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Carlos Ruiz Zafon   Barcelona, 1957. It is the week before Christmas in the Sempere & Sons bookshop. Daniel Sempere has married the love of his life, Bea, and they...

Anthony HopeRudolph Rassendyl's quiet life is interrupted by his unexpected and personal involvement in the affairs of Ruritania, whilst travelling through the town of Zenda, finding himself engaged in plans...

Anthony HopeAnthony Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-moving adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue.Rassendyll...

Damon Galgut***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE***A masterpiece of a family in crisis from twice Booker-shortlisted author Damon Galgut'Astonishing' Colm Tóibín'A literary masterpiece' Sarah HallThe Promise charts the crash and...

Stephanie LaurensThe Cynster Family SeriesA New York Times BestsellerEvery girl dreams of forbidden kisses. So when a man literally falls at Helena's feet as she's walking through the courtyard on...

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Douglas Kennedy   The critically acclaimed bestseller from the number one bestselling author of The Moment and A Special Relationship. A powerful romantic novel set in the tumultuous world of...

Claire NorthSouth Africa in the 1880s. A young and naive English doctor by the name of William Abbey witnesses the lynching of a local boy by the white colonists. As...