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|genre=Women's General Fiction|summary=Gwen Rowland was Jamie Matson works in an upper-class grocery store, for a sensible, cautious kind of girl, but then the only family sheman who'd ever known were s a control freak with all dead from a surfeit of unprotected sex, drink and the sort subtlety of drugs that don't come in a child-proof bottlehalf brick. So – her relationship with an actor was a little out of the ordinaryJamie's son, Bo, but they seemed to be friends before they were lovers'has his problems'. The crunch came at Christmas when Alfie said He's asthmatic and the more you read, the more you'll suspect that he was spending it with his family – which would have left Gwen 's on her ownthe autistic spectrum. She did ''slightly'' twist his arm Sometimes Jamie needs to take her with him and he was obviously reluctant to comply. When they arrived time off at Creake Hall, home of author Rae Holbrook and her daughters, Gwen sensed short notice - she's a change frequent flier in Alfie, a lack of warmth towards his family. Then there was the family photo which didnlocal A&E and sometimes Bo't s not fit enough to go to school. Missed shifts or the known facts need to be away on time to pick Bo up from school are occasions when Jamie can be controlled and put in the complication of the gardener who said little but wrong. It was going to come to a very good listenerhead.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B004USSPN2</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Freya NorthLauren Bravo|title=ChancesPreloved

|summary=Sharing Gwen is pressing her middle-aged bosom on a business big number that starts with exa four and ends with an oh-my-God-I'm-nearly-lover, Tim, is a disaster for Vitaforty. How can she possibly move on when he's popping into Having been made unexpectedly redundant - any HR officer worth their souvenir shop every day? Though she shed salt would argue the twotoss -timing love rat from her bed over 12 months before, his presence casts dark shadows on her daysGwen finds herself having a bit of a mid-life crisis. But ridding him from her life isn't a likely option Catharsis is key and escaping into her precious classic fiction Gwen has decided now is sometimes the only way she can ignore time to take back her troubled thoughts. She cannot afford to buy his share of the business and she isn't prepared to risk losing life'That Shop' with its delightful trinkets and resident shoplifter!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0007326661</amazonuk>1398510629

{{newreview|author=Jo Verity|title=Not Funny Not Clever|rating=4Then Richard left them.5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Elizabeth was rather looking forward to her trip to Cardiff. She and Diane hadn't got together for a really good chat for a long time and with Laurence being away on a cookery course in France it seemed like the ideal opportunity to take advantage of Diane's invitation. She had visions of girly chats – if you can still have girly chats at nearly fifty. But her plans were going to be disrupted. Her son blessed her with his partner's teenage son 'for a few days in an emergency' and she had no option but to take Jordan in – and then to take him to Cardiff with her.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1906784248</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Mary MaloneHadeer Elsbai|title=Love is the ReasonThe Daughters of Izdihar

|genre=Women's FictionFantasy|summary=Lucy Ardle was driving homeDrawing inspiration from Egypt, wondering what sort ''The Daughters of Izdihar'' explores the lives of a mood her husband would two women who could not be more different, yet find themselves fighting for the rights of women and weavers – those with magical abilities - ina society pitted against them. When she'd left earlierNehal, words had been spoken. She was nearly home when she was overtaken by born into the fire engine: upper class, wishes to attend the house was in flames Weaving Academy to learn to control her abilities and it was touch then join the military, but instead she is forced into an arranged marriage with Nico. Giorgina on the other hand did not have a privileged upbringing like Nehal and go as feels great pressure to whether or not Danny would make it. Thankfully Lucyprovide for her family and maintain their reputation, whilst secretly attending meetings of the Daughters of Izdihar – a group campaigning for women's friendrights. Giorgina also happens to be in love with Nico. What follows is a story of an unjust society, filled with hypocrisy and cruelty, Carol Black had seen the flames from which blossoms a group of admirable women fighting for their rights and called the fire brigade or the outcome would have been much worseovercoming their personal obstacles.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1842234161</amazonuk>0356520471

