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Lot 1
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Neil Gaiman


Neil Gaiman
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Title: Coraline
Genre: Paranormal Thriller - Suspense
Format: Leather Bound Limited Edition Printed at the Request of Neil
(Very, Very, Very Rare)
Postage & Packaging: FREE
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*Bonus: The book at the moment is unsigned.
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Website: https://www.neilgaiman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/neilhimself
The Book;
Coraline is a dark fantasy horror children's novel by British author Neil Gaiman. Gaiman started writing Coraline in 1990, and it was published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and HarperCollins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers. The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. It was adapted as a 2009 stop-motion animated film, directed by Henry Selick under the same name.
Plot
Coraline Jones moves into a new apartment with her parents. As a curious and adventurous 9-year-old girl, Coraline quickly becomes bored of her new surroundings even though she has some eccentric neighbors to keep her company.
One rainy day, Coraline becomes interested in a strange door that opens up to a brick wall. Mysteriously, the brick wall vanishes the next day and the door leads to an eerie corridor. When Coraline explores it, she finds that on the other side is a parallel universe that is a mirror image of the one she just left behind. She finds an alternate version of her new home, inhabited by versions of her parents who call themselves her "Other Mother" and "Other Father".
When Coraline returns home from the parallel universe, she finds that her real parents have gone missing. She decides to go back to the parallel universe and look for them. Coraline undertakes several brave adventures in the Other universe as she battles the evil Other Mother. She ends up discovering the incredible strength within herself through these adventures.
The Author:
Neil Gaiman's work has been honoured with many awards internationally, including the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. His books and stories have also been honoured with Hugos, Nebulas, the World Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Awards, Locus Awards, British SF Awards, British Fantasy Awards, Geffens, Mythopoeic Awards, and numerous others. He is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College.
Genre: Paranormal Thriller - Suspense
Format: Leather Bound Limited Edition Printed at the Request of Neil
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Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
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Neil will sign and dedicate his book once he knows who the successful bidder for his book is.
He will also be adding a unique drawing of a rat to his signature and dedication *
Website: https://www.neilgaiman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/neilhimself
The Book;
Coraline is a dark fantasy horror children's novel by British author Neil Gaiman. Gaiman started writing Coraline in 1990, and it was published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and HarperCollins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers. The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. It was adapted as a 2009 stop-motion animated film, directed by Henry Selick under the same name.
Plot
Coraline Jones moves into a new apartment with her parents. As a curious and adventurous 9-year-old girl, Coraline quickly becomes bored of her new surroundings even though she has some eccentric neighbors to keep her company.
One rainy day, Coraline becomes interested in a strange door that opens up to a brick wall. Mysteriously, the brick wall vanishes the next day and the door leads to an eerie corridor. When Coraline explores it, she finds that on the other side is a parallel universe that is a mirror image of the one she just left behind. She finds an alternate version of her new home, inhabited by versions of her parents who call themselves her "Other Mother" and "Other Father".
When Coraline returns home from the parallel universe, she finds that her real parents have gone missing. She decides to go back to the parallel universe and look for them. Coraline undertakes several brave adventures in the Other universe as she battles the evil Other Mother. She ends up discovering the incredible strength within herself through these adventures.
The Author:
Neil Gaiman's work has been honoured with many awards internationally, including the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. His books and stories have also been honoured with Hugos, Nebulas, the World Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Awards, Locus Awards, British SF Awards, British Fantasy Awards, Geffens, Mythopoeic Awards, and numerous others. He is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College.
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Lot 2
£ 70
7
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Carol Drinkwater


Carol Drinkwater
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Bumper Bundle!
Title 1: The Lost Girl
Genre: Historical Fiction - Suspense
Format: Audio CD pack - (Narrated by Carol herself)
Title 2: An Act of Love
Genre: Historical Fiction - Suspense - Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 3: The Illustrated Olive Farm
Genre: Travel - Biographical
Format: Hardback Coffee Table Edition
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://www.caroldrinkwater.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Carol4OliveFarm
Book 1 Blurb: The Lost Girl
Since her teenage daughter went missing four years ago, Kurtiz Ross has blamed and isolated herself. Until, out of the blue, Lizzie is sighted in Paris.
But within hours of her arrival, Kurtiz sees the City of Light plunged into terror.
Amid the fear and chaos, a hand reaches out. A sympathetic stranger offers to help a terrified mother find her daughter.
The other woman's kindness - and her stories of her own love and loss in post-war Provence - shine unexpected light into the shadows.
The night may hold the answers to a mystery - but dare Kurtiz believe it could also bring a miracle?
Book 2 Blurb: An Act of Love
France, 1943.
Forced to flee war ravaged Poland, Sara and her parents are offered refuge in a beautiful but dilapidated house in the French Alps. It seems the perfect hideaway, despite haunting traces of the previous occupants who left in haste.
But shadows soon fall over Sara's blissful summer, and her blossoming romance with local villager Alain. As the Nazis close in, the family is forced to make a harrowing choice that could drive them apart forever, while Sara's own bid for freedom risks several lives . . .
Will her family make it through the summer together?
And can she hold onto the love she has found with Alain?
Book 3 Blurb:
THE OLIVE TRILOGY is the story of the love affair between actress Carol Drinkwater and television producer Michel Noll and a Provencal olive farm, Appassionata, which they fall in love with, buy and with little money and many tribulations restore with the aim of producing the finest olive oil.
In this book Carol and Michel have documented their life on the olive farm: the highs and lows of harvesting and pressing, the constant concern about water, the adoption of animals, and the anxious search for ways to diversify. Local food and wine, customs, markets and fairs, friends and characterful neighbours, the whole Provencal way of life, are richly recounted and illustrated.
Author Bio:
Anglo-Irish actress Carol Drinkwater is perhaps still most familiar to audiences for her award-winning portrayal of Helen Herriot in the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small. A popular and acclaimed author and film-maker as well, Carol has published nineteen books, and one Kindle Single, for both the adult and young adult markets. She is currently at work on her twenty-first title.
When she purchased a rundown property overlooking the Bay of Cannes in France, she discovered on the grounds sixty-eight, 400-year-old olive trees. Once the land was reclaimed and the olives pressed, Carol along with her French husband, Michel, became the producers of top-quality olive oil. Her series of memoirs, love stories, recounting her experiences on her farm (The Olive Farm, The Olive Season, The Olive Harvest and Return to the Olive Farm) have become international bestsellers. Carol's fascination with the olive tree extended to a seventeenth-month, solo Mediterranean journey in search of the tree's mythical secrets. The resulting travel books, The Olive Route and The Olive Tree, have inspired a five-part documentary films series entitled The Olive Route.
Carol has also been invited to work with UNESCO to help fund an Olive Heritage Trail around the Mediterranean with the dual goals of creating peace in the region and honouring the ancient heritage of the olive tree.
Carol has recently become an ambassador for Children in Read.
Title 1: The Lost Girl
Genre: Historical Fiction - Suspense
Format: Audio CD pack - (Narrated by Carol herself)
Title 2: An Act of Love
Genre: Historical Fiction - Suspense - Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 3: The Illustrated Olive Farm
Genre: Travel - Biographical
Format: Hardback Coffee Table Edition
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://www.caroldrinkwater.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Carol4OliveFarm
Book 1 Blurb: The Lost Girl
Since her teenage daughter went missing four years ago, Kurtiz Ross has blamed and isolated herself. Until, out of the blue, Lizzie is sighted in Paris.
But within hours of her arrival, Kurtiz sees the City of Light plunged into terror.
Amid the fear and chaos, a hand reaches out. A sympathetic stranger offers to help a terrified mother find her daughter.
The other woman's kindness - and her stories of her own love and loss in post-war Provence - shine unexpected light into the shadows.
The night may hold the answers to a mystery - but dare Kurtiz believe it could also bring a miracle?
Book 2 Blurb: An Act of Love
France, 1943.
Forced to flee war ravaged Poland, Sara and her parents are offered refuge in a beautiful but dilapidated house in the French Alps. It seems the perfect hideaway, despite haunting traces of the previous occupants who left in haste.
But shadows soon fall over Sara's blissful summer, and her blossoming romance with local villager Alain. As the Nazis close in, the family is forced to make a harrowing choice that could drive them apart forever, while Sara's own bid for freedom risks several lives . . .
Will her family make it through the summer together?
And can she hold onto the love she has found with Alain?
Book 3 Blurb:
THE OLIVE TRILOGY is the story of the love affair between actress Carol Drinkwater and television producer Michel Noll and a Provencal olive farm, Appassionata, which they fall in love with, buy and with little money and many tribulations restore with the aim of producing the finest olive oil.
In this book Carol and Michel have documented their life on the olive farm: the highs and lows of harvesting and pressing, the constant concern about water, the adoption of animals, and the anxious search for ways to diversify. Local food and wine, customs, markets and fairs, friends and characterful neighbours, the whole Provencal way of life, are richly recounted and illustrated.
Author Bio:
Anglo-Irish actress Carol Drinkwater is perhaps still most familiar to audiences for her award-winning portrayal of Helen Herriot in the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small. A popular and acclaimed author and film-maker as well, Carol has published nineteen books, and one Kindle Single, for both the adult and young adult markets. She is currently at work on her twenty-first title.
When she purchased a rundown property overlooking the Bay of Cannes in France, she discovered on the grounds sixty-eight, 400-year-old olive trees. Once the land was reclaimed and the olives pressed, Carol along with her French husband, Michel, became the producers of top-quality olive oil. Her series of memoirs, love stories, recounting her experiences on her farm (The Olive Farm, The Olive Season, The Olive Harvest and Return to the Olive Farm) have become international bestsellers. Carol's fascination with the olive tree extended to a seventeenth-month, solo Mediterranean journey in search of the tree's mythical secrets. The resulting travel books, The Olive Route and The Olive Tree, have inspired a five-part documentary films series entitled The Olive Route.
Carol has also been invited to work with UNESCO to help fund an Olive Heritage Trail around the Mediterranean with the dual goals of creating peace in the region and honouring the ancient heritage of the olive tree.
Carol has recently become an ambassador for Children in Read.
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Carol Drinkwater
Carol Drinkwater
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Lot 3
£ 3,110
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Jessica Adams


Jessica Adams
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*Bid for yourself or for a friend's birthday present from one of the world's most popular astrologers, Jessica Adams.
*45 Minute Astrology and Tarot Zoom Reading.
*A birthday greeting for you on The Astrology Show Podcast for your special week.
*A birthday mention in Jessica Adams' Daily Horoscope at jessicaadams.com, the website seen by 2 million people every year.
*A dedicated bottle of champagne from Fortnum & Mason.
*A written lifetime horoscope
*Your choice of a signed astrology book: Astrology for Women (HarperCollins), Handbag Horoscope (Penguin) or Modern Astrology 2050.
Title: Modern Astrology 2050
Genre: Non-Fiction, Astrology
Format: Signed, numbered, Limited-Edition Hardback Copy of the Bestselling Ebook
Includes 45 Minute Zoom Astrology and Tarot Reading With Jessica Adams
Postage included worldwide (covered by author)
Website: https://www.jessicaadams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicacadams
The Book:
Modern Astrology 2050 is the follow-up to the number one Amazon bestseller, 2020 Astrology. This new book for the rest of your life, covers your personality and future, based on your unique birth horoscope.
Suitable for family and friends and perfect as a gift.
Find out more about compatibility and chemistry with friends, partners or family. Explore what life until 2050 holds for all of us. Learn the truth about modern astrology discoveries like Salacia and the asteroids.
Modern Astrology 2050 is for every fan of jessicaadams.com which attracts 29 million hits, or page views a year.
The Author:
Jessica Adams is the author of Essential Astrology for Women (Harper Collins) and Handbag Horoscopes (Penquin).
Her astrology appears around the world in Vogue, Marie Claire. The Express, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and on ITV This Morning, also Channel 10 Studio Ten,
In 2023 Jessica launches The Leo Moon Mysteries with Rachel Wells on Audible UK,
Her Latest book, launched in November 2022, is Modern Astrology 2050
Author Photograph Credit: Tess Adams
Cover Photograph: James Williams
*45 Minute Astrology and Tarot Zoom Reading.
*A birthday greeting for you on The Astrology Show Podcast for your special week.
*A birthday mention in Jessica Adams' Daily Horoscope at jessicaadams.com, the website seen by 2 million people every year.
*A dedicated bottle of champagne from Fortnum & Mason.
*A written lifetime horoscope
*Your choice of a signed astrology book: Astrology for Women (HarperCollins), Handbag Horoscope (Penguin) or Modern Astrology 2050.
Title: Modern Astrology 2050
Genre: Non-Fiction, Astrology
Format: Signed, numbered, Limited-Edition Hardback Copy of the Bestselling Ebook
Includes 45 Minute Zoom Astrology and Tarot Reading With Jessica Adams
Postage included worldwide (covered by author)
Website: https://www.jessicaadams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicacadams
The Book:
Modern Astrology 2050 is the follow-up to the number one Amazon bestseller, 2020 Astrology. This new book for the rest of your life, covers your personality and future, based on your unique birth horoscope.
Suitable for family and friends and perfect as a gift.
Find out more about compatibility and chemistry with friends, partners or family. Explore what life until 2050 holds for all of us. Learn the truth about modern astrology discoveries like Salacia and the asteroids.
Modern Astrology 2050 is for every fan of jessicaadams.com which attracts 29 million hits, or page views a year.
The Author:
Jessica Adams is the author of Essential Astrology for Women (Harper Collins) and Handbag Horoscopes (Penquin).
Her astrology appears around the world in Vogue, Marie Claire. The Express, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and on ITV This Morning, also Channel 10 Studio Ten,
In 2023 Jessica launches The Leo Moon Mysteries with Rachel Wells on Audible UK,
Her Latest book, launched in November 2022, is Modern Astrology 2050
Author Photograph Credit: Tess Adams
Cover Photograph: James Williams
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Jessica Adams
Jessica Adams
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Lot 4
£ 51
6
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Rachel Wells & Jessica Adams


Rachel Wells & Jessica Adams
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RACHEL WELLS with JESSICA ADAMS - from bestselling author Rachel Wells we have a signed copy of one of her ALFIE books plus other cat goodies but the most amazing thing is we can offer a unique PAWREADING for your cat! Paw reading gives an insight into your cats’ character and famous international astrologer Jessica Adams (as seen on TV’s This Morning) will do a zoom reading along with Rachel for you! This is not available anywhere else, it’s exclusively available for this auction!
Title: A FRIEND CALLED ALFIE
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://rachelwells.co
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithBleasdale
Website: https://www.jessicaadams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicacadams
Book Blurb:
The Sunday Times bestseller returns for a sixth book! Alfie and his mischievous kitten George are back for more adventures – this time with a puppy in tow…
At Christmas time we all need a friend…
Alfie and his kitten, George, have always known that a human is for life and not just for Christmas. So when George learns that one of the residents of Edgar Road has been taken into hospital, he realises it’s up to him to provide some comfort at this difficult time of year.
The only problem is that they now have a little puppy in tow – Pickles the Pug, who is convinced he can be a cat if only he sticks with his new found friends.
As George tries to do everything he can to make the world – and its humans – happier, Alfie struggles to keep Pickles in check and out of trouble. Because even the best laid plans can be destroyed by a well-meaning – but mischievous – little puppy…
Join Alfie, George – and now Pickles – as they come to the rescue of some lonely souls. The perfect read for fans of James Bowen from the Sunday Times bestseller.
Author Bio:
Rachel Wells is a mother, writer and cat lover who lives in North Devon with her son, Xavier and her cat Lady A. She grew up in Devon but lived in London for a number of years, working in Marketing and living in a tiny flat with an elderly rescued cat, who she called Albert.
After having a child she moved back home and is currently juggling writing full time and being a single mum.
She has always had cats as pets, ever since she was a young child, and she has always loved writing. Delighted to have been able to combine her two main passions, ALFIE THE DOORSTEP CAT was her first cat novel. She has continued with A CAT CALLED ALFIE, ALFIE & GEORGE, ALFIE THE HOLIDAY CAT, ALFIE IN THE SNOW, A FRIEND CALLED ALFIE and ALFIE THE CHRISTMAS CAT. Delighted to be able to continue to bring Alfie’s adventures to life, Alfie has become a part of the family. She has also written two books for children about Alfie; ALFIE – CAT IN TROUBLE and ALFIE – FAR FROM HOME.
Astrologer Bio:
Jessica Adams is the author of Essential Astrology for Women (Harper Collins) and Handbag Horoscopes (Penquin).
Her astrology appears around the world in Vogue, Marie Claire. The Express, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and on ITV This Morning, also Channel 10 Studio Ten,
In 2023 Jessica launches The Leo Moon Mysteries with Rachel Wells on Audible UK,
Her Latest book, launched in November 2022, is Modern Astrology 2050
Title: A FRIEND CALLED ALFIE
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://rachelwells.co
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithBleasdale
Website: https://www.jessicaadams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicacadams
Book Blurb:
The Sunday Times bestseller returns for a sixth book! Alfie and his mischievous kitten George are back for more adventures – this time with a puppy in tow…
At Christmas time we all need a friend…
Alfie and his kitten, George, have always known that a human is for life and not just for Christmas. So when George learns that one of the residents of Edgar Road has been taken into hospital, he realises it’s up to him to provide some comfort at this difficult time of year.
The only problem is that they now have a little puppy in tow – Pickles the Pug, who is convinced he can be a cat if only he sticks with his new found friends.
As George tries to do everything he can to make the world – and its humans – happier, Alfie struggles to keep Pickles in check and out of trouble. Because even the best laid plans can be destroyed by a well-meaning – but mischievous – little puppy…
Join Alfie, George – and now Pickles – as they come to the rescue of some lonely souls. The perfect read for fans of James Bowen from the Sunday Times bestseller.
Author Bio:
Rachel Wells is a mother, writer and cat lover who lives in North Devon with her son, Xavier and her cat Lady A. She grew up in Devon but lived in London for a number of years, working in Marketing and living in a tiny flat with an elderly rescued cat, who she called Albert.
After having a child she moved back home and is currently juggling writing full time and being a single mum.
She has always had cats as pets, ever since she was a young child, and she has always loved writing. Delighted to have been able to combine her two main passions, ALFIE THE DOORSTEP CAT was her first cat novel. She has continued with A CAT CALLED ALFIE, ALFIE & GEORGE, ALFIE THE HOLIDAY CAT, ALFIE IN THE SNOW, A FRIEND CALLED ALFIE and ALFIE THE CHRISTMAS CAT. Delighted to be able to continue to bring Alfie’s adventures to life, Alfie has become a part of the family. She has also written two books for children about Alfie; ALFIE – CAT IN TROUBLE and ALFIE – FAR FROM HOME.
Astrologer Bio:
Jessica Adams is the author of Essential Astrology for Women (Harper Collins) and Handbag Horoscopes (Penquin).
Her astrology appears around the world in Vogue, Marie Claire. The Express, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and on ITV This Morning, also Channel 10 Studio Ten,
In 2023 Jessica launches The Leo Moon Mysteries with Rachel Wells on Audible UK,
Her Latest book, launched in November 2022, is Modern Astrology 2050
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Rachel Wells & Jessica Adams
Rachel Wells & Jessica Adams
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Lot 5
£ 251
17
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Nigella Lawson


Nigella Lawson
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Title: Cook. Eat, Repeat
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.nigella.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nigella_Lawson
The Book:
COOK EAT REPEAT is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food, all written in Nigella’s engaging and insightful prose. Whether talking about the evolution and meaning of the recipe in 'What is a Recipe?' – 'a recipe, much like a novel, is a living collaboration between writer and reader. And in both cases, it is the reader who keeps it alive' – or exploring the heinous notion of the guilty pleasure in 'Death to the Guilty Pleasure', Nigella is by turns characteristically informative, intelligent, thought-provoking and amusing.
'The recipes I write come from my life, my home', says Nigella, and in this book Nigella shares the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen through over fifty new recipes that make the most of her favourite ingredients. Dedicated chapters include 'A is for Anchovy' (a celebration of the bacon of the sea), 'Beetroot and Me', 'A Vegan Feast', a shout out for 'Brown Food', a very relatable 'How To Invite People for Dinner Without Hating Them (or Yourself)', plus new ideas for Christmas. Within these chapters are recipes for all seasons and tastes: Burnt Onion and Aubergine Dip; Butternut with Chilli, Ginger and Beetroot Yoghurt Sauce; Brown Butter Colcannon; Spaghetti with Chard and Anchovies; Beef Cheeks with Port and Chestnuts; Oxtail Bourguignon; and Wide Noodles with Lamb in Aromatic Broth, to name a few. Those with a sweet tooth will delight in Rhubarb and Custard Trifle; Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake; Rice Pudding Cake; and Cherry and Almond Crumble.
The Author:
Nigella Lawson is an English broadcaster, journalist television personality and food writer. She began work as a book reviewer and restaurant critic, and then embarked upon a career as a freelance journalist, writing for a number of newspapers and magazines. Her first cook book ‘How to Eat’ sold 300,000 copies and became a best-seller while her second book, ‘How to be a Domestic Goddess’, won her the British Book Award for Author of the Year. She hosted her own cooking show series, Nigella Bites, on Channel 4, accompanied by another best-selling cook book ‘Nigella Bites’. She hosted the Food Network's ‘Nigella Feasts’ in the United States, followed by a three-part BBC Two series, Nigella's Christmas Kitchen, in the UK, which led to the commissioning of Nigella Express on BBC Two.
Her book Cook, Eat, Repeat, was made into a massively popular 7 part T.V. Series for B.B.C Television, and can still be binged watched on B.B.C. I-Player.
Her dishes are known for their simplicity and do not require an elaborate preparation. Her warm and honest demeanour as well as her stunning beauty enables her to engage both male and female viewers. Described as the sexiest television chef ever to grace an apron, she continues to inspire men and women to cook.
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.nigella.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nigella_Lawson
The Book:
COOK EAT REPEAT is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food, all written in Nigella’s engaging and insightful prose. Whether talking about the evolution and meaning of the recipe in 'What is a Recipe?' – 'a recipe, much like a novel, is a living collaboration between writer and reader. And in both cases, it is the reader who keeps it alive' – or exploring the heinous notion of the guilty pleasure in 'Death to the Guilty Pleasure', Nigella is by turns characteristically informative, intelligent, thought-provoking and amusing.
'The recipes I write come from my life, my home', says Nigella, and in this book Nigella shares the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen through over fifty new recipes that make the most of her favourite ingredients. Dedicated chapters include 'A is for Anchovy' (a celebration of the bacon of the sea), 'Beetroot and Me', 'A Vegan Feast', a shout out for 'Brown Food', a very relatable 'How To Invite People for Dinner Without Hating Them (or Yourself)', plus new ideas for Christmas. Within these chapters are recipes for all seasons and tastes: Burnt Onion and Aubergine Dip; Butternut with Chilli, Ginger and Beetroot Yoghurt Sauce; Brown Butter Colcannon; Spaghetti with Chard and Anchovies; Beef Cheeks with Port and Chestnuts; Oxtail Bourguignon; and Wide Noodles with Lamb in Aromatic Broth, to name a few. Those with a sweet tooth will delight in Rhubarb and Custard Trifle; Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake; Rice Pudding Cake; and Cherry and Almond Crumble.
The Author:
Nigella Lawson is an English broadcaster, journalist television personality and food writer. She began work as a book reviewer and restaurant critic, and then embarked upon a career as a freelance journalist, writing for a number of newspapers and magazines. Her first cook book ‘How to Eat’ sold 300,000 copies and became a best-seller while her second book, ‘How to be a Domestic Goddess’, won her the British Book Award for Author of the Year. She hosted her own cooking show series, Nigella Bites, on Channel 4, accompanied by another best-selling cook book ‘Nigella Bites’. She hosted the Food Network's ‘Nigella Feasts’ in the United States, followed by a three-part BBC Two series, Nigella's Christmas Kitchen, in the UK, which led to the commissioning of Nigella Express on BBC Two.
Her book Cook, Eat, Repeat, was made into a massively popular 7 part T.V. Series for B.B.C Television, and can still be binged watched on B.B.C. I-Player.
Her dishes are known for their simplicity and do not require an elaborate preparation. Her warm and honest demeanour as well as her stunning beauty enables her to engage both male and female viewers. Described as the sexiest television chef ever to grace an apron, she continues to inspire men and women to cook.
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Tom Parker Bowles


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Title: Let's Eat Meat
Genre: Food and Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomparkerbowles
The Book: Let's Eat Meat
Eat meat, but eat less and eat better – that, if any, is this book’s philosophy. That's not to say we should stint on great hunks of beef, cut paper-thin and served with glistening gravy, charred steaks, or golden deep-fried chicken. Nor should we forgo slow-cooked lamb, roast Chinese duck, Keralan pork curry or rich jambalayas, cassoulets and daubes – you’ll find recipes for all of these here. But read on and things get a little less carnivorous.
In the Less Meat chapter, meat shares the limelight with other ingredients, and in Meat as Seasoning, scraps of beef, lamb, pork and chicken are eked out to give depth to a range of dishes. There are 120 recipes in total, ranging from meat feasts such as roast beef through to game stock and everything in between.
Let's Eat Meat shows us how to enjoy meat, whether it is a prime cut or a scrap of meat used in a way that is thrifty but never mean. With an eye on welfare, it encourages us to spend money on eating less but better meat. But this is no revolution: here are recipes for dishes rooted in cultures where meat is a luxury, and so delicious you will return to cook them again and again.
The Author:
From 1997 until 2000, Parker Bowles was a junior publicist for Dennis Davidson Associates public relations firm. In 2001, he was one of the founders of the Quintessentially Group, a high end concierge service, which his cousin Ben Elliot co-founded and the same year became Tatler's food columnist.
From 2002 to date he has been a food writer, critic and broadcaster. He is a restaurant critic of The Mail on Sunday and food editor of Esquire. He is also a contributing editor to Conde Nast Traveller (UK and US), and Departures (US), as well as a regular contributor to Country Life, Harpers Bazaar and Town and Country. He was a contributor to Gordon Ramsay's The F Word.
From 2007 to 2010 he co-presented Market Kitchen on Good Food Channel, alongside Matthew Fort and Matt Tebbutt, and presented LBC Radio's Food and Drink Programme for a year. He was a judge on the ITV Food series Food Glorious Food and Channel nine Australian cooking series The Hot Plate. In 2017, he was judge, alongside Matt Moran and Anna Polyviou on Series 1 of Family Food Fight (Channel nine Australia) and filmed series two of Family Food Fight, which was broadcast in late 2018. He is also one of the regular critics on MasterChef (BBC 1). In 2014, Parker Bowles was named as one of the Top 10 most followed UK restaurant critics on Twitter.
Tom is the son of Queen Camilla , and Andrew Parker Bowles.
His stepfather and godfather is King Charles III.
He has one younger sister, Laura Lopes.
Genre: Food and Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomparkerbowles
The Book: Let's Eat Meat
Eat meat, but eat less and eat better – that, if any, is this book’s philosophy. That's not to say we should stint on great hunks of beef, cut paper-thin and served with glistening gravy, charred steaks, or golden deep-fried chicken. Nor should we forgo slow-cooked lamb, roast Chinese duck, Keralan pork curry or rich jambalayas, cassoulets and daubes – you’ll find recipes for all of these here. But read on and things get a little less carnivorous.
In the Less Meat chapter, meat shares the limelight with other ingredients, and in Meat as Seasoning, scraps of beef, lamb, pork and chicken are eked out to give depth to a range of dishes. There are 120 recipes in total, ranging from meat feasts such as roast beef through to game stock and everything in between.
Let's Eat Meat shows us how to enjoy meat, whether it is a prime cut or a scrap of meat used in a way that is thrifty but never mean. With an eye on welfare, it encourages us to spend money on eating less but better meat. But this is no revolution: here are recipes for dishes rooted in cultures where meat is a luxury, and so delicious you will return to cook them again and again.
The Author:
From 1997 until 2000, Parker Bowles was a junior publicist for Dennis Davidson Associates public relations firm. In 2001, he was one of the founders of the Quintessentially Group, a high end concierge service, which his cousin Ben Elliot co-founded and the same year became Tatler's food columnist.
From 2002 to date he has been a food writer, critic and broadcaster. He is a restaurant critic of The Mail on Sunday and food editor of Esquire. He is also a contributing editor to Conde Nast Traveller (UK and US), and Departures (US), as well as a regular contributor to Country Life, Harpers Bazaar and Town and Country. He was a contributor to Gordon Ramsay's The F Word.
From 2007 to 2010 he co-presented Market Kitchen on Good Food Channel, alongside Matthew Fort and Matt Tebbutt, and presented LBC Radio's Food and Drink Programme for a year. He was a judge on the ITV Food series Food Glorious Food and Channel nine Australian cooking series The Hot Plate. In 2017, he was judge, alongside Matt Moran and Anna Polyviou on Series 1 of Family Food Fight (Channel nine Australia) and filmed series two of Family Food Fight, which was broadcast in late 2018. He is also one of the regular critics on MasterChef (BBC 1). In 2014, Parker Bowles was named as one of the Top 10 most followed UK restaurant critics on Twitter.
Tom is the son of Queen Camilla , and Andrew Parker Bowles.
His stepfather and godfather is King Charles III.
He has one younger sister, Laura Lopes.
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Duchess of York


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Title 1: A Most Intriguing Lady
Genre: Historical Fiction - Romance
Format: Hardback
Title 2: Her Heart for a Compass
Genre: Historical Fiction - Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: NO
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Added Bonus: Signed Children in Read Poster
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahTheDuchess
Book 1 Blurb::
Wallflower Lady Mary Montagu Douglas Scott has a secret. Moving effortlessly unnoticed amongst the ballrooms and palaces of Queen Victoria, her sharp intelligence and keen powers of observation allow her to quietly solve society crimes – coming to the rescue of those whose pride and fortune is at stake.
Overlooked and underestimated, Mary finds missing money, recovers stolen jewellery and saves reputations. When she meets Colonel Walter Trefusis, an unlikely and spirited alliance is formed. But Mary has more than met her match in her sleuthing partner. As she battles the expectations of society and her family, Mary must follow her heart – whatever the cost…
Book 2 Blurb:
From one of the most famous former members of the British royal family, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York —a mesmerizing novel of a young noblewoman’s coming-of-age that richly details both high society and low in Victorian England.
Queen Victoria’s close friend, the Scottish Duke of Buccleuch, Lady Margaret Montagu Scott is expected to make an advantageous marriage. But Margaret is an impulsive and outspoken girl in a repressive society where women are, quite literally, caged in corsets and required to conform.
When Lady Margaret’s parents arrange a society marriage for her, she tries to reconcile herself to the match. But shortly before her betrothal is announced, Margaret flees, leaving her parents to explain her sudden absence to an opulent ballroom stuffed with two hundred distinguished guests.
Banished from polite society, Margaret throws herself into charitable work and finds strength in a circle of female friends like herself—women intent on breaking the mold, including Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Louise. Margaret resolves to follow her heart—a journey of self-discovery that will take her to Ireland, America, and then back to Britain where she finds the life she was always meant to lead.
A bold and thoughtful story about a rebellious woman finding herself and her voice in an age of astounding technological change and great social unrest, Her Heart for a Compass is a delicious costume drama rich in atmosphere, and colour.
Author Bio::
Sarah, Duchess of York, is a British writer, charity patron, public speaker, film producer and television personality. She is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Sarah has two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Romance
Format: Hardback
Title 2: Her Heart for a Compass
Genre: Historical Fiction - Romance
Format: Paperback
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Book 1 Blurb::
Wallflower Lady Mary Montagu Douglas Scott has a secret. Moving effortlessly unnoticed amongst the ballrooms and palaces of Queen Victoria, her sharp intelligence and keen powers of observation allow her to quietly solve society crimes – coming to the rescue of those whose pride and fortune is at stake.
Overlooked and underestimated, Mary finds missing money, recovers stolen jewellery and saves reputations. When she meets Colonel Walter Trefusis, an unlikely and spirited alliance is formed. But Mary has more than met her match in her sleuthing partner. As she battles the expectations of society and her family, Mary must follow her heart – whatever the cost…
Book 2 Blurb:
From one of the most famous former members of the British royal family, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York —a mesmerizing novel of a young noblewoman’s coming-of-age that richly details both high society and low in Victorian England.
Queen Victoria’s close friend, the Scottish Duke of Buccleuch, Lady Margaret Montagu Scott is expected to make an advantageous marriage. But Margaret is an impulsive and outspoken girl in a repressive society where women are, quite literally, caged in corsets and required to conform.
When Lady Margaret’s parents arrange a society marriage for her, she tries to reconcile herself to the match. But shortly before her betrothal is announced, Margaret flees, leaving her parents to explain her sudden absence to an opulent ballroom stuffed with two hundred distinguished guests.
Banished from polite society, Margaret throws herself into charitable work and finds strength in a circle of female friends like herself—women intent on breaking the mold, including Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Louise. Margaret resolves to follow her heart—a journey of self-discovery that will take her to Ireland, America, and then back to Britain where she finds the life she was always meant to lead.
A bold and thoughtful story about a rebellious woman finding herself and her voice in an age of astounding technological change and great social unrest, Her Heart for a Compass is a delicious costume drama rich in atmosphere, and colour.
Author Bio::
Sarah, Duchess of York, is a British writer, charity patron, public speaker, film producer and television personality. She is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Sarah has two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York.
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Lot 8
£ 80
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Ramsey Campbell


Ramsey Campbell
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250 copies of this first edition of The Decorations were printed letterpress from hand set Joanna types on dampened Johannot, a French mouldmade paper, by Chad Oness at his Sutton Hoo Press in Stockton, Minnesota for Alpenhouse Apparitions, a new imprint co-edited with James Boyd White and dedicated primarily to publishing the best supernatural & other genre fiction in hand made fine press editions. Each copy is signed by both the author and the artist, and numbered at the press.
The Decorations features 11 original engravings by Ladislav Hanka.
Title: The Decorations
Genre: Supernatural
Format: Hardback (First Edition)
Dedication Available: YES (Ramsey will happily add a dedication)
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://knibbworld.com/campbell
Website: http://suttonhoopress.com/Alpenhouse/Titles.html
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ramseycampbell1
Book Blurb:
Octavo, eleven engravings by Ladislav Hanka, black cloth with three quarter marble board front, fore and bottom edge uncut. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Campbell and artist Ladislav Hanka. A short ghost story specifically written for this publisher. David, a young boy, tries to navigate family tensions during a visit to his grandparents for the Christmas holidays. David's mother has recently been abandoned by her husband, and David's grandmother, who is struggling with dementia, obsesses over a plastic Santa Claus decoration coming loose from the roof of her house. The narrative slowly builds to a terrifying, ambiguous climax. THE DECORATIONS was later selected as the lead story by editor Stephen Jones for The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (2006). A fine copy. A lovely example of hand letter pressed book in a fine binding.
Author Bio:
Ramsey Campbell has been writing for well over fifty years. Two of his novels have been filmed, both for non-English-speaking markets.
Since he first came to prominence in the mid-1960s, critics have cited Campbell as one of the leading writers in his field: T. E. D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today", and Robert Hadji has described him as "perhaps the finest living exponent of the British weird fiction tradition", while S. T. Joshi stated, "future generations will regard him as the leading horror writer of our generation, every bit the equal of Lovecraft or Blackwood."
Illustrator:
Ladislav Hanka currently resides in Kalamazoo, MI. He was born in 1952 in an ethnic enclave of Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the son of recent exiles of Stalinist Czechoslovakia. He describes himself as a printmaker, draftsman and book artist. Ladislav has a long standing interest in the natural world and he received a BA in Biology and Liberal Arts and an MS in Zoology. In 1979 Ladislav had a private apprenticeship with Jindra Schmidt, a master engraver of Stamps and Currency in Prague. This pivotal experience was followed by an MFA in printmaking from Western Michigan University in 1981.
Ladislav has exhibited nationally and internationally. His work appears in over 60 public collections including but not limited to: the National Park Service - Isle Royale National Park Headquarters, the Fogg Museum of Art at Harvard, The New York Public Library, the Library of Congress in Washington DC, The National Museum in Prague.
The Decorations features 11 original engravings by Ladislav Hanka.
Title: The Decorations
Genre: Supernatural
Format: Hardback (First Edition)
Dedication Available: YES (Ramsey will happily add a dedication)
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://knibbworld.com/campbell
Website: http://suttonhoopress.com/Alpenhouse/Titles.html
Website: https://ladislavhanka.com/Ladislav_Hanka_Etchings
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ramseycampbell1
Book Blurb:
Octavo, eleven engravings by Ladislav Hanka, black cloth with three quarter marble board front, fore and bottom edge uncut. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Campbell and artist Ladislav Hanka. A short ghost story specifically written for this publisher. David, a young boy, tries to navigate family tensions during a visit to his grandparents for the Christmas holidays. David's mother has recently been abandoned by her husband, and David's grandmother, who is struggling with dementia, obsesses over a plastic Santa Claus decoration coming loose from the roof of her house. The narrative slowly builds to a terrifying, ambiguous climax. THE DECORATIONS was later selected as the lead story by editor Stephen Jones for The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (2006). A fine copy. A lovely example of hand letter pressed book in a fine binding.
Author Bio:
Ramsey Campbell has been writing for well over fifty years. Two of his novels have been filmed, both for non-English-speaking markets.
Since he first came to prominence in the mid-1960s, critics have cited Campbell as one of the leading writers in his field: T. E. D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today", and Robert Hadji has described him as "perhaps the finest living exponent of the British weird fiction tradition", while S. T. Joshi stated, "future generations will regard him as the leading horror writer of our generation, every bit the equal of Lovecraft or Blackwood."
Illustrator:
Ladislav Hanka currently resides in Kalamazoo, MI. He was born in 1952 in an ethnic enclave of Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the son of recent exiles of Stalinist Czechoslovakia. He describes himself as a printmaker, draftsman and book artist. Ladislav has a long standing interest in the natural world and he received a BA in Biology and Liberal Arts and an MS in Zoology. In 1979 Ladislav had a private apprenticeship with Jindra Schmidt, a master engraver of Stamps and Currency in Prague. This pivotal experience was followed by an MFA in printmaking from Western Michigan University in 1981.
Ladislav has exhibited nationally and internationally. His work appears in over 60 public collections including but not limited to: the National Park Service - Isle Royale National Park Headquarters, the Fogg Museum of Art at Harvard, The New York Public Library, the Library of Congress in Washington DC, The National Museum in Prague.
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Lot 9
£ 65
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Peter James


Peter James
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Title: Stop Them Dead
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.peterjames.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/peterjamesuk
Book Blurb:
Discover the darkness that lurks around every corner in the latest instalment of the award-winning Grace series, now a major ITV series.
A ruthless crime. A race against time.
When a young farmer confronts intruders in the middle of the night he has no idea that just minutes later he will be left dying in a pool of blood. What’s more chilling is what the perpetrators were willing to kill for.
At the scene of the crime, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace soon realises this is no isolated robbery gone wrong but the tip of the iceberg of a nationwide crime wave, in which ruthless organised gangs are making more money from the illegal trade in dogs than drugs. A trade which pits him against some ruthless people who will kill anyone who gets in their way, because where there is greed, there is murder.
Author Bio:
Peter James is a UK No.1 bestselling author, best known for his Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, now a hit ITV drama starring John Simm as the troubled Brighton copper.
Much loved by crime and thriller fans for his fast-paced page-turners full of unexpected plot twists, sinister characters, and accurate portrayal of modern day policing, he has won over 40 awards for his work including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award and Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger.
To date, Peter has written an impressive total of 19 Sunday Times No. 1s, sold over 21 million copies worldwide and been translated into 38 languages. His books are also often adapted for the stage
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.peterjames.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/peterjamesuk
Book Blurb:
Discover the darkness that lurks around every corner in the latest instalment of the award-winning Grace series, now a major ITV series.
A ruthless crime. A race against time.
When a young farmer confronts intruders in the middle of the night he has no idea that just minutes later he will be left dying in a pool of blood. What’s more chilling is what the perpetrators were willing to kill for.
At the scene of the crime, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace soon realises this is no isolated robbery gone wrong but the tip of the iceberg of a nationwide crime wave, in which ruthless organised gangs are making more money from the illegal trade in dogs than drugs. A trade which pits him against some ruthless people who will kill anyone who gets in their way, because where there is greed, there is murder.
Author Bio:
Peter James is a UK No.1 bestselling author, best known for his Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, now a hit ITV drama starring John Simm as the troubled Brighton copper.
Much loved by crime and thriller fans for his fast-paced page-turners full of unexpected plot twists, sinister characters, and accurate portrayal of modern day policing, he has won over 40 awards for his work including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award and Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger.
To date, Peter has written an impressive total of 19 Sunday Times No. 1s, sold over 21 million copies worldwide and been translated into 38 languages. His books are also often adapted for the stage
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Lot 10
£ 50
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Joanne Harris


Joanne Harris
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Title: Broken Light
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://www.joanne-harris.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joannechocolat
Book Blurb:
Bernie Ingram is forty-nine, menopausal, lonely. Married since the age of eighteen, with no close friends and few family ties, she feels as if the past thirty years of her life have been sacrificed to others: to her husband, Martin, who still carries a torch for a one-night stand at University; to her son, Dante, whose affection seems largely directed towards his maternal grandmother; to her boss, Salena, who runs a struggling bookshop in London’s East Finchley. Bernie’s own ambitions and dreams have been forgotten by everyone – including Bernie herself, who feels herself growing less visible, less surprising, less lovable, with every passing day. Until the murder of a woman in a local park unlocks a series of childhood memories, and with them, a power that she has suppressed for all her adult life.
Author Bio:
Joanne Harris (OBE, FRSL) was born in Barnsley in 1964, of a French mother and an English father. She studied Modern and Mediaeval Languages at Cambridge and was a teacher for fifteen years, during which time she published three novels, including Chocolat (1999), which was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche .
Since then, she has written 19 more novels, plus novellas, short stories, game scripts, the libretti for two short operas, several screenplays, a stage musical (with Howard Goodall) and three cookbooks. Her books are now published in over 50 countries and have won a number of British and international awards. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, has honorary doctorates in literature from the universities of Sheffield and Huddersfield, and has been a judge for the Whitbread Prize, the Orange Prize, the Desmond Elliott Prize, the Betty Trask Award, the Prima Donna Prize and the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science, as well as for the Fragrance Foundation awards for perfume and perfume journalism (for which she also received an award in 2017). She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2022.
She is a passionate advocate for authors’ rights, and is currently the Chair of the Society of Authors (SOA), and member of the Board of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS).
Her hobbies are listed in Who’s Who as: “mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest-baiting and quiet subversion of the system”, although she also enjoys obfuscation, sleaze, rebellion, witchcraft, armed robbery, tea and biscuits. She is not above bribery and would not necessarily refuse an offer involving perfume, diamonds, foreign travel or pink champagne. She works from a shed in her garden, plays in the band she first joined when she was 16, and lives with her husband in a little wood in Yorkshire.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.joanne-harris.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joannechocolat
Book Blurb:
Bernie Ingram is forty-nine, menopausal, lonely. Married since the age of eighteen, with no close friends and few family ties, she feels as if the past thirty years of her life have been sacrificed to others: to her husband, Martin, who still carries a torch for a one-night stand at University; to her son, Dante, whose affection seems largely directed towards his maternal grandmother; to her boss, Salena, who runs a struggling bookshop in London’s East Finchley. Bernie’s own ambitions and dreams have been forgotten by everyone – including Bernie herself, who feels herself growing less visible, less surprising, less lovable, with every passing day. Until the murder of a woman in a local park unlocks a series of childhood memories, and with them, a power that she has suppressed for all her adult life.
Author Bio:
Joanne Harris (OBE, FRSL) was born in Barnsley in 1964, of a French mother and an English father. She studied Modern and Mediaeval Languages at Cambridge and was a teacher for fifteen years, during which time she published three novels, including Chocolat (1999), which was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche .
Since then, she has written 19 more novels, plus novellas, short stories, game scripts, the libretti for two short operas, several screenplays, a stage musical (with Howard Goodall) and three cookbooks. Her books are now published in over 50 countries and have won a number of British and international awards. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, has honorary doctorates in literature from the universities of Sheffield and Huddersfield, and has been a judge for the Whitbread Prize, the Orange Prize, the Desmond Elliott Prize, the Betty Trask Award, the Prima Donna Prize and the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science, as well as for the Fragrance Foundation awards for perfume and perfume journalism (for which she also received an award in 2017). She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2022.
She is a passionate advocate for authors’ rights, and is currently the Chair of the Society of Authors (SOA), and member of the Board of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS).
Her hobbies are listed in Who’s Who as: “mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest-baiting and quiet subversion of the system”, although she also enjoys obfuscation, sleaze, rebellion, witchcraft, armed robbery, tea and biscuits. She is not above bribery and would not necessarily refuse an offer involving perfume, diamonds, foreign travel or pink champagne. She works from a shed in her garden, plays in the band she first joined when she was 16, and lives with her husband in a little wood in Yorkshire.
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Lot 11
£ 80
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Milly Johnson


Milly Johnson
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Title: The Happiest Ever After
Genre: Rom Com
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids: UK Only
Website: https://millyjohnson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/millyjohnson
Book Blurb:
What if you could write your own perfect storyline…?
Polly Potter is surviving, not thriving. She used to love her job – until her mentor died and her new boss decided to make her life hell. She used to love her partner Chris – until he cheated on her, and now she can’t forget. The only place where her life is working is on the pages of the novel she is writing – there she can create a feistier, bolder, more successful version of herself – as the fictional Sabrina Anderson.
But what if it was possible to start over again? To leave everything behind, forget all that went before, and live the life you’d always dreamed of?
After a set of unforeseen circumstances, Polly ends up believing she really IS Sabrina, living at the heart of a noisy Italian family restaurant by the sea. Run by Teddy, the son of her new landlady Marielle, it’s a much-loved place, facing threat of closure as a rival restaurant moves in next door. Sabrina can’t remember her life as Polly, but she knows she is living a different life from the one she used to have.
But what if this new life could belong to her after all?
Author Bio:
Milly Johnson was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. She is the author of 20 novels, 4 short story ebooks, a book of poetry and a Quick Reads Novella ('The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe') and was an erstwhile leading copywriter for the greetings card industry. She is also a poem and joke-writer, a newspaper columnist and a seasoned after dinner speaker.
She won the RoNA for Best Romantic Comedy Novel of 2014 and 2016, the Yorkshire Society award for Arts and Culture 2015, the Romantic Novelist Association Outstanding Achievement award in 2020, the Goldsboro Books Contemporary Romantic Novel Award in 2021 and the Richard Whiteley Award for Inspiration to the County of Yorkshire in 2022.
She writes about love, life, friendships and the importance of community spirit. Her books champion women, their strength and resilience and celebrate her beloved Yorkshire.
Her 20th novel 'Together, Again' was published in paperback on 2nd March 2023 and is about three estranged sisters convening after the death of their mother in order to arrange her funeral. Freed from the shadow of the overbearing Eleanor Vamplew, the three women come to realise that they have more in common than they could ever have realised.
Genre: Rom Com
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids: UK Only
Website: https://millyjohnson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/millyjohnson
Book Blurb:
What if you could write your own perfect storyline…?
Polly Potter is surviving, not thriving. She used to love her job – until her mentor died and her new boss decided to make her life hell. She used to love her partner Chris – until he cheated on her, and now she can’t forget. The only place where her life is working is on the pages of the novel she is writing – there she can create a feistier, bolder, more successful version of herself – as the fictional Sabrina Anderson.
But what if it was possible to start over again? To leave everything behind, forget all that went before, and live the life you’d always dreamed of?
After a set of unforeseen circumstances, Polly ends up believing she really IS Sabrina, living at the heart of a noisy Italian family restaurant by the sea. Run by Teddy, the son of her new landlady Marielle, it’s a much-loved place, facing threat of closure as a rival restaurant moves in next door. Sabrina can’t remember her life as Polly, but she knows she is living a different life from the one she used to have.
But what if this new life could belong to her after all?
Author Bio:
Milly Johnson was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. She is the author of 20 novels, 4 short story ebooks, a book of poetry and a Quick Reads Novella ('The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe') and was an erstwhile leading copywriter for the greetings card industry. She is also a poem and joke-writer, a newspaper columnist and a seasoned after dinner speaker.
She won the RoNA for Best Romantic Comedy Novel of 2014 and 2016, the Yorkshire Society award for Arts and Culture 2015, the Romantic Novelist Association Outstanding Achievement award in 2020, the Goldsboro Books Contemporary Romantic Novel Award in 2021 and the Richard Whiteley Award for Inspiration to the County of Yorkshire in 2022.
She writes about love, life, friendships and the importance of community spirit. Her books champion women, their strength and resilience and celebrate her beloved Yorkshire.
Her 20th novel 'Together, Again' was published in paperback on 2nd March 2023 and is about three estranged sisters convening after the death of their mother in order to arrange her funeral. Freed from the shadow of the overbearing Eleanor Vamplew, the three women come to realise that they have more in common than they could ever have realised.
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Lot 12
£ 151
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Milly Johnson


Milly Johnson
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Title: I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Christmas
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
*Bonus: A 'Milly Parcel'
Quote from Milly:
I will be adding a Milly Parcel with a hardback of my Christmas book ‘I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day’. With a Yorkshire mug, a Yorkshire candle, a Yorkshire tea-towel, a Yorkshire passport notepad, Yorkshire tea, some coffee, some whipped soap and a lucky black cat. There will also be some little surprises to make it a treat. Obvs chocolate will be added in!
Website: https://millyjohnson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/millyjohnson
Book Blurb:
*** A FESTIVE TREAT FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ***
It’s nearly Christmas and it’s snowing, hard. Deep in the Yorkshire Moors nestles a tiny hamlet, with a pub at its heart. As the snow falls, the inn will become an unexpected haven for six people forced to seek shelter there…
Mary has been trying to get her boss Jack to notice her for four years, but he can only see the efficient PA she is at work. Will being holed up with him finally give her the chance she has been waiting for?
Bridge and Luke were meeting for five minutes to set their divorce in motion. But will getting trapped with each other reignite too many fond memories – and love?
Charlie and Robin were on their way to a luxury hotel in Scotland for a very special Christmas. But will the inn give them everything they were hoping to find – and much more besides?
A story of knowing when to hold on and when to let go, of pushing limits and acceptance, of friendship, love, laughter, mince pies and the magic of Christmas.
Gorgeous, warm and full of heartfelt emotion, I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day is the perfect read this winter!
Author Bio:
Milly Johnson was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. She is the author of 20 novels, 4 short story ebooks, a book of poetry and a Quick Reads Novella ('The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe') and was an erstwhile leading copywriter for the greetings card industry. She is also a poem and joke-writer, a newspaper columnist and a seasoned after dinner speaker.
She won the RoNA for Best Romantic Comedy Novel of 2014 and 2016, the Yorkshire Society award for Arts and Culture 2015, the Romantic Novelist Association Outstanding Achievement award in 2020, the Goldsboro Books Contemporary Romantic Novel Award in 2021 and the Richard Whiteley Award for Inspiration to the County of Yorkshire in 2022.
She writes about love, life, friendships and the importance of community spirit. Her books champion women, their strength and resilience and celebrate her beloved Yorkshire.
Her 20th novel 'Together, Again' was published in paperback on 2nd March 2023 and is about three estranged sisters convening after the death of their mother in order to arrange her funeral. Freed from the shadow of the overbearing Eleanor Vamplew, the three women come to realise that they have more in common than they could ever have realised.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Christmas
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
*Bonus: A 'Milly Parcel'
Quote from Milly:
I will be adding a Milly Parcel with a hardback of my Christmas book ‘I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day’. With a Yorkshire mug, a Yorkshire candle, a Yorkshire tea-towel, a Yorkshire passport notepad, Yorkshire tea, some coffee, some whipped soap and a lucky black cat. There will also be some little surprises to make it a treat. Obvs chocolate will be added in!
Website: https://millyjohnson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/millyjohnson
Book Blurb:
*** A FESTIVE TREAT FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ***
It’s nearly Christmas and it’s snowing, hard. Deep in the Yorkshire Moors nestles a tiny hamlet, with a pub at its heart. As the snow falls, the inn will become an unexpected haven for six people forced to seek shelter there…
Mary has been trying to get her boss Jack to notice her for four years, but he can only see the efficient PA she is at work. Will being holed up with him finally give her the chance she has been waiting for?
Bridge and Luke were meeting for five minutes to set their divorce in motion. But will getting trapped with each other reignite too many fond memories – and love?
Charlie and Robin were on their way to a luxury hotel in Scotland for a very special Christmas. But will the inn give them everything they were hoping to find – and much more besides?
A story of knowing when to hold on and when to let go, of pushing limits and acceptance, of friendship, love, laughter, mince pies and the magic of Christmas.
Gorgeous, warm and full of heartfelt emotion, I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day is the perfect read this winter!
Author Bio:
Milly Johnson was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. She is the author of 20 novels, 4 short story ebooks, a book of poetry and a Quick Reads Novella ('The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe') and was an erstwhile leading copywriter for the greetings card industry. She is also a poem and joke-writer, a newspaper columnist and a seasoned after dinner speaker.
She won the RoNA for Best Romantic Comedy Novel of 2014 and 2016, the Yorkshire Society award for Arts and Culture 2015, the Romantic Novelist Association Outstanding Achievement award in 2020, the Goldsboro Books Contemporary Romantic Novel Award in 2021 and the Richard Whiteley Award for Inspiration to the County of Yorkshire in 2022.
She writes about love, life, friendships and the importance of community spirit. Her books champion women, their strength and resilience and celebrate her beloved Yorkshire.
Her 20th novel 'Together, Again' was published in paperback on 2nd March 2023 and is about three estranged sisters convening after the death of their mother in order to arrange her funeral. Freed from the shadow of the overbearing Eleanor Vamplew, the three women come to realise that they have more in common than they could ever have realised.
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Lot 13
£ 97
14
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Trisha Ashley


Trisha Ashley
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The Wedding Dress Repair Shop lot includes
A signed copy of the hardback
A rare uncorrected proof,
A custom one off embroidered book bag,
Embroidered Museum of Bridal Misfortune plush,
Embroidered keyring,
Mug,
Bookmarks & other little gifts, all made by Trisha's costumier son Robin.
Title: The Wedding Dress Repair Shop
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Hardback & Unedited Proof
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/237180/trisha-ashley
Twitter: https://twitter.com/trishaashley
Website: https://www.kisbetbespoke.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kerravondarrow
Book Blurb:
Can her heart be mended too?
After losing her fiancé and her dream job in the same week, Garland Fairford's life is turned upside down.
Having recently met a long-lost relative - Honey Fairford - through her work as a historical costumier, Garland is intrigued when Honey reveals she is opening a Wedding Dress museum in Lancashire. With nothing to lose, Garland accepts the offer of a job there.
What she doesn't expect is to come face-to-face with a ghost from her past - her old friend, Thom, who mysteriously disappeared years ago.
As Garland begins reading the stories behind each of the beautiful wedding dresses, and sets about repairing both them and her relationship with Thom, could this finally be the chance for her own happy-ever-after?
Author Bio:
Trisha Ashley has written nineteen romantic comedies and her latest novel, The Garden of Forgotten Wishes, which is published by Transworld, is a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Her novels have twice been shortlisted for the Melissa Nathan award for Romantic Comedy and Every Woman for Herself was nominated by magazine readers as one of the top three romantic novels of the last fifty years.
She is from St Helens in West Lancashire, and believes that her typically dark Lancashire sense of humour in adversity, crossed with a good dose of Celtic creativity from her Welsh grandmother, has made her what she is today...whatever that is. Several of her novels are set in rural West Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Wales. They frequently explore aspects of the three F's that are a constant in her own life: Food, Flowers and Friendship and include delicious recipes at the back.
Nowadays she lives in North Wales
A signed copy of the hardback
A rare uncorrected proof,
A custom one off embroidered book bag,
Embroidered Museum of Bridal Misfortune plush,
Embroidered keyring,
Mug,
Bookmarks & other little gifts, all made by Trisha's costumier son Robin.
Title: The Wedding Dress Repair Shop
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Hardback & Unedited Proof
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/237180/trisha-ashley
Twitter: https://twitter.com/trishaashley
Website: https://www.kisbetbespoke.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kerravondarrow
Book Blurb:
Can her heart be mended too?
After losing her fiancé and her dream job in the same week, Garland Fairford's life is turned upside down.
Having recently met a long-lost relative - Honey Fairford - through her work as a historical costumier, Garland is intrigued when Honey reveals she is opening a Wedding Dress museum in Lancashire. With nothing to lose, Garland accepts the offer of a job there.
What she doesn't expect is to come face-to-face with a ghost from her past - her old friend, Thom, who mysteriously disappeared years ago.
As Garland begins reading the stories behind each of the beautiful wedding dresses, and sets about repairing both them and her relationship with Thom, could this finally be the chance for her own happy-ever-after?
Author Bio:
Trisha Ashley has written nineteen romantic comedies and her latest novel, The Garden of Forgotten Wishes, which is published by Transworld, is a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Her novels have twice been shortlisted for the Melissa Nathan award for Romantic Comedy and Every Woman for Herself was nominated by magazine readers as one of the top three romantic novels of the last fifty years.
She is from St Helens in West Lancashire, and believes that her typically dark Lancashire sense of humour in adversity, crossed with a good dose of Celtic creativity from her Welsh grandmother, has made her what she is today...whatever that is. Several of her novels are set in rural West Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Wales. They frequently explore aspects of the three F's that are a constant in her own life: Food, Flowers and Friendship and include delicious recipes at the back.
Nowadays she lives in North Wales
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Trisha Ashley
Trisha Ashley
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Lot 14
£ 100
23
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Trisha Ashley


Trisha Ashley
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The Magic of Christmas lot includes
A signed copy of the new edition of the book,
A custom one off embroidered Christmas stocking,
Embroidered keyring,
Mug,
Bookmarks and other little gifts, all made by Trisha's costumier son Robin.
Title: The Magic of Christmas
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/237180/trisha-ashley
Twitter: https://twitter.com/trishaashley
Website: https://www.kisbetbespoke.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kerravondarrow
Book Blurb:
A deliciously seasonal and heart-warming tale from the Sunday Times bestseller
In the pretty Lancashire village of Middlemoss, Lizzy is on the verge of leaving her cheating husband, Tom, when tragedy strikes. Luckily she has welcome distraction in the Christmas Pudding Circle, a group of friends swapping seasonal recipes – as well as a rivalry with local cookery writer Nick over who will win Best Mince Pie at the village show…
Meanwhile, the whole village is gearing up for the annual Boxing Day Mystery Play. But who will play Adam to Lizzy’s Eve? Could it be the handsome and charismatic soap actor Ritch, or could someone closer to home win her heart? Whatever happens, it promises to be a Christmas to remember!
Previously published as Sweet Nothings, but now with fabulous new extra material.
Author Bio:
Trisha Ashley has written nineteen romantic comedies and her latest novel, The Garden of Forgotten Wishes, which is published by Transworld, is a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Her novels have twice been shortlisted for the Melissa Nathan award for Romantic Comedy and Every Woman for Herself was nominated by magazine readers as one of the top three romantic novels of the last fifty years.
She is from St Helens in West Lancashire, and believes that her typically dark Lancashire sense of humour in adversity, crossed with a good dose of Celtic creativity from her Welsh grandmother, has made her what she is today...whatever that is. Several of her novels are set in rural West Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Wales. They frequently explore aspects of the three F's that are a constant in her own life: Food, Flowers and Friendship and include delicious recipes at the back.
Nowadays she lives in North Wales
A signed copy of the new edition of the book,
A custom one off embroidered Christmas stocking,
Embroidered keyring,
Mug,
Bookmarks and other little gifts, all made by Trisha's costumier son Robin.
Title: The Magic of Christmas
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/237180/trisha-ashley
Twitter: https://twitter.com/trishaashley
Website: https://www.kisbetbespoke.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kerravondarrow
Book Blurb:
A deliciously seasonal and heart-warming tale from the Sunday Times bestseller
In the pretty Lancashire village of Middlemoss, Lizzy is on the verge of leaving her cheating husband, Tom, when tragedy strikes. Luckily she has welcome distraction in the Christmas Pudding Circle, a group of friends swapping seasonal recipes – as well as a rivalry with local cookery writer Nick over who will win Best Mince Pie at the village show…
Meanwhile, the whole village is gearing up for the annual Boxing Day Mystery Play. But who will play Adam to Lizzy’s Eve? Could it be the handsome and charismatic soap actor Ritch, or could someone closer to home win her heart? Whatever happens, it promises to be a Christmas to remember!
Previously published as Sweet Nothings, but now with fabulous new extra material.
Author Bio:
Trisha Ashley has written nineteen romantic comedies and her latest novel, The Garden of Forgotten Wishes, which is published by Transworld, is a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Her novels have twice been shortlisted for the Melissa Nathan award for Romantic Comedy and Every Woman for Herself was nominated by magazine readers as one of the top three romantic novels of the last fifty years.
She is from St Helens in West Lancashire, and believes that her typically dark Lancashire sense of humour in adversity, crossed with a good dose of Celtic creativity from her Welsh grandmother, has made her what she is today...whatever that is. Several of her novels are set in rural West Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Wales. They frequently explore aspects of the three F's that are a constant in her own life: Food, Flowers and Friendship and include delicious recipes at the back.
Nowadays she lives in North Wales
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Trisha Ashley
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Lot 15
£ 21
3
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Jane Markland


Jane Markland
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15
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Title: Cielo
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/markland_jane
Book Blurb:
Who do you trust when you can't trust yourself?
Following his release from Prison, Nathan arrives at Cielo determined to change his life for the better.
After prison, and beating addiction, he has a vision, and he’s discovered a talent, a gift with plants.
Max Harrison wants him to create a special garden, The White Terrace, full of scent and white petals, Max wants to die there, his addiction to vodka and grief consuming everything.
Slowly Nathan begins to falls under his spell, Max is full of insight, kindness. His affinity to music,and playing Rachmaninov on the piano reduce Nathan to tears of joy.
Only underneath the surface, and the seductive surroundings of Cielo, Nathan discovers the other gardeners disappeared.
Never to be heard of again.
As he begins to uncover disturbing clues, Nathan must ask himself, just who is Max Harrison?
Can he trust him?
Can he love him?
Author Bio:
Jane started writing at school, where one English teacher told her she'd one day write a novel. It's only taken most of her life to achieve this. Cielo was formed as a spark of an idea one sunny afternoon while Jane rode her bike past a country house in North Norfolk. She wondered, just who could live there? Then came Nathan, and Max.
Jane is a medical secretary at her local hospital, she has two children and two granddaughters. Her other interests are nature, football, gardening and reading. Jane can always be found with her head in a book, her nose inside a rose, or with her family. She lives in Norwich, Norfolk, her home city.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/markland_jane
Book Blurb:
Who do you trust when you can't trust yourself?
Following his release from Prison, Nathan arrives at Cielo determined to change his life for the better.
After prison, and beating addiction, he has a vision, and he’s discovered a talent, a gift with plants.
Max Harrison wants him to create a special garden, The White Terrace, full of scent and white petals, Max wants to die there, his addiction to vodka and grief consuming everything.
Slowly Nathan begins to falls under his spell, Max is full of insight, kindness. His affinity to music,and playing Rachmaninov on the piano reduce Nathan to tears of joy.
Only underneath the surface, and the seductive surroundings of Cielo, Nathan discovers the other gardeners disappeared.
Never to be heard of again.
As he begins to uncover disturbing clues, Nathan must ask himself, just who is Max Harrison?
Can he trust him?
Can he love him?
Author Bio:
Jane started writing at school, where one English teacher told her she'd one day write a novel. It's only taken most of her life to achieve this. Cielo was formed as a spark of an idea one sunny afternoon while Jane rode her bike past a country house in North Norfolk. She wondered, just who could live there? Then came Nathan, and Max.
Jane is a medical secretary at her local hospital, she has two children and two granddaughters. Her other interests are nature, football, gardening and reading. Jane can always be found with her head in a book, her nose inside a rose, or with her family. She lives in Norwich, Norfolk, her home city.
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Lot 16
£ 60
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Holly Smale


Holly Smale
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Title: The Cassandra Complex
Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Science Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication is Available
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.hollysmale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HolSmale
Book Blurb::
The sparkling debut adult novel from the author of the much-loved Geek Girl series finds a woman unlucky in both love and career suddenly blessed with the ability to travel back in time.
Cassandra Penelope Dankworth has always had more than her name to contend with. But today is a new low...
This morning, Cassie's boyfriend breaks up with her. By lunchtime, she is fired from her PR job for not being a 'People Person'. This evening, her ex turns up as if nothing happened and Cassie is too relieved to ask questions. She's just glad her longest ever romantic relationship (4 months) is back on track.
Tomorrow, Cassie finds herself being dumped again. By lunchtime, she's being fired. When Cassie realises she is gifted - or perhaps cursed - with the power to travel back in time, she has a chance to do things differently. But will things keep going wrong for her when she has infinite chances to get them right?
Author Bio:
Holly Smale has been writing stories since she was four years old: constructing her own books from cereal boxes and a lot of sticky-tape, then forcing family readers to give her glowing reviews by standing in front of the television.
Her path to publication included teen-modelling, factory-work, PR, teaching in Japan and a chaotic stint as the world's worst waitress, along with a BA in English Literature and an MA in Shakespeare from Bristol University. She uses neither of these qualifications on a daily basis, but still brings them up at parties.
Her debut children's novel, GEEK GIRL, became the No.1 Young Adult title in the UK and won the Waterstones YA Book Prize, selling 3.4 million books in 30 languages. It is currently in development with Netflix.
At the age of 39, Holly was diagnosed as both autistic and dyspraxic. She writes and speaks passionately about neurodiversity and a lot of random topics she's not really qualified to talk about yet does anyway.
Her debut adult novel, THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX (UK)/ CASSANDRA IN REVERSE (US) will be published in Spring/Summer '23 and has already been picked as a BBC Radio2 Book Club selection.
She lives in Hove, England.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Science Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication is Available
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.hollysmale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HolSmale
Book Blurb::
The sparkling debut adult novel from the author of the much-loved Geek Girl series finds a woman unlucky in both love and career suddenly blessed with the ability to travel back in time.
Cassandra Penelope Dankworth has always had more than her name to contend with. But today is a new low...
This morning, Cassie's boyfriend breaks up with her. By lunchtime, she is fired from her PR job for not being a 'People Person'. This evening, her ex turns up as if nothing happened and Cassie is too relieved to ask questions. She's just glad her longest ever romantic relationship (4 months) is back on track.
Tomorrow, Cassie finds herself being dumped again. By lunchtime, she's being fired. When Cassie realises she is gifted - or perhaps cursed - with the power to travel back in time, she has a chance to do things differently. But will things keep going wrong for her when she has infinite chances to get them right?
Author Bio:
Holly Smale has been writing stories since she was four years old: constructing her own books from cereal boxes and a lot of sticky-tape, then forcing family readers to give her glowing reviews by standing in front of the television.
Her path to publication included teen-modelling, factory-work, PR, teaching in Japan and a chaotic stint as the world's worst waitress, along with a BA in English Literature and an MA in Shakespeare from Bristol University. She uses neither of these qualifications on a daily basis, but still brings them up at parties.
Her debut children's novel, GEEK GIRL, became the No.1 Young Adult title in the UK and won the Waterstones YA Book Prize, selling 3.4 million books in 30 languages. It is currently in development with Netflix.
At the age of 39, Holly was diagnosed as both autistic and dyspraxic. She writes and speaks passionately about neurodiversity and a lot of random topics she's not really qualified to talk about yet does anyway.
Her debut adult novel, THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX (UK)/ CASSANDRA IN REVERSE (US) will be published in Spring/Summer '23 and has already been picked as a BBC Radio2 Book Club selection.
She lives in Hove, England.
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Lot 17
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Estelle Paranque


