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[[Category:New Reviews|Women's Fiction]] __NOTOC__ <!{{Frontpage|isbn=1471180158|title=Maybe Tomorrow|author=Penny Parkes|rating=4.5|genre=General Fiction|summary=Jamie Matson works in an upper-class grocery store, for a man who's a control freak with all the subtlety of a half brick. Jamie's son, Bo, 'has his problems'. He's asthmatic and the more you read, the more you'll suspect that he's on the autistic spectrum. Sometimes Jamie needs to take time off at short notice - Remove -->she's a frequent flier in the local A&E and sometimes Bo's not fit enough to go to school. Missed shifts or the need to be away on time to pick Bo up from school are occasions when Jamie can be controlled and put in the wrong. It was going to come to a head.}}{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Diney CosteloeLauren Bravo|title=The Sisters of St CroixPreloved|rating=54

|summary=On Gwen is pressing her 21st birthday Adelaide discovers middle-aged bosom on a family she wasn't aware of: a Mother Superior aunt in big number that starts with a French convent four and a father who died in WWI rather than Richard ends with an oh-my-God- her motherI's husband and the man who raised herm-nearly-forty. Adeline decides to go to France for Having been made unexpectedly redundant - any HR officer worth their salt would argue the toss - Gwen finds herself having a bit of a short holiday in order to learn more from her aunt that her family knew as Sarah Huntmid-life crisis. Both Sarah and Adelaide part, hoping that they will see each other again soon Catharsis is key and they will, but in circumstances that neither of them envisaged. As Gwen has decided now is the Second World War begins and Germany captures France, theretime to take back her life's danger ahead for each of them.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1784972606</amazonuk>1398510629

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Melissa Pimentel0008506337|title= The One That Got AwayGarnett Girls|author=Georgina Moore|rating= 45|genre= Women's General Fiction|summary= When youThe love affair between Margo Garnett and poet Richard O're AmericanLeary was all-consuming, and planning a wedding, you want that wedding to be apparently on both sides. Margo was just sixteen when they fell in a proper, English castlelove. Of course you do. It Richard was twenty-one and described by Margo's the only thing mother as 'an older man'. Her parents worried that matters. ItRichard's far more important than influence would take her away from what they felt she could achieve - going to Oxford and having a glittering career. In the hassle of shipping in your whole family event, they eloped and Richard took her away from the States, forcing your sister Isle of Wight. Margo did go to Oxford and went on to spend become a week in a foreign country with her ex or anything elsewell-respected journalist. The couple had three children: Rachel, Imogen and Sasha. This is the situation Ruby finds herself Life was lived in. Her exLondon and holidays were spent at Sandcove, Ethan, is the best man and she's Maid family home on the Isle of HonourWight. It can Even then the doubts about Richard't be avoided. And its drinking were never far from Margo's going mind: ''she would never be able to be a disasterleave him in charge''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405923733</amazonuk>Then Richard left them.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author= Vanessa GreeneHadeer Elsbai|title= The Little Pieces Daughters of You and MeIzdihar|rating= 4|genre= Women's FictionFantasy|summary= Sometimes you know exactly what you want in lifeDrawing inspiration from Egypt, can list it all quite easily. At ''The Daughters of Izdihar'' explores the end lives of their first year two women who could not be more different, yet find themselves fighting for the rights of uniwomen and weavers – those with magical abilities - in a society pitted against them. Nehal, born into the upper class, Isla wishes to attend the Weaving Academy to learn to control her abilities and Sophie make lists. Just one list eachthen join the military, but instead she is forced into an arranged marriage with Nico. Giorgina on the other hand did not have a number privileged upbringing like Nehal and feels great pressure to provide for her family and maintain their reputation, whilst secretly attending meetings of the Daughters of items onIzdihar – a group campaigning for women's rights. Things they want Giorgina also happens to accomplish be in love with Nico. What follows is a story of an unjust society, filled with hypocrisy and cruelty, from which blossoms a group of admirable women fighting for their lives. Lofty goals rights and easier winsovercoming their personal obstacles. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0751563765</amazonuk>0356520471

