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Jay Stringer
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British Mystery Thriller

Eoin Miller finds people for a living, usually people who want to remain hidden—but Eoin’s own life is in shambles, having lost everything he held dear, and that is until he meets Mary, a mysterious woman on the run with a forbidden secret that every criminal in town is willing to kill for. Jay Stringer launches Eoin Miller with British mystery thriller where Miller is half-Romanichal, and his father’s voice compels him to run away from the law before he gets caught and blamed, but he is driven to put right what has gone wrong, even if it means putting his own life on the line. 🔍Old Gold is a dramatic and suspenseful novel that will leave you on the edge of your seat—playing out like a modern-day version of Peaky Blinders and featuring crime fiction’s first Roma detective, Old Gold is a classic slice of British Noir, re-released on the book’s tenth anniversary. Stringer explores what happens when finding people for a living means your own life is in shambles having lost everything you held dear until mysterious women on the run with forbidden secrets appear, examining how don’t miss out on this thrilling read that explores the depths of human emotion, the fickle nature of morality, and the consequences of our actions. 😱

The author delivers British mystery thriller where half-Romanichal detectives with father’s voices compelling them to run away from law before getting caught and blamed must put right what has gone wrong, proving that sometimes every criminal in town willing to kill for forbidden secrets means putting own life on the line. Stringer writes crime fiction’s first Roma detective whose dramatic suspenseful edge-of-your-seat story plays out like modern-day Peaky Blinders. The first Eoin Miller novel asks whether you can put right what’s gone wrong when father’s voice compels running from law. 💔

Why I’m including this: British mystery thriller launching Eoin Miller where he finds people for a living, usually people who want to remain hidden—but Eoin’s own life is in shambles having lost everything he held dear, and that is until he meets Mary, a mysterious woman on the run with a forbidden secret that every criminal in town is willing to kill for—Miller is half-Romanichal and his father’s voice compels him to run away from the law before he gets caught and blamed, but he is driven to put right what has gone wrong even if it means putting his own life on the line—Old Gold is a dramatic and suspenseful novel that will leave you on the edge of your seat playing out like a modern-day version of Peaky Blinders and featuring crime fiction’s first Roma detective, Old Gold is a classic slice of British Noir re-released on the book’s tenth anniversary.

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Maria Frankland
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Psychological Thrillers

From where I stand in the shadows outside the pub I own, I can already tell what mood my husband’s in and it makes me want to stay exactly where I am—however, I can also see my bar manager, Jay, and sexy, young and exciting, he’s the person who’s going to set me free from my middle-aged monotony. Maria Frankland launches Last Orders and Last One Standing with psychological thriller where I’m dreading turning fifty more than I’ve dreaded any other birthday in my life, and now that my kids are at university, the prospect of spending the rest of my life with my bullying, balding and boring husband is a miserable one—which is why I employed Jay, as he gives me the reason I need to get up, to go on and to look forward. 😱And I’ll do anything to keep him—he’s due to go travelling in a few days and wants me to go with him. Frankland explores what happens when standing in shadows outside pubs you own means already telling what mood husbands are in making you want to stay exactly where you are, examining how bar managers who are sexy, young and exciting become people setting you free from middle-aged monotony when dreading turning fifty more than any other birthday creates miserable prospects spending rest of life with bullying, balding and boring husbands. 💔

The author delivers psychological thriller where kids at university creates reasons needing to get up, go on and look forward through employing bar managers, proving that sometimes you’ll do anything to keep them when they’re due to go travelling in few days wanting you to go with them. Frankland writes protagonists whose pub-owning shadow-standing reveals husband moods while sexy young exciting Jay sets them free. The first Last Orders and Last One Standing novel asks whether you’ll do anything to keep him when travelling beckons. 💕

What makes this compelling: Psychological thriller launching Last Orders and Last One Standing where from where I stand in the shadows outside the pub I own I can already tell what mood my husband’s in and it makes me want to stay exactly where I am—however I can also see my bar manager Jay and sexy, young and exciting, he’s the person who’s going to set me free from my middle-aged monotony—I’m dreading turning fifty more than I’ve dreaded any other birthday in my life and now that my kids are at university the prospect of spending the rest of my life with my bullying, balding and boring husband is a miserable one—which is why I employed Jay as he gives me the reason I need to get up, to go on and to look forward—and I’ll do anything to keep him as he’s due to go travelling in a few days and wants me to go with him.