Estelle Paranque
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Title: Blood, Fire & Gold
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.estelleparanque.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrEstellePrnq
Book Blurb:
In sixteenth-century Europe, two women came to hold all the power, against all the odds. They were Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici.
One a Virgin Queen who ruled her kingdom alone, and the other a clandestine leader who used her children to shape the dynasties of Europe, much has been written about these iconic women. But nothing has been said of their complicated relationship: thirty years of friendship, competition and conflict that changed the face of Europe.
This is a story of two remarkable visionaries: a story of blood, fire and gold. It is also a tale of ceaseless calculation, of love and rivalry, of war and wisdom - and of female power in a male world. Shining new light on their legendary kingdoms Blood, Fire and Gold provides a new way of looking at two of history's most powerful women, and how they shaped each other as profoundly as they shaped the course of history. Drawing on their letters and brand new research, Estelle Paranque writes an entirely new chapter in the well-worn story of the sixteenth century.
Author Bio:
Estelle is a historian and an Assistant Professor in History. She is the author and editor of five books. Her latest book, Blood, Fire, and Gold has been named "Best History Books of 2022" in History Today, "10 Best History Books of 2022" Smithsonian Magazine, Amazon's Editor Pick for "Best History Books of the Month" (December), Best Books Summer 2022 (The Times), Book of The Week (18 June 2022, The Times).
She completed her PhD in Early Modern History at University College London in 2016. She turned her PhD into a monograph that was published in November 2018 by Palgrave Macmillan Elizabeth I of England Through Valois Eyes: Power, Representation, and Diplomacy in the Reign of the Queen, 1558-1588.
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in January 2019. She is also a co-convenor of the Tudor and Stuart Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research in London. She has been teaching at university level for the last twelve years and is dedicated to share her passion for history with the next generation. Her research interests are royal, diplomatic, women studies.
She is also very interested in public engagement and has participated in BBC 2 / PBS The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family and Secrets d'Histoire on France 2, BBC Radio 4, and numerous podcasts (BBC History, Viral History, Not Just The Tudors, HistoryHit).
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available:
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Website: https://www.estelleparanque.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrEstellePrnq
Book Blurb:
In sixteenth-century Europe, two women came to hold all the power, against all the odds. They were Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici.
One a Virgin Queen who ruled her kingdom alone, and the other a clandestine leader who used her children to shape the dynasties of Europe, much has been written about these iconic women. But nothing has been said of their complicated relationship: thirty years of friendship, competition and conflict that changed the face of Europe.
This is a story of two remarkable visionaries: a story of blood, fire and gold. It is also a tale of ceaseless calculation, of love and rivalry, of war and wisdom - and of female power in a male world. Shining new light on their legendary kingdoms Blood, Fire and Gold provides a new way of looking at two of history's most powerful women, and how they shaped each other as profoundly as they shaped the course of history. Drawing on their letters and brand new research, Estelle Paranque writes an entirely new chapter in the well-worn story of the sixteenth century.
Author Bio:
Estelle is a historian and an Assistant Professor in History. She is the author and editor of five books. Her latest book, Blood, Fire, and Gold has been named "Best History Books of 2022" in History Today, "10 Best History Books of 2022" Smithsonian Magazine, Amazon's Editor Pick for "Best History Books of the Month" (December), Best Books Summer 2022 (The Times), Book of The Week (18 June 2022, The Times).
She completed her PhD in Early Modern History at University College London in 2016. She turned her PhD into a monograph that was published in November 2018 by Palgrave Macmillan Elizabeth I of England Through Valois Eyes: Power, Representation, and Diplomacy in the Reign of the Queen, 1558-1588.
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in January 2019. She is also a co-convenor of the Tudor and Stuart Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research in London. She has been teaching at university level for the last twelve years and is dedicated to share her passion for history with the next generation. Her research interests are royal, diplomatic, women studies.
She is also very interested in public engagement and has participated in BBC 2 / PBS The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family and Secrets d'Histoire on France 2, BBC Radio 4, and numerous podcasts (BBC History, Viral History, Not Just The Tudors, HistoryHit).
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Lot 18
£ 25
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Louise Candish


Louise Candish
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Title 1: The Only Suspect
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Title 1: Our House
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/louise_candlish
Book 1 Blurb:
Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong man.
Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so he’s not the most sociable guy on the street, he prefers to keep himself to himself, but he’s a good husband and an easy-going neighbour.
That’s until Beth announces the creation of a nature trail on a local site that’s been disused for decades and suddenly Alex is a changed man. Now he’s always watching. Questioning. Struggling to hide his dread . . .
As the landscapers get to work, a secret threatens to surface from years ago, back in Alex’s twenties when he got entangled with a seductive young woman called Marina, who threw both their lives into turmoil.
And who sparked a police hunt for a murder suspect that was never quite what it seemed. It still isn’t.
No one else could have done it. Could they?
Book 2 Blurb:
Nothing strange about that. Except it is your house. And you didn’t sell it.
When Fiona Lawson comes home to find strangers moving into her house, she's sure there's been a mistake. She and her estranged husband, Bram, have a modern co-parenting arrangement: bird's nest custody, where each parent spends a few nights a week with their two sons at the prized family home to maintain stability for their children. But the system built to protect their family ends up putting them in terrible jeopardy. In a domino effect of crimes and misdemeanors, the nest comes tumbling down.
Now Bram has disappeared and so have Fiona's children. As events spiral well beyond her control, Fiona will discover just how many lies her husband was weaving and how little they truly knew each other. But Bram's not the only one with things to hide, and some secrets are best kept to oneself, safe as houses.
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Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Title 1: Our House
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/louise_candlish
Book 1 Blurb:
Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong man.
Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so he’s not the most sociable guy on the street, he prefers to keep himself to himself, but he’s a good husband and an easy-going neighbour.
That’s until Beth announces the creation of a nature trail on a local site that’s been disused for decades and suddenly Alex is a changed man. Now he’s always watching. Questioning. Struggling to hide his dread . . .
As the landscapers get to work, a secret threatens to surface from years ago, back in Alex’s twenties when he got entangled with a seductive young woman called Marina, who threw both their lives into turmoil.
And who sparked a police hunt for a murder suspect that was never quite what it seemed. It still isn’t.
No one else could have done it. Could they?
Book 2 Blurb:
Nothing strange about that. Except it is your house. And you didn’t sell it.
When Fiona Lawson comes home to find strangers moving into her house, she's sure there's been a mistake. She and her estranged husband, Bram, have a modern co-parenting arrangement: bird's nest custody, where each parent spends a few nights a week with their two sons at the prized family home to maintain stability for their children. But the system built to protect their family ends up putting them in terrible jeopardy. In a domino effect of crimes and misdemeanors, the nest comes tumbling down.
Now Bram has disappeared and so have Fiona's children. As events spiral well beyond her control, Fiona will discover just how many lies her husband was weaving and how little they truly knew each other. But Bram's not the only one with things to hide, and some secrets are best kept to oneself, safe as houses.
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Lot 19
£ 375
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Paige Toon


Paige Toon
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Title: Seven Summers
Genre: Contemporary - Love Story Commercial Fiction
Format: Paperback (Rare Editor's Proof)
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.paigetoon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaigeToonAuthor
The Book;
Six summers ago
Liv and Finn meet working in a bar on the rugged Cornish coastline, their futures full of promise. When a night of passion ends in devastating tragedy they are bound together inextricably. But Finn's life is in LA with his band, and Liv's is in Cornwall with her family - so they make a promise. Finn will return every year, and if they are single they will spend the summer together.
This summer
Liv crosses paths with Tom - a mysterious new arrival in her hometown. As the wildflowers and heather come into bloom, they find themselves falling for one another. For the first time Liv can imagine a world where her heart isn't broken every year.
Now Liv must make an impossible choice. And when she discovers the shocking reason that Tom has left home, she'll need to trust her heart even more . . .
The Author:
Paige Toon grew up between England, Australia and America and has been writing books set in sun-drenched locations around the world since 2007. She has written eighteen women's fiction novels, a three-part spin-off series for young adults and a collection of short stories. Her novels have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide.
Genre: Contemporary - Love Story Commercial Fiction
Format: Paperback (Rare Editor's Proof)
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.paigetoon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaigeToonAuthor
The Book;
Six summers ago
Liv and Finn meet working in a bar on the rugged Cornish coastline, their futures full of promise. When a night of passion ends in devastating tragedy they are bound together inextricably. But Finn's life is in LA with his band, and Liv's is in Cornwall with her family - so they make a promise. Finn will return every year, and if they are single they will spend the summer together.
This summer
Liv crosses paths with Tom - a mysterious new arrival in her hometown. As the wildflowers and heather come into bloom, they find themselves falling for one another. For the first time Liv can imagine a world where her heart isn't broken every year.
Now Liv must make an impossible choice. And when she discovers the shocking reason that Tom has left home, she'll need to trust her heart even more . . .
The Author:
Paige Toon grew up between England, Australia and America and has been writing books set in sun-drenched locations around the world since 2007. She has written eighteen women's fiction novels, a three-part spin-off series for young adults and a collection of short stories. Her novels have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide.
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Lot 20
£ 80
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Jane Fallon


Jane Fallon
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Title: Over Sharing
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Humour
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://janefallonauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaneFallon
Book Blurb:
Can you live a lie without spilling the truth? . . .
Once, Iris was happy. She had the home, the husband, the promise of a family. Now she's divorced and renting out her spare room to make ends meet. Life could be worse. But could have been better - if it hadn't been for Maddy: the woman who ruined her life . . .
Social influencer Maddy's brand is happy families. She preaches about loyalty and the sanctity of marriage, and is quickly becoming famous for her wholesome videos of life with her husband and adorable twin girls.
Iris doesn't believe a word of it. And she's going to prove it's all false.
Because if there's one thing that will bring back Iris's happiness, it's taking away Maddy's . . .
Jane Fallon's whip-smart new novel explores the murky truths behind the versions of ourselves we project online, the lengths we go to when we feel we've been wronged, and the often unlikely places we find true friendship.
Author Bio:
I was born in Harrow in North London and later moved out to Buckinghamshire where I attended St Bernard's Convent School in Slough before moving back up to London to read history at University College.
My first real job was working as a 'Girl Friday' in a small Theatrical and Literary Agency - (the same job that Rebecca has in 'Foursome'). As soon as I walked through the door I fell in love with the idea of working in drama in some capacity.
After three years I left to pursue a career in TV, starting as a freelance script reader and then working as a script editor on various shows including EastEnders where I was made a producer in 1994. The following year I started work producing a new low budget show for BBC2 - 'This Life'.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Humour
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://janefallonauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaneFallon
Book Blurb:
Can you live a lie without spilling the truth? . . .
Once, Iris was happy. She had the home, the husband, the promise of a family. Now she's divorced and renting out her spare room to make ends meet. Life could be worse. But could have been better - if it hadn't been for Maddy: the woman who ruined her life . . .
Social influencer Maddy's brand is happy families. She preaches about loyalty and the sanctity of marriage, and is quickly becoming famous for her wholesome videos of life with her husband and adorable twin girls.
Iris doesn't believe a word of it. And she's going to prove it's all false.
Because if there's one thing that will bring back Iris's happiness, it's taking away Maddy's . . .
Jane Fallon's whip-smart new novel explores the murky truths behind the versions of ourselves we project online, the lengths we go to when we feel we've been wronged, and the often unlikely places we find true friendship.
Author Bio:
I was born in Harrow in North London and later moved out to Buckinghamshire where I attended St Bernard's Convent School in Slough before moving back up to London to read history at University College.
My first real job was working as a 'Girl Friday' in a small Theatrical and Literary Agency - (the same job that Rebecca has in 'Foursome'). As soon as I walked through the door I fell in love with the idea of working in drama in some capacity.
After three years I left to pursue a career in TV, starting as a freelance script reader and then working as a script editor on various shows including EastEnders where I was made a producer in 1994. The following year I started work producing a new low budget show for BBC2 - 'This Life'.
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Lot 21
£ 68
14
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Adam Kay


Adam Kay
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3 Book Special
Title 1: Kay's Anatomy
Title 2: Kay's Marvellous Medicine
Title 3: Kay's Brilliant Brains
Genre: Children - Comedy - Biological Sciences Teaching Aids
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK ONLY
Website: https://www.adamkay.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amateuradam
Book 1 Blurb:
THE RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER FROM THE UK'S BESTSELLING NON-FICTION AUTHOR.
Discover all the weird and wonderful things that go on inside your body with Adam Kay. Covers key stage 2 / 3 human biology syllabus (in a slightly repulsive way).
Do you ever think about your body and how it all works? Like really properly think about it? The human body is extraordinary and fascinating and, well . . . pretty weird. Yours is weird, mine is weird, your maths teacher's is even weirder.
This book is going to tell you what's actually going on in there, and answer the really important questions, like:
Are bogeys safe to eat? Look, if your nose is going to all that effort of creating a snack, the least we can do is check out its nutritional value. (Yes, they're safe. Chew away!)
And how much of your life will you spend on the toilet? About a year - so bring a good book. (I recommend this one.)
So sit back, relax, put on some rubber gloves, and let a doctor take you on a poo (and puke) filled tour of your insides. Welcome to Kay's Anatomy*.
*a fancy word for your body. See, you're learning already.
Book 2 Blurb:
'Read this book and you're virtually a qualified doctor! Educational and entertaining - it should be on the national curriculum!'- Harry Hill
The olden days were pretty fun if you liked wearing chainmail or chopping people's heads off but there was one TINY LITTLE problem back then . . . doctors didn't have the slightest clue about how our bodies worked.
It's time to find out why Ancient Egyptians thought the brain was just a useless load of old stuffing that might as well be chucked in the bin, why teachers forced their pupils to smoke cigarettes, why hairdressers would cut off their customers' legs, and why people used to get paid for farting. (Unfortunately that's no longer a thing - sorry.)
You'll get answers to questions like:
Why did patients gargle with wee?
How did a doctor save people's lives using a washing machine, a can of beans and some old sausages?
What was the great stink? (No, it's not what doctors call your bum.)
If you're sure you're ready, then pop a peg on your nose (there was a lot of stinky pus back then), pull on your wellies (there was a lot of poo there too), wash your hands (because they certainly didn't) and explore this gross and gruesome history of the human body!
'An enjoyably gross look at the human body. Hours of gruesome fun guaranteed'
'Like listening to a teacher who makes pupils fall about' Sunday Times
Book 3 Blurb:
KAY'S BRILLIANT BRAINS is a mini book written and illustrated for World Book Day 2023 by the record-breaking Adam Kay and Henry Paker. It's a hilarious celebration of the world's most ingenious geniuses and all that their
brilliant brains achieved.
One hundred billion people have lived on earth. Unfortunately, this book would be too heavy if it talked about them all, so it's about ten of them.
You'll meet Amelia Earhart, who flew across a huge ocean in a tiny plane, back in the days when planes were basically made out of old bits of wood (and worst of all, they didn't have in-flight movies) and Thomas Edison, who invented light bulbs and movie cameras (but only went to school until he was twelve). Plus a whole bunch more other brilliant people with brilliant brains who woke up one day and thought 'Oh, I've got an idea . . . !' and changed the world forever.
'Very funny - this exciting book is bound to inspire the next generation of medics' Sunday Express
Author Bio:
Adam Kay is a BAFTA-winning author, TV writer, comedian and former junior doctor. His first book, This is Going to Hurt, spent over a year at number one in the Sunday Times bestseller list, was translated into 37 languages, won ten national awards, and sold over three million copies. His subsequent adult nonfiction books, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas and Undoctored were also Sunday Times number one bestsellers. He edited Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You, raising over £400,000 for charity. He is also one of the country's bestselling children's authors, with books including Kay's Anatomy (the fastest selling kids' non-fiction book of the decade), Kay's Marvellous Medicine, Kay's Brilliant Brains and picture book Amy Gets Eaten.
As a live performer, Adam has sold-out several West End seasons and UK tours. His tour of This is Going to Hurt was attended by over 250,000 people.
Title 1: Kay's Anatomy
Title 2: Kay's Marvellous Medicine
Title 3: Kay's Brilliant Brains
Genre: Children - Comedy - Biological Sciences Teaching Aids
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK ONLY
Website: https://www.adamkay.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amateuradam
Book 1 Blurb:
THE RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER FROM THE UK'S BESTSELLING NON-FICTION AUTHOR.
Discover all the weird and wonderful things that go on inside your body with Adam Kay. Covers key stage 2 / 3 human biology syllabus (in a slightly repulsive way).
Do you ever think about your body and how it all works? Like really properly think about it? The human body is extraordinary and fascinating and, well . . . pretty weird. Yours is weird, mine is weird, your maths teacher's is even weirder.
This book is going to tell you what's actually going on in there, and answer the really important questions, like:
Are bogeys safe to eat? Look, if your nose is going to all that effort of creating a snack, the least we can do is check out its nutritional value. (Yes, they're safe. Chew away!)
And how much of your life will you spend on the toilet? About a year - so bring a good book. (I recommend this one.)
So sit back, relax, put on some rubber gloves, and let a doctor take you on a poo (and puke) filled tour of your insides. Welcome to Kay's Anatomy*.
*a fancy word for your body. See, you're learning already.
Book 2 Blurb:
'Read this book and you're virtually a qualified doctor! Educational and entertaining - it should be on the national curriculum!'- Harry Hill
The olden days were pretty fun if you liked wearing chainmail or chopping people's heads off but there was one TINY LITTLE problem back then . . . doctors didn't have the slightest clue about how our bodies worked.
It's time to find out why Ancient Egyptians thought the brain was just a useless load of old stuffing that might as well be chucked in the bin, why teachers forced their pupils to smoke cigarettes, why hairdressers would cut off their customers' legs, and why people used to get paid for farting. (Unfortunately that's no longer a thing - sorry.)
You'll get answers to questions like:
Why did patients gargle with wee?
How did a doctor save people's lives using a washing machine, a can of beans and some old sausages?
What was the great stink? (No, it's not what doctors call your bum.)
If you're sure you're ready, then pop a peg on your nose (there was a lot of stinky pus back then), pull on your wellies (there was a lot of poo there too), wash your hands (because they certainly didn't) and explore this gross and gruesome history of the human body!
'An enjoyably gross look at the human body. Hours of gruesome fun guaranteed'
'Like listening to a teacher who makes pupils fall about' Sunday Times
Book 3 Blurb:
KAY'S BRILLIANT BRAINS is a mini book written and illustrated for World Book Day 2023 by the record-breaking Adam Kay and Henry Paker. It's a hilarious celebration of the world's most ingenious geniuses and all that their
brilliant brains achieved.
One hundred billion people have lived on earth. Unfortunately, this book would be too heavy if it talked about them all, so it's about ten of them.
You'll meet Amelia Earhart, who flew across a huge ocean in a tiny plane, back in the days when planes were basically made out of old bits of wood (and worst of all, they didn't have in-flight movies) and Thomas Edison, who invented light bulbs and movie cameras (but only went to school until he was twelve). Plus a whole bunch more other brilliant people with brilliant brains who woke up one day and thought 'Oh, I've got an idea . . . !' and changed the world forever.
'Very funny - this exciting book is bound to inspire the next generation of medics' Sunday Express
Author Bio:
Adam Kay is a BAFTA-winning author, TV writer, comedian and former junior doctor. His first book, This is Going to Hurt, spent over a year at number one in the Sunday Times bestseller list, was translated into 37 languages, won ten national awards, and sold over three million copies. His subsequent adult nonfiction books, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas and Undoctored were also Sunday Times number one bestsellers. He edited Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You, raising over £400,000 for charity. He is also one of the country's bestselling children's authors, with books including Kay's Anatomy (the fastest selling kids' non-fiction book of the decade), Kay's Marvellous Medicine, Kay's Brilliant Brains and picture book Amy Gets Eaten.
As a live performer, Adam has sold-out several West End seasons and UK tours. His tour of This is Going to Hurt was attended by over 250,000 people.
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Lot 22
£ 20
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Adam Kay


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Title: Amy Gets Eaten
Genre: Children's Books on Visiting the Doctor - Comedy - Educational
Format: Picture Book
Dedication Available:
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.adamkay.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amateuradam
Book Blurb:
The first-ever picture book from Adam Kay and Henry Paker.
This is the hilarious (and admittedly a tiny bit gross) tale of Amy, a small piece of sweetcorn who is eaten by Noah, a medium-sized boy. The story follows Amy on her funny, gooey and anatomically-accurate adventure through the human body as she discovers lots of facts about digestion. (It's fair to say that parents might learn a little bit too.)
Author Bio:
Adam Kay is a BAFTA-winning author, TV writer, comedian and former junior doctor. His first book, This is Going to Hurt, spent over a year at number one in the Sunday Times bestseller list, was translated into 37 languages, won ten national awards, and sold over three million copies. His subsequent adult nonfiction books, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas and Undoctored were also Sunday Times number one bestsellers. He edited Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You, raising over £400,000 for charity. He is also one of the country's bestselling children's authors, with books including Kay's Anatomy (the fastest selling kids' non-fiction book of the decade), Kay's Marvellous Medicine, Kay's Brilliant Brains and picture book Amy Gets Eaten.
As a live performer, Adam has sold-out several West End seasons and UK tours. His tour of This is Going to Hurt was attended by over 250,000 people.
Genre: Children's Books on Visiting the Doctor - Comedy - Educational
Format: Picture Book
Dedication Available:
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.adamkay.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amateuradam
Book Blurb:
The first-ever picture book from Adam Kay and Henry Paker.
This is the hilarious (and admittedly a tiny bit gross) tale of Amy, a small piece of sweetcorn who is eaten by Noah, a medium-sized boy. The story follows Amy on her funny, gooey and anatomically-accurate adventure through the human body as she discovers lots of facts about digestion. (It's fair to say that parents might learn a little bit too.)
Author Bio:
Adam Kay is a BAFTA-winning author, TV writer, comedian and former junior doctor. His first book, This is Going to Hurt, spent over a year at number one in the Sunday Times bestseller list, was translated into 37 languages, won ten national awards, and sold over three million copies. His subsequent adult nonfiction books, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas and Undoctored were also Sunday Times number one bestsellers. He edited Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You, raising over £400,000 for charity. He is also one of the country's bestselling children's authors, with books including Kay's Anatomy (the fastest selling kids' non-fiction book of the decade), Kay's Marvellous Medicine, Kay's Brilliant Brains and picture book Amy Gets Eaten.
As a live performer, Adam has sold-out several West End seasons and UK tours. His tour of This is Going to Hurt was attended by over 250,000 people.
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Lot 23
£ 57
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Anthony Horowitz


Anthony Horowitz
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Title: Nightshade Revenge
Genre: Children - Action & Adventure
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://anthonyhorowitz.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyHorowitz
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When his best friend Tom is abducted, Alex Rider is given an ultimatum by Nightshade – a sinister cult of assassins with a score to settle. But what twisted evil are they planning, and how is it connected to a revolutionary new gaming system?
With no idea who to trust, Alex finds himself dragged into a nightmare world – where nothing is real but the game could kill you.
The clock is ticking and Nightshade is closing in…
The world’s bestselling teenage spy takes on a new and daring mission.
This much-awaited new book in the bestselling Alex Rider series continues Alex’s fight against the deadly assassins encountered in the last book, Nightshade. Alex still has unfinished business with this sinister group made up of brainwashed children, not least trying to reunite MI6 chief Mrs Jones, along with her long lost son and daughter. The adventure takes us deep into the life-changing world of augmented reality, where even Alex will struggle to succeed against the technology. A thrilling new challenge for the world’s best-loved teen superspy.
Author Bio:
One of Britain’s bestselling novelists, Anthony Horowitz is the author adult and children’s fiction, films, plays and journalism. His best-known work for children and teens includes the Alex Rider spy series and the Diamond Brothers series. His adult fiction includes the new Sherlock Holmes novels House of Silk and Moriarty, the new James Bond series novel Trigger Mortis and Forever and a Day, and standalone novels The Word is Murder, The Magpie Murders and The Twist of a Knife
Genre: Children - Action & Adventure
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://anthonyhorowitz.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyHorowitz
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When his best friend Tom is abducted, Alex Rider is given an ultimatum by Nightshade – a sinister cult of assassins with a score to settle. But what twisted evil are they planning, and how is it connected to a revolutionary new gaming system?
With no idea who to trust, Alex finds himself dragged into a nightmare world – where nothing is real but the game could kill you.
The clock is ticking and Nightshade is closing in…
The world’s bestselling teenage spy takes on a new and daring mission.
This much-awaited new book in the bestselling Alex Rider series continues Alex’s fight against the deadly assassins encountered in the last book, Nightshade. Alex still has unfinished business with this sinister group made up of brainwashed children, not least trying to reunite MI6 chief Mrs Jones, along with her long lost son and daughter. The adventure takes us deep into the life-changing world of augmented reality, where even Alex will struggle to succeed against the technology. A thrilling new challenge for the world’s best-loved teen superspy.
Author Bio:
One of Britain’s bestselling novelists, Anthony Horowitz is the author adult and children’s fiction, films, plays and journalism. His best-known work for children and teens includes the Alex Rider spy series and the Diamond Brothers series. His adult fiction includes the new Sherlock Holmes novels House of Silk and Moriarty, the new James Bond series novel Trigger Mortis and Forever and a Day, and standalone novels The Word is Murder, The Magpie Murders and The Twist of a Knife
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Lot 24
£ 25
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Julie Mae Cohen


Julie Mae Cohen
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Title: Bad Men
Genre: Feminist Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://julie-cohen.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/julie_cohen
Book Blurb:
It's a tough job, but someone's got to kill them . . .
Saffy has a secret. A secret that she is deeply ashamed of. It's not the fact that she's a serial killer in her free time. In fact, she's quite proud of that. After all she's only killing the bad men. She is making the world a better place.
No, her secret is far worse than that. Saffy has a messy, inexplicable, uncontrollable crush. So while she's busy plotting her next murder, she also has the much harder task of figuring out how to get a boyfriend.
But if there's one thing Saffy knows, it's how to get her man . . .
Author Bio:
Julie Cohen grew up in Maine and studied English at Brown University, Cambridge University and the University of Reading. Her award-winning novels have sold over a million copies worldwide, and she has twice been selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club in the UK. Julie is an Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Reading, and runs an online school, Novel Gazing. She is a Vice President of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, a founder of the RNA Rainbow Chapter for LGBTQ+ writers, and a Patron of literacy charity ABC To Read. She won the 2020 Romantic Novelists’ Association Inclusion Award. Her bestselling novel TOGETHER has been translated into eleven languages and optioned for television; THE TWO LIVES OF LOUIS & LOUISE was long-listed for the Polari Prize and has been optioned by Enderby Entertainment as a feature film. Her first historical novel, SPIRITED, was published in July 2020 and her latest novel is SUMMER PEOPLE (Orion, 2022). Under the name Julie Mae Cohen, her first thriller, BAD MEN, will be published by Bonnier in July 2023. She lives in Berkshire, UK with her teenager and a terrier of dubious origin.
Genre: Feminist Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://julie-cohen.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/julie_cohen
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It's a tough job, but someone's got to kill them . . .
Saffy has a secret. A secret that she is deeply ashamed of. It's not the fact that she's a serial killer in her free time. In fact, she's quite proud of that. After all she's only killing the bad men. She is making the world a better place.
No, her secret is far worse than that. Saffy has a messy, inexplicable, uncontrollable crush. So while she's busy plotting her next murder, she also has the much harder task of figuring out how to get a boyfriend.
But if there's one thing Saffy knows, it's how to get her man . . .
Author Bio:
Julie Cohen grew up in Maine and studied English at Brown University, Cambridge University and the University of Reading. Her award-winning novels have sold over a million copies worldwide, and she has twice been selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club in the UK. Julie is an Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Reading, and runs an online school, Novel Gazing. She is a Vice President of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, a founder of the RNA Rainbow Chapter for LGBTQ+ writers, and a Patron of literacy charity ABC To Read. She won the 2020 Romantic Novelists’ Association Inclusion Award. Her bestselling novel TOGETHER has been translated into eleven languages and optioned for television; THE TWO LIVES OF LOUIS & LOUISE was long-listed for the Polari Prize and has been optioned by Enderby Entertainment as a feature film. Her first historical novel, SPIRITED, was published in July 2020 and her latest novel is SUMMER PEOPLE (Orion, 2022). Under the name Julie Mae Cohen, her first thriller, BAD MEN, will be published by Bonnier in July 2023. She lives in Berkshire, UK with her teenager and a terrier of dubious origin.
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Lot 25
£ 12
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Lucy Ann Unwin


Lucy Ann Unwin
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Title: The Octopus, Dadu and Me
Genre: Children Age 9-12 contemporary fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES! And an octopus stamp!
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Website: http://lucyannunwin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LucyAnnUnwin
Book Blurb:
FACT: Octopuses have three hearts.
FACT: Octopuses have BEAKS, like BIRDS.
FACT: The octopus at the aquarium is psychic!
Sashi feels like she has three hearts and they’re all breaking. She’s losing her beloved Dadu to dementia, and her parents don’t even want her to visit him any more.
She hides from her grief in the aquarium, and that’s where she meets Ian.
Like her Dadu, Ian is trapped.
Like her Dadu, Ian should be at home with his family.
And then Ian tells her he’s in danger and only she can help him escape.
Except Ian just happens to be an octopus...
Author Bio:
Lucy’s professional background is in journalism; she was a music journalist at BBC 6 Music for 10 years. Brought up in Birmingham, Lucy has lived all around the UK, from Newcastle to Brixton, Worcester to Chesterfield. She also lived for a year in the Chilean city of Valparaiso, and for three years in San Francisco, where she tutored children and young adults in creative writing as part of the 826 Valencia writing programme, set up by Dave Eggers. She has now settled on the Sussex clifftops with her husband, two daughters, and tortoise.
Genre: Children Age 9-12 contemporary fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://lucyannunwin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LucyAnnUnwin
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FACT: Octopuses have three hearts.
FACT: Octopuses have BEAKS, like BIRDS.
FACT: The octopus at the aquarium is psychic!
Sashi feels like she has three hearts and they’re all breaking. She’s losing her beloved Dadu to dementia, and her parents don’t even want her to visit him any more.
She hides from her grief in the aquarium, and that’s where she meets Ian.
Like her Dadu, Ian is trapped.
Like her Dadu, Ian should be at home with his family.
And then Ian tells her he’s in danger and only she can help him escape.
Except Ian just happens to be an octopus...
Author Bio:
Lucy’s professional background is in journalism; she was a music journalist at BBC 6 Music for 10 years. Brought up in Birmingham, Lucy has lived all around the UK, from Newcastle to Brixton, Worcester to Chesterfield. She also lived for a year in the Chilean city of Valparaiso, and for three years in San Francisco, where she tutored children and young adults in creative writing as part of the 826 Valencia writing programme, set up by Dave Eggers. She has now settled on the Sussex clifftops with her husband, two daughters, and tortoise.
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Lot 26
£ 20
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Maria Oliver


Maria Oliver
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Title: Not So Long Ago, You... a Yoga Adventure where you choose what happens!
Genre: Picture book
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: http://boxmooryoga.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/boxmooryoga
Book Blurb:
Where do you want to fly next? The Golden Eagle, Flying Foal and Dragon need your help again!
Another adventure where you use yoga poses and choose what happens!
The enchanting sequel to Once Upon a Time, You…
“A lovely book for engaging children with yoga… Ideal for children’s yoga classes or for parents to practise with their children at home.” Christiane Kerr, Course Director, Calm for Kids.
“Beautiful, engaging and interactive. My daughter (6) was obsessed with the first book and is going to love this one!” Rosie Andrews, Sunday Times Bestselling Author of The Leviathan
“I would bring this book into therapeutic yoga sessions time and time again. Thank you, Maria, for your storytelling innovation and sensitivity in bringing well-being stories and practices to all children.” Nicole Zimbler, Founder, Yotism.
“The most exciting book yet” Zac, Year 3.
Author Bio:
Maria Oliver is a Hertfordshire based yoga teacher and member of the British Wheel of Yoga. She started teaching yoga in 2015, much to her children’s disgust, and spent the next few years trying to work out how to interest them in what she did. This changed when she started her children’s yoga teacher training with Calm for Kids, and she learnt how to spark children’s imaginations through yoga.
Maria is married with two children and two cats.
Genre: Picture book
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: http://boxmooryoga.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/boxmooryoga
Book Blurb:
Where do you want to fly next? The Golden Eagle, Flying Foal and Dragon need your help again!
Another adventure where you use yoga poses and choose what happens!
The enchanting sequel to Once Upon a Time, You…
“A lovely book for engaging children with yoga… Ideal for children’s yoga classes or for parents to practise with their children at home.” Christiane Kerr, Course Director, Calm for Kids.
“Beautiful, engaging and interactive. My daughter (6) was obsessed with the first book and is going to love this one!” Rosie Andrews, Sunday Times Bestselling Author of The Leviathan
“I would bring this book into therapeutic yoga sessions time and time again. Thank you, Maria, for your storytelling innovation and sensitivity in bringing well-being stories and practices to all children.” Nicole Zimbler, Founder, Yotism.
“The most exciting book yet” Zac, Year 3.
Author Bio:
Maria Oliver is a Hertfordshire based yoga teacher and member of the British Wheel of Yoga. She started teaching yoga in 2015, much to her children’s disgust, and spent the next few years trying to work out how to interest them in what she did. This changed when she started her children’s yoga teacher training with Calm for Kids, and she learnt how to spark children’s imaginations through yoga.
Maria is married with two children and two cats.
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Lot 27
£ 16
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Joan Haig


Joan Haig
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Book Title: Tiger Skin Rug
Genre: Middle-grade adventure/magical realism
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids accepted: Global
Website: http://joanhaigbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanhaigbooks
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Book blurb:
An old promise. A mysterious tiger. A magical adventure.
Lal and his brother Dilip miss home. They don’t like drizzle, midges, or the tiger skin rug in their creepy new house. All they want is to leave Scotland and go back to India. But that’s before they make friends with Jenny, and before the tiger comes back to life…
The tiger tells them it will take them home in return for their help: it cannot rest until it fulfills an old promise. Can Lal, Dilip and Jenny help it on its quest? Will they get back home? And who is following them?
Silver Winner, ForeWord Indies Book Awards USA. Nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
‘With its sensitivity, sincerity and touches of humor, Tiger Skin Rug is an excellent option for both independent readers and family read alouds.’ – The Wall Street Journal
Author bio:
Joan Haig is an award-winning writer of novels and nonfiction, and a university lecturer in travel writing. She has appeared at major literary festivals, held an author residency with the Scottish Book Trust, and featured in a Publishing Scotland documentary on children’s literature. She lives in the Scottish Borders with her cats and other family.
Genre: Middle-grade adventure/magical realism
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids accepted: Global
Website: http://joanhaigbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanhaigbooks
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An old promise. A mysterious tiger. A magical adventure.
Lal and his brother Dilip miss home. They don’t like drizzle, midges, or the tiger skin rug in their creepy new house. All they want is to leave Scotland and go back to India. But that’s before they make friends with Jenny, and before the tiger comes back to life…
The tiger tells them it will take them home in return for their help: it cannot rest until it fulfills an old promise. Can Lal, Dilip and Jenny help it on its quest? Will they get back home? And who is following them?
Silver Winner, ForeWord Indies Book Awards USA. Nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
‘With its sensitivity, sincerity and touches of humor, Tiger Skin Rug is an excellent option for both independent readers and family read alouds.’ – The Wall Street Journal
Author bio:
Joan Haig is an award-winning writer of novels and nonfiction, and a university lecturer in travel writing. She has appeared at major literary festivals, held an author residency with the Scottish Book Trust, and featured in a Publishing Scotland documentary on children’s literature. She lives in the Scottish Borders with her cats and other family.
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Lot 28
£ 25
1
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Joan Haig


Joan Haig
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Title: Great Minds: 2500 Years of Thinkers and Philosophy
Genre: Children's Nonfiction (10+)
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://joanhaigbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanhaigbooks
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Discover 19 brilliant thinkers and their unique ideas that changed the world over 3000 years! Aristotle’s ideas shaped our understanding of the natural world for hundreds of years. Yacob’s Hatata laid the grounds for equality long before our time. Gandhi’s philosophy inspired non-violent protest movements all over the world, and Langer shook up our understanding of what art is and can be. The brilliant ideas from each of these amazing thinkers have stayed with humans for centuries, teaching us new ways of uncovering our world and understanding each other. Covering ideas from the last 2500 years, explore the time periods that shaped each thinker’s ideas, unpack the theories in accessible, easy to digest text and discover the impact they had for the years to come. Presented in graphic novel style, this is a book to inspire a new generation of thinkers and philosophers. Written by Joan Haig and Joan Lennon, and illustrated by André Ducci. Templar Publishing.
Author bio:
Joan Haig is an award-winning writer of novels and nonfiction, and a university lecturer in travel writing. She has appeared at major literary festivals, held an author residency with the Scottish Book Trust, and featured in a Publishing Scotland documentary on children’s literature. She lives in the Scottish Borders with her cats and other family.
Genre: Children's Nonfiction (10+)
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://joanhaigbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanhaigbooks
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Discover 19 brilliant thinkers and their unique ideas that changed the world over 3000 years! Aristotle’s ideas shaped our understanding of the natural world for hundreds of years. Yacob’s Hatata laid the grounds for equality long before our time. Gandhi’s philosophy inspired non-violent protest movements all over the world, and Langer shook up our understanding of what art is and can be. The brilliant ideas from each of these amazing thinkers have stayed with humans for centuries, teaching us new ways of uncovering our world and understanding each other. Covering ideas from the last 2500 years, explore the time periods that shaped each thinker’s ideas, unpack the theories in accessible, easy to digest text and discover the impact they had for the years to come. Presented in graphic novel style, this is a book to inspire a new generation of thinkers and philosophers. Written by Joan Haig and Joan Lennon, and illustrated by André Ducci. Templar Publishing.
Author bio:
Joan Haig is an award-winning writer of novels and nonfiction, and a university lecturer in travel writing. She has appeared at major literary festivals, held an author residency with the Scottish Book Trust, and featured in a Publishing Scotland documentary on children’s literature. She lives in the Scottish Borders with her cats and other family.
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Lot 29
£ 26
5
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S.M. Hardy


S.M. Hardy
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Title: The Evil Within and Evil Never Dies (two book bundle)
Genre: Supernatural Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage free: Yes
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://smhardy.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SueTingey
Book Blurb:
The Evil Within
Two years after the death of his fiancée, Jim Hawkes quits his high-powered job in the City to rent a cottage in the Devon seeking some well-needed rest. But Slyford St James is far from a peaceful haven.Almost immediately he is plagued by strange noises in the attic and the figure of a little girl always just out of sight. His new village friends are convinced Jim has found his way to the village to solve the mystery surrounding the suspicious death of a child. But as Jim is haunted by the ghosts of his past and endangered by a real-world threat in the present, it soon becomes apparent that true evil never dies.
Evil Never Dies
When Jed receives a letter from an old friend, he is intrigued. Though he and Simon were like brothers during their army days, they have lost touch over the years. However, the invitation to the Pomeroy family estate isn't quite the reunion he was hoping for - Simon's eldest brother has been brutally murdered, and he wants Jed to use his connection to the dead to help solve the crime.When they arrive at the estate, Jed is shocked by how fragile and fearful his friend has become. As Jed calls upon the spirit world, the results are dramatic, and a gruesome warning reveals dark and dangerous family secrets that threaten the safety of them all
Bio: S. M. Hardy grew up in South East London and worked in banking for many years before turning her attention to arboricultural management. She has now given up the day job to allegedly spend more time with her husband; he, however, has noticed that an awful lot more writing appears to be going on. She currently lives in Devon.
Genre: Supernatural Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage free: Yes
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://smhardy.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SueTingey
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The Evil Within
Two years after the death of his fiancée, Jim Hawkes quits his high-powered job in the City to rent a cottage in the Devon seeking some well-needed rest. But Slyford St James is far from a peaceful haven.Almost immediately he is plagued by strange noises in the attic and the figure of a little girl always just out of sight. His new village friends are convinced Jim has found his way to the village to solve the mystery surrounding the suspicious death of a child. But as Jim is haunted by the ghosts of his past and endangered by a real-world threat in the present, it soon becomes apparent that true evil never dies.
Evil Never Dies
When Jed receives a letter from an old friend, he is intrigued. Though he and Simon were like brothers during their army days, they have lost touch over the years. However, the invitation to the Pomeroy family estate isn't quite the reunion he was hoping for - Simon's eldest brother has been brutally murdered, and he wants Jed to use his connection to the dead to help solve the crime.When they arrive at the estate, Jed is shocked by how fragile and fearful his friend has become. As Jed calls upon the spirit world, the results are dramatic, and a gruesome warning reveals dark and dangerous family secrets that threaten the safety of them all
Bio: S. M. Hardy grew up in South East London and worked in banking for many years before turning her attention to arboricultural management. She has now given up the day job to allegedly spend more time with her husband; he, however, has noticed that an awful lot more writing appears to be going on. She currently lives in Devon.
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Lot 30
£ 20
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Liz Fenwick


Liz Fenwick
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Title: The Secret Shore
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/liz_fenwick
Book Blurb:
As one of the Navy’s most skilled mapmakers, Merry knows the very lives of men far away depend on her work in the War Office.
But when a family crisis draws her back to her beloved Cornwall, Merry finds herself working alongside an enigmatic American officer on secret operations spanning the rugged coasts of Cornwall and Brittany which she knows so well.
But not everything is as clear as the maps she draws. As rumours and suspicion swirl around her family, Merry is increasingly drawn to Jake, despite the defences she’s built around her heart. It’s a dangerous time to fall in love when there is everything to lose as the tides of war are rising…
Author Bio:
Novelist, wife, mother of three, slave to two cats and dreamer turned doer....
Award winning author of The Cornish House, A Cornish Affair, A Cornish Stranger, Under A Cornish Sky, The Returning Tide, One Cornish Summer, The Path to the Sea, The River Between Us and the novella A Cornish Christmas Carol. She lives in Cornwall with her husband and spends her time wrangling two mad cats, plot walking, reading and procrastinating on social media.
The Secret Shore was released 11 May 2023 and she’s now writing the next book.
Her books are available in Dutch, Germany, Portuguese, French, Estonia, Norwegian, Danish, Turkish, Swedish, Latvian, Serbian, Czech, Hungarian, Italian and Finnish.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/liz_fenwick
Book Blurb:
As one of the Navy’s most skilled mapmakers, Merry knows the very lives of men far away depend on her work in the War Office.
But when a family crisis draws her back to her beloved Cornwall, Merry finds herself working alongside an enigmatic American officer on secret operations spanning the rugged coasts of Cornwall and Brittany which she knows so well.
But not everything is as clear as the maps she draws. As rumours and suspicion swirl around her family, Merry is increasingly drawn to Jake, despite the defences she’s built around her heart. It’s a dangerous time to fall in love when there is everything to lose as the tides of war are rising…
Author Bio:
Novelist, wife, mother of three, slave to two cats and dreamer turned doer....
Award winning author of The Cornish House, A Cornish Affair, A Cornish Stranger, Under A Cornish Sky, The Returning Tide, One Cornish Summer, The Path to the Sea, The River Between Us and the novella A Cornish Christmas Carol. She lives in Cornwall with her husband and spends her time wrangling two mad cats, plot walking, reading and procrastinating on social media.
The Secret Shore was released 11 May 2023 and she’s now writing the next book.
Her books are available in Dutch, Germany, Portuguese, French, Estonia, Norwegian, Danish, Turkish, Swedish, Latvian, Serbian, Czech, Hungarian, Italian and Finnish.
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Lot 31
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Lola Jaye


Lola Jaye
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Title: The Attic Child
Genre: Historical Fiction - Black British
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.lolajaye.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LolaJaye
Book Blurb:
Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2023.
‘An incredibly important book . . . a beautifully crafted, compelling story . . . which will undoubtedly break your heart but also make it sing’ - Mike Gayle
Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a secret.
1907: Twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of his time locked in an attic room of a large house by the sea. Taken from his homeland and treated as an unpaid servant, he dreams of his family in Africa even if, as the years pass, he struggles to remember his mother’s face, and sometimes his real name . . .
Decades later, Lowra, a young orphan girl born into wealth and privilege, will find herself banished to the same attic. Lying under the floorboards of the room is an old porcelain doll, an unusual beaded claw necklace and, most curiously, a sentence etched on the wall behind an old cupboard, written in an unidentifiable language. Artefacts that will offer her a strange kind of comfort, and lead her to believe that she was not the first child to be imprisoned there . . .
Lola Jaye has created a hauntingly powerful, emotionally charged and unique dual-narrative novel about family secrets, love and loss, identity and belonging, seen through the lens of Black British History in The Attic Child.
Author Bio:
Lola Jaye is an author, registered psychotherapist and speaker who has penned six novels and a self-help book.
She was born and raised in London, England and has lived in Nigeria and the United States. She currently works as a psychotherapist. She has written for, CNN, HuffPost, Essence and the BBC and also speaks on issues of mental health and racism. She has also appeared on national television, most recently discussing Covid 19 and mental wellbeing. Lola once gave a presentation on imposter syndrome – a subject close to her heart, because at times she’s unable to believe she’s an actual writer!
The Attic Child (Macmillan) is her first epic historical novel.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Black British
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.lolajaye.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LolaJaye
Book Blurb:
Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2023.
‘An incredibly important book . . . a beautifully crafted, compelling story . . . which will undoubtedly break your heart but also make it sing’ - Mike Gayle
Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a secret.
1907: Twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of his time locked in an attic room of a large house by the sea. Taken from his homeland and treated as an unpaid servant, he dreams of his family in Africa even if, as the years pass, he struggles to remember his mother’s face, and sometimes his real name . . .
Decades later, Lowra, a young orphan girl born into wealth and privilege, will find herself banished to the same attic. Lying under the floorboards of the room is an old porcelain doll, an unusual beaded claw necklace and, most curiously, a sentence etched on the wall behind an old cupboard, written in an unidentifiable language. Artefacts that will offer her a strange kind of comfort, and lead her to believe that she was not the first child to be imprisoned there . . .
Lola Jaye has created a hauntingly powerful, emotionally charged and unique dual-narrative novel about family secrets, love and loss, identity and belonging, seen through the lens of Black British History in The Attic Child.
Author Bio:
Lola Jaye is an author, registered psychotherapist and speaker who has penned six novels and a self-help book.
She was born and raised in London, England and has lived in Nigeria and the United States. She currently works as a psychotherapist. She has written for, CNN, HuffPost, Essence and the BBC and also speaks on issues of mental health and racism. She has also appeared on national television, most recently discussing Covid 19 and mental wellbeing. Lola once gave a presentation on imposter syndrome – a subject close to her heart, because at times she’s unable to believe she’s an actual writer!
The Attic Child (Macmillan) is her first epic historical novel.
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Lot 32
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Sue H Cunningham


Sue H Cunningham
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Title: Totally Deceased
Genre: YA humour/murder mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/susywrites
Blurb:
Seventeen-year-old Jess wakes from an emergency heart transplant to discover she’s being haunted by the disgruntled ghost of her donor - teenage socialite, Tilly. And she won’t leave Jess in peace until they unravel the mystery surrounding her death.
Their investigations take them deep into Tilly’s luxurious heiress life – from private schools to Swiss banks and high-end hotels. But the clues lead somewhere darker than either of the girls could have imagined. And if Jess can’t solve the murder in time, her own life may be at risk...
A hilarious, high-stakes murder mystery like no other.
Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson, Benjamin Dean and Netflix's Inventing Anna. An ambitious, tightly-plotted, laugh-out-loud read that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This charming friendship will remind readers of Only Murders in the Building and 90s Ghost. Perfect for BookTok and Bookstagram.
Author bio:
Sue H Cunningham writes young adult fiction with humour and a hint of magic. She has won a number of awards for writing, including the Write Mentor Children’s Novel Award 2020, and featured in the SCBWI Undiscovered Voices 2022 Anthology. She has also had more than fifty short stories for adults published in the UK and worldwide. Her debut YA murder mystery, TOTALLY DECEASED, will be published 12th October 2023.
Sue lives in Manchester with her husband and teen sons. When she’s not writing, or tripping over electric guitar cables, she works for the NHS.
Genre: YA humour/murder mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/susywrites
Blurb:
Seventeen-year-old Jess wakes from an emergency heart transplant to discover she’s being haunted by the disgruntled ghost of her donor - teenage socialite, Tilly. And she won’t leave Jess in peace until they unravel the mystery surrounding her death.
Their investigations take them deep into Tilly’s luxurious heiress life – from private schools to Swiss banks and high-end hotels. But the clues lead somewhere darker than either of the girls could have imagined. And if Jess can’t solve the murder in time, her own life may be at risk...
A hilarious, high-stakes murder mystery like no other.
Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson, Benjamin Dean and Netflix's Inventing Anna. An ambitious, tightly-plotted, laugh-out-loud read that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This charming friendship will remind readers of Only Murders in the Building and 90s Ghost. Perfect for BookTok and Bookstagram.
Author bio:
Sue H Cunningham writes young adult fiction with humour and a hint of magic. She has won a number of awards for writing, including the Write Mentor Children’s Novel Award 2020, and featured in the SCBWI Undiscovered Voices 2022 Anthology. She has also had more than fifty short stories for adults published in the UK and worldwide. Her debut YA murder mystery, TOTALLY DECEASED, will be published 12th October 2023.
Sue lives in Manchester with her husband and teen sons. When she’s not writing, or tripping over electric guitar cables, she works for the NHS.
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Lot 33
£ 16
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Stephanie Sorrell


Stephanie Sorrell
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Title: Dandy the Highway Lion
Genre: Historical, Adventure, Animal Stories
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://chickenhousebooks.com/books/dandy-the-highway-lion/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sophistopheles
Book blurb:
'Lonely after their family moves to London, Ben and Hattie are delighted to find a new friend in the park. But Mr Dandy Paws is a highway lion – and with a P.I. on his tail, his latest scheme could get Ben and Hattie into far more trouble than they bargained for …
• A delightfully old-fashioned debut adventure for modern children aged 7-11, full of friendship, daring and fun.
• Set in an off-the-wall 1920s London complete with talking animals.
• Strong animal welfare and ecological themes with a funny and fantastical twist.
• Illustrated by Roxana de Rond with a classic nostalgic feel.'
Author bio:
'Stephanie Sorrell’s debut children’s novel, DANDY THE HIGHWAY LION, was shortlisted for the Times/Chicken House Competition in 2020, before going on to be published by Chicken House in Spring 2023. After studying English Literature with Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, she stumbled, semi-intentionally, into life aboard a boat, where she now lives with her husband, two spoilt cats (rescued while sailing in Spain), and several visiting swans.'
Genre: Historical, Adventure, Animal Stories
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://chickenhousebooks.com/books/dandy-the-highway-lion/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sophistopheles
Book blurb:
'Lonely after their family moves to London, Ben and Hattie are delighted to find a new friend in the park. But Mr Dandy Paws is a highway lion – and with a P.I. on his tail, his latest scheme could get Ben and Hattie into far more trouble than they bargained for …
• A delightfully old-fashioned debut adventure for modern children aged 7-11, full of friendship, daring and fun.
• Set in an off-the-wall 1920s London complete with talking animals.
• Strong animal welfare and ecological themes with a funny and fantastical twist.
• Illustrated by Roxana de Rond with a classic nostalgic feel.'
Author bio:
'Stephanie Sorrell’s debut children’s novel, DANDY THE HIGHWAY LION, was shortlisted for the Times/Chicken House Competition in 2020, before going on to be published by Chicken House in Spring 2023. After studying English Literature with Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, she stumbled, semi-intentionally, into life aboard a boat, where she now lives with her husband, two spoilt cats (rescued while sailing in Spain), and several visiting swans.'
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Lot 34
£ 22
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Victoria Howard


Victoria Howard
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Three book package
Title 1: Ring of Lies
Genre: Crime - Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The House on the Shore
Genre: Crime - Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Three Weeks Last Spring
Genre: Crime - Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Bonus: Victoria will be adding a few secret extras
Website: https://www.victoriahoward.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VictoriaHoward_
Book 1 Blurb:
When English accountant Daniel Elliott dies in a car accident one rainy night, his widow, Grace, is overcome with grief…and panic. Daniel was controlling and their marriage loveless, but he always took care of the sheltered Grace.
Or so she thought.
She soon discovers Daniel kept secrets: an alias, mob ties, a list of numbers, a mysterious beach house in Florida… and a girlfriend who looks like Grace.
Swallowing her fear, she flies to Miami to claim the house Daniel left her. But the price of her curiosity is peril. Underworld figures stalk her. The other woman has left a damning trail of evidence pointing her way. And handsome, troubled FBI agent Jack West has crossed precarious paths with Grace before. He could be her savior or her damnation. All she knows for certain is that she longs to be in his arms.
With little to go on and danger at every turn, Grace must depend on Jack to help her navigate the criminal world of south Florida, and find the truth behind the Ring of Lies.
Book 2 Blurb:
When Anna MacDonald leaves Edinburgh to find peace in the Scottish Highlands, she gets a twofold surprise: a lost sailor teaches her to love again…while a mysterious stranger has plans to kill her.
Passed over for promotion by her boss—and boyfriend, Anna walks off the job in anger. But being reactionary has its price. Now she can no longer afford the rent on her Edinburgh apartment. So she retreats to the only place she has ever felt happy – her grandmother’s croft on the edge of a Highland loch. With no phone or neighbours, and only two border collies for company, Anna sets out to finally achieve her lifelong dream; to write—and sell—the novel that has burned within her for years.
Luke Tallantyre, a renowned Cape Cod artist, has sailed across the Atlantic to escape an artistic dry spell—and come to terms with his dangerous past. When his yacht develops a problem he drops anchor in Loch Hourn. He rows ashore, and knocking on the door of the croft, asks to use the telephone, but the reception he receives is less than welcoming – in fact it’s downright frosty.
Anna resents the cranky American’s intrusion to her seemingly idyllic life. Luke thinks she’s an ill-mannered hermit. But an unseen assassin is after one of them. So they unwillingly join forces and embark on an adventure neither ever imagined…including a chance at true love.
Book 3 Blurb:
Skye Dunbar needs to get away from London to put a disastrous affair behind her. When she rents a small cabin in Washington State’s San Juan Islands, the last thing she expects is to be accused of computer hacking.
Marine biologist Jedediah Walker is called in to investigate the large number of dead marine life being washed up on the islands beaches. And he has another problem – an unexpected, beautiful and suspicious new tenant renting his cabin. When Walker discovers that the fish contain a high concentration of toxic chemicals, he suspects that the chemicals are being deliberately dumped in Puget Sound. And later, when someone hacks into his computer, he realises it is no coincidence and sets out to find out more about his mysterious new tenant.However, Skye doesn’t like Walker from the moment she lays eyes on him. He feels the same. But that’s about to change.
Author Bio:
Victoria Howard is the author of three romantic suspense novels; The House on the Shore, (a 2009 Joan Hessayon Award finalist), Three Weeks Last Spring, and Ring of Lies. She is also the author of several short stories, including the Kindle short, A Little Protection.
Victoria trained as a medical secretary, and subsequently worked for the National Health Service. She spent twenty years living on a croft in the Highlands of Scotland, managing a company involved in the offshore oil and gas industry.
During those rare times when she isn't writing, Victoria can be found curled up with a book, gardening, designing knitwear, walking her Border collie, Rosie, or travelling the world.
Victoria is a member of Romantic Novelists' Association.
Title 1: Ring of Lies
Genre: Crime - Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The House on the Shore
Genre: Crime - Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Three Weeks Last Spring
Genre: Crime - Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Bonus: Victoria will be adding a few secret extras
Website: https://www.victoriahoward.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VictoriaHoward_
Book 1 Blurb:
When English accountant Daniel Elliott dies in a car accident one rainy night, his widow, Grace, is overcome with grief…and panic. Daniel was controlling and their marriage loveless, but he always took care of the sheltered Grace.
Or so she thought.
She soon discovers Daniel kept secrets: an alias, mob ties, a list of numbers, a mysterious beach house in Florida… and a girlfriend who looks like Grace.
Swallowing her fear, she flies to Miami to claim the house Daniel left her. But the price of her curiosity is peril. Underworld figures stalk her. The other woman has left a damning trail of evidence pointing her way. And handsome, troubled FBI agent Jack West has crossed precarious paths with Grace before. He could be her savior or her damnation. All she knows for certain is that she longs to be in his arms.
With little to go on and danger at every turn, Grace must depend on Jack to help her navigate the criminal world of south Florida, and find the truth behind the Ring of Lies.
Book 2 Blurb:
When Anna MacDonald leaves Edinburgh to find peace in the Scottish Highlands, she gets a twofold surprise: a lost sailor teaches her to love again…while a mysterious stranger has plans to kill her.
Passed over for promotion by her boss—and boyfriend, Anna walks off the job in anger. But being reactionary has its price. Now she can no longer afford the rent on her Edinburgh apartment. So she retreats to the only place she has ever felt happy – her grandmother’s croft on the edge of a Highland loch. With no phone or neighbours, and only two border collies for company, Anna sets out to finally achieve her lifelong dream; to write—and sell—the novel that has burned within her for years.
Luke Tallantyre, a renowned Cape Cod artist, has sailed across the Atlantic to escape an artistic dry spell—and come to terms with his dangerous past. When his yacht develops a problem he drops anchor in Loch Hourn. He rows ashore, and knocking on the door of the croft, asks to use the telephone, but the reception he receives is less than welcoming – in fact it’s downright frosty.
Anna resents the cranky American’s intrusion to her seemingly idyllic life. Luke thinks she’s an ill-mannered hermit. But an unseen assassin is after one of them. So they unwillingly join forces and embark on an adventure neither ever imagined…including a chance at true love.
Book 3 Blurb:
Skye Dunbar needs to get away from London to put a disastrous affair behind her. When she rents a small cabin in Washington State’s San Juan Islands, the last thing she expects is to be accused of computer hacking.
Marine biologist Jedediah Walker is called in to investigate the large number of dead marine life being washed up on the islands beaches. And he has another problem – an unexpected, beautiful and suspicious new tenant renting his cabin. When Walker discovers that the fish contain a high concentration of toxic chemicals, he suspects that the chemicals are being deliberately dumped in Puget Sound. And later, when someone hacks into his computer, he realises it is no coincidence and sets out to find out more about his mysterious new tenant.However, Skye doesn’t like Walker from the moment she lays eyes on him. He feels the same. But that’s about to change.
Author Bio:
Victoria Howard is the author of three romantic suspense novels; The House on the Shore, (a 2009 Joan Hessayon Award finalist), Three Weeks Last Spring, and Ring of Lies. She is also the author of several short stories, including the Kindle short, A Little Protection.
Victoria trained as a medical secretary, and subsequently worked for the National Health Service. She spent twenty years living on a croft in the Highlands of Scotland, managing a company involved in the offshore oil and gas industry.
During those rare times when she isn't writing, Victoria can be found curled up with a book, gardening, designing knitwear, walking her Border collie, Rosie, or travelling the world.
Victoria is a member of Romantic Novelists' Association.
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Lot 35
£ 50
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Peter May


Peter May
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Title: A Winter Grave
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://petermay.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorpetermay
Book Blurb:
A young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station discovers the body of a man entombed in ice. The dead man is investigative reporter, George Younger, missing for three months after vanishing during what he claimed was a hill-walking holiday. Cameron Brodie, a veteran Glasgow detective, volunteers to be flown north to investigate Younger’s death, but he has more than a murder enquiry on his agenda. He knows the time has come to face his estranged daughter who has made her home in the remote Highland village. Arriving during an ice storm, Brodie and pathologist Dr. Sita Roy, find themselves the sole guests at the International Hotel, where Younger’s body has been kept refrigerated. But evidence uncovered during his autopsy places the lives of both Brodie and Roy in extreme jeopardy.
Author Bio:
PETER MAY was born and raised in Scotland. He was an award-winning journalist at the age of twenty-one and a published novelist at twenty-six. When his first book was adapted as a major drama series for the BBC, he
quit journalism and, during the high-octane fifteen years that followed, became one of Scotland’s most successful television dramatists. He has won several literary awards in France, received the USA’s Barry Award for The Blackhouse – the first in his internationally bestselling Lewis Trilogy; and in 2014 Entry Island was awarded the ITV Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year, as well as the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year. May now lives in South-West France with his wife, writer Janice Hally.
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://petermay.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorpetermay
Book Blurb:
A young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station discovers the body of a man entombed in ice. The dead man is investigative reporter, George Younger, missing for three months after vanishing during what he claimed was a hill-walking holiday. Cameron Brodie, a veteran Glasgow detective, volunteers to be flown north to investigate Younger’s death, but he has more than a murder enquiry on his agenda. He knows the time has come to face his estranged daughter who has made her home in the remote Highland village. Arriving during an ice storm, Brodie and pathologist Dr. Sita Roy, find themselves the sole guests at the International Hotel, where Younger’s body has been kept refrigerated. But evidence uncovered during his autopsy places the lives of both Brodie and Roy in extreme jeopardy.
Author Bio:
PETER MAY was born and raised in Scotland. He was an award-winning journalist at the age of twenty-one and a published novelist at twenty-six. When his first book was adapted as a major drama series for the BBC, he
quit journalism and, during the high-octane fifteen years that followed, became one of Scotland’s most successful television dramatists. He has won several literary awards in France, received the USA’s Barry Award for The Blackhouse – the first in his internationally bestselling Lewis Trilogy; and in 2014 Entry Island was awarded the ITV Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year, as well as the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year. May now lives in South-West France with his wife, writer Janice Hally.
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Lot 36
£ 70
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Michael Morpurgo


Michael Morpurgo
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Title: My Heart Was a Tree
Genre: Children - Environment - Education
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: NO
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.littletoller.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LittleToller
Book Blurb:
Discover the beauty and wonder of trees in this stunningly illustrated collection of poetry and stories celebrating trees and what they mean to the world around us . . .
Inspired by the woods around his home, the mighty forests that support our life on Earth, and the Ted Hughes poem which gives this book its title, My Heart Was a Tree is a celebration, and Sir Michael Morpurgo's love letter to trees.
There are stories from an ancient olive remembering Odysseus and Penelope, and from a eucalyptus that gave shelter to a koala; from a piece of driftwood that was made into a chair, and from a tiny sapling carried by a refugee as a reminder of home – these are poems and stories that will amuse, move and energise families and readers of all ages to appreciate the beauty and wonder of trees.
Yuval Zommer's beautiful, detailed illustrations bring the natural world to life, and make My Heart Was a Tree a book to pore over for hours and hours, discovering something new each time.
Author Bio:
Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain’s best-loved writers for children. He has written over 130 books including War Horse, which was adapted for a hugely successful stage production by the National Theatre and then, in 2011, for a film directed by Steven Spielberg. Michael was Children’s Laureate from 2003 to 2005. The charity Farms for City Children, which he founded thirty years ago with his wife Clare, has now enabled over 70,000 children to spend a week living and working down on the farm. His enormous success has continued with his most recent novels Flamingo Boy and The Snowman, inspired by the classic story by Raymond Briggs. He was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.
Yuval Zommer graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Illustration. He is an award-winning author and illustrator whose work has been translated into twenty-five languages. His bestselling ‘Big Book Of…’ series teaches children about our planet and the creatures on it. Zommer is an environmentalist.
Genre: Children - Environment - Education
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: NO
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.littletoller.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LittleToller
Book Blurb:
Discover the beauty and wonder of trees in this stunningly illustrated collection of poetry and stories celebrating trees and what they mean to the world around us . . .
Inspired by the woods around his home, the mighty forests that support our life on Earth, and the Ted Hughes poem which gives this book its title, My Heart Was a Tree is a celebration, and Sir Michael Morpurgo's love letter to trees.
There are stories from an ancient olive remembering Odysseus and Penelope, and from a eucalyptus that gave shelter to a koala; from a piece of driftwood that was made into a chair, and from a tiny sapling carried by a refugee as a reminder of home – these are poems and stories that will amuse, move and energise families and readers of all ages to appreciate the beauty and wonder of trees.
Yuval Zommer's beautiful, detailed illustrations bring the natural world to life, and make My Heart Was a Tree a book to pore over for hours and hours, discovering something new each time.
Author Bio:
Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain’s best-loved writers for children. He has written over 130 books including War Horse, which was adapted for a hugely successful stage production by the National Theatre and then, in 2011, for a film directed by Steven Spielberg. Michael was Children’s Laureate from 2003 to 2005. The charity Farms for City Children, which he founded thirty years ago with his wife Clare, has now enabled over 70,000 children to spend a week living and working down on the farm. His enormous success has continued with his most recent novels Flamingo Boy and The Snowman, inspired by the classic story by Raymond Briggs. He was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.
Yuval Zommer graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Illustration. He is an award-winning author and illustrator whose work has been translated into twenty-five languages. His bestselling ‘Big Book Of…’ series teaches children about our planet and the creatures on it. Zommer is an environmentalist.
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Michael Morpurgo


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Title: All Around The Year
Genre: Agriculture & Farming
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: NO
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* Along with Michael, Katherine Rundell has kindly added her signature to the book *
Website: https://www.littletoller.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LittleToller
Book Blurb:
Originally published in 1979, All Around the Year is a diary following a year at Parsonage Farm, a mixed farm in Devon, close to Dartmoor. The book documented a way of life unchanged for centuries, but which was already remote to most people. In All Around the Year, Morpurgo revealed the daily hardships and rewards of such a life.
The accompanying poems were written by Ted Hughes about life on his own nearby farm. The book is illustrated with the
photographs of James Ravilious from the Beaford Archive.
The book has a new introduction by the prize-winning author Katherine Rundell, and is published for Michael Morpurgo’seightieth birthday.
Author Bio:
Michael Morpurgo is a prize-winning author of books for children, including War Horse and Private Peaceful.From 2003-2005 he was the Children’s Laureate, a role he conceived with Ted Hughes. With his wife, Clare, he founded
the charity Farms for City Children.
Genre: Agriculture & Farming
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: NO
Postage & Packaging; FREE
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* Along with Michael, Katherine Rundell has kindly added her signature to the book *
Website: https://www.littletoller.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LittleToller
Book Blurb:
Originally published in 1979, All Around the Year is a diary following a year at Parsonage Farm, a mixed farm in Devon, close to Dartmoor. The book documented a way of life unchanged for centuries, but which was already remote to most people. In All Around the Year, Morpurgo revealed the daily hardships and rewards of such a life.
The accompanying poems were written by Ted Hughes about life on his own nearby farm. The book is illustrated with the
photographs of James Ravilious from the Beaford Archive.
The book has a new introduction by the prize-winning author Katherine Rundell, and is published for Michael Morpurgo’seightieth birthday.
Author Bio:
Michael Morpurgo is a prize-winning author of books for children, including War Horse and Private Peaceful.From 2003-2005 he was the Children’s Laureate, a role he conceived with Ted Hughes. With his wife, Clare, he founded
the charity Farms for City Children.
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Fiona Cummins