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Clodagh MurphyB0B575J99N|title=Girl in a SpinBeneath the Porticoes|author=Brooke Adams

|summary=Jenny Hannigan might look like the original goodElizabeth Miller was thirty-time party four and a teacher at a prestigious girl 's school in York. It was ''comfortable'' but all she really wants out of longed for something more in life is a settled home and family – mainly because that. She'd ''still not found the right vocation nor met the right man's what she's never hadand now was the time to make a change. She needed challenges. So There was a little trepidation when she begins a relationship with Richard Allam she dares to hope that applied for the dreams might be coming trueprofessoressa job in Bologna. Richard is youngAfter a telephone interview, good-looking she was offered the position and leader of Her Majestyit wasn's opposition. He has high hopes of becoming Prime Minister after t long before she was exploring the next electionbeautiful city. Jenny isn't exactly the ideal mate for someone who expects to be the next Prime Minister and as Richard has only recently separated from his wife Jenny is going to take There were some selling to the country. Enter publicist Dev Tennant whose job is to make the country fall in love with Jennynatural doubts before her first class but it went surprisingly well.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444705148</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Fern Britton0241542405|title=New BeginningsMeredith Alone|author=Claire Alexander|rating=34.5|genre=Women's General Fiction|summary=Christie Lynch is a widowed mother with a couple of children When we first meet Meredith Maggs it's Wednesday 14 November 2018 and she's been keeping the proverbial wolf from the door by doing some journalism – but then she gets the lucky break of an appearance on daytime televisionnot left her home for 1,214 days. She's spotted by Julia Keen, d ''thelike'' most successful agent to: in fact, she so nearly does. Her outdoor clothes are on and it seems that the skyshe's even considered which shoes to wear if she's going to catch her train. Then, she can't. She simply can't force herself to leave the limitsafety of her home. ItShe's not long before Christie fortunate that she has a high-profile presenting jobgood friend, Sadie, who visits regularly with her two children, James and Matilda. Sadie's a cardiac nurse and full of sound common sense. The public loves In fact it was Sadie who gave Meredith hercat, Fred. The camera loves Groceries are online deliveries and there's also an internet-based support group where you'll find Meredith as JIGSAWGIRL, so you can guess what she does in herspare time. Then Tom McDermott arrives. WhatHe's not to like?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007362692</amazonuk>from Holding Hands, a charity which supports people with problems such as Meredith's.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Amanda Brookfield0008441618|title=Before I Knew YouOther Parents|author=Sarah Stovell|rating=45

|summary=Two couples agree Jo Fairburn knew that she was under intense pressure as the new head of West Burntridge First School: if she didn't live up to swap homes for her retired predecessor there could well be a house price slump in that part of the summer, urged on by a mutual friendtown. Sophie The school had an active Parent Teacher Association and Andrew are teachers who live in London, rather jaded with life and each other, but hoping for the funds which they raised were a breakconsiderable benefit to the school. Their There was one difficulty, though - they were ''devastatingly shockable'', with two teenage daughters are on a music tourmembers, in particular, but hope to join them causing problems for the last weekhead.  William Laura Spence and Beth are a newly married couple, who live in a gorgeous home in Connecticut in the USA. William is rather older than Beth; heKate Monroe objected to Jo's restrictions on the toys children could bring in on Toy Day but that was just a Brit who has three teenage sons living with warm-up act for their mother in London, not far from Sophie and Andrew's home. William wants to spend time with his sons in the summer, and Beth hopes to get to know them betterreal gripe: LGBTQ education.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141039949</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Fanny BlakeGiovanna Fletcher|title=What Women WantWalking on Sunshine

|summary=IMike'll be honest: I had my doubts about this books wife, Pia, who he was with for seventeen years, has died. Fanny Blake And whilst he is a well-known journalist dealing with his grief, so are their best friends, Vicky and she's also written for programmes such as Zaza. But Pia left them all some 'rules'Locationto follow, Location, Location'' knowing that she was dying and ''A Place in the Sun''that they would need help to carry on living. I wasn't entirely certain how this would fit with a book about Whilst some of the lives rules are around practicalities such as clearing out her wardrobe, another one that Mike discovers one day encourages him to take one of three middle-aged women who are dealing their trips away, and Vicky and Zaza, struggling with change their grief and their own life troubles, decide to drop everything in their own lives – , and they're not moving housego along with him. I sat down to have a quick look to see if it was going to be worth reviewing…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0007359098</amazonuk>140593560X

