Something to Live For

With gentle good humour, emotion, and a fabulously quirky cast, this has must-read stamped all over it.

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Breaking & Mending

Written by a best-selling novelist, this must-read medical memoir allows a full, emotionally vivid picture to evolve, opening a window into the world of a junior doctor.

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Something to Live For

With gentle good humour, emotion, and a fabulously quirky cast, this has must-read stamped all over it.

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The Great Godden

Summer love, lust and loyalties tangle in this piercingly powerful coming-of-age story

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Fall Out

Gritty page-turner in which a sixteen-year-old struggles with the fall-out from coming out – and more

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The Waiting Rooms

Provocative and fierce, yet thoughtfully handled, this speculative thriller set in the future is a hard-hitting wow of a read.

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Skincare The Ultimate No-Nonsense Guide

The Queen of Skin Care Caroline Hirons delivers a beautifully put-together stroke-able guide which covers everything you ever need to know about a great skincare routine. I’m hooked, and will never not double cleanse again.

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The Court of Miracles

Suitable for both young adults and adults, this reimagined story containing some of the cast of Les Miserables is a wow of a read and a LoveReading Star Book.

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Sunny Days and Sea Breezes

A gorgeous relationship tale that encourages a lovely bond to form with the leading character and allows a proper escape to the Isle of Wight.

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Small Pleasures

A beautiful, bittersweet story of loneliness, longing and love sewn up in an exquisite mystery - you won’t want this mid-century treasure to end.

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Codebreaking Sisters

A rather lovely and absolutely fascinating insight into the lives of two sisters, who found themselves signing the Official Secrets Act in the Second World War.

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Codebreaking Sisters

A rather lovely and absolutely fascinating insight into the lives of two sisters, who found themselves signing the Official Secrets Act in the Second World War.

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Nine Elms

Dramatic, graphic, and incredibly readable, this is a fabulous start to a new series and one that we highly recommend.

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Small Pleasures

A beautiful, bittersweet story of loneliness, longing and love sewn up in an exquisite mystery - you won’t want this mid-century treasure to end.

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Spirited

A bold and thought-provoking relationship tale set in Victorian society, this multifaceted story really is a gem of a read.

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The Girl from Widow Hills

Night terrors and the uncertainty surrounding the narrator lead in this well-crafted tension filled mystery that hooks and stealthily reels you in.

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The Silent Wife

Another Karin Slaughter novel joins our LoveReading Star Books as an old case is reopened and the team hunt a violent predator.

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You Are Positively Awesome

Designed to be noticed, from the bright colourful illustrations that cheered me up instantly, the short snappy wording that made me think about my own needs and the self-empowering messages that left me glowing inside.

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The Silent Wife

Another Karin Slaughter novel joins our LoveReading Star Books as an old case is reopened and the team hunt a violent predator.

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Sunny Days and Sea Breezes

A gorgeous relationship tale that encourages a lovely bond to form with the leading character and allows a proper escape to the Isle of Wight.

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The Court of Miracles

Suitable for both young adults and adults, this reimagined story containing some of the cast of Les Miserables is a wow of a read and a LoveReading Star Book.

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Fall Out

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Small Pleasures

Codebreaking Sisters

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