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Penelope JacobsB0B575J99N|title= Playing FTSE|rating= 4.5|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= Melanie is something of a ''wunderkind'', a graduate at an investment bank with brains to match her body. In a male dominated environment she's finding that one gets in the way of the other, but she's a smart girl and can learn to play this to her advantage. With her friend Jenny keen to lead her astray, Mel must learn the give and take of life in the City, and how far to push Beneath the limits to get ahead.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781324611</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewPorticoes|author=Alan Titchmarsh|title=Mr Gandy's Grand TourBrooke Adams|rating=3.54

|summary=Timothy Gandy lost his wife unexpectedly. One minute she Elizabeth Miller was reaching up for the perfect serve thirty-four and the next she was lying dead of a massive heart attack on the tennis courtteacher at a prestigious girl's school in York. It hadnwas ''comfortable''t been the perfect marriage: the two had little in common, but Tim had stayed with his wife firstly she longed for something more in life. She'd ''still not found the sake of right vocation nor met the children, then eventually for Isobelright man''s sake and eventually because he realised that he would feel guilty if he left hernow was the time to make a change. After the shock of her death came the realisation that he was 55, retired and could now do what he likedShe needed challenges. And that There was where a little trepidation when she applied for the idea of the grand tour came fromprofessoressa job in Bologna. He After a telephone interview, she was going to take a leisurely trip around offered the cultural sights of western Europe position and indulge himselfit wasn't long before she was exploring the beautiful city. There were some natural doubts before her first class but it went surprisingly well.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340953071</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Georgia Clark0241542405|title= The Regulars|rating= 5|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= If offered the chance to immensely upgrade your beauty, to become the very definition of gorgeous, to have a face and body the likes of which are only ever seen on magazine covers and catwalks, would you take it? This is the question posed to best friends Evie, Krista and Willow, when they are presented with ''Pretty'', an enchanted solution of which a single drop guarantees a stunning physical appearance for a week. Before the ''Pretty'', the girls had regular faces, faced regular problems, and found themselves regularly disappointed by the dating world. But this bottle has the potential to change everything. The adventure that ensues takes all three young women on a whirlwind journey of self-discovery as dreams are fulfilled, hearts are broken, and the addiction to such a lifestyle proves to be far more sinister than they ever imagined.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471160181</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewMeredith Alone|author= Talulah Riley|title= Acts of LoveClaire Alexander|rating= 4.5|genre= Women's Fiction |summary= Bernadette St John presents herself as the very face of contemporary feminine independence. She is strong, career-driven, beautiful…and definitely holds the attention of the public. For Bernadette is the ''Man Whisperer'', winning herself fame with her ability to coax secrets from the richest and most powerful men of the world, exposing them with controversial distaste in her articles. Hidden behind such a conniving and judgemental persona, however, is a deep insecurity, and a desperate longing to be loved by the perfect man. She has already decided that the newly engaged Tim Bazier is the only candidate for such a position in her heart, and will stop at nothing to win him back from his all-too-lovely fiancé. Yet what is perfect is a subject for discussion, and charismatic entrepreneur Radley Blake's unwavering attention has also fallen upon the feisty journalist. It is a weaving tale of ''will-they-wont-they'' that Riley spins here, one that I found myself unable to put down.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473637902</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Julie Cohen|title=Falling|rating=5

