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1) Born bad
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18 years ago Harry made a decision that drove him from the place he knew and loved. Through every waking moment during the intervening years, he was haunted by what happened when he was a boy. He had never forgotten that girl with the laughing eyes. Now Harry is heading back. He needs to know the outcome of what happened all those years ago.
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Quercus
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2019.
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After Ruth Dixon's mother deserts her on Christmas Eve, her father comes home drunk and commits an unthinkable act. Without money or friends she has nowhere to go, but when he hurts her a second time, she knows what she must do. She is rescued by Jay, a businessman, who takes her to the convent where she meets sister Madeline. Along with the rest of the nuns, Maddy provides food, shelter and education for orphans. Ruth comes to look on her new friends...
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It's the late 1950s and change is in the air. For the Napier family, up at the big house, the old ways are shifting. Hilary must discover if reaching out for a chance of happiness must mean breaking away from the life expected of her, while Patsy, their young housekeeper's help, is facing motherhood without her own family around her. Down the hill from the Napiers, villagers young and old are setting out on adventures - Stella and Felix begin married...
4) Suspects
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What do you do when your dream home becomes your worst nightmare? . . . THE GRIPPING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM LESLEY PEARSE'A riveting page-turner' Woman's Weekly'A real page turner from beginning to end' 5***** Reader Review'Sensational storytelling' My Weekly________In Willow Close, everyone is a suspect . . .Nina and Conrad thought they'd discovered their dream home.But on the day they move in, a body is found - the victim attacked and killed...
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Birmingham, 1972. Mona is a young Irish girl in a big city, with the thrill of a new job and a room of her own in a busy boarding house. On her first night out in town, she meets William, a charming Irish boy with an easy smile and an open face. They embark upon a dizzying love affair, a whirlwind marriage, an unexpected pregnancy - before a sudden tragedy tears them apart. Decades later, Mona pieces together the memories of the years that separate...
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Summer is on the horizon, and the people of Porthmellow are eagerly awaiting the annual food festival. For Sam Lovell, organising the festival is one of the highlights of her year, providing a much-needed distraction from the drama in her family life (and distinct lack of it in her love life). When Gabe Mathias, a popular chef and former local, agrees to headline the weekend after the star booking unexpectedly cancels, Sam should be delighted. But...