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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 - 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.}}{{Frontpage|author=Lauren Bravo|title=Preloved|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary= Gwen is pressing her middle-aged bosom on a big number that starts with a four and ends with an oh-my-God-I'm-nearly-forty. Having been made unexpectedly redundant - Remove any HR officer worth their salt would argue the toss -Gwen finds herself having a bit of a mid->life crisis. Catharsis is key and Gwen has decided now is the time to take back her life'|isbn=1398510629}}{{Frontpage|classisbn=0008506337|title=The Garnett Girls|author=Georgina Moore|rating=5|genre=General Fiction|summary=The love affair between Margo Garnett and poet Richard O'Leary was all-consuming, apparently on both sides. Margo was just sixteen when they fell in love. Richard was twenty-one and described by Margo's mother as 'an older man'. Her parents worried that Richard's influence would take her away from what they felt she could achieve - going to Oxford and having a glittering career. In the event, they eloped and Richard took her away from the Isle of Wight. Margo did go to Oxford and went on to become a well-"wikitable" cellpadding="15"respected journalist. The couple had three children: Rachel, Imogen and Sasha. Life was lived in London and holidays were spent at Sandcove, the family home on the Isle of Wight. Even then the doubts about Richard's drinking were never far from Margo's mind: ''she would never be able to leave him in charge''.