Fiona Cummins
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Title: Into the Dark
Genre: Mystery
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://cwagency.co.uk/client/fiona-cummins
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FionaAnnCummins
Book Blurb:
'Complex. Inventive. Twisting. Unsettling.' - Sarah Vaughan, bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal
THE PLACE: Seawings, a beautiful Art Deco home overlooking the sweep of the bay in Midtown-on-Sea.
THE CRIME: The gilded Holden family - Piper and Gray and their two teenage children, Riva and Artie - has vanished from the house without a trace.
THE DETECTIVE: DS Saul Anguish, brilliant but with a dark past, treads the narrow line between light and shade.
One late autumn morning, Piper’s best friend arrives at Seawings to discover an eerie scene – the kettle is still warm, all the family’s phones are charging on the worktop, the cars are in the garage. But the house is deserted.
In fifteen-year-old Riva Holden’s bedroom, scrawled across the mirror in blood, are three words:
Make
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Stop.
What happens next?
Author Bio:
FIONA CUMMINS is a graduate of the prestigious Faber Academy in London and an award‑winning journalist. She spent twelve years at Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper as its chief showbiz reporter, interviewing celebrities from Michael Jackson to George Clooney. She was named Showbusiness Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2007, and has been nominated four times. Now freelance, her work has appeared in numerous UK publications, as well as appearing on several national TV programs. She lives in Essex with her husband and two children.
Genre: Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: NO
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Website: https://cwagency.co.uk/client/fiona-cummins
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FionaAnnCummins
Book Blurb:
'Complex. Inventive. Twisting. Unsettling.' - Sarah Vaughan, bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal
THE PLACE: Seawings, a beautiful Art Deco home overlooking the sweep of the bay in Midtown-on-Sea.
THE CRIME: The gilded Holden family - Piper and Gray and their two teenage children, Riva and Artie - has vanished from the house without a trace.
THE DETECTIVE: DS Saul Anguish, brilliant but with a dark past, treads the narrow line between light and shade.
One late autumn morning, Piper’s best friend arrives at Seawings to discover an eerie scene – the kettle is still warm, all the family’s phones are charging on the worktop, the cars are in the garage. But the house is deserted.
In fifteen-year-old Riva Holden’s bedroom, scrawled across the mirror in blood, are three words:
Make
Them
Stop.
What happens next?
Author Bio:
FIONA CUMMINS is a graduate of the prestigious Faber Academy in London and an award‑winning journalist. She spent twelve years at Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper as its chief showbiz reporter, interviewing celebrities from Michael Jackson to George Clooney. She was named Showbusiness Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2007, and has been nominated four times. Now freelance, her work has appeared in numerous UK publications, as well as appearing on several national TV programs. She lives in Essex with her husband and two children.
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Kate Mosse


Kate Mosse
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Title: Ghost Ship
Genre: Romance - Adventure
Format: Hardback - First Addition
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Website: https://www.katemosse.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katemosse
Book Blurb:
Piracy. Romance. Revenge. Across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for their love and their lives. The sequel to The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship is the third novel in The Joubert Family Chronicles from bestselling author Kate Mosse.
The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months, its captain - Louise Reydon-Joubert - and her courageous crew has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved during the course of their merciless raids.
But now the Ghost Ship is under attack – its hull splintered, its sails tattered and burnt, and the crew at risk of capture. But the bravest among them are not who they seem. Louise is fleeing a miscarriage of justice; her lover, Gilles Barenton, is at risk of being exposed - she is forced to masquerade as her brother. The stakes could not be higher: if arrested, they will be hanged for their crimes. Can they survive the journey and escape their fate?
A sweeping and epic queer love story, ranging from France in 1610 to Amsterdam and the Canary Islands in the 1620s, The Ghost Ship is a thrilling novel of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes and hidden secrets on the High Seas. Most of all, it is a tale of defiant women in a man's world.
Author Bio:
Kate Mosse is the author of ten novels & short story collections, including the No 1 bestselling The Joubert Family Chronicles – The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears and The Ghost Ship – as well as the multimillion selling Languedoc Trilogy - Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel - and No 1 bestselling Gothic fiction including The Winter Ghosts and The Taxidermist's Daughter. Her books have been translated into 38 languages and published in more than 40 countries. She has also written four works of non-fiction – including her memoir about caring An Extra Pair of Hands and Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World, which inspired her first one-woman show and theatre tour. She has also written four plays, contributed essays and introductions to classic novels and collections. Her novel for Quick Reads, The Black Mountain, was published in 2022 and she contributed a story to the international bestselling Miss Marple Collection of Short Stories, Marple.
A champion of women's creativity, Kate is the Founder Director of the Women's Prizes - the largest annual celebration of women's writing in the world - and is the Founder of the global campaign #WomanInHistory launched in January 2021 to honour, celebrate and promote women’s achievements throughout history. She was awarded an OBE in 2013 for services to literature and women, was named Woman of the Year for her service to the arts in the Everywoman Awards and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. A regular guest on book & arts shows on radio and television, shealso writes and presents documentaries. To celebrate her 60th birthday, she launched her own YouTube book channel – Kate-Mosse-on-Books – with a monthly show ‘Mosse on a Monday’.
Kate hosts the pre performance interview series at Chichester Festival Theatre in Sussex, chairs Platform Events for the National Theatre in London, as well as interviewing writers, directors, campaigners and actors at literary and theatre festivals in the UK and beyond. Kate was awarded a Fellowship at the Writer's House in Amsterdam in 2019. She is a visiting Professor of Creative Writing & Contemporary Fiction at the University of Chichester, a Patron of the Chichester Festival of Dance, Music and Speech and President of the Festival of Chichester.
In 2019, Kate was honoured to be presented with a medal for services to culture by the City of Carcassonne. It is because of buying a tiny house in the shadow of the medieval city walls of Carcassonne in 1989 - and becoming inspired by the landscape, the beauty and the history of the region - that Kate became the writer she is.
Genre: Romance - Adventure
Format: Hardback - First Addition
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.katemosse.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katemosse
Book Blurb:
Piracy. Romance. Revenge. Across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for their love and their lives. The sequel to The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship is the third novel in The Joubert Family Chronicles from bestselling author Kate Mosse.
The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months, its captain - Louise Reydon-Joubert - and her courageous crew has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved during the course of their merciless raids.
But now the Ghost Ship is under attack – its hull splintered, its sails tattered and burnt, and the crew at risk of capture. But the bravest among them are not who they seem. Louise is fleeing a miscarriage of justice; her lover, Gilles Barenton, is at risk of being exposed - she is forced to masquerade as her brother. The stakes could not be higher: if arrested, they will be hanged for their crimes. Can they survive the journey and escape their fate?
A sweeping and epic queer love story, ranging from France in 1610 to Amsterdam and the Canary Islands in the 1620s, The Ghost Ship is a thrilling novel of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes and hidden secrets on the High Seas. Most of all, it is a tale of defiant women in a man's world.
Author Bio:
Kate Mosse is the author of ten novels & short story collections, including the No 1 bestselling The Joubert Family Chronicles – The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears and The Ghost Ship – as well as the multimillion selling Languedoc Trilogy - Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel - and No 1 bestselling Gothic fiction including The Winter Ghosts and The Taxidermist's Daughter. Her books have been translated into 38 languages and published in more than 40 countries. She has also written four works of non-fiction – including her memoir about caring An Extra Pair of Hands and Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World, which inspired her first one-woman show and theatre tour. She has also written four plays, contributed essays and introductions to classic novels and collections. Her novel for Quick Reads, The Black Mountain, was published in 2022 and she contributed a story to the international bestselling Miss Marple Collection of Short Stories, Marple.
A champion of women's creativity, Kate is the Founder Director of the Women's Prizes - the largest annual celebration of women's writing in the world - and is the Founder of the global campaign #WomanInHistory launched in January 2021 to honour, celebrate and promote women’s achievements throughout history. She was awarded an OBE in 2013 for services to literature and women, was named Woman of the Year for her service to the arts in the Everywoman Awards and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. A regular guest on book & arts shows on radio and television, shealso writes and presents documentaries. To celebrate her 60th birthday, she launched her own YouTube book channel – Kate-Mosse-on-Books – with a monthly show ‘Mosse on a Monday’.
Kate hosts the pre performance interview series at Chichester Festival Theatre in Sussex, chairs Platform Events for the National Theatre in London, as well as interviewing writers, directors, campaigners and actors at literary and theatre festivals in the UK and beyond. Kate was awarded a Fellowship at the Writer's House in Amsterdam in 2019. She is a visiting Professor of Creative Writing & Contemporary Fiction at the University of Chichester, a Patron of the Chichester Festival of Dance, Music and Speech and President of the Festival of Chichester.
In 2019, Kate was honoured to be presented with a medal for services to culture by the City of Carcassonne. It is because of buying a tiny house in the shadow of the medieval city walls of Carcassonne in 1989 - and becoming inspired by the landscape, the beauty and the history of the region - that Kate became the writer she is.
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Andreina Cordani


Andreina Cordani
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Two Book Special
Title 1: Dead Lucky
Genre: Young Adult thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Girl Who...
Genre: Young Adult psychological thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedications available: Yes
Postage: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://andreinacordani.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreinaCordani
Book 1 Blurb:
Ed, Maxine, Leni, Xav.
They are the influencers, the lucky ones. Gifted, gilded people who have everything - fame, respect, adulation, more freebies than they can ever unbox. Their lives, loves and feuds are shared with millions of fans on the streaming platform PlayMii, and they are living the dream.
But it's broken Ed's heart.
It's crushing Maxine.
It's destroying Leni's friendships.
And it's gone to Xav's head.
Then, a masked figure walks into Xav's apartment and murders him on camera.
As the world reels with shock, Maxine discovers Xav was sitting on a file of secrets about his fellow creators - career-destroying secrets that they'd do anything to keep hidden. And if she doesn't find the file, she could be next . . .
'I loved Dead Lucky. It was gripping, refreshing and wonderfully told: Andreina is brilliant at misdirection, so I had no idea what was ahead . . . I hugely recommend this book to anyone who likes a twisty thriller' Emily Barr, author of The One Memory of Flora Banks
Book 2 Blurb:
The girl who... survived
The girl who... inspires
The girl who... has something to hide
People can't bring themselves to say what happened to her. They just describe her as 'the girl who... you know...'. But nobody really knows, no one sees the real Leah
Leah is the perfect survivor. She was seven years old when she saw her mother and sister killed by a troubled gang member. Her case hit the headlines and her bravery made her a national sweetheart: strong, courageous and forgiving.
But Leah is hiding a secret about their deaths. And now, ten years later, all she can think of is revenge.
When Leah's dad meets a new partner, stepsister Ellie moves in. Sensing Leah isn't quite the sweet girl she pretends to be, Ellie discovers that Leah has a plan, one she has been putting together ever since that fateful day. Now that the killer - and the only one who knows the truth - is being released from prison, time is running out for Ellie to discover how far Leah will go to silence her anger . . .
Author bio
Before writing her first novel, Andreina Cordani was a senior editor and writer for women's magazines including Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan, where her assignments included interviewing gun-toting moms on the school run, ordering illegal DIY Botox online and learning to do the splits in eight weeks.
She lives on the Dorset coast with her family where she reads voraciously, occasionally makes TikTok videos and swims in the sea. She is the author of two dark thrillers for young adults, The Girl Who... and Dead Lucky and is currently working on an adult crime story.
Title 1: Dead Lucky
Genre: Young Adult thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Girl Who...
Genre: Young Adult psychological thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedications available: Yes
Postage: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://andreinacordani.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreinaCordani
Book 1 Blurb:
Ed, Maxine, Leni, Xav.
They are the influencers, the lucky ones. Gifted, gilded people who have everything - fame, respect, adulation, more freebies than they can ever unbox. Their lives, loves and feuds are shared with millions of fans on the streaming platform PlayMii, and they are living the dream.
But it's broken Ed's heart.
It's crushing Maxine.
It's destroying Leni's friendships.
And it's gone to Xav's head.
Then, a masked figure walks into Xav's apartment and murders him on camera.
As the world reels with shock, Maxine discovers Xav was sitting on a file of secrets about his fellow creators - career-destroying secrets that they'd do anything to keep hidden. And if she doesn't find the file, she could be next . . .
'I loved Dead Lucky. It was gripping, refreshing and wonderfully told: Andreina is brilliant at misdirection, so I had no idea what was ahead . . . I hugely recommend this book to anyone who likes a twisty thriller' Emily Barr, author of The One Memory of Flora Banks
Book 2 Blurb:
The girl who... survived
The girl who... inspires
The girl who... has something to hide
People can't bring themselves to say what happened to her. They just describe her as 'the girl who... you know...'. But nobody really knows, no one sees the real Leah
Leah is the perfect survivor. She was seven years old when she saw her mother and sister killed by a troubled gang member. Her case hit the headlines and her bravery made her a national sweetheart: strong, courageous and forgiving.
But Leah is hiding a secret about their deaths. And now, ten years later, all she can think of is revenge.
When Leah's dad meets a new partner, stepsister Ellie moves in. Sensing Leah isn't quite the sweet girl she pretends to be, Ellie discovers that Leah has a plan, one she has been putting together ever since that fateful day. Now that the killer - and the only one who knows the truth - is being released from prison, time is running out for Ellie to discover how far Leah will go to silence her anger . . .
Author bio
Before writing her first novel, Andreina Cordani was a senior editor and writer for women's magazines including Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan, where her assignments included interviewing gun-toting moms on the school run, ordering illegal DIY Botox online and learning to do the splits in eight weeks.
She lives on the Dorset coast with her family where she reads voraciously, occasionally makes TikTok videos and swims in the sea. She is the author of two dark thrillers for young adults, The Girl Who... and Dead Lucky and is currently working on an adult crime story.
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Lot 41
£ 31
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Mickey Mayhew


Mickey Mayhew
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Title: The Anne Boleyn Bible
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.mickeymayhew.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mickey_Mayhew
Book Blurb:
Anne Boleyn sells, but she sells in segments; a biography here, a study over there on her guilt and something else yonder concerned with where she lived or what she liked to wear. This book, covering not just her life but her life onscreen, in theatre, on TV and also the impact of the first black actress to play her, is the definitive, all-encompassing story of Anne Boleyn from 1501 (or thereabouts) to 2023. Having examined the ardent fandom of Anne Boleyn for his doctorate, Dr Mickey Mayhew is in a unique position to offer something new to say on this much-discussed 'tragic' Tudor queen and is not afraid to tackle some of the less palatable aspects of her life. Also, this book is the first to examine with authenticity the reality of Anne's relationship with the most important man in her life, the man whose name she repeated in comfort whilst facing the Swordsman of Calais on the scaffold, having spent her life promulgating his doctrine; Jesus Christ himself. As for the aforementioned executioner, Dr Mayhew's research in Calais and Saint-Omer can now lift a lid on a few of the particulars of this elusive and yet essential figure of Anne Boleyn mythos; and yes, now he even has a name as well. The Anne Boleyn Bible also offers a straightforward retelling of Anne's actual historical life, albeit one that outlines an entirely fresh and empowering perspective on her rise to prominence; this is followed by a series of considered arguments on the 'for' and 'against' in regard to her guilt & execution; then her entry into popular culture, firstly in plays and masques, before she went on to headline movies, TV series, cosplay, and now, with the first black woman to portray her, model and actress Jodie Turner-Smith. This book is simply what it says on the cover - The Anne Boleyn Bible - leaving no depiction, no religious aspect, no appearance in popular culture, from The Simpsons to the West End musical 'Six', overlooked; likewise, Dr Mayhew also turns his trademark brand of rather wry commentary toward the vast plethora of Anne Boleyn merchandising, tourist spots, rubber ducks, beanies and the wrangling question of who was the ultimate onscreen Anne; Genevieve Bujold or Natalie Dormer?!
Author Bio:
Lifelong Londoner Mickey Mayhew has a PhD concerning the online cult surrounding tragic queens; Anne Boleyn and Mary Queen of Scots. He was co-author on three books relating to Jack the Ripper, published by The History Press; The Little Book of Mary Queen of Scots was also published by The History Press in January 2015. I Love the Tudors, by Pavilion Books, was released in 2016. He has a semi-regular column in the journal of The Whitechapel Society, and was previously a film and theatre reviewer for several London lifestyle magazines. He has also worked as an assistant researcher on several projects for London South Bank University. His first book for Pen & Sword - House of Tudor: A Grisly History - was published in early 2022. Imprisoning Mary Queen of Scots: The men who kept the Stuart Queen was released in the autumn of 2022; proving that being a polymath isn't at all problematic, Rasputin and his Russian Queen: The True Story of Grigory and Alexandra was released in early 2023.
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.mickeymayhew.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mickey_Mayhew
Book Blurb:
Anne Boleyn sells, but she sells in segments; a biography here, a study over there on her guilt and something else yonder concerned with where she lived or what she liked to wear. This book, covering not just her life but her life onscreen, in theatre, on TV and also the impact of the first black actress to play her, is the definitive, all-encompassing story of Anne Boleyn from 1501 (or thereabouts) to 2023. Having examined the ardent fandom of Anne Boleyn for his doctorate, Dr Mickey Mayhew is in a unique position to offer something new to say on this much-discussed 'tragic' Tudor queen and is not afraid to tackle some of the less palatable aspects of her life. Also, this book is the first to examine with authenticity the reality of Anne's relationship with the most important man in her life, the man whose name she repeated in comfort whilst facing the Swordsman of Calais on the scaffold, having spent her life promulgating his doctrine; Jesus Christ himself. As for the aforementioned executioner, Dr Mayhew's research in Calais and Saint-Omer can now lift a lid on a few of the particulars of this elusive and yet essential figure of Anne Boleyn mythos; and yes, now he even has a name as well. The Anne Boleyn Bible also offers a straightforward retelling of Anne's actual historical life, albeit one that outlines an entirely fresh and empowering perspective on her rise to prominence; this is followed by a series of considered arguments on the 'for' and 'against' in regard to her guilt & execution; then her entry into popular culture, firstly in plays and masques, before she went on to headline movies, TV series, cosplay, and now, with the first black woman to portray her, model and actress Jodie Turner-Smith. This book is simply what it says on the cover - The Anne Boleyn Bible - leaving no depiction, no religious aspect, no appearance in popular culture, from The Simpsons to the West End musical 'Six', overlooked; likewise, Dr Mayhew also turns his trademark brand of rather wry commentary toward the vast plethora of Anne Boleyn merchandising, tourist spots, rubber ducks, beanies and the wrangling question of who was the ultimate onscreen Anne; Genevieve Bujold or Natalie Dormer?!
Author Bio:
Lifelong Londoner Mickey Mayhew has a PhD concerning the online cult surrounding tragic queens; Anne Boleyn and Mary Queen of Scots. He was co-author on three books relating to Jack the Ripper, published by The History Press; The Little Book of Mary Queen of Scots was also published by The History Press in January 2015. I Love the Tudors, by Pavilion Books, was released in 2016. He has a semi-regular column in the journal of The Whitechapel Society, and was previously a film and theatre reviewer for several London lifestyle magazines. He has also worked as an assistant researcher on several projects for London South Bank University. His first book for Pen & Sword - House of Tudor: A Grisly History - was published in early 2022. Imprisoning Mary Queen of Scots: The men who kept the Stuart Queen was released in the autumn of 2022; proving that being a polymath isn't at all problematic, Rasputin and his Russian Queen: The True Story of Grigory and Alexandra was released in early 2023.
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£ 20
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Mickey Mayhew


Mickey Mayhew
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Title: Rasputin
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://www.mickeymayhew.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mickey_Mayhew
Book Blurb:
RASPUTIN’S RELATIONSHIP with Russia’s last Tsarina, Alexandra, notorious from the famous Boney M song, has never been adequately addressed; biographies are always for one or the other, or simply Alexandra and her husband Nicholas. In this new work, Mickey Mayhew reimagines Alexandra for the #MeToo generation; ‘neurotic’; ‘hysterical’; ‘credulous’ and ‘fanatical’ are shunted aside in favour of a sympathetic reimagining of a reserved and pious woman tossed into the heart of Russian aristocracy, with the sole purpose of providing their patriarchal monarchy with an heir. When her longed-for son then developed haemophilia, she turned to the one man capable of curing the child’s agonising pain – Grigory Rasputin. Some say that between them, Grigory and Alexandra brought down 300 years of Romanov rule and ushered in the Russian Revolution, but theirs was simply the story of a mother fighting for the health of her son against a backdrop of bigotry, sexism and increasing secularism. She liked to pray and he liked to party, but when they found themselves steering Russia through the First World War, her gender and his class gave society no option but to destroy them. Bubbling with his trademark bon mots, Mickey Mayhew’s latest book breathes fresh life into two of history’s most fascinating – and polarising – figures. This is the real story of Rasputin and his Russian Queen.
Author Bio:
Lifelong Londoner Mickey Mayhew has a PhD concerning the online cult surrounding tragic queens; Anne Boleyn and Mary Queen of Scots. He was co-author on three books relating to Jack the Ripper, published by The History Press; The Little Book of Mary Queen of Scots was also published by The History Press in January 2015. I Love the Tudors, by Pavilion Books, was released in 2016. He has a semi-regular column in the journal of The Whitechapel Society, and was previously a film and theatre reviewer for several London lifestyle magazines. He has also worked as an assistant researcher on several projects for London South Bank University. His first book for Pen & Sword - House of Tudor: A Grisly History - was published in early 2022. Imprisoning Mary Queen of Scots: The men who kept the Stuart Queen was released in the autumn of 2022; proving that being a polymath isn't at all problematic, Rasputin and his Russian Queen: The True Story of Grigory and Alexandra was released in early 2023.
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://www.mickeymayhew.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mickey_Mayhew
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RASPUTIN’S RELATIONSHIP with Russia’s last Tsarina, Alexandra, notorious from the famous Boney M song, has never been adequately addressed; biographies are always for one or the other, or simply Alexandra and her husband Nicholas. In this new work, Mickey Mayhew reimagines Alexandra for the #MeToo generation; ‘neurotic’; ‘hysterical’; ‘credulous’ and ‘fanatical’ are shunted aside in favour of a sympathetic reimagining of a reserved and pious woman tossed into the heart of Russian aristocracy, with the sole purpose of providing their patriarchal monarchy with an heir. When her longed-for son then developed haemophilia, she turned to the one man capable of curing the child’s agonising pain – Grigory Rasputin. Some say that between them, Grigory and Alexandra brought down 300 years of Romanov rule and ushered in the Russian Revolution, but theirs was simply the story of a mother fighting for the health of her son against a backdrop of bigotry, sexism and increasing secularism. She liked to pray and he liked to party, but when they found themselves steering Russia through the First World War, her gender and his class gave society no option but to destroy them. Bubbling with his trademark bon mots, Mickey Mayhew’s latest book breathes fresh life into two of history’s most fascinating – and polarising – figures. This is the real story of Rasputin and his Russian Queen.
Author Bio:
Lifelong Londoner Mickey Mayhew has a PhD concerning the online cult surrounding tragic queens; Anne Boleyn and Mary Queen of Scots. He was co-author on three books relating to Jack the Ripper, published by The History Press; The Little Book of Mary Queen of Scots was also published by The History Press in January 2015. I Love the Tudors, by Pavilion Books, was released in 2016. He has a semi-regular column in the journal of The Whitechapel Society, and was previously a film and theatre reviewer for several London lifestyle magazines. He has also worked as an assistant researcher on several projects for London South Bank University. His first book for Pen & Sword - House of Tudor: A Grisly History - was published in early 2022. Imprisoning Mary Queen of Scots: The men who kept the Stuart Queen was released in the autumn of 2022; proving that being a polymath isn't at all problematic, Rasputin and his Russian Queen: The True Story of Grigory and Alexandra was released in early 2023.
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Lot 43
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Samantha Tonge


Samantha Tonge
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Title: The Memory of You
Genre: Contemporary - Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
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*Bonus: Samantha is adding a bumper size Peppermint Aero for her successful bidder
Website: http://samanthatonge.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamTongeWriter
Book Blurb:
Alex would like to believe she’s a woman who has it all. Or that’s what she tells everyone, including herself. But this is far from true. Actually she’s on the cusp of losing her home, her dream career as a writer is in tatters, her ex won’t speak to her, and her mother’s gone forever.
But then a chance meeting with a stranger named Hope gives her the opportunity of a lifetime, when Hope jokes that perhaps Alex should take over her job in a café while she goes travelling.
Just at that moment, it sounds like the answer to all her problems. So Alex persuades Hope to let her step into her shoes for a month. She brushes away Hope’s attempts to explain about the café, instead demanding to know more about the owner Tom.
But she should have asked for more details. Because the ‘Wrong Order Café’ isn’t like anywhere she’s ever been before. And Alex’s life is about to change forever…
Author Bio:
Award-winning and bestselling author, Samantha Tonge, lives in Manchester UK with her family and writes uplifting, emotional women's fiction. The Memory of You is her 18th published book.
Genre: Contemporary - Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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*Bonus: Samantha is adding a bumper size Peppermint Aero for her successful bidder
Website: http://samanthatonge.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamTongeWriter
Book Blurb:
Alex would like to believe she’s a woman who has it all. Or that’s what she tells everyone, including herself. But this is far from true. Actually she’s on the cusp of losing her home, her dream career as a writer is in tatters, her ex won’t speak to her, and her mother’s gone forever.
But then a chance meeting with a stranger named Hope gives her the opportunity of a lifetime, when Hope jokes that perhaps Alex should take over her job in a café while she goes travelling.
Just at that moment, it sounds like the answer to all her problems. So Alex persuades Hope to let her step into her shoes for a month. She brushes away Hope’s attempts to explain about the café, instead demanding to know more about the owner Tom.
But she should have asked for more details. Because the ‘Wrong Order Café’ isn’t like anywhere she’s ever been before. And Alex’s life is about to change forever…
Author Bio:
Award-winning and bestselling author, Samantha Tonge, lives in Manchester UK with her family and writes uplifting, emotional women's fiction. The Memory of You is her 18th published book.
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Lot 44
£ 250
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Helena Fairfax



Helena Fairfax
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Have you written a novel? Helena Fairfax is offering a full developmental edit and helpful feedback on your manuscript. Helena is a freelance editor of fiction, a member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading, the Society of Authors and the Romantic Novelists' Association, for whom she's a reader for their New Writers' Scheme. She has several years' experience providing in-depth and supportive feedback – and is looking forward to reading your novel! (You can find out more about Helena at http://helenafairfax.com)'
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Lot 45
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Frank Cottrell-Boyce


Frank Cottrell-Boyce
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Title: The Wonder Brothers
Genre: Children - Fantasy - Adventure
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/frank-cottrell-boyce
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frankcottrell_b
Book Blurb:
'A writer of comic genius - he has something of Roald Dahl's magic, but more heart' - Sunday Telegraph
No matter how big the show, family, friendship and adventure shine through in The Wonder Brothers by multi-award-winning author Frank Cottrell-Boyce, illustrated throughout by Steven Lenton.
‘Maybe you don’t believe me. Maybe you don’t believe in magic. I bet you will by the time you’ve heard what happened to us.’
Cousins Middy and Nathan love magic. The on-stage, cape-swirling, bunny-out-of-a-hat kind.
For Middy, it’s all about patience and practice. She uses magic skills to help her out of tricky situations.
Nathan is a show-off and a total danger magnet, he is drawn to the sensation, spectacle and audience.
So when the famous Blackpool Tower dramatically vanishes the night of the Grand Lights Switch-On, showman Nathan announces live on TV that they will magic it back home.
With a stick of rock, a spangly cape, and a bit of misdirection, they end up lost in Las Vegas, home to the grand master of illusion, Perplexion, ‘Legend of Magic’.
Full of tricks, twists and deceptions, the delightful Nathan and Middy will keep you guessing until the very end.
Author Bio:
Frank Cottrell-Boyce is an award-winning author and screenwriter. Millions, his debut children's novel, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal. He is also the author of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, Cosmic, Framed, The Astounding Broccoli Boy and Runaway Robot. His books have been shortlisted for a multitude of prizes, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children's Fiction Award (now the Costa Book Award) and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth was shortlisted for the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal and selected for the inaugural WHSmith Tom Fletcher Book Club.
Frank is a judge for the 500 Words competition and the BBC's One Show As You Write It competition. Along with Danny Boyle, he devised the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. He has written for the hit TV series Dr Who and was the screenwriter for the hit film Goodbye Christopher Robin.
Genre: Children - Fantasy - Adventure
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/frank-cottrell-boyce
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frankcottrell_b
Book Blurb:
'A writer of comic genius - he has something of Roald Dahl's magic, but more heart' - Sunday Telegraph
No matter how big the show, family, friendship and adventure shine through in The Wonder Brothers by multi-award-winning author Frank Cottrell-Boyce, illustrated throughout by Steven Lenton.
‘Maybe you don’t believe me. Maybe you don’t believe in magic. I bet you will by the time you’ve heard what happened to us.’
Cousins Middy and Nathan love magic. The on-stage, cape-swirling, bunny-out-of-a-hat kind.
For Middy, it’s all about patience and practice. She uses magic skills to help her out of tricky situations.
Nathan is a show-off and a total danger magnet, he is drawn to the sensation, spectacle and audience.
So when the famous Blackpool Tower dramatically vanishes the night of the Grand Lights Switch-On, showman Nathan announces live on TV that they will magic it back home.
With a stick of rock, a spangly cape, and a bit of misdirection, they end up lost in Las Vegas, home to the grand master of illusion, Perplexion, ‘Legend of Magic’.
Full of tricks, twists and deceptions, the delightful Nathan and Middy will keep you guessing until the very end.
Author Bio:
Frank Cottrell-Boyce is an award-winning author and screenwriter. Millions, his debut children's novel, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal. He is also the author of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, Cosmic, Framed, The Astounding Broccoli Boy and Runaway Robot. His books have been shortlisted for a multitude of prizes, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children's Fiction Award (now the Costa Book Award) and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth was shortlisted for the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal and selected for the inaugural WHSmith Tom Fletcher Book Club.
Frank is a judge for the 500 Words competition and the BBC's One Show As You Write It competition. Along with Danny Boyle, he devised the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. He has written for the hit TV series Dr Who and was the screenwriter for the hit film Goodbye Christopher Robin.
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Lot 46
£ 32
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Vicki Beeby


Vicki Beeby
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The Wrens Series : Three Book Special!
Title1: A New Start for the Wrens,
Genre: Historical Fiction - WW2 Saga
Format: Paperback
Title 2: A Wrens’ Wartime Christmas
Genre: Historical Fiction- WW2 Saga
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Hopeful Hearts for the Wrens
Genre: Historical Fiction WW2 Saga
Format: Paperback
Dedications available: Yes
Bids accepted: UK only
Website: https://vickibeeby.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VickiBeeby
Book 1 Blurb: A New Start for the Wrens
Winner of the Romantic Novelists’ Association Romantic Saga of the Year award, 2023
Following a humiliating experience involving the man she thought she’d marry, Iris Tredwick signs up to the Wrens in order to escape and find ‘the right sort’ of man to please her mother. After a bumpy start, Iris manages to befriend outspoken Mary and dreamer Sally as they are sent to their first posting – in Orkney.
There she meets mechanic Rob, whose flirtatious nature both charms and confounds straight-laced Iris. Much more appropriate for her is local doctor Stewart, if only she felt the same spark for him as she does for Rob…
As Iris, Mary and Sally work to interpret signals from incoming ships, they realise the enemy is somehow one step ahead of their manoeuvres, dropping sea mines under the cover of darkness. Could there be a spy on the island? And can the Wrens prevent disaster striking before it’s too late?
A thrilling and lively Second World War saga for fans of Kate Thompson and Daisy Styles.
Book 2 Blurb: A Wrens’ Wartime Christmas
After her fiancé died in the sinking of the Royal Oak, Mary finds herself stationed in Orkney, still battling her grief. With Iris and Sally by her side, she is gradually overcoming her loss and is surprised to be helped by the irascible Joe.
Joe is a signalman aboard the Kelpie and his cheeky Morse code signals to Mary while she's on shift bring her cheer and exasperation in equal measure. With Christmas round the corner, Mary is opening herself back up to the festive spirit – and to love.
But the Germans keep slipping through Scapa Flow’s defences, somehow without triggering any of the Navy’s alarms. Could someone on land be guiding them? If so, can Mary, Iris and Sally figure out who and stop them before more lives are lost?
Book 3 Blurb: Hopeful Hearts for the Wrens
During war, nothing is ever at it seems...
Sally Hartley is a hopeless romantic. Her father died when she was a baby but she has lived off stories from her mother of what a wonderful man he was. Now, all she wants is a love like theirs. And she thinks she’s found it in Adam, the brother of a friend from home. When Adam is posted to Orkney, it’s like Sally’s dreams have all come true.
After Italy changes sides in the war, the Italian POWs are granted more freedom on the islands, meaning Sally can spend more time with her friend, Aldo, and the two grow ever closer. But when a family secret is revealed, Sally's trust might be forever broken.
Sally, Iris and Mary must continue their duties even as life changes drastically around them, including an attack on one of their fellow Wrens from an unknown assailant. Now the friends face danger not just from the enemy, but also someone much closer to home.
Author Bio:
Vicki Beeby is a saga author who writes about the friendships and loves of service women brought together by the Second World War.
Her first job was as a civil engineer on a sewage treatment project, so things could only improve from there. Since then, she has worked as a maths teacher, an education consultant before she turned freelance to give herself more time to write.
She is published by Canelo and represented by Lina Langlee of The North Literary Agency. She was a finalist for the RNA Romantic Saga award in 2021 and won it in 2023.
Title1: A New Start for the Wrens,
Genre: Historical Fiction - WW2 Saga
Format: Paperback
Title 2: A Wrens’ Wartime Christmas
Genre: Historical Fiction- WW2 Saga
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Hopeful Hearts for the Wrens
Genre: Historical Fiction WW2 Saga
Format: Paperback
Dedications available: Yes
Bids accepted: UK only
Website: https://vickibeeby.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VickiBeeby
Book 1 Blurb: A New Start for the Wrens
Winner of the Romantic Novelists’ Association Romantic Saga of the Year award, 2023
Following a humiliating experience involving the man she thought she’d marry, Iris Tredwick signs up to the Wrens in order to escape and find ‘the right sort’ of man to please her mother. After a bumpy start, Iris manages to befriend outspoken Mary and dreamer Sally as they are sent to their first posting – in Orkney.
There she meets mechanic Rob, whose flirtatious nature both charms and confounds straight-laced Iris. Much more appropriate for her is local doctor Stewart, if only she felt the same spark for him as she does for Rob…
As Iris, Mary and Sally work to interpret signals from incoming ships, they realise the enemy is somehow one step ahead of their manoeuvres, dropping sea mines under the cover of darkness. Could there be a spy on the island? And can the Wrens prevent disaster striking before it’s too late?
A thrilling and lively Second World War saga for fans of Kate Thompson and Daisy Styles.
Book 2 Blurb: A Wrens’ Wartime Christmas
After her fiancé died in the sinking of the Royal Oak, Mary finds herself stationed in Orkney, still battling her grief. With Iris and Sally by her side, she is gradually overcoming her loss and is surprised to be helped by the irascible Joe.
Joe is a signalman aboard the Kelpie and his cheeky Morse code signals to Mary while she's on shift bring her cheer and exasperation in equal measure. With Christmas round the corner, Mary is opening herself back up to the festive spirit – and to love.
But the Germans keep slipping through Scapa Flow’s defences, somehow without triggering any of the Navy’s alarms. Could someone on land be guiding them? If so, can Mary, Iris and Sally figure out who and stop them before more lives are lost?
Book 3 Blurb: Hopeful Hearts for the Wrens
During war, nothing is ever at it seems...
Sally Hartley is a hopeless romantic. Her father died when she was a baby but she has lived off stories from her mother of what a wonderful man he was. Now, all she wants is a love like theirs. And she thinks she’s found it in Adam, the brother of a friend from home. When Adam is posted to Orkney, it’s like Sally’s dreams have all come true.
After Italy changes sides in the war, the Italian POWs are granted more freedom on the islands, meaning Sally can spend more time with her friend, Aldo, and the two grow ever closer. But when a family secret is revealed, Sally's trust might be forever broken.
Sally, Iris and Mary must continue their duties even as life changes drastically around them, including an attack on one of their fellow Wrens from an unknown assailant. Now the friends face danger not just from the enemy, but also someone much closer to home.
Author Bio:
Vicki Beeby is a saga author who writes about the friendships and loves of service women brought together by the Second World War.
Her first job was as a civil engineer on a sewage treatment project, so things could only improve from there. Since then, she has worked as a maths teacher, an education consultant before she turned freelance to give herself more time to write.
She is published by Canelo and represented by Lina Langlee of The North Literary Agency. She was a finalist for the RNA Romantic Saga award in 2021 and won it in 2023.
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Lot 47
£ 12
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Tasha Harrison


Tasha Harrison
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Title: The Thing About Lemons
Genre: Y/A - Rom Com
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: @DotDashTash
Book Blurb:
Ori Reynolds has just made the biggest mistake of her life. One that’s resulted in:
1) losing all but one of her friends,
2) feeling like the World’s Most Terrible Person,
and
3) having all her fun summer plans cancelled.
And, as if things couldn’t get any worse, she now has no choice but to go on a road trip with her estranged grandad Claude to his home in the French countryside.
Talk about life giving you lemons!
However, while Ori scoffs at her mum’s suggestion to “make lemonade”, her sour situation is about to turn significantly sweeter than she could ever have imagined…
Author Bio:
Tasha Harrison is the author of middle grade comedy Clementine Florentine and YA romcom The Thing About Lemons. A former sub-editor and copywriter, she has an incurable weakness for puns, rhymes and alliteration. She lives in Brighton with her family and food-obsessed Labrador.
Genre: Y/A - Rom Com
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: @DotDashTash
Book Blurb:
Ori Reynolds has just made the biggest mistake of her life. One that’s resulted in:
1) losing all but one of her friends,
2) feeling like the World’s Most Terrible Person,
and
3) having all her fun summer plans cancelled.
And, as if things couldn’t get any worse, she now has no choice but to go on a road trip with her estranged grandad Claude to his home in the French countryside.
Talk about life giving you lemons!
However, while Ori scoffs at her mum’s suggestion to “make lemonade”, her sour situation is about to turn significantly sweeter than she could ever have imagined…
Author Bio:
Tasha Harrison is the author of middle grade comedy Clementine Florentine and YA romcom The Thing About Lemons. A former sub-editor and copywriter, she has an incurable weakness for puns, rhymes and alliteration. She lives in Brighton with her family and food-obsessed Labrador.
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Lot 48
£ 31
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A.A. Chaudhuri


A.A. Chaudhuri
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Two Book Bundle!
Title 1: She's Mine
Genre: Crime Thriller - Suspense
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Loyal Friend
Genre: Crime Thriller - Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://aachaudhuri.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AAChaudhuri
Book 1 Blurb:
'Beautifully written, immaculately plotted, very clever and deliciously dark. Loved it.' Catherine Cooper, author of The Chalet and The Chateau
Her missing daughter was just the start of the nightmare
Twenty years ago, Christine Donovan took a call she should have ignored while shopping. In those few seconds while her back was turned,
her toddler, Heidi, was kidnapped. She’s never been seen again.
Despite having two other children with husband Greg, Christine remains guilt-stricken that her neglect caused her child to be stolen, while haunted by a secret that consumes her.
Just as she takes measures to finally heal, a note is posted through her door, with the words she has always longed to hear: Heidi isn’t dead.
Christine might finally get the answers she craves - but what she doesn’t know is that finding her daughter will uncover dark secrets close to home.
In seeking the truth, Christine might destroy everything that she loves … so how far is she willing to go to find Heidi?
With a truly jaw-dropping end twist, She’s Mine is a dark, scandalous, and gripping read from a major new talent in psychological thriller writing.
Book 2 Blurb:
'A dark, twisty tale of toxic friendship where no one can be trusted – a great read.' Catherine Cooper, author of The Chateau
She has your back.
And may stab you in it.
Wealthy, pampered Susan is living the perfect life in leafy Kingston. She’ll never let anyone see the darkness she’s concealing behind the diamonds and rosé.
Grace is new to the group, seemingly the perfect wife and mum. Yet no one knows the truth of what’s happening behind closed doors.
Loner Natalie hides the pain of her childhood behind a carefully ordered life. But how long can the past stay hidden?
Three unlikely friends, brought together for a weekly class run by beautiful, friendly, instructor, Jade.
But when Jade goes missing in mysterious circumstances, the group starts to unravel. And as their darkest secrets come to light, it seems that no one can be trusted. Even their closest friends…
A heart-in-your-mouth thriller that builds twist after twist, culminating in an unforgettable ending.
The Author:
A.A. Chaudhuri is a former City lawyer. Born and raised on the south coast, she now lives in Surrey with her family.
Once a highly ranked British junior tennis player, she toured the women’s professional satellite circuit as a teenager, and achieved a world ranking of 650. After returning to full-time education, she gained three As in A-Level History, English Literature and Theology, a BA Honours 2:1 in History at University College London, and a commendation in both the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at the London College of Law.
She trained as a solicitor at City firm Norton Rose, before going on to practise as a commercial litigator at two other City firms, Kendall Freeman and Travers Smith. She left law in 2008 to pursue her passion for writing. She also passed the NCTJ fast-track newspaper journalism course in 2010, in respect of which she was awarded The Oxford University Press Public Affairs Award for the most outstanding public affairs central government paper.
The Scribe and The Abduction were published by Lume Books (formerly Endeavour Media) in July and December 2019. Both books have hit the bestsellers lists in the UK, Australia and Canada, with bestseller tags in Australia and Canada. They were also published as audio books by Isis Audio in January and March 2021, read by David Thorpe.
In February 2021, Alex signed a two-book contract for two standalone psychological thrillers with HERA BOOKS, the first entitled SHE’S MINE was published on 18th August 2021 in ebook and 26th August in paperback. THE LOYAL FRIEND was published by Hera Books on 23rdJune 2022 in paperback and ebook and on 26th June in audio with Saga Egmont. In June 2022 Alex signed a deal with Hera Books for three more psychological thrillers.
Besides being an avid reader, she enjoys fitness, films, anything Italian and a good margarita!
Title 1: She's Mine
Genre: Crime Thriller - Suspense
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Loyal Friend
Genre: Crime Thriller - Suspense
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://aachaudhuri.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AAChaudhuri
Book 1 Blurb:
'Beautifully written, immaculately plotted, very clever and deliciously dark. Loved it.' Catherine Cooper, author of The Chalet and The Chateau
Her missing daughter was just the start of the nightmare
Twenty years ago, Christine Donovan took a call she should have ignored while shopping. In those few seconds while her back was turned,
her toddler, Heidi, was kidnapped. She’s never been seen again.
Despite having two other children with husband Greg, Christine remains guilt-stricken that her neglect caused her child to be stolen, while haunted by a secret that consumes her.
Just as she takes measures to finally heal, a note is posted through her door, with the words she has always longed to hear: Heidi isn’t dead.
Christine might finally get the answers she craves - but what she doesn’t know is that finding her daughter will uncover dark secrets close to home.
In seeking the truth, Christine might destroy everything that she loves … so how far is she willing to go to find Heidi?
With a truly jaw-dropping end twist, She’s Mine is a dark, scandalous, and gripping read from a major new talent in psychological thriller writing.
Book 2 Blurb:
'A dark, twisty tale of toxic friendship where no one can be trusted – a great read.' Catherine Cooper, author of The Chateau
She has your back.
And may stab you in it.
Wealthy, pampered Susan is living the perfect life in leafy Kingston. She’ll never let anyone see the darkness she’s concealing behind the diamonds and rosé.
Grace is new to the group, seemingly the perfect wife and mum. Yet no one knows the truth of what’s happening behind closed doors.
Loner Natalie hides the pain of her childhood behind a carefully ordered life. But how long can the past stay hidden?
Three unlikely friends, brought together for a weekly class run by beautiful, friendly, instructor, Jade.
But when Jade goes missing in mysterious circumstances, the group starts to unravel. And as their darkest secrets come to light, it seems that no one can be trusted. Even their closest friends…
A heart-in-your-mouth thriller that builds twist after twist, culminating in an unforgettable ending.
The Author:
A.A. Chaudhuri is a former City lawyer. Born and raised on the south coast, she now lives in Surrey with her family.
Once a highly ranked British junior tennis player, she toured the women’s professional satellite circuit as a teenager, and achieved a world ranking of 650. After returning to full-time education, she gained three As in A-Level History, English Literature and Theology, a BA Honours 2:1 in History at University College London, and a commendation in both the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at the London College of Law.
She trained as a solicitor at City firm Norton Rose, before going on to practise as a commercial litigator at two other City firms, Kendall Freeman and Travers Smith. She left law in 2008 to pursue her passion for writing. She also passed the NCTJ fast-track newspaper journalism course in 2010, in respect of which she was awarded The Oxford University Press Public Affairs Award for the most outstanding public affairs central government paper.
The Scribe and The Abduction were published by Lume Books (formerly Endeavour Media) in July and December 2019. Both books have hit the bestsellers lists in the UK, Australia and Canada, with bestseller tags in Australia and Canada. They were also published as audio books by Isis Audio in January and March 2021, read by David Thorpe.
In February 2021, Alex signed a two-book contract for two standalone psychological thrillers with HERA BOOKS, the first entitled SHE’S MINE was published on 18th August 2021 in ebook and 26th August in paperback. THE LOYAL FRIEND was published by Hera Books on 23rdJune 2022 in paperback and ebook and on 26th June in audio with Saga Egmont. In June 2022 Alex signed a deal with Hera Books for three more psychological thrillers.
Besides being an avid reader, she enjoys fitness, films, anything Italian and a good margarita!
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A.A. Chaudhuri


A.A. Chaudhuri
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Title 1: The Final Party
Genre: Psychological Thriller/Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://aachaudhuri.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AAChaudhuri
Book Blurb:
SIX FRIENDS.
In a luxury villa set high in the hills above the glamorous town of Sorrento, southern Italy, three couples gather for the perfect 40th birthday celebration.
ONE BODY.
Before the week is out, one of them is dead.
COUNTLESS LIES.
Their perfect reunion quickly becomes the holiday from hell when one of the group starts receiving anonymous messages, threatening to expose a dark secret from their university days.
As old friendships are tested to the limit, it’s clear that what happens in the dark past won’t stay buried…
A heart-racing psychological thriller that will hook you from the very first page, with twist after twist that will make your jaw drop. Fans of B.A. Paris, My Husband's Killer and Lucy Foley won’t be able to put this down. If you were hooked by The White Lotus or The Watcher, you'll love this.
The Author:
A.A. Chaudhuri is a former City lawyer. Born and raised on the south coast, she now lives in Surrey with her family.
Once a highly ranked British junior tennis player, she toured the women’s professional satellite circuit as a teenager, and achieved a world ranking of 650. After returning to full-time education, she gained three As in A-Level History, English Literature and Theology, a BA Honours 2:1 in History at University College London, and a commendation in both the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at the London College of Law.
She trained as a solicitor at City firm Norton Rose, before going on to practise as a commercial litigator at two other City firms, Kendall Freeman and Travers Smith. She left law in 2008 to pursue her passion for writing. She also passed the NCTJ fast-track newspaper journalism course in 2010, in respect of which she was awarded The Oxford University Press Public Affairs Award for the most outstanding public affairs central government paper.
The Scribe and The Abduction were published by Lume Books (formerly Endeavour Media) in July and December 2019. Both books have hit the bestsellers lists in the UK, Australia and Canada, with bestseller tags in Australia and Canada. They were also published as audio books by Isis Audio in January and March 2021, read by David Thorpe.
In February 2021, Alex signed a two-book contract for two standalone psychological thrillers with HERA BOOKS, the first entitled SHE’S MINE was published on 18th August 2021 in ebook and 26th August in paperback. THE LOYAL FRIEND was published by Hera Books on 23rdJune 2022 in paperback and ebook and on 26th June in audio with Saga Egmont. In June 2022 Alex signed a deal with Hera Books for three more psychological thrillers, the first to be published in June 2023.
Besides being an avid reader, she enjoys fitness, films, anything Italian and a good margarita!
Genre: Psychological Thriller/Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: Free
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://aachaudhuri.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AAChaudhuri
Book Blurb:
SIX FRIENDS.
In a luxury villa set high in the hills above the glamorous town of Sorrento, southern Italy, three couples gather for the perfect 40th birthday celebration.
ONE BODY.
Before the week is out, one of them is dead.
COUNTLESS LIES.
Their perfect reunion quickly becomes the holiday from hell when one of the group starts receiving anonymous messages, threatening to expose a dark secret from their university days.
As old friendships are tested to the limit, it’s clear that what happens in the dark past won’t stay buried…
A heart-racing psychological thriller that will hook you from the very first page, with twist after twist that will make your jaw drop. Fans of B.A. Paris, My Husband's Killer and Lucy Foley won’t be able to put this down. If you were hooked by The White Lotus or The Watcher, you'll love this.
The Author:
A.A. Chaudhuri is a former City lawyer. Born and raised on the south coast, she now lives in Surrey with her family.
Once a highly ranked British junior tennis player, she toured the women’s professional satellite circuit as a teenager, and achieved a world ranking of 650. After returning to full-time education, she gained three As in A-Level History, English Literature and Theology, a BA Honours 2:1 in History at University College London, and a commendation in both the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at the London College of Law.
She trained as a solicitor at City firm Norton Rose, before going on to practise as a commercial litigator at two other City firms, Kendall Freeman and Travers Smith. She left law in 2008 to pursue her passion for writing. She also passed the NCTJ fast-track newspaper journalism course in 2010, in respect of which she was awarded The Oxford University Press Public Affairs Award for the most outstanding public affairs central government paper.
The Scribe and The Abduction were published by Lume Books (formerly Endeavour Media) in July and December 2019. Both books have hit the bestsellers lists in the UK, Australia and Canada, with bestseller tags in Australia and Canada. They were also published as audio books by Isis Audio in January and March 2021, read by David Thorpe.
In February 2021, Alex signed a two-book contract for two standalone psychological thrillers with HERA BOOKS, the first entitled SHE’S MINE was published on 18th August 2021 in ebook and 26th August in paperback. THE LOYAL FRIEND was published by Hera Books on 23rdJune 2022 in paperback and ebook and on 26th June in audio with Saga Egmont. In June 2022 Alex signed a deal with Hera Books for three more psychological thrillers, the first to be published in June 2023.
Besides being an avid reader, she enjoys fitness, films, anything Italian and a good margarita!
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T.E. Kinsey


T.E. Kinsey
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Title: A Fire at the Exhibition
Genre: Cosy Historical Crime Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://tekinsey.uk
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Book Blurb:
May 1912. After the previous year’s deadly heatwave, it’s been an uneventful spring in Littleton Cotterell. Though for Lady Hardcastle and her fiercely loyal lady’s maid Flo, at least there are the provincial delights of the village’s inaugural art exhibition—and bicycle race—to look forward to.
But at the exhibition opening, there’s a panicked shout of ‘Fire!’ In the confusion, the main attraction—an extremely expensive book—is stolen from under everyone’s nose, as is a valuable painting lent by Sir Hector Farley-Stroud. Then the race, which starts as a charming day out, ends in a shocking death. And to top it all off, the Farley-Strouds reveal they’re in debt and might lose their house.
The sleuthing duo soon find themselves torn between a murder investigation, an art theft mystery, and trying to help their pals. All with a suspicious figure from Flo’s past, a supercilious insurance investigator, and a pair of rather bizarre treasure hunters on the loose…
Author Bio:
T E Kinsey (Tim) was born in the 1960s. He grew up in London in the 1970s and went to university in Bristol in the 1980s. He worked in magazines in the 1990s, and for IMDb in the 2000s. He still lives near Bristol. He’s responsible for the popular historical cosy series The Lady Hardcastle Mysteries and The Dizzy Heights Mysteries (Thomas & Mercer) but he does occasionally play the drums.
Genre: Cosy Historical Crime Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://tekinsey.uk
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEKinsey
Book Blurb:
May 1912. After the previous year’s deadly heatwave, it’s been an uneventful spring in Littleton Cotterell. Though for Lady Hardcastle and her fiercely loyal lady’s maid Flo, at least there are the provincial delights of the village’s inaugural art exhibition—and bicycle race—to look forward to.
But at the exhibition opening, there’s a panicked shout of ‘Fire!’ In the confusion, the main attraction—an extremely expensive book—is stolen from under everyone’s nose, as is a valuable painting lent by Sir Hector Farley-Stroud. Then the race, which starts as a charming day out, ends in a shocking death. And to top it all off, the Farley-Strouds reveal they’re in debt and might lose their house.
The sleuthing duo soon find themselves torn between a murder investigation, an art theft mystery, and trying to help their pals. All with a suspicious figure from Flo’s past, a supercilious insurance investigator, and a pair of rather bizarre treasure hunters on the loose…
Author Bio:
T E Kinsey (Tim) was born in the 1960s. He grew up in London in the 1970s and went to university in Bristol in the 1980s. He worked in magazines in the 1990s, and for IMDb in the 2000s. He still lives near Bristol. He’s responsible for the popular historical cosy series The Lady Hardcastle Mysteries and The Dizzy Heights Mysteries (Thomas & Mercer) but he does occasionally play the drums.
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Lot 51
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Frances Quinn


Frances Quinn
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Title: The Smallest Man
Genre: Historical
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: @franquinn
Book Blurb:
My name is Nat Davy. Perhaps you’ve heard of me? There was a time when people up and down the land knew my name, though they only ever knew half the story.
The year of 1625, it was, when a single shilling changed my life. That shilling got me taken off to London, where they hid me in a pie, of all things, so I could be given as a gift to the new queen of England.
They called me the queen’s dwarf, but I was more than that. I was her friend, when she had no one else, and later on, when the people of England turned against their king, it was me who saved her life. When they turned the world upside down, I was there, right at the heart of it, and this is my story.
Inspired by a true story, and spanning two decades that changed England for ever, The Smallest Man is a heartwarming tale about being different, but not letting it hold you back. About being brave enough to take a chance, even if the odds aren’t good. And about how, when everything else is falling apart, true friendship holds people together.
Author Bio:
Frances Quinn is the author of two historical novels, The Smallest Man and That Bonesetter Woman.
Genre: Historical
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: @franquinn
Book Blurb:
My name is Nat Davy. Perhaps you’ve heard of me? There was a time when people up and down the land knew my name, though they only ever knew half the story.
The year of 1625, it was, when a single shilling changed my life. That shilling got me taken off to London, where they hid me in a pie, of all things, so I could be given as a gift to the new queen of England.
They called me the queen’s dwarf, but I was more than that. I was her friend, when she had no one else, and later on, when the people of England turned against their king, it was me who saved her life. When they turned the world upside down, I was there, right at the heart of it, and this is my story.
Inspired by a true story, and spanning two decades that changed England for ever, The Smallest Man is a heartwarming tale about being different, but not letting it hold you back. About being brave enough to take a chance, even if the odds aren’t good. And about how, when everything else is falling apart, true friendship holds people together.
Author Bio:
Frances Quinn is the author of two historical novels, The Smallest Man and That Bonesetter Woman.
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Carrie and David Grant


Carrie and David Grant
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Title: A Very Modern Family
Genre: Education : Parenting Hyperactive Children & Children with Disabilities
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://carrieanddavidgrant.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarrieGrant1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidGrantSays
Book Blurb:
'So much more than a parenting manual - the Grants have thrown out a lifeline' THE TIMES
'The most extraordinary parenting guide of our time' DAILY MAIL
A breakout book on the ever-expanding concept of family
Carrie and David Grant have an extraordinary family story to tell. They have four children, one of whom is adopted, and all have come with a curveball: mental health challenges, neurodivergence, trans non-binary identities, various sexualities, and they are a mixed-race family, too.
It is a reflection of the fact that society is changing faster than most of us can keep up with. The wider concepts of family and community are being deconstructed. There are those who are desperately clinging to the old and those who are desperate for the new to be accepted. How do we hold our families and communities together in unity? How do we create a society where all are included and none are oppressed?
In A Very Modern Family, Carrie and David share their challenges and discoveries of growing and shapeshifting to create an incredible, diverse family and community. With their multi-intersectional family, they share their own mindset changes and insights into how to construct a new, accepting and unified space, while providing a deep dive into real life, frequently encountered situations and pertinent, applicable advice.
A Very Modern Family is an important guide for our times - full of pain, change and hope.
Author Bio:
Carrie and David Grant are BAFTA award-winning broadcasters, vocal coaches, leadership coaches and campaigners. Their TV and music career has spanned over 35 years and they have been awarded a MOBO award and a BASCA for their lifetime services to the music industry.
David has had 14 hit records and been nominated for 2 Brit Awards. David was awarded an MBE in 2019 for his lifetime services to music.
Carrie is a reporter for BBC 1’s The One Show and together with David hosts the Saturday Breakfast Show on BBC Radio London. In 2018 Carrie was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Bedfordshire and in 2020 an MBE for services to Music, Media and Charity.
Genre: Education : Parenting Hyperactive Children & Children with Disabilities
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: NO
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://carrieanddavidgrant.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarrieGrant1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidGrantSays
Book Blurb:
'So much more than a parenting manual - the Grants have thrown out a lifeline' THE TIMES
'The most extraordinary parenting guide of our time' DAILY MAIL
A breakout book on the ever-expanding concept of family
Carrie and David Grant have an extraordinary family story to tell. They have four children, one of whom is adopted, and all have come with a curveball: mental health challenges, neurodivergence, trans non-binary identities, various sexualities, and they are a mixed-race family, too.
It is a reflection of the fact that society is changing faster than most of us can keep up with. The wider concepts of family and community are being deconstructed. There are those who are desperately clinging to the old and those who are desperate for the new to be accepted. How do we hold our families and communities together in unity? How do we create a society where all are included and none are oppressed?
In A Very Modern Family, Carrie and David share their challenges and discoveries of growing and shapeshifting to create an incredible, diverse family and community. With their multi-intersectional family, they share their own mindset changes and insights into how to construct a new, accepting and unified space, while providing a deep dive into real life, frequently encountered situations and pertinent, applicable advice.
A Very Modern Family is an important guide for our times - full of pain, change and hope.
Author Bio:
Carrie and David Grant are BAFTA award-winning broadcasters, vocal coaches, leadership coaches and campaigners. Their TV and music career has spanned over 35 years and they have been awarded a MOBO award and a BASCA for their lifetime services to the music industry.
David has had 14 hit records and been nominated for 2 Brit Awards. David was awarded an MBE in 2019 for his lifetime services to music.
Carrie is a reporter for BBC 1’s The One Show and together with David hosts the Saturday Breakfast Show on BBC Radio London. In 2018 Carrie was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Bedfordshire and in 2020 an MBE for services to Music, Media and Charity.
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Lisa Timoney


Lisa Timoney
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Three Book Special
Title 1: Her Daughter’s Secret
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Family Drama
Format:Paperback
Title 2: Her Mother’s Lies
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Family Drama
Format: Paperback
Title 3: His Secret Wife
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Family Drama
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
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Website: https://lisatimoneywrites.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LTimoneyWrites
Book 1 Blurb:
Will her daughter’s secret tear her family apart?
When troubled teenager Immy disappears, she leaves her widowed mother Bea completely devastated. Bea pours her love into her six-year-old niece Phoebe, even taking her in when her single father Ewan takes a job abroad.
Then Immy returns, in desperate need of her mother’s help and love. But Ewan is clear: he will never let Bea see Phoebe again if she welcomes her daughter back.
As Bea grapples with this impossible choice between two girls who sorely need her, a long-buried secret comes out that changes everything – and Bea must fight harder for her family than she ever thought she could.
Book 2 Blurb:
Bonnie has been running from her tragic past for far too long. Now, years after the events that changed her life for ever, the time has come to face it. Her search for answers takes her to the idyllic town of Hamblin, where she is determined to start over.
Alice’s perfect life is slipping through her fingers. Drowning in debt, she struggles on, working long days alongside her daughter Laura, ever more desperate to hold on to what little remains.
Laura had her future as an artist snatched from her when she had to return home to care for her sickly father. Whilst she tries hard to be content with her life, each day her resentment grows.
When their worlds collide, Laura and Bonnie form an instant bond. But as they grow closer, Alice begins to grow suspicious of Bonnie’s intentions. Why is she so interested in Alice’s daughter? And what devastating truth is she hiding?
Book 3 Blurb:
What happens when his secret wife is the only one who can save your child?
Elle has the perfect life. A hard-working husband, a clever little boy, and a gorgeous home in a quaint neighbourhood.
Jen also has the perfect life. A passionate relationship with a doting husband, a creative little girl, and an exciting career.
When a strange coincidence throws them together, they become close friends. But then they uncover a shocking truth: they share the same husband.
As they both grapple with this devastating revelation, Elle receives worrying news about her son’s health. When things go from bad to worse and Elle has no one else to turn to, will Jen help the woman who shattered her world? And can Elle trust the other woman with her child’s life?
An emotional and powerful novel about motherhood, friendship and a shocking secret that will tear life as they know it apart
Author Bio:
Originally from Yorkshire, Lisa now lives in the London suburbs. She started her career teaching English and Drama and now writes novels about family drama.
Title 1: Her Daughter’s Secret
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Family Drama
Format:Paperback
Title 2: Her Mother’s Lies
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Family Drama
Format: Paperback
Title 3: His Secret Wife
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Family Drama
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://lisatimoneywrites.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LTimoneyWrites
Book 1 Blurb:
Will her daughter’s secret tear her family apart?
When troubled teenager Immy disappears, she leaves her widowed mother Bea completely devastated. Bea pours her love into her six-year-old niece Phoebe, even taking her in when her single father Ewan takes a job abroad.
Then Immy returns, in desperate need of her mother’s help and love. But Ewan is clear: he will never let Bea see Phoebe again if she welcomes her daughter back.
As Bea grapples with this impossible choice between two girls who sorely need her, a long-buried secret comes out that changes everything – and Bea must fight harder for her family than she ever thought she could.
Book 2 Blurb:
Bonnie has been running from her tragic past for far too long. Now, years after the events that changed her life for ever, the time has come to face it. Her search for answers takes her to the idyllic town of Hamblin, where she is determined to start over.
Alice’s perfect life is slipping through her fingers. Drowning in debt, she struggles on, working long days alongside her daughter Laura, ever more desperate to hold on to what little remains.
Laura had her future as an artist snatched from her when she had to return home to care for her sickly father. Whilst she tries hard to be content with her life, each day her resentment grows.
When their worlds collide, Laura and Bonnie form an instant bond. But as they grow closer, Alice begins to grow suspicious of Bonnie’s intentions. Why is she so interested in Alice’s daughter? And what devastating truth is she hiding?
Book 3 Blurb:
What happens when his secret wife is the only one who can save your child?
Elle has the perfect life. A hard-working husband, a clever little boy, and a gorgeous home in a quaint neighbourhood.
Jen also has the perfect life. A passionate relationship with a doting husband, a creative little girl, and an exciting career.
When a strange coincidence throws them together, they become close friends. But then they uncover a shocking truth: they share the same husband.
As they both grapple with this devastating revelation, Elle receives worrying news about her son’s health. When things go from bad to worse and Elle has no one else to turn to, will Jen help the woman who shattered her world? And can Elle trust the other woman with her child’s life?
An emotional and powerful novel about motherhood, friendship and a shocking secret that will tear life as they know it apart
Author Bio:
Originally from Yorkshire, Lisa now lives in the London suburbs. She started her career teaching English and Drama and now writes novels about family drama.
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Lot 54
£ 50
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Jessie Childs


Jessie Childs
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Title: The Siege of Loyalty House
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://jessiechilds.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/childs_jessie
Book Blurb:
It was a time of climate change and colonialism, puritans and populism, witch hunts and war.
A greater proportion of the British population died in the civil wars of the seventeenth century than in the world wars of the twentieth. Jessie Childs recovers the shock of this conflict by plunging us into one of its most extraordinary episodes: the siege of Basing House. To the parliamentarians, the royalist stronghold was the devil’s seat. Its defenders called it Loyalty House.
We follow artists, apothecaries, merchants and their families from the revolutionary streets of London to the Marquess of Winchester’s mist-shrouded mansion. Over two years, they are battered, bombarded, starved and gassed. From within they face smallpox, spies and mutiny. Their resistance becomes legendary, but in October 1645, Oliver Cromwell rolls in the heavy guns and they prepare for a last stand.
Drawing on unpublished manuscripts and the voices of dozens of men, women and children caught in the crossfire, Childs weaves a thrilling tale of war and peace, terror and faith, savagery and civilisation.
The Siege of Loyalty House is an immersive and electrifying account of a defining episode in a war that would turn Britain – and the world – upside down.
Author Bio:
Jessie Childs is an award-winning author, historian and broadcaster. Her first book Henry VIII’s Last Victim won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, and her second, God’s Traitors, won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History in 2015. It was also longlisted for the Samuel Johnson (now Baillie Gifford) Prize for Non-Fiction and selected as a Book of the Year in the Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Observer and BBC History Magazine.
Jessie’s latest book The Siege of Loyalty House (Bodley Head, 2022) tells the story of the totemic resistance of a royalist mansion in the English Civil War. It was a Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Economist, Spectator, Prospect, Critic, New European, Daily Express and Mail on Sunday Book of the Year.
Described by Hilary Mantel as ‘a brilliant speaker as well as writer’, Jessie has performed at the major national and international literary festivals and frequently appears on television and radio. TV credits include the RTS Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents (BBC 2 & PBS), and BBC Four’s two recent series on Charles I: Downfall of a King and Killing a King.
She has written and reviewed for many publications, including The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Financial Times, Literary Review, TLS and LRB. She was one of the judges of the 2016 PEN Hessell-Tiltman History Prize and the 2021 HWA Non-Fiction Crown.
Jessie is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and lives with her husband and two daughters in Hammersmith
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://jessiechilds.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/childs_jessie
Book Blurb:
It was a time of climate change and colonialism, puritans and populism, witch hunts and war.
A greater proportion of the British population died in the civil wars of the seventeenth century than in the world wars of the twentieth. Jessie Childs recovers the shock of this conflict by plunging us into one of its most extraordinary episodes: the siege of Basing House. To the parliamentarians, the royalist stronghold was the devil’s seat. Its defenders called it Loyalty House.
We follow artists, apothecaries, merchants and their families from the revolutionary streets of London to the Marquess of Winchester’s mist-shrouded mansion. Over two years, they are battered, bombarded, starved and gassed. From within they face smallpox, spies and mutiny. Their resistance becomes legendary, but in October 1645, Oliver Cromwell rolls in the heavy guns and they prepare for a last stand.
Drawing on unpublished manuscripts and the voices of dozens of men, women and children caught in the crossfire, Childs weaves a thrilling tale of war and peace, terror and faith, savagery and civilisation.
The Siege of Loyalty House is an immersive and electrifying account of a defining episode in a war that would turn Britain – and the world – upside down.
Author Bio:
Jessie Childs is an award-winning author, historian and broadcaster. Her first book Henry VIII’s Last Victim won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, and her second, God’s Traitors, won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History in 2015. It was also longlisted for the Samuel Johnson (now Baillie Gifford) Prize for Non-Fiction and selected as a Book of the Year in the Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Observer and BBC History Magazine.
Jessie’s latest book The Siege of Loyalty House (Bodley Head, 2022) tells the story of the totemic resistance of a royalist mansion in the English Civil War. It was a Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Economist, Spectator, Prospect, Critic, New European, Daily Express and Mail on Sunday Book of the Year.
Described by Hilary Mantel as ‘a brilliant speaker as well as writer’, Jessie has performed at the major national and international literary festivals and frequently appears on television and radio. TV credits include the RTS Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents (BBC 2 & PBS), and BBC Four’s two recent series on Charles I: Downfall of a King and Killing a King.
She has written and reviewed for many publications, including The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Financial Times, Literary Review, TLS and LRB. She was one of the judges of the 2016 PEN Hessell-Tiltman History Prize and the 2021 HWA Non-Fiction Crown.
Jessie is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and lives with her husband and two daughters in Hammersmith
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Lot 55
£ 32
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Evie Woods


