The Path to the Sea

The Path to the Sea

Liz Fenwick

Liz Fenwick

'The Queen of the contemporary Cornish novel' The Guardian Sometimes going home is just the beginning... Boskenna, the beautiful, imposing house standing on the Cornish cliffs, means something different to each of the Trewin women. For Joan, as a glamorous young wife in the 1960s, it was a paradise where she and her husband could entertain and escape a world where no one was quite what they seemed – a world that would ultimately cost their marriage and end in tragedy. Diana, her daughter, still dreams of her childhood there – the endless blue skies and wide lawns, book-filled rooms and parties, the sound of the sea at the end of the coastal path – even the family she adored was shattered there. And for the youngest, broken-hearted Lottie, heading home in the August traffic, returning to Boskenna is a welcome escape from a life gone wrong in London, but will mean facing a past she'd hoped to forget. As the three women gather in Boskenna for a final time, the secrets hidden within...
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The Last Zoo

The Last Zoo

Sam Gayton

Sam Gayton

Pia lives in a zoo in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with her parents (both ghosts), several old and cranky genies, a devil, and two young angels. She spends her days trimming genie-beards, trying to avoid being tricked into selling her soul, and waiting for the angels to make a miracle big enough to save the world.Then the angels go missing. Can she solve the riddles of the mysterious haloes the angels have left behind? Is the zoo's devil really trying to help her? And what does this all have to do with her best friends, the Rekkers? Pia needs to solve the mystery fast, because everything around her seems to be ending: her friendships, her childhood, and maybe even the world itself.
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Rescued by the Viscount's Ring

Rescued by the Viscount's Ring

Carol Arens

Carol Arens

An unexpected proposal for the runaway heiress!After escaping to avoid an arranged marriage, American heiress Madeline Macooish stows away aboard a ship bound for England. She's rescued by Rees Dalton and spends the night in his cabin. Knowing her reputation is compromised, she accepts Rees's offer of a temporary marriage. Drawn to his honest heart, Madeline begins to imagine wearing his ring forever. Until she learns her new husband has a secret identity!From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
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My Mother's Lover and Other Stories

My Mother's Lover and Other Stories

Sumana Roy

Sumana Roy

My Mother's Lover and Other Stories is a collection of fourteen stories about people who suffer from curious ailments: of a poet whose writing is seen to be an ailment by her family; an insomniac's experience with sleep therapy; a woman's obsession with getting rid of plastic; a woman in Darjeeling desperate for a drop of water; a student fixated on reading a love poem as the failed relationship of her parents; a young couple trapped in a student's hostel during the 1971 war; a Nepali student passionate about proving that Nepalis are not stupid; a mother who can no longer differentiate between her heart and her head; a young woman on the verge of suicide; a girl who's hidden her teeth in a palace garden; a girl who treats literature like astrology; a young lecturer who seeks fame but can't foresee how it'll destroy his life;a singer with a mad harmonium; and two old lovers who are on a secret holiday until one of them finds out....
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Pocketed

Pocketed

Shawntelle Madison

Shawntelle Madison

Return to the Coveted universe in this short story featuring the loveably neurotic werewolf Natalya Stravinsky and her friends from her therapy group of the tormented and enchanted. During a therapy group session, things go awry forcing Nat and her friends to face not only their own personal demons, but an insane journey that might bring their sessions to a permanent end. Books in the Coveted Series: Book 0.5 : Collected Book 1 : Coveted Book 2 : Kept Book 2.5 : Pocketed Book 3 : Compelled Cursed: A Coveted Short Story Collection
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