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{{Frontpage| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Coming Home to Island House by Erica James]]=author==Hadeer Elsbai[[image:4star.jpg|linktitle=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Much to the disgust The Daughters of the village and his estranged children Jack Devereux has a new wife, the 'scarlet woman' Romily Temple. But, can his death and final demand that his children spend seven days together at childhood home, Island House, bring about a reconciliation and forgiveness from his much loved family? With sadistic Arthur, grief-consumed Hope, remorseful Kit and fiery Allegra this seems like an impossibility but then war is declared and the family find themselves pulling together. [[Coming Home to Island House by Erica James|Full Review]] <!-- Moorcroft -->Izdihar|-| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|4[[image:Moorcroft_Little.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/000826001X?ie=UTF8&taggenre=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=000826001X]] Fantasy| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Little Village Christmas by Sue Moorcroft]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] 'Tis the season to be jollyDrawing inspiration from Egypt, eat too many mince pies and read books with titles like ''The Little Village ChristmasDaughters of Izdihar''. And so we come to this latest offering from explores the ever popular Sue Moorcroft. I am unashamed to admit that I have rather a penchant lives of two women who could not be more different, yet find themselves fighting for ''Christmas'' books and look forward to indulging in them each year. This year being no different I was greatly looking forward to some literary Christmas magic - and frankly if you can take the romance rights of Christmas women and ramp up the nostalgia by inserting weavers – those with magical abilities - in a village setting I am more than happy to leave my cynicism behind to wallow in some festive sentimentality. [[The Little Village Christmas by Sue Moorcroft|Full Review]] <!-- Colgan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Colgan_Xmas.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/075156477X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=075156477X]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan]]=== [[image:4starsociety pitted against them.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Polly, Huckle and Neil are back but in whatNehal, sadly for fans of born into the Little Beach seriesupper class, seems wishes to be the last of this trilogy. Never say never but by the end of this book, the author has certainly secured the destiny of these three much-loved characters. Don't be put off if you haven't read attend the previous ones, it really won't matter particularly as the author provides a helpful little synopsis at the start Weaving Academy to help those, like me, that are new learn to these stories. [[Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan|Full Review]] |}  <!-- Colgan -->*[[image:Colgan_Xmas.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/075156477X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=075156477X]] ===[[Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Polly, Huckle control her abilities and Neil are back but in what, sadly for fans of then join the Little Beach seriesmilitary, seems to be the last of this trilogy. Never say never but by the end of this book, the author has certainly secured the destiny of these three much-loved charactersinstead she is forced into an arranged marriage with Nico. Don't be put off if you haven't read Giorgina on the previous ones, it really won't matter particularly as the author provides other hand did not have a helpful little synopsis at the start to help those, privileged upbringing like me, that are new Nehal and feels great pressure to these stories. [[Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan|Full Review]]<br> <br> <!-- Swain -->*[[image:Swain_Sleigh.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471164853?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471164853]] ===[[Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at the Christmas Fair by Heidi Swain]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Having just discovered author Heidi Swain and provide for her series of novels featuring the residents of Wynbridge, I couldn't wait to read this book family and it certainly didn't disappoint being every bit as good as the [[Coming Home to Cuckoo Cottage by Heidi Swain|previous book]]. Yet again Heidi Swain has managed to combine an original mix of characters with a feel-good storyline to create a totally compelling read. Butmaintain their reputation, don't worry if you haven't read any whilst secretly attending meetings of the other instalments as each one focuses on Daughters of Izdihar – a different lead character and story so it really won't matter. [[Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at the Christmas Fair by Heidi Swain|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Pimentel -->*[[image:Pimentel_Jenny.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0718186443?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0718186443]] ===[[Jenny Sparrow Knows the Future by Melissa Pimentel]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Womengroup campaigning for women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]]  Jenny and Isla were focused teenagersrights. So much so in fact that they decided Giorgina also happens to write a life plan for their futures right down to predicting the year be in which Jenny would marry the man of her dreams. As luck would have it, as the predicted year arrives Jenny finds herself living love with Chris – kind, dependable ChrisNico. The sort What follows is a story of guy with whom she would happily walk down the aisle. Then that fateful long girly weekend an unjust society, filled with Isla happens in Vegas. A cocktail or two hypocrisy and voilacruelty, from which blossoms a sudden, very different husband. Can Jenny get a divorce in time group of admirable women fighting for her wedding to Chris without Chris finding out about this little…errrtheir rights and overcoming their personal obstacles... glitch? Jenny's working on it! [[Jenny Sparrow Knows the Future by Melissa Pimentel|Full Review]]<br>isbn=0356520471}}{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Melissa HillB0B575J99N|title= Keep You SafeBeneath the Porticoes|author=Brooke Adams|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= This is the story of two mothers and two daughters, Elizabeth Miller was thirty-four and the virus that binds them. Widowed mum Kate is a nurse. She has teacher at a daughter, Rosie, and Rosie is ill with measlesprestigious girl's school in York. As a nurse, Kate knows exactly how dangerous this can be, It was ''comfortable'' but because Rosie has a rare allergy that prevents vaccination, there was nothing she could do except cross her fingers and hope herd immunity would carry her throughlonged for something more in life. Married mum Madeleine is a She'd 'mummy blogger'' and tells still not found the world, or at least right vocation nor met the internet, the doright man''s and do not's of parentingnow was the time to make a change. She needed challenges. There's one thing was a little trepidation when she didn't do, though, and that is get her daughter Clara vaccinatedapplied for the professoressa job in Bologna. Dubious of the MMR After a telephone interview, she was offered the position and her husband decided to forgo it wasn't long before she was exploring the jabs for their childrenbeautiful city. And now, like Rosie, she has measles There were some natural doubts before her first class but it went surprisingly well. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008217122</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Chrissie Manby0241542405|title= The Worst Case Scenario Cookery ClubMeredith Alone|author=Claire Alexander|rating= 4.5|genre= Women's General Fiction|summary= I love a good romcom When we first meet Meredith Maggs it's Wednesday 14 November 2018 and she's not left her home for 1,214 days. She'd ''like'' to: in fact, she so was excited nearly does. Her outdoor clothes are on and she's even considered which shoes to read Chrissie Manbywear if she's latest novelgoing to catch her train. It certainly didnThen, she can't disappoint on . She simply can't force herself to leave the comedy value safety of her home. She's fortunate that she has a good friend, Sadie, who visits regularly with her two children, James and pleasingly Matilda. Sadie's a cardiac nurse and full of sound common sense. In fact it was more a Sadie who gave Meredith her cat, Fred. Groceries are online deliveries and there's also an internet-based support group where you'relationship comedyll find Meredith as JIGSAWGIRL, so you can guess what she does in her spare time. Then Tom McDermott arrives. He' than just s from Holding Hands, a romcom charity which supports people with unlikely friendships and day-to-day family relations providing the best laughsproblems such as Meredith's.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473639778</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Holly Hepburn0008441618|title= The Picture House by the SeaOther Parents|author=Sarah Stovell|rating= 45|genre= Women's Fiction|summary=So Jo Fairburn knew that she was under intense pressure as another typically dreary British summer is drawing the new head of West Burntridge First School: if she didn't live up to her retired predecessor there could well be a close, I found myself craving a fix house price slump in that part of literary sunshine the town. The school had an active Parent Teacher Association and sea kissed romancethe funds which they raised were a considerable benefit to the school. In such a mood it There was thenone difficulty, that I came across the cover for though - they were ''The Picture House by the Seadevastatingly shockable''. Perfect blue skies, glistening seawith two members, in particular, a beautiful Art Deco building causing problems for the head. Laura Spence and Kate Monroe objected to top it off an old fashioned iceJo's restrictions on the toys children could bring in on Toy Day but that was just a warm-cream cartup act for their real gripe: LGBTQ education. Consider me sold!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471161714</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Susi OsborneGiovanna Fletcher|title=Angelica StoneWalking on Sunshine