Evie Woods
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Book Title: The Lost Bookshop
Genre: Magical Realism
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids accepted: Eire & UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/evgaughan
Book Blurb:
The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets.
‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.’
On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found…
For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.
But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems.
Author Bio:
Evie Woods is the pseudonym of Evie Gaughan, bestselling author of The Story Collector, The Heirloom and The Mysterious Bakery On Rue De Paris. Living on the West Coast of Ireland, Evie escapes the inclement weather by writing her stories in a converted attic, where she dreams of underfloor heating. Her books tread the intriguing line between the everyday and the otherworldly, revealing the magic that exists in our ordinary lives.
Genre: Magical Realism
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids accepted: Eire & UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/evgaughan
Book Blurb:
The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets.
‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.’
On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found…
For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.
But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems.
Author Bio:
Evie Woods is the pseudonym of Evie Gaughan, bestselling author of The Story Collector, The Heirloom and The Mysterious Bakery On Rue De Paris. Living on the West Coast of Ireland, Evie escapes the inclement weather by writing her stories in a converted attic, where she dreams of underfloor heating. Her books tread the intriguing line between the everyday and the otherworldly, revealing the magic that exists in our ordinary lives.
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Lot 56
£ 25
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Rebecca Harry


Rebecca Harry
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Title: Snow Bunny's Christmas Show
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Picture Book
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Website: https://www.rebeccaharry.com/new-products
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BekHarry1
Book Blurb:
A touching tale about a little bunny with a big heart, featuring sparkly silver foil on every page!
Snow Bunny and her friends are putting on a Christmas show. Finally, the stage is set and Snow Bunny has helped Bear, Mouse and Fox with their acts, but – oh dear! – there’s no time left for her to prepare her own perfomance.
But as the performers take their final bows, it’s time to shine the spotlight on the helpful friend whose hard work and brilliant ideas made it all possible: Snow Bunny – the true star of the show.
The perfect book for sharing on cold winter’s nights in the run-up to Christmas!"
Publication date Nov 2023
Author Bio:
Rebecca has illustrated nearly 50 children's books that have been translated into over 20 languages. She lives in Cardiff and is thrilled to be part of Children in Read again this year.
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Picture Book
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.rebeccaharry.com/new-products
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BekHarry1
Book Blurb:
A touching tale about a little bunny with a big heart, featuring sparkly silver foil on every page!
Snow Bunny and her friends are putting on a Christmas show. Finally, the stage is set and Snow Bunny has helped Bear, Mouse and Fox with their acts, but – oh dear! – there’s no time left for her to prepare her own perfomance.
But as the performers take their final bows, it’s time to shine the spotlight on the helpful friend whose hard work and brilliant ideas made it all possible: Snow Bunny – the true star of the show.
The perfect book for sharing on cold winter’s nights in the run-up to Christmas!"
Publication date Nov 2023
Author Bio:
Rebecca has illustrated nearly 50 children's books that have been translated into over 20 languages. She lives in Cardiff and is thrilled to be part of Children in Read again this year.
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Lot 57
£ 52
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Claire Sheldon


Claire Sheldon
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Title: Perfect Lie
Genre: Crime Thriller - Police Procedural
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packing: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK only
* Claire is happy to name a character in her next book in the 'Lisa Carter' series after her successful bidder*
Website: https://csheldonblog.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaireEESheldon
The Book;
What is ‘perfect’ trying to hide?
Jen Garner tries her best to be ‘wife and mother of the year’. She helps organise school plays and accompanies her husband to company dinners, all with a big smile on her face.
But Jen has started to receive strange gifts in the post ... first flowers, then a sympathy card.
It could just be a joke; that’s what she tells herself. But then the final ‘gift’ arrives, and Jen has to question why somebody is so intent on shattering her life into pieces ...
The Author:
Claire lives in Nottingham with her family, a cat called Whiskers and a dog called Podrick.
She suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and as a result of the disease had to reduce her hours working in insurance for an Insolvency Insurer. This spare time enabled her to study a creative writing course which inspired her to write her debut, Perfect Lie and later A Silent Child.
When Claire isn't working she enjoys reading crime novels and listening to music - the band Jimmy Eat World is her biggest muse! Claire is also an avid reader and book blogger. The inspiration for her novels comes from the hours spent watching The Bill with her grandparents and auntie; then later, Spooks and other detective programmes like Morse, A Touch of Frost and Midsummer Murders.
Genre: Crime Thriller - Police Procedural
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packing: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK only
* Claire is happy to name a character in her next book in the 'Lisa Carter' series after her successful bidder*
Website: https://csheldonblog.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaireEESheldon
The Book;
What is ‘perfect’ trying to hide?
Jen Garner tries her best to be ‘wife and mother of the year’. She helps organise school plays and accompanies her husband to company dinners, all with a big smile on her face.
But Jen has started to receive strange gifts in the post ... first flowers, then a sympathy card.
It could just be a joke; that’s what she tells herself. But then the final ‘gift’ arrives, and Jen has to question why somebody is so intent on shattering her life into pieces ...
The Author:
Claire lives in Nottingham with her family, a cat called Whiskers and a dog called Podrick.
She suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and as a result of the disease had to reduce her hours working in insurance for an Insolvency Insurer. This spare time enabled her to study a creative writing course which inspired her to write her debut, Perfect Lie and later A Silent Child.
When Claire isn't working she enjoys reading crime novels and listening to music - the band Jimmy Eat World is her biggest muse! Claire is also an avid reader and book blogger. The inspiration for her novels comes from the hours spent watching The Bill with her grandparents and auntie; then later, Spooks and other detective programmes like Morse, A Touch of Frost and Midsummer Murders.
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Lot 58
£ 225
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Sarah Airriess


Sarah Airriess
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Title: The Worst Journey in the World: The Graphic Novel (Vol.1)
Genre: History, Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES with Signature & drawing
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://worstjourney.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WorstJourneyGN
Book Blurb:
It’s June 1910, and Cherry, inexperienced and unqualified, has just joined Captain Scott’s new expedition to the South Pole. Simply getting to Antarctica turns out to be an adventure in itself. As they sail the Terra Nova through one trial after another, the scientists and Navy men learn to work as a team – but are they a match for the fury of the Southern Ocean, which threatens to sink the expedition before it even begins?
Author Bio:
Sarah trained as an animator in Canada and worked in Vancouver, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and London. A radio dramatisation of The Worst Journey in the World led her to quit her Hollywood career and move to England to make the graphic novel. She went to Antarctica in 2019 with the NSF’s Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, and is currently an Institute Associate at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge.
Genre: History, Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES with Signature & drawing
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://worstjourney.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WorstJourneyGN
Book Blurb:
It’s June 1910, and Cherry, inexperienced and unqualified, has just joined Captain Scott’s new expedition to the South Pole. Simply getting to Antarctica turns out to be an adventure in itself. As they sail the Terra Nova through one trial after another, the scientists and Navy men learn to work as a team – but are they a match for the fury of the Southern Ocean, which threatens to sink the expedition before it even begins?
Author Bio:
Sarah trained as an animator in Canada and worked in Vancouver, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and London. A radio dramatisation of The Worst Journey in the World led her to quit her Hollywood career and move to England to make the graphic novel. She went to Antarctica in 2019 with the NSF’s Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, and is currently an Institute Associate at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge.
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Lot 59
£ 17
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Ruby Speechley


Ruby Speechley
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Two Book Package
Title 1: GONE
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 2: A Mother Like You
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/rubyspeechley
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rubyspeechley
Book 1 Blurb:
My son is missing, and everyone is lying to me.
Last night my son, Shay, sneaked out of the house and didn’t come home. He promised not to go to the illegal party in the woods. But someone’s been attacked and Shay has gone missing. The police want to know if he saw what happened. I’m worried he could be involved.
After all the trouble he’s been in lately, mixing with the wrong crowd, coming home beaten up and scared, I thought we’d put it all behind us. Trouble is, Shay resents me moving my new boyfriend into the family home. I found all sorts on his laptop, including a half-written email warning me not to trust David. What does he know that I don’t?
I’m beginning to fear for his safety. What is David hiding from me? Who have I let into our lives?
I don’t know who I can trust. Will I ever see my son alive again?
Book 2 Blurb:
An unexpected pregnancy and a blackmailing ex shake up a woman’s seemingly perfect life in this domestic thriller by the author of Every Little Secret.
Kate Marshall lives an enviable life. Married to handsome, charming, James, owner of a successful company, she seems to have it all.
But falling pregnant at forty-five was never part of the plan. Especially as Kate’s hiding a devastating secret—one that she’s been running from for twenty years.
So when ex-boyfriend Paul comes back into her life, threatening to expose the truth about what Kate did, the clock is ticking. Can she keep her secrets and finally be the mother she always dreamed of—or will her past lies destroy her perfect life?
Author Bio:
Ruby Speechley is a bestselling psychological thriller writer, whose titles include Someone Else’s Baby. Previously published by Hera, she lives in Cheshire with her husband and two of her three children and two Springer spaniels. She has an older son and two grandsons. Her latest novel, Missing, is published on 27 September 2023 with Boldwood Books.
Title 1: GONE
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 2: A Mother Like You
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/rubyspeechley
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rubyspeechley
Book 1 Blurb:
My son is missing, and everyone is lying to me.
Last night my son, Shay, sneaked out of the house and didn’t come home. He promised not to go to the illegal party in the woods. But someone’s been attacked and Shay has gone missing. The police want to know if he saw what happened. I’m worried he could be involved.
After all the trouble he’s been in lately, mixing with the wrong crowd, coming home beaten up and scared, I thought we’d put it all behind us. Trouble is, Shay resents me moving my new boyfriend into the family home. I found all sorts on his laptop, including a half-written email warning me not to trust David. What does he know that I don’t?
I’m beginning to fear for his safety. What is David hiding from me? Who have I let into our lives?
I don’t know who I can trust. Will I ever see my son alive again?
Book 2 Blurb:
An unexpected pregnancy and a blackmailing ex shake up a woman’s seemingly perfect life in this domestic thriller by the author of Every Little Secret.
Kate Marshall lives an enviable life. Married to handsome, charming, James, owner of a successful company, she seems to have it all.
But falling pregnant at forty-five was never part of the plan. Especially as Kate’s hiding a devastating secret—one that she’s been running from for twenty years.
So when ex-boyfriend Paul comes back into her life, threatening to expose the truth about what Kate did, the clock is ticking. Can she keep her secrets and finally be the mother she always dreamed of—or will her past lies destroy her perfect life?
Author Bio:
Ruby Speechley is a bestselling psychological thriller writer, whose titles include Someone Else’s Baby. Previously published by Hera, she lives in Cheshire with her husband and two of her three children and two Springer spaniels. She has an older son and two grandsons. Her latest novel, Missing, is published on 27 September 2023 with Boldwood Books.
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Lot 60
£ 13
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Molly Gartland


Molly Gartland
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Title: The Girl from the Hermitage
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.mollygartland.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/molbobolly
Book Blurb:
Galina was born into a world of horrors. So why does she mourn its passing?
Shortlisted for the Impress Prize, longlisted for the Bath Novel Award and the Grindstone Novel Award
It is December 1941, and eight-year-old Galina and her friend Vera are caught in the siege of Leningrad, eating wallpaper soup and dead rats. Galina s artist father Mikhail has been kept away from the front to help save the treasures of the Hermitage. Its cellars could provide a safe haven, as long as Mikhail can survive the perils of a commission from one of Stalin s colonels.
Three decades on, Galina is a teacher at the Leningrad Art Institute. What ought to be a celebratory weekend at her forest dacha turns sour when she makes an unwelcome discovery. The painting she starts that day will hold a grim significance for the rest of her life, as the old Soviet Union makes way for the new Russia and her world changes out of all recognition.
Warm, wise and utterly enthralling, Molly Gartland s debut novel guides us from the old communist era, with its obvious terrors and its more surprising comforts, into the bling of 21st-century St Petersburg. Galina s story is an insightful meditation on ageing and nostalgia as well as a compelling page-turner.
Author Bio:
Originally from Michigan, Molly Gartland worked in Moscow from 1994 to 2000 and has been fascinated by Russian culture ever since.
She has an MA in Creative Writing from St Mary’s University, Twickenham and lives in London.
The manuscript for her debut novel The Girl from the Hermitage was shortlisted for the Impress Prize and longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Competition, the Bath Novel Award and Grindstone Novel Award.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.mollygartland.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/molbobolly
Book Blurb:
Galina was born into a world of horrors. So why does she mourn its passing?
Shortlisted for the Impress Prize, longlisted for the Bath Novel Award and the Grindstone Novel Award
It is December 1941, and eight-year-old Galina and her friend Vera are caught in the siege of Leningrad, eating wallpaper soup and dead rats. Galina s artist father Mikhail has been kept away from the front to help save the treasures of the Hermitage. Its cellars could provide a safe haven, as long as Mikhail can survive the perils of a commission from one of Stalin s colonels.
Three decades on, Galina is a teacher at the Leningrad Art Institute. What ought to be a celebratory weekend at her forest dacha turns sour when she makes an unwelcome discovery. The painting she starts that day will hold a grim significance for the rest of her life, as the old Soviet Union makes way for the new Russia and her world changes out of all recognition.
Warm, wise and utterly enthralling, Molly Gartland s debut novel guides us from the old communist era, with its obvious terrors and its more surprising comforts, into the bling of 21st-century St Petersburg. Galina s story is an insightful meditation on ageing and nostalgia as well as a compelling page-turner.
Author Bio:
Originally from Michigan, Molly Gartland worked in Moscow from 1994 to 2000 and has been fascinated by Russian culture ever since.
She has an MA in Creative Writing from St Mary’s University, Twickenham and lives in London.
The manuscript for her debut novel The Girl from the Hermitage was shortlisted for the Impress Prize and longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Competition, the Bath Novel Award and Grindstone Novel Award.
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Lot 61
£ 36
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Cara Matheson


Cara Matheson
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Title: Finding Floss
Genre: picture book
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/cara_writer
Book Blurb: When your pet can change colour, finding them is no easy job, but what happens when it's their owner who needs finding?
Floss, the colour-changing cockapoo finds mischief at every turn, but when things go wrong, she uses her skills to save the day! Includes advice on what to do if you get lost and how to stay safe.
Author Bio: Cara is a children's writer and former magazine journalist. She loves writing funny picture books, with a touch of the absurd. Two of her stories have been shortlisted for the WriteMentor Awards.
She lives in Greenwich, London, with her husband, daughters and registered therapy cockapoo, Scout (with whom she volunteers in schools as part of the Read2Dogs scheme).
Genre: picture book
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
*Added Bonus: Cara is kindly adding some chocs, with a Cockapoo toy, for her successful bidder*
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cara_writer
Book Blurb: When your pet can change colour, finding them is no easy job, but what happens when it's their owner who needs finding?
Floss, the colour-changing cockapoo finds mischief at every turn, but when things go wrong, she uses her skills to save the day! Includes advice on what to do if you get lost and how to stay safe.
Author Bio: Cara is a children's writer and former magazine journalist. She loves writing funny picture books, with a touch of the absurd. Two of her stories have been shortlisted for the WriteMentor Awards.
She lives in Greenwich, London, with her husband, daughters and registered therapy cockapoo, Scout (with whom she volunteers in schools as part of the Read2Dogs scheme).
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Lot 62
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Ali Mercer


Ali Mercer
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Title: A Child's Goodbye
Genre: Contemporary Women's fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available. YES
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Website: http://alimercerwriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlisonLMercer
Blurb:
All I remember is the screeching of brakes and the sound of tyres swerving on tarmac. The last thing that crossed my mind was of my beautiful boy Billy, waiting alone at the school gates…
The cold ground. The flashing blue lights. Strong hands lifting me… I open my eyes, and the memories rush into focus. As if emerging from deep water, I blink in the bright, white light of what, I realise slowly, must be a hospital ward.
The low hum of the monitor next to the bed should be reassuring. The soft, thick blanket a kindly nurse has tucked around me should feel comforting. But all I can think about is my darling son. And the secret I have kept from him for all these years.
I have never – could never – tell anyone who Billy’s father was. I was hiding the truth to protect us.
I’ve never allowed myself to think about what would happen to my precious child if something terrible happened to me. If I had to say goodbye… And now it might be too late.
That man, his dad, who once meant everything to me, could be our only hope. But telling the truth is the one thing I have been afraid of. Will my secret tear us apart forever, or be the thing that finally saves us?
Author Bio:
Ali decided she wanted to be a writer early on and wrote her first novel when she was at primary school. She did an English degree and spent her early twenties working in various jobs in journalism, including as a reporter for the showbusiness newspaper The Stage. She started writing fiction in earnest after getting married, moving out of London to the Oxfordshire market town of Abingdon and starting a family. She has two children, a daughter and a son who is autistic and was diagnosed when he was four years old.
Genre: Contemporary Women's fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available. YES
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://alimercerwriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlisonLMercer
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All I remember is the screeching of brakes and the sound of tyres swerving on tarmac. The last thing that crossed my mind was of my beautiful boy Billy, waiting alone at the school gates…
The cold ground. The flashing blue lights. Strong hands lifting me… I open my eyes, and the memories rush into focus. As if emerging from deep water, I blink in the bright, white light of what, I realise slowly, must be a hospital ward.
The low hum of the monitor next to the bed should be reassuring. The soft, thick blanket a kindly nurse has tucked around me should feel comforting. But all I can think about is my darling son. And the secret I have kept from him for all these years.
I have never – could never – tell anyone who Billy’s father was. I was hiding the truth to protect us.
I’ve never allowed myself to think about what would happen to my precious child if something terrible happened to me. If I had to say goodbye… And now it might be too late.
That man, his dad, who once meant everything to me, could be our only hope. But telling the truth is the one thing I have been afraid of. Will my secret tear us apart forever, or be the thing that finally saves us?
Author Bio:
Ali decided she wanted to be a writer early on and wrote her first novel when she was at primary school. She did an English degree and spent her early twenties working in various jobs in journalism, including as a reporter for the showbusiness newspaper The Stage. She started writing fiction in earnest after getting married, moving out of London to the Oxfordshire market town of Abingdon and starting a family. She has two children, a daughter and a son who is autistic and was diagnosed when he was four years old.
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Lot 63
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Roger A Price


Roger A Price
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Title: Inside Threat
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://rogerapriceauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RAPriceAuthor
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Meet DS Martin Draker from the North West’s Regional Organised Crime Unit.
A top informant tells Martin that a corrupt police official who is passing sensitive intelligence to criminal Dan Manning, is importing heroin from India.
The informant goes missing.
Field analyst Cath is investigating an upsurge in deaths caused by a new drug – Sky White.
Manning leaves a body in a burnt-out car. The missing informant? He also leaves a note threatening more deaths unless the cops back away.
Cath launches a TV appeal warning of the dangers of Sky White. Manning is incensed; she could kill the new drug’s market before it gets going. He must stop her.
The story flows between Preston, Blackpool, Manchester and India: the cops are in a race to catch Manning before the body count increases. Manning is in a race to kill Cath and anyone else who gets in his way; cop or otherwise.
These races crash together in a denouement which will shock you: followed by a final twist that will stun you even further.
Author Bio:
I was born in Bury, raised in Whitley Bay, and have lived in Lancashire since I was thirteen. Currently living in Preston, I served for over thirty-one years with the Lancashire Constabulary, the Regional Crime Squad and the National Crime Squad.
I retired in the rank of detective inspector in charge of a covert unit, which received local and national acclaim for its successes in engaging those who openly sold Class A drugs, such as heroin and crack cocaine.
Prior to this I led the C.I.D. in Preston for a short while and before that I was in charge of a dedicated informant unit. Previous experiences include work on many murder investigations and other serious crimes, as well as time spent on drug squads.
I have served around the region, country, and overseas. My work on the National Crime Squad took me across Europe and to the Far East. I have been commended on four occasions.
I now write fiction based in-part on my experiences, and in-part from my fevered imagination.
I write full time, and in addition to my crime novels I am developing a TV crime drama titled 'BRISTOL FIVE-0' featuring a crime duo who are trouble-shooters with a difference.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK only.
Website: http://rogerapriceauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RAPriceAuthor
Book Blurb::
Meet DS Martin Draker from the North West’s Regional Organised Crime Unit.
A top informant tells Martin that a corrupt police official who is passing sensitive intelligence to criminal Dan Manning, is importing heroin from India.
The informant goes missing.
Field analyst Cath is investigating an upsurge in deaths caused by a new drug – Sky White.
Manning leaves a body in a burnt-out car. The missing informant? He also leaves a note threatening more deaths unless the cops back away.
Cath launches a TV appeal warning of the dangers of Sky White. Manning is incensed; she could kill the new drug’s market before it gets going. He must stop her.
The story flows between Preston, Blackpool, Manchester and India: the cops are in a race to catch Manning before the body count increases. Manning is in a race to kill Cath and anyone else who gets in his way; cop or otherwise.
These races crash together in a denouement which will shock you: followed by a final twist that will stun you even further.
Author Bio:
I was born in Bury, raised in Whitley Bay, and have lived in Lancashire since I was thirteen. Currently living in Preston, I served for over thirty-one years with the Lancashire Constabulary, the Regional Crime Squad and the National Crime Squad.
I retired in the rank of detective inspector in charge of a covert unit, which received local and national acclaim for its successes in engaging those who openly sold Class A drugs, such as heroin and crack cocaine.
Prior to this I led the C.I.D. in Preston for a short while and before that I was in charge of a dedicated informant unit. Previous experiences include work on many murder investigations and other serious crimes, as well as time spent on drug squads.
I have served around the region, country, and overseas. My work on the National Crime Squad took me across Europe and to the Far East. I have been commended on four occasions.
I now write fiction based in-part on my experiences, and in-part from my fevered imagination.
I write full time, and in addition to my crime novels I am developing a TV crime drama titled 'BRISTOL FIVE-0' featuring a crime duo who are trouble-shooters with a difference.
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Lot 64
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Jonathan Whitelaw


Jonathan Whitelaw
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Title: The Village Hall vendetta
Genre: Cosy Crime
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/JDWhitelaw13
Book Blurb:
Hal Mulberry has long dreamt of owning the iconic painting, Buttermere at Dawn. And now the entrepreneur has got his hands on it, he’s determined to bring it back to the Lakes where it belongs and put it on show, turning Penrith Village Hall into a cultural hotspot – with the painting at its heart.
Journalist Jason Brazel is delighted to get the exclusive. Even if his mother in law, Amita, thinks he’s making a fuss about an ugly piece of modern art. But when Amita uncovers a theory that the painting is cursed, she wonders just what Hal is bringing to their door: hex, hoax or dirty-deal?
While the great and the good gather for the unveiling, someone’s got murder on their mind. And it’s up to Jason and Amita to find who is trying to put people out of the picture … permanently.
Author Biog:
Jonathan Whitelaw is a writer, award-winning journalist and broadcaster. After working on the frontline of Scottish politics, he moved into journalism, covering everything from sports to music to radioactive waste – and everything in between. He's also a regular reviewer, podcaster, panellist and commentator.
Genre: Cosy Crime
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JDWhitelaw13
Book Blurb:
Hal Mulberry has long dreamt of owning the iconic painting, Buttermere at Dawn. And now the entrepreneur has got his hands on it, he’s determined to bring it back to the Lakes where it belongs and put it on show, turning Penrith Village Hall into a cultural hotspot – with the painting at its heart.
Journalist Jason Brazel is delighted to get the exclusive. Even if his mother in law, Amita, thinks he’s making a fuss about an ugly piece of modern art. But when Amita uncovers a theory that the painting is cursed, she wonders just what Hal is bringing to their door: hex, hoax or dirty-deal?
While the great and the good gather for the unveiling, someone’s got murder on their mind. And it’s up to Jason and Amita to find who is trying to put people out of the picture … permanently.
Author Biog:
Jonathan Whitelaw is a writer, award-winning journalist and broadcaster. After working on the frontline of Scottish politics, he moved into journalism, covering everything from sports to music to radioactive waste – and everything in between. He's also a regular reviewer, podcaster, panellist and commentator.
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Lot 65
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D.L Marshall


D.L Marshall
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John Tyler Trilogy
Title 1: Anthrax Island
Genre: Thriller Espionage
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Black Run
Genre: Thriller Espionage
Format: Paperback
Title 3: 77 North
Genre: Thriller Espionage
Format: Paperback
Dedication sAvailable: YES
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*Bonus: Danny will be adding posters, postcards, coasters , and lots of other goodies for his successful bidder*
Website: https://www.canelo.co/authors/d-l-marshall
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DLMWrites
Book 1 Blurb:
FACT: In 1942, in growing desperation at the progress of the war and fearing invasion by the Nazis, the UK government approved biological weapons tests on British soil. Their aim: to perfect an anthrax weapon destined for Germany. They succeeded.
FACT: Though the attack was never launched, the testing ground, Gruinard Island, was left lethally contaminated. It became known as Anthrax Island.
Now government scientists have returned to the island. They become stranded by an equipment failure and so John Tyler is flown in to fix the problem. He quickly discovers there’s more than research going on. When one of the scientists is found impossibly murdered inside a sealed room, Tyler realises he’s trapped with a killer...
Book 2 Blurb:
John Tyler has a new mission: capture a heavily protected target from the Alps and smuggle him back into the UK – alive.
La Rochelle in the dead of night: Tyler boards the Tiburon, a rusting freighter crewed by smugglers and mercenaries, for the last leg of his journey. But he is short on time. His mark’s security team has pursued him across France, determined to retrieve their boss, and they won’t be deterred by an ocean. The race is on.
Tyler heads into the Bay of Biscay in a storm, with a pursuing boat snapping at his heels. But when his prisoner is found murdered inside a sealed hold on the ship, everyone on board becomes a suspect. In the flickering light of the Tiburon’s passageways there’s nowhere to run, but everywhere to hide.
Some might think the situation is spiralling out of control, but they don’t know John Tyler…
Book 3 Blurb:
An agent the world thinks is dead can be useful. John Tyler has gone rogue, pursuing an international vendetta against those responsible for killing his brother.
But he’s lured back by the CIA for one final mission to wipe the slate clean. Simple, for a man like Tyler: journey to an old Soviet-era hotel on an ice-locked island in the frozen wastes of Siberia to obtain information from a Russian scientist about a double agent within NATO. But strange things are afoot, events related to the hotel’s grisly past and the KGB’s Cold war experiments into psychic phenomena...
Unexplained deaths revolve around the scientist, and with enemies from Tyler’s own past emerging from the rotting woodwork, he must fight to keep the man alive against the odds. But a killer stalks the hotel’s dilapidated corridors, able, apparently, to kill through concrete walls and sealed doors. As Tyler homes in on the NATO double agent, he quickly realises nothing is as it seems, no-one can be trusted, and his own past is coming back to haunt him...
Author Bio:
D. L. Marshall was born and raised in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Influenced by the dark industrial architecture, steep wooded valleys, and bleak Pennine moors, he writes thrillers tinged with horror, exploring the impact of geography and isolation. In 2016 he pitched at Bloody Scotland. In 2018 he won a Northern Writers’ Award for his thriller novel Anthrax Island.
Title 1: Anthrax Island
Genre: Thriller Espionage
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Black Run
Genre: Thriller Espionage
Format: Paperback
Title 3: 77 North
Genre: Thriller Espionage
Format: Paperback
Dedication sAvailable: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
*Bonus: Danny will be adding posters, postcards, coasters , and lots of other goodies for his successful bidder*
Website: https://www.canelo.co/authors/d-l-marshall
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DLMWrites
Book 1 Blurb:
FACT: In 1942, in growing desperation at the progress of the war and fearing invasion by the Nazis, the UK government approved biological weapons tests on British soil. Their aim: to perfect an anthrax weapon destined for Germany. They succeeded.
FACT: Though the attack was never launched, the testing ground, Gruinard Island, was left lethally contaminated. It became known as Anthrax Island.
Now government scientists have returned to the island. They become stranded by an equipment failure and so John Tyler is flown in to fix the problem. He quickly discovers there’s more than research going on. When one of the scientists is found impossibly murdered inside a sealed room, Tyler realises he’s trapped with a killer...
Book 2 Blurb:
John Tyler has a new mission: capture a heavily protected target from the Alps and smuggle him back into the UK – alive.
La Rochelle in the dead of night: Tyler boards the Tiburon, a rusting freighter crewed by smugglers and mercenaries, for the last leg of his journey. But he is short on time. His mark’s security team has pursued him across France, determined to retrieve their boss, and they won’t be deterred by an ocean. The race is on.
Tyler heads into the Bay of Biscay in a storm, with a pursuing boat snapping at his heels. But when his prisoner is found murdered inside a sealed hold on the ship, everyone on board becomes a suspect. In the flickering light of the Tiburon’s passageways there’s nowhere to run, but everywhere to hide.
Some might think the situation is spiralling out of control, but they don’t know John Tyler…
Book 3 Blurb:
An agent the world thinks is dead can be useful. John Tyler has gone rogue, pursuing an international vendetta against those responsible for killing his brother.
But he’s lured back by the CIA for one final mission to wipe the slate clean. Simple, for a man like Tyler: journey to an old Soviet-era hotel on an ice-locked island in the frozen wastes of Siberia to obtain information from a Russian scientist about a double agent within NATO. But strange things are afoot, events related to the hotel’s grisly past and the KGB’s Cold war experiments into psychic phenomena...
Unexplained deaths revolve around the scientist, and with enemies from Tyler’s own past emerging from the rotting woodwork, he must fight to keep the man alive against the odds. But a killer stalks the hotel’s dilapidated corridors, able, apparently, to kill through concrete walls and sealed doors. As Tyler homes in on the NATO double agent, he quickly realises nothing is as it seems, no-one can be trusted, and his own past is coming back to haunt him...
Author Bio:
D. L. Marshall was born and raised in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Influenced by the dark industrial architecture, steep wooded valleys, and bleak Pennine moors, he writes thrillers tinged with horror, exploring the impact of geography and isolation. In 2016 he pitched at Bloody Scotland. In 2018 he won a Northern Writers’ Award for his thriller novel Anthrax Island.
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Lot 66
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Philip Gray


Philip Gray
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Title: Two Storm Wood
Genre: Historical Thriller
Format: Hardback US Edition
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.philipgraybooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhilipGrayBooks
Book Blurb:
1919. On the battlefields of northern France, the guns of the Great War are silent. Special battalions now face the task of gathering up the dead for mass burial.
Amy Vanneck's fiancé is one soldier lost amongst many. She heads to France, determined to discover what became of the man she loved.
Meanwhile, Captain Mackenzie cannot bring himself to go home until his fallen comrades are laid to rest. His task is upended when a gruesome discovery is made beneath the ruins of a German strongpoint.
It soon becomes clear that what Mackenzie has uncovered is a war crime of inhuman savagery. As the dark truth leaches out, both he and Amy are drawn into the hunt for a psychopath, one for whom the atrocity at Two Storm Wood is not an end, but a beginning.
Author Bio:
Philip studied modern history at Cambridge University, and went on to work as a journalist in Madrid, Rome and Lisbon. He has tutored in crime writing at City University in London and serves as a director at an award-winning documentary film company, specialising in science and history.
Philip's grandfather was a captain in the Lancashire Fusiliers and fought through the First World War from start to finish, losing his closest friends along the way. Years after his death, Philip came across a cache of trench maps and military documents that his grandfather had kept, and in which he had recorded the events that befell his unit. Philip was inspired to write his thriller Two Storm Wood when the pull of his grandfather's legacy felt too strong to ignore.
Genre: Historical Thriller
Format: Hardback US Edition
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.philipgraybooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhilipGrayBooks
Book Blurb:
1919. On the battlefields of northern France, the guns of the Great War are silent. Special battalions now face the task of gathering up the dead for mass burial.
Amy Vanneck's fiancé is one soldier lost amongst many. She heads to France, determined to discover what became of the man she loved.
Meanwhile, Captain Mackenzie cannot bring himself to go home until his fallen comrades are laid to rest. His task is upended when a gruesome discovery is made beneath the ruins of a German strongpoint.
It soon becomes clear that what Mackenzie has uncovered is a war crime of inhuman savagery. As the dark truth leaches out, both he and Amy are drawn into the hunt for a psychopath, one for whom the atrocity at Two Storm Wood is not an end, but a beginning.
Author Bio:
Philip studied modern history at Cambridge University, and went on to work as a journalist in Madrid, Rome and Lisbon. He has tutored in crime writing at City University in London and serves as a director at an award-winning documentary film company, specialising in science and history.
Philip's grandfather was a captain in the Lancashire Fusiliers and fought through the First World War from start to finish, losing his closest friends along the way. Years after his death, Philip came across a cache of trench maps and military documents that his grandfather had kept, and in which he had recorded the events that befell his unit. Philip was inspired to write his thriller Two Storm Wood when the pull of his grandfather's legacy felt too strong to ignore.
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Lot 67
£ 19
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Jenny Kane


Jenny Kane
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Title: Frost Falls at The Potting Shed
Genre: RomCom
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://jennykane.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JennyKaneAuthor
Book Blurb:
It has always been Maddie Willand's dream to take over her father's plant nursery. But after his sudden death, she is devastated to discover that she might lose The Potting Shed forever.
Maddie's bossy older sister, Sabi, is joint owner of the nursery, and she's convinced that the best thing for both of them would be to sell up. Determined to keep the business going, Maddie can't afford any distractions, but staying focused might be harder than she thinks when – after a major garden centre chain puts in an offer – her search for legal advice throws her into the path of attractive lawyer Ed...
As frost begins to fall over The Potting Shed, will Maddie find the strength to save her father's legacy and open herself up to new beginnings?
Author Bio:
Creative writing tutor and author, Jenny Kane, has written forty novels/novellas, including the romcoms Frost Falls at The Potting Shed, Midsummer Dreams at Mill Grange and A Cornish Escape, for Head of Zeus and Headline.
When writing as Jennifer Ash, she creates historical fiction; including The Folville Chronicles crime novels and audio scripts for ITV’s 1980’s television show, Robin of Sherwood.
As Kay Jaybee, Jenny is one of the most read erotica authors in the UK. Her The Perfect Submissive series has won multiple awards, and led to her becoming the ETO’s Erotica Author of the year in 2015.
Genre: RomCom
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://jennykane.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JennyKaneAuthor
Book Blurb:
It has always been Maddie Willand's dream to take over her father's plant nursery. But after his sudden death, she is devastated to discover that she might lose The Potting Shed forever.
Maddie's bossy older sister, Sabi, is joint owner of the nursery, and she's convinced that the best thing for both of them would be to sell up. Determined to keep the business going, Maddie can't afford any distractions, but staying focused might be harder than she thinks when – after a major garden centre chain puts in an offer – her search for legal advice throws her into the path of attractive lawyer Ed...
As frost begins to fall over The Potting Shed, will Maddie find the strength to save her father's legacy and open herself up to new beginnings?
Author Bio:
Creative writing tutor and author, Jenny Kane, has written forty novels/novellas, including the romcoms Frost Falls at The Potting Shed, Midsummer Dreams at Mill Grange and A Cornish Escape, for Head of Zeus and Headline.
When writing as Jennifer Ash, she creates historical fiction; including The Folville Chronicles crime novels and audio scripts for ITV’s 1980’s television show, Robin of Sherwood.
As Kay Jaybee, Jenny is one of the most read erotica authors in the UK. Her The Perfect Submissive series has won multiple awards, and led to her becoming the ETO’s Erotica Author of the year in 2015.
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Lot 68
£ 31
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Tim Ewins


Tim Ewins
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Tiny Pieces of Enid by Tim Ewins – signed edition with exclusive limited bookmark and treats.
Title: Tiny Pieces of Enid
Genre: Contemporary - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: NO
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EwinsTim
Website: https://www.tealeavesandreads.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeaLeaves_Reads
Book Blurb:
Enid isn’t clear about much these days. But she does feel a strong affinity with Olivia, a regular visitor to her dementia home in a small coastal town. If only she could put her finger on why.
Their silent partnership intensifies when Enid, hoping to reconnect with her husband Roy, escapes from the home. With help from an imaginary macaw, she uncovers some uncomfortable truths about Olivia’s marriage and delves into her own forgotten past.
A deeply touching story of love, age and companionship, evoking the unnoticed everyday moments that can mean the world to the people living them, Tim Ewins’ second novel will delight fans of his acclaimed debut, We Are Animals.
Author Bio:
Tim has enjoyed an eight-year stand-up career alongside his accidental career in finance.
He has previously written for DNA Mumbai, had two short stories highly commended and published in Michael Terence Short Story Anthologies, and enjoyed a very brief acting stint (he’s in that film Bronson, somewhere in the background).
We Are Animals is his first novel.
When not writing, he enjoys travel, reading (of course), cycling and spending time with his wife, son and dog in Bristol.
Title: Tiny Pieces of Enid
Genre: Contemporary - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: NO
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EwinsTim
Website: https://www.tealeavesandreads.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeaLeaves_Reads
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Enid isn’t clear about much these days. But she does feel a strong affinity with Olivia, a regular visitor to her dementia home in a small coastal town. If only she could put her finger on why.
Their silent partnership intensifies when Enid, hoping to reconnect with her husband Roy, escapes from the home. With help from an imaginary macaw, she uncovers some uncomfortable truths about Olivia’s marriage and delves into her own forgotten past.
A deeply touching story of love, age and companionship, evoking the unnoticed everyday moments that can mean the world to the people living them, Tim Ewins’ second novel will delight fans of his acclaimed debut, We Are Animals.
Author Bio:
Tim has enjoyed an eight-year stand-up career alongside his accidental career in finance.
He has previously written for DNA Mumbai, had two short stories highly commended and published in Michael Terence Short Story Anthologies, and enjoyed a very brief acting stint (he’s in that film Bronson, somewhere in the background).
We Are Animals is his first novel.
When not writing, he enjoys travel, reading (of course), cycling and spending time with his wife, son and dog in Bristol.
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Lot 69
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Ana Sampson


Ana Sampson
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Title: Wonder: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book
Genre: Poetry Natural History
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.anasampson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnaBooks
Book Blurb:
Wonder: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book is a beautiful gift hardback collection of poetry with poems inspired by The Natural History Museum.
It covers everything from the depths of space to the very centre of the earth - there are poems about the solar system, planet earth, oceans and rivers, birds, dinosaurs, fossils, wildlife, flowers, fungi, insects, explorers and palaeontologists. Each section includes an introduction and some footnotes about particularly interesting species.
The museum has a collection of over eighty million objects and behind the scenes of its twenty-eight galleries crowd kilometres of preserved specimens, libraries of rare books and artworks, wonders gathered on some of the most famous voyages in history, rooms packed with pressed plants, warehouses teeming with stuffed animals and freezers full of DNA. As well as a museum, it is a state-of-the-art centre for discovery with over three hundred resident scientists and over ten thousand visiting researchers each year, investigating everything from dinosaurs to life on other planets.
The collection is made up of brand new and classic poems and is illustrated with botanical drawings and engravings from the museum’s collections.
This fantastic collection speaks of the wonder of nature and shows us why we need to look after our incredible planet.
Author Bio:
Ana Sampson is the author of many best-selling anthologies including I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and Other Poems You Half-Remember from School, Tyger Tyger Burning Bright: Much Loved Poems you Half-Remember, Poems to Learn by Heart, Green and Pleasant Land: Best-Loved Poems of the British Countryside, Best-Loved Poems: A Treasury of Verse, and Wonder: The Natural History Poetry Collection. Ana grew up in Kent and studied English Literature at the University of Sheffield. After achieving both a BA and an MA, she began a career in publishing PR and has appeared multiple time on radio and television discussing books and poetry. She lives in London with her her husband, young daughter and two cats. She is Fierce is her first poetry collection for Macmillan.
Genre: Poetry Natural History
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.anasampson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnaBooks
Book Blurb:
Wonder: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book is a beautiful gift hardback collection of poetry with poems inspired by The Natural History Museum.
It covers everything from the depths of space to the very centre of the earth - there are poems about the solar system, planet earth, oceans and rivers, birds, dinosaurs, fossils, wildlife, flowers, fungi, insects, explorers and palaeontologists. Each section includes an introduction and some footnotes about particularly interesting species.
The museum has a collection of over eighty million objects and behind the scenes of its twenty-eight galleries crowd kilometres of preserved specimens, libraries of rare books and artworks, wonders gathered on some of the most famous voyages in history, rooms packed with pressed plants, warehouses teeming with stuffed animals and freezers full of DNA. As well as a museum, it is a state-of-the-art centre for discovery with over three hundred resident scientists and over ten thousand visiting researchers each year, investigating everything from dinosaurs to life on other planets.
The collection is made up of brand new and classic poems and is illustrated with botanical drawings and engravings from the museum’s collections.
This fantastic collection speaks of the wonder of nature and shows us why we need to look after our incredible planet.
Author Bio:
Ana Sampson is the author of many best-selling anthologies including I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and Other Poems You Half-Remember from School, Tyger Tyger Burning Bright: Much Loved Poems you Half-Remember, Poems to Learn by Heart, Green and Pleasant Land: Best-Loved Poems of the British Countryside, Best-Loved Poems: A Treasury of Verse, and Wonder: The Natural History Poetry Collection. Ana grew up in Kent and studied English Literature at the University of Sheffield. After achieving both a BA and an MA, she began a career in publishing PR and has appeared multiple time on radio and television discussing books and poetry. She lives in London with her her husband, young daughter and two cats. She is Fierce is her first poetry collection for Macmillan.
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Lot 70
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Dan Smith


Dan Smith
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Title: The Wall Between Us,
Genre: Children Middle Grade
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://dansmithsbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanSmithAuthor
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Anja and Monika live opposite each other. They play together every day, with Otto the cat.
One night they wake up to bangs and shouts. Soldiers are building a huge barbed wire fence between them. A terrible forever wall that gets longer and higher until it divides the whole city.
On the East side, Monika is scared – neighbours are becoming spies and there are secret police everywhere.
It’s Anja who spots that Otto has found a way across. If he can visit Monika, then perhaps she can too.
But Anja gets trapped and there’s no safe way back .
Author Bio:
Growing up, Dan Smith led three lives. In one he survived boarding school, while in another he adventured in the paddy fields of South East Asia and the jungles of Brazil. The third life was in a world of stories – where he still lives now.
Genre: Children Middle Grade
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://dansmithsbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanSmithAuthor
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Anja and Monika live opposite each other. They play together every day, with Otto the cat.
One night they wake up to bangs and shouts. Soldiers are building a huge barbed wire fence between them. A terrible forever wall that gets longer and higher until it divides the whole city.
On the East side, Monika is scared – neighbours are becoming spies and there are secret police everywhere.
It’s Anja who spots that Otto has found a way across. If he can visit Monika, then perhaps she can too.
But Anja gets trapped and there’s no safe way back .
Author Bio:
Growing up, Dan Smith led three lives. In one he survived boarding school, while in another he adventured in the paddy fields of South East Asia and the jungles of Brazil. The third life was in a world of stories – where he still lives now.
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Lot 71
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Natalie Chandler


Natalie Chandler
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Title: What We Did
Genre: Psychological Thriller
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Book Blurb:
Jenna has spent the last twenty-five years trying to forget what happened to her as a teenager. Trying to forget what they did.
But it has always been there - the mistake the four friends made.
Now it has taken another life, Jenna has the opportunity to make amends. But if she comes forward now, the truth could shatter her marriage, her family and the friendships she's held onto all these years.
And what if she's about to make the biggest mistake of all?
Addictive, chilling and twisting, WHAT WE DID is the brand-new psychological suspense from bestselling author of BELIEVE ME NOT. For fans of LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE, THE LYING GAME and THE PROMISE.
Author Bio:
Natalie Chandler was educated at St Chad's College, Durham and currently works in behavioural education, specialising in social, emotional and mental health issues. She is a Curtis Brown Creative alumna and was previously selected to be part of the WoMentoring scheme. Natalie's debut psychological thriller Believe Me Not was published in June 2022 and delves into the fractured mind of a woman sectioned in a psychiatric hospital, as she fights to prove the existence of her baby. She lives with her partner, dividing her time between London and rural Lancashire, and enjoys greeting every dog she meets.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
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Book Blurb:
Jenna has spent the last twenty-five years trying to forget what happened to her as a teenager. Trying to forget what they did.
But it has always been there - the mistake the four friends made.
Now it has taken another life, Jenna has the opportunity to make amends. But if she comes forward now, the truth could shatter her marriage, her family and the friendships she's held onto all these years.
And what if she's about to make the biggest mistake of all?
Addictive, chilling and twisting, WHAT WE DID is the brand-new psychological suspense from bestselling author of BELIEVE ME NOT. For fans of LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE, THE LYING GAME and THE PROMISE.
Author Bio:
Natalie Chandler was educated at St Chad's College, Durham and currently works in behavioural education, specialising in social, emotional and mental health issues. She is a Curtis Brown Creative alumna and was previously selected to be part of the WoMentoring scheme. Natalie's debut psychological thriller Believe Me Not was published in June 2022 and delves into the fractured mind of a woman sectioned in a psychiatric hospital, as she fights to prove the existence of her baby. She lives with her partner, dividing her time between London and rural Lancashire, and enjoys greeting every dog she meets.
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Lot 72
£ 20
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T F Lince


T F Lince
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Title 1: Room 119 - The Whitby Trader
Genre: Thriller = Mystery and Suspense
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Funicular
Genre: Crime Thriller - Mystery Suspense
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://room119.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Room119TFLince
Book 1 Blurb:
High-flying trader Dean Harrison has it all – the London penthouse apartment; the fast car; the beautiful wife. But when the threads of Dean’s life start to unravel, they do so with alarming speed. Following the advice of a frail stranger,
Dean sets off for Welnetham Hall Hotel and is plunged into the mysterious world of Room 119 – a world where nothing makes sense. How does everyone in the hotel know his name? Why does he travel there on a train line that shut down over fifty years ago? And who is the sinister man in black who pursues him wherever he goes?
As he gradually pieces together the puzzle of Welnetham Hall, Dean is forced to re-evaluate his life and realises that nothing is more important to him than his wife and daughter. Desperate to get back to them, he vows he would lay down his life for the people he loves.
It’s a promise he may have to keep.
Book 2 Blurb:
After his life is threatened, DI Bob Dixon leaves London hoping for the quiet life in the northern village of Saltburn-by-the-Sea. But when he takes on the case of young Lizzy Scraggs, missing since a huge tide hit Saltburn six years earlier, he embarks on an investigation that will push him to the very edge of reason.
Out on the beat, Bob learns the legend of the funicular car that left the top of Saltburn’s famous cliff lift many years ago carrying two passengers, and arrived at the bottom empty save for an abandoned ticket. And every big tide since has seen another local child disappear.
Feeling increasingly manipulated by a shadowy nemesis, Bob struggles to make sense of the seemingly impossible clues before him. How can the dead live again? Who is the tortured man haunting the churchyard in nearby Marske? And with the next massive tide just hours away, can Bob solve the puzzle and bring an end to the tragedy of Saltburn’s missing children?
Author Bio:
Trev Lince originates from Marske-by-the-Sea on the North East coast of England, but now lives in Darlington with his wife, Claire.
Their daughter, Annie, is a very good guitarist and is setting up a band, playing every pub in the North East that she can. She’s so rock and roll, living the dream while her father is approaching his mid-life crisis.
A keen golfer and frustrated Middlesbrough FC fan, Trev gets to as many matches as work and leisure time allow. He writes in what little spare time he has, when not working as a freelance IT Consultant.
Room 119 – The Whitby Trader is Trev’s first book and he really enjoyed the experience of writing it.
Funicular followed and he is now writing his third novel which will probably be called Reunion.
Genre: Thriller = Mystery and Suspense
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Funicular
Genre: Crime Thriller - Mystery Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://room119.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Room119TFLince
Book 1 Blurb:
High-flying trader Dean Harrison has it all – the London penthouse apartment; the fast car; the beautiful wife. But when the threads of Dean’s life start to unravel, they do so with alarming speed. Following the advice of a frail stranger,
Dean sets off for Welnetham Hall Hotel and is plunged into the mysterious world of Room 119 – a world where nothing makes sense. How does everyone in the hotel know his name? Why does he travel there on a train line that shut down over fifty years ago? And who is the sinister man in black who pursues him wherever he goes?
As he gradually pieces together the puzzle of Welnetham Hall, Dean is forced to re-evaluate his life and realises that nothing is more important to him than his wife and daughter. Desperate to get back to them, he vows he would lay down his life for the people he loves.
It’s a promise he may have to keep.
Book 2 Blurb:
After his life is threatened, DI Bob Dixon leaves London hoping for the quiet life in the northern village of Saltburn-by-the-Sea. But when he takes on the case of young Lizzy Scraggs, missing since a huge tide hit Saltburn six years earlier, he embarks on an investigation that will push him to the very edge of reason.
Out on the beat, Bob learns the legend of the funicular car that left the top of Saltburn’s famous cliff lift many years ago carrying two passengers, and arrived at the bottom empty save for an abandoned ticket. And every big tide since has seen another local child disappear.
Feeling increasingly manipulated by a shadowy nemesis, Bob struggles to make sense of the seemingly impossible clues before him. How can the dead live again? Who is the tortured man haunting the churchyard in nearby Marske? And with the next massive tide just hours away, can Bob solve the puzzle and bring an end to the tragedy of Saltburn’s missing children?
Author Bio:
Trev Lince originates from Marske-by-the-Sea on the North East coast of England, but now lives in Darlington with his wife, Claire.
Their daughter, Annie, is a very good guitarist and is setting up a band, playing every pub in the North East that she can. She’s so rock and roll, living the dream while her father is approaching his mid-life crisis.
A keen golfer and frustrated Middlesbrough FC fan, Trev gets to as many matches as work and leisure time allow. He writes in what little spare time he has, when not working as a freelance IT Consultant.
Room 119 – The Whitby Trader is Trev’s first book and he really enjoyed the experience of writing it.
Funicular followed and he is now writing his third novel which will probably be called Reunion.
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Lot 73
£ 11
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Robert Welbourn


Robert Welbourn
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Title: Belonging
Genre: Contemporary - Literary Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://robertwelbourn.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/r_welbourn
Book Blurb:
Noah is young, attractive, and madly in love with two people. These two people are both madly in love with Noah, yet neither knows about the other. Can Noah balance two secret relationships? Can he juggle so much secrecy, all whilst trying to discover who he really is as a person? And when family tragedy strikes, how will Noah cope with all that follows?
Belonging is a novel about being young and in love in a world that’s cold and uncaring. Can you ever truly know someone if you don’t know yourself? Can you find meaning in a world that seems random and thoughtless? Does anyone, like, actually care?
Author Bio:
Robert Welbourn’s debut novel, Ideal Angels, was published in 2018 and received overwhelmingly positive reviews. Inspired by the likes of Jonathan Franzen, John Steinbeck, and Joan Didion, Robert’s writing asks the question: what is it to be human? With a BA and MA in Literature, Robert’s writing tries to find out how to survive in a world that feels like it doesn’t care. His fast-paced, ironic prose may look shallow on the surface, but in reality it makes us look into ourselves, to try and discover who we really are.
Genre: Contemporary - Literary Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://robertwelbourn.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/r_welbourn
Book Blurb:
Noah is young, attractive, and madly in love with two people. These two people are both madly in love with Noah, yet neither knows about the other. Can Noah balance two secret relationships? Can he juggle so much secrecy, all whilst trying to discover who he really is as a person? And when family tragedy strikes, how will Noah cope with all that follows?
Belonging is a novel about being young and in love in a world that’s cold and uncaring. Can you ever truly know someone if you don’t know yourself? Can you find meaning in a world that seems random and thoughtless? Does anyone, like, actually care?
Author Bio:
Robert Welbourn’s debut novel, Ideal Angels, was published in 2018 and received overwhelmingly positive reviews. Inspired by the likes of Jonathan Franzen, John Steinbeck, and Joan Didion, Robert’s writing asks the question: what is it to be human? With a BA and MA in Literature, Robert’s writing tries to find out how to survive in a world that feels like it doesn’t care. His fast-paced, ironic prose may look shallow on the surface, but in reality it makes us look into ourselves, to try and discover who we really are.
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Lot 74
£ 52
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Damien Lewis


Damien Lewis
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Title: SAS Great Escapes Two
Genre: Military non-fiction
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Website: http://www.damienlewis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authordlewis
Book Blurb:
Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two Heroes.
SAS Great Escapes Two recounts the hitherto untold stories of six of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed by the world’s most famous fighting force during WWII. From the very earliest SAS missions to the push into Nazi-occupied Europe, they cover some of the key figures in the Regiment, including its founder, David Stirling, plus other lesser-known heroes.
With each story comes an edge-of-the-seat, rollercoaster ride in classic Damien Lewis fashion, as readers are plunged into the escapees’ experiences – sharing their most terrifying yet inspiring moments. These stunning accounts of survival beggar belief, revealing nerve-racking bluff and deception, knife-edge encounters with enemy hunter forces hellbent on wreaking vengeance and murder, but also incredible acts of mercy and kindness from those who risk all to help the escapees on their way.
Each tale of breath-taking derring-do reveals how necessity really is the mother of all invention, as with every step and at every juncture these fugitives defied fate, snatching survival and freedom from the jaws of the enemy, and all the horrors that would have followed capture.
Damien Lewis has worked closely with the families of those portrayed, accessing wartime diaries, letters, mission reports, interrogation transcripts and more, to relate how the men of the SAS crossed blazing deserts, evaded enemy hunter forces and escaped through hostile lands, battling against seemingly insurmountable odds. But most of all, these uplifting tales of endurance beyond measure showcase the triumph of the human spirit and the will to survive.
Author Bio:
For two decades Damien Lewis worked as a war and conflict reporter for major broadcasters, reporting from across Africa, South America, the Middle and Far East, during which time he won numerous awards for his journalism.
In 2001 he wrote his first book, Slave, which was an international bestseller translated into some forty languages, and which was made into a film (I Am Slave) and a stage play (Slave). In 2003 he wrote his first book about elite military operations, Operation Certain Death, which was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller, followed by the number one bestseller Zero Six Bravo.
Since then Lewis has penned a dozen related bestsellers, including Operation Relentless, the story of the DEA’s hunt for the world’s most-wanted arms-dealer, Russian billionaire Viktor Bout (presently being made into a TV drama series).
He presently has several other books in various stages of development as TV drama series or movies, including a trilogy of films being scripted by Paramount Pictures.
In addition, his own life story as a war reporter is being developed as a TV drama series by foremost British-based TV and film company. He has scripted some of his own work and is performing the role of Executive Producer on some of his film projects.
Genre: Military non-fiction
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bid Accepted: Global
Website: http://www.damienlewis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authordlewis
Book Blurb:
Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two Heroes.
SAS Great Escapes Two recounts the hitherto untold stories of six of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed by the world’s most famous fighting force during WWII. From the very earliest SAS missions to the push into Nazi-occupied Europe, they cover some of the key figures in the Regiment, including its founder, David Stirling, plus other lesser-known heroes.
With each story comes an edge-of-the-seat, rollercoaster ride in classic Damien Lewis fashion, as readers are plunged into the escapees’ experiences – sharing their most terrifying yet inspiring moments. These stunning accounts of survival beggar belief, revealing nerve-racking bluff and deception, knife-edge encounters with enemy hunter forces hellbent on wreaking vengeance and murder, but also incredible acts of mercy and kindness from those who risk all to help the escapees on their way.
Each tale of breath-taking derring-do reveals how necessity really is the mother of all invention, as with every step and at every juncture these fugitives defied fate, snatching survival and freedom from the jaws of the enemy, and all the horrors that would have followed capture.
Damien Lewis has worked closely with the families of those portrayed, accessing wartime diaries, letters, mission reports, interrogation transcripts and more, to relate how the men of the SAS crossed blazing deserts, evaded enemy hunter forces and escaped through hostile lands, battling against seemingly insurmountable odds. But most of all, these uplifting tales of endurance beyond measure showcase the triumph of the human spirit and the will to survive.
Author Bio:
For two decades Damien Lewis worked as a war and conflict reporter for major broadcasters, reporting from across Africa, South America, the Middle and Far East, during which time he won numerous awards for his journalism.
In 2001 he wrote his first book, Slave, which was an international bestseller translated into some forty languages, and which was made into a film (I Am Slave) and a stage play (Slave). In 2003 he wrote his first book about elite military operations, Operation Certain Death, which was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller, followed by the number one bestseller Zero Six Bravo.
Since then Lewis has penned a dozen related bestsellers, including Operation Relentless, the story of the DEA’s hunt for the world’s most-wanted arms-dealer, Russian billionaire Viktor Bout (presently being made into a TV drama series).
He presently has several other books in various stages of development as TV drama series or movies, including a trilogy of films being scripted by Paramount Pictures.
In addition, his own life story as a war reporter is being developed as a TV drama series by foremost British-based TV and film company. He has scripted some of his own work and is performing the role of Executive Producer on some of his film projects.
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Lot 75
£ 15
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M.A. Hunter


M.A. Hunter
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Title: ADRIFT
Genre: Psychological thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Accepted Bids: UK Only
Website: http://stephenedger.com/m-a-hunter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StephenEdger
Book blurb:
A stag do, six old friends … and a secret they’d all kill to protect.
When Pete and his friends set sail on a private yacht in the Balearics to celebrate Fergus’ upcoming wedding, they’re all looking forward to sun, sea and copious quantities of alcohol.
But there’s a reason they are still entwined in each other’s lives a decade after leaving university. A terrible event they’ve all been trying their hardest to forget.
They say you can’t outrun the past … And these six friends are about to find that out the hard way.
Author Bio:
M.A. Hunter is the pen name of Stephen Edger, the Amazon bestselling author of psychological and crime thrillers, including Snatched, and the Kate Matthews series. Born in the north-east of England, he now lives in Southampton where many of his stories are set, allowing him to use his insider knowledge to deliver realistic and unsettling suspense on every page.
Away from writing, he loves to read anything that will keep him awake at night. He’s also a passionate advocate for contemporary cinema and binge-watching the latest offerings from streaming services. He is married with a son and a daughter, and two dogs.
Genre: Psychological thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: http://stephenedger.com/m-a-hunter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StephenEdger
Book blurb:
A stag do, six old friends … and a secret they’d all kill to protect.
When Pete and his friends set sail on a private yacht in the Balearics to celebrate Fergus’ upcoming wedding, they’re all looking forward to sun, sea and copious quantities of alcohol.
But there’s a reason they are still entwined in each other’s lives a decade after leaving university. A terrible event they’ve all been trying their hardest to forget.
They say you can’t outrun the past … And these six friends are about to find that out the hard way.
Author Bio:
M.A. Hunter is the pen name of Stephen Edger, the Amazon bestselling author of psychological and crime thrillers, including Snatched, and the Kate Matthews series. Born in the north-east of England, he now lives in Southampton where many of his stories are set, allowing him to use his insider knowledge to deliver realistic and unsettling suspense on every page.
Away from writing, he loves to read anything that will keep him awake at night. He’s also a passionate advocate for contemporary cinema and binge-watching the latest offerings from streaming services. He is married with a son and a daughter, and two dogs.
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Lot 76
£ 50
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Maria Whitehead


Maria Whitehead
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Title: Embellish With Relish
Genre: Food and Drink
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.hawksheadrelish.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/embellishrelish
Book Blurb::
Embellish With Relish shows how easy it can be to cook and prepare delicious food for your nearest and dearest. The book brings together simple but satisfying meals packed full of flavour, including family favourites, tried and tested classics, inventive creations and a selection of contemporary dishes with a twist so there’s something for everyone. Recipes for Spiced Garlic Kiev and Tex-Mex Cottage Pie provide savoury inspiration, alongside some seriously tempting sweet treats such as Salted CaramelBrownies and Raspberry Bakewell which put Hawkshead Relish creations like Raspberry & Vanilla Jam, Salted Caramel Sauce and Hot Garlic Pickle to good use.
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Treat the foodie in your life with this delicious NEW selection of bestselling preserves along with our ‘Embellish With Relish’ Cookbook. The book brings together over 50 simple but satisfying meals packed full of flavour, including family favourites, tried and tested classics, inventive creations and a selection of contemporary dishes with a twist so there’s something for everyone. Recipes for Spiced Garlic Kiev and Tex-Mex Cottage Pie provide savoury inspiration, alongside some seriously tempting sweet treats such as Salted Caramel Brownies and Raspberry Bakewell which put Hawkshead Relish creations like Raspberry & Vanilla Jam, Salted Caramel Sauce and Hot Garlic Pickle to good use.
"Hawkshead Relish has the most amazing range of products, but the story of this family business is also extraordinary. Their products are so versatile and are truly part of the cook’s armoury. They are creative but above all really tasty, and the business is a great ambassador for Cumbria." – Dave Myers, Hairy Biker
The recipes in Embellish With Relish are inspired by Mark and Maria’s travels around the world, as well as their family dinner table, and of course the relishes they produce from their 16th century barn on the shores of Esthwaite Water. They want to share the delights of the great food they’ve enjoyed along the way, and inspire people to embellish with relish!
Author Bio:
LAKE DISTRICT CAFÉ
(1999) we had a busy café in the Lake District Town of Hawkshead and made a small range of Chutney, Relish and Preserves to go with the meals served to our customers. People enjoyed the preserves so much they would ask to buy a jar to take home with them. Gradually we found we were producing more and more jars of preserves to sell.
We believe the reason why our products are so successful and why people love them is because we care about the ingredients we use. Where other producers will sometimes use cheaper ingredients to bulk out their products, we only use quality ingredients that add to the flavour and you can really taste the difference in the quality.
Having started with a small range of 2-3 products, we found out Mark had the knack for coming up with great new recipe ideas. He would come up with recipes that work well but were not run of the mill. As our range was growing, we found we had 20, 30, 50… 100 products. Mark’s imaginative and great tasting products lead to Hawkshead Relish also winning over 60 Great Taste Awards.
All our products are still made by hand using traditional open pans and are free from Nuts, Gluten, Additives and Preservatives as well as all being suitable for vegetarians and most are vegan friendly.
‘Flavour is the key ingredient using the best quality produce, if it doesn’t add flavour or texture, it doesn’t go in the jar!’
Maria Whitehead MBE
Genre: Food and Drink
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
*Bonus: Maria is adding a Cookbook Gift Bag for her successful bidder:
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Website: https://www.hawksheadrelish.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/embellishrelish
Book Blurb::
Embellish With Relish shows how easy it can be to cook and prepare delicious food for your nearest and dearest. The book brings together simple but satisfying meals packed full of flavour, including family favourites, tried and tested classics, inventive creations and a selection of contemporary dishes with a twist so there’s something for everyone. Recipes for Spiced Garlic Kiev and Tex-Mex Cottage Pie provide savoury inspiration, alongside some seriously tempting sweet treats such as Salted CaramelBrownies and Raspberry Bakewell which put Hawkshead Relish creations like Raspberry & Vanilla Jam, Salted Caramel Sauce and Hot Garlic Pickle to good use.
Gift Bag:
The perfect foodie gift!
Treat the foodie in your life with this delicious NEW selection of bestselling preserves along with our ‘Embellish With Relish’ Cookbook. The book brings together over 50 simple but satisfying meals packed full of flavour, including family favourites, tried and tested classics, inventive creations and a selection of contemporary dishes with a twist so there’s something for everyone. Recipes for Spiced Garlic Kiev and Tex-Mex Cottage Pie provide savoury inspiration, alongside some seriously tempting sweet treats such as Salted Caramel Brownies and Raspberry Bakewell which put Hawkshead Relish creations like Raspberry & Vanilla Jam, Salted Caramel Sauce and Hot Garlic Pickle to good use.
"Hawkshead Relish has the most amazing range of products, but the story of this family business is also extraordinary. Their products are so versatile and are truly part of the cook’s armoury. They are creative but above all really tasty, and the business is a great ambassador for Cumbria." – Dave Myers, Hairy Biker
The recipes in Embellish With Relish are inspired by Mark and Maria’s travels around the world, as well as their family dinner table, and of course the relishes they produce from their 16th century barn on the shores of Esthwaite Water. They want to share the delights of the great food they’ve enjoyed along the way, and inspire people to embellish with relish!
Author Bio:
LAKE DISTRICT CAFÉ
(1999) we had a busy café in the Lake District Town of Hawkshead and made a small range of Chutney, Relish and Preserves to go with the meals served to our customers. People enjoyed the preserves so much they would ask to buy a jar to take home with them. Gradually we found we were producing more and more jars of preserves to sell.
We believe the reason why our products are so successful and why people love them is because we care about the ingredients we use. Where other producers will sometimes use cheaper ingredients to bulk out their products, we only use quality ingredients that add to the flavour and you can really taste the difference in the quality.
Having started with a small range of 2-3 products, we found out Mark had the knack for coming up with great new recipe ideas. He would come up with recipes that work well but were not run of the mill. As our range was growing, we found we had 20, 30, 50… 100 products. Mark’s imaginative and great tasting products lead to Hawkshead Relish also winning over 60 Great Taste Awards.
All our products are still made by hand using traditional open pans and are free from Nuts, Gluten, Additives and Preservatives as well as all being suitable for vegetarians and most are vegan friendly.
‘Flavour is the key ingredient using the best quality produce, if it doesn’t add flavour or texture, it doesn’t go in the jar!’
Maria Whitehead MBE
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Lot 77
£ 25
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Emma Bradley