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sophie PageB09FS89KX9|title=To Marry A PrinceFall On Me|author=Penelope Potts|rating=43.5

|summary=Bella Greenwood has just Life should have been away on a tropical island doing an eco-job good for a man she though she rather fancied. Hollie: She returned home when she realised that she was being taken for a mug just going into the final year of her veterinary degree and when it came down to it she didn- three years later - was still working at BB't really fancy the man that much eithers diner. Getting back into Bob - the swing of things is owner - regarded her fondly: he was a little difficult though – good boss. Hollie had moved in with her boyfriend, Marcus: her mother thought he mother was great and step-father have a full house and canhe was doing well in his career. Hollie wasn't take quite so certain though: Marcus wanted to control her in. Her father is up a mountain somewhere and she's just thankful that most of all he wanted her friend Lottie is prepared to take leave her in job at short notice – and the diner. Then there was the fact that he would be violent, both to take her and to a posh partyother people.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099560453</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=M C Beaton0008421714|title=The Travelling Matchmaker: Emily Goes to ExeterMrs March|author=Virginia Feito|rating=34.5|genre=Historical Literary Fiction|summary=Emily Goes to Exeter is by way of 'Being The problem began just after the First Volume publication of the Travelling MatchmakerGeorge March' as s most successful novel to date. Everyone but Mrs March (we know her first name only on the subheading has last page) seemed to either be reading it or had already done so. Every day Mrs March went to the local patisserie to buy olive bread but on that particular morning, Patricia asked, as she was wrapping the frontispiece: bread, ''but isn't this the beginning of first time he's based a new series obviously.  If like me character on you have come to Beaton by way of Hamish Macbeth this might seem like something of a diversion. ?'' A little research shows you She mentioned that in fact Marion ChesneyJohanna, who writes under a number of pseudonyms (including Beaton) has a prolific work-ratethe principal character had 'her mannerisms''. Having produced upwards Perhaps this would not have mattered, except for the fact that Johanna is the whore of 130 books since starting writing full time in the 1980sNantes - ''a weak, plain, detestable, pathetic, focussing on crime and historical romanceunloved, there can be few avenues down which she has yet to wanderunloveable wretch.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849014795</amazonuk>''

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sylvia Broady1473685745|title=The Yearning Unbreak Your Heart|author=Katie Marsh|rating=34

|summary=It is 1941 so when an unmarried Frances Bewholme becomes pregnant she is shunned by her family When Beth Carlyle and sent to Simon Withers first met they were on opposite ends of an isolated farm to live angry exchange - well, Simon was angry and work. To add Beth was doing her best to her shame and disgrace Franapologise for having knocked Simon's unborn baby is not just any manson, Jake, off his bike. He wasn's; it is her brother-int hurt but Jake has history. He has HLHS -lawthat'sHypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome for those of you who are not ''au fait'' with your medical acronyms. Victor Renton When he was born, home on leave from the war takes advantage left side of Fran one night his heart hadn't developed properly and he needed open-heart surgery when she comes homehe was a few days old. So, upset and heartbrokenSimon has every right to be over-protective particularly when someone isn't looking where they're driving.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0709092113</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Claire PeateC J Carey|title=Guerrillas in Our MidstWidowland

