Here\u2019s my pick of this week\u2019s new hardback\/paperback fiction titles. In some cases the eBook might already be available. My source is primarily Th<\/strong><\/em>e Bookseller<\/em><\/strong>, but I\u2019ve started to include other sources to broaden the selection. <\/p>\n Just a reminder, I don\u2019t have access to a complete list of titles being published, and, as I don\u2019t see any advance copies, my choices are based on the cover, blurb, gut instinct and what takes my fancy at the time. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n (NB This post features Affiliate links<\/a> from which I earn a small commission on qualifying purchases) <\/p>\n Historical<\/a><\/strong> (I tend to take this as pre 1960\u2019s ie not in my lifetime!)<\/p>\n Romance<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Far From Home by Danielle Steel<\/strong><\/p>\n In July 1944, at the height of the German occupation, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Ritz hotel in Paris excited to be reunited with her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel in the army who is soon to join her from Germany.<\/p>\n Her world falls apart when she receives word that Gregor was part of Operation Valkyrie, a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in Poland, and has been shot as a traitor. Arielle, who has both French and German parentage, is taken from Paris under cover of darkness for her own safety.<\/p>\n Unable to contact her children in Germany, Arielle assumes a new identity and goes into hiding in a small village in Normandy. Taking a job locally, she befriends a man whose Jewish wife and daughter have been deported. As the war rages on and the Allies storm the nearby beaches, Arielle discovers a hidden world of people like her, who are fiercely opposed to the occupying forces and do all they can to stop them. They are all fighting for a time when they can look for their families and return home.<\/p>\n On Starlit Seas by Sara Sheridan<\/strong><\/p>\n Celebrated writer and historian Maria Graham must make the treacherous voyage from Brazil to London to deliver her latest book to her publisher. Having come to terms with the loss of her beloved husband, Maria is now determined to live her life as she pleases, free from the smothering constraints of Georgian society.<\/p>\n For a woman travelling alone it\u2019s a journey fraught with danger, and as civil war rages around her, the only ship prepared to take Maria belongs to roguish smuggler Captain James Henderson. Onboard, all is well until Maria makes two shocking discoveries \u2013 the first a deadly secret, the second an irresistible attraction to the enigmatic captain.<\/p>\n With Henderson on a journey of his own and determined to finally put his life of crime behind him, he and Maria grow ever closer. But can Henderson escape his illicit past or will the scandalous secret he\u2019s hiding ruin them both?<\/p>\n The Lamplighter\u2019s Bookshop by Sophie Austin<\/strong><\/p>\n The Lost Bookshop<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0meets\u00a0<\/strong>The Lost Apothecary<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0in a beguiling novel full of secrets\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n In the shadowy aisles of the Lamplighter\u2019s Bookshop, secrets lie as thick as the dust\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n When Evelyn Seaton answers an advertisement for an assistant at a forgotten bookshop in York, she is not the only one with something to hide.<\/p>\n There she meets the enigmatic and prickly William Morton, an aspiring writer keeping secrets of his own. But when the walls that Evelyn has built around herself start to crumble, there is only one person she can turn to.<\/p>\n As the layers are brushed away, can Evelyn and William find the courage to write the next chapter of\u00a0<\/strong>their<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0story?<\/strong><\/p>\n The Shadow on the Bridge by Clare Marchant<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018You must forever watch your back,\u2019 I spoke the words clearly, though he could not hear me. \u2018Come what may, I shall avenge my brother\u2019s death.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n Now<\/strong>: When Sarah\u2019s summoned by her godmother to remote Norfolk, she doesn\u2019t want to go. Crossing the bridges where the two rivers meet, said to be haunted by the ghost of a little boy, a large Tudor house looms in front of her. And Sarah\u2019s instantly reminded her of the summer when she last visited. The summer she would like to forget. Which left her unable to ever move forward\u2026 Can a person ever recover from the loss of a sibling?