Emma Bradley
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Title 1: The Trouble With Fairies (Arcanium series book #1)
Genre: Teen Fantasy
Format: Paperback with bookmark, postcard and signed sticker
Title 2: The Union Of Shadows (Courts of Faerie series book #1)
Genre: YA Fantasy Romance
Format: Paperback with bookmark, postcard and signed sticker
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.emmaebradley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmmaEBradley
Book 1 Blurb:
As the only fairy in her family, Demi has always dreamed of escaping to Arcanium - the most prestigious of fairy organisations - but when she arrives, she uncovers a plan to overthrow the Queen of Faerie and must embrace her human side to defeat those who want dominion over her new home.
Welcome to Arcanium, elite training for the future of Faerie
(Disclaimer: All initiates join at their own risk. Loss of limbs unlikely. No refunds.)
Book 2 Blurb:
As Lord of the Court of Illusions, Kainen Hemlock is determined to redeem himself after the War of Queens. But having to dodge an arranged marriage wasn't part of the plan.
Reyan Roseglade is determined to keep her head down until she can buy her freedom from service at Kainen's court. But pretending to be his future bride so he doesn't have to marry someone else wasn't what she had in mind.
Then the Holly Queen asks for their help. Reyan agrees to use her shadow-merging gift to investigate a disturbance in the fabric of Faerie, but soon Kainen has his own plans for her future.
Author Bio:
Emma lives on the UK south coast with her husband, her plant collection and a very lazy black Labrador who occasionally condescends to take her out for a walk. Aside from writing and spending far too much time procrastinating on social media, Emma is still waiting for the arrival of her unicorn. Or a tank, she's not fussy.
Genre: Teen Fantasy
Format: Paperback with bookmark, postcard and signed sticker
Title 2: The Union Of Shadows (Courts of Faerie series book #1)
Genre: YA Fantasy Romance
Format: Paperback with bookmark, postcard and signed sticker
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.emmaebradley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmmaEBradley
Book 1 Blurb:
As the only fairy in her family, Demi has always dreamed of escaping to Arcanium - the most prestigious of fairy organisations - but when she arrives, she uncovers a plan to overthrow the Queen of Faerie and must embrace her human side to defeat those who want dominion over her new home.
Welcome to Arcanium, elite training for the future of Faerie
(Disclaimer: All initiates join at their own risk. Loss of limbs unlikely. No refunds.)
Book 2 Blurb:
As Lord of the Court of Illusions, Kainen Hemlock is determined to redeem himself after the War of Queens. But having to dodge an arranged marriage wasn't part of the plan.
Reyan Roseglade is determined to keep her head down until she can buy her freedom from service at Kainen's court. But pretending to be his future bride so he doesn't have to marry someone else wasn't what she had in mind.
Then the Holly Queen asks for their help. Reyan agrees to use her shadow-merging gift to investigate a disturbance in the fabric of Faerie, but soon Kainen has his own plans for her future.
Author Bio:
Emma lives on the UK south coast with her husband, her plant collection and a very lazy black Labrador who occasionally condescends to take her out for a walk. Aside from writing and spending far too much time procrastinating on social media, Emma is still waiting for the arrival of her unicorn. Or a tank, she's not fussy.
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Lot 78
£ 33
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Clare Mulley


Clare Mulley
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Title: The Spy Who Loved
Genre: Biographical History
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://claremulley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremulley
Book Blurb:
The Spy Who Loved brings to life the Polish-born Countess Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, Britain’s first and longest serving female special agent of the Second World War. In 1941, the vital intelligence she smuggled across borders prompted Churchill to call her his favourite spy. She went on to make the first contact between the French resistance and Italian partisans, secured the defection on an entire German garrison in the Alps, and saved the lives of many of her male colleagues. The Spy Who Loved, for which Clare was decorated with Poland’s national honour, the Bene Merito, has been optioned for film.
Author Bio:
Clare Mulley is an award-winning popular historian, author and broadcaster, primarily focused on female experience during the Second World War.
Clare writes for various papers and magazines, reviews for the Spectator and TLS among other publications, and has twice been chair of the judges for the Historical Writers Association non-fiction prize.
Recent TV includes several history series for Channel 5, More 4, Sky, and the History Channel, as well as two series of the BBC’s Rise of the Nazis. Also guest spots on the BBC’s Newsnight, Songs of Praise, D-Day 70 coverage, BBC World News, Sky News, ITV News etc. A regular on radio and podcasts, Clare has contributed to the BBC R4’s Today Programme, Woman’s Hour and PM, as well as Times Radio and many others. She is a favourite on Dan Snow’s History Hit, James Holland and Al Murray’s We Have Ways of Making You Talk and many other pods.
Clare and is a recipient of the Bene Merito cultural honour of the Republic of Poland, and the Daily Mail Biographers Club Prize.
Genre: Biographical History
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://claremulley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremulley
Book Blurb:
The Spy Who Loved brings to life the Polish-born Countess Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, Britain’s first and longest serving female special agent of the Second World War. In 1941, the vital intelligence she smuggled across borders prompted Churchill to call her his favourite spy. She went on to make the first contact between the French resistance and Italian partisans, secured the defection on an entire German garrison in the Alps, and saved the lives of many of her male colleagues. The Spy Who Loved, for which Clare was decorated with Poland’s national honour, the Bene Merito, has been optioned for film.
Author Bio:
Clare Mulley is an award-winning popular historian, author and broadcaster, primarily focused on female experience during the Second World War.
Clare writes for various papers and magazines, reviews for the Spectator and TLS among other publications, and has twice been chair of the judges for the Historical Writers Association non-fiction prize.
Recent TV includes several history series for Channel 5, More 4, Sky, and the History Channel, as well as two series of the BBC’s Rise of the Nazis. Also guest spots on the BBC’s Newsnight, Songs of Praise, D-Day 70 coverage, BBC World News, Sky News, ITV News etc. A regular on radio and podcasts, Clare has contributed to the BBC R4’s Today Programme, Woman’s Hour and PM, as well as Times Radio and many others. She is a favourite on Dan Snow’s History Hit, James Holland and Al Murray’s We Have Ways of Making You Talk and many other pods.
Clare and is a recipient of the Bene Merito cultural honour of the Republic of Poland, and the Daily Mail Biographers Club Prize.
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Lot 79
£ 25
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Helen Matthews


Helen Matthews
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Title: The Girl in the Van
Genre: Psychological Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: https://helenmatthewswriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenMK7
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Winner of Pageturner Book Award 2022 (suspense and thriller genre) A tormented mother. An abandoned girl. A deadly game of survival.
What happened to Ellie?
Traumatised by events, Ellie’s mother, Laura, can’t bear to stay in the Welsh seaside town where she lives with her partner, Gareth. She escapes to London, breaking all ties with him, and refusing to tell anyone her new address.
After two years of living alone and working in a mundane job, Laura buys an old campervan and joins a singles holiday. Here, she meets Miriana, a teenage girl who bears a chilling resemblance to Ellie. As Laura uncovers Miriana’s story, she’s shocked by the parallels to her own life.
But stories can be dangerous, and someone out there will stop at nothing to prevent the truth about Ellie from coming out…
Author Bio:
Helen Matthews writes page-turning psychological suspense novels and is fascinated by the darker side of human nature and how a life can change in an instant. Recent novels published by Darkstroke Books are The Girl in the Van, suspense and thriller genre winner in the 2022 Pageturner Book Award, and Girl Out of Sight. A second edition of domestic suspense novel Lies Behind the Ruin, set in France, has recently been released. Her other books include Façade (family noir), and a collection of short stories Brief Encounters.
Genre: Psychological Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://helenmatthewswriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenMK7
Book Blurb:
Winner of Pageturner Book Award 2022 (suspense and thriller genre) A tormented mother. An abandoned girl. A deadly game of survival.
What happened to Ellie?
Traumatised by events, Ellie’s mother, Laura, can’t bear to stay in the Welsh seaside town where she lives with her partner, Gareth. She escapes to London, breaking all ties with him, and refusing to tell anyone her new address.
After two years of living alone and working in a mundane job, Laura buys an old campervan and joins a singles holiday. Here, she meets Miriana, a teenage girl who bears a chilling resemblance to Ellie. As Laura uncovers Miriana’s story, she’s shocked by the parallels to her own life.
But stories can be dangerous, and someone out there will stop at nothing to prevent the truth about Ellie from coming out…
Author Bio:
Helen Matthews writes page-turning psychological suspense novels and is fascinated by the darker side of human nature and how a life can change in an instant. Recent novels published by Darkstroke Books are The Girl in the Van, suspense and thriller genre winner in the 2022 Pageturner Book Award, and Girl Out of Sight. A second edition of domestic suspense novel Lies Behind the Ruin, set in France, has recently been released. Her other books include Façade (family noir), and a collection of short stories Brief Encounters.
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Lot 80
£ 15
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Cate Ray


Cate Ray
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Title: Good Husbands
Genre: Domestic Suspense
Format: Paperback (US Edition)
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://cateray.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CateRaywriter
Book Blurb:
‘Good Husbands’ is a gripping, voice driven domestic noir with a major moral dilemma at its heart. Three wives, one letter, an explosive secret that will change everything. He said, she said. Who do you believe?
Author Bio:
Cate Ray writes gripping suspense novels that give the reader something to think about after turning the final page. The author of 4 previous novels published as Cath Weeks, her debut ‘Blind’ was longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award and she was named an ‘Author to Watch’ by ELLE. In the U.S., 'Good Husbands' is an Apple Best Book and a Barnes & Noble Booksellers’ Favourite.
Genre: Domestic Suspense
Format: Paperback (US Edition)
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://cateray.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CateRaywriter
Book Blurb:
‘Good Husbands’ is a gripping, voice driven domestic noir with a major moral dilemma at its heart. Three wives, one letter, an explosive secret that will change everything. He said, she said. Who do you believe?
Author Bio:
Cate Ray writes gripping suspense novels that give the reader something to think about after turning the final page. The author of 4 previous novels published as Cath Weeks, her debut ‘Blind’ was longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award and she was named an ‘Author to Watch’ by ELLE. In the U.S., 'Good Husbands' is an Apple Best Book and a Barnes & Noble Booksellers’ Favourite.
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Lot 81
£ 15
5
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Eve McDonnell


Eve McDonnell
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Title: Elsetime
Genre: Middle-grade (8+) historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: Free
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://evemcdonnell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eve_Mc_Donnell
Book Blurb:
It’s January 6th 1928, the day before the GREAT FLOOD. There’s a snowstorm and the river is about to burst its banks – fourteen souls will be lost. Can Glory, an orphan with only one hand, her TIME-TRAVELLING friend Needle and their pet CROW change the future? Is there ANYONE among all those people entombed in that snow-shrouded town who will LISTEN? WARNING: Time travel isn’t something you should try unless you are prepared to face the consequences.
Cover and illustrations by Holly Ovenden
WINNER OF THE WELLS FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPELLBINDING AWARDS AND AWESOME BOOK AWARD
The Irish Examiner: “Expertly crafted.” “Characters splendidly drawn.” “A remarkable debut which features a brilliant and surprising ending.”
The Irish Times: “Rich with historical detail – Elsetime is both classic in tone and original in vision.”
Irish Independent: “Fans of Helena Duggan will love the atmosphere and clever plotting of this debut novel and there’s a terrific twist towards the end. A highly original debut.”
Author Bio:
Eve is a children’s author and artist who lives halfway up a hill in Co Wexford, Ireland. She is the author of middle-grade novels including Elsetime and The Chestnut Roaster, both published by Everything With Words. Eve provides creative writing and crafting workshops to libraries, schools, writing clubs and festivals.
Genre: Middle-grade (8+) historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: Free
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://evemcdonnell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eve_Mc_Donnell
Book Blurb:
It’s January 6th 1928, the day before the GREAT FLOOD. There’s a snowstorm and the river is about to burst its banks – fourteen souls will be lost. Can Glory, an orphan with only one hand, her TIME-TRAVELLING friend Needle and their pet CROW change the future? Is there ANYONE among all those people entombed in that snow-shrouded town who will LISTEN? WARNING: Time travel isn’t something you should try unless you are prepared to face the consequences.
Cover and illustrations by Holly Ovenden
WINNER OF THE WELLS FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPELLBINDING AWARDS AND AWESOME BOOK AWARD
The Irish Examiner: “Expertly crafted.” “Characters splendidly drawn.” “A remarkable debut which features a brilliant and surprising ending.”
The Irish Times: “Rich with historical detail – Elsetime is both classic in tone and original in vision.”
Irish Independent: “Fans of Helena Duggan will love the atmosphere and clever plotting of this debut novel and there’s a terrific twist towards the end. A highly original debut.”
Author Bio:
Eve is a children’s author and artist who lives halfway up a hill in Co Wexford, Ireland. She is the author of middle-grade novels including Elsetime and The Chestnut Roaster, both published by Everything With Words. Eve provides creative writing and crafting workshops to libraries, schools, writing clubs and festivals.
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Lot 82
£ 15
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Eve McDonnell


Eve McDonnell
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Title: The Chestnut Roaster
Genre: Middle-grade (10+) historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://evemcdonnell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eve_Mc_Donnell
Book Blurb:
“Starting on All Fools’ Day, twelve years ago, I remember everything. EVERYTHING. That was a wet Saturday, and that was the day I was born.”
12-year-old Piaf has the ability to, and burden of, remembering everything that has happened since the day she was born. When she discovers everyone in Paris has forgotten the entire last year, 1888, including the disappearance of several gifted children, Piaf and her twin brother Luc embark on a dangerous journey that brings them to the depths of Paris’s underground twin, the Catacombs, to capture the memory thief and find the lost children—but are the two connected? And who dare they trust?
Cover by Holly Ovenden. Internal illustrations by Ewa Beniak-Haremska
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WEEK JUNIOR BOOK AWARDS 2023 – BEST COVER
The Guardian / Observer: CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 “A pacy feast for the senses, dizzyingly illustrated by Ewa Beniak-Haremska.”
The Times: CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK. “Fantastique!”
Irish Independent: CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 “The plot is as clever and twisting as the catacombs themselves. Perfect for fantasy adventure fans.” Sarah Webb
Author Bio:
Eve is a children’s author and artist who lives halfway up a hill in Co Wexford, Ireland. She is the author of middle-grade novels including Elsetime and The Chestnut Roaster, both published by Everything With Words. Eve provides creative writing and crafting workshops to libraries, schools, writing clubs and festivals.
Genre: Middle-grade (10+) historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://evemcdonnell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eve_Mc_Donnell
Book Blurb:
“Starting on All Fools’ Day, twelve years ago, I remember everything. EVERYTHING. That was a wet Saturday, and that was the day I was born.”
12-year-old Piaf has the ability to, and burden of, remembering everything that has happened since the day she was born. When she discovers everyone in Paris has forgotten the entire last year, 1888, including the disappearance of several gifted children, Piaf and her twin brother Luc embark on a dangerous journey that brings them to the depths of Paris’s underground twin, the Catacombs, to capture the memory thief and find the lost children—but are the two connected? And who dare they trust?
Cover by Holly Ovenden. Internal illustrations by Ewa Beniak-Haremska
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WEEK JUNIOR BOOK AWARDS 2023 – BEST COVER
The Guardian / Observer: CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 “A pacy feast for the senses, dizzyingly illustrated by Ewa Beniak-Haremska.”
The Times: CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK. “Fantastique!”
Irish Independent: CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 “The plot is as clever and twisting as the catacombs themselves. Perfect for fantasy adventure fans.” Sarah Webb
Author Bio:
Eve is a children’s author and artist who lives halfway up a hill in Co Wexford, Ireland. She is the author of middle-grade novels including Elsetime and The Chestnut Roaster, both published by Everything With Words. Eve provides creative writing and crafting workshops to libraries, schools, writing clubs and festivals.
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Gabby Hutchinson Crouch


Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
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The Darkwood Trilogy
Title 1: Darkwood
Genre: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Such Big Teeth
Genre: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Glass Coffin
Genre: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://farragobooks.com/book-series/the-darkwood-series/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scriblit
Book 1 Blurb:
Magic is forbidden in Myrsina, along with various other abominations, such as girls doing maths.
This is bad news for Gretel Mudd, who doesn’t perform magic, but does know a lot of maths. When the sinister masked Huntsmen accuse Gretel of witchcraft, she is forced to flee into the neighbouring Darkwood, where witches and monsters dwell.
There, she happens upon Buttercup, a witch who can’t help turning things into gingerbread, Jack Trott, who can make plants grow at will, the White Knight with her band of dwarves and a talking spider called Trevor. These aren’t the terrifying villains she’s been warned about all her life. They’re actually quite nice. Well… most of them.
With the Huntsmen on the warpath, Gretel must act fast to save both the Darkwood and her home village, while unravelling the rhetoric and lies that have demonised magical beings for far too long.
Book 2 Blurb:
If you go down to the woods today, be sure of a big surprise.
The Battle of Nearby Village is over, and deep in the Darkwood, Gretel and her friends journey into the hostile mountains of the north, seeking new allies in their fight against the huntsmen. There they find Gilde the Bear Witch, along with a Werewolf named Scarlett and a winged man named Hex. Meanwhile, Hansel and Daisy set off on a dangerous trip of their own to the Citadel, where they end up in the middle of a political battle for the future of the whole country.
Can Gretel and her friends persuade Gilde to join forces, or at least stop fighting them at every step? Can Hansel find a way to heal the land’s divisions and make the huntsmen change their ways before disaster strikes them all? And how did Trevor the spider get hold of a wig? Discover the answers to all these questions and more in Such Big Teeth.
Book 3 Blurb:
The tyrannous Huntsmen have declared everyone in one village to be outlaws, since they insist on supporting the magical beings of neighbouring Darkwood. Why won’t they accept that magic is an abomination?
Far from being abominable, the residents of Darkwood are actually very nice when you get to know them, even Snow the White Knight, who can get a bit tetchy when people remind her she’s a Princess.
In order to stop the Huntsmen from wiping out all magical beings, Snow and her friends have to venture into the Badlands of Ashtrie, and seek the support of the Glass Witch – but she has plans of her own, and let’s just say they’re not good ones.
Author Bio:
Gabby Hutchinson Crouch (Horrible Histories, Newzoids, The News Quiz, The Now Show) has a background in satire, and with the global political climate as it is, believes that now is an important time to explore themes of authoritarianism and intolerance in comedy and fiction. The Darkwood Series does so in a funny, engaging way that never loses the warmth of humanity, even as its villainous Huntsmen try to dehumanise their victims as well as anonymising and dehumanising themselves. Drawing on inspiration from other satirical stories set in a magical universe such as Shrek and the Discworld novels, the Darkwood adventures create a world where readers can enjoy more grown-up versions of fairytales, while also holding up a mirror to our own society.
Title 1: Darkwood
Genre: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Such Big Teeth
Genre: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Glass Coffin
Genre: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://farragobooks.com/book-series/the-darkwood-series/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scriblit
Book 1 Blurb:
Magic is forbidden in Myrsina, along with various other abominations, such as girls doing maths.
This is bad news for Gretel Mudd, who doesn’t perform magic, but does know a lot of maths. When the sinister masked Huntsmen accuse Gretel of witchcraft, she is forced to flee into the neighbouring Darkwood, where witches and monsters dwell.
There, she happens upon Buttercup, a witch who can’t help turning things into gingerbread, Jack Trott, who can make plants grow at will, the White Knight with her band of dwarves and a talking spider called Trevor. These aren’t the terrifying villains she’s been warned about all her life. They’re actually quite nice. Well… most of them.
With the Huntsmen on the warpath, Gretel must act fast to save both the Darkwood and her home village, while unravelling the rhetoric and lies that have demonised magical beings for far too long.
Book 2 Blurb:
If you go down to the woods today, be sure of a big surprise.
The Battle of Nearby Village is over, and deep in the Darkwood, Gretel and her friends journey into the hostile mountains of the north, seeking new allies in their fight against the huntsmen. There they find Gilde the Bear Witch, along with a Werewolf named Scarlett and a winged man named Hex. Meanwhile, Hansel and Daisy set off on a dangerous trip of their own to the Citadel, where they end up in the middle of a political battle for the future of the whole country.
Can Gretel and her friends persuade Gilde to join forces, or at least stop fighting them at every step? Can Hansel find a way to heal the land’s divisions and make the huntsmen change their ways before disaster strikes them all? And how did Trevor the spider get hold of a wig? Discover the answers to all these questions and more in Such Big Teeth.
Book 3 Blurb:
The tyrannous Huntsmen have declared everyone in one village to be outlaws, since they insist on supporting the magical beings of neighbouring Darkwood. Why won’t they accept that magic is an abomination?
Far from being abominable, the residents of Darkwood are actually very nice when you get to know them, even Snow the White Knight, who can get a bit tetchy when people remind her she’s a Princess.
In order to stop the Huntsmen from wiping out all magical beings, Snow and her friends have to venture into the Badlands of Ashtrie, and seek the support of the Glass Witch – but she has plans of her own, and let’s just say they’re not good ones.
Author Bio:
Gabby Hutchinson Crouch (Horrible Histories, Newzoids, The News Quiz, The Now Show) has a background in satire, and with the global political climate as it is, believes that now is an important time to explore themes of authoritarianism and intolerance in comedy and fiction. The Darkwood Series does so in a funny, engaging way that never loses the warmth of humanity, even as its villainous Huntsmen try to dehumanise their victims as well as anonymising and dehumanising themselves. Drawing on inspiration from other satirical stories set in a magical universe such as Shrek and the Discworld novels, the Darkwood adventures create a world where readers can enjoy more grown-up versions of fairytales, while also holding up a mirror to our own society.
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Lot 84
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Jane Elson


Jane Elson
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Title: Storm Horse
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.aroomfullofwords.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JJELSON35
The Book:
When a mystery horse gallops on to a London housing estate in the middle of a storm, it will change four kids' lives for ever ... A heart-warming tale that celebrates neurodiversity and the power of alternative thinking from an author known for her honest, heartfelt and inclusive stories.
For Daniel Margate, life is muddled because everything moves: letters, numbers, even classrooms sometimes. Daniel is dyslexic and most of the time, school just doesn't make sense. He's in the bottom reading group at school with other kids who are trying to make sense of it all. There's Akin who can't sit still for more than two minutes and is almost always getting into trouble, sports star Ste is recovering from a car accident that left him learning how to walk again and Molly-May's school uniform never fits and is a regular at the local foodbank.
But when a mystery horse gallops into their lives one stormy evening, it changes everything. Desperate to keep him safe they form the Secret Horse Society and vow to protect this amazing creature. Inspired by stories of the great racehorse Seabiscuit, they name him Jammie Dodger and find they when they work together, nothing seems impossible. Even the Big Read Off at school. They just need to keep their new horse friend a secret.
How hard can it be to hide a horse, anyway?
The Author:
After performing as an actress and comedy improviser, Jane fell into writing stories and plays. Her books have won many awards including Peters Book of the Year two years running. Her debut novel A Room Full of Chocolate was longlisted for the Branford Boase Award and she has twice been nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Jane is loud and proud about her dyslexia and when not writing likes to mentor Neurodiverse young people and promote the gift of alternative thinking. She was honoured to be named as one of the top 50 Neurodivergent Women by the platform Women Beyond the Box.
Jane is an advocate for charities close to her heart such as Nacoa and All Dogs Matter - whose dog shows she has lots of fun judging!
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.aroomfullofwords.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JJELSON35
The Book:
When a mystery horse gallops on to a London housing estate in the middle of a storm, it will change four kids' lives for ever ... A heart-warming tale that celebrates neurodiversity and the power of alternative thinking from an author known for her honest, heartfelt and inclusive stories.
For Daniel Margate, life is muddled because everything moves: letters, numbers, even classrooms sometimes. Daniel is dyslexic and most of the time, school just doesn't make sense. He's in the bottom reading group at school with other kids who are trying to make sense of it all. There's Akin who can't sit still for more than two minutes and is almost always getting into trouble, sports star Ste is recovering from a car accident that left him learning how to walk again and Molly-May's school uniform never fits and is a regular at the local foodbank.
But when a mystery horse gallops into their lives one stormy evening, it changes everything. Desperate to keep him safe they form the Secret Horse Society and vow to protect this amazing creature. Inspired by stories of the great racehorse Seabiscuit, they name him Jammie Dodger and find they when they work together, nothing seems impossible. Even the Big Read Off at school. They just need to keep their new horse friend a secret.
How hard can it be to hide a horse, anyway?
The Author:
After performing as an actress and comedy improviser, Jane fell into writing stories and plays. Her books have won many awards including Peters Book of the Year two years running. Her debut novel A Room Full of Chocolate was longlisted for the Branford Boase Award and she has twice been nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Jane is loud and proud about her dyslexia and when not writing likes to mentor Neurodiverse young people and promote the gift of alternative thinking. She was honoured to be named as one of the top 50 Neurodivergent Women by the platform Women Beyond the Box.
Jane is an advocate for charities close to her heart such as Nacoa and All Dogs Matter - whose dog shows she has lots of fun judging!
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Lot 85
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Elly Griffiths


Elly Griffiths
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Title: The Great Deceiver
Genre: Crime Thriller - Police Procedural
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://ellygriffiths.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ellygriffiths
Book Blurb:
The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths.
Magician Max Mephisto, now divorced and living in London, is on his way to visit daughter Ruby and her new-born baby when he is hailed by a voice from the past, fellow performer Ted English, aka the Great Deceiver. Ted's assistant, Cherry, has been found dead in her Brighton boarding house and he's convinced that he'll be accused of her murder.
Max agrees to talk to his friend, Superintendent Edgar Stephens, who is investigating the case. What Max doesn't know is that the girl's family have hired private detective duo Emma Holmes (aka Mrs Stephens) and Sam Collins to do some digging of their own.
The inhabitants of the boarding house, most of whom are performing in an Old Time Music Hall show on Brighton pier, are a motley crew. The house is also connected to a sinister radio personality called Pal. When a second magician's assistant is killed, Edgar suspects a serial killer. He persuades Max to come out of semi-retirement and take part in a summer show. But who can pose as his assistant? Edgar shocks the team by recommending someone close ...
Author Bio:
My name’s Elly Griffiths, except it’s not really.
My real name is Domenica de Rosa and I’ve written four books under that name .
I was born in London in 1963 and my family moved to Brighton when I was five. I loved Brighton and still do – the town, the surrounding countryside and, most of all, the sea. I went to local state schools and wrote my first book when I was a 11, a murder mystery set in Rottingdean, near the village where I still live.
At secondary school I used to write episodes of Starsky and Hutch (early fan fiction) and very much enjoyed making my readers cry.
I did all the right things to become a writer: I read English at King’s College London and, after graduating, worked in a library, for a magazine and then as a publicity assistant at HarperCollins. I loved working in publishing and eventually became Editorial Director for children’s books at HarperCollins. All this completely put me off writing and it wasn’t until I was on maternity leave in 1998 that I wrote what would become my first published novel, The Italian Quarter.
Three other books followed, all about Italy, families and identity. By now we had two children and my husband Andy had just given up his city job to become an archaeologist. We were on holiday in Norfolk, walking across Titchwell Marsh, when Andy mentioned that prehistoric man had thought that marshland was sacred. Because it’s neither land nor sea, but something in-between, they saw it as a kind of bridge to the afterlife. Neither land nor sea, neither life nor death. As he said these words the entire plot of The Crossing Places appeared, full formed, in my head and, walking towards me out of the mist, I saw Dr Ruth Galloway. I didn’t think that this new book was significantly different from my ‘Italy’ books but, when she read it, my agent said, ‘This is crime. You need a crime name.’
And that’s how I became Elly Griffiths.
Genre: Crime Thriller - Police Procedural
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://ellygriffiths.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ellygriffiths
Book Blurb:
The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths.
Magician Max Mephisto, now divorced and living in London, is on his way to visit daughter Ruby and her new-born baby when he is hailed by a voice from the past, fellow performer Ted English, aka the Great Deceiver. Ted's assistant, Cherry, has been found dead in her Brighton boarding house and he's convinced that he'll be accused of her murder.
Max agrees to talk to his friend, Superintendent Edgar Stephens, who is investigating the case. What Max doesn't know is that the girl's family have hired private detective duo Emma Holmes (aka Mrs Stephens) and Sam Collins to do some digging of their own.
The inhabitants of the boarding house, most of whom are performing in an Old Time Music Hall show on Brighton pier, are a motley crew. The house is also connected to a sinister radio personality called Pal. When a second magician's assistant is killed, Edgar suspects a serial killer. He persuades Max to come out of semi-retirement and take part in a summer show. But who can pose as his assistant? Edgar shocks the team by recommending someone close ...
Author Bio:
My name’s Elly Griffiths, except it’s not really.
My real name is Domenica de Rosa and I’ve written four books under that name .
I was born in London in 1963 and my family moved to Brighton when I was five. I loved Brighton and still do – the town, the surrounding countryside and, most of all, the sea. I went to local state schools and wrote my first book when I was a 11, a murder mystery set in Rottingdean, near the village where I still live.
At secondary school I used to write episodes of Starsky and Hutch (early fan fiction) and very much enjoyed making my readers cry.
I did all the right things to become a writer: I read English at King’s College London and, after graduating, worked in a library, for a magazine and then as a publicity assistant at HarperCollins. I loved working in publishing and eventually became Editorial Director for children’s books at HarperCollins. All this completely put me off writing and it wasn’t until I was on maternity leave in 1998 that I wrote what would become my first published novel, The Italian Quarter.
Three other books followed, all about Italy, families and identity. By now we had two children and my husband Andy had just given up his city job to become an archaeologist. We were on holiday in Norfolk, walking across Titchwell Marsh, when Andy mentioned that prehistoric man had thought that marshland was sacred. Because it’s neither land nor sea, but something in-between, they saw it as a kind of bridge to the afterlife. Neither land nor sea, neither life nor death. As he said these words the entire plot of The Crossing Places appeared, full formed, in my head and, walking towards me out of the mist, I saw Dr Ruth Galloway. I didn’t think that this new book was significantly different from my ‘Italy’ books but, when she read it, my agent said, ‘This is crime. You need a crime name.’
And that’s how I became Elly Griffiths.
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Lot 86
£ 24
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Sarah Pearse


Sarah Pearse
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Title: The Retreat
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://sarahpearse.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahVPearse
Book Blurb:
Will you brave The Retreat? The new bestselling thriller from the author of The Sanatorium.
They couldn't wait to stay here.
An idyllic wellness retreat has opened on an island off the coast of Devon, promising rest and relaxation - but the island itself, known locally as Reaper's Rock, has a dark past. Once the playground of a serial killer, it's rumored to be cursed.
But now they can't leave.
A woman is found dead below the yoga pavilion in what seems to be a tragic fall. But DS Elin Warner soon learns that the victim wasn't a guest - she wasn't meant to be on the island at all.
And they would do anything to escape . . .
The longer Elin stays, the more secrets she uncovers. And when someone else drowns in a diving incident, Elin begins to suspect that the old stories about the island are true.
Because history seems to be repeating itself - and the guests might not make it home alive
Author Bio:
Sarah Pearse lives by the sea in South Devon with her husband and two daughters. She studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Warwick and worked in Brand PR for a variety of household brands. After moving to Switzerland in her twenties, she spent every spare moment exploring the mountains in the Swiss Alpine town of Crans Montana, the dramatic setting that inspired her debut novel, The Sanatorium, which was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and became an instant New York Times Bestseller and a No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller. The Retreat is her second novel.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://sarahpearse.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahVPearse
Book Blurb:
Will you brave The Retreat? The new bestselling thriller from the author of The Sanatorium.
They couldn't wait to stay here.
An idyllic wellness retreat has opened on an island off the coast of Devon, promising rest and relaxation - but the island itself, known locally as Reaper's Rock, has a dark past. Once the playground of a serial killer, it's rumored to be cursed.
But now they can't leave.
A woman is found dead below the yoga pavilion in what seems to be a tragic fall. But DS Elin Warner soon learns that the victim wasn't a guest - she wasn't meant to be on the island at all.
And they would do anything to escape . . .
The longer Elin stays, the more secrets she uncovers. And when someone else drowns in a diving incident, Elin begins to suspect that the old stories about the island are true.
Because history seems to be repeating itself - and the guests might not make it home alive
Author Bio:
Sarah Pearse lives by the sea in South Devon with her husband and two daughters. She studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Warwick and worked in Brand PR for a variety of household brands. After moving to Switzerland in her twenties, she spent every spare moment exploring the mountains in the Swiss Alpine town of Crans Montana, the dramatic setting that inspired her debut novel, The Sanatorium, which was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and became an instant New York Times Bestseller and a No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller. The Retreat is her second novel.
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Lot 87
£ 19
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Linda Corbett


Linda Corbett
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Title: What Would Jane Austen Do?
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lcorbettauthor
Book Blurb:
When journalist and Jane Austen fan Maddy Shaw is told her Dear Jane column
has been cancelled, she has no choice but to look outside of London's rental
market. That is until she's left an idyllic country home by the black sheep
of the family, long-lost Cousin Nigel. But of course there's a
stipulation... and not only is Maddy made chair of the committee for the
annual village literary festival, she also has to put up with bestselling
crime author - and romance sceptic - Cameron Massey as her new neighbour.
When Maddy challenges Cameron to write romantic fiction, which he claims is
so easy to do, sparks fly both on and off the page...
Author Bio:
Linda Corbett lives in Surrey with her husband Andrew and three permanently
hungry guinea pigs. Linda is a member and former Treasurer of Shine Surrey -
a volunteer-led charity that supports individuals and families living with
spina bifida and hydrocephalus. When not writing, Linda can be found
gardening, papercrafting or cuddling guinea pigs. What Would Jane Austen Do
is her second published novel.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lcorbettauthor
Book Blurb:
When journalist and Jane Austen fan Maddy Shaw is told her Dear Jane column
has been cancelled, she has no choice but to look outside of London's rental
market. That is until she's left an idyllic country home by the black sheep
of the family, long-lost Cousin Nigel. But of course there's a
stipulation... and not only is Maddy made chair of the committee for the
annual village literary festival, she also has to put up with bestselling
crime author - and romance sceptic - Cameron Massey as her new neighbour.
When Maddy challenges Cameron to write romantic fiction, which he claims is
so easy to do, sparks fly both on and off the page...
Author Bio:
Linda Corbett lives in Surrey with her husband Andrew and three permanently
hungry guinea pigs. Linda is a member and former Treasurer of Shine Surrey -
a volunteer-led charity that supports individuals and families living with
spina bifida and hydrocephalus. When not writing, Linda can be found
gardening, papercrafting or cuddling guinea pigs. What Would Jane Austen Do
is her second published novel.
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Lot 88
£ 40
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Amanda Geard


Amanda Geard
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Title: The Moon Gate
Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.amandageard.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmandaGeard
Book Blurb:
1939: On the eve of war, young English heiress Grace Grey travels from London to the wilderness of Tasmania. Coaxed out of her shell by the attentions of her Irish neighbour, Daniel - Grace finally learns to live. But when Australian forces are called to the frontline, and Daniel with them, he leaves behind a devastating secret which will forever bind them together.
1975: Artist Willow Hawkins, and her new husband, Ben, can't believe their luck when an anonymous benefactor leaves them a house on the remote Tasmanian coast. Confused and delighted, they set out to unmask Towerhurst's previous owner - unwittingly altering the course of their lives.
2004: Libby Andrews has always been sheltered from the truth behind her father Ben's death. When she travels to London and discovers a faded photograph, a long-buried memory is unlocked, and she begins to follow an investigation that Ben could never complete. But will she realise that some secrets are best left buried . . .?
Author Bio:
Amanda Geard is a writer, geologist, amateur gardener, experimental chef and enthusiastic restorer of old houses. Having lived and worked from the Equator to the Arctic she is now happily settled in Ireland with her husband and two setters. When not at her desk, she can be found between the wild Atlantic and even wilder Kerry mountains, getting rained on while planning her next project.
Her second novel, Moongate, is set between Ireland and Tasmania, the island state at the edge of the world where she was born and raised.
Amanda has also written for The Irish Times, The Journal, writing.ie, The Waxed Lemon, Ireland’s Own and Nordic Reach. You can read samples of her work here. Her first short story, Not Yet Recycled, won October 2019’s New Irish Writing.
Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.amandageard.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmandaGeard
Book Blurb:
1939: On the eve of war, young English heiress Grace Grey travels from London to the wilderness of Tasmania. Coaxed out of her shell by the attentions of her Irish neighbour, Daniel - Grace finally learns to live. But when Australian forces are called to the frontline, and Daniel with them, he leaves behind a devastating secret which will forever bind them together.
1975: Artist Willow Hawkins, and her new husband, Ben, can't believe their luck when an anonymous benefactor leaves them a house on the remote Tasmanian coast. Confused and delighted, they set out to unmask Towerhurst's previous owner - unwittingly altering the course of their lives.
2004: Libby Andrews has always been sheltered from the truth behind her father Ben's death. When she travels to London and discovers a faded photograph, a long-buried memory is unlocked, and she begins to follow an investigation that Ben could never complete. But will she realise that some secrets are best left buried . . .?
Author Bio:
Amanda Geard is a writer, geologist, amateur gardener, experimental chef and enthusiastic restorer of old houses. Having lived and worked from the Equator to the Arctic she is now happily settled in Ireland with her husband and two setters. When not at her desk, she can be found between the wild Atlantic and even wilder Kerry mountains, getting rained on while planning her next project.
Her second novel, Moongate, is set between Ireland and Tasmania, the island state at the edge of the world where she was born and raised.
Amanda has also written for The Irish Times, The Journal, writing.ie, The Waxed Lemon, Ireland’s Own and Nordic Reach. You can read samples of her work here. Her first short story, Not Yet Recycled, won October 2019’s New Irish Writing.
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Lot 89
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Glen Blackwell


Glen Blackwell
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Title: The Blitz Bus
Genre: Middle grade historical fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: http://glenblackwell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gblackwellbooks
Book Blurb:: Emmie let out a huge sob – “It’s not a film set”, she cried. She held onto Jack for a moment, then took a step back, closed her eyes and shouted - “WHERE AM I?”
When Jack and Emmie suddenly find themselves transported back to London in 1940, they find a world both familiar, yet very different. As they dodge falling bombs and over-zealous policemen, they befriend Jan - a lonely Polish refugee. Together, they must work out if the shadowy figure they keep seeing is a spy and unlock the secret of getting home again…
Author Bio:: Glen Blackwell lives in Suffolk, England. He has a career in finance and has written 3 children's books - The Titanic Tunnel is his latest release and is a sequel to The Blitz Bus. Inspired by bedtime reading with his 3 daughters, Glen loves to bring stories to life for young readers.
Genre: Middle grade historical fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: http://glenblackwell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gblackwellbooks
Book Blurb:: Emmie let out a huge sob – “It’s not a film set”, she cried. She held onto Jack for a moment, then took a step back, closed her eyes and shouted - “WHERE AM I?”
When Jack and Emmie suddenly find themselves transported back to London in 1940, they find a world both familiar, yet very different. As they dodge falling bombs and over-zealous policemen, they befriend Jan - a lonely Polish refugee. Together, they must work out if the shadowy figure they keep seeing is a spy and unlock the secret of getting home again…
Author Bio:: Glen Blackwell lives in Suffolk, England. He has a career in finance and has written 3 children's books - The Titanic Tunnel is his latest release and is a sequel to The Blitz Bus. Inspired by bedtime reading with his 3 daughters, Glen loves to bring stories to life for young readers.
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Lot 90
£ 52
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Mary Beard


Mary Beard
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Title: Emperor of Rome
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/categories/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmarybeard
Book Blurb:
In her customary lively yet scholarly style, the eminent historian and author of SPQR presents an authoritative account of the role of Roman Emperor and the colourful personalities who occupied that position over the centuries.
In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome.
Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE). Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius.
Beard asks bigger questions: What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained? Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before.
Author Bio:
Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA (born 1 January 1955) is an English scholar of Ancient Roman civilisation. The New Yorker characterises her as "learned but accessible".
Dame Mary is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature. She is the Classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement, where she also writes a regular blog, "A Don's Life". Her frequent media appearances and sometimes controversial public statements have led to her being described as "Britain's best-known classicist."
Dame Mary was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to the study of classical civilisations.
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/categories/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmarybeard
Book Blurb:
In her customary lively yet scholarly style, the eminent historian and author of SPQR presents an authoritative account of the role of Roman Emperor and the colourful personalities who occupied that position over the centuries.
In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome.
Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE). Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius.
Beard asks bigger questions: What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained? Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before.
Author Bio:
Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA (born 1 January 1955) is an English scholar of Ancient Roman civilisation. The New Yorker characterises her as "learned but accessible".
Dame Mary is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature. She is the Classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement, where she also writes a regular blog, "A Don's Life". Her frequent media appearances and sometimes controversial public statements have led to her being described as "Britain's best-known classicist."
Dame Mary was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to the study of classical civilisations.
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Lot 91
£ 25
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Nikki Smith


Nikki Smith
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Two Book Package
Title 1: The Beach Party
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Look What You Made Me Do
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: U.K. only
Website: http://nikkismithauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mrssmithmunday
Book 1 Blurb:
1989 - The tunes are loud and the clothes are louder when a group of friends arrives in Mallorca for a post graduation holiday of decadence and debauchery at a luxury villa. A beach party marks the height of their fun, until it isn’t fun any longer. Because amid the wild partying - sand flying from dancing feet and revellers leaping from yachts - an accident happens. Suddenly the night of a lifetime is a living nightmare.
Now - The truth about that summer has been collectively buried. But someone knows what happened that night. And they want the friends to pay for what they did.
Book 2 Blurb:
Two people can keep a secret . . . if one of them is dead.
Sisters Jo and Caroline are used to hiding things from each other. They've never been close - taking it in turns to feel on the outside of their family unit, playing an endless game of favourites.
Jo envies Caroline's life - things have always come so easy to her. Then a family inheritance falls entirely to Jo, and suddenly now Caroline wants what Jo has. Needs it, even.
But just how far will she go to get it?
You'll be riveted by the new psychological suspense from Nikki Smith - a gripping gut-punch of a novel . . .
Author Bio:
Nikki Smith studied English Literature at Birmingham University, before pursuing a career in
finance where she worked for various companies including BDO and Morgan Stanley.
Following a ‘now or never’ moment, she applied for a Curtis Brown Creative course on which she started writing her debut novel All In Her Head which was pre-empted by Orion in a two-book deal. It went on to be an Amazon bestseller, was nominated for the Guardian ‘Not The Booker Prize’ and has been optioned for TV. Her second novel, Look What You Made Me Do was published on 1 April 2021. She then followed her editor and moved to Viking who will publish her third novel, The Beach Party in July 2023, with The Perfect Escape to follow in 2024. She is a co-host of the podcast and vodcast In Suspense alongside Lesley Kara and Lauren North and is represented by Sophie Lambert at the C&W agency. She lives near Guildford with her husband, two teenage daughters and a cat who thinks she’s a dog.
Title 1: The Beach Party
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Look What You Made Me Do
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: U.K. only
Website: http://nikkismithauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mrssmithmunday
Book 1 Blurb:
1989 - The tunes are loud and the clothes are louder when a group of friends arrives in Mallorca for a post graduation holiday of decadence and debauchery at a luxury villa. A beach party marks the height of their fun, until it isn’t fun any longer. Because amid the wild partying - sand flying from dancing feet and revellers leaping from yachts - an accident happens. Suddenly the night of a lifetime is a living nightmare.
Now - The truth about that summer has been collectively buried. But someone knows what happened that night. And they want the friends to pay for what they did.
Book 2 Blurb:
Two people can keep a secret . . . if one of them is dead.
Sisters Jo and Caroline are used to hiding things from each other. They've never been close - taking it in turns to feel on the outside of their family unit, playing an endless game of favourites.
Jo envies Caroline's life - things have always come so easy to her. Then a family inheritance falls entirely to Jo, and suddenly now Caroline wants what Jo has. Needs it, even.
But just how far will she go to get it?
You'll be riveted by the new psychological suspense from Nikki Smith - a gripping gut-punch of a novel . . .
Author Bio:
Nikki Smith studied English Literature at Birmingham University, before pursuing a career in
finance where she worked for various companies including BDO and Morgan Stanley.
Following a ‘now or never’ moment, she applied for a Curtis Brown Creative course on which she started writing her debut novel All In Her Head which was pre-empted by Orion in a two-book deal. It went on to be an Amazon bestseller, was nominated for the Guardian ‘Not The Booker Prize’ and has been optioned for TV. Her second novel, Look What You Made Me Do was published on 1 April 2021. She then followed her editor and moved to Viking who will publish her third novel, The Beach Party in July 2023, with The Perfect Escape to follow in 2024. She is a co-host of the podcast and vodcast In Suspense alongside Lesley Kara and Lauren North and is represented by Sophie Lambert at the C&W agency. She lives near Guildford with her husband, two teenage daughters and a cat who thinks she’s a dog.
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Lot 92
£ 60
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Ian Rankin


Ian Rankin
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Title: A Heart Full of Headstones
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: NO
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Website: https://www.ianrankin.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Beathhigh
Book Blurb:
John Rebus stands accused: the once legendary detective is on trial, facing the rest of his life behind bars.
How does a hero turn villain?
Or have times changed, and the rules with them?
Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke tackles Edinburgh's most explosive case in years, as a corrupt cop harbouring huge secrets goes missing.
But is her loyalty to the police or the public? And who can she trust when nobody is truly innocent - including her former mentor Rebus - and a killer walks among them?
As the time comes to choose sides, it becomes clear: after a lifetime of lies, the truth will break your heart...
Author Bio:
Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature.
After university and before his success with his Rebus novels, Ian had a number of jobs including working as a grape-picker, a swineherd, a journalist for a hi-fi magazine, and a taxman. Following his marriage in 1986, he lived briefly in London where he worked at the National Folktale Centre, followed by a short time living in France, before returning to Edinburgh.
Ian’s first novel Summer Rites remains in his bottom drawer, but his second novel, The Flood, was published in 1986, while his first Rebus novel, Knots & Crosses, was published in 1987. The Rebus series is now translated into twenty-two languages and the books are bestsellers on several continents. In addition to his Rebus and Malcolm Fox novels, he has also written standalone novels including Doors Open, which was televised in 2012, short stories, a graphic novel – Dark Entries – and a play (with Mark Thomson, the Royal Lyceum Theatre’s Artistic Director) Dark Road, which premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, in September 2013. A second play, Long Shadows, starring John Rebus, was co-written with Rona Munro and staged in 2018. There are also a number of novels under the pseudonym ‘Jack Harvey’ and in 2005 he collaborated with singer Jackie Leven on a CD. His non-fiction book Rebus’s Scotland was published in 2005.
Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. In 2004, Ian won America’s celebrated Edgar Award for Resurrection Men. He has also been shortlisted for the Edgar and Anthony Awards in the USA, and won Denmark’s Palle Rosenkrantz prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and Germany’s Deutscher Krimipreis.
Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Hull, Abertay, St Andrews and Edinburgh as well as The Open University. In 2019, he donated his archive of over 50 boxes of manuscripts, letters and paperwork to the National Library of Scotland.
A regular contributor to BBC2’s Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin’s Evil Thoughts on Channel 4 in 2002 and Rankin on the Staircase for BBC Four in 2005. In 2007, Rankin appeared in Ian Rankin’s Hidden Edinburgh and Ian Rankin Investigates Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde also for BBC Four. Ian has been the subject of ITV’s South Bank Show and BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs where his choice of music included Joy Division, The Rolling Stones and Van Morrison.
Ian has received an OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his wife and two sons.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: NO
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.ianrankin.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Beathhigh
Book Blurb:
John Rebus stands accused: the once legendary detective is on trial, facing the rest of his life behind bars.
How does a hero turn villain?
Or have times changed, and the rules with them?
Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke tackles Edinburgh's most explosive case in years, as a corrupt cop harbouring huge secrets goes missing.
But is her loyalty to the police or the public? And who can she trust when nobody is truly innocent - including her former mentor Rebus - and a killer walks among them?
As the time comes to choose sides, it becomes clear: after a lifetime of lies, the truth will break your heart...
Author Bio:
Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature.
After university and before his success with his Rebus novels, Ian had a number of jobs including working as a grape-picker, a swineherd, a journalist for a hi-fi magazine, and a taxman. Following his marriage in 1986, he lived briefly in London where he worked at the National Folktale Centre, followed by a short time living in France, before returning to Edinburgh.
Ian’s first novel Summer Rites remains in his bottom drawer, but his second novel, The Flood, was published in 1986, while his first Rebus novel, Knots & Crosses, was published in 1987. The Rebus series is now translated into twenty-two languages and the books are bestsellers on several continents. In addition to his Rebus and Malcolm Fox novels, he has also written standalone novels including Doors Open, which was televised in 2012, short stories, a graphic novel – Dark Entries – and a play (with Mark Thomson, the Royal Lyceum Theatre’s Artistic Director) Dark Road, which premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, in September 2013. A second play, Long Shadows, starring John Rebus, was co-written with Rona Munro and staged in 2018. There are also a number of novels under the pseudonym ‘Jack Harvey’ and in 2005 he collaborated with singer Jackie Leven on a CD. His non-fiction book Rebus’s Scotland was published in 2005.
Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. In 2004, Ian won America’s celebrated Edgar Award for Resurrection Men. He has also been shortlisted for the Edgar and Anthony Awards in the USA, and won Denmark’s Palle Rosenkrantz prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and Germany’s Deutscher Krimipreis.
Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Hull, Abertay, St Andrews and Edinburgh as well as The Open University. In 2019, he donated his archive of over 50 boxes of manuscripts, letters and paperwork to the National Library of Scotland.
A regular contributor to BBC2’s Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin’s Evil Thoughts on Channel 4 in 2002 and Rankin on the Staircase for BBC Four in 2005. In 2007, Rankin appeared in Ian Rankin’s Hidden Edinburgh and Ian Rankin Investigates Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde also for BBC Four. Ian has been the subject of ITV’s South Bank Show and BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs where his choice of music included Joy Division, The Rolling Stones and Van Morrison.
Ian has received an OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his wife and two sons.
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Lot 93
£ 15
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Helga Jensen


Helga Jensen
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Title: Fly me to Paris
Genre; Contemporary Fiction - Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://romanticnovelistsassociation.org/2021/07/helga-jensen-forde-twice-in-a-lifetime
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelgaJensenF
Book Blurb;
Penny is not living her best life.
Her job is far from thrilling and her long-term boyfriend shows no sign of wanting to commit.
She has just turned fifty and is going nowhere.
Wanting a new start, Penny applies for a job as cabin crew, to find out if she can push herself out of her comfort zone.
Her new job brings the adventure she craves, even if she does keep bumping into impossibly handsome but deeply annoying pilot, Matt Garcia.
Stuck in Paris on an unscheduled stopover, the chemistry between them grows. But the path of love never did fly smooth, as Matt’s past threatens to come between them.
Beside which, Penny is not looking for love. But what if love finds her?
A romantic, uplifting and inspirational read all about taking chances later in life
The Author:
Helga Jensen is an award-winning British/Danish author and journalist. Her debut novel was a winning entry in the 2017 Montegrappa First Fiction competition at Dubai’s Emirates Literary Festival. Her debut was also a contender for the coveted 2021 Joan Hessayon Award for new writers. Helga’s second romantic comedy is due out in 2022. Helga holds a BA Hons in English Literature and Creative Writing, along with a Creative Writing MA from Bath Spa University. Helga, who lived in the Middle East for the past 25 years, continues to work as a freelance journalist when not writing books. A former airline stewardess, she now has her feet firmly on the ground and lives with her wonderful family, which includes a crazy Labradoodle who never stops making her laugh. Helga loves chocolate, wine, nice people and everything dog related,
Genre; Contemporary Fiction - Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://romanticnovelistsassociation.org/2021/07/helga-jensen-forde-twice-in-a-lifetime
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelgaJensenF
Book Blurb;
Penny is not living her best life.
Her job is far from thrilling and her long-term boyfriend shows no sign of wanting to commit.
She has just turned fifty and is going nowhere.
Wanting a new start, Penny applies for a job as cabin crew, to find out if she can push herself out of her comfort zone.
Her new job brings the adventure she craves, even if she does keep bumping into impossibly handsome but deeply annoying pilot, Matt Garcia.
Stuck in Paris on an unscheduled stopover, the chemistry between them grows. But the path of love never did fly smooth, as Matt’s past threatens to come between them.
Beside which, Penny is not looking for love. But what if love finds her?
A romantic, uplifting and inspirational read all about taking chances later in life
The Author:
Helga Jensen is an award-winning British/Danish author and journalist. Her debut novel was a winning entry in the 2017 Montegrappa First Fiction competition at Dubai’s Emirates Literary Festival. Her debut was also a contender for the coveted 2021 Joan Hessayon Award for new writers. Helga’s second romantic comedy is due out in 2022. Helga holds a BA Hons in English Literature and Creative Writing, along with a Creative Writing MA from Bath Spa University. Helga, who lived in the Middle East for the past 25 years, continues to work as a freelance journalist when not writing books. A former airline stewardess, she now has her feet firmly on the ground and lives with her wonderful family, which includes a crazy Labradoodle who never stops making her laugh. Helga loves chocolate, wine, nice people and everything dog related,
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Lot 94
£ 30
8
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Lesley Kara


Lesley Kara
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94
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Four Book Special
Title 1: The Rumour
Title 2: Who Did You Tell?
Title 3: The Dare
Title 4: The Apartment Upstairs
Genre: Psychological Thrillers
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.lesleykara.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LesleyKara
Book 1 Blurb: The Rumour
When single mum Joanna hears a rumour at the school gates, she never intends to pass it on. But one casual comment leads to another and now there’s no going back…
Rumour has it that a notorious child killer is living under a new identity, in their sleepy little town of Flinstead-on-Sea.
Sally McGowan was just ten years old when she stabbed little Robbie Harris to death forty-eight years ago – no photos of her exist since her release as a young woman.
So who is the supposedly reformed killer who now lives among them? How dangerous can one rumour become? And how far will Joanna go to protect her loved ones from harm, when she realizes what it is she’s unleashed?
Book 2 Blurb: Who Did You Tell?
Someone knows Astrid’s darkest secret. And they’re going to have fun with it…
It’s been 192 days, seven hours and fifteen minutes since her last drink. Now Astrid is trying to turn her life around.
Having reluctantly moved back in with her mother, in a quiet seaside town away from the temptations and painful memories of her life before, Astrid is focusing on her recovery. She’s going to meetings. Confessing her misdeeds. Making amends to those she’s wronged.
But someone knows exactly what Astrid is running from. And they won’t stop until she learns that some mistakes can’t be corrected.
Some mistakes, you have to pay for.
Book 3 Blurb: The Dare
Come on. You’ll be fine. It’s only a game.
Lizzie has no memory of the accident in which her best friend Alice died as a teenager. And it was an accident. Wasn’t it?
Alice’s friends and relatives suspect Lizzie was to blame, but Lizzie knows that can’t be true. She would never have hurt Alice.
Twelve years on, unpacking boxes in the new home she shares with her fiancé, Lizzie is finally beginning to feel like she can move on with her life. But someone has other ideas…
Book 4 Blurb: The Apartment Upstairs
Scarlett’s aunt lived – and was brutally murdered – in the flat upstairs. But Scarlett is determined that life should return to some kind of normal, even if that means living with just a ceiling between her and the scene of such a devastating crime. After all, this is her home. She’s safe here. Isn’t she?
Dee is busy balancing her job as a funeral director with organizing an event to mark the disappearance of her best friend, ten years ago. So she’s got enough on her plate without worrying about the threatening messages that are appearing on her company’s Facebook page.
When Scarlett approaches Dee about planning her aunt’s funeral, an unexpected link between them emerges. Together, the two women could uncover secrets that have long been buried. Even while someone wants to stop them digging…
It’s only ever that girl until it’s someone you know.
Author Bio:
Lesley Kara burst onto the thriller scene with a startling debut novel set in a British seaside community and quickly made a name for herself as an aficionado of the psychological thriller.
She has followed her bestseller success with three more gripping, suspense-filled standalone novels, putting complex female protagonists at the centre and lacing each story with secrets that gradually unfold.
For a fresh, contemporary, immersive read, Lesley Kara has you covered.
Title 1: The Rumour
Title 2: Who Did You Tell?
Title 3: The Dare
Title 4: The Apartment Upstairs
Genre: Psychological Thrillers
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.lesleykara.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LesleyKara
Book 1 Blurb: The Rumour
When single mum Joanna hears a rumour at the school gates, she never intends to pass it on. But one casual comment leads to another and now there’s no going back…
Rumour has it that a notorious child killer is living under a new identity, in their sleepy little town of Flinstead-on-Sea.
Sally McGowan was just ten years old when she stabbed little Robbie Harris to death forty-eight years ago – no photos of her exist since her release as a young woman.
So who is the supposedly reformed killer who now lives among them? How dangerous can one rumour become? And how far will Joanna go to protect her loved ones from harm, when she realizes what it is she’s unleashed?
Book 2 Blurb: Who Did You Tell?
Someone knows Astrid’s darkest secret. And they’re going to have fun with it…
It’s been 192 days, seven hours and fifteen minutes since her last drink. Now Astrid is trying to turn her life around.
Having reluctantly moved back in with her mother, in a quiet seaside town away from the temptations and painful memories of her life before, Astrid is focusing on her recovery. She’s going to meetings. Confessing her misdeeds. Making amends to those she’s wronged.
But someone knows exactly what Astrid is running from. And they won’t stop until she learns that some mistakes can’t be corrected.
Some mistakes, you have to pay for.
Book 3 Blurb: The Dare
Come on. You’ll be fine. It’s only a game.
Lizzie has no memory of the accident in which her best friend Alice died as a teenager. And it was an accident. Wasn’t it?
Alice’s friends and relatives suspect Lizzie was to blame, but Lizzie knows that can’t be true. She would never have hurt Alice.
Twelve years on, unpacking boxes in the new home she shares with her fiancé, Lizzie is finally beginning to feel like she can move on with her life. But someone has other ideas…
Book 4 Blurb: The Apartment Upstairs
Scarlett’s aunt lived – and was brutally murdered – in the flat upstairs. But Scarlett is determined that life should return to some kind of normal, even if that means living with just a ceiling between her and the scene of such a devastating crime. After all, this is her home. She’s safe here. Isn’t she?
Dee is busy balancing her job as a funeral director with organizing an event to mark the disappearance of her best friend, ten years ago. So she’s got enough on her plate without worrying about the threatening messages that are appearing on her company’s Facebook page.
When Scarlett approaches Dee about planning her aunt’s funeral, an unexpected link between them emerges. Together, the two women could uncover secrets that have long been buried. Even while someone wants to stop them digging…
It’s only ever that girl until it’s someone you know.
Author Bio:
Lesley Kara burst onto the thriller scene with a startling debut novel set in a British seaside community and quickly made a name for herself as an aficionado of the psychological thriller.
She has followed her bestseller success with three more gripping, suspense-filled standalone novels, putting complex female protagonists at the centre and lacing each story with secrets that gradually unfold.
For a fresh, contemporary, immersive read, Lesley Kara has you covered.
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Rob Keeley


Rob Keeley
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Title: The Boy Who Disappeared and Other Stories
Genre: Middle-grade fiction/juniors/short stories
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: https://robkeeley.co.uk/the-boy-who-disappeared
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobKeeleyAuthor
Book Blurb:
Ellis is annoying Isla... but suddenly he isn’t there...
Oscar’s written what he thinks about everyone... and left the paper in a library book...
Fletcher becomes a hero to Suzie...
Tessa takes action when her school bans hugging...
Holly Class wind up Pine Class on Transition Day...
Paul really doesn’t want to go to big school...
Myra hates her new school... until she meets Shane...
A brand-new collection of short stories from award-winning children’s and YA author Rob Keeley.
Includes Guess What? – shortlisted for Best Short Story 2022 at the Searchlight Writing for Children Awards – and two new Liam and Justin stories. Suitable for the 8-12s, and with primary and secondary school stories, this collection is fast, funny and packed with twists and turns.
Author Bio:
Rob Keeley is an award-winning author of children’s novels, short stories and picture books, including the Spirits series. Credits include the award-listed stage play Mr. Everyone, Chain Gang and Newsjack for BBC Radio. He holds author workshops in schools and libraries, and teaches Creative Writing to children and adults.
Genre: Middle-grade fiction/juniors/short stories
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: https://robkeeley.co.uk/the-boy-who-disappeared
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobKeeleyAuthor
Book Blurb:
Ellis is annoying Isla... but suddenly he isn’t there...
Oscar’s written what he thinks about everyone... and left the paper in a library book...
Fletcher becomes a hero to Suzie...
Tessa takes action when her school bans hugging...
Holly Class wind up Pine Class on Transition Day...
Paul really doesn’t want to go to big school...
Myra hates her new school... until she meets Shane...
A brand-new collection of short stories from award-winning children’s and YA author Rob Keeley.
Includes Guess What? – shortlisted for Best Short Story 2022 at the Searchlight Writing for Children Awards – and two new Liam and Justin stories. Suitable for the 8-12s, and with primary and secondary school stories, this collection is fast, funny and packed with twists and turns.
Author Bio:
Rob Keeley is an award-winning author of children’s novels, short stories and picture books, including the Spirits series. Credits include the award-listed stage play Mr. Everyone, Chain Gang and Newsjack for BBC Radio. He holds author workshops in schools and libraries, and teaches Creative Writing to children and adults.
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Lot 96
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Pauline Tait


Pauline Tait
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Title: Abigail Returns
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://paulinetait.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PTait_author
Book Blurb::
With just over a decade missing to Dissociative Amnesia, and a newly broken heart, Abigail finds herself with no choice but to return to Lochside. The supposedly idyllic home on the Isle of Skye she had fled so dramatically six years before.
And while struggling to find her way in a world she can’t recall, she must battle the conflicts of the present with the shocking secrets she uncovers from her past.
Jamie’s support is invaluable, but how much does he know? Greg is loving and attentive, but does he have an ulterior motive?
Meanwhile, the presence of a stranger on the island shakes Abigail to her very core. With no memory, she can only trust her instincts as she strives to build a life and a future she can call her own.
But Abigail soon discovers the stranger’s trail leads far too close to home.
A riveting novel about new beginnings and second chances.
Author Bio:
As a novelist and children's author, Pauline’s necessity to write has emerged alongside a profound passion to engage and inspire our younger generations. Her years of experience in working with and assessing children from Primaries one to seven, who needed extra-curricular support, then creating and delivering individual learning plans to meet their specific needs, has only fuelled her passion and has influenced both the writing and the production processes of her picture books.
Pauline also enjoys writing women's fiction, primarily romantic suspense. It is essential that emotions and reactions are true to their topics while the landscape and settings are truly authentic. Pauline is currently writing a series set on the Isle of Skye, an island she has been visiting for over two decades, and has formed a close bond with both the island and its people.
Pauline writes Romantic Suspense, second chance romance and contemporary romance with relatable characters and happily ever afters, alongside children's picture books for 3 to 7 years, all of which are selling worldwide
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://paulinetait.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PTait_author
Book Blurb::
With just over a decade missing to Dissociative Amnesia, and a newly broken heart, Abigail finds herself with no choice but to return to Lochside. The supposedly idyllic home on the Isle of Skye she had fled so dramatically six years before.
And while struggling to find her way in a world she can’t recall, she must battle the conflicts of the present with the shocking secrets she uncovers from her past.
Jamie’s support is invaluable, but how much does he know? Greg is loving and attentive, but does he have an ulterior motive?
Meanwhile, the presence of a stranger on the island shakes Abigail to her very core. With no memory, she can only trust her instincts as she strives to build a life and a future she can call her own.
But Abigail soon discovers the stranger’s trail leads far too close to home.
A riveting novel about new beginnings and second chances.
Author Bio:
As a novelist and children's author, Pauline’s necessity to write has emerged alongside a profound passion to engage and inspire our younger generations. Her years of experience in working with and assessing children from Primaries one to seven, who needed extra-curricular support, then creating and delivering individual learning plans to meet their specific needs, has only fuelled her passion and has influenced both the writing and the production processes of her picture books.
Pauline also enjoys writing women's fiction, primarily romantic suspense. It is essential that emotions and reactions are true to their topics while the landscape and settings are truly authentic. Pauline is currently writing a series set on the Isle of Skye, an island she has been visiting for over two decades, and has formed a close bond with both the island and its people.
Pauline writes Romantic Suspense, second chance romance and contemporary romance with relatable characters and happily ever afters, alongside children's picture books for 3 to 7 years, all of which are selling worldwide
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Sophie Claire


Sophie Claire
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Title: THIS CHRISTMAS IN PARIS
Genre: Contemporary Women's fiction - Christmas
Format: paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
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Website: http://sophieclaire.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SClaireWriter
Book Blurb:
What could be more magical than Christmas in Paris? When Carys is offered the chance to run a little French café, she leaps at the chance to discover an exciting city where she can dream big. Meanwhile, struggling journalist Mat is living in the City of Love – but he’s never found romance himself. Then, a chance encounter changes everything, and it feels like the start of something wonderful. But Carys and Mat are both keeping secrets . . . Can they open their hearts to one another – and maybe even find love, just in time for Christmas?
Author Bio:
Sophie Claire writes uplifting emotional stories with their heart in Provence, where she spent her childhood summers. She is half French, half Scottish, was born in Africa and growing up in England she felt she didn’t belong anywhere – except in the pages of a book. Perhaps this is why she likes to help her characters find their home; a place in the world where they can be loved for themselves. Previously, she worked in marketing and proofreading academic papers, but writing is what she always considered her ‘real job’ and now she’s delighted to spend her days dreaming up heartwarming contemporary romance stories set in beautiful places.
Genre: Contemporary Women's fiction - Christmas
Format: paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://sophieclaire.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SClaireWriter
Book Blurb:
What could be more magical than Christmas in Paris? When Carys is offered the chance to run a little French café, she leaps at the chance to discover an exciting city where she can dream big. Meanwhile, struggling journalist Mat is living in the City of Love – but he’s never found romance himself. Then, a chance encounter changes everything, and it feels like the start of something wonderful. But Carys and Mat are both keeping secrets . . . Can they open their hearts to one another – and maybe even find love, just in time for Christmas?
Author Bio:
Sophie Claire writes uplifting emotional stories with their heart in Provence, where she spent her childhood summers. She is half French, half Scottish, was born in Africa and growing up in England she felt she didn’t belong anywhere – except in the pages of a book. Perhaps this is why she likes to help her characters find their home; a place in the world where they can be loved for themselves. Previously, she worked in marketing and proofreading academic papers, but writing is what she always considered her ‘real job’ and now she’s delighted to spend her days dreaming up heartwarming contemporary romance stories set in beautiful places.
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Lot 98
£ 20
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Adrienne Chinn