|summary=Here is the story of three women, from three generations within the same family. There is Jo, a forty year old single mother whose When we first husband diedmeet Meredith Maggs it's Wednesday 14 November 2018 and she's not left her home for 1, and whose second husband ran off with their nanny214 days. She is left caring for her older teenage daughter, Lydia, and her two little ones, Oscar and Iris'd ''like'' to: in fact, whilst harbouring a secret that she feels she cannot share with anyoneso nearly does. Her daughter Lydia is the second female character, outdoor clothes are on and as well as the usual teenage angst she is also dealing with grief, still, over her father's death, anger with even considered which shoes to wear if she's going to catch her mother for her second disastrous marriagetrain. Then, and her own very difficult secret that she is unable to talk to anyone aboutcan't. Finally thereShe simply can's Honor who is Jo's mother in law, t force herself to leave the mother safety of Joher home. She's first husband, Stephen. Honor fortunate that she has a fallgood friend, breaks Sadie, who visits regularly with her hiptwo children, James and is forced to move in with Jo for Matilda. Sadie's a time as she has no one else cardiac nurse and full of sound common sense. In fact it was Sadie who can help gave Meredith hercat, Fred. She too is hiding a secret from the world, Groceries are online deliveries and there's also an internet-based support group where you'll find Meredith as JIGSAWGIRL, so you read the story you begin to wonder if any of these characters actually know who the others are, and if any of them will ever start telling the truthcan guess what she does in her spare time.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784160636</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Lisa Jewell|title= I Found You|rating= 4 Then Tom McDermott arrives.5|genre= Women He's Fiction|summary= A man is missing, and his new wife is worried. Miles awayfrom Holding Hands, a man is found alone and confused on a beach, and his new friend is concernedcharity which supports people with problems such as Meredith's. Are the two in any way connected and what events have occurred, in the past and in the present, to lead us all here?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780893612</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rhona Martin0008441618|title=Gallows Wedding: A dark novel of witchcraft and forbidden love set against the backdrop of religious upheaval in Henry VIII's timesOther Parents|author=Sarah Stovell

|genre=Historical Women's Fiction|summary=Hazel, an orphaned peasant during Jo Fairburn knew that she was under intense pressure as the 16th century has had new head of West Burntridge First School: if she didn't live up to her retired predecessor there could well be a tough time to say house price slump in that part of the leasttown. Therefore when she comes across Black John, The school had an outlaw about active Parent Teacher Association and the funds which they raised were a considerable benefit to be hanged she sees her chancethe school. By proposing to him sheThere was one difficulty, though - they were ''devastatingly shockable''ll save his life and, marrying himwith two members, in particular, her owncausing problems for the head. At least thatLaura Spence and Kate Monroe objected to Jo's Hazel's theory restrictions on the toys children could bring in on Toy Day but the fates will make it a bit more of that was just a strugglewarm-up act for their real gripe: LGBTQ education.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1861515456</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Leah FlemingGiovanna Fletcher|title=The Last PearlWalking on Sunshine

|genre=General Women's Fiction|summary=Mike''I always thinks wife, Pia, who he was with for seventeen years, without the grit there would be no pearlhas died. Sorrows have a way of strengthening the heartAnd whilst he is dealing with his grief, never forget thatso are their best friends, childVicky and Zaza.But Pia left them all some 'rules' Greta Costello lives in in poverty with her mother to follow, knowing that she was dying and siblings and must work as a skivvy that they would need help to put bread carry on the tableliving. She manages to find Whilst some joy in of the rules are around practicalities such as clearing out her work thoughwardrobe, especially in her 'Sabbath' job working for a kindly old widowed Jew. The two become friends and he offers another one that Mike discovers one day encourages him to take her on as his apprentice, stringing pearls. Could this highly-skilled job be her key to a better life? At the same time, many miles one of their trips away in Scotland, Jem Baillie and his father can't contain Vicky and Zaza, struggling with their delight when they discover a magnificent, flawless freshwater pearl at the end of a long day of fishing. They call the pearl 'Queenie' grief and from that pivotal momenttheir own life troubles, the fates of Gretadecide to drop everything in their own lives, Jem and Queenie will be inextricably linkedgo along with him.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1471140970</amazonuk>140593560X