<\/p>\n 1571<\/strong>: Anne Howard, newly-made countess of Arundel, has also lost a sibling. And been dragged from the relative safety of her home in remote Norfolk to London, by her overbearing, manipulative, new father-in-law Thomas Howard; the very person she suspects of killing her beloved only brother. The Howards have greater secrets than this though. Secrets that will lead Anne to a tragedy that will echo down the ages\u2026<\/p>\n When Sarah finds a mysterious book of poems in a hidden chamber of her godmother\u2019s house, she is drawn into Anne\u2019s story. Perhaps the mystery will take her mind off her own loss? But \u2013 as the flood waters begin to rise under the bridges \u2013 is Sarah laying ghosts to rest, or bringing truths to the surface that should stay beneath?<\/p>\n With Promises to Keep by Ellie Dean<\/strong><\/p>\n The year of 1947 is almost upon them<\/strong>, and the community of Cliffehaven is still reeling from the tragic loss of Gracie, who left behind two young orphans.<\/p>\n Polish refugee and nurse Danuta made Gracie a promise: to love and cherish her children as her own. But with her husband\u2019s health failing, can Danuta\u2019s promise be fulfilled?<\/p>\n Then a bitter winter storm cuts the town off. Peggy Reilly and the rest of Cliffehaven must pull together to survive.<\/p>\n Keeping a promise in the face of adversity is never easy. With the support of those around her, can Danuta find a way?<\/strong><\/p>\n A Mother\u2019s Hope by Maggie Mason<\/strong><\/p>\n She\u2019ll do anything to protect her family from war . . .<\/em><\/strong> Seventeen-year-old Maddie has grown up in a boarding house on one of Blackpool\u2019s poorest streets. Life is busy, but happy, as she works alongside her mother taking care of their visitors. But when war breaks out, her happiness is shattered as her fianc\u00e9 is called up to fight for his country, and suddenly Maddie\u2019s future is filled with uncertainty.<\/p>\n As Blackpool becomes a training ground for the army, the guesthouse is used as a billet for soldiers, and Maddie soon finds herself drawn to one in particular: Arnie. As the pair grow close and his departure date nears, their feelings for one another intensify. Little does she know, the short six weeks she\u2019s known and loved Arnie will impact the rest of her life . . .<\/p>\n As Maddie comes to terms with a future she couldn\u2019t have ever imagined, her best friend Daisy, working in her mother\u2019s caf\u00e9 on Blackpool promenade, promises to help any way she can.<\/p>\n With so much change and uncertainty on the horizon, can Maddie protect her growing family from the hardships of war?<\/p>\n The Pick-Pocket\u2019s Return by Lindsey Hutchinson<\/strong><\/p>\n Abandoned, penniless and orphaned as young children, Bertram and Alice saved each other from a terrible fate.<\/strong><\/p>\n For seven long years they have been kept apart, Bertram, BJ to his friends, learning how to survive and then thrive in the penal colonies of Australia, and Alice growing her prosperous chain of bakeries in the Black Country town of Wednesbury.<\/p>\n Now BJ\u2019s sentence is nearly up and he has a choice to make. Queen Victoria\u2019s England has changed since he\u2019s been away and so has Alice. Should he leave behind the life he\u2019s built and face the terrifying, months-long voyage back home?<\/p>\n The memory of the boy who saved her from starvation by teaching her how to pick pockets has sustained Alice for all these years and now he may be coming back to her. Can Alice and BJ finally get their happy ending or does fate have other plans for the pickpocket orphans?<\/p>\n 33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen<\/strong><\/p>\n Charlotte Sauvin has always seen the world differently. At home on 33 Place Brugmann, in the heart of Brussels, her father and her closest friends and neighbours \u2013 the Rapha\u00ebls from the fourth floor, and Masha from the fifth \u2013 have ensured her secret is safe. But when the Nazis invade Belgium, and Masha and the Rapha\u00ebls disappear, Charlotte must navigate her new world alone.<\/p>\n Over the border and across the sea, in occupied Paris and battered Blitz London, Masha and the Raphaels are reinventing themselves \u2013 as refugees, nurses, soldiers, heroes. Though scattered far and wide, they dream of only one place, one home: 33 Place Brugmann.<\/p>\n But back at Place Brugmann, Charlotte feels impending danger closing in. Who can she trust in this world \u2013 where everyone is watching, and everyone is harbouring their own secrets? As the months pass, and the shadow of war darkens, Charlotte and her neighbours must face what \u2013 and who \u2013 truly matters to them most \u2013 and summon the courage to fight for more than just survival.<\/p>\n The Highland Girls Report for Duty by Helen Yendall<\/strong><\/p>\n Scotland, 1944<\/strong><\/p>\n Fearless\u00a0Seffy<\/strong>\u00a0was hoping for a transfer to England to be near Callum, the Canadian soldier she has given her heart to. Instead she is instructed to train a new group of lumberjills. Will their unhelpful attitude finally be a match for Seffy\u2019s determination and cheerfulness?