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Erik Therme
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Psychological Thrillers

Nine months ago, Tess’s five-year-old daughter was killed in a car accident—the driver, Brady Becker, was sentenced to two years in prison, and it didn’t make Tess’s pain go away. Erik Therme launches Harlow with psychological thriller where Brady also has a daughter: A twelve-year-old named Eve who walks to Chandler Middle School every day, and Tess knows this because she’s been watching Eve for the last few weeks as it isn’t fair that Brady’s daughter gets to live, while her daughter does not. 😱When Eve goes missing, all eyes turn to Tess, who doesn’t have an alibi—but Tess isn’t guilty, or so she believes. Therme explores what happens when nine months after five-year-old daughters get killed in car accidents drivers get sentenced to two years in prison not making pain go away, examining how Brady also having daughters creates twelve-year-olds named Eve walking to Chandler Middle School every day with Tess knowing this because she’s been watching Eve for last few weeks as it isn’t fair Brady’s daughter gets to live while her daughter does not. 💔

The author delivers psychological thriller where when Eve goes missing all eyes turn to Tess who doesn’t have alibi, proving that sometimes Tess isn’t guilty or so she believes when watching daughters for weeks creates missing twelve-year-olds. Therme writes protagonists whose pain not going away from two-year prison sentences means watching Brady’s daughter because it isn’t fair she gets to live. The first Harlow novel asks whether Tess is guilty when she believes she isn’t despite no alibi. 🚗

Why I’m including this: Psychological thriller launching Harlow where nine months ago Tess’s five-year-old daughter was killed in a car accident—the driver Brady Becker was sentenced to two years in prison and it didn’t make Tess’s pain go away—Brady also has a daughter: a twelve-year-old named Eve who walks to Chandler Middle School every day, and Tess knows this because she’s been watching Eve for the last few weeks as it isn’t fair that Brady’s daughter gets to live while her daughter does not—when Eve goes missing all eyes turn to Tess who doesn’t have an alibi—but Tess isn’t guilty, or so she believes.

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John Hemmings
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Crime Thrillers

When the police discover the body of Cynthia Hughes savagely beaten to death on the kitchen floor and her husband Bob hanged in the garage, they think it’s an open-and-shut case—a domestic murder/suicide—but Bob’s mistress, Angela, doesn’t buy it so she hires Kane and Lucy to find the real killer. John Hemmings continues Mark Kane with crime thriller where and as Lucy investigates the deaths, she is convinced that the police have overlooked key evidence in the case that points to a different suspect—meanwhile, Mike Kingsley’s son has died after being struck by a train and the police have ruled it an accidental death, but was it? 🔍The police have closed the files on both cases and are skeptical that the deaths are other than what they seem; but as Kane and Lucy investigate the two cases simultaneously they realize that neither case is as straightforward as it appears, and while Lucy tries to make sense of the Hughes’s deaths, Kane once again finds himself drawn into the sinister and dangerous world of drug trafficking. Hemmings explores what happens when police discover bodies savagely beaten to death on kitchen floors with husbands hanged in garages thinking open-and-shut domestic murder/suicides, examining how mistresses not buying it hire Kane and Lucy finding real killers while Lucy investigates convinced police overlooked key evidence pointing to different suspects as meanwhile Mike Kingsley’s son dies after being struck by train with police ruling accidental death but was it? 😱

The author delivers crime thriller where police closing files on both cases and being skeptical deaths are other than what they seem creates Kane and Lucy investigating two cases simultaneously realizing neither case is as straightforward as it appears, proving that sometimes making sense of Hughes’s deaths means Kane once again finds himself drawn into sinister and dangerous drug trafficking world. Hemmings writes investigators whose simultaneous case investigations reveal neither straightforward as police skepticism suggests. The sixth Mark Kane novel asks whether deaths are what they seem when key evidence points to different suspects. 💔