|genre=Women's General Fiction|summary=The book opens in south-east London. It's a rather gritty urban place but friends Edda April 1953, and Beth love it. And we soon get Adolf Hitler's schedule includes going to Moscow to attend the low-down on a hush-hush project by some state funeral of the locals. They call themselvesJoseph Stalin then within weeks coming to London, rather grandly I thoughtparading around a bit, a guerrilla gardening society - but what the devil does it all mean? Edda and Beth stumble into watching over the situation simply by listening sanctioned return to their gut instinct and doing what they feel is right for their neighbourhood. Basically, an eyesore the throne of a skip (fullEdward VIII with his wife, smelly) has been abandoned near Edda's houseQueen Wallis. No one wants to deal with it and take it away so For yes, Britain caved in the two girls come lead-up with to the idea of 'beautifyingWorld War Two that certainly didn' t happen as we know it, if you like. Tipping in and we are now a whacking great load protectorate – well, we share enough of topsoil and then planting it up with flowers etcthe same blood as the Germanic peoples on ''the mainland''. But all of this is done under cover most certainly a different Britain, for Nazi-styled phrenology, and ideas of darkness. And Peate (what an appropriate name) gives us female purpose, has put all of that gender into a caste system, ranging from high-brow office bigwigs to the sillydrudges, gigglyand beyond those, half-drunken details of right on down to the childless, the husbandless and the girls' adventurewidows. Female literacy is actively discouraged. They've had plenty of adventurous times And in the past (which we hear about later) and this lark puritanical existence, our heroine, Rose Ransom, is just another one to add to employed with the list. They manage task of bowdlerising classical literature to keep take all encouragement for female emancipation out of it – after all, not every book can be banned, and not every story excised immediately from British civilisation, and so they just get a secrethefty tweak towards the party line before they're stamped ready for reprint. DifficultThat is her job, at least, until the first emerging signs of female protest come to light, they manage it - justwith their potential to spoil Hitler's visit.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1906784256</amazonuk>152941198X

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Katie FfordeRuth Hogan|title=Summer of LoveMadame Burova

|genre=Women's General Fiction|summary=Sian Bishop is This book lets us discover several people in different stages of life in the early 1970s, all vaguely connected. So we have a bullied half-cast boy (as he would have been called then), a girl in a humdrum job wanting to become a single mum who makes singer, and chiefly, Imelda, the third generation of Madame Burova, ''Tarot-Reader, Palmist and Clairvoyant'', to use her living by restoring family's sea-front booth. The singer, the scryer and painting furniture. She hopes that by moving to the country she sufferer's mother will be able to provide her five year old son Rory with all become staff at a good life away from revamped holiday camp, but just before then we see Imelda fly solo for the first time in the hustle and bustle of Londonfamily stall. Although she is happy We also see her on her ownlast day, fifty years later, she knows in possession of a pair of letters that her good friend Richard is looking will change everything for something more and would love to marry her and to provide a home for herself and Rorywoman called Billie. However, although Just who is she recognises that he is a good dependable man, he does not excite and who delivered the secrets about herto Imelda, unlike Rory's father who she had only a brief fling with many years before. Should she settle for security and why did it have to remain a quiet life or should she hold out for something more excitingsecret all this time? That is the dilemma that Sian struggles with throughout this story.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1846056500</amazonuk>152937331X

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Audrey WillsherJennifer Saint |title=The House of HopeAriadne |rating=34.5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=It was November 1946 when Marianne made her way to Hope GrangeThis re-telling of the myth of Ariadne and the Minotaur is interesting and unusual. She was taking Jennifer Saint presents the job of story in a maid in the house owned by Hugo Lacey, way that is sympathetic to its origins but she hadn't even arrived before she wondered if she'd made also appealing to a mistakemodern audience. The villagers were unwelcoming and finding he house wasnSaint't easys narrative is told predominantly through the viewpoint of Ariadne, particularly as she didn't like spanning from her childhood to ask her death, allowing the German Prisoner of War she met – he was one of the ones who had been responsible for the death of reader to really connect with Ariadne as a character in her beloved Nan two years before own right rather than just a prop in a V2 attack. When she did find the house she encountered a difficult child, his very difficult grandmother and the realisation that they and the house were on their uppersheroics of Theseus.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0709092016</amazonuk>1472273869