|genre=General Women's Fiction|summary=IMike'd say that Angelica Stone s wife, Pia, who he was known as Angel to her friendswith for seventeen years, but she's not big on friendshas died. She has the sort of background you dread hearing about: sexually abused as a childAnd whilst he is dealing with his grief, grabbed by the care system and didn't so much fall through the cracks as escaped its clutches are their best friends, Vicky and then had to learn how to copeZaza. SheBut Pia left them all some 's been told that sherules's taintedto follow, knowing that she ruins every relationship without intending to was dying and that she's best staying away from 'decent' peoplethey would need help to carry on living. One Whilst some of the rules are around practicalities such as clearing out her jobs is working wardrobe, another one that Mike discovers one day encourages him to take one of their trips away, and Vicky and Zaza, struggling with their grief and their own life troubles, decide to drop everything in a supermarket their own lives, and it's there that she meets Lola Moriarty and ''she's'' a completely different kettle of fishgo along with him.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1911320947</amazonuk>140593560X

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Katy ColinsB09FS89KX9|title= Chasing the SunFall On Me|author=Penelope Potts|rating= 43.5|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= Author Katy Colins became BritainLife 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's most famous jilted bride when diner. Bob - the true story of owner - regarded her subsequent lonely hearts backpacking trip went viral, before becoming fondly: he was a romantic comedy book series good boss. Hollie had moved in with this her boyfriend, Marcus: her mother thought he was great and he was doing well in his career. Hollie wasn't quite so certain though: Marcus wanted to control her and most of all he wanted her to leave her job at the diner. Then there was the latest onefact that he would be violent, both to her and to other people. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008202192</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Heidi Swain0008421714|title= Coming Home to Cuckoo CottageMrs March|author=Virginia Feito|rating= 4.5|genre= Women's Literary Fiction|summary= I absolutely loved this bookThe problem began just after the publication of George March'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 or had already done so. It Every day Mrs March went to the local patisserie to buy olive bread but on that particular morning, Patricia asked, as she was utterly enchanting with its charming feel-good storylinewrapping the bread, ''but isn't this the first time he's based a character on you?'' She mentioned that Johanna, delightful characters and innocent romancethe principal character had 'her mannerisms''. It was also an easy read with short chapters making it easy to pick up and put down ( Perhaps this would not have mattered, except for the fact that I wanted to) throughout Johanna is the daywhore of Nantes - ''a weak, plain, detestable, pathetic, unloved, unloveable wretch.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471147282</amazonuk>''

