Published by Borough Press Synopsis: ‘What a word it is – home – a million meanings packed up in a giant handkerchief and hanging from a pole which we carry across our shoulder.’ Meet Augusta Hope, from Hedley Green, and Parfait, from Burundi: two extraordinary people who dream of escaping their very different lives. Through … Continue reading The Other Half of Augusta Hope by Joanna Glen
Category: Contemporary
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Published by Doubleday Books Synopsis:Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends."Femi makes three, you know. Three and they label you a serial killer." Korede is bitter. How could she not be? Her sister, … Continue reading My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Down in the Belly of the Whale by Kelley Kay Bowles – FREE ON KINDLE TODAY!
Synopsis: A contemporary story about family and friendship for fans of Eleanor Porter and L.M. Montgomery. Harper Southwood is a teenage girl who can sense when people will get sick—but so what? She can’t predict her best friend’s depression or her mother’s impending health crisis. Being helpful is all Harper ever wanted, but she feels … Continue reading Down in the Belly of the Whale by Kelley Kay Bowles – FREE ON KINDLE TODAY!
My Wanderlust Bites the Dust by Eliza Watson (The Travel Mishaps of Caity Shaw #4)
Synopsis: What do you do when your life of travel begins to unravel? Caity Shaw has come a long way since her appearance as a sausage at her first meeting in Dublin. The shadow of her abusive ex is fading. Learning about her Irish grandmother’s past has brought her family closer together. She’s building confidence … Continue reading My Wanderlust Bites the Dust by Eliza Watson (The Travel Mishaps of Caity Shaw #4)
North by Lizzy Ford (History Interrupted #3)
Synopsis: The past is waiting. Josie Jackson is whisked further into the past, to the era of Vikings and the (almost) eternal winters of Norway. Carter, the mastermind behind her foray through time, reveals that she’ll be remaining there for six years – assuming she survives the first winter. To complicate matters, Josie has an … Continue reading North by Lizzy Ford (History Interrupted #3)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: The Further Adventures of Constable Mavis Upton by Gina Kirkham
Synopsis: The laughter continues to flow in Gina Kirkham's brilliant sequel to the wonderful Handcuffs, Truncheon and a Polyester Thong. Our hapless heroine Constable Mavis Upton is preparing to step down the aisle with her fiancé Joe, but has to deal with her temperamental teen daughter, as well as investigate a serial flasher on a … Continue reading Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: The Further Adventures of Constable Mavis Upton by Gina Kirkham
New Boy by Tracy Chevalier
Synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring comes the fifth installment in the Hogarth Shakespeare series, a modern retelling of Othello set in a suburban schoolyard Arriving at his fifth school in as many years, a diplomat's son, Osei Kokote, knows he needs an ally if he … Continue reading New Boy by Tracy Chevalier
Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
Synopsis: Have you ever played two truths and a lie? Emma has. Her first summer away from home, she learned how to play the game. And she learned how to lie. Then three of her new friends went into the woods and never returned . . . Now, years later, Emma has been asked to … Continue reading Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Synopsis: No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. … Continue reading Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
