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Nine Uses for an Ex Boyfriend - Sarra Manning

Nine Uses for an Ex Boyfriend
Sarra Manning

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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February 2012 Book of the Month. Anyone who has been through a break up with a long term first love will totally relate to the characters in this sexy, funny, witty and well written romantic novel. The dilemma is simple. What do you do if you catch your boyfriend passionately kissing your best friend; try to save the relationship or move on?

Attachments - Rainbow Rowell

Attachments
Rainbow Rowell

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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February 2012 Debut of the Month. This is such a funny, warm, heartfelt, touching and unforgettable novel and as a bloke I’m not even sure I’m the target reader at all! Set in 1999 when email was just emerging - follow the will-they-won’t-they romance between glamorous office junior and painfully shy IT geek!

The House of Dust and Dreams - Brenda Reid

The House of Dust and Dreams
Brenda Reid

Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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February 2012 Debut of the Month. Set in Greece in 1936 this is a charming tale of friendship, resilience and love in the face of war seen through the eyes of Evadne a spirited and unconventional wife of a young diplomat.

Fighting Dirty - June Hampson

Fighting Dirty
June Hampson

Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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The final, heart-pounding instalment in June Hampson's compelling gangland saga series. Our Editorial guru Sarah Broadhurst says of the series 'It’s Evocative and gritty and it's got heart, violence, sex and an underground current which is very atmospheric.' See the links below to read the books in order. 1 Trust Nobody 2 Broken Bodies 3 Damaged Goods 4 Fatal Cut 5 Jail Bait 6 Fighting Dirty

My Sweet Valentine - Annie Groves

My Sweet Valentine
Annie Groves

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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An emotional and engrossing portrayal of the lives of four women as Valentine's day approaches, in 1941 wartime London.

The Winter Palace (A Novel of the Young Catherine the Great) - Eva Stachniak

The Winter Palace (A Novel of the Young Catherine the Great)
Eva Stachniak

Format: Hardback - Released: 19/01/2012
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This 3rd novel from Eva Stachniak is a fresh fictional look at the fascinating life of Catherine the Great told through her “tongue” — a young lower-class orphan who eventually becomes a spy at the Imperial Court. Fans of historical fiction will love this opulent and lush story, bursting with period detail, that brings Catherine’s life in the Winter Palace vividly to life.

Trust Nobody - June Hampson

Trust Nobody
June Hampson

Format: Paperback (a Format) - Released: 01/02/2007
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The publisher created a new category with the publication of this novel, that of ‘gangster saga’ and it’s not far off the mark. A gangland 60’s saga set in Gosport with a strong heroine and some memorable characters. It’s got heart, violence, sex and an underground current which is very atmospheric. Evocative and gritty, it’s the beginning of a series that continues in the follow up, Broken Bodies. See the links below to read the books in order. 1 Trust Nobody 2 Broken Bodies 3 Damaged Goods 4 Fatal Cut 5 Jail Bait 6 Fighting Dirty Similar this month: None.Comparison: Martina Cole, Mandasue Heller, Lynda La Plante.

A Walk in the Park - Jill Mansell

A Walk in the Park
Jill Mansell

Format: Hardback - Released: 16/02/2012
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It's been a while, but Lara Carson's back in Bath and lives are set to change as a result. Because Lara left her family and boyfriend Flynn eighteen years ago without a word to anyone. Why has no one heard from her since? Her childhood best friend Evie is thrilled Lara's back and able to share her happiness. Evie's about to walk down the aisle with her dream man, Joel. Or so she thinks...Then there's Flynn Erskine, even more attractive now and stunned to see Lara again. The spark between them is as strong as ever, but how's Flynn going to react when he discovers the secret she's been keeping from him? Oh yes, there's a lot of catching up to be done...

This is a Love Story - Jessica Thompson

This is a Love Story
Jessica Thompson

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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This is a love story. Boy meets girl and girl falls for boy - that much is true. But when Sienna meets Nick it's not the way it happens in love stories. It's because of a squirrel on water skis...She sees Nick's dangerous brown eyes and thinks, Don't. Fall. Into. Them. Who will be there to catch Siena when she falls? She is so fragile. She has so many secrets, and he is not that serious. Funny and sad, this is the story of two people destined never to come together in the great love affair they crave more than anything else.

Secrets in Burracombe - Lilian Harry

Secrets in Burracombe
Lilian Harry

Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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A seemingly sleepy Devonshire village, Burracombe is in fact full of intrigue and drama. Family secrets, budding romance, cruel twists of fate and amazing friendships all play out against the backdrop of the beautiful countryside. It's autumn 1953. The village is delighted when Joe Tozer - who left Burracombe as a young man in 1919 - returns to visit his family. His life since emigrating to the States has been a world away from rural Devon - but coming home, he falls in love with the place (and one particular person) all over again. With him is his eldest son, Russell. He sets hearts fluttering in the village - but will there be anyone on his arm when he catches the boat back to America?

The Rose Garden - Susanna Kearsley

The Rose Garden
Susanna Kearsley

Format: Paperback - Released: 30/01/2012
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For Eva house where she so often stayed as a child is home not only to her old friends the Halletts, but also to the people who had lived there in the eighteenth century. When Eva finally accepts that she is able to slip between centuries and see and talk to the inhabitants from hundreds of years ago, she soon finds herself falling for Daniel Butler, a man who lived - and died - long before she herself was born. Eva begins to question her place in the present, and in laying her sister to rest, comes to realise that she too must decide where she really belongs, choosing between the life she knows and the past she feels so drawn towards.