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Rebecca Chance1473685745|title= Killer AffairUnbreak Your Heart|author=Katie Marsh|rating= 34|genre= Women's Fiction|summary=Rebecca ChanceWhen 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 much anticipated and praised latest novel is definitely worth a son, Jake, off his bike. He wasn'chancet hurt but Jake has history. He has HLHS - that' but s Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome for me it 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 very mixed readfew days old. The cover blurb describes it as So, Simon has every right to be over-protective particularly when someone isn't looking where they'irresistibly readablere driving.}} {{Frontpage|author=C J Carey|title=Widowland|rating=4|genre=General Fiction|summary=It' s April 1953, and Adolf Hitler's schedule includes going to Moscow to attend the state funeral of Joseph Stalin then within weeks coming to London, parading around a glittering pagebit, and watching over the sanctioned return to the throne of Edward VIII with his wife, Queen Wallis. For yes, Britain caved in the lead-turnerup to the World War Two that certainly didn' which t happen as we know it most certainly was, starting with and we are now a famed but protectorate – well, we share enough of the same blood as yet unidentified woman the Germanic peoples on ''the mainland''. But this is most certainly a revengeful warpath against different Britain, for Nazi-styled phrenology, and ideas of female purpose, has put all of that gender into a second glamorous mystery womancaste system, ranging from high-brow office bigwigs to the drudges, and beyond those, right on down to the childless, the husbandless and the widows. Female literacy is actively discouraged. The And in this puritanical existence, our heroine, Rose Ransom, is employed with the task of bowdlerising classical literature to take all encouragement for female emancipation out of it – after all, not every book can be banned, and not every story then restarts excised immediately from the beginning setting the sceneBritish civilisation, characters and events that will eventually lead up to so they just get a hefty tweak towards the revengeful opening actparty line before they're stamped ready for reprint. It's not That is her job, at least, until the end first emerging signs of the book that this mystery betrayal is fully revealed which is what kept me hooked throughout what is quite a long bookfemale protest come to light, with their potential to spoil Hitler's visit.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1447282914</amazonuk>152941198X

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Sophie Divry and Alison Anderson (translator)Ruth Hogan|title=Madame Bovary of the SuburbsBurova|rating=24.5

|summary=''It starts with becoming a homeowner, then settling This book lets us discover several people in different stages of life inthe early 1970s, then reproducingall vaguely connected.'' Well, it actually starts So we have a lot before bullied half-cast boy (as he would have been called then), with a set girl in a humdrum job wanting to become a singer, and chiefly, Imelda, the third generation of fractured memories of our heroineMadame Burova, ''s childhood – things she recalls her parents Tarot-Reader, Palmist and relatives saying both Clairvoyant'', to and about use herfamily's sea-front booth. It goes through her childhoodThe singer, the scryer and pen letters to the sufferer's mother will all become staff at a best friend conveying revamped holiday camp, but just before then we see Imelda fly solo for the first time in the family stall. We also see her wishes for on her lifelast day, those wishes being revised and affirmed by the liberty of university fifty yearslater, those wishes being met with or denied by married life… Someone archly could point out in possession of a pair of letters that you should be careful what you wish will change everything fora woman called Billie. Just who is she, but not even our wiseand who delivered the secrets about her to Imelda, modern woman could not see the next step after the reproducing – ''standing disappointed in front of the refrigerator''.and why did it have to remain a secret all this time?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0857054686</amazonuk>152937331X

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Louise PentlandJennifer Saint |title=Wilde Like MeAriadne |rating=4.5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=World famous fashion and beauty vlogger Louise Pentland, also known as Sprinkle This re-telling of Glitter, takes on a new challenge in the form of her touching debut novel, ''Wilde Like Me''. You will be transported into a world full myth of exasperating drama with the PSMs (Posh School Mums), heart-warming mother daughter moments Ariadne and self-righteous men who you realise aren't the be all Minotaur is interesting and end allunusual. Now enters Robin Wilde, Jennifer Saint presents the story in a single mum way that is sympathetic to its origins but also appealing to Lyla and make-up artist living in her grannya modern audience. Saint's house simply just trying narrative is told predominantly through the viewpoint of Ariadne, spanning from her childhood to her death, allowing the reader to get by. The novel follows really connect with Ariadne as a character in her journey own right rather than just a prop in the heroics of self discovery, which even she'd admit sounds like some awful cliche, and shows you that only '''you''' can make you happyTheseus.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1785762931</amazonuk>1472273869

