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Book club
Love. Laughs. And a little drama!
Book club
Every year, Sarah writes a love-filled
birthday letter to Izzy, her now sevenyear-old
daughter. And when she falls
pregnant with her second child, she
promises Izzy that when the new baby
arrives, life will not change, only get
better. But then, when five months
pregnant, Sarah collapses and her
future, and that of her pregnancy, is in
the hands of her husband and sister,
who don’t agree about what treatment
options the doctors offer, and the
family fights begin. Sinead Moriarty’s
tales are always heart-warming (and
sometimes heartbreaking) ... Seven
Letters is both – and thoughtprovoking,
too. Penguin, R290
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When Lucy’s affair with her married
boss turns sour and she’s retrenched,
she moves to a quiet village where
no-one knows her history. She’s the
incomer, as the locals call newbies,
until another arrives. Alice, also young
and single, moves into the house next
door. She’s a little strange and Lucy
doesn’t trust, or even like, her much.
Even less so when Alice suggests
starting a book club, her way of
getting in with Lucy’s friends. And
Lucy’s right not to trust her. Alice has
moved into the village for just one
reason. Revenge! Once you’ve started
CJ Cooper’s the Book club, you won’t
put it down! Little Brown, R325
Good friends. True love. And all the signs of the zodiac. Those of you who enjoy
David Nicholls, Marian Keyes and Jojo Moyes are going to love Minnie Darke and
her brilliant, feel-good romantic comedy. In Star crossed, Justine Carmichael
(Sagittarius, aspiring journo and sceptic), bumps into her teenage crush Nick
Jordan (Aquarius, struggling actor and true believer) by chance. Or is it? Could it be
written in the stars? She discovers Nick relies on the astrology column published
in the magazine where she works, and makes a few adjustments to the Aquarius
horoscope, thinking it may help her love life. After all, it’s just the stars. What could
possibly go wrong? Funny, romantic ... chick-lit at its best. Penguin, R290
When new mother of twins Lauren
is woken in the middle of the night,
she hears unusual noises from the bed
alongside hers in the maternity ward.
In that half-awake, half-asleep state
new mums find themselves in, she
thinks there’s a new arrival in the ward
... another mother, apparently also
with a set of twins. Drifting in and out
of sleep she’s not sure what’s a dream
and what’s not but she’s convinced
someone is trying to steal her children,
and she locks herself and her babies in
the bathroom until the police arrive.
The next morning, DS Joanna Harper
picks up the list of overnight incidents
that have been reported, and sees the
report of an attempted abduction,
but it’s been flagged as a false alarm.
She’s told there’s no case, but Harper
feels something’s not right, so visits the
hospital anyway. She discovers no-one
believes Lauren ... but Lauren, and
soon Harper, are convinced the twins
are in real danger. Little darlings
by Melanie Golding is a haunting,
unputdownable read. Scary stuff!
HarperCollins, R305
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