The role of resident vet in the British Overseas Territories encompasses the complexities of caring for the world’s oldest known land animal – a 190-year-old giant tortoise – and MoD mascots at the Falklands airbase; pursuing mystery creatures and invasive microorganisms; relocating herds of reindeer; and rescuing animals in extraordinarily rugged landscapes, from subtropical cloud… Continue reading Vet at the End of the Earth by Jonathan Hollins
Christmas at the Cat Cafe by Jessica Redland
It’s the most wonderful time of the year on Castle Street, and there’s a paw-some new business opening…. It had always been Tabby’s dream to work with cats and an inheritance from her beloved nanna has finally made that a reality. Idyllic Castle Street in Whitsborough Bay couldn’t be a better place for pastry chef Tabby to open… Continue reading Christmas at the Cat Cafe by Jessica Redland
The Beginning of Everything by Jackie Fraser
The Beginning of Everything is the story of Jess and Gethin, whose paths cross in the most unexpected way. Jess is running, leaving all she knows and everyone she loves behind her, with just a few treasured belongings in her rucksack. She’s escaping from the pain and trauma of a bad relationship with a bad… Continue reading The Beginning of Everything by Jackie Fraser
An Italian Secret by Ella Carey
Tuscany, 1944. Did she fight for the resistance or betray her people? When the Nazis storm into northern Italy, Contessa Evelina Messina, the owner of the beautiful Villa Rosa, welcomes the Germans to her valley. In a dazzling rose silk dress, she entertains soldiers with priceless wine from her ancient cellars. Privately, she tells the… Continue reading An Italian Secret by Ella Carey
The Book of Beginnings by Sally Page
Her new chapter starts now… Jo Sorsby is hiding from her past when she agrees to run her uncle’s beloved stationery shop. Glimpsing the lives of her customers between the warm wooden shelves, as they scribble little notes and browse colourful notebooks, distracts her from her bruised heart. When she meets Ruth, a vicar running… Continue reading The Book of Beginnings by Sally Page
Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown and Kathleen McGurl
Love blooms in the darkest days… London, 1942. Despite the raging war, spirited 18-year-old Nellie Morris lives a quiet life in the tight-knit East End community of Bethnal Green. Her family and friends all tease that she will marry air raid warden Billy, the boy next door who’s always been sweet on her. The arrival… Continue reading Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown and Kathleen McGurl
A Beautiful Rival by Gill Paul
The world is at war, but on the gilded streets of Fifth Avenue, New York, a battle of a different kind is brewing… New York, 1915.Elizabeth Arden has been New York’s golden girl since her beauty salon opened its famous red door five years prior. Against all odds, she’s built an empire. Enter Helena Rubinstein: ruthless, revolutionary… Continue reading A Beautiful Rival by Gill Paul
The Echoes of Love by Jenny Ashcroft
Under the Cretan sun, in the summer of 1936, two young people fall in love… Eleni has been coming to Crete her entire life, swapping her English home for cherished sun-baked summers with her grandfather in his idyllic shoreside villa. When she arrives in 1936, she believes the long, hot weeks ahead will be no… Continue reading The Echoes of Love by Jenny Ashcroft
Always By Your Side by Julie Haworth
When school teacher Rose loses her dream job at a London primary school, her self-confidence takes a knock. Worse still, her stockbroker fiancé, Ollie, sees it as the perfect opportunity for her to join his firm, which only adds to the feelings Rose has that their relationship might be coming to an end. An unexpected… Continue reading Always By Your Side by Julie Haworth
Love Me Do by Lindsey Kelk
She’s written the perfect romance . . . for someone else Greetings card copywriter Phoebe Chapman knows a good romantic line or two – and it makes her a fantastic Cupid. So when she lands in the Hollywood Hills – a place that proves film stars, golden beaches and secret waterfalls don’t just exist in… Continue reading Love Me Do by Lindsey Kelk
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