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Dorothy KoomsonLucy Holland|title=The FriendSistersong

|summary=Maxie, Anaya, Hazel and Yvonne – four friends and schoolThirty-gateone-mums who meet for coffeeyear old Liberty Rossini has had her shop, winethe Cherry Blossom Boutique, gossip for just six months when she's nominated for - and momentary escape from their respective liveswins - the Retail Best Newcomer Award. Nothing unusual about that until Yvonne is found battered She's delighted and half-dead in the playgroundtwo people she's brought with her to the event couldn't be more pleased. Three weeks later Cece moves into the areaSonja, her children starting that same schoolmother, is an ex-model and Brazilian: you can see where Liberty got her looks from. Gradually she finds herself falling into the orbit of MaxieJessica's thirty-four and Liberty's best friend: they've known each other since university and Liberty adores Jessica's husband, Anaya Charles and Hazel and hears what happened to the still comatose Yvonnetheir four-year-old daughter, Ava. Two questions still hang in the air though: who did Life would be perfect for Liberty if it and why? The police believe that the perpetrator is wasn't for one of the three remaining friends and that Cece is in the perfect position to help them with their enquiries… thing: she misses having a very dangerous position to be man inher life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780895984</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nora RobertsB08GFSK2WZ|title=Come SundownThe Karma Trap|author=Lisette Boyd

|summary=Bodine Longbow's family has learnt George Jackson is thirty-three years old, absolutely gorgeous to live with tragedylook at - and single. A quarter of a century earlier BodineShe's Aunt Alice disappeared without a trace. Nothing has softened the pain but life goes on not had sex for eight months and the family business (a ranch-style resort) certainly keeps them all busy. Bo is fully focussed as the resortshe's manager but distraction is on the horizon stuck in the form karma trap: an awful lot of Callen Skinner. Local lad Callen comes home with a successful Hollywood film career bad luck is being visited on his CV her and an eye she has a real talent for a certain Longbow ladyattracting drama. However, when a womanHer life's body is found on resort land Callen is implicated. Is history repeating itself? Can Callen and Bo shake themselves free chaotic: she dealt with the leak from the shower by putting something down at the bottom of a lawman's prejudice the stairs to absorb the water - then the shower fell through the roof whilst she was in order to discover it and left her, stark naked, staring at the truth? pervy postman. The clockShe only has to take her mother's ticking as Bo dog out for a walk for her to end up with dog poo spattered across her face - and Callen try to solve a mystery while putting themselves in photo being taken by someone who shares it around the firing line and then Aunt Alice returns..office.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0349410909</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jenny ColganB08CHJLNBS|title=Spandex and the CityCapturing Emilia|author=Brooke Adams|rating=43

|summary= Touted as He's Charles Devereaux, thirty-eight and a super-hero romantic comedypartner at Wickham Jones, ''Spandex and the CityMayfair letting agents. She'' features a girl-next-door Hollys Emilia, a typically insecure 20twenty-something rom-com heroinenine, enjoying her life librarian and archivist in Centerton (Colgan's stand in for Gotham)the heritage library next door. When a handsome stranger Emilia has read [[The Secret by Rhonda Byrne|The Secret]] but she meets at a bar turns out to be the ''Ultimate Man's moved on from new age books like that, which leave you dependent on someone else's philosophies, to something a vigilante superhero straight from the Marvel or DC universe (the superpowers are little deeper. Charles is more of a Marvel kind[[Personal by Lee Child|Jack Reacher]] man himself, but the character - both of the UM and , 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 adversary mind? She's not his usual type at all: it's obvious to his friends. And given that Emilia regularly feels repulsed by Charles's superficiality, why does she feel drawn to him? The relationship's obviously a non- reference Batmanstarter, among others), she canisn't help falling for him. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0356505448</amazonuk>it?