Adrienne Chinn
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Two Book Bundle!
Book 1 Title: Love in a Time of War
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Book 2 Title: The Paris Sister
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adriennechinn
Website: https://www.adrienne-chinn.co.uk
Book 1 Blurb:
Three sisters, the Great War, the end of innocence...
In 1913, in a quiet corner of London, the three Fry sisters are coming of age, dreaming of all the possibilities the bright future offers. But when war erupts their innocence is shattered and a new era of uncertainty begins.
Cecelia loves Max but his soldier’s uniform is German, not British, and suddenly the one man she loves is the one man she can’t have.
Jessie enlists in the army as a nurse and finally finds the adventure she’s craved when she’s sent to Gallipoli and Egypt, but it comes with an unimaginable cost.
Etta elopes to Capri with her Italian love, Carlo, but though her growing bump is real, her marriage certificate is a lie.
As the three sisters embark on journeys they never could have imagined, their mother Christina worries about the harsh new realities they face, and what their exposure to the wider world means for the secrets she’s been keeping…
Book 2 Blurb:
Three sisters separated by distance but bound by love.
The Fry sisters enter the Roaring Twenties forever changed by their experiences during the Great War. Now, as each of their lives unfold in different corners of the globe, they come to realise that the most important bond is that of family.
Desperate to save the man she loves, Etta leaves behind the life she has made for herself in Capri and enters the decadent world of Parisian society with all its secrets and scandals.
Celie’s new life on the Canadian prairies brings mixed blessings – a daughter to adore, but a husband who isn’t the man who holds her heart.
In Egypt, Jessie’s world is forever changed by a devastating loss.
And back in London – where each of their adventures began – their mother Christina watches as the pieces of her carefully orchestrated existence begin to shatter…with implications for them all…
Author Bio:
Adrienne Chinn was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, grew up in Quebec, and eventually made her way to London, England after a career as a journalist. In England she worked as a TV and film researcher before embarking on a career as an interior designer, lecturer, and writer. Her second novel, The English Wife -- a timeslip story set in World War II England and contemporary Newfoundland -- was published in June 2020 and has become an international bestseller. Her debut novel, The Lost Letter, was published by Avon Books UK in 2019. Her third novel, Love in a Time of War, the first in a series of four books in The Three Fry Sisters series, was published in February 2022. The second book in the series, The Paris Sister, was published in February 2023. She is currently working on the third book in the series, to be published in the spring of 2024.
Book 1 Title: Love in a Time of War
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Book 2 Title: The Paris Sister
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adriennechinn
Website: https://www.adrienne-chinn.co.uk
Book 1 Blurb:
Three sisters, the Great War, the end of innocence...
In 1913, in a quiet corner of London, the three Fry sisters are coming of age, dreaming of all the possibilities the bright future offers. But when war erupts their innocence is shattered and a new era of uncertainty begins.
Cecelia loves Max but his soldier’s uniform is German, not British, and suddenly the one man she loves is the one man she can’t have.
Jessie enlists in the army as a nurse and finally finds the adventure she’s craved when she’s sent to Gallipoli and Egypt, but it comes with an unimaginable cost.
Etta elopes to Capri with her Italian love, Carlo, but though her growing bump is real, her marriage certificate is a lie.
As the three sisters embark on journeys they never could have imagined, their mother Christina worries about the harsh new realities they face, and what their exposure to the wider world means for the secrets she’s been keeping…
Book 2 Blurb:
Three sisters separated by distance but bound by love.
The Fry sisters enter the Roaring Twenties forever changed by their experiences during the Great War. Now, as each of their lives unfold in different corners of the globe, they come to realise that the most important bond is that of family.
Desperate to save the man she loves, Etta leaves behind the life she has made for herself in Capri and enters the decadent world of Parisian society with all its secrets and scandals.
Celie’s new life on the Canadian prairies brings mixed blessings – a daughter to adore, but a husband who isn’t the man who holds her heart.
In Egypt, Jessie’s world is forever changed by a devastating loss.
And back in London – where each of their adventures began – their mother Christina watches as the pieces of her carefully orchestrated existence begin to shatter…with implications for them all…
Author Bio:
Adrienne Chinn was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, grew up in Quebec, and eventually made her way to London, England after a career as a journalist. In England she worked as a TV and film researcher before embarking on a career as an interior designer, lecturer, and writer. Her second novel, The English Wife -- a timeslip story set in World War II England and contemporary Newfoundland -- was published in June 2020 and has become an international bestseller. Her debut novel, The Lost Letter, was published by Avon Books UK in 2019. Her third novel, Love in a Time of War, the first in a series of four books in The Three Fry Sisters series, was published in February 2022. The second book in the series, The Paris Sister, was published in February 2023. She is currently working on the third book in the series, to be published in the spring of 2024.
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Lot 99
£ 33
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Yvonne Banham


Yvonne Banham
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Title: The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores Mackenzie
Genre: Paranormal Mystery age 10+
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website http://yvonnebanhamwrites.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eviewriter
Book Blurb:
Delores Mackenzie has always attracted Bòcain- ghostly overstayers. But after she's chased home by a particularly restless spirit, she's sent to the mysterious Uncles of Edinburgh Old Town to learn how to control her 'gifts'. Scared and alone, she soon realises that her strange new housemates at the Tolbooth Book Store have sinister events of their own to battle with...can Delores find the strength to save them?
Author Bio:
I grew up on Walney, a small island off the coast of Cumbria where I spent lots of time huddled on blustery beaches with a book or three.
I write spooky books for middle grade and young teen readers, and I love stories of hauntings, witches, or anything with a bit of stomach-flipping uncanniness about it..
After a long spell in the Netherlands and five gloriously spooky years in Edinburgh, I now live in Stirlingshire with my husband and our very naughty hound. When I'm not writing, I can be found scoping out creepy settings for my next book or exploring the nearby hills.
Genre: Paranormal Mystery age 10+
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website http://yvonnebanhamwrites.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eviewriter
Book Blurb:
Delores Mackenzie has always attracted Bòcain- ghostly overstayers. But after she's chased home by a particularly restless spirit, she's sent to the mysterious Uncles of Edinburgh Old Town to learn how to control her 'gifts'. Scared and alone, she soon realises that her strange new housemates at the Tolbooth Book Store have sinister events of their own to battle with...can Delores find the strength to save them?
Author Bio:
I grew up on Walney, a small island off the coast of Cumbria where I spent lots of time huddled on blustery beaches with a book or three.
I write spooky books for middle grade and young teen readers, and I love stories of hauntings, witches, or anything with a bit of stomach-flipping uncanniness about it..
After a long spell in the Netherlands and five gloriously spooky years in Edinburgh, I now live in Stirlingshire with my husband and our very naughty hound. When I'm not writing, I can be found scoping out creepy settings for my next book or exploring the nearby hills.
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Lot 100
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Lee McKenzie


Lee McKenzie
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Title: Inside F1
Genre: Sport - Formula 1
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Leemckenzietv
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeeMcKenzieTV
The Book:
On the frontline of one of the most watched sports on the planet and gaining the respect of F1 world champions with her tough but fair interview approach, Lee has shared experiences, hire cars, parties and friendships with a host of drivers from Michael Schumacher to Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel to Jenson Button.
Inside F1 tells the stories of the careers of seven stars of the sport using her personal contact and interviews throughout the years. Lee's unique perspective takes us through the highs and lows, the controversies and crashes that led to some of the biggest and most memorable interviews in recent years. Lee's close relationship with the drivers makes Inside F1 an enthralling behind-the- scenes account of one of the biggest sports in the world.
The Author:
From an early age, Lee McKenzie had access to a motorsport world that most are rarely allowed into. From spending time in the paddock as a teen to becoming a highly respected Formula One journalist and presenter, Lee has been at the heart of motorsport for almost twenty years.
Lee is a highly respected broadcast journalist and presenter who has covered some of the biggest news and sports events of recent times. She is best known for her work in Formula One, presenting and interviewing the drivers for Channel 4 and previously for the BBC. Lee has covered almost every series of motorsport around the world from sports cars to single-seaters.
Lee also presents international rugby and is part of ITV's 2023 Rugby World team.
She hosted the European Champions Cup for Channel 4 as well as the Paralympics.
For the BBC she presents on both the men's and women's Six Nations, the Olympics, Wimbledon and her own personal passion, equestrianism.
Lee has competed as a co-driver in rallying up to world championship level, became the first female to be the lead presenter on an F1 show in the UK and was the first female recipient of the prestigious Jim Clark Award.
Genre: Sport - Formula 1
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Leemckenzietv
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeeMcKenzieTV
The Book:
On the frontline of one of the most watched sports on the planet and gaining the respect of F1 world champions with her tough but fair interview approach, Lee has shared experiences, hire cars, parties and friendships with a host of drivers from Michael Schumacher to Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel to Jenson Button.
Inside F1 tells the stories of the careers of seven stars of the sport using her personal contact and interviews throughout the years. Lee's unique perspective takes us through the highs and lows, the controversies and crashes that led to some of the biggest and most memorable interviews in recent years. Lee's close relationship with the drivers makes Inside F1 an enthralling behind-the- scenes account of one of the biggest sports in the world.
The Author:
From an early age, Lee McKenzie had access to a motorsport world that most are rarely allowed into. From spending time in the paddock as a teen to becoming a highly respected Formula One journalist and presenter, Lee has been at the heart of motorsport for almost twenty years.
Lee is a highly respected broadcast journalist and presenter who has covered some of the biggest news and sports events of recent times. She is best known for her work in Formula One, presenting and interviewing the drivers for Channel 4 and previously for the BBC. Lee has covered almost every series of motorsport around the world from sports cars to single-seaters.
Lee also presents international rugby and is part of ITV's 2023 Rugby World team.
She hosted the European Champions Cup for Channel 4 as well as the Paralympics.
For the BBC she presents on both the men's and women's Six Nations, the Olympics, Wimbledon and her own personal passion, equestrianism.
Lee has competed as a co-driver in rallying up to world championship level, became the first female to be the lead presenter on an F1 show in the UK and was the first female recipient of the prestigious Jim Clark Award.
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Lot 101
£ 25
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Jill Mansell


Jill Mansell
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Title: Promise Me
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://jillmansell.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillMansell
Book Blurb:
One minute Lou is happily employed, with a perfect flat. The next, her home and job have gone. Suddenly she has to start over.
The last thing Lou wants is to move to a tiny Cotswolds village. She certainly doesn't intend to work for curmudgeonly eighty-year-old Edgar Allsopp. But Edgar is about to make her the kind of promise nobody could ignore. In return, she secretly vows to help him fall in love with life again.
Foxwell is also home to Remy, whose charm and charisma are proving hard to ignore. But Lou hasn't recovered from the last time she fell for a charmer. She needs a distraction - and luckily one's about to turn up.
Secrets never stay hidden for long in Foxwell, nor are promises always kept. And no one could guess what lies ahead...
Author Bio:
Jill Mansell’s books are full of love, life and friendship and have been bringing joy to readers for twenty-five years. She started writing fiction while working in the NHS, after joining a local creative writing class. She has since written over twenty Sunday Times bestsellers, including MAYBE THIS TIME, THIS COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING and YOU AND ME, ALWAYS, and her books have sold over 11 million copies around the world.
Jill's hobbies include buying stationery, particularly magical new colours of ink for the fountain pen she uses to write all her books – Jill is one of the few authors who still write their books by hand. Jill also loves people-watching and finding new characters to put in her novels. So when you’re out, make sure to always be on your best behaviour. And beware of beady-eyed authors carrying notebooks . . .
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://jillmansell.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillMansell
Book Blurb:
One minute Lou is happily employed, with a perfect flat. The next, her home and job have gone. Suddenly she has to start over.
The last thing Lou wants is to move to a tiny Cotswolds village. She certainly doesn't intend to work for curmudgeonly eighty-year-old Edgar Allsopp. But Edgar is about to make her the kind of promise nobody could ignore. In return, she secretly vows to help him fall in love with life again.
Foxwell is also home to Remy, whose charm and charisma are proving hard to ignore. But Lou hasn't recovered from the last time she fell for a charmer. She needs a distraction - and luckily one's about to turn up.
Secrets never stay hidden for long in Foxwell, nor are promises always kept. And no one could guess what lies ahead...
Author Bio:
Jill Mansell’s books are full of love, life and friendship and have been bringing joy to readers for twenty-five years. She started writing fiction while working in the NHS, after joining a local creative writing class. She has since written over twenty Sunday Times bestsellers, including MAYBE THIS TIME, THIS COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING and YOU AND ME, ALWAYS, and her books have sold over 11 million copies around the world.
Jill's hobbies include buying stationery, particularly magical new colours of ink for the fountain pen she uses to write all her books – Jill is one of the few authors who still write their books by hand. Jill also loves people-watching and finding new characters to put in her novels. So when you’re out, make sure to always be on your best behaviour. And beware of beady-eyed authors carrying notebooks . . .
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Lot 102
£ 17
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Andrea Mara


Andrea Mara
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Title: No One Saw A Thing
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreaMaraBooks
Book Blurb:
Two children get on the train. Only one gets off...
'Probably the most suspenseful book I will read all year.' Liz Nugent
No one saw it happen.
You stand on a crowded tube platform in London. Your two little girls jump on the train ahead of you. As you try to join them, the doors slide shut and the train moves away, leaving you behind.
Everyone is lying.
By the time you get to the next stop, you've convinced yourself that everything will be fine. But you soon start to panic, because there aren't two children waiting for you on the platform. There's only one.
Someone is to blame.
Has your other daughter got lost? Been taken by a passing stranger? Or perhaps the culprit is closer to home than you think? No one is telling the truth, and the longer the search continues, the harder she will be to find...
Everyone is talking about No One Saw a Thing:
'You will look hard to find a more searing opening 15 pages of a thriller this year.' Irish Independent
'This sharply observed novel manages to be at once an intricate puzzle and an involving race against time' The Sunday Times
Author Bio:
Andrea Mara is a crime novelist from Dublin, Ireland, where she lives with her husband and three children.
Her most recent novel, No One Saw A Thing (Transworld, May 2023) was a Number 1 bestseller in Ireland and on Kindle. Hide And Seek (July 2022) spent five weeks in the Irish Times bestseller charts and was shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. All Her Fault (July 2021) was Sunday Times Crime Novel of the Month, a Sunday Times and Irish Times Top Ten Bestseller, and Kindle Top Five bestseller. It was shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year in the An Post Irish Book Awards.
Her first book, The Other Side of the Wall, was shortlisted for the Kate O'Brien Award 2018 and was an Amazon number one bestseller in Irish Crime.
Her second book, One Click, was shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year at the 2018 An Post Irish Book Awards, and a number one on Amazon in Irish Crime and Northern Irish Crime.
Her third novel, The Sleeper Lies, published in February 2020, was an Irish Times Top Ten Bestseller.
Andrea also runs multi-award-winning parent and lifestyle blog, OfficeMum.ie.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK & EIRE Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreaMaraBooks
Book Blurb:
Two children get on the train. Only one gets off...
'Probably the most suspenseful book I will read all year.' Liz Nugent
No one saw it happen.
You stand on a crowded tube platform in London. Your two little girls jump on the train ahead of you. As you try to join them, the doors slide shut and the train moves away, leaving you behind.
Everyone is lying.
By the time you get to the next stop, you've convinced yourself that everything will be fine. But you soon start to panic, because there aren't two children waiting for you on the platform. There's only one.
Someone is to blame.
Has your other daughter got lost? Been taken by a passing stranger? Or perhaps the culprit is closer to home than you think? No one is telling the truth, and the longer the search continues, the harder she will be to find...
Everyone is talking about No One Saw a Thing:
'You will look hard to find a more searing opening 15 pages of a thriller this year.' Irish Independent
'This sharply observed novel manages to be at once an intricate puzzle and an involving race against time' The Sunday Times
Author Bio:
Andrea Mara is a crime novelist from Dublin, Ireland, where she lives with her husband and three children.
Her most recent novel, No One Saw A Thing (Transworld, May 2023) was a Number 1 bestseller in Ireland and on Kindle. Hide And Seek (July 2022) spent five weeks in the Irish Times bestseller charts and was shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. All Her Fault (July 2021) was Sunday Times Crime Novel of the Month, a Sunday Times and Irish Times Top Ten Bestseller, and Kindle Top Five bestseller. It was shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year in the An Post Irish Book Awards.
Her first book, The Other Side of the Wall, was shortlisted for the Kate O'Brien Award 2018 and was an Amazon number one bestseller in Irish Crime.
Her second book, One Click, was shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year at the 2018 An Post Irish Book Awards, and a number one on Amazon in Irish Crime and Northern Irish Crime.
Her third novel, The Sleeper Lies, published in February 2020, was an Irish Times Top Ten Bestseller.
Andrea also runs multi-award-winning parent and lifestyle blog, OfficeMum.ie.
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Lot 103
£ 33
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Paterson Joseph


Paterson Joseph
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Title: The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
Genre: Historical/Biographical Fiction
Format: Hardback
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ignatius_sancho
Book Blurb:
Shortlisted for The British Book Awards 2023 Discover Book of the Year
Shortlisted for The Jhalak Prize 2023
Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2023
Meet Charles Ignatius Sancho: his extraordinary story, hidden for three hundred years, is about to be told.
I had little right to live, born on a slave ship where my parents both died. But I survived, and indeed, you might say I did more...
It's 1746 and Georgian London is not a safe place for a young Black man, especially one who has escaped slavery. After the twinkling lights in the Fleet Street coffee shops are blown out and the great houses have closed their doors for the night, Sancho must dodge slave catchers and worse. The man he hoped would help - a kindly duke who taught him to write - is dying. Sancho is desperate and utterly alone. So how does Charles Ignatius Sancho meet the King, write and play highly acclaimed music, become the first Black person to vote in Britain and lead the fight to end slavery?
It's time for him to tell his story, one that begins on a tempestuous Atlantic Ocean, and ends at the very centre of London life. And through it all, he must ask: born amongst death, how much can you achieve in one short life?
From one of Britain's best-loved actors, Paterson Joseph, comes an utterly captivating and haunting historical novel, telling the true story of a Great Black Briton.
Author Bio:
Paterson Joseph is a British actor. He has appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of King Lear and Love's Labour's Lost in 1990. On television he is known for his roles in Casualty, as Alan Johnson in Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, Green Wing, Survivors, Boy Meets Girl, as DI Wes Layton in Law & Order: UK, and as Connor Mason in Timeless. His film roles include The Beach, Æon Flux and The Other Man.
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho is Paterson's debut novel.
Genre: Historical/Biographical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ignatius_sancho
Book Blurb:
Shortlisted for The British Book Awards 2023 Discover Book of the Year
Shortlisted for The Jhalak Prize 2023
Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2023
Meet Charles Ignatius Sancho: his extraordinary story, hidden for three hundred years, is about to be told.
I had little right to live, born on a slave ship where my parents both died. But I survived, and indeed, you might say I did more...
It's 1746 and Georgian London is not a safe place for a young Black man, especially one who has escaped slavery. After the twinkling lights in the Fleet Street coffee shops are blown out and the great houses have closed their doors for the night, Sancho must dodge slave catchers and worse. The man he hoped would help - a kindly duke who taught him to write - is dying. Sancho is desperate and utterly alone. So how does Charles Ignatius Sancho meet the King, write and play highly acclaimed music, become the first Black person to vote in Britain and lead the fight to end slavery?
It's time for him to tell his story, one that begins on a tempestuous Atlantic Ocean, and ends at the very centre of London life. And through it all, he must ask: born amongst death, how much can you achieve in one short life?
From one of Britain's best-loved actors, Paterson Joseph, comes an utterly captivating and haunting historical novel, telling the true story of a Great Black Briton.
Author Bio:
Paterson Joseph is a British actor. He has appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of King Lear and Love's Labour's Lost in 1990. On television he is known for his roles in Casualty, as Alan Johnson in Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, Green Wing, Survivors, Boy Meets Girl, as DI Wes Layton in Law & Order: UK, and as Connor Mason in Timeless. His film roles include The Beach, Æon Flux and The Other Man.
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho is Paterson's debut novel.
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Lot 104
£ 15
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Greg Mosse


Greg Mosse
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Title: The Coming Darkness
Genre: Political Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.gregmosse.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GregMosse
Book Blurb:
A thrilling debut that has been likened to John Le Carré and Raymond Chandler...
Paris, 2037. Alexandre Lamarque of the French external security service is hunting for eco-terrorists. Experience has taught him there is no one he can trust – not his secretive lover Mariam, not even his old mentor, Professor Fayard, the man at the centre of the web. He is ready to give up. But he can’t.
In search of the truth, Alex must follow the trail through an ominous spiral of events, from a string of brutal child murders to a chaotic coup in North Africa. He rapidly finds himself in a heart-thumping race against chaos and destruction. He could be the world’s only hope of preventing THE COMING DARKNESS...
Author Bio:
Greg Mosse is a 'writer and encourager of writers', husband of international bestselling author, Kate Mosse. He has lived and worked in Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Madrid as an interpreter and translator, but grew up in rural south-west Sussex. In 2014, he founded the Criterion New Writing playwriting programme in the heart of the West End and, since then, has produced more than 25 of his own plays and musicals. His creative writing workshops are highly sought after at festivals at home and abroad. His superbly reviewed novel, The Coming Darkness, was published by Moonflower in 2022. Hodder & Stoughton will release his gripping Maisie Cooper mystery series in July 2023.
Genre: Political Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.gregmosse.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GregMosse
Book Blurb:
A thrilling debut that has been likened to John Le Carré and Raymond Chandler...
Paris, 2037. Alexandre Lamarque of the French external security service is hunting for eco-terrorists. Experience has taught him there is no one he can trust – not his secretive lover Mariam, not even his old mentor, Professor Fayard, the man at the centre of the web. He is ready to give up. But he can’t.
In search of the truth, Alex must follow the trail through an ominous spiral of events, from a string of brutal child murders to a chaotic coup in North Africa. He rapidly finds himself in a heart-thumping race against chaos and destruction. He could be the world’s only hope of preventing THE COMING DARKNESS...
Author Bio:
Greg Mosse is a 'writer and encourager of writers', husband of international bestselling author, Kate Mosse. He has lived and worked in Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Madrid as an interpreter and translator, but grew up in rural south-west Sussex. In 2014, he founded the Criterion New Writing playwriting programme in the heart of the West End and, since then, has produced more than 25 of his own plays and musicals. His creative writing workshops are highly sought after at festivals at home and abroad. His superbly reviewed novel, The Coming Darkness, was published by Moonflower in 2022. Hodder & Stoughton will release his gripping Maisie Cooper mystery series in July 2023.
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Lot 105
£ 18
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Emma Gannon


Emma Gannon
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Title: Olive
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.emmagannon.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/emmagannon
Book Blurb:
Revolving around the eponymous, sympathetic, thirty-something protagonist, this is a story of modern womanhood, expectations and the courage it takes – still – to divert from female stereotypes created by men.
The debut novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Emma Gannon.
Independent.
Adrift.
Anxious.
Loyal.
Kind.
Knows her own mind.
Olive is many things, and it’s ok that she’s still figuring it all out, navigating her world without a compass. But life comes with expectations, there are choices to be made, boxes to tick and – sometimes – stereotypes to fulfil. And when her best friends’ lives start to branch away towards marriage and motherhood, leaving the path they’ve always followed together, Olive starts to question her choices – because life according to Olive looks a little bit different.
Moving, memorable and a mirror for every woman at a crossroads, Olive has a little bit of all of us. Told with great warmth and nostalgia, this is a modern tale about the obstacle course of adulthood, milestone decisions and the ‘taboo’ about choosing not to have children.
Author Bio:
Emma Gannon is a Sunday Times bestselling author, speaker, novelist and host of the no. 1 careers podcast in the UK, Ctrl Alt Delete.
She began her career working in digital media agencies, then Bauer Media, then Condé Nast, and has since been published in places like The Telegraph, The Guardian, Vanity Fair and ELLE, as well as being a columnist for The Telegraph, COURIER and The Sunday Times.
The Multi-Hyphen Method – a manifesto for multi-hyphenates crafting work on their own terms – became an immediate Sunday Times business bestseller. After the book’s publication, she was selected in the 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 list, Management Today '35 Under 35, and The Telegraph’s ‘Millennials To Watch’. Her third work of non-fiction is Sabotage: How to Silence Your Inner Critic and Get Out of Your Own Way.
In July 2020, Emma's first novel OLIVE was published, a story that follows a protagonist asking the big questions about motherhood (to have, or not to have children?) published by Harper Collins. The book is narrated by BAFTA-winning actor Sian Clifford and hit no.1 in the Apple audiobook charts.
Her WEBBY-nominated podcast Ctrl, Alt, Delete is a non-traditional careers podcast founded in 2016 and gives an insight into people who’ve looked at their interests to shape the work they do. It won Best Business Podcast at the Vuelio Awards in 2019 and has had nearly 8 million downloads, with guests including the philosopher Alain de Botton, activist Rachel Cargle and cleaning guru Mrs Hinch. It was also one of the first podcasts to record an episode from inside Buckingham Palace.
She is also write a weekly newsletter called The Hyphen that is an exploration of ideas that have got her thinking in new ways, and an online book club, The Hyphen Book Club.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available:
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.emmagannon.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/emmagannon
Book Blurb:
Revolving around the eponymous, sympathetic, thirty-something protagonist, this is a story of modern womanhood, expectations and the courage it takes – still – to divert from female stereotypes created by men.
The debut novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Emma Gannon.
Independent.
Adrift.
Anxious.
Loyal.
Kind.
Knows her own mind.
Olive is many things, and it’s ok that she’s still figuring it all out, navigating her world without a compass. But life comes with expectations, there are choices to be made, boxes to tick and – sometimes – stereotypes to fulfil. And when her best friends’ lives start to branch away towards marriage and motherhood, leaving the path they’ve always followed together, Olive starts to question her choices – because life according to Olive looks a little bit different.
Moving, memorable and a mirror for every woman at a crossroads, Olive has a little bit of all of us. Told with great warmth and nostalgia, this is a modern tale about the obstacle course of adulthood, milestone decisions and the ‘taboo’ about choosing not to have children.
Author Bio:
Emma Gannon is a Sunday Times bestselling author, speaker, novelist and host of the no. 1 careers podcast in the UK, Ctrl Alt Delete.
She began her career working in digital media agencies, then Bauer Media, then Condé Nast, and has since been published in places like The Telegraph, The Guardian, Vanity Fair and ELLE, as well as being a columnist for The Telegraph, COURIER and The Sunday Times.
The Multi-Hyphen Method – a manifesto for multi-hyphenates crafting work on their own terms – became an immediate Sunday Times business bestseller. After the book’s publication, she was selected in the 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 list, Management Today '35 Under 35, and The Telegraph’s ‘Millennials To Watch’. Her third work of non-fiction is Sabotage: How to Silence Your Inner Critic and Get Out of Your Own Way.
In July 2020, Emma's first novel OLIVE was published, a story that follows a protagonist asking the big questions about motherhood (to have, or not to have children?) published by Harper Collins. The book is narrated by BAFTA-winning actor Sian Clifford and hit no.1 in the Apple audiobook charts.
Her WEBBY-nominated podcast Ctrl, Alt, Delete is a non-traditional careers podcast founded in 2016 and gives an insight into people who’ve looked at their interests to shape the work they do. It won Best Business Podcast at the Vuelio Awards in 2019 and has had nearly 8 million downloads, with guests including the philosopher Alain de Botton, activist Rachel Cargle and cleaning guru Mrs Hinch. It was also one of the first podcasts to record an episode from inside Buckingham Palace.
She is also write a weekly newsletter called The Hyphen that is an exploration of ideas that have got her thinking in new ways, and an online book club, The Hyphen Book Club.
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Lot 106
£ 45
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AJ Pearce


AJ Pearce
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The Emmy Lake Chronicles – 3 books
Title 1: Dear Mrs Bird,
Paperback
Title 2: Yours Cheerfully
Paperback
Title 3: Mrs Porter Calling
Hardback
Genre: Historical fiction
Dedicationa Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.ajpearce.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajpearcewrites
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ajpearcewrites
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ajpearcewrites
Book Blurb:
The Emmy Lake Chronicles follows the life of young agony aunt Emmy Lake as she and her friends face the challenges of life London in World War II. This auction lot includes Mrs Porter Calling, the latest in the series where Emmy is faced with the arrival of a new owner at Woman’s Friend who threatens to change everything that Emmy and her readers love about the magazine.
Author Bio:
AJ Pearce is the Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Emmy Lake Chronicles. Born in Hampshire, her favourite subjects at school were History and English which now (finally!) makes sense. Her debut novel Dear Mrs Bird was shortlisted for the Best Debut Novel at the British Book Awards in 2019, and her books have been translated into over fifteen languages. She has appeared at literary events across the UK and when not researching or writing her novels can be found surrounded by muddy dogs, or messing around trying to learn how to paint.
Title 1: Dear Mrs Bird,
Paperback
Title 2: Yours Cheerfully
Paperback
Title 3: Mrs Porter Calling
Hardback
Genre: Historical fiction
Dedicationa Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.ajpearce.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajpearcewrites
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ajpearcewrites
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ajpearcewrites
Book Blurb:
The Emmy Lake Chronicles follows the life of young agony aunt Emmy Lake as she and her friends face the challenges of life London in World War II. This auction lot includes Mrs Porter Calling, the latest in the series where Emmy is faced with the arrival of a new owner at Woman’s Friend who threatens to change everything that Emmy and her readers love about the magazine.
Author Bio:
AJ Pearce is the Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Emmy Lake Chronicles. Born in Hampshire, her favourite subjects at school were History and English which now (finally!) makes sense. Her debut novel Dear Mrs Bird was shortlisted for the Best Debut Novel at the British Book Awards in 2019, and her books have been translated into over fifteen languages. She has appeared at literary events across the UK and when not researching or writing her novels can be found surrounded by muddy dogs, or messing around trying to learn how to paint.
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Lot 107
£ 30
10
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Kiley Dunbar


Kiley Dunbar
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107
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Two Book Special
Title 1: The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday
Title 2: Something New at the Borrow a Bookshop
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.kileydunbar.co.uk
Book 1 Blurb:
The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café invites literature lovers to run their very own bookshop … for a fortnight.
Spend your days talking books with customers in your own charming bookshop and serving up delicious cream teas in the cosy café.
Bookworms, what are you waiting for? Your holiday is going to be LIT(erary).
Apply to: The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café, Down-a-long, Clove Lore, Devon.
Jude Crawley should be on top of the world. She’s just graduated as a mature student, so can finally go public about her relationship with Philosophy professor, Mack.
Until she sees Mack kissing another girl, and her dreams crumble. And worse, their dream holiday – running a tiny bookshop in the harbour village of Clove Lore for two weeks – is non-refundable.
Throwing caution to the winds, Jude heads down to Devon, eager to immerse herself in literature and heal her broken heart.
But there’s one problem – six foot tall, brooding (but gorgeous) Elliot, who’s also reserved the bookshop holiday for two weeks…
As Jude and Elliot put their differences aside to run the bookshop, it seems that Jude might be falling in love with more than just words. Until she discovers what Elliot is running from – and why he’s hiding out in Clove Lore.
Can Jude find her own happy ending in a tiny, tumbledown bookshop? Or is she about to find out that her bookish holiday might have an unexpected twist in the tale…
Readers are loving their stay at The Borrow-A-Bookshop!
Book 2 Blurb:
A fairytale ending isn’t just for fiction…
The Borrow-a-Bookshop is recovering, seven months on from the winter flood that destroyed all its stock, and the latest temporary bookseller, Joy Foley, arrives in Clove Lore with her daughter, five-year-old Radia Pearl. As a tech expert, she’ll be working on dragging the Bookshop into the twenty-first century.
But what no one knows is that Joy is running from Radia Pearl’s father. She can’t settle down here or anywhere … moving on is how she stays safe. So when Radia befriends Monty Bickleigh, ex-fisherman and the new cook at The Siren’s Tail pub, despite herself, Joy finds herself growing closer to him, and the quirky community of Clove Lore.
While Joy settles in to the bookshop, Araminta Clove-Congreve, local lady of the Manor, is finding running her new wedding business harder than anticipated. She needs to hire a chief wedding planner, and fast - and Joy’s family may have the answer.
As Joy finds her heart softening by the magic of Clove Lore, can her new friends – and Monty – be enough to convince Joy to stop running and find a new life?
Bookworms everywhere, escape to the magic of Clove Lore today...
Author Bio:
Hi! I'm Kiley Dunbar and I write super cosy, escapist, romantic fiction set in beautiful places. I'm a Scot over the border in North England and I'm an academic, so it's really Dr Kiley ;)
Title 1: The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday
Title 2: Something New at the Borrow a Bookshop
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperbacks
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Website: http://www.kileydunbar.co.uk
Book 1 Blurb:
The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café invites literature lovers to run their very own bookshop … for a fortnight.
Spend your days talking books with customers in your own charming bookshop and serving up delicious cream teas in the cosy café.
Bookworms, what are you waiting for? Your holiday is going to be LIT(erary).
Apply to: The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café, Down-a-long, Clove Lore, Devon.
Jude Crawley should be on top of the world. She’s just graduated as a mature student, so can finally go public about her relationship with Philosophy professor, Mack.
Until she sees Mack kissing another girl, and her dreams crumble. And worse, their dream holiday – running a tiny bookshop in the harbour village of Clove Lore for two weeks – is non-refundable.
Throwing caution to the winds, Jude heads down to Devon, eager to immerse herself in literature and heal her broken heart.
But there’s one problem – six foot tall, brooding (but gorgeous) Elliot, who’s also reserved the bookshop holiday for two weeks…
As Jude and Elliot put their differences aside to run the bookshop, it seems that Jude might be falling in love with more than just words. Until she discovers what Elliot is running from – and why he’s hiding out in Clove Lore.
Can Jude find her own happy ending in a tiny, tumbledown bookshop? Or is she about to find out that her bookish holiday might have an unexpected twist in the tale…
Readers are loving their stay at The Borrow-A-Bookshop!
Book 2 Blurb:
A fairytale ending isn’t just for fiction…
The Borrow-a-Bookshop is recovering, seven months on from the winter flood that destroyed all its stock, and the latest temporary bookseller, Joy Foley, arrives in Clove Lore with her daughter, five-year-old Radia Pearl. As a tech expert, she’ll be working on dragging the Bookshop into the twenty-first century.
But what no one knows is that Joy is running from Radia Pearl’s father. She can’t settle down here or anywhere … moving on is how she stays safe. So when Radia befriends Monty Bickleigh, ex-fisherman and the new cook at The Siren’s Tail pub, despite herself, Joy finds herself growing closer to him, and the quirky community of Clove Lore.
While Joy settles in to the bookshop, Araminta Clove-Congreve, local lady of the Manor, is finding running her new wedding business harder than anticipated. She needs to hire a chief wedding planner, and fast - and Joy’s family may have the answer.
As Joy finds her heart softening by the magic of Clove Lore, can her new friends – and Monty – be enough to convince Joy to stop running and find a new life?
Bookworms everywhere, escape to the magic of Clove Lore today...
Author Bio:
Hi! I'm Kiley Dunbar and I write super cosy, escapist, romantic fiction set in beautiful places. I'm a Scot over the border in North England and I'm an academic, so it's really Dr Kiley ;)
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Anne Louise Avery


Anne Louise Avery
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Title: Reynard the Fox
Genre: Medieval/Folk tales/Fairy tales/Myth & legend.
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.patreon.com/annelouiseavery
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Reynard – a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders – is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanours. How will he pit his wits against his accusers – greedy Bruin the Bear, pretentious Courtoys the Hound or dark and dangerous Isengrim the Wolf – to escape the gallows?
Reynard was once the most popular and beloved character in European folklore, as familiar as Robin Hood, King Arthur or Cinderella. His character spoke eloquently for the unvoiced and disenfranchised, but also amused and delighted the elite, capturing hearts and minds across borders and societal classes for centuries.
Based on William Caxton’s bestselling 1481 English translation of the Middle Dutch, but expanded with new interpretations, innovative language and characterisation, this edition is an imaginative retelling of the Reynard story. With its themes of protest, resistance and duplicity fronted by a personable, anti-heroic Fox making his way in a dangerous and cruel world, this gripping tale is as relevant and controversial today as it was in the fifteenth century.
"Anne Louise Avery presents the full, complicated glory of the silver-tongued predator and his milieu in Reynard the Fox, a tour de force of storytelling and a beautiful object in itself. A writer and art historian, Ms. Avery deploys a scholar’s fluency with medieval language, literature and religion and a raconteur’s ease with anecdote." - Wall Street Journal
Author Bio:
Anne Louise is a writer and art historian based in Oxford.
Genre: Medieval/Folk tales/Fairy tales/Myth & legend.
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available:
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.patreon.com/annelouiseavery
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneLouiseAvery
Book Blurb:
Reynard – a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders – is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanours. How will he pit his wits against his accusers – greedy Bruin the Bear, pretentious Courtoys the Hound or dark and dangerous Isengrim the Wolf – to escape the gallows?
Reynard was once the most popular and beloved character in European folklore, as familiar as Robin Hood, King Arthur or Cinderella. His character spoke eloquently for the unvoiced and disenfranchised, but also amused and delighted the elite, capturing hearts and minds across borders and societal classes for centuries.
Based on William Caxton’s bestselling 1481 English translation of the Middle Dutch, but expanded with new interpretations, innovative language and characterisation, this edition is an imaginative retelling of the Reynard story. With its themes of protest, resistance and duplicity fronted by a personable, anti-heroic Fox making his way in a dangerous and cruel world, this gripping tale is as relevant and controversial today as it was in the fifteenth century.
"Anne Louise Avery presents the full, complicated glory of the silver-tongued predator and his milieu in Reynard the Fox, a tour de force of storytelling and a beautiful object in itself. A writer and art historian, Ms. Avery deploys a scholar’s fluency with medieval language, literature and religion and a raconteur’s ease with anecdote." - Wall Street Journal
Author Bio:
Anne Louise is a writer and art historian based in Oxford.
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Lot 109
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Rob Rinder


Rob Rinder
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Title: The Trial
Genre: Legal Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobbieRinder
Book Blurb:
An unputdownable murder mystery by Britain's best-loved criminal barrister Rob Rinder.
ONE MURDER. ONE IMPOSSIBLE CASE. WHO IS GUILTY?
When hero policeman Grant Cliveden dies from a poisoning in the Old Bailey, it threatens to shake the country to its core.
The evidence points to one man. Jimmy Knight has been convicted of multiple offences before and defending him will be no easy task. Not least because this is trainee barrister Adam Green's first case.
But it will quickly become clear that Jimmy Knight is not the only person in Cliveden's past with an axe to grind.
The only thing that's certain is that this is a trial which will push Adam - and the justice system itself - to the limit . . .
Author Bio:
Rob Rinder is a barrister turned writer and broadcaster. In 2014, while still a practising barrister, he began starring in his reality court show Judge Rinder, and he now uses his legal knowledge working in the media to make the law more accessible. He is also the author of two books and a columnist for the Sun and the London Evening Standard newspapers. His participation in Who Do You Think You Are? retraced the story of his Holocaust survivor grandfather and received a BAFTA. The BBC series he presented, The Holocaust, My Family and Me, was aired to wide critical acclaim. In 2020, Rob was awarded an MBE for his services to Holocaust education and an honorary doctorate for his legal work. The Trial is his debut novel and is inspired by Rob's own experiences as a barrister.
Genre: Legal Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: NO
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobbieRinder
Book Blurb:
An unputdownable murder mystery by Britain's best-loved criminal barrister Rob Rinder.
ONE MURDER. ONE IMPOSSIBLE CASE. WHO IS GUILTY?
When hero policeman Grant Cliveden dies from a poisoning in the Old Bailey, it threatens to shake the country to its core.
The evidence points to one man. Jimmy Knight has been convicted of multiple offences before and defending him will be no easy task. Not least because this is trainee barrister Adam Green's first case.
But it will quickly become clear that Jimmy Knight is not the only person in Cliveden's past with an axe to grind.
The only thing that's certain is that this is a trial which will push Adam - and the justice system itself - to the limit . . .
Author Bio:
Rob Rinder is a barrister turned writer and broadcaster. In 2014, while still a practising barrister, he began starring in his reality court show Judge Rinder, and he now uses his legal knowledge working in the media to make the law more accessible. He is also the author of two books and a columnist for the Sun and the London Evening Standard newspapers. His participation in Who Do You Think You Are? retraced the story of his Holocaust survivor grandfather and received a BAFTA. The BBC series he presented, The Holocaust, My Family and Me, was aired to wide critical acclaim. In 2020, Rob was awarded an MBE for his services to Holocaust education and an honorary doctorate for his legal work. The Trial is his debut novel and is inspired by Rob's own experiences as a barrister.
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Lot 110
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Val McDermid


Val McDermid
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Two Book Special
Title 1: 1979
Title 2: 1989
Genre: Crime Thrillers
Format: Paperbacks
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Website: https://www.valmcdermid.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/valmcdermid
Book 1 Blurb: 1979
"The year started badly and only got worse - blizzards, strikes, power cuts, and political unrest were the norm. For investigative journalist Allie Burns, however, someone else's bad news was the unmistakable sound of opportunity knocking, and 1979 is ripe with possibilities. But Allie is a woman in what is still a man's world. Desperate to get away from the "women's stories" the Glasgow desk keeps assigning her, she strikes up an alliance with wannabe investigative journalist Danny Sullivan. From the start, their stories create enemies. First an international tax fraud, then a potential Scottish terrorist group aiming to cause mayhem ahead of an impending referendum. And then Danny is found murdered in his flat. For Allie, investigative journalism just got personal."
Book 2 Blurb: 1989
1989. The world is on the brink of revolution and journalist Allie Burns is a woman on a mission. When she discovers a lead about the exploitation of society's most vulnerable, Allie is determined to investigate and give voice to the silenced.
Elsewhere, a ticking clock begins the countdown to a murder. As Allie begins to connect the dots and edges closer to exposing the truth, it is more shocking than she ever imagined. There's nothing like a killer story, and to tell it, Allie must risk her freedom and her life . . .
Author Bio:
Val McDermid is a number one bestseller whose novels have been translated into more than forty languages, and have sold over eighteen million copies. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009, was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2010 and received the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award in 2011. In 2016, Val received the Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and in 2017 received the DIVA Literary Prize for Crime, and was elected a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Val has served as a judge for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize, and was Chair of the Wellcome Book Prize in 2017. She is the recipient of six honorary doctorates and is an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford. She writes full-time and divides her time between Edinburgh and East Neuk of Fife.
Title 1: 1979
Title 2: 1989
Genre: Crime Thrillers
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: NO
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.valmcdermid.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/valmcdermid
Book 1 Blurb: 1979
"The year started badly and only got worse - blizzards, strikes, power cuts, and political unrest were the norm. For investigative journalist Allie Burns, however, someone else's bad news was the unmistakable sound of opportunity knocking, and 1979 is ripe with possibilities. But Allie is a woman in what is still a man's world. Desperate to get away from the "women's stories" the Glasgow desk keeps assigning her, she strikes up an alliance with wannabe investigative journalist Danny Sullivan. From the start, their stories create enemies. First an international tax fraud, then a potential Scottish terrorist group aiming to cause mayhem ahead of an impending referendum. And then Danny is found murdered in his flat. For Allie, investigative journalism just got personal."
Book 2 Blurb: 1989
1989. The world is on the brink of revolution and journalist Allie Burns is a woman on a mission. When she discovers a lead about the exploitation of society's most vulnerable, Allie is determined to investigate and give voice to the silenced.
Elsewhere, a ticking clock begins the countdown to a murder. As Allie begins to connect the dots and edges closer to exposing the truth, it is more shocking than she ever imagined. There's nothing like a killer story, and to tell it, Allie must risk her freedom and her life . . .
Author Bio:
Val McDermid is a number one bestseller whose novels have been translated into more than forty languages, and have sold over eighteen million copies. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009, was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2010 and received the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award in 2011. In 2016, Val received the Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and in 2017 received the DIVA Literary Prize for Crime, and was elected a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Val has served as a judge for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize, and was Chair of the Wellcome Book Prize in 2017. She is the recipient of six honorary doctorates and is an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford. She writes full-time and divides her time between Edinburgh and East Neuk of Fife.
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Lot 111
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Faith Hogan


Faith Hogan
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Title: The Gin Sister’s Promise
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://faithhogan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GerHogan
Book Blurb:
Three estranged sisters. Six months to come back together.
When Georgie, Iris and Nola's mother died, the sisters made a pact: they would always be there for one another, no matter what.
Now, decades later, they can barely stand to be in the same room. As his health declined, their father came up with a plan to bring them back to one another. He stated in his will that before they can claim their inheritance, they must spend six months living together in the Irish village of Ballycove, and try to repair their broken relationships.
But reunited in their childhood home, old resentments boil over, new secrets threaten to come out and each sister must decide what matters more: their pride, or their family. Can they overcome their past and find a way to love each other once more?
Author Bio:
Faith Hogan is an award-winning and bestselling author of nine contemporary fiction novels. Her books have featured as Book Club Favourites, Net Galley Hot Reads and Summer Must Reads. She writes grown up women's fiction which is unashamedly uplifting, feel good and inspiring.
Faith's Kindle Number 1 bestselling book, The Ladies Midnight Swimming Club is published in May 2021. Her summer 2022 book, The Gin Sisters' Promise is a USA Today Bestseller!
Her new summer read for 2023 is called The Guest House By The Sea. It's available to pre-order now and it's being described by the author as a great big welcome back to Ballycove for readers.
She lives in the west of Ireland with her family and a very busy Labrador named Penny. She's a writer, reader, enthusiastic dog walker and reluctant jogger - except of course when it is raining!
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://faithhogan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GerHogan
Book Blurb:
Three estranged sisters. Six months to come back together.
When Georgie, Iris and Nola's mother died, the sisters made a pact: they would always be there for one another, no matter what.
Now, decades later, they can barely stand to be in the same room. As his health declined, their father came up with a plan to bring them back to one another. He stated in his will that before they can claim their inheritance, they must spend six months living together in the Irish village of Ballycove, and try to repair their broken relationships.
But reunited in their childhood home, old resentments boil over, new secrets threaten to come out and each sister must decide what matters more: their pride, or their family. Can they overcome their past and find a way to love each other once more?
Author Bio:
Faith Hogan is an award-winning and bestselling author of nine contemporary fiction novels. Her books have featured as Book Club Favourites, Net Galley Hot Reads and Summer Must Reads. She writes grown up women's fiction which is unashamedly uplifting, feel good and inspiring.
Faith's Kindle Number 1 bestselling book, The Ladies Midnight Swimming Club is published in May 2021. Her summer 2022 book, The Gin Sisters' Promise is a USA Today Bestseller!
Her new summer read for 2023 is called The Guest House By The Sea. It's available to pre-order now and it's being described by the author as a great big welcome back to Ballycove for readers.
She lives in the west of Ireland with her family and a very busy Labrador named Penny. She's a writer, reader, enthusiastic dog walker and reluctant jogger - except of course when it is raining!
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Lot 112
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Claire Douglas


Claire Douglas
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Title: The Woman Who Lied
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://shor.by/ClaireDouglas
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dougieclaire
Book Blurb::
Emilia Ward lives quietly in suburban London with her husband and two children.
Just an ordinary wife and mother. But also a bestselling crime writer.
When she starts writing her tenth Detective Miranda Moody novel, however, life takes a frightening turn: an incident straight out of one of her novels occurs in real life.
Just an unsettling coincidence, she thinks. Until it happens again.
Then someone she knows dies exactly like a victim in the book she's still writing . . .
Why is someone doing this?
How do they know what she is writing?
And how long before Emilia and her family are next?
Author Bio:
Claire Douglas is the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of eight stand alone novels: The Sisters (2015), Local Girl Missing (2016), Last Seen Alive (2017), Do Not Disturb (2018), Then She Vanishes (2019) and Just Like The Other Girls (2020). Her seventh, The Couple At No 9 (2021) was an Amazon number one bestseller, a number three Sunday Times bestseller and most recently hit number one on Germany's Der Spiegel paperback bestsellers chart. The Girls Who Disappeared was a Richard and Judy book club pick for Autumn 2022 and was an instant number one Sunday Times bestseller. Her books have sold over a million copies in the UK and have been published worldwide.
Her most recent, THE WOMAN WHO LIED was published on July 6th 2023.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://shor.by/ClaireDouglas
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dougieclaire
Book Blurb::
Emilia Ward lives quietly in suburban London with her husband and two children.
Just an ordinary wife and mother. But also a bestselling crime writer.
When she starts writing her tenth Detective Miranda Moody novel, however, life takes a frightening turn: an incident straight out of one of her novels occurs in real life.
Just an unsettling coincidence, she thinks. Until it happens again.
Then someone she knows dies exactly like a victim in the book she's still writing . . .
Why is someone doing this?
How do they know what she is writing?
And how long before Emilia and her family are next?
Author Bio:
Claire Douglas is the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of eight stand alone novels: The Sisters (2015), Local Girl Missing (2016), Last Seen Alive (2017), Do Not Disturb (2018), Then She Vanishes (2019) and Just Like The Other Girls (2020). Her seventh, The Couple At No 9 (2021) was an Amazon number one bestseller, a number three Sunday Times bestseller and most recently hit number one on Germany's Der Spiegel paperback bestsellers chart. The Girls Who Disappeared was a Richard and Judy book club pick for Autumn 2022 and was an instant number one Sunday Times bestseller. Her books have sold over a million copies in the UK and have been published worldwide.
Her most recent, THE WOMAN WHO LIED was published on July 6th 2023.
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Lot 113
£ 28
13
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Bella Osborne


Bella Osborne
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Two Book Bundle!
Title 1: An Invitation To Seashell Bay
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Perfect Christmas Village
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.bellaosborne.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/osborne_bella
Book 1 Blurb:
One ambitious businesswoman.
One irresponsible heir.
A deal that will turn both their lives upside down…
To grow her craft business, Nancy is in desperate need of two things: help and money. So when a potential investor she’s looking to impress recommends an assistant, she jumps at the chance to secure both.
Freddy Astley-Davenport is a notorious playboy with zero work experience. He’s poised to inherit his family’s estate in sunny Seashell Bay – but only if he can hold down a job for six months first. His plan is to take the assistant role in name only, then do the least work he possibly can.
Nancy has other ideas, though, and the pair butt heads from day one. However, as they argue, sparks begin to fly, and they soon discover exactly why opposites attract…
Book 2 Blurb:
When Christmas-hating Sam moves to Holly Cross, he thinks he's found the perfect home, until he discovers that, each year, Holly Cross transforms into the most Christmassy village in the whole country...
Blythe is just one sale away from being Real Estate Agent of the Month, so she twists the truth to sell a home to city boy Sam, who is looking for the perfect house in the perfect location. Little does he know he's just bought a cottage in the middle of the most Christmassy village in the country. And if there's one thing Sam loathes, it's Christmas.
Sam's arrival puts Holly Cross's chance to win the title of Britain's Most Perfect Christmas Village now in jeopardy, and the villagers are soon up in arms. Meanwhile, Sam is in his own personal hell surrounded by fairy lights and everyone is looking to Blythe to fix things.
But as the festive season looms, maybe there's more than just Christmas in Holly Cross for Sam to fall in love with...
Author Bio:
I've been jotting down my stories for as far back as I can remember... well that's not exactly true. I remember writing a story when I was about nine and I was in Mrs Hurran's class. The story was about a thief who stole the crown jewels but then didn't know what to do with them. It went on for pages and pages, in my spiders dance handwriting, so my teacher typed it up and pinned it to the classroom wall. It was a proud day!
Somehow life took over, I got a sensible job and the writing remained a hobby which other people puzzled over and which I adored.
Over the years there have been dalliances into poetry, short stories and five unfinished novels. But I decided that 2013 would be the year that was going to change. I joined the Romantic Novelists Association New Writer Scheme which gave me a deadline to chase - a full length novel had to be completed and submitted for review by 31st August. I beat the deadline by a month!
In 2014 I secured a two book contract with Harper Impulse, part of the HarperCollins Group, and my first novel 'It Started at Sunset Cottage' was published in ebook format on 12th February 2015 and paperback on 23rd April 2015. It went on to be shortlisted for the Joan Hessayon New Writers' Award and the RNA Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year 2016.
My second book 'A Family Holiday' and my fifth 'A Walk in Wildflower Park' were both shortlisted for the RNA Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year!
In 2016 I moved to Avon, which is also part of the wonderful HarperCollins family. My books are released in four digital instalments ahead of the whole story being published a few months later.
2021 saw the publication of two novels: a romantic comedy The Promise of Summer and a bookclub read The Library. The Library was published by a new publisher - Aria, Head of Zeus. 2022 looks like it will be just as busy with The Girls out in April and A Wedding At Sandy Cove being published in July. I can't believe these will be books ten and eleven!
I was overjoyed to win the RNA Jane Wenham-Jones Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year award 2022 with The Promise of Summer!
In my spare time I love to read, cook with my daughter, plan holidays and rehabilitate rescue hedgehogs.
Title 1: An Invitation To Seashell Bay
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Perfect Christmas Village
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.bellaosborne.com
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Book 1 Blurb:
One ambitious businesswoman.
One irresponsible heir.
A deal that will turn both their lives upside down…
To grow her craft business, Nancy is in desperate need of two things: help and money. So when a potential investor she’s looking to impress recommends an assistant, she jumps at the chance to secure both.
Freddy Astley-Davenport is a notorious playboy with zero work experience. He’s poised to inherit his family’s estate in sunny Seashell Bay – but only if he can hold down a job for six months first. His plan is to take the assistant role in name only, then do the least work he possibly can.
Nancy has other ideas, though, and the pair butt heads from day one. However, as they argue, sparks begin to fly, and they soon discover exactly why opposites attract…
Book 2 Blurb:
When Christmas-hating Sam moves to Holly Cross, he thinks he's found the perfect home, until he discovers that, each year, Holly Cross transforms into the most Christmassy village in the whole country...
Blythe is just one sale away from being Real Estate Agent of the Month, so she twists the truth to sell a home to city boy Sam, who is looking for the perfect house in the perfect location. Little does he know he's just bought a cottage in the middle of the most Christmassy village in the country. And if there's one thing Sam loathes, it's Christmas.
Sam's arrival puts Holly Cross's chance to win the title of Britain's Most Perfect Christmas Village now in jeopardy, and the villagers are soon up in arms. Meanwhile, Sam is in his own personal hell surrounded by fairy lights and everyone is looking to Blythe to fix things.
But as the festive season looms, maybe there's more than just Christmas in Holly Cross for Sam to fall in love with...
Author Bio:
I've been jotting down my stories for as far back as I can remember... well that's not exactly true. I remember writing a story when I was about nine and I was in Mrs Hurran's class. The story was about a thief who stole the crown jewels but then didn't know what to do with them. It went on for pages and pages, in my spiders dance handwriting, so my teacher typed it up and pinned it to the classroom wall. It was a proud day!
Somehow life took over, I got a sensible job and the writing remained a hobby which other people puzzled over and which I adored.
Over the years there have been dalliances into poetry, short stories and five unfinished novels. But I decided that 2013 would be the year that was going to change. I joined the Romantic Novelists Association New Writer Scheme which gave me a deadline to chase - a full length novel had to be completed and submitted for review by 31st August. I beat the deadline by a month!
In 2014 I secured a two book contract with Harper Impulse, part of the HarperCollins Group, and my first novel 'It Started at Sunset Cottage' was published in ebook format on 12th February 2015 and paperback on 23rd April 2015. It went on to be shortlisted for the Joan Hessayon New Writers' Award and the RNA Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year 2016.
My second book 'A Family Holiday' and my fifth 'A Walk in Wildflower Park' were both shortlisted for the RNA Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year!
In 2016 I moved to Avon, which is also part of the wonderful HarperCollins family. My books are released in four digital instalments ahead of the whole story being published a few months later.
2021 saw the publication of two novels: a romantic comedy The Promise of Summer and a bookclub read The Library. The Library was published by a new publisher - Aria, Head of Zeus. 2022 looks like it will be just as busy with The Girls out in April and A Wedding At Sandy Cove being published in July. I can't believe these will be books ten and eleven!
I was overjoyed to win the RNA Jane Wenham-Jones Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year award 2022 with The Promise of Summer!
In my spare time I love to read, cook with my daughter, plan holidays and rehabilitate rescue hedgehogs.
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Nicole Fitton


Nicole Fitton
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Title: Soaring
Genre: Contemporary - Short fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://nicolefittonauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MisoMiss
Book Blurb:
Small chunks of life, perfectly wrapped and waiting for you to open! Stories told in 70 -1000 words.
Award-winning and short-listed pieces of prose sit alongside newer thoughtfully crafted short glimpses of human nature and 21st century life. You are invited to pause for a moment and reflect on the writer's suggestions. They are sure to uplift and inspire you.
Author Bio::
Nicole is not yet a best selling thriller writer but she is working on it…
She has been lucky enough to live in such glamorous locations as London, New York, and Croydon! She currently lives in Devon with her family. For over three decades she worked in music PR and marketing within Europe and the USA before reinventing herself within the world of healthcare management. She writes mystery thrillers with a large splash of romance. Her debut novel ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ was released in 2015, and followed in 2016 by her second novel ‘Forbidden Colours’. Both novels have received great reviews with comments such as ‘Wow, Just Wow…’ and ‘A Real Page Turner…’
Nicole’s first short story collection ‘Soaring’ was released in March 2023
Genre: Contemporary - Short fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://nicolefittonauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MisoMiss
Book Blurb:
Small chunks of life, perfectly wrapped and waiting for you to open! Stories told in 70 -1000 words.
Award-winning and short-listed pieces of prose sit alongside newer thoughtfully crafted short glimpses of human nature and 21st century life. You are invited to pause for a moment and reflect on the writer's suggestions. They are sure to uplift and inspire you.
Author Bio::
Nicole is not yet a best selling thriller writer but she is working on it…
She has been lucky enough to live in such glamorous locations as London, New York, and Croydon! She currently lives in Devon with her family. For over three decades she worked in music PR and marketing within Europe and the USA before reinventing herself within the world of healthcare management. She writes mystery thrillers with a large splash of romance. Her debut novel ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ was released in 2015, and followed in 2016 by her second novel ‘Forbidden Colours’. Both novels have received great reviews with comments such as ‘Wow, Just Wow…’ and ‘A Real Page Turner…’
Nicole’s first short story collection ‘Soaring’ was released in March 2023
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Louise Douglas


Louise Douglas
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Two Book Package!
Title 1: The Lost Notebook.
Genre: Psychological Thriller.
Format: Paperback.
Title 2: The Escarlata Dress.
Genre: Psychological Thriller.
Format: Paperback.
Dedication available: YES.
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://boldwoodbooks.com.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouiseDouglas3
Book 1 Blurb:
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER.
A notebook full of secrets, two untimely deaths – something sinister is stirring in the perfect seaside town of Morranez…
It’s summer and holidaymakers are flocking to the idyllic Brittany coast. But when first an old traveller woman dies in suspicious circumstances, and then a campaign of hate seemingly drives another victim to take his own life, events take a very dark turn.
Mila Shepherd has come to France to look after her niece, Ani, following the accident in which both Ani’s parents were lost at sea. Mila has moved into their family holiday home, as well as taken her sister Sophie’s place in an agency which specialises in tracking down missing people, until new recruit Carter Jackson starts.
It’s clear that malevolent forces are at work in Morranez, but the local police are choosing to look the other way. Only Mila and Carter can uncover the truth about what’s really going on in this beautiful, but mysterious place before anyone else suffers. But someone is desperate to protect a terrible truth, at any cost…
Book 2 Blurb:
In the long, hot summer of 1995, Alice Lang rents a caravan on the outskirts of the holiday resort of Severn Sands. She befriends Marnie, a shy, damaged little girl whose father is the park's caretaker, and Will, whose mother runs the bar.
One evening Alice disappears from her caravan. She's never seen again, and only her scarlet dress is found washed up on the shore. A quarter of century later, the holiday park is sold for development and builders clearing the land uncover human bones. It has to be Alice. Will and Marnie's lives were entirely shaped by what happened that summer, and now Alice has been found, they must struggle to escape the secrets of the past, the lies they told and the unbearable guilt they're both carrying. They need to find out what happened to Alice. Who killed her? And why?
Author Bio:
Louise Douglas is the internationally best-selling author of ten books and has been translated widely. The Lost Notebook, reached number one in the UK Kindle charts and stayed there for several weeks. Her new book, The Secret of Villa Alba, was published on July 3rd.
Title 1: The Lost Notebook.
Genre: Psychological Thriller.
Format: Paperback.
Title 2: The Escarlata Dress.
Genre: Psychological Thriller.
Format: Paperback.
Dedication available: YES.
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://boldwoodbooks.com.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouiseDouglas3
Book 1 Blurb:
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER.
A notebook full of secrets, two untimely deaths – something sinister is stirring in the perfect seaside town of Morranez…
It’s summer and holidaymakers are flocking to the idyllic Brittany coast. But when first an old traveller woman dies in suspicious circumstances, and then a campaign of hate seemingly drives another victim to take his own life, events take a very dark turn.
Mila Shepherd has come to France to look after her niece, Ani, following the accident in which both Ani’s parents were lost at sea. Mila has moved into their family holiday home, as well as taken her sister Sophie’s place in an agency which specialises in tracking down missing people, until new recruit Carter Jackson starts.
It’s clear that malevolent forces are at work in Morranez, but the local police are choosing to look the other way. Only Mila and Carter can uncover the truth about what’s really going on in this beautiful, but mysterious place before anyone else suffers. But someone is desperate to protect a terrible truth, at any cost…
Book 2 Blurb:
In the long, hot summer of 1995, Alice Lang rents a caravan on the outskirts of the holiday resort of Severn Sands. She befriends Marnie, a shy, damaged little girl whose father is the park's caretaker, and Will, whose mother runs the bar.
One evening Alice disappears from her caravan. She's never seen again, and only her scarlet dress is found washed up on the shore. A quarter of century later, the holiday park is sold for development and builders clearing the land uncover human bones. It has to be Alice. Will and Marnie's lives were entirely shaped by what happened that summer, and now Alice has been found, they must struggle to escape the secrets of the past, the lies they told and the unbearable guilt they're both carrying. They need to find out what happened to Alice. Who killed her? And why?
Author Bio:
Louise Douglas is the internationally best-selling author of ten books and has been translated widely. The Lost Notebook, reached number one in the UK Kindle charts and stayed there for several weeks. Her new book, The Secret of Villa Alba, was published on July 3rd.
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Lot 116
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Nicola Pryce


Nicola Pryce
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Title: The Cornish Rebel
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://nicolapryce.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NPryce_Author
Book Blurb:
Cornwall, 1801.
In the wake of her mother's death, Pandora Woodville has finally escaped her domineering father and returned to Falmouth. Bright with the dream of working at her Aunt Harriet's school for young women, Pandora is shocked to learn the school is facing imminent closure after a series of sinister events threatened its reputation.
Acclaimed chemist Benedict Aubyn has also recently returned to Cornwall, to take up a new role as Turnpike Trust Surveyor. Pandora's arrival has been a strange one, so she is grateful when he shows her kindness. As news of the school's ruin spreads around town, everyone seems to be after her aunt's estate. Now, Pandora and Aunt Harriet must do everything in their power to save the school, or risk losing everything.
However, Pandora has another problem. She's falling for Benedict. But can she trust him, or is he simply looking after his own interests?
Author Bio:
Nicola Pryce is published by Atlantic Books and is represented by Teresa Chris. She trained as a nurse at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, loves literature and history, and has an Open University degree in Humanities. She is a qualified adult literacy support volunteer and lives with her husband in the Blackdown Hills in Somerset. She and her husband love sailing and together they sail the south coast of Cornwall in search of adventure. It is there where she sets her books.
Pengelly's Daughter was her debut novel, followed by The Captain's Girl, The Cornish Dressmaker, The Cornish Lady, A Cornish Betrothal, and The Cornish Captive. The Cornish Rebel is to be published in August 2023.
Nicola is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and The Historical Writers' Association.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://nicolapryce.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NPryce_Author
Book Blurb:
Cornwall, 1801.
In the wake of her mother's death, Pandora Woodville has finally escaped her domineering father and returned to Falmouth. Bright with the dream of working at her Aunt Harriet's school for young women, Pandora is shocked to learn the school is facing imminent closure after a series of sinister events threatened its reputation.
Acclaimed chemist Benedict Aubyn has also recently returned to Cornwall, to take up a new role as Turnpike Trust Surveyor. Pandora's arrival has been a strange one, so she is grateful when he shows her kindness. As news of the school's ruin spreads around town, everyone seems to be after her aunt's estate. Now, Pandora and Aunt Harriet must do everything in their power to save the school, or risk losing everything.
However, Pandora has another problem. She's falling for Benedict. But can she trust him, or is he simply looking after his own interests?
Author Bio:
Nicola Pryce is published by Atlantic Books and is represented by Teresa Chris. She trained as a nurse at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, loves literature and history, and has an Open University degree in Humanities. She is a qualified adult literacy support volunteer and lives with her husband in the Blackdown Hills in Somerset. She and her husband love sailing and together they sail the south coast of Cornwall in search of adventure. It is there where she sets her books.
Pengelly's Daughter was her debut novel, followed by The Captain's Girl, The Cornish Dressmaker, The Cornish Lady, A Cornish Betrothal, and The Cornish Captive. The Cornish Rebel is to be published in August 2023.
Nicola is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and The Historical Writers' Association.
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Lot 117
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Joanna Wallace


Joanna Wallace
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Title : You'd Look Better as A Ghost
Genre : Comedy Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoWallaceAuthor
Book Blurb:
This tells the story of Claire, a part time serial killer who sees her victims as ghosts before they die. The night after her father's funeral, Claire meets Lucas in a bar.
Lucas doesn't know it, but it's not a chance meeting. One thoughtless mistyped email has put him in the crosshairs of an extremely put out serial killer. But even before they make eye, contact, before Claire lets him buy her a drink, before she takes him home and carves him up into little pieces, something about that night is very wrong. Because someone is watching Claire. Someone who is about to discover her murderous little hobby.
The thing is, it's not sensible to tangle with a part-time serial killer, even one who is distracted by attending a weekly bereavement support group and trying to get her art career off the ground. Claire will do anything to keep her secret hidden - not to mention the bodies buried in her garden. Let the games begin ...
Author Bio :
Joanna Wallace worked as a solicitor until an autoimmune condition took away some of her sight. She now volunteers at a charity helpline and runs a family business with her husband. She was partly inspired to write 'You'd Look Better as A Ghost' following her father's diagnosis of early onset dementia. Joanna lives near London with her husband, four children and two dogs.
Genre : Comedy Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoWallaceAuthor
Book Blurb:
This tells the story of Claire, a part time serial killer who sees her victims as ghosts before they die. The night after her father's funeral, Claire meets Lucas in a bar.
Lucas doesn't know it, but it's not a chance meeting. One thoughtless mistyped email has put him in the crosshairs of an extremely put out serial killer. But even before they make eye, contact, before Claire lets him buy her a drink, before she takes him home and carves him up into little pieces, something about that night is very wrong. Because someone is watching Claire. Someone who is about to discover her murderous little hobby.
The thing is, it's not sensible to tangle with a part-time serial killer, even one who is distracted by attending a weekly bereavement support group and trying to get her art career off the ground. Claire will do anything to keep her secret hidden - not to mention the bodies buried in her garden. Let the games begin ...
Author Bio :
Joanna Wallace worked as a solicitor until an autoimmune condition took away some of her sight. She now volunteers at a charity helpline and runs a family business with her husband. She was partly inspired to write 'You'd Look Better as A Ghost' following her father's diagnosis of early onset dementia. Joanna lives near London with her husband, four children and two dogs.
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Lot 118
£ 19
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Susan Bower