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Rosie BlakeB09FS89KX9|title= How to Find your (First) HusbandFall On Me|author=Penelope Potts

|genre= Women's Fiction|summary=Isobel Graves hasnLife should have been good for Hollie: She was just going into the final year of her veterinary degree and - three years later - was still working at BB't got s diner. Bob - the life she envisionedowner - regarded her fondly: he was a good boss. She Hollie had moved to LA to become a star-soaked television presenterin with her boyfriend, instead she's dressing up everyday Marcus: her mother thought he was great and he was doing well in a series of wacky promotional costumes on the streetshis career. She thought she Hollie wasn'd be married t quite so certain though: Marcus wanted to control her and most of all he wanted her to a gentleman, instead she's fallen into a lacklustre relationship with a pilot, whose booty calls do not send leave her sky highjob at the diner. So when Isobel sees a man from her past on TV, someone she Then there was once married to on the playground at school, she wonders what her life fact that he would be like if they were married now. With everything to gain and nothing to loseviolent, Isobel attempts both to find her first husband and take back control of her lifeto other people. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782398627</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Paige Toon0008421714|title= The One We Fell In Love WithMrs March|author=Virginia Feito|rating= 4.5|genre= Women's Literary Fiction|summary= IThe problem began just after the publication of George March'm not sure whether s most successful novel to date. Everyone but Mrs March (we know her first name only on the last page) seemed to either be reading it would be flattering or stressful had already done so. Every day Mrs March went to the local patisserie to have 3 beautiful women lusting after you. In buy olive bread but on that particular morning, Patricia asked, as she was wrapping the case of Angusbread, it's itchy footed Phoebe who'd rather be flitting around but isn't this the French Alps than stagnating in suburban Sale, boho musician Eliza whofirst time he's still waiting for her big breakbased a character on you?'' She mentioned that Johanna, and former nurse Rose who is leaving behind an unsuitable boyfriend and a life in the city to move back up north… and live with principal character had 'her mothermannerisms''. It's a complicated situation Perhaps this would not have mattered, made only more complex by except for the fact that Johanna is the girls know each other. In the past theywhore of Nantes - ''ve shared a roomweak, and a womb. Helloplain, detestable, pathetic, unloved, tripletsunloveable wretch.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471138437</amazonuk>''

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1473685745|title=Unbreak Your Heart|author=Katie Marsh|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=When Beth Carlyle and Simon Withers first met they were on opposite ends of an angry exchange - well, Simon was angry and Beth was doing her best to apologise for having knocked Simon's son, Jake, off his bike. He wasn't hurt but Jake has history. He has HLHS - that's Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome for those of you who are not ''au fait'' with your medical acronyms. When he was born, the left side of his heart hadn't developed properly and he needed open-heart surgery when he was a few days old. So, Simon has every right to be over-protective particularly when someone isn't looking where they're driving.}} {{Frontpage|author=Angela LambertC J Carey|title=Kiss and KinWidowland

|summary=It's six months since the death of Harriet Capel's husband George. Looking back she's concluded that she was fond of, but probably not ''in love''April 1953, with him. They had two sons and itAdolf Hitler's schedule includes going to Moscow to attend the elder state funeral of these, Roderick who's married Joseph Stalin then within weeks coming to Jennifer. They have three childrenLondon, but there's been parading around a rather silly feud between the Capels bit, and Jennifer's family, watching over the Gaunts, which dates back sanctioned return to the couple's weddingthrone of Edward VIII with his wife, when Clarissa GauntQueen Wallis. For yes, Jennifer's mother said something unpleasant Britain caved in the church which dropped into one of those silences which always occur when you say something which you really shouldnlead-up to the World War Two that certainly didn't. Honours (or should happen as we know it be ''dishonours''?) were even when George Capel later said something crass , and vulgar about we are now a protectorate – well, we share enough of the bride's mother and was overheard.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1861514301</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Liz Fenwick|title= Under a Cornish Sky|rating= 3.5|genre= General Fiction|summary=same blood as the Germanic peoples on ''Under a Cornish Skythe mainland'' . But this is the story of two very different women who are forced to work together to complete most certainly a common goal. Their personalities couldn't be more differentBritain, for Nazi-styled phrenology, so expect fireworks along the way! Shy Demi is as timid as a mouse and although she is a skilled architectideas of female purpose, she is never able to succeed in her career because others take credit for her work. In relationships, she is easily manipulated has put all of that gender into doing things she doesn't always feel comfortable with; a fact that is not lost on her sleazy current boyfriendcaste system, Matt. Lady-ofranging from high-brow office bigwigs to the-Manor Victoriadrudges, and beyond those, right on down to the other handchildless, simply oozes self confidencethe husbandless and the widows. Although she Female literacy is actively discouraged. And in her sixtiesthis puritanical existence, our heroine, Rose Ransom, she has is employed with the body task of a much younger woman and has no trouble getting men bowdlerising classical literature to do exactly what she wants. Despite a long list take all encouragement for female emancipation out of younger lovers providing a pleasurable distractionit – after all, not every book can be banned, her one true love is the family home of Boscawenand not every story excised immediately from British civilisation, and so they just get a glorious estate set in hefty tweak towards the picturesque Cornish countrysideparty line before they're stamped ready for reprint. That is her job, at least, not far from until the seafirst emerging signs of female protest come to light, with their potential to spoil Hitler's visit.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1409148289</amazonuk>152941198X