{{newreview <!-- remove 28/6 -->Frontpage|author=Isabella DavidsonHelly Acton|title=The Beta Mum: Adventures in Alpha LandShelf|rating=4.5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=To say that Sophie Bennett didnWhen we meet Amy, she's in a relationship with Jamie. You can't want really call it a partnership, because things tend to move to London is something of an understatement. Sheget done on his terms, but she's a shy person who doesnsticking around because she hopes she can change him. Ah, yes. Haven't make friends easily and the thought of losing we all been there? Things are looking up when he tells her support systems and having to start again fills her with dreadpack for a surprise trip. Could this be it? Is he ''Butfinally'', husband Michael has been offered a big job going to get down on London's RailLink project one knee? Was the work (and the wait) worth it?|isbn=1838770879}}{{Frontpage|author= Alyssa Sheinmel|title= What Kind of Girl|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= '' 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 chance black eye, claiming he can turn down - even if he wanted gave it toher, her whole world is tipped upside down. Her relationship has just ended and he doesnnow she'ts the talk of the school. So before long their three-year old daughterMike was the most popular boy in school who was always so in love with her, Kayaeveryone knew that, has been left with Sophie's parents so why did he do what he did? Some people believe her and Michael and Sophie have found a flat in west London and theysome don've event, against all the odds, managed to secure a place but one thing is for Kaya at London's most exclusive nursery school. Wellsure, when I say that this isn''they'' managed t going to secure the place, I actually mean that they required the services of a nursery consultant, who has a double-barrelled name and a friendship with the headmistressblow over any time soon.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1781326525</amazonuk>0349003297

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Nora RobertsKatie Fforde|title=The ObsessionA Springtime Affair|rating=54|genre=CrimeWomen's Fiction|summary=Naomi Carson lives in New York but she hasn't always lived there. Actually her name hasnI't always been Naomi Carson. Naomi's life had ve wanted to start again whenread author Katie Fforde for ages and this was pretty much exactly what I was expecting - a warm, aged 11cosy read focused on romance, she sneakily followed her father into the woods to see if he was hiding her birthday presentfamily and friendships. That night she saw something no child… no person... should see. As an adult she's now putting her life back together and even coping with This provided two romances for the advances price of Xander Keaton one, but danger still lurks. The past will one day repeat itself and this time Naomi will find she's it was actually the family element as opposed to the targetromance that I really enjoyed.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0349407789</amazonuk>1780897561

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kaela CobleB07W4MNBSG|title=Friends and LiarsBe Careful Who You Marry|author=Lizzy Mumfrey|rating=54|genre=ThrillersGeneral Fiction|summary= Kaela Coble's debut novel ''Friends It was coming up to Halloween in 1987 and Liars'' is a gripping read that tells the tale group of sixth-form schoolgirls wondered what they would be doing when they were fifty. When you'the crew're only seventeen that seems positively ancient, a group of friends who once made a pact to but Liz was convinced that ''always be honest with eachotheryour entire life depends on who you marry''. So what happens when none of them keep this pact? After not being together for over ten years The only eligible boys were the crew are reunited at Young Farmers and the wake idea of one living in a farmhouse and having a couple of their own, Danny Deusochildren called Will and Olly appealed to Charlotte, or perhaps William and Oliver if you were Elizabeth who has left a haunting suicide note along with an envelope for each crew member containing their darkest secretwas determined to marry the rather superior Patrick Shepley-Botham. They are now faced with two options: reveal The place to start their secrets or face search was obviously the risk Young Farmers' Halloween disco that Danny will reveal them from beyond weekend. There was just one problem - there were too many Elizabeths in the graveclass.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786492059</amazonuk>