Archive for the ‘Fiction’ Category

The Great Lover - Jill Dawson

Friday, October 9th, 2009

In the summer of 1909, seventeen-year-old Nell Golightly is the new maid at the Orchard Tea Gardens in Cambridgeshire when Rupert Brooke moves in as a lodger. Famed for his looks and flouting of convention, the young poet captures the hearts of men and women alike, yet his own seems to stay intact. Even Nell, despite her good sense, begins to fall for him. What is his secret? This captivating novel gives voice to Rupert Brooke himself in a tale of mutual fascination and inner turmoil, set at a time of great social unrest. Revealing a man far more complex and radical than legend suggests, it powerfully conveys the allure — and curse — of charisma.

Katie Price - Sapphire

Sunday, September 27th, 2009


Sapphire Rose doesn’t believe in relationships anymore - not since she caught her husband in bed with another woman. Now Sapphire only sees men on her terms which is why her current lover is younger than her. Sapphire puts all her passion into running her own business. She is doing well until she meets a charming businessman.

Good Harbor - Anita Diamant

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

From the bestselling author of ‘The Red Tent’ comes a contemporary novel that explores the burden of secrets, the weight of grief and the healing power of female friendship. When Kathleen meets Joyce, each woman has come to a turning point in her life. Kathleen, whose sister died of breast cancer fifteen years earlier, has just been diagnosed herself and finds her world abruptly thrown into terrifying turmoil. While Joyce, increasingly distant from her awkward, adolescent daughter, is taking stock of her marriage and family, and struggling to get to grips with a burgeoning career as a novelist. Neither realizes that their chance meeting will result in a life-altering friendship.

Fair Exchange - Michele Roberts

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009


This novel draws in the secrets, lives and affairs of Mary Wollstonecraft and William Wordsworth. In the early 1800s, Louise, a French peasant, calls her priest, fearing she is about to die. She has a secret to confess which she must tell from the beginning and which involves a young English poet.

The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee - Rebecca Miller

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Pippa seems to have everything in life. But suddenly she finds her world beginning to unravel. Amid the buzzing lawnmowers and suburban coffee mornings, she starts to wonder how she came to be in this place. The answer is a story of wild youth, unexpected encounters, affairs and betrayals, and the dangerous security of marriage. It brilliantly reveals the challenges of modern life - and all the possibilities that it holds.

The Outcast - Sadie Jones

Monday, July 27th, 2009


In this brilliant debut, Jones tells the story of a boy who refuses to accept the polite lies of a tightly knit community that rejects love in favor of appearances. Written with nail-biting suspense, “The Outcast” is an emotionally powerful testament to the powers of love and understanding.

Random Acts Of Heroic Love

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Can love outwit death? An epic novel of two lives sustained through the memory of love. 1992: Leo Deakin wakes up in a hospital somewhere in South America, his girlfriend Eleni is dead and Leo doesn’t know where he is or how Eleni died. He blames himself for the tragedy and is sucked into a spiral of despair. But Leo is about to discover something which will change his life forever. 1917: Moritz Daniecki is a fugitive from a Siberian POW camp. Seven thousand kilometres over the Russian Steppes separate him from his village and his sweetheart, whose memory has kept him alive through carnage and captivity. The Great War may be over, but Moritz now faces a perilous journey across a continent riven by civil war. When Moritz finally limps back into his village to claim the hand of the woman he left behind, will she still be waiting? Danny Scheinmann paints a dramatic portrait of two men sustaining their lives through the memory of love. Cinematic and brimming with raw emotions, it is the magnificent and emotive debut from a remarkable new writer.

Folly - Alan Titchmarsh

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Jamie Ballantyne and Artemis King were never meant to fall in love. The feud between their families has run for three generations. But whatever Jamie’s head tells him, his heart belongs to Artemis - perhaps it’s time to bury the hatchet. Then Jamie and Artemis start to uncover their shared past. What they find will rock the foundations of both their families, as a web of deceit and intrigue is ruinously exposed! The most captivating novel yet from a natural born storyteller.

Martin Beck Thrillers Collection - 10 Books

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Widely recognised as the greatest masterpieces of crime fiction ever written, these are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre. Translated into 35 languages and with sales over 10 million copies around the world, the Martin Beck series has been a phenomenon. Written by a husband and wife team from Sweden, the ten novels follow the fortunes of the detective Martin Beck, whose enigmatic, taciturn character has made him a lasting favourite amongst fans of crime fiction.

Pat Barker’s Regeneration Trilogy

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

It’s 1917 and army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating shell-shocked soldiers. Under his care are the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, as well as mute Billy Prior, who is only able to communicate by means of pencil and paper. Rivers’ job is to make the men in his charge healthy enough to fight, yet the closer he gets to mending his patients’ minds, the harder becomes every decision to send them back to the horrors of the front line…