Susan Bower
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Title: SHOO! By Susie Bower, Illustrated by Francesca Gambatesa.
Genre: Picture Book.
Format: Paperback.
Dedication Available: Yes.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/susienottbower
Book Blurb:
Mrs Golightly doesn't like animals. Then a Zoo moves in next door. There's a giraffe in her bath, a kangaroo on her loo - and even ants in her pants!
Author Bio:
Among many, many jobs, Susie's been the worst TV Floor Manager in the world (her midriff appearing behind Sue Lawley during the news). Writing is much more her thing!
Genre: Picture Book.
Format: Paperback.
Dedication Available: Yes.
Postage & Packaging; FREE
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/susienottbower
Book Blurb:
Mrs Golightly doesn't like animals. Then a Zoo moves in next door. There's a giraffe in her bath, a kangaroo on her loo - and even ants in her pants!
Author Bio:
Among many, many jobs, Susie's been the worst TV Floor Manager in the world (her midriff appearing behind Sue Lawley during the news). Writing is much more her thing!
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Lot 119
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Judy Leigh


Judy Leigh
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Title: Foul Play at Seal Bay
Genre: Cozy Crime
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://judyleigh.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JudyLeighWriter
Book Blurb:
It was meant to be the start of quiet season in the sleepy Cornish village of Seal Bay, but not for sexagenarian librarian and wild swimming enthusiast Morwenna Mutton. Because when a local businessman is found on the beach with a bread knife is his back, bungling police officer DI Rick Tremayne is soon out of his depth. Morwenna knows it’s going to be down to her to crack the case.
The list of people the victim upset is long, the evidence is slight, and an arrest illusive. Morwenna has plenty to occupy her time what with ghostly goings-on at the library and skullduggery at her granddaughter’s school, but she could never resist a challenge. And even the most ruthless of murderers should quake at the sight of this amateur sleuth getting on her bike to track them down.
If you love Miss Marple and The Thursday Murder Club, then you'll love The Morwenna Mutton mysteries.
Author Bio:
Hello - I'm Judy Leigh. I've lived all over the UK from Liverpool to Cornwall, but currently I live in Somerset. After teaching theatre, writing lyrics for a punk band and setting up Shakespeare Festivals, I completed an MA in Professional Writing.
Over the last few years I have written nine novels, including A Grand Old Time, The Old Girls' Network and The Golden Girls' Getaway.
The Highland Hens came out on August 4th. And watch out for The Golden Oldies' Book Club, published in December....
These novels celebrate fun and friendship, the ups and downs of life, relationships, the power of laughter and the belief that everyone should have a second chance at happiness, whatever their age.
I'm also working on more stories in another genre under the name of Elena Collins. These are dual timelines and more than a little bit spooky. The first one, The Witch's Tree, was published in May 2022 and the second one is out in February. Watch this space.
Then there's an announcement coming soon about a series of new books. I'm so excited about this - I can't wait to share the news.
I'm a prolific writer, but when I'm not at the computer I'm often on the beach or on the moors, walking, doing yoga or travelling in the camper van. I'm a Reiki healer, a vegan and an animal lover. I have three black cats and I love live music, theatre and football.
Genre: Cozy Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://judyleigh.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JudyLeighWriter
Book Blurb:
It was meant to be the start of quiet season in the sleepy Cornish village of Seal Bay, but not for sexagenarian librarian and wild swimming enthusiast Morwenna Mutton. Because when a local businessman is found on the beach with a bread knife is his back, bungling police officer DI Rick Tremayne is soon out of his depth. Morwenna knows it’s going to be down to her to crack the case.
The list of people the victim upset is long, the evidence is slight, and an arrest illusive. Morwenna has plenty to occupy her time what with ghostly goings-on at the library and skullduggery at her granddaughter’s school, but she could never resist a challenge. And even the most ruthless of murderers should quake at the sight of this amateur sleuth getting on her bike to track them down.
If you love Miss Marple and The Thursday Murder Club, then you'll love The Morwenna Mutton mysteries.
Author Bio:
Hello - I'm Judy Leigh. I've lived all over the UK from Liverpool to Cornwall, but currently I live in Somerset. After teaching theatre, writing lyrics for a punk band and setting up Shakespeare Festivals, I completed an MA in Professional Writing.
Over the last few years I have written nine novels, including A Grand Old Time, The Old Girls' Network and The Golden Girls' Getaway.
The Highland Hens came out on August 4th. And watch out for The Golden Oldies' Book Club, published in December....
These novels celebrate fun and friendship, the ups and downs of life, relationships, the power of laughter and the belief that everyone should have a second chance at happiness, whatever their age.
I'm also working on more stories in another genre under the name of Elena Collins. These are dual timelines and more than a little bit spooky. The first one, The Witch's Tree, was published in May 2022 and the second one is out in February. Watch this space.
Then there's an announcement coming soon about a series of new books. I'm so excited about this - I can't wait to share the news.
I'm a prolific writer, but when I'm not at the computer I'm often on the beach or on the moors, walking, doing yoga or travelling in the camper van. I'm a Reiki healer, a vegan and an animal lover. I have three black cats and I love live music, theatre and football.
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Lot 120
£ 14
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LH Stacey


LH Stacey
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Title: The Weekend
Genre: Psychological Thriller.
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.lyndastacey.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LyndaStacey
Book Blurb:
That Lake. This house. His friends. They all know what happened to my boy. I know they do. And you... you have to help me find the truth...
A weekend to remember…
Ten years ago, deeply in love, I would have done anything for Thomas Kirkwood.
But on the night of our graduation, fuelled by drink and drugs, Thomas’s lifeless body was found floating in the Kirkwood family lake. That weekend changed everything, and I swore I would never return to Kirkwood manor.
A weekend to forget…
Now, ten years later, I have been invited back to the place that holds such terrible memories for me, to a memorial weekend for Thomas, organised by his still-grieving mother Ada.
But this is no ordinary weekend. This is a reunion to catch a killer…and I fear that I could be top of Ada’s list….
Author Bio:
As well as being the author of eight books, Stacey also works full time as a Sales Director. She's also a fully qualified scuba diving instructor and has been known to happily jump in the sea with sharks, without a cage.
Following a life changing car accident in 2008, Stacey was left with limited mobility in her right arm. Unable to teach scuba diving professionally anymore, she turned to her love of writing, a hobby she’d followed avidly since being a teenager.
Her own life story, along with varied career choices helps Stacey to create stories with challenging and unpredictable plots.
Stacey's debut novel 'House of Secrets' was published in 2016 under her full name of Lynda Stacey.
Her latest book 'The Weekend' was published by Boldwood Books in February 2023, under her new author title of L.H. Stacey.
Genre: Psychological Thriller.
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.lyndastacey.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LyndaStacey
Book Blurb:
That Lake. This house. His friends. They all know what happened to my boy. I know they do. And you... you have to help me find the truth...
A weekend to remember…
Ten years ago, deeply in love, I would have done anything for Thomas Kirkwood.
But on the night of our graduation, fuelled by drink and drugs, Thomas’s lifeless body was found floating in the Kirkwood family lake. That weekend changed everything, and I swore I would never return to Kirkwood manor.
A weekend to forget…
Now, ten years later, I have been invited back to the place that holds such terrible memories for me, to a memorial weekend for Thomas, organised by his still-grieving mother Ada.
But this is no ordinary weekend. This is a reunion to catch a killer…and I fear that I could be top of Ada’s list….
Author Bio:
As well as being the author of eight books, Stacey also works full time as a Sales Director. She's also a fully qualified scuba diving instructor and has been known to happily jump in the sea with sharks, without a cage.
Following a life changing car accident in 2008, Stacey was left with limited mobility in her right arm. Unable to teach scuba diving professionally anymore, she turned to her love of writing, a hobby she’d followed avidly since being a teenager.
Her own life story, along with varied career choices helps Stacey to create stories with challenging and unpredictable plots.
Stacey's debut novel 'House of Secrets' was published in 2016 under her full name of Lynda Stacey.
Her latest book 'The Weekend' was published by Boldwood Books in February 2023, under her new author title of L.H. Stacey.
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Chloë Perrin


Chloë Perrin
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Title: His Royal Hopeless
Genre: Comedy Middle Grade
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/GatlinChloeP
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"Robbie is heir to wickedest dynasty in the world: the Sinistevils. He can't wait to embark on his bloodthirsty future. The only thing is, Robbie is... well... hopelesly nice! And that means life in this royal family is about to get horribly complicated."
Author Bio:
Chloë Perrin is a North Walian writer who loves feeding crows and prefers Halloween to Christmas. They are currently trying to raise an army of cats."
Genre: Comedy Middle Grade
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/GatlinChloeP
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"Robbie is heir to wickedest dynasty in the world: the Sinistevils. He can't wait to embark on his bloodthirsty future. The only thing is, Robbie is... well... hopelesly nice! And that means life in this royal family is about to get horribly complicated."
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Chloë Perrin is a North Walian writer who loves feeding crows and prefers Halloween to Christmas. They are currently trying to raise an army of cats."
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Santa Montefiore


Santa Montefiore
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Title: Wait For Me
Genre: Emotional Drama
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://santamontefiore.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SantaMontefiore
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New York, 1979.
It is Thanksgiving and Evelina has her close family and beloved friends gathered around, her heart weighted with gratitude for what she has and regret for what she has given up. She has lived in America for over thirty years, but she is still Italian in her soul.
Northern Italy, 1934.
Evelina leads a sheltered life with her parents and siblings in a villa of fading grandeur. When her elder sister Benedetta marries a banker, to suit her father’s wishes rather than her own, Evelina swears that she will never marry out of duty. She knows nothing of romantic love, but when she meets Ezra, son of the local dressmaker, her heart recognises it like an old friend.
Evelina wants these carefree days to last forever. She wants to bask in sunshine, beauty and love and pay no heed to the grey clouds gathering on the horizon. But nothing lasts forever. The shadows of war are darkening over Europe and precious lives are under threat…
Author Bio:
Santa Montefiore is the number one international bestselling author of 25 titles. She has sold over 6 million copies worldwide in 25 languages. She is married to the author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. They have two children and live in London.
Genre: Emotional Drama
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://santamontefiore.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SantaMontefiore
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New York, 1979.
It is Thanksgiving and Evelina has her close family and beloved friends gathered around, her heart weighted with gratitude for what she has and regret for what she has given up. She has lived in America for over thirty years, but she is still Italian in her soul.
Northern Italy, 1934.
Evelina leads a sheltered life with her parents and siblings in a villa of fading grandeur. When her elder sister Benedetta marries a banker, to suit her father’s wishes rather than her own, Evelina swears that she will never marry out of duty. She knows nothing of romantic love, but when she meets Ezra, son of the local dressmaker, her heart recognises it like an old friend.
Evelina wants these carefree days to last forever. She wants to bask in sunshine, beauty and love and pay no heed to the grey clouds gathering on the horizon. But nothing lasts forever. The shadows of war are darkening over Europe and precious lives are under threat…
Author Bio:
Santa Montefiore is the number one international bestselling author of 25 titles. She has sold over 6 million copies worldwide in 25 languages. She is married to the author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. They have two children and live in London.
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Janey Jones


Janey Jones
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Title: Princess Poppy
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/janeylit
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PLEASE, PLEASE SAVE THE BEES! It is never too early to introduce your child to the need to nurture our environment. Please, Please Save the Bees makes it accessible for young conservationists in the making! Dr Jess French as seen on CBeebies In this book, join Poppy and her friends as they discover why the bees have gone missing from Honeypot Hill. Without the bees there will be no more delicious strawberries, tomatoes, peas or honey treats. What can Princess Poppy do to save the bees? Follow the adventures of Princess Poppy and discover nature with her!
Author Bio:
Janey Jones is an author from Edinburgh who campaigns for education for women and girls globally.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
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Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/janeylit
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PLEASE, PLEASE SAVE THE BEES! It is never too early to introduce your child to the need to nurture our environment. Please, Please Save the Bees makes it accessible for young conservationists in the making! Dr Jess French as seen on CBeebies In this book, join Poppy and her friends as they discover why the bees have gone missing from Honeypot Hill. Without the bees there will be no more delicious strawberries, tomatoes, peas or honey treats. What can Princess Poppy do to save the bees? Follow the adventures of Princess Poppy and discover nature with her!
Author Bio:
Janey Jones is an author from Edinburgh who campaigns for education for women and girls globally.
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Vashti Hardy


Vashti Hardy
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Title: Serpent of the Sands
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.vashtihardy.com/landing-ethan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vashti_hardy
Book Blurb:
When Princess Ganzorig's uncle falls gravely ill, she sneaks out of the Citadel to find a powerful cure, said to be guarded by the Serpent of the Sands. But is it only a story? Is she chasing false hope? But the further Gan travels, the more secrets are revealed - and the more she questions everything she believes...
The fourth adventure in the Brightstorm Chronicles series, but this book can be read on its own!
The story is told from the perspective of Princess Gan, a fan-favourite character from Firesong
Perfect for fans of The Cogheart Adventures, Sky Song, Dragon Mountain, and The Land of Roar
Author Bio:
Vashti Hardy's breathtaking middle grade fantasies are published across the world in several languages. Wildspark won the Blue Peter Book Award ‘Best Story’ in 2020 and the FCBG Children’s Book Awards and Brightstorm was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, Books are My Bag Awards and Leeds Book Award. Brightstorm was also selected for Independent Booksellers Book of the Season and Primary School Book Club Reads.
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.vashtihardy.com/landing-ethan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vashti_hardy
Book Blurb:
When Princess Ganzorig's uncle falls gravely ill, she sneaks out of the Citadel to find a powerful cure, said to be guarded by the Serpent of the Sands. But is it only a story? Is she chasing false hope? But the further Gan travels, the more secrets are revealed - and the more she questions everything she believes...
The fourth adventure in the Brightstorm Chronicles series, but this book can be read on its own!
The story is told from the perspective of Princess Gan, a fan-favourite character from Firesong
Perfect for fans of The Cogheart Adventures, Sky Song, Dragon Mountain, and The Land of Roar
Author Bio:
Vashti Hardy's breathtaking middle grade fantasies are published across the world in several languages. Wildspark won the Blue Peter Book Award ‘Best Story’ in 2020 and the FCBG Children’s Book Awards and Brightstorm was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, Books are My Bag Awards and Leeds Book Award. Brightstorm was also selected for Independent Booksellers Book of the Season and Primary School Book Club Reads.
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Elisabeth Hobbes


Elisabeth Hobbes
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Title: The Promise Tree
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElisabethHobbes
Book Blurb:
When does a story begin?
For Edwin Hope, it begins with a childhood dare and a forbidden tree. It begins with him falling … in more ways than one.
Called home from his studies by the grandfather who has always hated him, eighteen-year-old Edwin is once again trapped in a house that is colder than the winds whipping across the fields. Seeking sanctuary, he escapes into the untamed beauty of the Peaks and meets a woman who sparks an old memory. A memory of the sycamore that broke him, and the little girl who saved him.
Drusilla has had many acolytes over the centuries but none like Edwin. With the Great War looming and Edwin’s future uncertain, she knows the right thing to do is to set him free from her spell, but can she do so if it means breaking her own heart?
Author Bio:
Elisabeth’s writing career began in 2013 when she entered Harlequin's So You Think You Can Write contest and it turned out she could. She writes romantic Historical fiction as Elisabeth Hobbes and Historical folklore/fantasy inspired romance as Elisabeth J. Hobbes.
She teaches Primary school but would rather write full time because unlike five year olds her characters generally do what she tells them. She spends most of her spare time reading and is a pro at cooking one-handed while holding a book.
She lives in Cheshire because the car broke down there in 1999 and she never left. Elisabeth has two almost grown kids, two cats, two dogs and a husband. The whole family are on the autistic spectrum and that probably includes the pets! She dreams of having a tidy house one day.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElisabethHobbes
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When does a story begin?
For Edwin Hope, it begins with a childhood dare and a forbidden tree. It begins with him falling … in more ways than one.
Called home from his studies by the grandfather who has always hated him, eighteen-year-old Edwin is once again trapped in a house that is colder than the winds whipping across the fields. Seeking sanctuary, he escapes into the untamed beauty of the Peaks and meets a woman who sparks an old memory. A memory of the sycamore that broke him, and the little girl who saved him.
Drusilla has had many acolytes over the centuries but none like Edwin. With the Great War looming and Edwin’s future uncertain, she knows the right thing to do is to set him free from her spell, but can she do so if it means breaking her own heart?
Author Bio:
Elisabeth’s writing career began in 2013 when she entered Harlequin's So You Think You Can Write contest and it turned out she could. She writes romantic Historical fiction as Elisabeth Hobbes and Historical folklore/fantasy inspired romance as Elisabeth J. Hobbes.
She teaches Primary school but would rather write full time because unlike five year olds her characters generally do what she tells them. She spends most of her spare time reading and is a pro at cooking one-handed while holding a book.
She lives in Cheshire because the car broke down there in 1999 and she never left. Elisabeth has two almost grown kids, two cats, two dogs and a husband. The whole family are on the autistic spectrum and that probably includes the pets! She dreams of having a tidy house one day.
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Jemma Hatt


Jemma Hatt
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Title: Secrets at No.6
Genre: Children's (ages 8-12)
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.jemmahatt.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JemmaHatt
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A new mystery adventure for ages 8-12 from the award-winning author of The Adventurers Series.
Edwardian London, a forbidden friendship and a house filled with secrets ...
A robbery rocks the entire household of No.6, and everyone is a suspect. Twelve-year-old trainee housemaid Alice and reclusive young aristocrat Theo are determined to solve the case. As they investigate upstairs and downstairs to track down the culprit, the mystery deepens and danger looms closer.
Join them in an adventure spanning the grand streets of Belgravia to the Docklands of the East End in their headlong race to uncover the truth.
Author Bio:
Jemma Hatt is an award-winning children's author whose books include The Adventurers Series' and the 'Mysterious Mansions Series'.
Growing up near Sevenoaks in South East England, Jemma developed with a passion for reading and writing short stories, which ultimately led to a degree in English Literature from the University of Exeter.
The Adventurers Series was inspired by many family holidays to Devon and Cornwall as well as the mysteries of Ancient Egypt.
After having lived and worked in London, New York and Delaware, Jemma is living in Kent and working on her next writing projects.
Genre: Children's (ages 8-12)
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.jemmahatt.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JemmaHatt
Book Blurb:
A new mystery adventure for ages 8-12 from the award-winning author of The Adventurers Series.
Edwardian London, a forbidden friendship and a house filled with secrets ...
A robbery rocks the entire household of No.6, and everyone is a suspect. Twelve-year-old trainee housemaid Alice and reclusive young aristocrat Theo are determined to solve the case. As they investigate upstairs and downstairs to track down the culprit, the mystery deepens and danger looms closer.
Join them in an adventure spanning the grand streets of Belgravia to the Docklands of the East End in their headlong race to uncover the truth.
Author Bio:
Jemma Hatt is an award-winning children's author whose books include The Adventurers Series' and the 'Mysterious Mansions Series'.
Growing up near Sevenoaks in South East England, Jemma developed with a passion for reading and writing short stories, which ultimately led to a degree in English Literature from the University of Exeter.
The Adventurers Series was inspired by many family holidays to Devon and Cornwall as well as the mysteries of Ancient Egypt.
After having lived and worked in London, New York and Delaware, Jemma is living in Kent and working on her next writing projects.
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Lot 127
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Daisy May Johnson


Daisy May Johnson
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Title: How To Be True
Genre: Children’s
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Website: http://didyoueverstoptothink.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaletfan
Book Blurb::
Edie was born to a family of troublemakers. When her activist parents leave Paris to protest around the globe, her grandmother decides it’s time she became a proper young lady and so sends her to the School of the Good Sisters.
But to Edie’s surprise, the nuns at the school teach genuinely useful things, like how to build a perfect library, cater for midnight feasts and make poison darts, and mischievous Edie feels right at home. When a school trip to Paris is planned, she worries about returning to the strict order of her grandmother’s chateau – but things are not as she left them. Soon Edie and her rebellious friends are caught up in a mystery involving a precious painting, secrets from her grandmother’s past and a very persistent burglar…
Author Bio:
Daisy May Johnson is the author of How to Be Brave, How to Be True and How to be Free. In her spare time, she researches children's literature and thinks very deeply about biscuits.
Genre: Children’s
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://didyoueverstoptothink.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaletfan
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Edie was born to a family of troublemakers. When her activist parents leave Paris to protest around the globe, her grandmother decides it’s time she became a proper young lady and so sends her to the School of the Good Sisters.
But to Edie’s surprise, the nuns at the school teach genuinely useful things, like how to build a perfect library, cater for midnight feasts and make poison darts, and mischievous Edie feels right at home. When a school trip to Paris is planned, she worries about returning to the strict order of her grandmother’s chateau – but things are not as she left them. Soon Edie and her rebellious friends are caught up in a mystery involving a precious painting, secrets from her grandmother’s past and a very persistent burglar…
Author Bio:
Daisy May Johnson is the author of How to Be Brave, How to Be True and How to be Free. In her spare time, she researches children's literature and thinks very deeply about biscuits.
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Julie-Ann Corrigan


Julie-Ann Corrigan
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Two Book Special
Title 1: The Nurse
Title 2: Bad Sister
Genre: Psychological Thrillers
Format: Paperbacks
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/juliannwriter
Book 1 Blurb:
When you hear her story, will you believe her?
Rose Marlowe is a hard-working nurse, a loving wife, and a merciless killer. Or so she says. Despite her confession, it is hard to believe that this beautiful, kind woman could have killed her vulnerable patient in cold blood.
Down-on-his-luck true crime author, Theo Hazel, is convinced that there’s more to what happened than Rose is telling, and so decides to visit her behind bars to write her story. His first surprise comes when Rose reveals that the victim was not a stranger to her.
As time goes on, it seems that Rose is letting Theo see behind her perfect mask. With each new visit, he learns terrible new things about her heart-breaking past. With each new visit, he becomes more and more convinced that she can’t be a killer. But is he trying to free an innocent woman, or falling prey to a calculating murderer?
Book 2 Blurb:
One rotten apple can spoil the bunch
The Keane sisters grew up together at Raven House, a luxurious riverside home that their mother inherited. On the day of a party at the house, tension fills the air as Jess, Natalie and Teresa all fear the exposure of things they’re desperate to hide. The beautiful evening is marred by tragedy, and a celebration turns into a nightmare when a young life is lost. It is a haunting reminder of a shocking event five years earlier.
As guests eye their companions with suspicion, it’s the family who have the most to hide. They turn on one another, with breathtaking malice and irrevocable consequences.
Years later, the sisters are barely hanging on to the scraps of their relationship. As another family celebration looms, long-held secrets come rushing to the surface. But someone is determined that the past will stay dead and buried, and will stop at nothing to prevent their mistakes being uncovered.
Which sister has the most to hide? A secret that they would kill to keep…
Author Bio:
Julie-Ann was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. She studied in London, completing a BA (Hons) Humanities degree, majoring in Modern History and English Literature. Travelling in Europe for several years, she taught in both Greece and Spain - countries and cultures she found fascinating. On return to the UK she gained a BSc (Physiotherapy), becoming a Chartered Physiotherapist. She lives in Berkshire with her family.
Title 1: The Nurse
Title 2: Bad Sister
Genre: Psychological Thrillers
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/juliannwriter
Book 1 Blurb:
When you hear her story, will you believe her?
Rose Marlowe is a hard-working nurse, a loving wife, and a merciless killer. Or so she says. Despite her confession, it is hard to believe that this beautiful, kind woman could have killed her vulnerable patient in cold blood.
Down-on-his-luck true crime author, Theo Hazel, is convinced that there’s more to what happened than Rose is telling, and so decides to visit her behind bars to write her story. His first surprise comes when Rose reveals that the victim was not a stranger to her.
As time goes on, it seems that Rose is letting Theo see behind her perfect mask. With each new visit, he learns terrible new things about her heart-breaking past. With each new visit, he becomes more and more convinced that she can’t be a killer. But is he trying to free an innocent woman, or falling prey to a calculating murderer?
Book 2 Blurb:
One rotten apple can spoil the bunch
The Keane sisters grew up together at Raven House, a luxurious riverside home that their mother inherited. On the day of a party at the house, tension fills the air as Jess, Natalie and Teresa all fear the exposure of things they’re desperate to hide. The beautiful evening is marred by tragedy, and a celebration turns into a nightmare when a young life is lost. It is a haunting reminder of a shocking event five years earlier.
As guests eye their companions with suspicion, it’s the family who have the most to hide. They turn on one another, with breathtaking malice and irrevocable consequences.
Years later, the sisters are barely hanging on to the scraps of their relationship. As another family celebration looms, long-held secrets come rushing to the surface. But someone is determined that the past will stay dead and buried, and will stop at nothing to prevent their mistakes being uncovered.
Which sister has the most to hide? A secret that they would kill to keep…
Author Bio:
Julie-Ann was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. She studied in London, completing a BA (Hons) Humanities degree, majoring in Modern History and English Literature. Travelling in Europe for several years, she taught in both Greece and Spain - countries and cultures she found fascinating. On return to the UK she gained a BSc (Physiotherapy), becoming a Chartered Physiotherapist. She lives in Berkshire with her family.
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Lot 129
£ 28
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Chris Tetreault-Blay


Chris Tetreault-Blay
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Title: 'It's A Long Way To The Moon'
Genre: Children's Fiction (Ages 2-6 years)
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/TetreaultBlay
Book Blurb:
Chris Tetreault-Blay's `It's a Long Way to the Moon' is a heart-warming, inspirational rhyming picture book that follows the exploits of a moth with just one dream - to fly to the moon. Along with help from some lovable animal friends, he discovers an easier way to accomplish his goal, and invites children along for the ride. Taking its cues from the works of such greats as Julia Donaldson and Eric Carle, Tetreault-Blay's creation is set to become a classic in itself.
Author Bio:
Being a fan of horror film & fiction, sci-fi and heavy metal, Chris Tetreault-Blay naturally worked towards his own novel whilst writing three different short stories - all of which will have morphed in some way to form what eventually became The Wildermoor Apocalypse trilogy. Upon discovering and taking part in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) 2014, Chris was finally given the chance to bring all of the pieces together to write the first in this series – his debut novel, ‘Acolyte’.
Chris' role as a father and his enjoyment of reading bedtime stories to his children inspired him to finally try his hand at writing a children's book of his own, resulting in his debut offering 'It's A Long Way to The Moon' in 2019. Drawing on Chris' own love of Julia Donaldson and Eric Carle's work, the story follows the adorable Little Brown Moth on his mission to achieve his dream - and fly to the moon!
Chris also became a podcaster during the pandemic, where he is currently the producer and host of four different series, each following one of his passions in life.
Originally hailed from Basingstoke, Chris moved to sunny Devon after graduating from Staffordshire University in 2005, where he lives with his wife and twin children.
Genre: Children's Fiction (Ages 2-6 years)
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TetreaultBlay
Book Blurb:
Chris Tetreault-Blay's `It's a Long Way to the Moon' is a heart-warming, inspirational rhyming picture book that follows the exploits of a moth with just one dream - to fly to the moon. Along with help from some lovable animal friends, he discovers an easier way to accomplish his goal, and invites children along for the ride. Taking its cues from the works of such greats as Julia Donaldson and Eric Carle, Tetreault-Blay's creation is set to become a classic in itself.
Author Bio:
Being a fan of horror film & fiction, sci-fi and heavy metal, Chris Tetreault-Blay naturally worked towards his own novel whilst writing three different short stories - all of which will have morphed in some way to form what eventually became The Wildermoor Apocalypse trilogy. Upon discovering and taking part in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) 2014, Chris was finally given the chance to bring all of the pieces together to write the first in this series – his debut novel, ‘Acolyte’.
Chris' role as a father and his enjoyment of reading bedtime stories to his children inspired him to finally try his hand at writing a children's book of his own, resulting in his debut offering 'It's A Long Way to The Moon' in 2019. Drawing on Chris' own love of Julia Donaldson and Eric Carle's work, the story follows the adorable Little Brown Moth on his mission to achieve his dream - and fly to the moon!
Chris also became a podcaster during the pandemic, where he is currently the producer and host of four different series, each following one of his passions in life.
Originally hailed from Basingstoke, Chris moved to sunny Devon after graduating from Staffordshire University in 2005, where he lives with his wife and twin children.
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Lot 130
£ 21
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Tracey Corderoy


Tracey Corderoy
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Title: Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Train Trouble
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picturebook
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.traceycorderoy.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TraceyCorderoy
Book Blurb:
All aboard for an exciting new Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam escapade!
When Shifty and Sam are asked to bake on board the Pawrient Express, travelling to Venice for Carnival night, they find themselves caught up in a robbery. A sneaky thief has stolen the posh passengers’ gems and she’s making her escape in a getaway gondola! The doggy detectives are hot on her tail, but can they unmask that kitty-cat criminal and save the day?
Author Bio:
Tracey grew up in South Wales, on a council estate firmly sandwiched between the steel and chemical works.
She’s a trained teacher but now writes stories in an ancient cottage in the woods. A multi award-winning author, her first book was published in 2010, and in March 2022, her 73rd.
As a young child, Tracey owned few books. But thanks to an ancient set of encyclopaedias and a Ladybird copy of Cinderella, her passion for nosing into other people’s ‘stories’ began early on.
Some years later, one very special teacher fed Tracey more and more books. Between their pages real magic then started to happen. Books made her laugh and cry and think.
They made her feel that – maybe she could do things…
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picturebook
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.traceycorderoy.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TraceyCorderoy
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All aboard for an exciting new Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam escapade!
When Shifty and Sam are asked to bake on board the Pawrient Express, travelling to Venice for Carnival night, they find themselves caught up in a robbery. A sneaky thief has stolen the posh passengers’ gems and she’s making her escape in a getaway gondola! The doggy detectives are hot on her tail, but can they unmask that kitty-cat criminal and save the day?
Author Bio:
Tracey grew up in South Wales, on a council estate firmly sandwiched between the steel and chemical works.
She’s a trained teacher but now writes stories in an ancient cottage in the woods. A multi award-winning author, her first book was published in 2010, and in March 2022, her 73rd.
As a young child, Tracey owned few books. But thanks to an ancient set of encyclopaedias and a Ladybird copy of Cinderella, her passion for nosing into other people’s ‘stories’ began early on.
Some years later, one very special teacher fed Tracey more and more books. Between their pages real magic then started to happen. Books made her laugh and cry and think.
They made her feel that – maybe she could do things…
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Lot 131
£ 17
4
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Catherine Cooper


Catherine Cooper
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131
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Title: The Island
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://catherinecooperauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/catherinecooper
Book Blurb:
The perfect escape, or the perfect trap?
When a select group of influencers and journalists receive an exclusive invitation to a luxury resort in the Maldives, it seems like the ultimate press trip.
But when the island is cut off during a storm and people start dying, it looks like someone has murder in mind.
Are the guests really who they seem to be, or does each one of them have a secret to hide?
Something they would kill for?
Lose yourself in the latest twisty page-turner from the queen of glamorous crime, Catherine Cooper.
Author Bio:
I am a freelance journalist living in the South of France with my husband and two teenage children. We moved from London in 2009 so that the children could grow up bilingual and we could all ski more, and to enjoy a more relaxed pace of life.
I learned to ski on a school trip when I was 14 and have loved it ever since.
I'm an avid thriller reader and have been since I discovered Agatha Christie as a child.
Other than skiing and reading I love travel, theme parks (the pic on this page was taken on a rollercoaster in Spain) and I spend far too much time on social media. Some of my other favourite things include Alan Partridge, sparkly flip flops and salt and vinegar crisps.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://catherinecooperauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/catherinecooper
Book Blurb:
The perfect escape, or the perfect trap?
When a select group of influencers and journalists receive an exclusive invitation to a luxury resort in the Maldives, it seems like the ultimate press trip.
But when the island is cut off during a storm and people start dying, it looks like someone has murder in mind.
Are the guests really who they seem to be, or does each one of them have a secret to hide?
Something they would kill for?
Lose yourself in the latest twisty page-turner from the queen of glamorous crime, Catherine Cooper.
Author Bio:
I am a freelance journalist living in the South of France with my husband and two teenage children. We moved from London in 2009 so that the children could grow up bilingual and we could all ski more, and to enjoy a more relaxed pace of life.
I learned to ski on a school trip when I was 14 and have loved it ever since.
I'm an avid thriller reader and have been since I discovered Agatha Christie as a child.
Other than skiing and reading I love travel, theme parks (the pic on this page was taken on a rollercoaster in Spain) and I spend far too much time on social media. Some of my other favourite things include Alan Partridge, sparkly flip flops and salt and vinegar crisps.
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Lot 132
£ 31
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Daniel Peak


Daniel Peak
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Book Title: Little Horror
Genre: Children’s Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iDanielPeak
Book Blurb:
Rita may only be two years old but she has the mind of a teenager. When her parents disappear and a sinister clown in an ice-cream van seems to be hunting her down, even a soft-play centre might not be safe…
Author Bio:
Daniel Peak is a Bafta and International Emmy Award-winning TV writer. His work includes Not Going Out, Code 404 and Horrible Histories
Genre: Children’s Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iDanielPeak
Book Blurb:
Rita may only be two years old but she has the mind of a teenager. When her parents disappear and a sinister clown in an ice-cream van seems to be hunting her down, even a soft-play centre might not be safe…
Author Bio:
Daniel Peak is a Bafta and International Emmy Award-winning TV writer. His work includes Not Going Out, Code 404 and Horrible Histories
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Lot 133
£ 22
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Susan Hughes


Susan Hughes
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Title: Sprout's Surprise
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication Available : YES
Postage & Packing: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SproutsSurprise
The Book:
Sprout is a playful little Brussel whose tummy keeps turning greener and greener but he doesn't know why! Puzzled, he asks Scarecrow if he knows the answer. But that's not his only surprise! What big discovery does Sprout make?
As he innocently goes about his day, Sprout somehow seems to end up in mischief and mayhem. A cheeky but loveable little Brussel, his antics will help children to make sense of the world around them. The ethos behind this book is that just like Sprout who is small, little children can learn about big issues too. He may be small in size, but he's big in surprise!
A fun rhyming story with a gentle eco-friendly message, perfect to share at home or in the classroom with preschool/early readers. Includes Sprout's Tips - story questions and themed activity ideas for children and grown-ups to do together.
The Author:
Susan Hughes lives in Derbyshire with her family and two rescue cats. With a background in primary and early years education, Susan is passionate about young children learning through play and for reading and writing to be fun. She loves that light bulb moment when young children pick up a book to 'read' for the first time, even if it is upside down! When young children learn without feeling they have been taught is when Susan feels she has done her job well. This lies at the heart of her writing.
Susan loves to write fun and engaging stories for children and grown-ups to share together which make you laugh, smile or maybe even bring a tear to your eye! Sprout's Surprise is the first in a series of fun escapades to develop children's understanding of the word around them.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication Available : YES
Postage & Packing: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SproutsSurprise
The Book:
Sprout is a playful little Brussel whose tummy keeps turning greener and greener but he doesn't know why! Puzzled, he asks Scarecrow if he knows the answer. But that's not his only surprise! What big discovery does Sprout make?
As he innocently goes about his day, Sprout somehow seems to end up in mischief and mayhem. A cheeky but loveable little Brussel, his antics will help children to make sense of the world around them. The ethos behind this book is that just like Sprout who is small, little children can learn about big issues too. He may be small in size, but he's big in surprise!
A fun rhyming story with a gentle eco-friendly message, perfect to share at home or in the classroom with preschool/early readers. Includes Sprout's Tips - story questions and themed activity ideas for children and grown-ups to do together.
The Author:
Susan Hughes lives in Derbyshire with her family and two rescue cats. With a background in primary and early years education, Susan is passionate about young children learning through play and for reading and writing to be fun. She loves that light bulb moment when young children pick up a book to 'read' for the first time, even if it is upside down! When young children learn without feeling they have been taught is when Susan feels she has done her job well. This lies at the heart of her writing.
Susan loves to write fun and engaging stories for children and grown-ups to share together which make you laugh, smile or maybe even bring a tear to your eye! Sprout's Surprise is the first in a series of fun escapades to develop children's understanding of the word around them.
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Lot 134
£ 25
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Amanda Mason


Amanda Mason
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Two Book Special
Title 1: The Wayward Girls
Genre: Supernatural Fiction
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Hiding Place
Genre: Supernatural Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedications available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://bonnierzaffre.us3.list-manage.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amandajanemason
Book 1 Blurb:
Then. 1976. Loo and her sister Bee live in a run-down cottage in the middle of nowhere, with their artistic parents and wild siblings. Their mother, Cathy, had hoped to escape to a simpler life; instead the family find themselves isolated and shunned by their neighbours. At the height of the stifling summer, unexplained noises and occurrences in the house begin to disturb the family, until they intrude on every waking moment .
Now. Loo, now Lucy, is called back to her childhood home. A group of strangers are looking to discover the truth about the house and the people who lived there. But is Lucy ready to confront what really happened all those years ago?
Book2 Blurb :
Nell Galilee, her husband and twelve year old step-daughter Maude rent a holiday cottage by the sea, needing time and space away from home. Nell grew up in this small, wind-blown town and has mixed feelings about returning, and it isn't long before she is recognised by a neighbour, seemingly desperate to befriend her. The cottage has been empty for some time, and from the start Nell feels uncomfortable there. Something isn't quite right about this place . . . Maude, furious about being brought here against her will, soon finds herself beguiled by the house's strange atmosphere. There are peculiar marks in the roof beams above her bedroom, and in another room, a hiding place, concealing a strange, unnerving object. As the house gradually reveals its secrets, Nell becomes increasingly uneasy - and Maude spellbound. But these women - and the women that surround them - are harbouring their own secrets too, and soon events will come to a terrible head . . .
Now. Loo, now Lucy, is called back to her childhood home. A group of strangers are looking to discover the truth about the house and the people who lived there. But is Lucy ready to confront what really happened all those years ago?
Autor Bio:
Amanda Mason was born and brought up in Whitby, North Yorkshire. She studied Theatre at Dartington College of Arts, where she began writing by devising and directing plays. After a few years of earning a very irregular living in lots of odd jobs, including performing in a comedy street magic act, she became a teacher and has worked in the UK, Italy, Spain and Germany. She now lives in North Yorkshire and has given up teaching for writing.
Her short stories have been published in various anthologies, and she is the author of two novels, THE WAYWARD GIRLS (2019) and THE HIDING PLACE (2021).
Title 1: The Wayward Girls
Genre: Supernatural Fiction
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Hiding Place
Genre: Supernatural Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedications available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://bonnierzaffre.us3.list-manage.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amandajanemason
Book 1 Blurb:
Then. 1976. Loo and her sister Bee live in a run-down cottage in the middle of nowhere, with their artistic parents and wild siblings. Their mother, Cathy, had hoped to escape to a simpler life; instead the family find themselves isolated and shunned by their neighbours. At the height of the stifling summer, unexplained noises and occurrences in the house begin to disturb the family, until they intrude on every waking moment .
Now. Loo, now Lucy, is called back to her childhood home. A group of strangers are looking to discover the truth about the house and the people who lived there. But is Lucy ready to confront what really happened all those years ago?
Book2 Blurb :
Nell Galilee, her husband and twelve year old step-daughter Maude rent a holiday cottage by the sea, needing time and space away from home. Nell grew up in this small, wind-blown town and has mixed feelings about returning, and it isn't long before she is recognised by a neighbour, seemingly desperate to befriend her. The cottage has been empty for some time, and from the start Nell feels uncomfortable there. Something isn't quite right about this place . . . Maude, furious about being brought here against her will, soon finds herself beguiled by the house's strange atmosphere. There are peculiar marks in the roof beams above her bedroom, and in another room, a hiding place, concealing a strange, unnerving object. As the house gradually reveals its secrets, Nell becomes increasingly uneasy - and Maude spellbound. But these women - and the women that surround them - are harbouring their own secrets too, and soon events will come to a terrible head . . .
Now. Loo, now Lucy, is called back to her childhood home. A group of strangers are looking to discover the truth about the house and the people who lived there. But is Lucy ready to confront what really happened all those years ago?
Autor Bio:
Amanda Mason was born and brought up in Whitby, North Yorkshire. She studied Theatre at Dartington College of Arts, where she began writing by devising and directing plays. After a few years of earning a very irregular living in lots of odd jobs, including performing in a comedy street magic act, she became a teacher and has worked in the UK, Italy, Spain and Germany. She now lives in North Yorkshire and has given up teaching for writing.
Her short stories have been published in various anthologies, and she is the author of two novels, THE WAYWARD GIRLS (2019) and THE HIDING PLACE (2021).
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Lot 135
£ 11
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Annie Payne


Annie Payne
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Title: the Doctor,
Genre: Medical Thriller (crime)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.candydenman.co.uk
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/CrimeCandy
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrimeCandy
Author Bio:
After publication of her novel, Deadly Treatment, Candy branched out into short story writing for radio and then started her television career on THE BILL. During her time there, the show was nominated for two Writer's Guild Awards. After brief sojourns on LONDON BRIDGE and CROSSROADS, Candy was part of the team that helped DOCTORS through development and into production with the BBC and she stayed with them through the first three series,. She has worked on three series of HEARTBEAT for ITV.
Candy is now working on a series of novels for The Book Folks, the first six, starting with Dead Pretty are already published along with an anthology of the first three: A Police Doctor Investigates. More books are planned in this series.
Candy also writes standalone thrillers for Avon under the name Annie Payne
Book Blurb:
Care giver, life saver… or cold-blooded killer?
Running away from a past she’d rather forget, Doctor Alison Wilson has moved to a new town to take up the role of Medical Officer at failing hospital St Margaret’s.
Tasked with shaking things up, she quickly learns that things are worse than they initially seem: patient records are in disarray, staff morale is low, and there’s something afoot that she can’t quite put her finger on…
As Alison starts to dig into the hospital’s past, she gradually discovers a trail of lies that runs deeper and darker than she could have ever imagined.
There’s a cold-blooded killer in the hospital. And they’re hiding in plain sight…
Genre: Medical Thriller (crime)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.candydenman.co.uk
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/CrimeCandy
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrimeCandy
Author Bio:
After publication of her novel, Deadly Treatment, Candy branched out into short story writing for radio and then started her television career on THE BILL. During her time there, the show was nominated for two Writer's Guild Awards. After brief sojourns on LONDON BRIDGE and CROSSROADS, Candy was part of the team that helped DOCTORS through development and into production with the BBC and she stayed with them through the first three series,. She has worked on three series of HEARTBEAT for ITV.
Candy is now working on a series of novels for The Book Folks, the first six, starting with Dead Pretty are already published along with an anthology of the first three: A Police Doctor Investigates. More books are planned in this series.
Candy also writes standalone thrillers for Avon under the name Annie Payne
Book Blurb:
Care giver, life saver… or cold-blooded killer?
Running away from a past she’d rather forget, Doctor Alison Wilson has moved to a new town to take up the role of Medical Officer at failing hospital St Margaret’s.
Tasked with shaking things up, she quickly learns that things are worse than they initially seem: patient records are in disarray, staff morale is low, and there’s something afoot that she can’t quite put her finger on…
As Alison starts to dig into the hospital’s past, she gradually discovers a trail of lies that runs deeper and darker than she could have ever imagined.
There’s a cold-blooded killer in the hospital. And they’re hiding in plain sight…
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Lot 136
£ 55
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Emma Cowell


Emma Cowell
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136
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Two Book Special plus Proof of Emma's next book
Title 1: One Last Letter From Greece
Genre: Mystery - Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The House in the OliveGrove
Genre: Mystery - Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
*Added Bonus: A proof of Emma's third novel- as yet untitled- to be published in
May 2024. The successful bidder will receive a copy to read before anyone else!
Website: https://www.emmacowell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/emmalloydcowell
Book 1 Blurb:
Devastated by her mother’s death, Sophie longs to get away from an empty house full of memories and a life that hasn’t quite turned out as she had imagined.
So when a chance discovery among her mother’s belongings hints at a past Sophie knows nothing of, she jumps at the opportunity for escape and a chance to heal. The magical, idyllic Greek town of Methoni awaits…
But Sophie – determined to uncover her mother’s secrets – is about to discover so much more. Among the tranquil waters and cozy tavernas, Methoni’s locals offer Sophie the answers she craves, along with unexpected romance and, if she’ll take it, a chance at her own happiness…
Book 2 Blurb:
Will one week in Greece change their lives for ever?
Chef Maria is running a successful cookery school in her home village of Petalidi, Greece – but she is also running from the secrets of her past.
Food journalist Kayla thought this was going to be just another work trip. But right before she leaves for Greece, she discovers that her whole life is built on a lie.
Jewellery-maker Alessandra has always lived according to her own rules – despite what it has cost her to do so. But she has just had some devastating news.
As these three very different women come together at the house in the olive grove, unlikely friendships blossom and a season of self-discovery begins. Will the sumptuous flavours, sapphire waters and golden sands of Greece give each of them the answers they so desperately seek?
Author Bio:
Emma lives in Cornwall with her husband, Tony, and their fur baby, a Russian Blue called Papoushka Gerald Cowell. A former actress and BBC presenter Emma has worked in the fundraising division of children’s palliative care for the last decade and is currently Head of Philanthropy for national charity Together for Short Lives. Segueing from being paid to talk for a living into writing was a natural progression, since story telling has been at the heart of her career to date. Outside of work, Emma is a keen angler and is attempting to learn Greek to maintain her love affair with the country where she has set her novels. She is yet to achieve a level of proficiency outside of tavernas and bakeries
Title 1: One Last Letter From Greece
Genre: Mystery - Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The House in the OliveGrove
Genre: Mystery - Romance
Format: Paperback
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May 2024. The successful bidder will receive a copy to read before anyone else!
Website: https://www.emmacowell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/emmalloydcowell
Book 1 Blurb:
Devastated by her mother’s death, Sophie longs to get away from an empty house full of memories and a life that hasn’t quite turned out as she had imagined.
So when a chance discovery among her mother’s belongings hints at a past Sophie knows nothing of, she jumps at the opportunity for escape and a chance to heal. The magical, idyllic Greek town of Methoni awaits…
But Sophie – determined to uncover her mother’s secrets – is about to discover so much more. Among the tranquil waters and cozy tavernas, Methoni’s locals offer Sophie the answers she craves, along with unexpected romance and, if she’ll take it, a chance at her own happiness…
Book 2 Blurb:
Will one week in Greece change their lives for ever?
Chef Maria is running a successful cookery school in her home village of Petalidi, Greece – but she is also running from the secrets of her past.
Food journalist Kayla thought this was going to be just another work trip. But right before she leaves for Greece, she discovers that her whole life is built on a lie.
Jewellery-maker Alessandra has always lived according to her own rules – despite what it has cost her to do so. But she has just had some devastating news.
As these three very different women come together at the house in the olive grove, unlikely friendships blossom and a season of self-discovery begins. Will the sumptuous flavours, sapphire waters and golden sands of Greece give each of them the answers they so desperately seek?
Author Bio:
Emma lives in Cornwall with her husband, Tony, and their fur baby, a Russian Blue called Papoushka Gerald Cowell. A former actress and BBC presenter Emma has worked in the fundraising division of children’s palliative care for the last decade and is currently Head of Philanthropy for national charity Together for Short Lives. Segueing from being paid to talk for a living into writing was a natural progression, since story telling has been at the heart of her career to date. Outside of work, Emma is a keen angler and is attempting to learn Greek to maintain her love affair with the country where she has set her novels. She is yet to achieve a level of proficiency outside of tavernas and bakeries
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Louise Beech


Louise Beech
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Title: Eighteen Seconds: a shocking and gripping memoir of horror, forgiveness and love
Genre: Memoir
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://louisebeech.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouiseWriter
Book Blurb:
My mother once said to me, ‘I wish you could feel the way I do for eighteen seconds. Just eighteen seconds, so you’d know how awful it is.’
I thought about it. Realised we could all learn from being in another person’s head for eighteen seconds. Eighteen seconds inside Grandma Roberts’ head as she sat alone with her evening cup of tea, us girls upstairs in bed. Eighteen seconds inside one-year-old Colin’s head when he woke up in a foster home without his family. Eighteen seconds inside the head of a girl waiting for her bedroom door to open.
Writer, Louise Beech, looks back on the events that led to the day her mother wrote down her last words, then jumped off the Humber Bridge. She missed witnessing the horror herself by minutes.
Louise recounts the pain and trauma of her childhood alongside her love for her siblings with a delicious dark humour and a profound voice of hope for the future.
Author Bio:
Louise's debut novel, How to be Brave, was a Guardian Readers' pick in 2015 and a top ten bestseller on Amazon. The Mountain in my Shoe longlisted for the Guardian's Not The Booker Prize 2016. The Sunday Mirror called Maria in the Moon 'quirky, darkly comic, original and heartfelt'. It was also a Must Read in the Sunday Express and a Book of the Year at LoveReadingUK. The Lion Tamer Who Lost was described as 'engrossing and captivating' by the Daily Express. It also shortlisted for the RNA's Romantic Novel of the Year and longlisted for the Polari Prize 2019. Call Me Star Girl hit number one on Kobo. It also longlisted for the Not The Booker Prize and won the Best magazine Big Book Award 2019. This Is How We Are Human was a Clare Mackintosh August Book of the Month 2021. Audiobook memoir Daffodils came out in 2022, and novel Nothing Else too. Her memoir is coming in paperback as Eighteen Seconds April 2023.
Louise also writes as Louise Swanson.
Genre: Memoir
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://louisebeech.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouiseWriter
Book Blurb:
My mother once said to me, ‘I wish you could feel the way I do for eighteen seconds. Just eighteen seconds, so you’d know how awful it is.’
I thought about it. Realised we could all learn from being in another person’s head for eighteen seconds. Eighteen seconds inside Grandma Roberts’ head as she sat alone with her evening cup of tea, us girls upstairs in bed. Eighteen seconds inside one-year-old Colin’s head when he woke up in a foster home without his family. Eighteen seconds inside the head of a girl waiting for her bedroom door to open.
Writer, Louise Beech, looks back on the events that led to the day her mother wrote down her last words, then jumped off the Humber Bridge. She missed witnessing the horror herself by minutes.
Louise recounts the pain and trauma of her childhood alongside her love for her siblings with a delicious dark humour and a profound voice of hope for the future.
Author Bio:
Louise's debut novel, How to be Brave, was a Guardian Readers' pick in 2015 and a top ten bestseller on Amazon. The Mountain in my Shoe longlisted for the Guardian's Not The Booker Prize 2016. The Sunday Mirror called Maria in the Moon 'quirky, darkly comic, original and heartfelt'. It was also a Must Read in the Sunday Express and a Book of the Year at LoveReadingUK. The Lion Tamer Who Lost was described as 'engrossing and captivating' by the Daily Express. It also shortlisted for the RNA's Romantic Novel of the Year and longlisted for the Polari Prize 2019. Call Me Star Girl hit number one on Kobo. It also longlisted for the Not The Booker Prize and won the Best magazine Big Book Award 2019. This Is How We Are Human was a Clare Mackintosh August Book of the Month 2021. Audiobook memoir Daffodils came out in 2022, and novel Nothing Else too. Her memoir is coming in paperback as Eighteen Seconds April 2023.
Louise also writes as Louise Swanson.
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Bernard Cornwell


Bernard Cornwell
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Title: Sharpe’s Assassin
Genre: Historical Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.bernardcornwell.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BernardCornwell
Book Blurb:
SHARPE IS BACK.
The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.
If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . .
Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he joined the army twenty-one years ago, and it’s been his home ever since. He’s a loose cannon, but his unconventional methods make him a valuable weapon.
So when, the dust still settling after the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington needs a favour, he turns to Sharpe. For Wellington knows that the end of one war is only the beginning of another. Napoleon's army may be defeated, but another enemy lies waiting in the shadows – a secretive group of fanatical revolutionaries hell-bent on revenge.
Sharpe is dispatched to a new battleground: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe. And in search of a spy, he will have to defeat a lethal assassin determined to kill his target or die trying . . .
Bernard Cornwell's book 'Sharpe’s Assassin' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 13-12-2021.
Author Bio:
Bernard Cornwell was born in London and worked in television until he met his American wife and moved to the US. Denied a work permit, he wrote a novel and has been writing ever since.
A master storyteller with a passion for history, his current bestselling series, THE LAST KINGDOM, is centred around the creation of England. It is also a major TV series on Netflix, with Bernard playing a cameo role in season three. The fourth season is currently being filmed.
He is also the author of THE GRAIL QUEST series, set in the Hundred Years’ War, THE WARLORD chronicles, set in Arthurian Britain, a number of standalone novels, one non-fiction work on Waterloo and the series with which he began, the SHARPE series.
Genre: Historical Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.bernardcornwell.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BernardCornwell
Book Blurb:
SHARPE IS BACK.
The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.
If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . .
Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he joined the army twenty-one years ago, and it’s been his home ever since. He’s a loose cannon, but his unconventional methods make him a valuable weapon.
So when, the dust still settling after the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington needs a favour, he turns to Sharpe. For Wellington knows that the end of one war is only the beginning of another. Napoleon's army may be defeated, but another enemy lies waiting in the shadows – a secretive group of fanatical revolutionaries hell-bent on revenge.
Sharpe is dispatched to a new battleground: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe. And in search of a spy, he will have to defeat a lethal assassin determined to kill his target or die trying . . .
Bernard Cornwell's book 'Sharpe’s Assassin' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 13-12-2021.
Author Bio:
Bernard Cornwell was born in London and worked in television until he met his American wife and moved to the US. Denied a work permit, he wrote a novel and has been writing ever since.
A master storyteller with a passion for history, his current bestselling series, THE LAST KINGDOM, is centred around the creation of England. It is also a major TV series on Netflix, with Bernard playing a cameo role in season three. The fourth season is currently being filmed.
He is also the author of THE GRAIL QUEST series, set in the Hundred Years’ War, THE WARLORD chronicles, set in Arthurian Britain, a number of standalone novels, one non-fiction work on Waterloo and the series with which he began, the SHARPE series.
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Lot 139
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Caroline Roberts


Caroline Roberts
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Two Book Special
Title 1: The Seaside Cocktail Campervan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Christmas Cocktail Campervan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Website: http://carolinerobertswriter.blogspot.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_caroroberts
Book Blurb:
Escape to the beautiful Northumberland coast and countryside with Lucy, Jack and 'The Seaside Cocktail Campervan'. Books 1 and 2. Romantic and heartwarming.
Author Bio:
Family, friends, food, a glass of bubbly and, of course, a good book make Caroline smile. She loves writing emotional stories about love, loss, learning and hope, all set in her stunning home county of Northumberland.
Title 1: The Seaside Cocktail Campervan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Christmas Cocktail Campervan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://carolinerobertswriter.blogspot.co.uk
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Escape to the beautiful Northumberland coast and countryside with Lucy, Jack and 'The Seaside Cocktail Campervan'. Books 1 and 2. Romantic and heartwarming.
Author Bio:
Family, friends, food, a glass of bubbly and, of course, a good book make Caroline smile. She loves writing emotional stories about love, loss, learning and hope, all set in her stunning home county of Northumberland.
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Lot 140
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Sally Page


Sally Page
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Title: The Book of Beginnings
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://sallypage.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SallyPageBooks
Book Blurb:
This is a book about how friendship can develop in the most unexpected places and, as George Eliot once wrote, ‘It is never too late to be what you might have been.’. The story starts when Jo Sorsby moves from the North East to London to look after her uncle’s shop. She is dealing with the end of a relationship and is wondering what to do with her life. Soon she forms an unlikely friendship with Rev Ruth (a runaway vicar) and Malcolm, a septuagenarian who is researching a book he never writes.
Author Bio:
Sally Page is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Keeper of Stories, which has now sold over 500k copies.
After studying history at university, Sally worked in a number of different jobs, including running a market research company and also a flower shop – which inspired her series of non-fiction flower books. Later, Sally founded her pen company, PLOOMS, when she could not find the fountain pen that she wanted. Her passion for stationery partly inspired her second novel, The Book of Beginnings, which is set in small stationery shop in London. Sally now lives in Dorset. Her eldest daughter, Alex, is studying to be a doctor and her youngest daughter is the author Libby Page.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://sallypage.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SallyPageBooks
Book Blurb:
This is a book about how friendship can develop in the most unexpected places and, as George Eliot once wrote, ‘It is never too late to be what you might have been.’. The story starts when Jo Sorsby moves from the North East to London to look after her uncle’s shop. She is dealing with the end of a relationship and is wondering what to do with her life. Soon she forms an unlikely friendship with Rev Ruth (a runaway vicar) and Malcolm, a septuagenarian who is researching a book he never writes.
Author Bio:
Sally Page is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Keeper of Stories, which has now sold over 500k copies.
After studying history at university, Sally worked in a number of different jobs, including running a market research company and also a flower shop – which inspired her series of non-fiction flower books. Later, Sally founded her pen company, PLOOMS, when she could not find the fountain pen that she wanted. Her passion for stationery partly inspired her second novel, The Book of Beginnings, which is set in small stationery shop in London. Sally now lives in Dorset. Her eldest daughter, Alex, is studying to be a doctor and her youngest daughter is the author Libby Page.
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Lot 141
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Sam Holland


Sam Holland
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Title: The Twenty
Genre: Crime Thriller
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Website: https://www.samhollandbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamHollandBooks
Book Blurb:
A SHOCKING CRIME SCENE…
DCI Adam Bishop has never seen anything like it. Five murder victims – all with numbers written above. And the spray-painted daubs reveal a horrific truth: the killer is counting down…
A CASE THAT TWISTS AND TURNS…
When Dr Romilly Cole learns of the murders, they trigger memories of a traumatic past she has tried hard to forget. But getting involved with the case is a bad idea. She and Bishop have history – and working together could never end well.
A RACE AGAINST TIME TO STOP A KILLER…
Adam and Romilly soon realise the truth lies in a decades-old case, and only Romilly holds the key. But they must act quickly, because with every passing day, there are more victims. And as the numbers edge toward zero, the murders get closer to home…
Author Bio:
Having always been fascinated with the dark and macabre, Sam Holland studied psychology at university then spent the next few years working in HR, before quitting for a full-time career in writing. A self-confessed serial killer nerd, her debut novel, The Echo Man, shocked and enthralled readers and reviewers alike with its sinister depiction of a serial killer copying notorious real-life murderers of the past. The Twenty is her second novel.
Genre: Crime Thriller
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Website: https://www.samhollandbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamHollandBooks
Book Blurb:
A SHOCKING CRIME SCENE…
DCI Adam Bishop has never seen anything like it. Five murder victims – all with numbers written above. And the spray-painted daubs reveal a horrific truth: the killer is counting down…
A CASE THAT TWISTS AND TURNS…
When Dr Romilly Cole learns of the murders, they trigger memories of a traumatic past she has tried hard to forget. But getting involved with the case is a bad idea. She and Bishop have history – and working together could never end well.
A RACE AGAINST TIME TO STOP A KILLER…
Adam and Romilly soon realise the truth lies in a decades-old case, and only Romilly holds the key. But they must act quickly, because with every passing day, there are more victims. And as the numbers edge toward zero, the murders get closer to home…
Author Bio:
Having always been fascinated with the dark and macabre, Sam Holland studied psychology at university then spent the next few years working in HR, before quitting for a full-time career in writing. A self-confessed serial killer nerd, her debut novel, The Echo Man, shocked and enthralled readers and reviewers alike with its sinister depiction of a serial killer copying notorious real-life murderers of the past. The Twenty is her second novel.
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Lot 142
£ 39
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Louisa Scarr


Louisa Scarr
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Butler & West 5 Book Series
Title 1: Last Place You Look
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Under a Dark Cloud
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Blink of an Eye
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 4: Seen To Be Believed
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 5: Out of the Ashes
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/paperclipgirl
Book 1 Blurb:
The man you love has been murdered. You’d do anything to find out the truth. Wouldn’t you?
A man lies dead in a hotel room, and the police attend his home address to inform the widow. Nothing unusual, until DC Freya West realises that the victim is the man she has been having an affair with. The future she imagined has been snatched away.
Meanwhile, her new boss, DS Robin Butler, is preoccupied with his own problems. Mistakes he thought were buried deep in his past now threaten to be exposed. Before long, both Butler and West are keeping secrets that could end their careers – and worse.
When the detectives have a chance to tell the truth, they choose to keep quiet. But once that line is crossed, is there any going back? After all, breaking the law is easy when you know how to uphold it.
Book 2 Blurb:
One dead body. One witness. One answer.
Early one morning, DS Robin Butler is summoned to a crime scene. Not as a policeman, but as best friend to renowned meteorologist, Dr Finn Mason. The morning after studying an enormous storm, Finn has locked himself in a van. Bloodied, confused, and with no memory of how he came to be there. And alongside him – a dead body.
Butler sets out to prove Finn’s innocence, his friend now accused of murder. Meanwhile, DC Freya West is struggling to cope. She has been plagued by nightmares since the events of nine months ago. Freya assists her boss on his quest to clear Finn’s name, but while Butler becomes increasingly desperate to help his boyhood friend, Freya is crumbling under the weight of the secrets she is keeping.
As the past threatens to consume them both, do both detectives stand to lose more than they can bear?
Book 3 Blurb:
Five friends meet. Only four come home.
On Christmas morning, DS Robin Butler has no plans to celebrate. He’ll be glad to get back to work – a wish that comes true sooner than he anticipates. A dog walker at a local beach has discovered five unresponsive people strewn across the shingle. By the time Robin arrives, one is pronounced dead, and the other four are being treated in hospital.
DC Freya West is less than pleased when the romantic day with her boyfriend is scuppered, but duty calls. As she and Butler speak to those involved, it’s clear something is being left unsaid. They claim they are friends, and that they don’t know how one of the group was killed. But why are they so cagey?
A cold case investigation unlocks some answers about the history between the beach-going gang, yet they’re tight-lipped about what prompted them to meet on Christmas Eve. Butler and West are getting nowhere, and their partnership is about to face another test. When Freya wants to come clean about events in her past, it’s not just her neck on the line, but Robin’s too. Can their relationship survive if their pact of silence is broken?
Book 4 Blurb:
Nothing is as it seems, for Butler and West.
One spring evening, a mother and her children are brutally attacked in their home. The unprovoked and violent assault leaves DS Robin Butler and DC Freya West in the dark – the luxury items were left untouched and there is no apparent motive.
The investigation’s only lead is Andrew Grace, the husband who was not home at the time. He and his business partner have created unique virtual reality software which is valuable and extremely dangerous in the wrong hands. Robin and Freya are stonewalled by uncooperative witnesses at every turn but when a woman linked to the work of Andrew and his co-founder is kidnapped, the need for progress becomes critical.
Failure to solve the case will result in murder. Meanwhile, Robin and Freya’s unresolved feelings have come to the surface and they must finally face facts. But is it too late? In a case where nothing is as it seems, are Robin and Freya doomed to never find the truth?
Book 5 Blurb:
When an old friend tells DS Freya West that she’s being stalked by someone she met online, Freya promises to help. But there are no leads, and the dating site refuses to give up their data.
To make matters more complicated, DI Robin Butler is back in town. He’s investigating a string of arson attacks that have escalated to murder, and the cases seem to be connected somehow. They’re going to need their wits about them…
Because this is a killer more devious than any they’ve hunted before, and he wants to obliterate everything they hold dear.
Author Bio:
Louisa Scarr studied Psychology at the University of Southampton and has lived in and around the city ever since. She works as a freelance copywriter and editor, and when she's not writing, she can be found pounding the streets in running shoes or swimming in muddy lakes.
She is the author of the Butler and West crime series, published by Canelo Crime, beginning with Last Place You Look and ending with Out of the Ashes.
Title 1: Last Place You Look
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Under a Dark Cloud
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Blink of an Eye
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 4: Seen To Be Believed
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Title 5: Out of the Ashes
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/paperclipgirl
Book 1 Blurb:
The man you love has been murdered. You’d do anything to find out the truth. Wouldn’t you?
A man lies dead in a hotel room, and the police attend his home address to inform the widow. Nothing unusual, until DC Freya West realises that the victim is the man she has been having an affair with. The future she imagined has been snatched away.
Meanwhile, her new boss, DS Robin Butler, is preoccupied with his own problems. Mistakes he thought were buried deep in his past now threaten to be exposed. Before long, both Butler and West are keeping secrets that could end their careers – and worse.
When the detectives have a chance to tell the truth, they choose to keep quiet. But once that line is crossed, is there any going back? After all, breaking the law is easy when you know how to uphold it.
Book 2 Blurb:
One dead body. One witness. One answer.
Early one morning, DS Robin Butler is summoned to a crime scene. Not as a policeman, but as best friend to renowned meteorologist, Dr Finn Mason. The morning after studying an enormous storm, Finn has locked himself in a van. Bloodied, confused, and with no memory of how he came to be there. And alongside him – a dead body.
Butler sets out to prove Finn’s innocence, his friend now accused of murder. Meanwhile, DC Freya West is struggling to cope. She has been plagued by nightmares since the events of nine months ago. Freya assists her boss on his quest to clear Finn’s name, but while Butler becomes increasingly desperate to help his boyhood friend, Freya is crumbling under the weight of the secrets she is keeping.
As the past threatens to consume them both, do both detectives stand to lose more than they can bear?
Book 3 Blurb:
Five friends meet. Only four come home.
On Christmas morning, DS Robin Butler has no plans to celebrate. He’ll be glad to get back to work – a wish that comes true sooner than he anticipates. A dog walker at a local beach has discovered five unresponsive people strewn across the shingle. By the time Robin arrives, one is pronounced dead, and the other four are being treated in hospital.
DC Freya West is less than pleased when the romantic day with her boyfriend is scuppered, but duty calls. As she and Butler speak to those involved, it’s clear something is being left unsaid. They claim they are friends, and that they don’t know how one of the group was killed. But why are they so cagey?
A cold case investigation unlocks some answers about the history between the beach-going gang, yet they’re tight-lipped about what prompted them to meet on Christmas Eve. Butler and West are getting nowhere, and their partnership is about to face another test. When Freya wants to come clean about events in her past, it’s not just her neck on the line, but Robin’s too. Can their relationship survive if their pact of silence is broken?
Book 4 Blurb:
Nothing is as it seems, for Butler and West.
One spring evening, a mother and her children are brutally attacked in their home. The unprovoked and violent assault leaves DS Robin Butler and DC Freya West in the dark – the luxury items were left untouched and there is no apparent motive.
The investigation’s only lead is Andrew Grace, the husband who was not home at the time. He and his business partner have created unique virtual reality software which is valuable and extremely dangerous in the wrong hands. Robin and Freya are stonewalled by uncooperative witnesses at every turn but when a woman linked to the work of Andrew and his co-founder is kidnapped, the need for progress becomes critical.
Failure to solve the case will result in murder. Meanwhile, Robin and Freya’s unresolved feelings have come to the surface and they must finally face facts. But is it too late? In a case where nothing is as it seems, are Robin and Freya doomed to never find the truth?
Book 5 Blurb:
When an old friend tells DS Freya West that she’s being stalked by someone she met online, Freya promises to help. But there are no leads, and the dating site refuses to give up their data.
To make matters more complicated, DI Robin Butler is back in town. He’s investigating a string of arson attacks that have escalated to murder, and the cases seem to be connected somehow. They’re going to need their wits about them…
Because this is a killer more devious than any they’ve hunted before, and he wants to obliterate everything they hold dear.
Author Bio:
Louisa Scarr studied Psychology at the University of Southampton and has lived in and around the city ever since. She works as a freelance copywriter and editor, and when she's not writing, she can be found pounding the streets in running shoes or swimming in muddy lakes.
She is the author of the Butler and West crime series, published by Canelo Crime, beginning with Last Place You Look and ending with Out of the Ashes.
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Lot 143
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Hannah Dolby


