Imogen Church
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From Simone Van Der Vlugt comes her European bestselling novel of a young woman's rise as a painter in Holland's Golden Age-perfect for readers of The Miniaturist, Tulip Fever, and Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Amsterdam 1654: against the backdrop of Holland's Golden Age, a dangerous secret threatens to destroy a young widow's new life. Following the sudden death of her husband, twenty-five-year old Catrin leaves her small village and takes a job...
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A New York Times Book Review Summer Read and Edgar Award nominee! Don't miss this unputdownable psychological thriller! Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware!
When you really start to look beyond the airy open floor plans and marble counters, Brighton Hills is filled with secrets. Some big, some little, some deadly. And one by one, they're about to be revealed… "A writer to watch." -Publishers Weekly
The perfect neighborhood can be...
43) Bad Girls
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No Body. No Crime. No Time.
Can you ever escape your past? Fresh out of prison, Jess Strickland has just six months' probation to serve until she's free to get on with the life, she left behind 4 years ago.
With few options available, Jess takes a job at Bright's, an industrial laundry company alongside other ex-cons, all eager to keep their noses clean.
Here she finds an ally in Karla but soon learns her new boss Terry, is not all he seems.
Realizing...
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The secrets of Summer House are about to come out at last...
1976. Rushing out of the University Library, undergraduate Alice Kenzie bumps straight into PhD student Tristan Somers. There begins a whirlwind romance, and Alice falls pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. Then Tristan is killed in a car accident. Unable to cope, Alice takes her baby to Summer House, Tristan's family home in Suffolk, leaves her there and disappears.
2018. Olivia Somers...
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Culinary historian Anne Willan traces the origins of American cooking through profiles of twelve essential women cookbook writers-from Hannah Woolley in the mid-1600s to Fannie Farmer, Julia Child, and Alice Waters-highlighting their key historical contributions and most representative recipes.
Anne Willan, multi-award-winning culinary historian, cookbook writer, cooking teacher, and founder of La Varenne Cooking School in Paris, explores the lives...
46) Ralph's Party
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Ralph and Smith are flatmates and best mates-until, that is, the gorgeous Jemima moves in. Then suddenly they're bickering about a lot more than who drank the last beer. Of course, Jem knows that one of them is the man for her-but is it Ralph or Smith? Upstairs, Karl and Siobhan have been happily unmarried for fifteen years-until, that is, Cheri moves into the flat above theirs. Cheri's got her eye on Karl and doesn't see why she should let a little...
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Good conversation is at the heart of networking, meetings, interviews, negotiations and raising your profile. It can ease your way in work, enabling you to build alliances, create strong relationships with staff, bosses and clients, succeed at interviews, motivate and inspire. But conversation is something most of us were never taught! We learn to speak as babies, but how conversation actually works is something most of us pick up only haphazardly,...
48) The Roommate
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Always trust your very basic instincts or prepare for the consequences…
It was surreal returning to work after a five-month enforced sabbatical following the suspicious death of my best friend Livvy at a work event. I was grateful for the time away to grieve and had slotted straight back in work But a surprise awaited my return. Amanda Dowd, Livvy's replacement, was firmly entrenched as my new flatmate in the company apartment. Something didn't...
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Three friends. Three wishes. And a dollop of magic… Shy Chrissie, well-meaning Dee and no-nonsense Amber have worked together at law firm Hood, Mann & Derek ever since leaving their respective colleges. Now in their late twenties, the women have a close-knit friendship with much more in common than just typing up letters and legal documents for their solicitor bosses. Firstly, they've all been living with their respective boyfriends for the last...
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Poppy Bloom planned to finish her PhD and walk straight into a job at her university. But here she is, unemployed and living back at her mum's. She scores herself an internship at the hottest radio station in town, joins a netball team and renews her friendship with Leanne. Spending time with Leanne's gorgeous twin Tom is just a bonus. But life has a way of tripping you up when you least expect it, and Poppy soon must decide where her priorities lie…...
