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Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn places at Trinity College in Dublin, a connection that has grown between them lasts long into the following years. This is an exquisite love story about how a person can change another person's life - a simple yet profound realisation that unfolds beautifully over the course of the novel. It tells...
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Star D'Apliese is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father - the elusive billionaire, named Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted by him from the four corners of the world. He has left each of them a clue to their true heritage, but Star - the most enigmatic of the sisters - is hesitant to step out of the safety of the close relationship she shares with her sister CeCe. In desperation, she decides to follow the...
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After a whirlwind, fairytale romance, Abigail Baskin marries freshly-minted Silicon Valley millionaire Bruce Lamb. For their honeymoon, he whisks her away to an exclusive retreat at a friend's resort off the Maine coast on Heart Pond Island. But once there, Abigail's perfect new life threatens to crash down around her as she recognises one of their fellow guests as the good looking, charismatic stranger who weeks earlier had seduced her at her own...
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A Pinch of Magic volume 1
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2019
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Three sisters must find three magical objects that will free them of the ancient curse they are all under.
6) 1979
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Allie Burns volume 1
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1979. It is the winter of discontent, and reporter Allie Burns is hunting for the story that will make her name. There are few women in the newsroom and she needs an explosive scoop for the boys' club to take her seriously. Allie and fellow junior reporter Danny Sullivan aren't afraid to raise hackles as they expose the underbelly of respectable Scotland. But shining light into the darkness creates powerful enemies. When Allie comes up with a plan...
7) The getaway
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid volume 12
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Puffin
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More humorous disasters for Greg when his family decide to have a winter holiday on a tropical island.
8) Olive, again
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This novel follows the blunt, contradictory yet deeply loveable Olive Kitteridge as she grows older, navigating the second half of her life as she comes to terms with the changes - sometimes welcome, sometimes not - in her own existence and in those around her. Olive adjusts to her new life with her second husband, challenges her estranged son and his family to accept him, experiences loss and loneliness, witnesses the triumphs and heartbreaks of...
9) Those people
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Could you hate your neighbour enough to plot to kill him? Until Darren and Jodie move in, Lowland Way is a suburban paradise. Beautiful homes. Friendly neighbours. Kids playing out in the street. But Darren and Jodie don't follow the rules and soon disputes over loud music and parking rights escalate to threats of violence. Then, early one Saturday, a horrific crime shocks the street. As the police go house to house, the residents close ranks and...
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HQ
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2020
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Single dad Mitchell Fisher has said a firm goodbye to romance. He relishes his job cutting off the padlocks that couples fasten to his hometown's famous 'love story' bridge. Only his young daughter Poppy knows that behind his prickly veneer, Mitchell is deeply lonely - and he still grieves the loss of her mother. Then one hot summer's day, everything changes when Mitchell bravely rescues a woman who falls from the bridge into the river. He's surprised...
11) The never game
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Colter Shaw volume 1
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Nineteen-year-old Sophie is abducted one summer afternoon in Silicon Valley. She wakes up to find herself trapped inside a dark room, surrounded by five objects. If she uses them wisely, she will escape her prison. Otherwise she will die. Sophie's distraught father calls in the one man who can help find her: unique investigator Colter Shaw. Raised in the wilderness by survivalist parents, he's an expert tracker with a forensic mind trained to solve...
12) Little stars
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Hetty Feather volume 5
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2015
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Hetty and Diamond find work as a music hall act and Hetty must choose between two potential suitors.
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Utterly Dark volume 1
Pub. Date
2021
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It was always at sundown they were seen.
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How to Train Your Dragon volume 2
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A humorous account of a Viking warrior's training and early experiences.
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The Hunger Games volume 4
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will revisit the world of Panem sixty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games.
16) It ends with us
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2016
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Lily has come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up. She graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid everything in Lily's life suddenly seems almost too good to be true. Ryle is assertive, stubborn, and maybe even a little arrogant. He's also sensitive, brilliant and has a total soft spot for Lily. Lily can't get him out of her...
17) Five survive
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When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no mobile service, six friends must escape when they are trapped in the dark by a sniper.
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How to Train Your Dragon volume 3
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A not-so heroic Viking tackles Romans and dragons .
20) Siege and storm
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The Shadow and Bone Trilogy volume 2
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Alina must make difficult decisions as The Darkling continues to pursue her and claim her powers for his own.