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The rose queen

Flynn, Katie, 1936-20192022
1938. Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She is thrilled, but deep down she is desperate to leave the Welsh mining community where she grew up. When war is declared, Cadi and her best friend Poppy see a chance to escape. Cadi leaves behind her parents and local boy Aled, who...
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Frontline

Jones, Hilary (Hilary Robert)2021
Grace is the daughter of landed gentry, volunteering as a nurse on the Western Front. Will is the son of a dockworker, driven to enlist by patriotism and the thrill of adventure. When their lives collide in a field hospital in France, an instant connection is forged amidst the chaos and blood of ...
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The Christmas bookshop

Colgan, Jenny2021
Carmen has always worked in her local department store. So, when the gorgeous old building closes its doors for good, she is more than a little lost. When her sister, Sofia, mentions an opportunity in Edinburgh - a cute little bookshop, the spare room in her house - Carmen is reluctant, she was n...
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The royal game

O'Brien, Anne, 1949-2021
England, 1444. Three women who came from nowhere to challenge the course of history... King Henry VI's grip on the crown hangs by a thread as the Wars of the Roses begin to tear England apart. Everyone must choose between York or Lancaster. And from the ashes of war, the House of Paston begins it...
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The brides of Maracoor

Maguire, Gregory, 1954-2021
Volume one, The Brides of Maracoor, finds Elphaba’s granddaughter, Rain, washing ashore on a foreign island. Comatose from crashing into the sea, Rain is taken in by a community of single women committed to obscure devotional practices. As the mainland of Maracoor sustains an assault by a foreign...
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Unforgiven

Barrie, Sarah2021
Lexi Winter is tough, street-smart and has stood on her own two feet since childhood, when she was a victim of notorious paedophile the Spider. All she cares about now is a roof over her head and her long-term relationship with Johnny Walker. She isn't particular about who she sleeps with ... as ...
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The recovery agent

Evanovich, Janet, 1943-2022
Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she's hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets of any kind. She's reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela's latest job i...
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Everyone in my family has killed someone

Stevenson, Benjamin2022
I was dreading the Cunningham family reunion even before the first murder. Before the storm stranded us at the mountain resort, snow and bodies piling up. The thing is, us Cunninghams don’t really get along. We’ve only got one thing in common: we’ve all killed someone. My brother. My step-sister....
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A shadow in the ember

Armentrout, Jennifer L., 1980-2021
Protected Maiden, Seraphena Mierel, must offer herself to the Primal of Death, but is secretly an assassin waiting for her chance to kill him, in the first novel of a new series set in the popular Blood and Ash world.
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The maid

Prose, Nita2022
"A charmingly eccentric hotel maid discovers a guest murdered in his bed, turning her once orderly world upside down--and inspiring a motley crew of unexpected allies to band together to solve the mystery--in this utterly original debut. Molly Dunn is not like everyone else. She struggles with so...
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