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Eve has always lived on Ennisfarne, an idyllic island just off the coast of Northumberland and only accessible when tides are low. There she runs a bar overlooking Darling Cove, a heavenly horseshoe-shaped beach named after her seafaring ancestors, whose links to the Farne Islands stretch back centuries. Logan is a famous photographer desperate to evade the limelight after a difficult break-up. Renting a cottage from Eve, he chooses Ennisfarne in the hope of anonymity but is immediately spellbound by its natural beauty.

As the snowflakes start to fall, Holly Cove welcomes a new tenant to the beautiful old cottage on the beach... For lifestyle magazine journalist Tia Armstrong, relationships, as well as Christmas, have lost all their magic. Yet Tia is up against a Christmas deadline for her latest article 'Love is, actually, all around...' So, Tia heads to Holly Cove where the restorative sea air and rugged stranger, Nic, slowly but surely start mending her broken heart. Tia didn't expect a white Christmas, and she certainly never dared dream that all her Christmas wishes might just come true.

Holly Berry is finally in a place where she can see her happy ending: a beautiful daughter, who's growing ever sweeter by the day, a new home she can make her own, and – of course – her partner-in-crime, Evan. But when tragedy strikes, Holly’s life is thrown into turmoil. And, perhaps in denial, she decides to cancel all of her Christmas plans in favour of some healing of her own. She thinks spending time with Evan’s family will help, but it’s her own family she needs to be with right now. Luckily, they know this, and follow her out to the States to join her in her alternate holiday plans.

It’s Holly’s best friend’s hen do and the plan is a week away in the South of France. With little Hope still so very young, it’s going to be difficult for Holly to tear herself away, but Ben is the perfect co-parent and her own parents are just down the road, so – Holly decides – there’s really nothing holding her back, is there? Will the sunshine and sea air help her get back to who she really is? Or will this be the perfect distraction, a chance to have a holiday fling?

After the holiday romance to beat all other holiday romances, it’s back to regular life for Holly Berry, and the sweet shop is busier than ever. With Jamie and Finn’s wedding coming up, Holly is rushed off her feet, making sure their big day is perfect. So when her handsome boyfriend comes to visit, she is both elated to see him and overwhelmed. She wants to show Evan all the things she loves about her village, as well as introduce him to baby Hope, but how can she find the time?!

Joan Didion's electrifying first novel is a haunting portrait of a marriage whose wrong turns and betrayals are at once absolutely idiosyncratic and a razor-sharp commentary on the history of California. Everett McClellan and his wife, Lily, are the great-grandchildren of pioneers, and what happens to them is a tragic epilogue to the pioneer experience, a story of murder and betrayal that only Didion could tell with such nuance, sympathy, and suspense.

Holly Banks is on a desperate mission to have it all, but nothing in life goes according to plan. She’s quickly learning that keeping up with the Joneses is a full-time job, especially when the women of Primm, her new neighborhood, seem to have it together all the time. With her husband’s job in flux, her daughter’s difficulty with learning to read, and her mother’s new zest for dating, Holly’s life is already anything but picture perfect. Then her dog digs up an old artifact in the village center, and the mishap draws the attention of local media.

As a girl, Zorrie Underwood's modest and hardscrabble home county was the only constant in her young life. After losing both her parents, Zorrie moved in with her aunt, whose own death orphaned Zorrie all over again, casting her off into the perilous realities and sublime landscapes of rural, Depression-era Indiana. Drifting west, Zorrie survived on odd jobs, sleeping in barns and under the stars, before finding a position at a radium processing plant. At the end of each day, the girls at her factory glowed from the radioactive material.

When the ladies of the Dangerous Curves Motorcycle Club take over the Mountaintop Lodge for their annual autumn ride along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Misty Murphy couldn't be more thrilled. Every room is full and the adventurous women even invite Misty and her assistant Brynn to join them on a ride to admire the colorful fall foliage. The skies are clear, the air is crisp, and the leaves are gorgeous. But what starts as a perfect ride turns worrisome when the tail gunner—the last rider in their group—fails to show up at the Craggy Gardens overlook.

How do you screw up your life in three steps? Easy. Step one: Graduate from college with no prospective jobs lined up. Step two: Move back home with your parents because no job unfortunately equals no money. Step 3: Forget to social media stalk the guy who broke your heart before accepting a job in a town with a smaller population than a frat party on a Wednesday night.

Candy Wilson has forgotten to buy the paprika. Turner Davis needs to get his zinnias in. Della Dorner told her mother she was going to Milky Freeze, but that's not where she's really headed on her new Schwinn five-speed. Float Up, Sing Down is the story of a single day. But in that day, how much teeming life! The residents of this rural town have their routines, their preferences, their joys, grudges, and regrets.