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=M C BeatonLucy Holland|title=Travelling Matchmaker: Belinda Goes to BathSistersong|rating=3.5|genre=Women's Literary Fiction|summary=Miss Hannah Pym was Sistersong is part of a housekeeper until recently but has now received genre I particularly enjoy, the modern retelling of folk and fairy tales. These stories, for most of us, are a legacy which lifts her out cornerstone of the servant classes childhood and I relish seeing them retold with fresh eyes and a fresh perspective. If handled well these retellings give new life and enables her new meaning to fulfil her longstories that are now becoming increasingly narrow and outdated, fleshing out characters, examining relationships and re-held wish to travelevaluating the role of women. It might be winter Sistersong is a perfect example of a modern retelling done well, the plot is handled with care, keeping its archaic historical feel but Miss Pym is taking allowing the stagecoach characters to The Bath (as the upper classes call the city) just come to life, to feel real and human, most importantly they feel relatable in a modern world whilst still feeling appropriate for the adventurepre-Saxon age they live in. The company in the stage This is joined by an obviously well-bred young woman, Miss Belinda Earle who, accompanied by her companion, is being sent in disgrace a masterpiece of storytelling and I was captivated from beginning to stay with her auntend.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849014809</amazonuk>1529039037

 {{newreview|author=Jane Moore|title=Love is on the Air|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary='Love is on the Air' is all about trying to find the perfect relationship. Cam knows that things are not right with her boyfriend Dean but after six years together, she is afraid to do anything about it. They are behaving like an old married couple and they are not even married. Therefore, when she goes on holiday with friends Saira and Ella, she is somewhat vulnerable and so it is no surprise that she is attracted to fun loving single dad Tom. After a few drinks one thing leads to another but the next day Cam is racked with guilt. She resolves to forget about Tom and to make more effort in her relationship with Dean.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099505533</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Janet MullanyB08NF79QXT|title=Mr Bishop and the Actress|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Strait-laced Harry Bishop has just started his new job as steward in Lord Shad's ramshackle household when he is sent off to London to sort out Shad's errant relation Charlie and his debts. Here he meets actress Sophie Wallace, Charlie's mistress, who now finds herself set adrift from her protector with only a few dresses and a rather ostentatious bed to her name. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755347811</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewCherry Blossom Boutique|author=Felicity Everett|title=The Story of UsBrooke Adams|rating=43

|summary=Back in 1982 there were five girls sharing a house in Brighton. Their course works takes second place to demos, parties and noThirty-one-strings sex for Stellayear old Liberty Rossini has had her shop, Bridgetthe Cherry Blossom Boutique, Vinnie, Maxine for just six months when she's nominated for - and Nell but itwins - the Retail Best Newcomer Award. She's against the background of Greenham Common delighted and the minerstwo people she' strike that s brought with her to the girls realise that life is not quite as straight forward as they imaginedevent couldn't be more pleased. They will forge friendships in Albacore Street which might occasionally be stretched to the limitSonja, her mother, but is an ex-model and Brazilian: you can see where Liberty got her looks from. Jessica's thirty-four and Liberty's best friend: they'll never be completely forgottenve known each other since university and Liberty adores Jessica's husband, Charles and their four-year-old daughter, Ava. Having met them back Life would be perfect for Liberty if it wasn't for one thing: she misses having a man in the eighties we meet them again two decades later when they're struggling to cope with all that her life throws at them.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099553694</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jessica RustonB08GFSK2WZ|title=To Touch the StarsThe Karma Trap|author=Lisette Boyd

|summary=CavalleyGeorge Jackson is thirty-three years old, absolutely gorgeous to look at - and single. She's not had sex for eight months and she's creates the most luxurious hats stuck in the world along with a host karma trap: an awful lot of other items without which the rich cannot survive. At the company's head bad luck is Violet Cavalley, now celebrating being visited on her sixtieth birthday with her family about her. She looks as though and she could go on forever, but Violet and one or two others know differentlyhas a real talent for attracting drama. There are a few other people who know that Violet isnHer life't who s chaotic: she says she is and that he background wouldn't stand a lot dealt with the leak from the shower by putting something down at the bottom of close examination. From the villa in Capri, stairs to absorb the London homes of water - then the shower fell through the family roof whilst she was in it and left her, stark naked, staring at the private jet, itpervy postman. She only has to take her mother's all good living, but there are plenty of secrets which are going dog out for a walk for her to be airedend up with dog poo spattered across her face - and a photo being taken by someone who shares it around the office.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755370325</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jane LoveringB08CHJLNBS|title=Please Don't Stop the Music|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Jemima Hutton makes jewelled belt buckles and she's determined to make a success of the business – and to keep a dark secret which she's shared with no one. She's camping out in her friend's spare room and another friend is allowing her workshop space. It is ''just'' working until the woman she supplies exclusively decides that she's not going to stock her any more. Jemima is down to walking the streets of York looking for someone who will stock her buckles. She's all but given up when she meets Ben who says that he'll stock the buckles in his guitar shop. But Ben has secrets too – and he's determined that, come what may, he's not going to share them.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1906931275</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewCapturing Emilia|author=Jennifer Bohnet|title=Rendezvous in CannesBrooke Adams

