Lovereading.co.uk Top 10 10th - 17th February 2013

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The Hidden Cottage The Hidden Cottage Erica James February 2013 Book of the Month. With characters just leaping off the page you can’t help but get lost in this well written, sharply observed and bittersweet story of a middle-aged Mother’s realization that the life she has, while great on ... Download free opening extract
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Lost and Found Lost and Found Tom Winter A charming and poignant debut that draws you into the extraordinary lives of ordinary people. A widowed postman approaching retirement and a woman trapped in a loveless marriage form an unusual bond through a series of ‘undeliverable’ letters. With a ... Download free opening extract
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Tell the Wolves I'm Home Tell the Wolves I'm Home Carol Rifka Brunt A deeply touching tale of an unlikely friendship in the face of tragedy. This is a simply stunning debut novel that had publishers fighting over it and deserves to be read. Originally from New York, Carol Rifka Brunt currently lives ... Download free opening extract
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The Midwife of Hope River The Midwife of Hope River Patricia Harman February 2013 Book of the Month. Through a series of tragic mishaps and lucky escapes, our heroine Patricia ends up a midwife in West Virginia in the deep depression of the 1930s, but her fight is not over.  Prejudice, the Klu ... Download free opening extract
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Never Saw it Coming Never Saw it Coming Linwood Barclay February 2013 Book of the Month and eBook of the Month. With pacy plots and a pared down writing style Linwood Barclay continues to deliver very human thrillers, stocked with real characters drawn from small town America, that you can consume ... Download free opening extract
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The Honey Queen The Honey Queen Cathy Kelly Friendship and beekeeping come together in a beautiful Irish setting for Cathy Kelly’s latest well observed, heartwarming book. A new arrival to the beautiful town of Redstone uses the lessons she has learnt from a hard life to help new ... Download free opening extract
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Forgive Me Forgive Me Lesley Pearse February 2013 Book of the Month. Another compelling, evocative and heartfelt story from Lesley Pearse, the No. 1 UK bestselling author of The Promise and Belle. On returning home from work Eva Patterson finds her mother dead, by her own hand, and ... Download free opening extract
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Dead Scared Dead Scared S. J. Bolton Good grief! – talk about tense (practically unbearable towards the end of this book). S.J. Bolton has again delivered a cracking, addictive thriller. This one is set in the rarefied atmosphere of Cambridge University where far too many female undergraduates ... Download free opening extract
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The Diaries of a Fleet Street Fox The Diaries of a Fleet Street Fox Lilly Miles Anonymity has allowed this senior Fleet Street journalist to tell the truest tabloid tale you’ll ever read. Delving deep into the dark corners of that most guilty of pleasures, the tabloid expose, she tells the truth about her trade: the ... Download free opening extract
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The Universe Versus Alex Woods The Universe Versus Alex Woods Gavin Extence February 2013 Debut of the Month. Sad, funny, entertaining and profound The Universe versus Alex Woods is a tale of an unexpected friendship, an unlikely hero and an improbable journey which we join as Alex is stopped at Dover customs with ... Download free opening extract