What makes this compelling: Crime thriller continuing Mark Kane where when the police discover the body of Cynthia Hughes savagely beaten to death on the kitchen floor and her husband Bob hanged in the garage they think it’s an open-and-shut case, a domestic murder/suicide, but Bob’s mistress Angela doesn’t buy it so she hires Kane and Lucy to find the real killer—and as Lucy investigates the deaths she is convinced that the police have overlooked key evidence in the case that points to a different suspect—meanwhile Mike Kingsley’s son has died after being struck by a train and the police have ruled it an accidental death but was it?—the police have closed the files on both cases and are skeptical that the deaths are other than what they seem, but as Kane and Lucy investigate the two cases simultaneously they realize that neither case is as straightforward as it appears, and while Lucy tries to make sense of the Hughes’s deaths Kane once again finds himself drawn into the sinister and dangerous world of drug trafficking.

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Mary Lancaster
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Renaissance Historical Romance

His dashing days are behind him—until an old flame dances back into his life. Mary Lancaster launches One Night in Blackhaven with Renaissance historical romance where a hero of Trafalgar and many battle since, Captain Julius Vale, has retired from the Royal Navy and moved himself and all his siblings back to the family home near Blackhaven—here, wounded and disillusioned, he seeks peace for himself, and happiness for his troubled brothers and sisters, and he does not expect to encounter the woman who broke his heart ten years ago, and he certainly does not mean to make the mistake of falling for her again. ⚓Antonia, now an impoverished widow and mother, is the paid companion of eccentric spinster, Miss Talbot, who is taking a course of the Blackhaven waters—meeting Julius again is a shock, so is the fact that he clearly blames her for their parting when it was he who sailed away without a word of goodbye, and yet after only one dance, she begins to feel alive. Lancaster explores what happens when dashing days are behind you until old flames dance back into your life creating Trafalgar hero captains retired from Royal Navy moving siblings back to family homes near Blackhaven, examining how wounded and disillusioned seeking peace for yourself and happiness for troubled siblings means not expecting to encounter women who broke your heart ten years ago and certainly not meaning to make mistakes falling for her again. 💔

The author delivers Renaissance historical romance where impoverished widows and mothers as paid companions of eccentric spinsters taking Blackhaven waters courses meet Julius again creating shocks, proving that sometimes he clearly blames her for partings when it was he who sailed away without goodbye word but after only one dance she begins to feel alive. Lancaster writes protagonists whose ten-year heart-breaking creates blaming for partings despite sailing away without goodbye. The first One Night in Blackhaven novel asks whether you can avoid falling for her again when one dance makes her feel alive. 💕

Why I’m including this: Renaissance historical romance launching One Night in Blackhaven where his dashing days are behind him until an old flame dances back into his life—a hero of Trafalgar and many battle since Captain Julius Vale has retired from the Royal Navy and moved himself and all his siblings back to the family home near Blackhaven—here wounded and disillusioned he seeks peace for himself and happiness for his troubled brothers and sisters, and he does not expect to encounter the woman who broke his heart ten years ago and he certainly does not mean to make the mistake of falling for her again—Antonia now an impoverished widow and mother is the paid companion of eccentric spinster Miss Talbot who is taking a course of the Blackhaven waters—meeting Julius again is a shock and so is the fact that he clearly blames her for their parting when it was he who sailed away without a word of goodbye, and yet after only one dance she begins to feel alive.

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Nellie H. Steele
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Cozy Mystery

A new town, an old mansion—new beginnings or the beginning of the end? Nellie H. Steele launches Lily & Cassie By the Sea Mysteries with cozy mystery where when Lily Bennett and Cassie MacGuire move to Hideaway Bay, they hope to find a fresh start in the charming small town, but their new house, Whispering Manor, hides a chilling secret as legends of ghosts, paranormal disturbances, and pirate treasure plague them. 👻But when these two amateur sleuths stumble across two cold case mysteries, they find dark secrets lurking around every dusty corner—and someone or something seems determined to stop their investigation, and as the strange occurrences turn dangerous, the pair fear for their lives and wonder if they’ll be the next dead body turning up in Whispering Manor. Steele explores what happens when moving to charming small towns for fresh starts means new houses hide chilling secrets with ghosts, paranormal disturbances, and pirate treasure legends plaguing you, examining how will their perfect new town turn out to be their biggest mistake and will it cost them their lives? 😱