<\/p>\n Sensible\u00a0Jean<\/strong>\u00a0is a true believer in the wartime effort. When she meets a conscientious objector can she accept that following the rules might not always define a person?<\/p>\n And young\u00a0Missy<\/strong>\u00a0has come all the way over from Canada to surprise her first love, Callum who is stationed as a soldier in England. But despite this grand act of love, his heart may no longer belong to her\u2026<\/p>\n The Women\u2019s Timber Corps are about to have a tumultuous year\u2026<\/p>\n Back to Index<\/a><\/p>\n Story of my Life by Lucy Score<\/strong><\/p>\n Hazel Hart was a successful romance novelist until a breakup drives her straight into writer\u2019s block. Having failed (and failed some more) to deliver her new manuscript, she\u2019s hiding from the world behind a wall of old takeout containers until her publisher lays down the law. If she misses her next deadline it\u2019s The End.<\/p>\n Desperate for inspiration, Hazel impulse-buys a historic home online and flees Manhattan to tiny Story Lake, PA. Upon her dramatic arrival \u2013 involving an incident with a bald eagle \u2013 she discovers the charm of her new home may have been slightly exaggerated.<\/p>\n The house is a wreck and the town is struggling after their biggest employer shut down. Also, since her raccoon-infested home came with a seat on the town council our introverted heroine is stuck with a front row seat to all the small-town shenanigans.<\/p>\n But Hazel isn\u2019t worried. Not since all six-feet-three inches of grouchy contractor Campbell Bishop slapped a bandage on her forehead and unintentionally inspired the heck out of her. There\u2019s only one thing to do: Hire Cam and his equally gorgeous brothers to renovate her new spider museum \u2026 er \u2026 house.<\/p>\n Okay,\u00a0two<\/em>\u00a0things. A fake date for \u2018research purposes\u2019 will really put her work-in-progress on track. Before Hazel knows it, she\u2019s writing a romance novel and living one. At least until the drywall dust settles, the town she\u2019s falling in love with faces bankruptcy and growly Cam remembers why he can\u2019t live happily ever after.<\/p>\n The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore<\/strong><\/p>\n Every book in the Dream Harbor series can be read as a standalone.<\/strong><\/p>\n As a world-renowned chef, single dad\u00a0Archer<\/strong>\u00a0never planned on moving to a small town, let alone running a pancake restaurant. But Dream Harbor needs a new chef, and Archer needs a community to help raise his daughter, Olive.<\/p>\n Iris<\/strong>\u00a0has never managed to hold down a job for more than a few months. So when it\u2019s suggested that Archer is looking for a live-in nanny, she\u00a0almost<\/em>\u00a0runs in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n Now, Iris finds herself in a whole new world. One where her gorgeous new boss lives right across the hall and likes to cook topless\u2026 Keeping everything strictly professional should be easy, right?<\/p>\n Merit by Devney Perry<\/strong><\/p>\n The world loves Maverick Houston. Me? I\u2019ve hated him since we were ten.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not exactly easy to escape your childhood nemesis when your parents are best friends who live on the same block. Through countless vacations, parties and holidays, Maverick and I have spent the past decade trading insults.<\/p>\n Until that family dinner when his mother tells us she\u2019s dying. When she asks us to forget the past and start fresh. That\u2019s how I found myself on a date with the Treasure State Wildcats football star. The campus playboy. The boy I kissed when I was three. The man who is the bane of my existence.<\/p>\n He\u2019s arrogant. He\u2019s blunt. He\u2019s too handsome for his own good. But if he has a single, redeeming merit, the guy sure does love his mom. And that\u2019s why I started fake dating Maverick Houston. That\u2019s why I made him a proposition of my own. That\u2019s how this sham of a relationship ruined my life.<\/p>\n The world loves Maverick Houston. Me? I hate that he made me love him too.<\/p>\n Buried Dreams by Natasha Madison<\/strong><\/p>\n Montgavin Township will never be the same when one night changes the lives of six people. Everleigh<\/strong><\/p>\n One night changed my whole life. Brock<\/strong> If You Love Me by Helena Hunting<\/strong><\/p>\n Two nights with her ruined me for all other women, but I never got the chance to make her mine.