When dynamic power-dressing Christie blows in like a warm wind to take over their department five very different women find themselves thrown together at work. But none of them could have predicted the fierce bond of friendship that her leadership would inspire... Anna 39 is reeling from the loss of her fiance who ran off with a much younger woman. Her pride in tatters these days Anna finds it difficult to leave the house. So when a handsome mysterious stranger takes an interest in her she's not sure whether she can learn to trust again? Then there's Grace in her fifties trapped in a loveless marriage with a man she married because unable to have children of her own she fell in love with his motherless brood. Grace worries that Dawn is about to make the same mistake: orphaned as a child engaged to love-rat Calum is Dawn more interested in the security that comes with his tight-knit boisterous family? When a sexy footloose rock singer catches her eye will Dawn have the courage to follow her heart? At 28 Raychel is the youngest member of their little gang. & with a loving husband Ben & a cosy little nest for two she would seem to be the happiest. But what dark secrets are lurking behind this perfect facade that make sweet pretty Raychel so guarded & unwilling to open up? Under Christie's warm hand the girls soon realise they have some difficult choices to make. Indeed none of them quite realised how much they needed the sense of fun laughter & loyalty that abounds when five women become friends. It's one for all & all for one! ...

A novel tracing the enduring power of love & commitment against the forces of war & the equally dangerous forces of keeping the peace From the bestselling author of The Girl in Times Square comes the magnificent conclusion to the saga that was set in motion when Tatiana fell in love with her Red Army officer Alexander Belov in wartime Leningrad in 1941. Tatiana & Alexander have since suffered the worst the twentieth century had to offer. After years of separation they are miraculously reunited in America the land of their dreams. They have a beautiful son Anthony. They have proved to each other that their love is greater than the vast evil of the world. But though they are only in their twenties in their hearts they are old & they are strangers. In the climate of fear & mistrust of the Cold War dark forces are at work in the US that threaten their life & their family. Can they be happy? Or will the ghosts of yesterday reach out to blight even the destiny of their firstborn son? Epic in scope masterfully told The Summer Garden is a novel of unique & devastating emotional power that spans two thirds of the twentieth century & three continents. ...

Hannah Charlotte Sophie & Maddy are four best friends. Each is about to go off on her summer holiday. Before they go they make a pact to embark on a summer romance & report back when the holidays are over. But its not all plain sailing. Some of the boys they meet are awful & some are
- horror!
- just not interested. A light funny but true-to-life look at one summer for a group of teenage friends. Each girl tells her own story & each story cleverly interweaves with the others.

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Antoinettes world has fallen apart: her husband the man she has loved for as long as she can remember has died tragically in an accident. He was her rock the man she turned to for love & support the man she knew better than she knew herself. Or at least so she thought... For as she arrives at the familiar old stone church for Georges funeral she sees a woman she has never met before. & in that instant the day she thought would close a door on the past becomes the day that everything she has ever known is turned upside down. Phaedra loved George too & she could not bear to stay away from his funeral. She only recently came to know him but their bond was stronger than any she has ever felt before. As she sits before his wife she knows that what she is about to reveal will change all their lives forever. Sometimes it takes a tragedy to reveal the truth. But what if the truth is harder to bear than the tragedy...? ...

In the small inlaid wooden box Matts mother had kept all his childhood memories. Amongst them are many photos of Matt as a child growing up. But something about the photos has always puzzled Matt
- was that really him? Why did he not remember those clothes? The toys? & where in the photos was his sister Imogen? He has a strange unresolved feeling that there is something missing in his life. Imogen is living with her husband a country vet & their gorgeous baby in a rented cottage. Since her childhood she has loved the Summer House a charming folly in the grounds of her oldest friends beautiful & ancient house on Exmoor & now they have the chance of buying. But her marriage is threatened when her husband refuses to live so far from his practice. Meanwhile Matt begins to discovers the strange & tragic secret which has affected his whole life...
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A secret love that will haunt a family for ever England 1918. Lady Helen believes her parents when they say she will never find a better husband than Richard but when he returns to the Front she begins to wonder just who it is she has married. His letters home are cold & distant
- & Helen realises that she has made a terrible mistake. Then Oliver Donovan enters her life & they begin an affair that leaves Helen pregnant & alone
- she is forced to surrender her precious baby. Over twenty years pass & a second war is ravaging Europe but that is not the only echo of the past to haunt the present. Laura Drummond is caught in a tragic love affair of her own & when she is forced to leave London during the Blitz she turns to the mother she never knew.

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The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han is the first in this gorgeous series if you want to lose yourself on the beach this is the book for you! Everything that happened this past summer & every summer before it has all led up to this. To now. Every year Isabel spends a perfect summer at her family friends' house. There's the swimming pool at night the private stretch of sandy beach.. .and the two boys. Unavailable aloof Conrad
- who she's been in love with forever
- & friendly relaxed Jeremiah the only one who's ever really paid her any attention. But this year something is different. They seem to have noticed her for the first time. It's going to be an amazing summer
- & one she'll never forget.. . This book has what every girl wants in a summer". (Sarah Dessen). " Impossible to put down & I read it in one afternoon". (goodreads.com). Jenny Han was born in Richmond Virginia & studied at the University of North Carolina. She lives in New York working part-time as a children's librarian alongside her writing. Find out more at website."


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Prima Ballerina Darcey Bussell takes you on a captivating journey to a faraway land of ballet & magic in this summer reading special story. One summers evening Rosa is about to dance at an outdoor show when she feels a familiar tingling in her ballet shoes. Someone in Enchantia needs her... Rosa soon discovers that a band of pirates have stolen the King & Queens treasure! Can she defeat the motley crew & win it back? Join Rosa & friends on an exciting summertime adventure! ...

Sir Alfred Munnings retiring President of the Royal Academy chooses the 1949 Annual Banquet to launch a savage attack on Modern Art. The effect of his diatribe is doubly shocking leaving not only his distinguished audience gasping but also many people tuning in to the BBC's live radio broadcast. But as he approaches the end of his assault the speech suddenly dissolves into incoherence when he stumbles over a name
- a name he normally takes such pains to avoid
- that takes him back forty years to a special time & a special place. Summer in February is a disturbing & moving re-creation of a celebrated Edwardian artistic community enjoying the last days of a golden age soon to be shattered by war. As resonant & understated as The Go-Between it is a love story of beauty deprivation & tragedy.

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Sir Alfred Munnings retiring President of the Royal Academy chooses the 1949 Annual Banquet to launch a savage attack on Modern Art. The effect of his diatribe is doubly shocking leaving not only his distinguished audience gasping but also many people tuning in to the BBC's live radio broadcast. But as he approaches the end of his assault the speech suddenly dissolves into incoherence when he stumbles over a name
- a name he normally takes such pains to avoid
- that takes him back forty years to a special time & a special place. Summer in February is a disturbing & moving re-creation of a celebrated Edwardian artistic community enjoying the last days of a golden age soon to be shattered by war. As resonant & understated as The Go-Between it is a love story of beauty deprivation & tragedy.

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