People come to the guest house for fresh air and views across the Atlantic. But if they’re lucky, they might just leave with the second chance they didn’t know they needed… Esme has run the guest house for as long as anyone in Ballycove can remember. But in her declining years, her sight is failing,… Continue reading The Guest House By The Sea by Faith Hogan
Summer at the Ice Cream Café by Jo Thomas
A dream homeBeca Valentino is ready to escape the city. When she sees the perfect house for sale in her hometown, it seems like fate. Is this her chance to build the foster family she dreams of, on the beautiful Pembrokeshire coast? A big mistake?Returning home isn’t as easy as she thought, however. Her family’s… Continue reading Summer at the Ice Cream Café by Jo Thomas
The World Outside My Window by Clare Swatman
Laura is watching the world go by without her. Unable to leave her house since suffering a trauma, Laura is stuck gazing out of her window at Willow Crescent, relying on husband Jim and best friend Debbie for help. Then one day, Jim doesn’t come home. A day becomes two, days become a week, and… Continue reading The World Outside My Window by Clare Swatman
Vita and the Birds by Polly Crosby
1938: Lady Vita Goldsborough lives in the menacing shadow of her controlling older brother, Aubrey. But when she meets local artist Dodie Blakeney, the two women form a close bond, and Vita finally glimpses a chance to be free. 1997: Following the death of her mother, Eve Blakeney returns to the coast where she spent childhood summers… Continue reading Vita and the Birds by Polly Crosby
Summer Wedding by Sarah Morgan
A family weddingCatherine Swift is a bestselling romance author, but her personal story hasn’t been quite so successful; three failed marriages have left her relationship with her daughters strained. Engaged once again, Catherine is counting on this wedding, at her villa in Corfu, to finally bring the family together. A summer of secretsAdeline can’t believe… Continue reading Summer Wedding by Sarah Morgan
The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe
Born into a basket of clean sheets—ruining a perfectly good load of laundry—Emmeline never quite fit in on her family’s rural Nova Scotian farm. After suffering multiple losses in the First World War, her family became so heavy with grief, toxicity, and mental illness that Emmeline felt their weight smothering her. And so, she fled… Continue reading The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe
Only love can hurt like this by Paige Toon
Neither of them expected to fall in love. But sometimes life has other plans. . . When Wren realises her fiancé is in love with someone else, she thinks her heart will never recover. On the other side of the world, Anders lost his wife four years ago and is still struggling to move on.… Continue reading Only love can hurt like this by Paige Toon
The Forgotten Garden by Sharon Gosling
Budding landscape architect Luisa MacGregor is stuck in a rut – she hates her boss, she lives with her sister, and she is still mourning the loss of her husband many years ago. So when she is given the opportunity to take on a parcel of land in a deprived area, she sees the chance… Continue reading The Forgotten Garden by Sharon Gosling
The Royal Correspondent by Alexandra Joel
Success would depend on taking a dangerous risk.When Blaise Hill, a feisty young journalist from one of Sydney’s toughest neighbourhoods, is dispatched to London at the dawn of the swinging sixties to report on Princess Margaret’s controversial marriage to an unconventional photographer, she is drawn into an elite realm of glamour and intrigue. As the… Continue reading The Royal Correspondent by Alexandra Joel
The Secret Shore by Liz Fenwick
As one of the Navy’s most skilled mapmakers, Merry knows the very lives of men far away depend on her work in the War Office. But when a family crisis draws her back to her beloved Cornwall, Merry finds herself working alongside an enigmatic American officer on secret operations spanning the rugged coasts of Cornwall… Continue reading The Secret Shore by Liz Fenwick
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