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Veronica HenryRuth Hogan|title=How to Find Love in a Book ShopMadame Burova|rating=4.5

|summary=It is with a heavy heart that Emilia Nightingale returns home to This book lets us discover several people in different stages of life in the pretty Cotswold town of Peasebrookearly 1970s, all vaguely connected. Her beloved father Julius has just passed away; his legacy, So we have a wellbullied half-loved bookshop that serves cast boy (as he would have been called then), a girl in a beating heart to the community. Julius was loved by all: he always had time to listen humdrum job wanting to his customers and share become a recuperative cuppa in times of need. Howeversinger, his finances were another matter entirely and Emilia wonders how she can keep chiefly, Imelda, the bookshop open with an ever-mounting pile third generation of debt. Greedy property developer Ian Mendip would be only Madame Burova, ''tooTarot-Reader, Palmist and Clairvoyant'' happy , to help outuse her family's sea-front booth. The singer, the scryer and the sufferer's mother will all become staff at a revamped holiday camp, but can Emilia really give up just before then we see Imelda fly solo for the first time in the family stall. We also see her on her father's dreamlast day, fifty years later, in possession of a pair of letters that will change everything for a woman called Billie. Just who is she, and who delivered the secrets about her to Imelda, and why did it have to remain a secret all this time?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>140914688X</amazonuk>152937331X

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Juliet AshtonJennifer Saint |title= These Days of OursAriadne |rating= 4.5|genre= Women's Fiction|summary=Not everything This re-telling of the myth of Ariadne and the Minotaur is interesting and unusual. Jennifer Saint presents the story in a way that looks like love is love'sympathetic to its origins but also appealing to a modern audience. Kate and Charlie were childhood sweethearts, so what went wrong? How has he ended up marrying her wayward cousin and Kate marrying her wayward cousinSaint's pretentious ex-boyfriend? How can they still be four friends? Follow Kate narrative is told predominantly through the viewpoint of Ariadne, spanning from her life where she experiences all kinds of love childhood to her death, allowing the reader to really connect with Ariadne as a character in all kinds of places and learns that not everything that looks like love is love, but that her own right rather than just sometimes what looks like love might be a prop in the real dealheroics of Theseus.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1471155056,/amazonuk>1472273869

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Eliza KennedyLucy Holland|title= I Take YouSistersong|rating= 25|genre= Women's Literary Fiction|summary= In Sistersong is part of a week from nowgenre I particularly enjoy, Lily the modern retelling of folk and Will fairy tales. These stories, for most of us, are getting married! This weekend, they'll be leaving New York a cornerstone of childhood and I relish seeing them retold with fresh eyes and a fresh perspective. If handled well these retellings give new life and jetting down new meaning to Florida to spend the week with her familystories that are now becoming increasingly narrow and outdated, preparing for the big dayfleshing out characters, examining relationships and it's all brilliantly exciting. They're quite -evaluating the golden couple, her role of women. Sistersong is a lawyer at perfect example of a big firmmodern retelling done well, him an archaeologist at a top museumthe plot is handled with care, young, attractive, they bring keeping its archaic historical feel but allowing the world characters to come to its knees. And then sometimes Lily gets on her kneeslife, butto feel real and human, ooops, it's just as likely to be most importantly they feel relatable in front of her boss or a random from modern world whilst still feeling appropriate for the bar as it is her fiancépre-Saxon age they live in. Lily, you see, This is not exactly the monotonous, monogamous type. Instead she likes to sleep around, drink, take drugs a masterpiece of storytelling and breakdown in tears, all while keeping this a secret I was captivated from the man she's supposed beginning to love and while holding down a substantial professional job of courseend.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0099593661</amazonuk>1529039037