Cora Matthews’s life is a mess. A broken engagement and the unexpected death of her mother have left her wondering if things will ever return to normal. Whatever “normal” is. It certainly isn’t what she finds at Moonberry Lake. After she receives her family’s dilapidated lakefront lodge as an inheritance—with a surprising condition attached—Cora finds her life overrun by a parade of eccentric neighbors who all have something to say and something to teach her.

A brilliantly nuanced, psychologically astute crime debut that explores the fault-lines of a small community - their hidden desires and their other, secret selves. 13-year-old Emily Houchens doesn't have many friends. She spends her time alone in the woods near her house - her safe place, until she finds the body of a young woman. Susanna Mitchell is searching for her sister, Ronnie, who vanished after leaving a late-night bar. The more she discovers about Ronnie's life, the more she realises that her sister began to disappear long before she went missing.

As far as hidden talents go, Delphinium Hayes is blessed with one of the more unique ones. With the slightest passing whiff, she knows someone's most admirable or weediest characteristic. This peculiar perception never fails to give her an advantage in life--until she meets two men who turn her world upside down.

As a girl, Zorrie Underwood’s modest and hardscrabble home county was the only constant in her young life. After losing both her parents, Zorrie moved in with her aunt, whose own death orphaned Zorrie all over again, casting her off into the perilous realities and sublime landscapes of rural, Depression-era Indiana. Drifting west, Zorrie survived on odd jobs, sleeping in barns and under the stars, before finding a position at a radium processing plant. At the end of each day, the girls at her factory glowed from the radioactive material.

Dette er første del af fire i Holly Hepburns hyggelige fortælling "Sidste omgang på byens pub". Søstrene Nessie og Sam har knoklet for at få succes med deres lille pub Star and Sixpence i landsbyen Little Monkham. Da de slår dørene op til endnu en sæson, viser det sig, at der er forandringer på vej i det lille samfund. Nessie flytter sammen med sin kæreste, og Sam tager imod pubbens nye kok, Gabriel. Men mens han og Sam kommer tættere på hinanden, truer en uventet gæst med at afsløre en hemmelighed, der vil vende op og ned på alt.

Dette er anden del af fire i Holly Hepburns hyggelige fortælling "Sidste omgang på byens pub". Søstrene Nessie og Sam har knoklet for at få succes med deres lille pub Star and Sixpence i landsbyen Little Monkham. Da de slår dørene op til endnu en sæson, viser det sig, at der er forandringer på vej i det lille samfund. Nessie flytter sammen med sin kæreste, og Sam tager imod pubbens nye kok, Gabriel. Men mens han og Sam kommer tættere på hinanden, truer en uventet gæst med at afsløre en hemmelighed, der vil vende op og ned på alt.

Søstrene Nessie og Sam arver en pub efter deres far, som de ikke har haft kontakt med i mange år. Pubben ligger i den lille, idylliske landsby Little Monkham langt ude på landet, og de ser det som en mulighed for at lægge deres travle og kaotiske liv bag sig og begynde på en frisk. Da de ankommer til pubben Star and Sixpence, ser den dog ikke ud, som de havde forestillet sig. Den er nedslidt og forgældet, og projektet med at få stedet op at køre igen virker temmelig uoverskueligt.

Dette er tredje del af fire i Holly Hepburns hyggelige fortælling "Sidste omgang på byens pub". Søstrene Nessie og Sam har knoklet for at få succes med deres lille pub Star and Sixpence i landsbyen Little Monkham. Da de slår dørene op til endnu en sæson, viser det sig, at der er forandringer på vej i det lille samfund. Nessie flytter sammen med sin kæreste, og Sam tager imod pubbens nye kok, Gabriel. Men mens han og Sam kommer tættere på hinanden, truer en uventet gæst med at afsløre en hemmelighed, der vil vende op og ned på alt.

Dette er fjerde og sidste del i Holly Hepburns hyggelige fortælling "Sidste omgang på byens pub". Søstrene Nessie og Sam har knoklet for at få succes med deres lille pub Star and Sixpence i landsbyen Little Monkham. Da de slår dørene op til endnu en sæson, viser det sig, at der er forandringer på vej i det lille samfund. Nessie flytter sammen med sin kæreste, og Sam tager imod pubbens nye kok, Gabriel. Men mens han og Sam kommer tættere på hinanden, truer en uventet gæst med at afsløre en hemmelighed, der vil vende op og ned på alt.