The author delivers cozy mystery where Whispering Manor’s chilling secrets and cold case mysteries create dark secrets lurking around dusty corners, proving that sometimes amateur sleuths stumbling across mysteries find someone or something determined to stop investigations making strange occurrences turn dangerous. Steele writes protagonists whose fresh start hopes become fears they’ll be next dead bodies turning up in manor. The first Lily & Cassie By the Sea Mysteries asks whether perfect new towns cost your lives when dark secrets lurk around every corner. 💔

What makes this compelling: Cozy mystery launching Lily & Cassie By the Sea Mysteries where a new town, an old mansion and new beginnings or the beginning of the end?—when Lily Bennett and Cassie MacGuire move to Hideaway Bay they hope to find a fresh start in the charming small town but their new house Whispering Manor hides a chilling secret as legends of ghosts, paranormal disturbances, and pirate treasure plague them—but when these two amateur sleuths stumble across two cold case mysteries they find dark secrets lurking around every dusty corner and someone or something seems determined to stop their investigation, and as the strange occurrences turn dangerous the pair fear for their lives and wonder if they’ll be the next dead body turning up in Whispering Manor—will their perfect new town turn out to be their biggest mistake and will it cost them their lives?

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Minu Cash
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Dysfunctional Relationships

From her earliest memories, Minu felt like an outsider—it wasn’t just her peculiar name, but also her light skin and cinnamon-swirl hair, so unlike the dark features of her Mexican family, that drew comments from neighbors and strangers. Minu Cash delivers dysfunctional relationships memoir where no one took her questions seriously, leaving her yearning for answers, and meanwhile, she had to endure her father’s violence, her mother’s negligence, and the poverty and drugs in Cashion, Arizona. 💔Determined to carve out her own destiny, Minu embarked on a journey to uncover the mysteries of her past—after years of lies and mistreatment, she finally found the strength to confront the one person who knew the truth, the one person who could give her the peace she so desperately longed for. Cash explores what happens when feeling like outsiders from earliest memories means light skin and cinnamon-swirl hair unlike Mexican family’s dark features draws neighbor and stranger comments, examining how written with passion and grit, The Painted Pink Dress is an extraordinary true story about overcoming trauma and forging a path forward, and most of all, it is about the power of forgiveness and resilience in the face of hardship. 😱

The author delivers dysfunctional relationships memoir where peculiar names and physical features unlike families draw comments creating yearning for answers no one takes seriously, proving that sometimes enduring father’s violence, mother’s negligence, and Cashion Arizona poverty and drugs requires embarking on journeys uncovering past mysteries. Cash writes with passion and grit about years of lies and mistreatment requiring strength confronting the one person who knew truth. The extraordinary true story asks whether you can find peace when forging paths forward requires forgiveness and resilience facing hardship. ✨

Why I’m including this: Dysfunctional relationships memoir where from her earliest memories Minu felt like an outsider—it wasn’t just her peculiar name but also her light skin and cinnamon-swirl hair so unlike the dark features of her Mexican family that drew comments from neighbors and strangers—no one took her questions seriously leaving her yearning for answers, and meanwhile she had to endure her father’s violence, her mother’s negligence, and the poverty and drugs in Cashion, Arizona—determined to carve out her own destiny Minu embarked on a journey to uncover the mysteries of her past, and after years of lies and mistreatment she finally found the strength to confront the one person who knew the truth, the one person who could give her the peace she so desperately longed for—written with passion and grit The Painted Pink Dress is an extraordinary true story about overcoming trauma and forging a path forward, and most of all it is about the power of forgiveness and resilience in the face of hardship.