|summary=ItHe's Charles Devereaux, thirty-eight and a partner at Wickham Jones, the beginning of the Cannes Film Festival Mayfair letting agents. She's Emilia, twenty-nine, librarian and for two women life is going to change completely archivist in the coming weeksheritage library next door. Anna Carson Emilia has found the love read [[The Secret by Rhonda Byrne|The Secret]] but she's moved on from new age books like that she thought would always elude her and can, which leave you dependent on someone else't quite believe her happiness. Daisys philosophies, here to cover the Festival as something a journalist little deeper. Charles is coming more of a [[Personal by Lee Child|Jack Reacher]] man himself, but, above all, he's shocked that Emilia reads ''The Guardian''. They're obviously not at all compatible, so why can Charles not get this woman out of his mind? She's not his usual type at all: it's obvious to terms with being singlehis friends. ItAnd given that Emilia regularly feels repulsed by Charles's time for her to make some decisionssuperficiality, but what will why does she decidefeel drawn to him? The hurlyrelationship's obviously a non-burly of the Festival is not the most peaceful time to make big decisions.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0709091400</amazonuk>starter, isn't it?

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Marian KeyesHelly Acton|title=The Brightest Star in the SkyShelf|rating=3.54|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Marian Keyes When we meet Amy, she's in a relationship with Jamie. You can usually be relied upon for 't really call it a funnypartnership, because things tend to get done on his terms, moving story full of life-likebut she's sticking around because she hopes she can change him. Ah, likeable charactersyes. I was eager to read Haven't we all been there? Things are looking up when he tells her latest novel, although somewhat daunted by the 600 odd pages! Here she takes us to an old, multi-storey house in Dublin that is the home of pack for a variety of different characterssurprise trip. An unknown, magical narrator takes us through Could this be it? Is he ''finally'' going to get down on one knee? Was the house as we meet each tenant work (and discover what's happening in their lives.the wait) worth it?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>014102867X</amazonuk>1838770879

{{newreview|author=Allison Pearson|title=I Think I Love You|rating=3.5|genre=WomenWhen Mike Parker's Fiction|summary=It's the 70s, and 13 year old Petra is in love, and not with a silly boy at girlfriend comes into school, but with a man. He's not from Wales like she isblack eye, or even from Britain. He's much more mysterious and alluring. He comes from across the pond and his name is David Cassidy. ''The'' David Cassidy.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>009946859X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Lesley Pearse|title=Belle|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Belle's story begins in London in 1910. She is fifteen years old and lives an innocent life in claiming he gave it to her mother's brothel, with no understanding of what really takes place thereher whole world is tipped upside down. Her mother relationship has encouraged her to read just ended and write, wanting her kept away from now she's the harsh realities talk of the brothel and the rough streets of London that surround herschool. But Belle's innocence is shattered when she witnesses Mike was the murder of one of the brothel's most popular girlsboy in school who was always so in love with her, everyone knew that, so why did he do what he did? Some people believe her and some don't, but one thing is subsequently grabbed from the street and trafficked for sure, this isn't going to Paris as a prostituteblow over any time soon. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0718157028</amazonuk>0349003297