<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m the pinnacle of control. I protect the net, my team, and my daughter. That weekend, I was just a man\u2014not the legend, the dad, the mentor. I can be patient. Love Off Script by Laura Starkey<\/strong><\/p>\n All\u2019s fair in love and screenplays\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n She\u2019s just a script consultant, standing in front of a director, asking him to step back and let her do her job\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Jess\u00a0<\/strong>should have known better than to fall for the English department\u2019s silver fox. Now she\u2019s left picking up the pieces after catching him cheating with a student\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>stealing the credit for her research paper.\u00a0<\/strong>Desperate for a fresh start, she accepts a job as a script consultant on a new TV adaptation of the Regency novel,\u00a0Anne of Arden<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 no one knows Georgiana Scott\u2019s work better than she does.<\/p>\n Swapping the world of academia for the glamour of TV is supposed to be her big comeback. But standing in her way is\u00a0Nathan\u00a0<\/strong>Lambert, a famous director on a mission to sabotage his unfaithful ex-wife\u2019s latest work project.<\/p>\n As the two knock heads over every detail of the script, sparks fly, tempers flare, and their unexpected chemistry is anything but scripted.\u00a0In a world where the lines between reality and fiction blur, can Jess and Nathan rewrite their own happy ending?<\/strong><\/p>\n Beautiful Collide by Ava Harrison<\/strong><\/p>\n Hudson Wilde<\/strong>\u00a0is just as fun as he is fierce. The wild card of the Redville Saints, that runs through women, leaving a pile of broken hearts in his wake.\u00a0His best friend\u2019s little sister is completely off limits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n From the moment they meet,\u00a0Hudson and Molly clash<\/strong>. She doesn\u2019t appreciate his partying ways, and he\u2019s annoyed by how much she\u2019s around, constantly looking down on him.<\/p>\n What does she care about the things he does?<\/p>\n Forced to spend time together<\/strong>\u00a0while on the road, Hudson and Molly\u2019s hatred soon morphs into something unexpected. A\u00a0spark ignites<\/strong>\u00a0and one drunken night\u00a0changes everything<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Hudson sees Molly in a new light. A\u00a0forbidden fruit<\/strong>\u00a0he wants to taste. A line he\u2019s willing to cross. A\u00a0challenge<\/strong>\u00a0he wants to accept.<\/p>\n Because one thing is for certain, Dane would\u00a0never<\/strong>\u00a0approve<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Engaging in a secret relationship with your best friend\u2019s sister will undoubtedly lead to trouble.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Match Maker by Elle Nicoll<\/strong><\/p>\n He\u2019s New York\u2019s most eligible billionaire.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n And I\u2019ve been hired to find him love.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019ve built a thriving business doing what I love\u2014connecting soulmates.<\/p>\n So, when a woman begs me to help her father, I\u2019m on the first flight from London.<\/p>\n My track record is flawless.<\/strong><\/p>\n Until I meet<\/strong>\u00a0Sterling Beaufort.<\/strong><\/p>\n Suave. Charming. Devastatingly handsome.<\/p>\n The owner of the world\u2019s most luxurious diamond empire.<\/p>\n But behind the silver fox\u2019s billion-dollar smile is a complex man I\u2019m determined to unravel.<\/p>\n The harder I push, the fiercer he resists.<\/p>\n Until I snap and demand to know why he\u2019s sabotaging his chance at happiness.<\/p>\n He doesn\u2019t tell me\u2026<\/p>\n He\u00a0shows<\/em>\u00a0me.<\/p>\n God, does he show me.<\/p>\n But a twenty-year age gap, a family tragedy, and the fact he\u2019s my client aren\u2019t all I have to consider.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a reason I find love for other people and never for myself.<\/p>\n This time, the universe has it wrong.<\/strong><\/p>\n Because falling for Sterling Beaufort is the match that could burn everything.<\/strong><\/p>\n My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein<\/strong><\/p>\n Stuck together on a writing retreat, a fake marriage goes awry when two people fall in love for real! From the author of\u00a0When Grumpy Met Sunshine<\/em>, Charlotte Stein\u2019s\u00a0My Big Fat Fake Marriage<\/em>\u00a0is a sexy, laugh-out-loud romcom.<\/strong><\/p>\n Connie Evans has always distrusted nice guys. In her experience, they\u2019re just waiting to reveal some horrible secret. And then she meets big, adorable Henry Samuel Beckett: sweet, a lover of bow ties and so cheery that Connie struggles to believe he\u2019s real.<\/p>\n Until Beck \u2013 as he\u2019s known to most \u2013 tells Connie the secret beneath his sunny surface. He\u2019s been single all his life, but somehow seems to have told everyone he works with that he\u2019s married. And, when Connie can\u2019t help but defend him, she ends up being the wife he doesn\u2019t have.