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Mikayla Davids
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Psychological Thrillers

This family reunion should’ve been a fresh start for us all, but now someone is dead—my heart is thumping with fear as I stare out at the snow-capped mountains. Mikayla Davids delivers Bailey Family psychological thriller where this ski trip to the French Alps was meant to be a chance for me and my two sisters to put the past behind us after years of not speaking, and instead, I’m expecting the police to knock on the door of our chalet—I’d planned for our families to get to know each other, sipping hot chocolate while laughing together around the fireplace, but I didn’t think our winter getaway would end in murder. ⛷️Any one of us could be the killer—we all have a motive, and we’ve all been lying, and I should never have come here as if anyone discovers my secret my life will be in danger. Davids explores what happens when family reunions should’ve been fresh starts for all but now someone’s dead creating hearts thumping with fear staring at snow-capped mountains, examining how can I trust my own family? Or am I next? The author balances French Alps ski trips meant for putting past behind after years not speaking with expecting police to knock on chalet doors, creating stakes where planning families getting to know each other sipping hot chocolate around fireplaces becomes winter getaways ending in murder. 😱

The novel delivers psychological thriller where any one of us could be the killer when we all have motives and we’ve all been lying, proving that sometimes should-never-have-come-here realizations mean if anyone discovers your secret your life will be in danger. Davids writes Bailey Family whose fresh start chances become murder investigations where trusting own family becomes questioning whether you’re next. The thriller asks whether you can trust own family when anyone discovering secrets endangers lives. 💔

What makes this compelling: Psychological thriller Bailey Family where this family reunion should’ve been a fresh start for us all but now someone is dead—my heart is thumping with fear as I stare out at the snow-capped mountains—this ski trip to the French Alps was meant to be a chance for me and my two sisters to put the past behind us after years of not speaking and instead I’m expecting the police to knock on the door of our chalet—I’d planned for our families to get to know each other sipping hot chocolate while laughing together around the fireplace but I didn’t think our winter getaway would end in murder—any one of us could be the killer as we all have a motive and we’ve all been lying—I should never have come here as if anyone discovers my secret my life will be in danger—can I trust my own family or am I next?

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Deborah Swift
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Historical World War II Fiction

1940—as Soviet forces storm Lithuania, Zofia and her brother Jacek must flee to survive. Deborah Swift launches Survivors of War with historical World War II fiction where a lifeline appears when Japanese consul Sugihara offers them visas on one condition: they must deliver a parcel to Tokyo, and inside lies intelligence on Nazi atrocities, evidence so explosive that Nazi and Soviet agents will stop at nothing to possess it. 🚂Pursued across Siberia on the Trans-Siberian Express, Zofia faces danger at every turn, racing to expose the truth as Japan edges closer to allying with the Nazis—with the fate of countless lives hanging in the balance, can she complete her mission before time runs out? Swift explores what happens when Soviet forces storming Lithuania force fleeing to survive creating lifeline appearances when Japanese consuls offer visas on conditions: deliver parcels to Tokyo containing Nazi atrocities intelligence so explosive Nazi and Soviet agents stop at nothing possessing it. 😱

The author delivers historical World War II fiction where Trans-Siberian Express pursuits across Siberia create danger at every turn racing to expose truth as Japan edges closer to Nazi alliances, proving that sometimes completing missions before time runs out means countless lives’ fates hang in the balance. Swift writes protagonists whose brother survival fleeing becomes parcel delivery missions pursued by agents. The first Survivors of War novel asks whether you can complete missions when Nazi and Soviet agents stop at nothing possessing explosive evidence. 💔

Why I’m including this: Historical World War II fiction launching Survivors of War where 1940—as Soviet forces storm Lithuania Zofia and her brother Jacek must flee to survive—a lifeline appears when Japanese consul Sugihara offers them visas on one condition: they must deliver a parcel to Tokyo with inside lying intelligence on Nazi atrocities, evidence so explosive that Nazi and Soviet agents will stop at nothing to possess it—pursued across Siberia on the Trans-Siberian Express Zofia faces danger at every turn racing to expose the truth as Japan edges closer to allying with the Nazis—with the fate of countless lives hanging in the balance can she complete her mission before time runs out?

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Kristen Granata
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Fake Dating Hockey Novella

My new neighbor is a jerk—sure, he’s the embodiment of tall, dark, and handsome, and he looks like he could crush a watermelon between his muscular thighs, but he has managed to become enemy number one within the first forty-eight hours of moving into the apartment next door. Kristen Granata delivers East Coast Series fake dating hockey novella where I may have retaliated and escalated the situation as I’m not above being petty, and I’m determined to make him break first—until he sees my cheating ex-boyfriend giving me a hard time outside our building and steps in to help. 🏒If it weren’t for the pictures in the press the next morning, I would’ve assumed his act of kindness was just a fever dream—but my face is everywhere, labeled as hockey star Trenton Ward’s new girlfriend. Granata explores what happens when new neighbors are jerks who embody tall, dark, and handsome while looking like they could crush watermelons between muscular thighs, examining how now, my grumpy neighbor’s agent wants to run with this story as apparently, his image needs some sprucing (I can’t imagine why with such a charming personality), and I agree under one circumstance: I get to use him for inspiration in the new romance book I’m working on. 😱