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Esther Gerritsen and Michele Hutchison (translator)B08NF79QXT|title= RoxyCherry Blossom Boutique|author=Brooke Adams|rating= 3|genre= General Women's Fiction|summary= I liked Thirty-one-year old Liberty Rossini has had her shop, the premise Cherry Blossom Boutique, for just six months when she's nominated for this novel: a young wife (Roxy) is told at - and wins - the beginning of Retail Best Newcomer Award. She's delighted and the book that two people she's brought with her much older husband has been killed in a car accidentto the event couldn't be more pleased. To add to the shock of thisSonja, the revelation that he died in the arms of his (naked) lover in the car, on the hard shoulderher mother, is a further blow to Roxy. I found this an interesting setex-up for a story, model and wondered how this was going to goBrazilian: you can see where Liberty got her looks from. As the blurb on the back of the novel tells us, Jessica's thirty-four and Liberty'she is looking for revenges best friend: they've known each other since university and Liberty adores Jessica's husband, I thought the book would be a development of the character of Roxy into a selfCharles and their four-year-motivatingold daughter, strong characterAva. But this Life would be perfect for Liberty if it wasn't the casefor one thing: she misses having a man in her life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9462380643</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Lisa BeazleyB08GFSK2WZ|title= Keep Me PostedThe Karma Trap|author=Lisette Boyd|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary='Keep me Posted' George Jackson is written in a lightthirty-heartedthree years old, informal style, narrated by a young mother called Cassie who lives in New Yorkabsolutely gorgeous to look at - and single. She 's not had sex for eight months and she's stuck in the karma trap: an awful lot of bad luck is being visited on her husband Leo have twin toddlers, and her life is busy, full of technology and fast foodshe has a real talent for attracting drama. Her older sister Sid is more laid back, and life's chaotic: she dealt with the leak from the shower by putting something down at the bottom of a technophobe; although they used the stairs to be closeabsorb the water - then the shower fell through the roof whilst she was in it and left her, stark naked, they havenstaring at the pervy postman. She only has to take her mother't really been in touch much since Sid and s dog out for a walk for her family moved to Singaporeend up with dog poo spattered across her face - and a photo being taken by someone who shares it around the office. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1925240754</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Elisa AlbertB08CHJLNBS|title= After Birth|rating= 4|genre= Literary Fiction|summary= This book is definitely not for anyone who has a rosy picture of new motherhood. In fact, I would probably avoid it if you are contemplating giving birth in the near future. For any woman who has ever struggled through the first few months of motherhood, however, or a partner of somebody who is going through it, it is an astounding and revelatory read. Never before have I read a more searing, honest and open discussion of the emotional upheaval a woman often goes through after giving birth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>009959014X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewCapturing Emilia|author=Kathryn Flett|title=OutstandingBrooke Adams|rating=43