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jan JonesKatie Fforde|title=The Kydd InheritanceA Springtime Affair|rating=3.54|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=NellI's Kydd's father died in a hunting accident ve wanted to read author Katie Fforde for ages and her brother, Kit this was pretty much exactly what I was uncontactable, seemingly lostexpecting - a warm, cosy read focused on his way back from India. This left her uncleromance, Jasper Kydd in charge of the family estate and he appeared to be doing all in his power to wreck Kydd Court and make Nell's life a miseryfriendships. Her mother coped with it all by retreating into her own world, where she couldn't be reached either. When an unwelcome offer This provided two romances for the price of marriage is forced upon herone, Nell knows that she has but it was actually the family element as opposed to take action and the romance that's when the very unsettling Captain Hugo Derringer arrivesI really enjoyed. He's an old friend of Kitt's, but what exactly is he doing in the area and can Nell trust him?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0709091710</amazonuk>1780897561

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Allegra GoodmanB07W4MNBSG|title=The Cookbook CollectorBe Careful Who You Marry|author=Lizzy Mumfrey

|summary=''The Cookbook Collector'' is all about emotions. Concentrating on two, young, American women who are vastly different in many areas of their lives and also on their outlook on life, Goodman digs deeper to find out what makes them tick - what makes them get It was coming up in the morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848875398</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Lulu Taylor|title=Beautiful Creatures|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Everyone has heard of the Beaufort twins Octavia and Flora, but few have ever seen them, and on the night of their twenty-first birthday party the girls are finally launched into society amongst a crowd anxious to see the two girls who are about to inherit a vast fortune. Octavia and Flora have been kept out of the public eye for their entire young lives by their aunt Frances after their father died and their mother seemingly abandoned them. Now that the girls have come of age Frances has no choice but to hand over the girls' vast inheritance from their father and take a step back from running their lives.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099550458</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Rekha Waheed|title=My Bollywood Wedding|rating=3.5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Maya Malik set her heart on a big, glamorous wedding to Jhanghir Khan but organising it was difficult as the groom-to-be was working as a doctor Halloween in New York 1987 and Maya was arranging the wedding in London. Maya's family are rich, but Jhanghir's family are – seriously so – and this is only part of the tensions which looked to be on track to derail the wedding. There's a sister-in-law who's determined to take over all the arrangements – without disguising her dislike group of Maya – and a George-Clooney-lookalike cousin whom Maya finds far too attractive for her own good. And Jhanghir? Well, he's a man. He's busy and he's not that good at communicating. Is there any wonder that Maya begins to wonder if she's doing the right thing?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755356144</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Margaret Leroy|title=The River House|rating=3.5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Ginnie Holmes is a childsixth-psychologist, working to help children and young people damaged by form schoolgirls wondered what they have experienced or what would be doing when they have seenwere fifty. She is also the mother of two typical, happy teenage daughters – one just about to leave for university the other, trying hard not to work for her GCSEWhen you's. Her life is outwardly as near perfect as it gets. Her husband is a successful academic. She has a solid circle of friends old and new. The cottage by the river might be whimsical rather than elegant but it suits her and in the right light and the right company it is charming. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0778304094</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Julie Highmore|title=The Birthday|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=4 November 2008: That's the date of the US presidential election, and Fran's 60th birthday. Fran is nervous about her milestone birthday – she doesn't feel re only seventeen that old. She is worried about her husband, Duncan, who has become rather down and forgetful. As it turns out though, her planned party will be less a celebration than the catalyst for the revelation of a lifetime of secrets.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755343042</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Kate Lace|title=A Class Act|rating=3.5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Tilly de Liege (that's pronounced 'de Lee', by the way) met Ainsley Driver quite by accident and they just seemed to get on with each other really well. Both were about to do A levels and were hoping to go on to universityseems positively ancient, but there was a snag. Tilly Liz was from the wrong side of the tracks. She wasn't in the least bit worried about the fact that Ainsley lived in a council house on quite the worst estate in town but when he found out convinced that she lived in the local manor house and went to a private school something snapped. It didn't seem to be about money – as the de Lieges really didn't have any - more about the fact that she hadnyour entire life depends on who you marry't said.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755347943</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Sarah Monk|title=Taking the Lead|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Theodora English had left her home in London to move to a tiny Cornish village with her boyfriend Michael, only for him to dump her soon afterwards. You'd expect her to head straight back to London, but you'd be wrong. She buys the cottage next door, moves in and starts getting to know the locals.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755345142</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Christina Courtenay|title=Trade Winds|rating=3.5|genre=Historical Fiction|summary=It is 1731 and Killian Kinross, disgraced heir to the estate is making his way as best he can through The only eligible boys were the gambling dens of Edinburgh, trading on his skill, ability to hold his drink Young Farmers and the smiling fickle fortunes idea of lady luck. The Lady is smiling at the moment, although she hasn't always done so.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1906931232</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Ali McNamara|title=From Notting Hill with Love... Actually|rating=3.5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Scarlett loves the movies; living in fact that you could easily say that she is obsessed with them, much to the exasperation of her father, her fiancé David a farmhouse and her friends. She can't help dreaming and wishing that her life was more like the films that she loves. So, when the opportunity arises to house sit for having a month in Notting Hill (the setting couple of her favourite film), she grabs it. It's a chance to prove to all those sceptics that life can be like the movies children called Will and also for her to examine her feelings about her forthcoming marriage Olly appealed to David.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0751544957</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Lucinda Riley|title=Hothouse Flower|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=In the London Season of 1939 Olivia met the Honourable Harry CrawfordCharlotte, heir to the Wharton country estate in Norfolk or perhaps William and he seemed like the perfect catch. It looked even better when his mother invited her to spend the summer at the estate and before long they Oliver if you were married. There were problems even before Harry went to fight in the Far East, but Olivia Elizabeth who was determined that the marriage would work.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141049375</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Lucy Dawson|title=The One That Got Away|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Lucy Dawson's latest novel is a cut above run-of-to marry therather superior Patrick Shepley-mill chick-lit pap. Molly Greene is happily married to Dan, and they live a normal twenty-first century life in a small town. She is a successful salesperson for a medical supplierBotham. The couple struggle with the bills and hope place to buy start their own place. She spends time with two old girlfriends whose situations are different from hers, but who know our heroine inside out and will always be there for her for long, boozy heart-to-hearts. So far, so predictable. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0751542520</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Christine Stovell|title=Turning search was obviously the Tide|rating=4|genre=WomenYoung Farmers's Fiction|summary=We're in the seaside location of Spitmarsh. It's seen better days, frankly. And Halloween disco that's putting it mildlyweekend. It has ' ... a local economy so depressed it There was almost suicidal'. Ms Harry Watling loves her town just one problem - there were too many Elizabeths in spite of the negative vibes. She wouldn't change a thing. You can tell that she's an optimist because even although she's having difficulty keeping her business afloat, she's still happy with her lot. She's not afraid of hard work and seems to work almost round the clock and in all weathers to carry out her boat-building and repairs business. But it's a constant battleclass.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1906931259</amazonuk>