The author delivers fake dating hockey novella where retaliation and escalation situations get interrupted when cheating ex-boyfriends get hard times outside buildings until neighbors step in helping, proving that sometimes press pictures the next morning label you as hockey star girlfriends when grumpy neighbor agents want image sprucing. Granata writes protagonists whose determined-to-make-him-break-first petty retaliation becomes agreeing under one circumstance: using him for romance book inspiration. The East Coast Series novella asks whether you can use grumpy neighbors for inspiration when charming personalities need sprucing. 💕

What makes this compelling: Fake dating hockey novella East Coast Series where my new neighbor is a jerk—sure he’s the embodiment of tall, dark, and handsome and he looks like he could crush a watermelon between his muscular thighs, but he has managed to become enemy number one within the first forty-eight hours of moving into the apartment next door—I may have retaliated and escalated the situation as I’m not above being petty and I’m determined to make him break first—until he sees my cheating ex-boyfriend giving me a hard time outside our building and steps in to help—if it weren’t for the pictures in the press the next morning I would’ve assumed his act of kindness was just a fever dream but my face is everywhere labeled as hockey star Trenton Ward’s new girlfriend—now my grumpy neighbor’s agent wants to run with this story as apparently his image needs some sprucing (I can’t imagine why with such a charming personality) and I agree under one circumstance: I get to use him for inspiration in the new romance book I’m working on.

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Traci Borum
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Contemporary Women’s Fiction

When Noelle Cooke inherits a quaint English cottage and an art gallery from her famous Aunt Joy, she welcomes a departure from her San Diego routine—but the lure of the Cotswolds, combined with a locked cottage room and a revealing journal, entice her to stay and discover more, including a way to save the gallery from financial ruin, and that means remaining in England. Traci Borum launches Chilton Crosse with contemporary women’s fiction where when her childhood sweetheart, Adam Spencer, begins work on a restoration project in Noelle’s village, their friendship blossoms, but as her feelings for Adam deepen, she struggles with memories of what might have been and yearns for a future once thought lost. 🎨Faced with a life-altering revelation Aunt Joy took to her grave and a wrenching choice regarding the man she loves, Noelle could lose far more than her heart. Borum explores what happens when inheriting quaint English cottages and art galleries from famous aunts welcomes departures from San Diego routines, examining how Cotswolds lure combined with locked cottage rooms and revealing journals entice staying discovering more including ways saving galleries from financial ruin meaning remaining in England. The author balances childhood sweethearts beginning restoration projects in villages with friendships blossoming, creating stakes where feelings deepening means struggling with memories of what might have been yearning for futures once thought lost. 😱

The novel delivers contemporary women’s fiction where life-altering revelations aunts took to graves create wrenching choices regarding men you love, proving that sometimes you could lose far more than your heart when faced with revelations and wrenching choices. Borum writes protagonists whose San Diego routine departures become England remaining when locked rooms and revealing journals entice discovery. The first Chilton Crosse novel asks whether you can avoid losing far more than your heart when life-altering revelations meet wrenching choices. 💔

Why I’m including this: Contemporary women’s fiction launching Chilton Crosse where when Noelle Cooke inherits a quaint English cottage and an art gallery from her famous Aunt Joy she welcomes a departure from her San Diego routine—but the lure of the Cotswolds combined with a locked cottage room and a revealing journal entice her to stay and discover more including a way to save the gallery from financial ruin, and that means remaining in England—when her childhood sweetheart Adam Spencer begins work on a restoration project in Noelle’s village their friendship blossoms, but as her feelings for Adam deepen she struggles with memories of what might have been and yearns for a future once thought lost—faced with a life-altering revelation Aunt Joy took to her grave and a wrenching choice regarding the man she loves, Noelle could lose far more than her heart.

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