothing is as it seems.
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned — from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules.
Enter Mia Warren — an enigmatic artist and single mother- who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just tenants: But Mia carries with her a mysterious past, and a disregard for the rules that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.
When old family friends attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town — and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. But her obsession will come at an unexpected and devastating cost…. The Memory Shop by Ella Griffin. Nora has been left with an inheritance of treasured belongings, but no home of her own in which to keep them. Unable to bear auctioning them off, Nora resolves to stay in Dublin and open The Memory Shop, a very special business which matches each gorgeous object with a perfect new owner.
But can she finally let go of her own…? The Body in the Bracken by Marsali Taylor. Cass Lynch has been persuaded to spend Christmas in the Highlands with her friend DI Gavin Macrae, but their romantic walk by the loch is cut short when they find a skeleton among the bracken. Meanwhile, there are eerie reports of sightings of a njuggle, a Shetland water-horse which drowns curious passers-by. Join Emma as she guides you through How Not to become accidentally knocked up at the age of 27, How Not to unceremoniously dump the father of your child, and then How Not to lose the job that even though you hate it is the only thing between you and being homeless….
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Penwith, the southwest tip of Cornwall, is a land of mystery and magic, of prehistoric monuments, witchcraft…and murder. When an American archaeological team stumbles upon the skeletal remains of a missing child beneath a Stone Age burial quoit, irascible CID Detective Sergeant Morgan Davies and her Scene of Crimes partner, Calum West, unearth a growing list of suspects. Within days, another body is discovered. The Unforeseen Cuckold sees both Jill and Matt's behaviour manifest in ways neither quite imagined before. Jill has betrayed her bull's trust, and she must face the devastating consequences.
Matt, meanwhile, can barely resist the temptation of his attraction to Francesca. Jill struggles with an inner war, revealing the ownership of that man from her past, her master, is burdening her. She realises she is seeking control one second, and the absolute annihilation of it the next. She is teetering on the brink of two possible precipices Holy matrimony, with its lifetime of commitment And sexual slavery, submitting herself to the might of a furious, possessive older lover.
Jill rebels, exploring her cruel, dominant side, perhaps in an attempt to regain control of herself, and forces Matt to wear her skimpiest thongs. He fights, but mistress Jill truly breaks her cuckold, labelling him everything from sissy to pantyboy While Francesca offers Matt sexual sanctuary from such torment. It's possible he's gone forever. But his physical presence is irrelevant.
I feel him in my head He truly possessed this. Even in marriage to you, it'll be his. The past dictates the present, and it shapes the future. It cannot be changed. And he cannot be replaced But my needs are changing And I truly believe I need to go dogging with Gary. Read more Read less. Books In This Series 6 Books.
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With eight weeks to go before marring his fiancee Jill , Matt is torn between remaining a cuckold to his beloved , or surender to the loving embrace of his next door neighbor , Francesca , who loves him for the man he is. Then there is Gary , Jill's bull , who if he doesn't get his way is ready to expose Matt for his cheating on Jill. At a party specifically arranged for Gary's friend Steve , Matt, by his and Jill's actions have put Gary in a rage , saying he doesn't want to see Jill ever again..
Is this the end of Gary? Will Jill finally be Matt's alone , or will his heart be broken again. You'll have to read the book to find out. One person found this helpful. What can I say, I'm in awe, in shock, can't believe what I've read.