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A mother's candid and moving account of the challenges and joys of having a Down Syndrome child
When Sarah Roberts's son, Oscar, was born, he was unexpectedly diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Sarah had to rapidly come to terms with a new normal, as she suddenly found her life on a different path to the one she'd always hoped and believed she'd follow.
For the Love of Oscar shares a mother's real and very raw emotions as she comes to terms with that...
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When Darcie takes possession of an old suitcase abandoned in a railway station locker, she doesn't know what to expect.
Opening the stiff clasps, she discovers a beautiful silk evening dress for the 1940s, lovingly folded, and a notebook full of sketches. Written inside the cover is the name: Nathalie Leroux
Who was Nathalie? Why did she leave this at the station eighty years ago? And what stopped her from returning for it?
Darcie's quest for...
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? comes an enchanting collection of stories for the holiday season.For years Jeanette Winterson has loved writing a new story at Christmastime, and here she brings together twelve of her brilliantly imaginative, funny, and bold tales. For the Twelve Days of Christmas-a time of celebration, sharing, and giving-she offers these twelve plus one: a personal story of her...
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"The perfect summer novel-sharp, smart and so much fun!" -Viola Shipman, USA TODAY bestselling author
A messy family drama and a steamy little romance unfold under the Mediterranean sun for the perfect summer escape…
Celebrated romance author Catherine Swift has topped the bestseller lists for decades, though her personal story hasn't been quite so successful. Three failed marriages have left her relationship with her daughters strained,...
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Debut author Sarah Kozloff offers a breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy of a ruler coming of age in A Queen in Hiding first in the quartet of The Nine Realms series.
Four books. Four months. Nine Realms.
Exiled and hunted, Cerulia, Princess of Weirandale, knows she has one destiny.
Her enemies failed to kill her, and no one harboring her is safe. Raised in obscurity, she has no resources, no army, nothing that can help her against her enemies.
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56) The Home
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A new devastating psychological thriller from the author of the bestselling The Good Mother.
Angela was just a baby when she was abandoned, and a children's home is no place to grow up. When manager Ray takes girls off to his 'den' in the garden, they always come back crying...So, when wealthy couple James and Rosemary come to choose a child to adopt, Angela is desperate to escape. Years later, Angela starts to search for her birth mother, Evelyn,...
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Sarah Kozloff's breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy series The Nine Realms, which began with A Queen in Hiding, comes to a thrilling conclusion in The Cerulean Queen.
The true queen of Weirandale has returned.
Cerulia has done the impossible and regained the throne. However, she's inherited a council of traitors, a realm in chaos, and a war with Oromondo.
Now a master of her Gift, to return order to her kingdom she will use all she has learned-humility,...
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His heart pounding, the man scribbles the words in his notebook as fast as he can: "Woman dead in Highgate. Man in caped coat. Milky way and red streaks. I'm being followed."
Hours later, the man's cold body lies in the city mortuary, alongside the woman he couldn't save. And his sister, unconventional nurse Gemma Tate, tracks down troubled police inspector Sebastian Bell to unravel the truth.
Sebastian has enough pressure to solve the murder...
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Everyone who lives at 23 Beulah Grove has a secret. If they didn't, they wouldn't be renting rooms in a dodgy old building for cash-no credit check, no lease. It's the kind of place you end up when you you've run out of other options.The six residents mostly keep to themselves, but one unbearably hot summer night, a terrible accident pushes them into an uneasy alliance. What they don't know is that one of them is a killer. He's already chosen his...
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In Wealth Wisdom, Julian Dawson will show you step-by-step how you too can invest your way to financial freedom, no matter what you earn. In this book, you'll discover:
• The six steps to financial independence
• Inspiring tips to help you on your journey to extraordinary wealth
• A killer wealth-creation strategy that combines share and property investing
• How to enjoy your investment riches and live the life you dream of.