<\/p>\n And now they\u2019re on a writing retreat together, surrounded by people convinced they can\u2019t be for real, with both of them sure that those people are right. Until they have to share their first kiss, their first touch, their first time in only one bed. Side by side, every night, as the simmering tension builds . . .<\/p>\n Something has to give. Could it be her heart?<\/strong><\/p>\n Finding Serenissima by Apple Gidley<\/strong><\/p>\n With the help of a feisty hotel owner, an attractive water-taxi driver, and a gondola full of Italians who call Venice home, Amelia, a widowed Australian, begins her search for serenity. As the island city works its magic, she comes to realize her life has been overshadowed by her famous American husband, Leo, well before his decline into Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n As Amelia navigates Venice\u2019s winding canals and its language, she gracefully confronts the joys and challenges of aging, discovering that love and laughter can come at any stage of life. Balancing long-distance parenting and familial obligations, she redefines what it means to live fully as an older woman, all while the magical city slowly helps her reclaim her identity.<\/p>\n Dancing in the Moonlight by Lynne Shelby<\/strong><\/p>\n When dancer Nell Avery auditions for\u00a0Speakeasy,<\/em>\u00a0a new West End musical, she is shocked to discover that the choreographer is Finn Harris, a man she never expected to see again.<\/p>\n Ten years ago, Nell and Finn had a casual, no-strings fling. He left London to work abroad. Nell found herself pregnant.<\/p>\n Having made the decision to raise her child alone, Nell didn\u2019t tell Finn that he was the father, a secret easy for her to keep while he was hundreds of miles away. But now Finn is back \u2013 and he offers Nell a role in\u00a0Speakeasy\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>cast.<\/p>\n Nell knows if she takes the job she risks Finn finding out her secret, with unimaginable consequences for the life she has made for herself and her daughter, Savannah. But\u00a0Speakeasy\u00a0<\/em>could be Nell\u2019s only chance of dancing on a West End stage \u2013 the dream she\u2019s had ever since she first put on a pair of tap shoes. How can she give up her dream?<\/p>\n Nell accepts the role, telling herself that all she has to do is keep away from Finn . . .<\/p>\n Just the Beginning by Sarah Bennet<\/strong><\/p>\n Welcome to\u00a0Halfmoon Quay<\/em>, the picture-perfect village clinging to the edge of the Cornish coast. <\/strong><\/p>\n Everyone knows Rick Penrose is the person in the village to turn to for help. Friendly and reliable, not to mention drop-dead gorgeous, he\u2019ll do anything for anyone. When his teenage crush Anya moves back to the quay for a fresh start, he has the perfect solution. She needs a job and his great uncle needs help to run his hotel. It\u2019s a win-win.<\/p>\n Following the death of her husband, Anya Stokes discovered everything about her life was a lie. Without her beautiful home and the luxuries she took for granted, Anya and her daughter, Freya, have no choice but to move in with her aunt and uncle in Halfmoon Quay.<\/p>\n As she begins to turn her life around, Anya realises the perfect man might have been right under her nose all the time. But there\u2019s a fine line between helping and taking over and Rick doesn\u2019t always know where it is. Then Anya discovers he\u2019s been keeping things from her and it\u2019s like the past is repeating itself\u2026<\/p>\n Back to Index<\/a><\/p>\n So that\u2019s all for this week.<\/p>\n Happy Reading!<\/strong><\/p>\nIndex<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The course of their lives and the trajectory of the town sets them on a collision course for disaster.<\/p>\n
After the truth about that night came out, I knew I had to leave.
Taking my broken heart with me.
I had no choice but to go back.
I knew it would slice me back open again.
But sometimes, the root of the flower you planted starts to grow again, no matter how many times you\u2019ve cut them down.
He was my everything, and then he was my nothing.<\/p>\n
My father taught me honor and integrity.
And in one split second, I ruined it all.
I lost everything I ever wanted.
But I had no choice.
I tried to go on with my life.
And the only good thing I had was my daughter.
Never expected to see the one woman who I\u2019d loved and lost here again.
They say time heals old wounds.
They were wrong.
It just splits you open, making you bleed out.
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It\u2019s my final season and I can\u2019t afford any distractions.
Except our new assistant coach just walked in.
And I would know her face anywhere.
She\u2019s the one I dream about.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t care that I was a decade older.
For the first time in my life, I was ready to risk everything if it meant having her.
Until I woke up to an empty bed and no note.
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