{{newreview|author=Bernadette Strachan|title=Why DO We Have to Live with Men?|rating=3.5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Cat and her friends often meet up for a drink and a chat, and regularly fantasise about giving up Move on men, sharing a house and looking after each other. Then one night Germaine calls their bluff – she’s found a house, and wants to know who is going to join her in it. Initially, the answer is no one. Shortly afterwards, though, Cat’s life as she has known it falls apart, as her landlord gives her notice to leave her flat and she loses her job. There is nothing now to keep her in London and moving into Germaine’s commune doesn’t seem like such a mad option.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0751542296</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Sarah Dunn|title=Secrets to Happiness|rating=3|genre=Women's Fiction[[Features|summary=Holly Frick is 35, single and living in New York City. She still thinks she's in love with her ex husband, her career as a TV writer is on a steady downward spiral and she's had limited success as a novelist. She may be having amazing no strings sex with toy boy Lucas, but Holly is unfulfilled and unhappy. Plus, she's surrounded by equally dysfunctional friends, including best friend Amanda, who has no qualms embarking on an extramarital affair, and writing partner Leonard, who is more than happy to self-medicate and find his thrills through the Internet. Plus Spence, the ex before the ex husband has resurfaced in Holly's life and thanks to his new girlfriend Cathleen, Holly finds herself reliving their relationship as Cathleen interrogates her on Spence's past.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0751538302</amazonuk>}}latest features]]