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Escape to Tuscany by Kat Devereaux

Escape to Tuscany

Kat Devereaux

"Only 14, Stella Infuriati is the youngest member of her town's resistance network during WWII. She relays messages, supplies, and weapons to partisan groups in the Tuscan Hills. Her parents have no idea, consumed instead by love and fear for their beloved...

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The black crescent by Jane Johnson

The black crescent

Jane Johnson

"Hamou Badi is born in a mountain village with the magical signs of the zouhry on his hands. In Morocco, the zouhry is a figure of legend, a child of both humans and djinns, capable of finding all manner of treasure: lost objects, hidden water. But instead,...

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The storyteller by the sea by Phyllida Shrimpton

The storyteller by the sea

Phyllida Shrimpton

"Melody spends her days scouring the Devon shore for treasures washed up by the sea or left behind in the sand by people who come to her beach. She takes them back to Spindrift, her weathered old house set in a crescent of equally weathered old houses on the...

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Crimson dawn by Fleur McDonald

Crimson dawn

Fleur McDonald

"Since inheriting Nambina, the property that's been in her family for generations, Laura Murphy has worked wonders. Rather than just focus on farming she has set up a successful school teaching women the basics of managing a property - from fencing and...

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Beatrix & Fred by Emily Spurr

Beatrix & Fred

Emily Spurr

"Beatrix is a loner. She has a love-hate relationship with her one friend, Ray, a hate-hate relationship with everyone else in her office and a genuine attachment to a stuffed canary named Horatio. She drinks alone far too much. Lately she's been finding the...

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Stone yard devotional by Charlotte Wood

Stone yard devotional

Charlotte Wood

"A woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place she grew up, finding solace in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro. She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and finds herself living...

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Happiness by Danielle Steel

Happiness

Danielle Steel

"After a dark and unhappy childhood and two failed marriages where love was rarely felt, bestselling thriller author Sabrina Brooks has finally found the life she's always craved. She's discovered that her writing, her close circle of friends, and her...

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Becoming Liz Taylor by Elizabeth Delo

Becoming Liz Taylor

Elizabeth Delo

"Val, a widow living in Weston-super-Mare, spends lonely evenings dressing up as the movie star Elizabeth Taylor. It seems to be a way of coping with the loss and sadness she has experienced in her life. One day, when Val sees a pram left unattended on the...

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The lodgers by Eithne Shortall

The lodgers

Eithne Shortall

"Tessa's life as an activist and volunteer worker takes a hit after a fall. At the ripe young age of 69, she's no longer able to live alone and decides to take in two lodgers for free. After the recent death of his brother, Conn is riddled with grief and...

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Beasts of England by Adam Biles

Beasts of England

Adam Biles

"Manor Farm has reinvented itself as the South of England's premium petting zoo. Now, instead of a working farm, humans and beasts alike are invited (for a small fee) to come and stroke, fondle, and take rides on the farm's inhabitants. But life is not a bed...

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