|summary=Ivy House is He's Charles Devereaux, thirty-eight and a preparatory school with an partner at Wickham Jones, the Mayfair letting agents. She'outstanding' Ofsted reports Emilia, twenty-nine, librarian and archivist in the heritage library next door. Eve Sturridge is the head teacher and Emilia has read [[The Secret by Rhonda Byrne|The Secret]] but she puts heart and soul into making certain that it's the best moved on from new age books like that it can possibly be - well, as far as shewhich leave you dependent on someone else's allowed philosophies, to by the ownersomething a little deeper. But it looks as though sheCharles is more of a [[Personal by Lee Child|Jack Reacher]] man himself, but, above all, he's getting into the big time when Stefan and Anette Sorensen (A-list billionaires) choose Ivy House for their son and daughtershocked that Emilia reads ''The Guardian''. ThereThey're obviously not at all compatible, so why can Charles not get this woman out of his mind? She's another bonus toonot his usual type at all: the Sorensens run a hedge fund and Eveit's seventeen-year-old daughter Zoe is keen obvious to have a career in financehis friends. What could be more natural than And given that some work experience could be on offerEmilia regularly feels repulsed by Charles's superficiality, why does she feel drawn to him? The relationship's obviously a non-starter, isn't it?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784298247</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Erica JamesHelly Acton|title= Song of the SkylarkThe Shelf|rating= 4.5

|summary=When we meet Amy, she'Song of the Skylarks in a relationship with Jamie. You can' has quite t really call it a cast of characterspartnership, and I found it a little difficultbecause things tend to get done on his terms, at firstbut she's sticking around because she hopes she can change him. Ah, to keep track of everyoneyes. Lizzie is the main protagonist; Haven't we meet all been there? Things are looking up when he tells her trying in vain to apply pack for new jobs after losing her previous one. We quickly learn that she was sacked for rather blatant immoral behaviour with her boss, a married mansurprise trip.Could this be it? Is he ''finally'' going to get down on one knee? Was the work (and the wait) worth it?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1409159558</amazonuk>1838770879

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Rachel HoreAlyssa Sheinmel|title= The House on Bellevue GardensWhat Kind of Girl

|summary= Leonie was left '' Doing something when you're scared is braver than doing something when you're not'' When Mike Parker's girlfriend comes into school with a largeblack eye, claiming he gave it to her, somewhat run-her whole world is tipped upside down London house by a friend, some years previously. SheHer relationship has just ended and now she's an artist, and something the talk of a bohemian, and lets out rooms at low price to people the school. Mike was the most popular boy in need. There's Peter, school who occupies the basement and lives was always so in squalorlove with her, which - occasionally - she tries to clean up. There are also an elderly Indian coupleeveryone knew that, Hari so why did he do what he did? Some people believe her and Belasome don't, who have been there but one thing is for some sure, this isn't going to blow over any time, and a young and rather shy man called Rick who is writing a graphic novelsoon. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1471130789</amazonuk>0349003297

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Jenny ColganKatie Fforde|title=The Little Shop of Happy Ever AfterA Springtime Affair

|summary= I loved the introduction 've wanted to read author Katie Fforde for ages and this bookwas pretty much exactly what I was expecting - a warm, cosy read focused on romance, family and friendships. It explains that it's a story This provided two romances for readers who love booksthe price of one, and outlines with light humour but it was actually the places where family element as opposed to the romance that I really enjoyed. |isbn=1780897561}}{{Frontpage|isbn=B07W4MNBSG|title=Be Careful Who You Marry|author recommends settling down with =Lizzy Mumfrey|rating=4|genre=General Fiction|summary=It was coming up to Halloween in 1987 and a good bookgroup of sixth-form schoolgirls wondered what they would be doing when they were fifty. I related strongly to When you're only seventeen that seems positively ancient, but Liz was convinced that ''your entire life depends on who you marry''. The only eligible boys were the Young Farmers and the idea of reading living in beda farmhouse and having a couple of children called Will and Olly appealed to Charlotte, or perhaps William and forgetting Oliver if you were Elizabeth who is who as I drop off was determined to sleep; this is my usual modemarry the rather superior Patrick Shepley-Botham. Travelling is also, in my experience, an excellent time The place to readstart their search was obviously the Young Farmers' Halloween disco that weekend. I don't read There was just one problem - there were too many Elizabeths in the bath - and the author's description of books drying out on radiators conjured up a depressing image - but I enjoyed all her other suggestionsclass.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>075155393X</amazonuk>