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Best Laid Plans Kathy Lette July 2017 Book of the Month. Gosh, what a funny, emotional, romp of a story this is. Lucy begins her tale with the moment she gets arrested for picking up an undercover... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/07/2017 
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Don't Close Your Eyes Holly Seddon July 2017 Book of the Month. A convincing, powerful, and dramatic psychological thriller. Twins Robin and Sarah are living separate lives, each face their own difficulties, yet danger beckons and life is... Format: Hardback - Released: 06/07/2017
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Greatest Hits Laura Barnett July 2017 Book of the Month. A powerfully lyrical day-in-the-life portrait of a successful singer-songwriter reflecting on the ebbs and flows of her life as she prepares her Greatest Hits release after... Format: Hardback - Released: 15/06/2017
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The Postcard Fern Britton Penny is a TV producer who, when filming in Cornwall, met and fell in love with the local vicar. Now, five years and a small child later, life is not treating her well. Coupled with her present hopelessness is her... Format: Paperback - Released: 29/06/2017
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Say My Name Allegra Huston July 2017 eBook of the Month. As it dances across thoughts and emotions, ‘Say My Name’ proves to be a beautiful, thoughtful, and seductive read. Eve is 48, her life is stagnant... Format: Hardback - Released: 27/07/2017
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Close Enough to Touch Colleen Oakley This truly uplifting, life-affirming treat is at once a whimsical love story, and a funny, thought-provoking meditation on the nature of closeness.Jubilee Jenkins suffers from an excruciating condition. She's allergic to the touch of other humans and has... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2017
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The Music Shop Rachel Joyce A heartrending love story. An ode to vinyl. A poignant evocation of a community of shopkeepers in the late eighties. Like the music beloved by its protagonist, this pitch-perfect novel has an ineffable power to uplift the soul. At the... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/07/2017
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Mad Chloe Esposito A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. Following the success of L.S. Hilton's Maestra series, it appears that wicked and murderous females are back in vogue (but had they ever truly faded away?). Alvina is down on... Format: Hardback - Released: 15/06/2017
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The Forever House Veronica Henry Gorgeously affectionate, loving, and generous, this is a read to escape into and really enjoy. Hunters Moon is a forever home, yet the current occupants are selling up and when Belinda takes on the sale, she finds herself becoming emotionally... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/05/2017
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The Bertie Project Alexander McCall Smith If you have been with this series from the beginning, and this is the 11th, you will be familiar with the characters who live around Scotland Street in Edinburgh. Mr McCall Smith is a natural storyteller who manages to subtly... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2017
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The Little Teashop of Lost and Found Trisha Ashley Oh what a glorious treat of a book this is, warm and enticing, with captivating dark and spicy notes. Alice has experienced loss and rejection during her life, baking soothes her soul, and just when she experiences her most heartbreaking... Format: Paperback - Released: 29/06/2017
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The Invitation Lucy Foley A sophisticated, expressive, and emotional story set in the glamorous Italian film promotion world of the 1950’s. Hal and Stella meet at a party, an immediate connection flares into life, yet the spectre of war holds both in a devastating... Format: Paperback - Released: 15/06/2017
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The Lost Girl Carol Drinkwater July 2017 eBook of the Month. A mesmerising, haunting, and extraordinarily relevant yet beautifully evocative read. Kurtiz arrives in Paris after a sighting of her missing daughter, as the tale begins to unfurl, humanity at its... Format: Hardback - Released: 29/06/2017
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Chance Developments Unexpected Love Stories Alexander McCall Smith Explore in ‘Chance Developments’ five charming and poignant short stories. I absolutely adore the premise for this little book and the cover just invites you in. Alexander McCall Smith has imagined a background tale to the five black and white... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/05/2017
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The Wind off the Small Isles Mary Stewart The Wind Off the Small Isles is beloved author Mary Stewart's long-lost novella, now available in paperback for the first time in 40 years and perfect for fans of Anya Seton, Daphne du Maurier and Santa Montefiore.... Format: Paperback - Released: 29/06/2017
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The Thousand Lights Hotel Emylia Hall A heartbreaking story of loss, betrayal, and redemption, told with all the warmth and beauty of an Italian summer. Format: Paperback - Released: 13/07/2017
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The Tin Man Sarah Winman Tin Man sees Sarah Winman follow the acclaimed success of When God Was A Rabbit and A Year Of Marvellous Ways with a love letter to human kindness and friendship, loss and living. Format: Hardback - Released: 27/07/2017
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It Was Only Ever You Kate Kerrigan Winner of the RNA Historical Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2017. Heartbreak and misunderstandings are woven through this uplifting story of a woman who can never quite believe that her gorgeous husband really loves her. Set, like Format: Paperback - Released: 30/06/2017
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The Wedding Promise Emma Hannigan A tumbledown hacienda in the Spanish countryside in want of love and care is just what a grieving Irish family needs in this heartwarming, uplifting novel from Irish top ten bestseller Emma Hannigan. Format: Paperback - Released: 29/06/2017
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Miss Treadway & the Field of Stars Miranda Emmerson An enjoyable yet penetrating read, one that can lull you into a false sense of security before it jabs and stings at your awareness. A mystery sits centre stage, yet there is much more on offer here than may first... Format: Paperback - Released: 13/07/2017
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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 Years Old Hendrik Groen Poignant, moving and funny, I chuckled my way through this delightful (but no longer secret) diary from the rather lovable Hendrik Groen. Hendrik has reached the age where his address book is depressingly empty and his life has become an... Format: Paperback - Released: 13/07/2017
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