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SUMMER ROMANCES IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE BY PAIGE TOON Simon & Schuster PB, £7.99
Australian-born Angie is in Rome, where her extended Italian family welcome her with open arms. Only enigmatic Alessandro keeps his distance – just what secrets is he hiding, and can Angie penetrate his outer shell?
SECRETS AND SEASHELLS AT RAINBOW BAY BY ALI MCNAMARA Sphere PB, £7.99
Single mum Amelia has inherited a real-life castle by the sea! But among all the challenges and demands that follow, will it provide her and her son with their deserved fairytale ending?
A PERFECT CORNISH SUMMER BY PHILLIPA ASHLEY Avon PB, £7.99
Porthmellow Harbour’s summer festival has a new star guest. Organiser Sam Lovell should be delighted, but London chef Gabe’s appearance stirs up old feelings that threaten to disrupt her peaceful coastal life for ever.
POPPY’S RECIPE FOR LIFE BY HEIDI SWAIN Simon & Schuster PB, £7.99
Poppy’s new home near a community garden allows her to indulge in her passions for gardening and cooking. But will grumpy neighbour Jacob and the arrival of her own troubled brother destroy her happiness?
NAILBITING THRILLERS TELL ME YOUR SECRET BY DOROTHY KOOMSON Headline HB, £12.99
Ten years ago, Pieta escaped the clutches of The Blindfolder, a serial rapist who spared his victims only if they kept their eyes shut. Now he is back and hunting down past victims, will Pieta find the courage to help policewoman Jody to nail him?
THE GUILTY PARTY BY MEL MCGRAPH HQ PB, £8.99
Four friends do nothing to help a stranger in trouble. But later they must confront the consequences of their inaction – and face up to their responsibility for the death of a woman who may not have been such a stranger after all.
THOSE PEOPLE BY LOUISE CANDLISH Simon & Schuster HB, £12.99
With their loud music, procession of broken-down cars and uncouth manners, Darren and Jodie are the ultimate nightmare neighbours! The upmarket folks of Lowland Way are determined to oust them – but then tragedy strikes, and they all find themselves suspected of murder!
COURAGEOUS WOMEN THE LOST GIRLS OF PARIS BY PAM JENOFF HQ PB, £7.99
WWII is over, but the fate of twelve women sent to aid the resistance in France is unknown. Then Grace Healey finds an old suitcase full of photographs and sets out to uncover the truth. A gripping tale based on the real-life heroism of women of the SOE.
THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S DAUGHTER BY HAZEL GAYNOR HarperCollins PB, £7.99
This atmospheric story takes the tale of real-life heroine Grace Darling and spins it down a century and over the Atlantic to 1938, where disgraced 19-year-old Matilda, living in a Rhode Island lighthouse with her reclusive aunt, finds a discarded portrait that will change her life forever.
SIZZLING SAGAS THE TEASHOP GIRLS BY ELAINE EVEREST Pan Macmillan PB, £6.99
In the early days of WWII, Rose is working as a Lyons Teashop Nippy on the Kent coast. When handsome Captain Hargreaves comes into the café and into her life, will Rose risk her job for the sake of love? A warm tale of friendship and romance.
THE WARTIME MIDWIVES BY DAISY STYLES Penguin PB, £6.99
Mary Vale Home offers sanctuary to pregnant unmarried women from all walks of like. But with cruel folk in charge, and WWII looming, nurses Ada and Anne must fight enemies from outside and within the nursing home in order to protect their patients.
A SISTER’S STRUGGLE BY MARY GIBSON Head of Zeus PB, £7.99
For Bermondsey’s poor working classes in the 1930s, starvation is only a heartbeat away. Against her father’s wishes, Ruby approaches the Methodist Mission to ask for some free food – a decision that will lead her to face up to a terrible choice between duty and love.
MAGICAL MEMORIES THE LIBRARY OF LOST AND FOUND BY PHAEDRA PATRICK HQ PB, £7.99
As a child, Martha escaped into fair y stories. Now, middle-aged and put-upon, it seems there is no happy-ever-after ending for her until she is sent a book that reminds her of forgotten dreams and convinces her that her beloved grandmother may still be alive.
59 MEMORY LANE BY CELIA ANDERSON HarperCollins PB, £7.99
What’s the secret of 110-year-old May’s longevity? Is it tea and toast and Cornish breezes as she claims? Or does the mystery lie in a treasure trove of long-forgotten letters, containing other people’s secrets, hopes and dreams? And can May keep her own secret safe?