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  Description From the Sunday Times bestselling author of QUEENIE comes a propulsive story of heart, humour, homecoming. People Person  is a triumph.  Caleb Azumah Nelson Wonderful.  Marian Keyes I loved it.  Sara Collins It's as warm and infectious, as familiar and true as Queenie.  Diana Evans IF YOU COULD CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY... YOU WOULDN'T CHOOSE THE PENNINGTONS. Dimple Pennington knew  of  her half siblings, but she didn't really  know  them. Five people who don't have anything in common except for faint memories of being driven through Brixton in their dad's gold jeep, and some pretty complex abandonment issues. Dimple has bigger things to think about. She's thirty, and her life isn't really going anywhere. An aspiring lifestyle influencer with a terrible and wayward boyfriend, Dimple's life has shrunk to the size of a phone screen. And despite a small but loyal following, she's never felt more alone. That is, until a catastrophic e...

  Description Escape to the cosiest little lodge in Iceland for love, log fires and the Northern Lights… With a shattered heart and her career completely in tatters, Lucy needs to get away from her life in the UK. But, when she takes a job as hotel manager of the Northern Lights Lodge, she doesn’t quite expect to find herself in a land of bubbling hot springs and snowflake-dusted glaciers – and in the company of gorgeous Scottish barman, Alex. Determined to turn her life around, Lucy sets about making the lodge the number one romantic destination in Iceland – even though romance is the last thing she wants. However, as Alex and Lucy grow closer under the dancing lights of the aurora, Lucy might just learn how to fall in love again… Review A lovely gentle read. I've read all the Julie Caplin novels in this series apart from this one, which I came across in a charity shop the other week. Despite having many other books to read and review I couldn't resist starting this one and I ...

  Description Two strangers. One big coincidence. Driving each other crazy is just the beginning… Harriet Hatley is running away from everything. Getting married. Her boyfriend’s family. Her past. A dream house-share seems like the perfect place to hide, but her unlikely housemate Cal is no stranger to running away himself. And he's also hiding secrets of his own . . . Can these two take a crazy risk, face the past and finally find a reason to stay? Review Mhairi's writing continues to go from strength to strength. Mhairi's books have never been your average chick lit, but in this and the last book she's begun to tackle deeper subjects. It's a little heads up for those that would like a cosy chick lit, as this book deals with coercive relationships in a very down to earth way. Unsettling but entirely readable. I really liked Harriet and her friends. The writing was realistic and didn't pull any punches, especially when the actions of one of the friends really ha...

  Description Discover the love story of the year ‘It’s the book we all need right now’  SARAH PINBOROUGH ‘Warm, funny, thrilling’  EMMA GANNON ‘Unputdownable’  JENNIFER SAINT ‘Holy s*** ’ GILLIAN MCALLISTER ‘Breathtakingly good’  JOSIE SILVER The book with the IMPOSSIBLE twist – read it to believe it … _____________________________________________________________ Nick : Failed writer. Failed husband. Dog owner. Bee:  Serial dater. Dress maker. Pringles enthusiast. One day, their paths cross over a misdirected email. The connection is instant, electric. They feel like they’ve known each other all their lives. Nick buys a new suit, gets on a train. Bee steps away from her desk, sets off to meet him under the clock at Euston station. Think you know how the rest of the story goes? They did too . . . But this is a story with more twists than most. This is  Impossible . Review One of my favourite films is You've Got Mail and the synopsis of this book sounde...

  Description The new murder mystery thriller from the No.1, million-copy bestseller Lucy Foley Welcome to No.12 Rue des Amants A beautiful old apartment block, far from the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower and the bustling banks of the Seine. Where nothing goes unseen. And everyone has a story to unlock. The watchful concierge The scorned lover The prying journalist The naïve student The unwanted guest Something terrible happened here last night. A mystery lies behind the door of apartment three. Only you – and the killer – hold the key . . . Review A page turner once it gets going. I think this book of the three the author has written is the most like a Christie plot to me. It also had some glimmers of "Only Murders in the Building", mainly because it's set in a similar apartment block.  The writing sets the scene in Paris and it certainly captured the essence of the city, and its people and their disdain for many things not French. I really felt like I was in Pari...

  Description When you fake it for a living, the truth is hard to find... Former child star Lily Thane is now a struggling thirty-something actress. Her old stage-school buddy, Adam Harker, is on the brink of making it big, but he needs an appropriate red-carpet companion to seal the deal, and Lily fits the bill. Soon after signing on the dotted line, Adam's dark side starts to surface and their perfect fauxmance turns toxic. But when Adam winds up dead in a swimming pool, Lily is the only person who cares enough to find out why. She's convinced someone was out to get Adam - and now they're after her... Review This is a book in two halves and I hated the first half. No one in this world of celebs is appealing. The author certainly created a world that I would want no part of. All the self satisfying and narcistic characters didn't encourage me to want to read on. I'm glad I did though as part two of the book things took a very different turn. Part two has the same l...

  Description The gloriously funny new novel about living life to the full, whatever your age, from the author of  A Grand Old Time. 55-year-old Georgie Turner doesn’t need a new man. Her daughter, aunt and sister are the most important people in her life (and the most infuriating). But it seems the older they get, the further apart they drift. Georgie’s never been a fan of her sister Bonnie’s husband, so when she learns her brother-in-law has been up to no good, Georgie sees an opportunity to bring the women of her family back together. Along with her 21-year-old daughter and 80-year-old aunt, she packs Bonnie into the back of her car and they leave Liverpool to hide out on the coast of Sussex. With the help of some sun, sea and bottle or two of prosecco, this will be an adventure they’ll never forget. But could the right man find Georgie while she’s stopping the wrong man finding her sister? A gorgeously fun and uplifting novel, perfect for fans of  The 100 Year Old Man...