Hannah Dolby
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Title: No Life For A Lady
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/LadyDolby
Book blurb:
Read the most uplifting historical debut of 2023! Perfect for fans of Dear Mrs Bird, The Maid and Lessons in Chemistry.
Violet Hamilton is a woman who knows her own mind. Which, in 1896, can make things a little complicated...
At 28, Violet's father is beginning to worry she will never find a husband. But every suitor he presents, Violet finds a new and inventive means of rebuffing.
Because Violet does not want to marry. She wants to work, and make her own way in the world. But more than anything, she wants to find her mother Lily, who disappeared from Hastings Pier 10 years earlier.
Finding the missing is no job for a lady, but when Violet hires a seaside detective to help, she sets off a chain of events that will put more than just her reputation at risk.
Can Violet solve the mystery of Lily Hamilton's vanishing before it's too late?
Readers adore No Life For a Lady:
'Glorious... it's funny from the start.' Daily Mail
'A charming, humorous and glorious read!' Woman's Weekly
'A GORGEOUS historical romcom with lashings of mystery... Joyful!' Sophie Irwin
'Charming, exhilarating, fabulously funny and so full of heart – Violet is the heroine I've been waiting for.' Daisy Buchanan
'So original and well written, I couldn't put it down... I can't remember rooting for a heroine as hard as I did for Violet.' Lucy Vine
'Delightful, original, cleverly crafted and completely addictive. Violet Hamilton is one of those characters who slips into your heart straight away and radiates joy. I loved it!' Hazel Prior
'Impeccably researched, with a slowly unfurling mystery at its heart, this witty and uplifting story belongs entirely to Violet – a lady determined to tackle life (and love!) on her own terms' Julietta Henderson
'Violet's story is moving, inspiring and very, very funny; a complete triumph' Celia Anderson
'Watch out Enola Holmes - Violet Hamilton is on the case! Pure joy and utterly charming!' Faith Hogan
'Eleanor Oliphant for historical fiction fans, with a dash of detective work and mystery thrown in. I loved everything about it.' Katie Lumsden
Author Bio:
Hannah Dolby's first job was in the circus and she is keen to keep life as interesting. She trained as a journalist in Hastings and has worked in PR for many years, promoting museums, galleries, palaces, gardens and even Dolly the sheep. She completed the Curtis Brown selective three-month novel writing course, and she won runner-up in the Comedy Women in Print Awards for this novel with the prize of a place on an MA in Comedy Writing at the University of Falmouth.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LadyDolby
Book blurb:
Read the most uplifting historical debut of 2023! Perfect for fans of Dear Mrs Bird, The Maid and Lessons in Chemistry.
Violet Hamilton is a woman who knows her own mind. Which, in 1896, can make things a little complicated...
At 28, Violet's father is beginning to worry she will never find a husband. But every suitor he presents, Violet finds a new and inventive means of rebuffing.
Because Violet does not want to marry. She wants to work, and make her own way in the world. But more than anything, she wants to find her mother Lily, who disappeared from Hastings Pier 10 years earlier.
Finding the missing is no job for a lady, but when Violet hires a seaside detective to help, she sets off a chain of events that will put more than just her reputation at risk.
Can Violet solve the mystery of Lily Hamilton's vanishing before it's too late?
Readers adore No Life For a Lady:
'Glorious... it's funny from the start.' Daily Mail
'A charming, humorous and glorious read!' Woman's Weekly
'A GORGEOUS historical romcom with lashings of mystery... Joyful!' Sophie Irwin
'Charming, exhilarating, fabulously funny and so full of heart – Violet is the heroine I've been waiting for.' Daisy Buchanan
'So original and well written, I couldn't put it down... I can't remember rooting for a heroine as hard as I did for Violet.' Lucy Vine
'Delightful, original, cleverly crafted and completely addictive. Violet Hamilton is one of those characters who slips into your heart straight away and radiates joy. I loved it!' Hazel Prior
'Impeccably researched, with a slowly unfurling mystery at its heart, this witty and uplifting story belongs entirely to Violet – a lady determined to tackle life (and love!) on her own terms' Julietta Henderson
'Violet's story is moving, inspiring and very, very funny; a complete triumph' Celia Anderson
'Watch out Enola Holmes - Violet Hamilton is on the case! Pure joy and utterly charming!' Faith Hogan
'Eleanor Oliphant for historical fiction fans, with a dash of detective work and mystery thrown in. I loved everything about it.' Katie Lumsden
Author Bio:
Hannah Dolby's first job was in the circus and she is keen to keep life as interesting. She trained as a journalist in Hastings and has worked in PR for many years, promoting museums, galleries, palaces, gardens and even Dolly the sheep. She completed the Curtis Brown selective three-month novel writing course, and she won runner-up in the Comedy Women in Print Awards for this novel with the prize of a place on an MA in Comedy Writing at the University of Falmouth.
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Dani Atkins


Dani Atkins
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Three Book Special
Title 1: This Love
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 2: A Sky Full of Stars
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Six Days
Genre: Romantic Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtkinsDani
Book 1 Blurb:
This Love is an emotional family drama for fans of Jojo Moyes and Dorothy Koomson, from the bestelling author of Fractured.
Sophie stopped believing in happy endings a long time ago, but could this love change all of that?
Sophie Winter lives in a self-imposed cocoon - she's a single, 31-year-old translator who works from home in her one-bedroom flat. This isn’t really the life she dreamed of, but then Sophie stopped believing in dreams when she was a teenager and tragedy struck her family.
So, to be safe, she keeps everyone at arm’s length. Sophie understands she has a problem, but recognising it and knowing how to fix it are two entirely different things.
One night a serious fire breaks out in the flat below hers. Sophie is trapped in the burning building until a passer-by, Ben, sees her and rescues her.
Suddenly her cocoon is shattered - what will be the consequences of this second life-changing event?
Book 2 Blurb:
Winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2022.
A gorgeous love story that will restore your faith in humanity
Lisa was a professional astronomer: a stargazer. And when she gazed at her husband Alex, she saw that behind his tough exterior was a man full of love.
Alex, Lisa and their young son Connor made a happy little universe. But when Lisa dies suddenly, their universe is shattered.
Then Alex meets four strangers. Two men and two women, who never met Lisa, but whose lives changed profoundly because of her. As Alex hears their stories, he begins to find his way back to love, and to hope. Perhaps, after all, the future is written in the stars...
Book 3 Blurb:
Two people. One love story. Six days.
He loves me... He loves me not... He loves me...
Gemma knows that she and Finn are destined to be together. They are soulmates. But then, on their wedding day, he never arrives at the church.
Gemma is convinced Finn wouldn't abandon her like this, even though he has disappeared once before. But back then he had a reason. She feels sure something terrible has happened, but no one else is convinced. Even the police aren't concerned, telling Gemma most people who disappear usually turn up in a week... assuming they want to be found, that is.
For the next six days Gemma frantically searches for Finn, even though every shocking revelation is telling her to give up on him. Before long, even she begins to doubt her own memories of their love.
How long can she hold on to her faith in Finn if everyone is telling her to let him go?
Author Bio:
Dani Atkins is an award-winning novelist. Her 2013 debut FRACTURED (published as THEN AND ALWAYS in North America) has been translated into over twenty languages and has sold more than half a million copies since first publication in the UK.
Dani is the author of eight other bestselling novels (THE STORY OF US, OUR SONG, THIS LOVE, WHILE I WAS SLEEPING, A MILLION DREAMS, A SKY FULL OF STARS, THE WEDDING DRESS, SIX DAYS) and PERFECT STRANGERS, a standalone eBook novella. In 2018 THIS LOVE won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award at the RNA awards in London and in 2022 A SKY FULL OF STARS won the Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year at the RNA awards.
Dani lives in a small village in Hertfordshire with her husband, a Siamese cat and a very soppy Border Collie.
Title 1: This Love
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 2: A Sky Full of Stars
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Six Days
Genre: Romantic Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtkinsDani
Book 1 Blurb:
This Love is an emotional family drama for fans of Jojo Moyes and Dorothy Koomson, from the bestelling author of Fractured.
Sophie stopped believing in happy endings a long time ago, but could this love change all of that?
Sophie Winter lives in a self-imposed cocoon - she's a single, 31-year-old translator who works from home in her one-bedroom flat. This isn’t really the life she dreamed of, but then Sophie stopped believing in dreams when she was a teenager and tragedy struck her family.
So, to be safe, she keeps everyone at arm’s length. Sophie understands she has a problem, but recognising it and knowing how to fix it are two entirely different things.
One night a serious fire breaks out in the flat below hers. Sophie is trapped in the burning building until a passer-by, Ben, sees her and rescues her.
Suddenly her cocoon is shattered - what will be the consequences of this second life-changing event?
Book 2 Blurb:
Winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2022.
A gorgeous love story that will restore your faith in humanity
Lisa was a professional astronomer: a stargazer. And when she gazed at her husband Alex, she saw that behind his tough exterior was a man full of love.
Alex, Lisa and their young son Connor made a happy little universe. But when Lisa dies suddenly, their universe is shattered.
Then Alex meets four strangers. Two men and two women, who never met Lisa, but whose lives changed profoundly because of her. As Alex hears their stories, he begins to find his way back to love, and to hope. Perhaps, after all, the future is written in the stars...
Book 3 Blurb:
Two people. One love story. Six days.
He loves me... He loves me not... He loves me...
Gemma knows that she and Finn are destined to be together. They are soulmates. But then, on their wedding day, he never arrives at the church.
Gemma is convinced Finn wouldn't abandon her like this, even though he has disappeared once before. But back then he had a reason. She feels sure something terrible has happened, but no one else is convinced. Even the police aren't concerned, telling Gemma most people who disappear usually turn up in a week... assuming they want to be found, that is.
For the next six days Gemma frantically searches for Finn, even though every shocking revelation is telling her to give up on him. Before long, even she begins to doubt her own memories of their love.
How long can she hold on to her faith in Finn if everyone is telling her to let him go?
Author Bio:
Dani Atkins is an award-winning novelist. Her 2013 debut FRACTURED (published as THEN AND ALWAYS in North America) has been translated into over twenty languages and has sold more than half a million copies since first publication in the UK.
Dani is the author of eight other bestselling novels (THE STORY OF US, OUR SONG, THIS LOVE, WHILE I WAS SLEEPING, A MILLION DREAMS, A SKY FULL OF STARS, THE WEDDING DRESS, SIX DAYS) and PERFECT STRANGERS, a standalone eBook novella. In 2018 THIS LOVE won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award at the RNA awards in London and in 2022 A SKY FULL OF STARS won the Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year at the RNA awards.
Dani lives in a small village in Hertfordshire with her husband, a Siamese cat and a very soppy Border Collie.
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Lot 145
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Claire Fayers


Claire Fayers
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Title: Tapper Watson and the Quest for the Nemo Machine.
Genre: Children's Sci-fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
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Website: http://clairefayers.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaireFayers
Blurb:
Tapper Watson is just an ordinary Erisean boy who loves adventure stories. But when one of his sixty-seven cousins sends him away on a smugglers’ submarine through the River Lethe to other worlds, he just wants to go home again.
On an unscheduled visit to Earth he meets Fern Shakespeare and a talking plant called Morse, and their adventures begin. But chased through worlds by a pair of trigger-happy lobster mobsters in search of the mysterious Nemo Machine, Tapper begins to realise that he might not be so ordinary after all.
Author Bio: Claire Fayers lives in South Wales where she creates mash-up adventures from myth and legend. Tapper Watson is new out this year.
Genre: Children's Sci-fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
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Website: http://clairefayers.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaireFayers
Blurb:
Tapper Watson is just an ordinary Erisean boy who loves adventure stories. But when one of his sixty-seven cousins sends him away on a smugglers’ submarine through the River Lethe to other worlds, he just wants to go home again.
On an unscheduled visit to Earth he meets Fern Shakespeare and a talking plant called Morse, and their adventures begin. But chased through worlds by a pair of trigger-happy lobster mobsters in search of the mysterious Nemo Machine, Tapper begins to realise that he might not be so ordinary after all.
Author Bio: Claire Fayers lives in South Wales where she creates mash-up adventures from myth and legend. Tapper Watson is new out this year.
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Lot 146
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Katharine & Elizabeth Corr


Katharine & Elizabeth Corr
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House of Shadows Duology
Title 1: Daughter of Darkness
Genre: Y/A Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Queen of Gods
Genre: Y/A Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
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Website: https://corrsisters.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katharinecorr
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizcorr_writes
Book 1 Blurb:
The Underworld awaits . . .
Deina is trapped. As one of the Soul Severers serving the god Hades on earth, her future is tied to the task of shepherding the dying on from the mortal world - unless she can earn or steal enough to buy her way out.
Then the tyrant ruler Orpheus offers both fortune and freedom to whoever can retrieve his dead wife, Eurydice, from the Underworld. Deina jumps at the chance. But to win, she must enter an uneasy alliance with a group of fellow Severers she neither likes nor trusts.
So begins their perilous journey into the realm of Hades. . . The prize of freedom is before her - but what will it take to reach it?
From the authors of A THRONE OF SWANS and A CROWN OF TALONS comes a stunning new YA duology set in a world inspired by the mythology of ancient Greece.
Book 2 Blurb:
Author Bios:
Katharine and Elizabeth Corr are sisters originally from Essex, now living in Surrey. When they both decided to write novels - on account of fictional people being much easier to deal with than real ones - it was obvious they should do it together. They can sometimes be found in one of their local coffee shops, arguing over which character to kill off next. Katharine and Elizabeth are authors of the enthralling A Throne of Swans duology and the spell-binding trilogy The Witch's Kiss
Stuff Katharine likes: playing instruments badly; dead languages; LOTR; loud pop concerts; the Surrey Hills. Killing off characters.
Stuff Elizabeth likes: sketching, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, cinema, long baths, kitchen discos, Terry Pratchett, Thor, London. Saving characters.
Stuff we both like: YA / non-YA fantasy and science fiction, Star Wars, Star Trek, each other (most of the time).
Title 1: Daughter of Darkness
Genre: Y/A Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Queen of Gods
Genre: Y/A Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://corrsisters.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katharinecorr
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizcorr_writes
Book 1 Blurb:
The Underworld awaits . . .
Deina is trapped. As one of the Soul Severers serving the god Hades on earth, her future is tied to the task of shepherding the dying on from the mortal world - unless she can earn or steal enough to buy her way out.
Then the tyrant ruler Orpheus offers both fortune and freedom to whoever can retrieve his dead wife, Eurydice, from the Underworld. Deina jumps at the chance. But to win, she must enter an uneasy alliance with a group of fellow Severers she neither likes nor trusts.
So begins their perilous journey into the realm of Hades. . . The prize of freedom is before her - but what will it take to reach it?
From the authors of A THRONE OF SWANS and A CROWN OF TALONS comes a stunning new YA duology set in a world inspired by the mythology of ancient Greece.
Book 2 Blurb:
Author Bios:
Katharine and Elizabeth Corr are sisters originally from Essex, now living in Surrey. When they both decided to write novels - on account of fictional people being much easier to deal with than real ones - it was obvious they should do it together. They can sometimes be found in one of their local coffee shops, arguing over which character to kill off next. Katharine and Elizabeth are authors of the enthralling A Throne of Swans duology and the spell-binding trilogy The Witch's Kiss
Stuff Katharine likes: playing instruments badly; dead languages; LOTR; loud pop concerts; the Surrey Hills. Killing off characters.
Stuff Elizabeth likes: sketching, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, cinema, long baths, kitchen discos, Terry Pratchett, Thor, London. Saving characters.
Stuff we both like: YA / non-YA fantasy and science fiction, Star Wars, Star Trek, each other (most of the time).
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Lot 147
£ 22
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Laurence Anholt


Laurence Anholt
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Book Title: ART OF DEATH, The Mindful Detective Series
Genre: Adult Crime Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: https://anholt.co.ukolt
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaurenceAnholt
Book Blurb:
ART OF DEATH is the first title in the MINDFUL DETECTIVE series. Philosophical and funny, these leftfield mysteries are set in and around Laurence’s home town, Lyme Regis in Dorset, and feature a Buddhist detective named Vincent Caine who feels too much for his own good! Described by UK Crime Bookclub as ‘Captivating and unusual - a real sleep-stealer of a book,’ the series has been translated into several languages and optioned for TV by World Productions, creators of Line of Duty.
Author Bio:
In a career spanning three decades, Laurence Anholt has written and occasionally illustrated more than 200 books which are translated into 30 languages, spanning every age from babies to adults. Laurence’s titles which include the self-illustrated ANHOLT’S ARTISTS series and the multi-award-winning Young Adult novel THE HYPNOTIST, have sold millions of copies around the world. His most recent series is the MINDFUL DETECTIVE, featuring a Buddhist cop who feels too much for his own good.
Genre: Adult Crime Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://anholt.co.ukolt
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaurenceAnholt
Book Blurb:
ART OF DEATH is the first title in the MINDFUL DETECTIVE series. Philosophical and funny, these leftfield mysteries are set in and around Laurence’s home town, Lyme Regis in Dorset, and feature a Buddhist detective named Vincent Caine who feels too much for his own good! Described by UK Crime Bookclub as ‘Captivating and unusual - a real sleep-stealer of a book,’ the series has been translated into several languages and optioned for TV by World Productions, creators of Line of Duty.
Author Bio:
In a career spanning three decades, Laurence Anholt has written and occasionally illustrated more than 200 books which are translated into 30 languages, spanning every age from babies to adults. Laurence’s titles which include the self-illustrated ANHOLT’S ARTISTS series and the multi-award-winning Young Adult novel THE HYPNOTIST, have sold millions of copies around the world. His most recent series is the MINDFUL DETECTIVE, featuring a Buddhist cop who feels too much for his own good.
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Lot 148
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Lynda La Plante


Lynda La Plante
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D.I Jane Tennison Two Book Special
Title 1: Taste of Blood
Hardback
Title 2: Dark Rooms
Paperback
Genre: Crime Thrillers
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://lyndalaplante.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaPlanteLynda
Book 1 Blurb: Taste of Blood
YOUR NEIGHBOUR IS A KILLER.
BUT WHICH ONE?
A trove of dark secrets in sleepy Clarendon Court involving a tragic death and a forbidden love affair…
As Tennison hunts for the missing piece of evidence that will identify a vicious killer, she knows that this case will either make her career – or break it.
Book 2 Blurb: Dark Rooms
Helena Lanark is an elderly woman, living in a luxurious care home. The heiress of an immense family fortune, she keeps the secret to the horror which once occurred within the Lanarks’ family house.
Jane Tennison is leading a murder investigation into the recent brutal death of a young girl, her decomposed starved body discovered in an old air raid shelter in the garden of the Lanark’s now derelict house. Initially the focus is on identifying the victim, until another body is found, hidden in the walls of the shelter.
As the investigation and search for answers intensifies, Jane travels to Australia. There she discovers the dark secret, that the Lanark family has kept hidden for decades. A secret, that not only threatens to bring down a family dynasty, but also places Jane Tennison in mortal danger . . .
The Author:
Lynda La Plante is a British author, screenwriter, and erstwhile actress (her performances in Rentaghost and other programmes were under her stage name of Lynda Marchal),
Her first TV series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series Widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a heist planned by their deceased husbands.
In 1991 ITV released Prime Suspect which has now run to seven series and stars Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. (In the United States Prime Suspect airs on PBS as part of the anthology program Mystery!) In 1993 La Plante won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her work on the series. In 1992 she wrote at TV movie called Seekers, starring Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, produced by Sarah Lawson.
She formed her own television production company, La Plante Productions, in 1994 and as La Plante Productions she wrote and produced the sequel to Widows, the equally gutsy She's Out (ITV, 1995).
Title 1: Taste of Blood
Hardback
Title 2: Dark Rooms
Paperback
Genre: Crime Thrillers
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://lyndalaplante.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaPlanteLynda
Book 1 Blurb: Taste of Blood
YOUR NEIGHBOUR IS A KILLER.
BUT WHICH ONE?
A trove of dark secrets in sleepy Clarendon Court involving a tragic death and a forbidden love affair…
As Tennison hunts for the missing piece of evidence that will identify a vicious killer, she knows that this case will either make her career – or break it.
Book 2 Blurb: Dark Rooms
Helena Lanark is an elderly woman, living in a luxurious care home. The heiress of an immense family fortune, she keeps the secret to the horror which once occurred within the Lanarks’ family house.
Jane Tennison is leading a murder investigation into the recent brutal death of a young girl, her decomposed starved body discovered in an old air raid shelter in the garden of the Lanark’s now derelict house. Initially the focus is on identifying the victim, until another body is found, hidden in the walls of the shelter.
As the investigation and search for answers intensifies, Jane travels to Australia. There she discovers the dark secret, that the Lanark family has kept hidden for decades. A secret, that not only threatens to bring down a family dynasty, but also places Jane Tennison in mortal danger . . .
The Author:
Lynda La Plante is a British author, screenwriter, and erstwhile actress (her performances in Rentaghost and other programmes were under her stage name of Lynda Marchal),
Her first TV series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series Widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a heist planned by their deceased husbands.
In 1991 ITV released Prime Suspect which has now run to seven series and stars Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. (In the United States Prime Suspect airs on PBS as part of the anthology program Mystery!) In 1993 La Plante won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her work on the series. In 1992 she wrote at TV movie called Seekers, starring Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, produced by Sarah Lawson.
She formed her own television production company, La Plante Productions, in 1994 and as La Plante Productions she wrote and produced the sequel to Widows, the equally gutsy She's Out (ITV, 1995).
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Lynda La Plante
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DC Jack Warr Two Book Special
Title 1: Buried
Paperback
Title 2: Judas Horse
Paperback
Genre: Crime Thrillers
Dedications Available: YES
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Website: https://lyndalaplante.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaPlanteLynda
Book 1 Blurb: Buried
SOME THINGS SHOULD REMAIN…BURIED
DC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Though charming, Jack can’t seem to find his place in the world – until he’s drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down.
In the aftermath of a fire at an isolated cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remains of millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes.
Jack’s search leads him deep into a murky criminal underworld – a world he finds himself surprisingly good at navigating. But as the line of the law becomes blurred, how far will Jack go to find the answers – and what will it cost him?
Book 2 Blurb: Judas Horse
Violent burglars have been terrorising residents across the English countryside for months. But when a mutilated body is discovered in a Cotswolds house, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary group of opportunist thieves.
As Detective Jack Warr investigates, he discovers locals with dark secrets, unearths hidden crimes – and hits countless dead ends. With few leads and the violent attacks escalating, he will have to act as audaciously as the criminals if he hopes to stop them.
When Warr meets Charlotte Miles, a terrified woman with links to the group, he must use her to lure the unsuspecting killers into one last job, and into his trap. But with the law already stretched to breaking point, any failure will be on Warr’s head – and any more blood spilled, on his hands . . .
Author Bio:
Lynda La Plante is a British author, screenwriter, and erstwhile actress (her performances in Rentaghost and other programmes were under her stage name of Lynda Marchal),
Her first TV series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series Widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a heist planned by their deceased husbands.
In 1991 ITV released Prime Suspect which has now run to seven series and stars Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. (In the United States Prime Suspect airs on PBS as part of the anthology program Mystery!) In 1993 La Plante won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her work on the series. In 1992 she wrote at TV movie called Seekers, starring Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, produced by Sarah Lawson.
She formed her own television production company, La Plante Productions, in 1994 and as La Plante Productions she wrote and produced the sequel to Widows, the equally gutsy She's Out (ITV, 1995).
Title 1: Buried
Paperback
Title 2: Judas Horse
Paperback
Genre: Crime Thrillers
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://lyndalaplante.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaPlanteLynda
Book 1 Blurb: Buried
SOME THINGS SHOULD REMAIN…BURIED
DC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Though charming, Jack can’t seem to find his place in the world – until he’s drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down.
In the aftermath of a fire at an isolated cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remains of millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes.
Jack’s search leads him deep into a murky criminal underworld – a world he finds himself surprisingly good at navigating. But as the line of the law becomes blurred, how far will Jack go to find the answers – and what will it cost him?
Book 2 Blurb: Judas Horse
Violent burglars have been terrorising residents across the English countryside for months. But when a mutilated body is discovered in a Cotswolds house, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary group of opportunist thieves.
As Detective Jack Warr investigates, he discovers locals with dark secrets, unearths hidden crimes – and hits countless dead ends. With few leads and the violent attacks escalating, he will have to act as audaciously as the criminals if he hopes to stop them.
When Warr meets Charlotte Miles, a terrified woman with links to the group, he must use her to lure the unsuspecting killers into one last job, and into his trap. But with the law already stretched to breaking point, any failure will be on Warr’s head – and any more blood spilled, on his hands . . .
Author Bio:
Lynda La Plante is a British author, screenwriter, and erstwhile actress (her performances in Rentaghost and other programmes were under her stage name of Lynda Marchal),
Her first TV series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series Widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a heist planned by their deceased husbands.
In 1991 ITV released Prime Suspect which has now run to seven series and stars Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. (In the United States Prime Suspect airs on PBS as part of the anthology program Mystery!) In 1993 La Plante won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her work on the series. In 1992 she wrote at TV movie called Seekers, starring Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, produced by Sarah Lawson.
She formed her own television production company, La Plante Productions, in 1994 and as La Plante Productions she wrote and produced the sequel to Widows, the equally gutsy She's Out (ITV, 1995).
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Anne Coates


Anne Coates
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Title: Stage Call
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK only
*Bonus: Anne will be naming a character in her next Hannah Weybridge book at the bequest of her successful bidder*
Website: https://annecoatesauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Anne_Coates1
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At the Old Vic, one of London’s most iconic theatres, the stage is set for one of our national treasures to tread the boards in a new, sell-out play. Joan Ballantyne, now in her sixties, has attracted a new fan base with her role in an award-winning soap, Chicory Road, and they’ve turned out in force. As the curtain rises, it reveals the strangely still body of the leading lady, slumped in an armchair. The show will not go on…
Still recovering from the attempt on her life, Hannah Weybridge is stunned. She had been collaborating with the actress on her memoir. Now she has to contribute to her obituary. Suicide is suspected, but Hannah, from the little she knows of the woman, is sceptical. As is Joan’s son, the famous TV actor, Leo Hawkins, who implores Hannah to investigate the circumstances of his mother’s mysterious death.
Hannah is drawn into the lives of those who knew Joan. But who can she trust in a world where everyone seems to be playing a part?
Author Bio:
Anne Coates writes the type of fiction she likes to read. Her work includes prize-winning flash fiction and very short tales with a twist and the longer stories exploring relationships – often within a family. Most of these stories were published first in Bella, Candis and other magazines and now appear in two collections published by Lume Books.
Anne’s Hannah Weybridge series – "Dancers in the Wind", "Death's Silent Judgement", "Songs of Innocents" and "Perdition's Child" – were all initially published by Urbane Publications and are now published in new editions by Red Dog Press who released the fifth in the series, “Stage Call”, in February 2022.
Anne’s fiction is informed by her work as a journalist for magazines and newspapers and she is the author of seven non-fiction titles. She lives in SE London with three demanding and unimpressed cats. Theatre, cinema and socialising with family and friends inspire her creativity … as seen in “Stage Call”.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK only
*Bonus: Anne will be naming a character in her next Hannah Weybridge book at the bequest of her successful bidder*
Website: https://annecoatesauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Anne_Coates1
Book Blurb:
At the Old Vic, one of London’s most iconic theatres, the stage is set for one of our national treasures to tread the boards in a new, sell-out play. Joan Ballantyne, now in her sixties, has attracted a new fan base with her role in an award-winning soap, Chicory Road, and they’ve turned out in force. As the curtain rises, it reveals the strangely still body of the leading lady, slumped in an armchair. The show will not go on…
Still recovering from the attempt on her life, Hannah Weybridge is stunned. She had been collaborating with the actress on her memoir. Now she has to contribute to her obituary. Suicide is suspected, but Hannah, from the little she knows of the woman, is sceptical. As is Joan’s son, the famous TV actor, Leo Hawkins, who implores Hannah to investigate the circumstances of his mother’s mysterious death.
Hannah is drawn into the lives of those who knew Joan. But who can she trust in a world where everyone seems to be playing a part?
Author Bio:
Anne Coates writes the type of fiction she likes to read. Her work includes prize-winning flash fiction and very short tales with a twist and the longer stories exploring relationships – often within a family. Most of these stories were published first in Bella, Candis and other magazines and now appear in two collections published by Lume Books.
Anne’s Hannah Weybridge series – "Dancers in the Wind", "Death's Silent Judgement", "Songs of Innocents" and "Perdition's Child" – were all initially published by Urbane Publications and are now published in new editions by Red Dog Press who released the fifth in the series, “Stage Call”, in February 2022.
Anne’s fiction is informed by her work as a journalist for magazines and newspapers and she is the author of seven non-fiction titles. She lives in SE London with three demanding and unimpressed cats. Theatre, cinema and socialising with family and friends inspire her creativity … as seen in “Stage Call”.
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Robert Scragg


Robert Scragg
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Title: End Of The Line
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: http://robertscragg.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/robert_scragg
Book Blurb:
Ross Henderson was an influential vlogger rallying against the growing tide of the far right. As his audience tuned in to Henderson's latest live broadcast, they had front-row seats for his savage murder.
Alongside this volatile case, Detective Inspector Jake Porter finally has a lead on the hit-and-run which killed his wife. With his life in disarray, he and his partner DS Nick Styles struggle to prevent full blown riots in the wake of the Henderson atrocity.
And following the trail to his wife's killer will take its toll: Porter will have to act like a criminal in order to take down the person responsible, but there's no guarantee he will come out the other side alive.
Author Bio:
Robert had a random mix of jobs before taking the dive into crime writing; he's been a bookseller, pizza deliverer, karate instructor, football coach, and HR Manager. He lives on the North East Coast with his wife, children & overly-needy dog, and is a founding member of the Northern Crime Syndicate crime-writers group.
What Falls Between The Cracks, the first in his Porter & Styles series, written under the name Robert Scragg, was a New Writing North pick as one of the 2019 Read Regional books of the year. Rob’s work has also seen him win the Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction in 2021, and be shortlisted for CWA daggers in 2021 and 2022.
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://robertscragg.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/robert_scragg
Book Blurb:
Ross Henderson was an influential vlogger rallying against the growing tide of the far right. As his audience tuned in to Henderson's latest live broadcast, they had front-row seats for his savage murder.
Alongside this volatile case, Detective Inspector Jake Porter finally has a lead on the hit-and-run which killed his wife. With his life in disarray, he and his partner DS Nick Styles struggle to prevent full blown riots in the wake of the Henderson atrocity.
And following the trail to his wife's killer will take its toll: Porter will have to act like a criminal in order to take down the person responsible, but there's no guarantee he will come out the other side alive.
Author Bio:
Robert had a random mix of jobs before taking the dive into crime writing; he's been a bookseller, pizza deliverer, karate instructor, football coach, and HR Manager. He lives on the North East Coast with his wife, children & overly-needy dog, and is a founding member of the Northern Crime Syndicate crime-writers group.
What Falls Between The Cracks, the first in his Porter & Styles series, written under the name Robert Scragg, was a New Writing North pick as one of the 2019 Read Regional books of the year. Rob’s work has also seen him win the Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction in 2021, and be shortlisted for CWA daggers in 2021 and 2022.
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Lot 152
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Lora Davies


Lora Davies
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Book Title: The Widow's Last Secret
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://loradavies.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaviesLora
Book Blurb:
Victorian England, 1846: A gripping and powerful story about one woman’s incredible courage in the face of heartbreak, and a secret that – if revealed – could destroy everything.
Author Bio:
Lora studied English at Hull University before training at East 15 Acting School. She went on to work as an actor, director and workshop leader throughout the UK, as well as in Italy and Hong Kong, for companies including English Touring Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and Theatre Clwyd. In 2018, Lora impulsively signed up for a writing course at her local bookshop and this led to a Masters in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. Here she completed the first draft of her debut novel, Daughter Of The Shipwreck. The Widow's Last Secret is her second novel.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://loradavies.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaviesLora
Book Blurb:
Victorian England, 1846: A gripping and powerful story about one woman’s incredible courage in the face of heartbreak, and a secret that – if revealed – could destroy everything.
Author Bio:
Lora studied English at Hull University before training at East 15 Acting School. She went on to work as an actor, director and workshop leader throughout the UK, as well as in Italy and Hong Kong, for companies including English Touring Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and Theatre Clwyd. In 2018, Lora impulsively signed up for a writing course at her local bookshop and this led to a Masters in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. Here she completed the first draft of her debut novel, Daughter Of The Shipwreck. The Widow's Last Secret is her second novel.
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Lot 153
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Stephanie Burgis


Stephanie Burgis
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The Raven Crown duology.
Title 1: The Raven Heir
Genre: Children - Middle Grade - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Raven Throne
Genre: Children - Middle Grade - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://stephanieburgis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanieburgis
Book Blurb:
Three magical triplets have spent their childhood hidden away in an enchanted forest by their sorceress mother. When armed soldiers break their mother's spells, they realise that one of them is the new king or queen of a broken kingdom, and it will take all of their powers to save their family and make things right.
Author Bio:
Stephanie Burgis grew up in the USA, but now lives in Wales with her husband and two sons, surrounded by mountains, castles and coffee shops. She writes fun and award-winning MG fantasy adventures, including The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart trilogy, the Improper Adventures of Kat Stephenson trilogy, and The Raven Crown duology.
Title 1: The Raven Heir
Genre: Children - Middle Grade - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Raven Throne
Genre: Children - Middle Grade - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://stephanieburgis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanieburgis
Book Blurb:
Three magical triplets have spent their childhood hidden away in an enchanted forest by their sorceress mother. When armed soldiers break their mother's spells, they realise that one of them is the new king or queen of a broken kingdom, and it will take all of their powers to save their family and make things right.
Author Bio:
Stephanie Burgis grew up in the USA, but now lives in Wales with her husband and two sons, surrounded by mountains, castles and coffee shops. She writes fun and award-winning MG fantasy adventures, including The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart trilogy, the Improper Adventures of Kat Stephenson trilogy, and The Raven Crown duology.
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Lot 154
£ 11
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Cathie Dunn


Cathie Dunn
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Title: Love Lost in Time
Genre: Dual-timeline fiction
Format: hardback
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Website: https://cathiedunn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cathiedunn
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A tale of love, death and redemption…
AD 2018
Languedoc, south-west FranceMadeleine Winters must live in her late mother’s old stone house in south-west France for one hear before she can claim her inheritance – and sell it! Reluctantly leaving her life in England, she begins to renovate the house. But she’s not prepared for all the discoveries…
Is it her imagination when she hears a woman’s voice? Or when the ground shakes?
When ancient human bones belonging to a female are found beneath the kitchen floor, the mystery deepens. How did the woman end up buried, without a sarcophagus and all alone, in that particular spot in the Cabardès hills?
And why were her bones broken?
AD 777
Septimania, on the western coast of the Mediterranean Sea
17-year-old Nanthild attends Charlemagne’s court with her father, where she is introduced to Bellon of Carcassonne. Unimpressed by the blustering young warrior, Nanthild is shocked when Charlemagne and her father arrange their wedding as a gesture of ensuring Bellon’s support in the king’s conquest of the volatile southern region of Septimania.
Despite his Visigoth origins, Bellon is installed as Count of Carcassonne, and he soon has to face challenges to Frankish rule that often keep him away from home – and his family.
Bellon’s absences make it easy for Nanthild to keep her calling as a healer and wise-woman from him, and she continues to visit those in need of her help.
But dangers lurk on her journey…
Readers of Kate Mosse and Barbara Erskine might enjoy Love Lost in Time.
Author Bio:
Cathie Dunn writes historical fiction, mystery, and romance. The focus of her historical fiction novels is on strong women through time.
Cathie has been writing for over twenty years. She studied Creative Writing, with a focus on novel writing, which she teaches in the south of France. She loves researching for her novels, delving into history books, and visiting castles and historic sites.
Her stories have garnered awards and praise from reviewers and readers for their authentic description of the past.
Cathie is a member of the Historical Novel Society and the Alliance of Independent Authors.
Genre: Dual-timeline fiction
Format: hardback
Dedication Available: yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://cathiedunn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cathiedunn
Book Blurb:
A tale of love, death and redemption…
AD 2018
Languedoc, south-west FranceMadeleine Winters must live in her late mother’s old stone house in south-west France for one hear before she can claim her inheritance – and sell it! Reluctantly leaving her life in England, she begins to renovate the house. But she’s not prepared for all the discoveries…
Is it her imagination when she hears a woman’s voice? Or when the ground shakes?
When ancient human bones belonging to a female are found beneath the kitchen floor, the mystery deepens. How did the woman end up buried, without a sarcophagus and all alone, in that particular spot in the Cabardès hills?
And why were her bones broken?
AD 777
Septimania, on the western coast of the Mediterranean Sea
17-year-old Nanthild attends Charlemagne’s court with her father, where she is introduced to Bellon of Carcassonne. Unimpressed by the blustering young warrior, Nanthild is shocked when Charlemagne and her father arrange their wedding as a gesture of ensuring Bellon’s support in the king’s conquest of the volatile southern region of Septimania.
Despite his Visigoth origins, Bellon is installed as Count of Carcassonne, and he soon has to face challenges to Frankish rule that often keep him away from home – and his family.
Bellon’s absences make it easy for Nanthild to keep her calling as a healer and wise-woman from him, and she continues to visit those in need of her help.
But dangers lurk on her journey…
Readers of Kate Mosse and Barbara Erskine might enjoy Love Lost in Time.
Author Bio:
Cathie Dunn writes historical fiction, mystery, and romance. The focus of her historical fiction novels is on strong women through time.
Cathie has been writing for over twenty years. She studied Creative Writing, with a focus on novel writing, which she teaches in the south of France. She loves researching for her novels, delving into history books, and visiting castles and historic sites.
Her stories have garnered awards and praise from reviewers and readers for their authentic description of the past.
Cathie is a member of the Historical Novel Society and the Alliance of Independent Authors.
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Lot 155
£ 42
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Suzanne Snow


Suzanne Snow
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Love in the Lakes Trilogy
Title 1: Snowfall over Halesmere House
Title 2: Wedding Days at Halesmere House
Title 3: Starting Over at Halesmere House
Genre: Contemperay Romance - Humour
Format: Paperbacks
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* Bonus: Suzanne is adding a limited edition 'Heart of the Lakes' soy candle for her successful bidder
Website: https://www.suzannesnowauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SnowProse
Book 1 Blurb: Snowfall over Halesmere House
Welcome to Halesmere House, where romance might be just around the corner…
After years of living in the past, Ella is ready to start building a future. The perfect opportunity presents itself when she is offered a short-term role at Halesmere House in the Lake District, and tasked with kick-starting its artists’ residence. She can’t wait to start and explore a new career in an inspiring location.
But when Ella arrives at Halesmere, she wonders if she’s made a huge mistake when she clashes with Max, the new owner. Max has his own reasons to be unsettled by her presence, but despite his misgivings it seems everyone else loves having Ella around. As a single dad, it’s his children’s attachment to her that bothers him most. Who will pick up the pieces when Ella leaves?
What Max doesn’t know is that Ella is falling for more than just the Lake District and the community around her. Can her temporary job lead to a permanent happy ending?
Book 2 Blurb: Wedding Days at Halesmere House
The last thing on Lizzie’s mind is catching the bouquet…
Events planner and maid of honour Lizzie Martin knows her best friend Gemma is making the right decision for her wedding. After the original venue catches fire, and a space opens up at Halesmere House, it makes complete sense to move the wedding to the Lake District artists’ residence. But Lizzie has painful memories of Halesmere…
When she bumps into Cal, her first love, she is forced to confront the past. Now a sought-after blacksmith, Cal has his own studio at Halesmere and the two must find a way to get along if this wedding isn’t going to be a complete disaster.
It soon becomes apparent that their attraction hasn’t waned, but can Lizzie put their shared past behind her and learn to trust the man who left her once before?
Book 3 Blurb: Starting Over at Halesmere House
Can two broken hearts mend each other?
Taking over the Flower Shed studio at Halesmere, Alice is looking to mend her heart through horticulture after the end of her ten-year marriage. She isn’t looking for romance, especially not with brash young tree surgeon, Zac.
Zac has his own past he’s trying to move on from, and he’s only staying at Halesmere until the new year. But when their circumstances change in a way that shocks them both, they have to decide if they can share a future that already binds them.
Will the magic of Halesmere work once more to bring love to two lost souls?
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Title 1: Snowfall over Halesmere House
Title 2: Wedding Days at Halesmere House
Title 3: Starting Over at Halesmere House
Genre: Contemperay Romance - Humour
Format: Paperbacks
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* Bonus: Suzanne is adding a limited edition 'Heart of the Lakes' soy candle for her successful bidder
Website: https://www.suzannesnowauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SnowProse
Book 1 Blurb: Snowfall over Halesmere House
Welcome to Halesmere House, where romance might be just around the corner…
After years of living in the past, Ella is ready to start building a future. The perfect opportunity presents itself when she is offered a short-term role at Halesmere House in the Lake District, and tasked with kick-starting its artists’ residence. She can’t wait to start and explore a new career in an inspiring location.
But when Ella arrives at Halesmere, she wonders if she’s made a huge mistake when she clashes with Max, the new owner. Max has his own reasons to be unsettled by her presence, but despite his misgivings it seems everyone else loves having Ella around. As a single dad, it’s his children’s attachment to her that bothers him most. Who will pick up the pieces when Ella leaves?
What Max doesn’t know is that Ella is falling for more than just the Lake District and the community around her. Can her temporary job lead to a permanent happy ending?
Book 2 Blurb: Wedding Days at Halesmere House
The last thing on Lizzie’s mind is catching the bouquet…
Events planner and maid of honour Lizzie Martin knows her best friend Gemma is making the right decision for her wedding. After the original venue catches fire, and a space opens up at Halesmere House, it makes complete sense to move the wedding to the Lake District artists’ residence. But Lizzie has painful memories of Halesmere…
When she bumps into Cal, her first love, she is forced to confront the past. Now a sought-after blacksmith, Cal has his own studio at Halesmere and the two must find a way to get along if this wedding isn’t going to be a complete disaster.
It soon becomes apparent that their attraction hasn’t waned, but can Lizzie put their shared past behind her and learn to trust the man who left her once before?
Book 3 Blurb: Starting Over at Halesmere House
Can two broken hearts mend each other?
Taking over the Flower Shed studio at Halesmere, Alice is looking to mend her heart through horticulture after the end of her ten-year marriage. She isn’t looking for romance, especially not with brash young tree surgeon, Zac.
Zac has his own past he’s trying to move on from, and he’s only staying at Halesmere until the new year. But when their circumstances change in a way that shocks them both, they have to decide if they can share a future that already binds them.
Will the magic of Halesmere work once more to bring love to two lost souls?
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Suzy Henderson


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Title: Christmas in the Highlands
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://suzyhendersonauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Suzy_Henderson
Book Blurb:
When Niamh Macdonald's world crumbles, her roots call her home.
Step back to the snow-covered hamlet of Arden, a wilderness in the Scottish Highlands, with a picturesque castle, country cottages, log fires and lashings of hot chocolate. Will this New Year be the one where Niamh MacDonald's dreams come true?
When thirty-year-old artist Niamh Macdonald uncovers her boyfriend’s affair, she leaves her job and city life behind and flees home to the sleepy hamlet of Arden in the Scottish Highlands. Betrayed and hurt, it seems that true love is a myth.
Having inherited her late grandmother’s cottage, she vows to make a fresh start and pursue her dream of a career as an artist. If all fails, she has a job waiting for her in the city.
Love is the furthest thing on her mind until she bumps into her old friend, Alex Mackenzie, heir to Arden Castle. Alex reminds her of the beauty in the Highlands, and as her roots deepen in the sleepy hamlet of Arden, sparks fly between the pair.
When Alex inadvertently scuppers Niamh’s plans, she wonders if she can ever trust him again. Can she make her home in Arden and can she ever forgive Alex?
Author Bio:
Best-selling author Suzy Henderson lives in the 1940s in a rural corner of Cumbria, writing historical fiction. She also writes contemporary romance, although her heart lies in the past. Her characters are fearless, often flying aircraft, but in real life, Suzy is afraid of heights and of flying. She’ll probably never take that ride in a Lancaster Bomber or a B-17 that features on her bucket list above the steam train ride over the famous Glenfinnan Viaduct—or will she?
Her first novel, The Beauty Shop, was awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion and was inspired by the true story of the RAF Guinea Pig Club and Sir Archibald McIndoe. Her second novel, Madame Fiocca, is based on the real-life exploits of SOE heroine, Nancy Wake. In 2021 she released Christmas in the Highlands, a contemporary romance.
When she’s not writing, she can be found wandering around the lakes and fells in Cumbria or rambling around Hadrian’s Wall.
You can catch up with Suzy on http://facebook.com/AuthorSuzyHenderson or on Twitter @Suzy_Henderson. You can also visit her website, http://suzyhendersonauthor.com, and sign up for her reader’s group for all the latest news, releases, and special offers. Subscribers also receive a free book when they join.
Suzy is a member of The Society of Authors and the Alliance of Independent Authors.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://suzyhendersonauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Suzy_Henderson
Book Blurb:
When Niamh Macdonald's world crumbles, her roots call her home.
Step back to the snow-covered hamlet of Arden, a wilderness in the Scottish Highlands, with a picturesque castle, country cottages, log fires and lashings of hot chocolate. Will this New Year be the one where Niamh MacDonald's dreams come true?
When thirty-year-old artist Niamh Macdonald uncovers her boyfriend’s affair, she leaves her job and city life behind and flees home to the sleepy hamlet of Arden in the Scottish Highlands. Betrayed and hurt, it seems that true love is a myth.
Having inherited her late grandmother’s cottage, she vows to make a fresh start and pursue her dream of a career as an artist. If all fails, she has a job waiting for her in the city.
Love is the furthest thing on her mind until she bumps into her old friend, Alex Mackenzie, heir to Arden Castle. Alex reminds her of the beauty in the Highlands, and as her roots deepen in the sleepy hamlet of Arden, sparks fly between the pair.
When Alex inadvertently scuppers Niamh’s plans, she wonders if she can ever trust him again. Can she make her home in Arden and can she ever forgive Alex?
Author Bio:
Best-selling author Suzy Henderson lives in the 1940s in a rural corner of Cumbria, writing historical fiction. She also writes contemporary romance, although her heart lies in the past. Her characters are fearless, often flying aircraft, but in real life, Suzy is afraid of heights and of flying. She’ll probably never take that ride in a Lancaster Bomber or a B-17 that features on her bucket list above the steam train ride over the famous Glenfinnan Viaduct—or will she?
Her first novel, The Beauty Shop, was awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion and was inspired by the true story of the RAF Guinea Pig Club and Sir Archibald McIndoe. Her second novel, Madame Fiocca, is based on the real-life exploits of SOE heroine, Nancy Wake. In 2021 she released Christmas in the Highlands, a contemporary romance.
When she’s not writing, she can be found wandering around the lakes and fells in Cumbria or rambling around Hadrian’s Wall.
You can catch up with Suzy on http://facebook.com/AuthorSuzyHenderson or on Twitter @Suzy_Henderson. You can also visit her website, http://suzyhendersonauthor.com, and sign up for her reader’s group for all the latest news, releases, and special offers. Subscribers also receive a free book when they join.
Suzy is a member of The Society of Authors and the Alliance of Independent Authors.
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Rosie Hannigan


Rosie Hannigan
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Title: The Moonlight Gardening Club
Genre: Uplifting Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://amy-gaffney.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gaffneyamy
Book Blurb:
One unlikely friendship.
One chance to heal.
Though they come from the same small Irish village, lonely widow Ruby and struggling single mother Frankie couldn’t be more different.
Then they discover the Moonlight Gardening Club, where they learn that even on the darkest of nights, beauty and light can still be found. As they plant flowers chosen specially to be enjoyed under a carpet of stars in the gentle glow of moonlight, an unexpected friendship starts to bloom – and it might be just what each of them needs.
But when shocking secrets from the past are revealed, both their worlds are turned upside down. If their friendship is going to survive, each of them must face what they’ve been running from…
Author Bio:
Amy Gaffney hails from Kildare and is a graduate of UCD’s Creative Writing MA. Her poetry is published in Poetry Ireland Review, the Irish Times Hennessy New Irish Writing, in Washing Windows II and Washing Window III. Amy’s short story Mother May I was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Short Story of the Year in 2019. Her debut novel The Moonlight Gardening Club was published by Avon Books in April 2023 under the pseudonym Rosie Hannigan.
Genre: Uplifting Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://amy-gaffney.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gaffneyamy
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One unlikely friendship.
One chance to heal.
Though they come from the same small Irish village, lonely widow Ruby and struggling single mother Frankie couldn’t be more different.
Then they discover the Moonlight Gardening Club, where they learn that even on the darkest of nights, beauty and light can still be found. As they plant flowers chosen specially to be enjoyed under a carpet of stars in the gentle glow of moonlight, an unexpected friendship starts to bloom – and it might be just what each of them needs.
But when shocking secrets from the past are revealed, both their worlds are turned upside down. If their friendship is going to survive, each of them must face what they’ve been running from…
Author Bio:
Amy Gaffney hails from Kildare and is a graduate of UCD’s Creative Writing MA. Her poetry is published in Poetry Ireland Review, the Irish Times Hennessy New Irish Writing, in Washing Windows II and Washing Window III. Amy’s short story Mother May I was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Short Story of the Year in 2019. Her debut novel The Moonlight Gardening Club was published by Avon Books in April 2023 under the pseudonym Rosie Hannigan.
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Adrienne Vaughan


Adrienne Vaughan
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The Heart Trilogy
Title 1: The Hollow Heart
Title 2: A Change Of Heart
Title 3: Secrets Of The Heart
Genre: Romantic Mystery Thriller
Format: Paperbacks
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Website: http://adriennevaughan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adrienneauthor
The The Book 1 : The Hollow Heart
This heartrending mystery thriller is the story of Marianne Coltrane a feisty, award-winning journalist who uncovers a devastating travesty of justice involving the sale of babies by the church in Ireland. Fighting her corner in the male-dominated world of newspapers she witnesses a terrorist attack that changes how she thinks about her future and what she really wants. Taking herself off to the wilds of the west of Ireland to re-evaluate her life, she encounters the soon to be world-famous actor Ryan O'Gorman, to her mind the most conceited, infuriating man in the world. He in turn loathes journalists, especially female ones. One thing they do have in common is they both think their chance of true love has passed them by. As they both begin to fall in love with Innishmahon, their spiritual home, they discover the very fabric of the island is threatened and as the islanders find themselves in grave danger, Marianne and Ryan join forces to save that which they hold most dear. But the road is rocky for this fiery, opinionated pair ... and when Ryan discovers his ex-fiance is carrying his child, things take a turn for the worst. Can he talk his way out of this one? And will Marianne even care, when she unwittingly reveals the most devastating secret of all, the truth behind her past and her own parentage.
Sexy, moving and funny, this heart-warming duo and cast of colourful characters will stay with you, long after the last page leaves you smiling.
The Book 2: A Change Of Heart
This captivating mystery thriller is an unputdownable rollercoaster of a read, filled with action, adventure and romance. When campaigning journalist Marianne Coltrane falls in love with a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, she had not bargained for a tumultuous affair with Hollywood movie star Ryan O'Gorman.
When Ryan's career recalls him, Marianne remains on the island to support the close-knit community who are becoming like a family to the world-weary journalist and her beloved Highland terrier. It's not long before Ryan realises he cannot live without her and returns to woo her back.Tricky enough without his problematic ex-wife or the contract he cannot break, but when a mysterious death lands his agent in a heap of trouble and Marianne's mother find herself literally up to no good in New York, the couple, struggling to establish their own relationship are very nearly driven apart. Then when a dangerous but essentially good deed puts all they treasure in jeopardy, it's time to take stock and fight for what matters most ...or is time running out for this charismatic couple and everything they hold most dear?
"Following the acclaimed debut The Hollow Heart, A Change of Heart is another exciting read. Laced with glamour, mystery and intrigue, this beguiling tale is filled with characters you'll love and laugh with all over again.
The Book 3: Secrets Of The Heart
Fabulous, award-winning romantic suspense, just had to see how the story ended! Finally free to be together on the remote Irish isle of Innishmahon, campaigning journalist Marianne Coltrane and her movie star partner, Ryan O'Gorman are looking forward to life away from the bright lights of Hollywood and the constant pursuit of the paparazzi.
However, when nature conspires to keep them apart and Ryan puts both his own and his son's life at risk, Marianne finally realises how determined he is they should be a family. She now needs to put aside her own, deep rooted fear of commitment and come to terms with the sinister secrets buried within her family history.
Yet when Ryan's own devastating secret is revealed, and their world is turned upside down, Marianne has to call upon more than determination to see them through. She has to believe in love with every fibre of her being, because if she cannot, it could mean not only the end of their relationship, but even life itself.
The Author :
Adrienne is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and a founder member of the indie publishing group The New Romantics4. She lives in Leicestershire with her husband, two cocker spaniels and a retired dressage horse called Marco.
Title 1: The Hollow Heart
Title 2: A Change Of Heart
Title 3: Secrets Of The Heart
Genre: Romantic Mystery Thriller
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Uk Only
Website: http://adriennevaughan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adrienneauthor
The The Book 1 : The Hollow Heart
This heartrending mystery thriller is the story of Marianne Coltrane a feisty, award-winning journalist who uncovers a devastating travesty of justice involving the sale of babies by the church in Ireland. Fighting her corner in the male-dominated world of newspapers she witnesses a terrorist attack that changes how she thinks about her future and what she really wants. Taking herself off to the wilds of the west of Ireland to re-evaluate her life, she encounters the soon to be world-famous actor Ryan O'Gorman, to her mind the most conceited, infuriating man in the world. He in turn loathes journalists, especially female ones. One thing they do have in common is they both think their chance of true love has passed them by. As they both begin to fall in love with Innishmahon, their spiritual home, they discover the very fabric of the island is threatened and as the islanders find themselves in grave danger, Marianne and Ryan join forces to save that which they hold most dear. But the road is rocky for this fiery, opinionated pair ... and when Ryan discovers his ex-fiance is carrying his child, things take a turn for the worst. Can he talk his way out of this one? And will Marianne even care, when she unwittingly reveals the most devastating secret of all, the truth behind her past and her own parentage.
Sexy, moving and funny, this heart-warming duo and cast of colourful characters will stay with you, long after the last page leaves you smiling.
The Book 2: A Change Of Heart
This captivating mystery thriller is an unputdownable rollercoaster of a read, filled with action, adventure and romance. When campaigning journalist Marianne Coltrane falls in love with a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, she had not bargained for a tumultuous affair with Hollywood movie star Ryan O'Gorman.
When Ryan's career recalls him, Marianne remains on the island to support the close-knit community who are becoming like a family to the world-weary journalist and her beloved Highland terrier. It's not long before Ryan realises he cannot live without her and returns to woo her back.Tricky enough without his problematic ex-wife or the contract he cannot break, but when a mysterious death lands his agent in a heap of trouble and Marianne's mother find herself literally up to no good in New York, the couple, struggling to establish their own relationship are very nearly driven apart. Then when a dangerous but essentially good deed puts all they treasure in jeopardy, it's time to take stock and fight for what matters most ...or is time running out for this charismatic couple and everything they hold most dear?
"Following the acclaimed debut The Hollow Heart, A Change of Heart is another exciting read. Laced with glamour, mystery and intrigue, this beguiling tale is filled with characters you'll love and laugh with all over again.
The Book 3: Secrets Of The Heart
Fabulous, award-winning romantic suspense, just had to see how the story ended! Finally free to be together on the remote Irish isle of Innishmahon, campaigning journalist Marianne Coltrane and her movie star partner, Ryan O'Gorman are looking forward to life away from the bright lights of Hollywood and the constant pursuit of the paparazzi.
However, when nature conspires to keep them apart and Ryan puts both his own and his son's life at risk, Marianne finally realises how determined he is they should be a family. She now needs to put aside her own, deep rooted fear of commitment and come to terms with the sinister secrets buried within her family history.
Yet when Ryan's own devastating secret is revealed, and their world is turned upside down, Marianne has to call upon more than determination to see them through. She has to believe in love with every fibre of her being, because if she cannot, it could mean not only the end of their relationship, but even life itself.
The Author :
Adrienne is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and a founder member of the indie publishing group The New Romantics4. She lives in Leicestershire with her husband, two cocker spaniels and a retired dressage horse called Marco.
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Lot 159
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Mary Grand


Mary Grand
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Title: Death at Castle Cove
Genre: Cosy Crime / Whodunnit.
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://marygrand.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authormaryg
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Death at Castle Cove
Susan’s days are comfortingly routine, starting every morning by exercising her beloved Rocco on Ventnor beach with her fellow dog walkers.
However, when her lodger Colette dies in suspicious circumstances at Castle Cove, Susan is devastated to realise that one of her dog walking group must have been responsible for her death. Everyone has secrets to hide, but who is desperate enough to kill? Susan won’t rest until she has solved the mystery and found the killer.
This is the first book in a brand new series of Susan Flynn murder mysteries set on the stunning Isle of Wight.
Author Bio:
Mary Grand writes gripping, page-turning murder mysteries, classic whodunnits, which keep you guessing to the last page. Mary grew up in Wales, was for many years a teacher of Deaf children and now lives on the Isle of Wight. She is published by Boldwood Books.
Genre: Cosy Crime / Whodunnit.
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Death at Castle Cove
Susan’s days are comfortingly routine, starting every morning by exercising her beloved Rocco on Ventnor beach with her fellow dog walkers.
However, when her lodger Colette dies in suspicious circumstances at Castle Cove, Susan is devastated to realise that one of her dog walking group must have been responsible for her death. Everyone has secrets to hide, but who is desperate enough to kill? Susan won’t rest until she has solved the mystery and found the killer.
This is the first book in a brand new series of Susan Flynn murder mysteries set on the stunning Isle of Wight.
Author Bio:
Mary Grand writes gripping, page-turning murder mysteries, classic whodunnits, which keep you guessing to the last page. Mary grew up in Wales, was for many years a teacher of Deaf children and now lives on the Isle of Wight. She is published by Boldwood Books.
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Lot 160
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Sam Pope


Sam Pope
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Title: The Haunting of Lindy Pennyworth
Genre: Supernatural - Horror
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://sampopewriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sampopewriter
Book Blurb:
A psychological horror that will grip you from the first page, and haunt you long after you've finished the last. Nobody believes Lindy when she says she doesn't pull her hair out on purpose. Nobody believes Lindy when she says she hears voices in the night. Nobody believes Lindy when she says her dead ancestors are haunting her dreams. Nobody believes Lindy ... After the death of her father, Lindy falls headlong into a state of grief and no longer understands her place in the world. Through paranormal rituals, Ouija boards and spiritualist churches, Lindy attempts to speak to her father beyond the grave - but to no avail. That is until she receives a 'visit' from Esme, her Victorian ancestor, who reveals that her family is under a curse that separates them in the afterlife. Determined to break it, Lindy sacrifices her grip on reality. Not everyone wants her to succeed and there are secrets that fight to remain buried alongside the dead that she seeks . . .
Author Bio:
Sam Pope writes fiction and non-fiction for both adults and children, specialising in ghost stories and the supernatural. Her debut YA novel, The Haunting of Lindy Pennyworth, was published in October 2021 by UCLan and was named as one of Blackwell's YA horror books of 2021. She has had numerous short stories published and performed, including one at the Charles Dickens Museum in London as part of their 'To Be Read After Dark' exhibition. She is currently working on a biography of Regency-era poet Eleanor Porden.
Genre: Supernatural - Horror
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://sampopewriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sampopewriter
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A psychological horror that will grip you from the first page, and haunt you long after you've finished the last. Nobody believes Lindy when she says she doesn't pull her hair out on purpose. Nobody believes Lindy when she says she hears voices in the night. Nobody believes Lindy when she says her dead ancestors are haunting her dreams. Nobody believes Lindy ... After the death of her father, Lindy falls headlong into a state of grief and no longer understands her place in the world. Through paranormal rituals, Ouija boards and spiritualist churches, Lindy attempts to speak to her father beyond the grave - but to no avail. That is until she receives a 'visit' from Esme, her Victorian ancestor, who reveals that her family is under a curse that separates them in the afterlife. Determined to break it, Lindy sacrifices her grip on reality. Not everyone wants her to succeed and there are secrets that fight to remain buried alongside the dead that she seeks . . .
Author Bio:
Sam Pope writes fiction and non-fiction for both adults and children, specialising in ghost stories and the supernatural. Her debut YA novel, The Haunting of Lindy Pennyworth, was published in October 2021 by UCLan and was named as one of Blackwell's YA horror books of 2021. She has had numerous short stories published and performed, including one at the Charles Dickens Museum in London as part of their 'To Be Read After Dark' exhibition. She is currently working on a biography of Regency-era poet Eleanor Porden.
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Lot 161
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L. C. North


L. C. North
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Title: The Ugly Truth
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.lauren-north.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lauren_C_North
Book Blurb:
'The Ugly Truth is fresh, compelling and searing in its exploration of the toxicity of social media and the reality of modern celebrity. Not to be missed!' Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS
'#FreeBritney meets The Appeal in this addictively unique thriller' Jack Jordan, bestselling author of Do No Harm
"I'm a prisoner. I'm not allowed to leave. There is someone watching me every minute of the day."
Melanie Lange has disappeared.
Her father, billionaire business tycoon Sir Peter Lange, says she is a danger to herself and has been admitted to a private mental health clinic.
Her ex-husband, Finn, and best friend, Nell, say she has been kidnapped. They are deeply concerned for her safety.
The media will say whichever gets them the most views.
But whose side are you on?
#SaveMelanie
#HelpPeter
Author Bio:
L.C. North studied psychology at university before pursuing a career in Public Relations. Her first book club thriller - The Ugly Truth - combines her love of psychology and her fascination with the celebrities in the public eye. L.C. North is currently working on her second novel, and when she's not writing, she co-hosts the crime thriller podcast, In Suspense. L.C. North lives on the Suffolk borders with her family and also writes psychological suspense novels under the name of Lauren North. Readers can follow her on Twitter and Instagram as
@Lauren_C_North
, and Facebook as @LaurenNorthAuthor.
Genre: Crime Thriller
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Website: https://www.lauren-north.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lauren_C_North
Book Blurb:
'The Ugly Truth is fresh, compelling and searing in its exploration of the toxicity of social media and the reality of modern celebrity. Not to be missed!' Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS
'#FreeBritney meets The Appeal in this addictively unique thriller' Jack Jordan, bestselling author of Do No Harm
"I'm a prisoner. I'm not allowed to leave. There is someone watching me every minute of the day."
Melanie Lange has disappeared.
Her father, billionaire business tycoon Sir Peter Lange, says she is a danger to herself and has been admitted to a private mental health clinic.
Her ex-husband, Finn, and best friend, Nell, say she has been kidnapped. They are deeply concerned for her safety.
The media will say whichever gets them the most views.
But whose side are you on?
#SaveMelanie
#HelpPeter
Author Bio:
L.C. North studied psychology at university before pursuing a career in Public Relations. Her first book club thriller - The Ugly Truth - combines her love of psychology and her fascination with the celebrities in the public eye. L.C. North is currently working on her second novel, and when she's not writing, she co-hosts the crime thriller podcast, In Suspense. L.C. North lives on the Suffolk borders with her family and also writes psychological suspense novels under the name of Lauren North. Readers can follow her on Twitter and Instagram as
@Lauren_C_North
, and Facebook as @LaurenNorthAuthor.
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Lot 162
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Susan Sage


Susan Sage
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Title: Dancing in the Ring
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/SusanSage
Book Blurb:
Detroit in the 1920s proved to be the Paris of the West for many—including Catherine McIntosh and Robert Sage. These two law school students are as passionate about each other as they are their dreams.
From a poor family in the neighborhood of Corktown, Catherine learned early on, the necessity of being resilient. She becomes one of the first women in Detroit to obtain a law degree. Bob, the 'battling barrister,' boxes in order to pay for law school. Despite his gruff and tough-boy personality, he is a friend to all: judges, cops, and even a couple members of the notorious Purple Gang. The couple becomes legendary in legal circles for their commitment to social justice causes—as well as notorious in the local speakeasies and dance halls.
At first, their optimism seems boundless, as it had for many following an era of trauma and challenges that included the 1918 flu pandemic. It isn't long before their passionate courtship turns into a tempestuous marriage. Then the Great Depression hits and their lives are forever changed.
Author Bio:
Susan E. Sage, was born (1956) in Detroit, Michigan, to Joyce and Robert Sage. Youngest of three daughters, she received her undergraduate degree in English from Wayne State University in Detroit and has done post-graduate work at the University of Michigan-Flint. She was a recipient of the Tompkin's Award in Poetry (1981), and has published her poetry in numerous literary magazines. Susan is a multi-genre novelist. A MENTOR AND HER MUSE was published in 2018, and INSOMINY was published in 2010. She is a fan of Historical Fiction, Magic Realism, and Contemporary Fantasy literature. Susan has one daughter (Sarah), loves cats, smooth jazz, blues, art, and poetry.
Susan's latest novel, DANCING IN THE RING, was released in June 2023.
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK & USA Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SusanSage
Book Blurb:
Detroit in the 1920s proved to be the Paris of the West for many—including Catherine McIntosh and Robert Sage. These two law school students are as passionate about each other as they are their dreams.
From a poor family in the neighborhood of Corktown, Catherine learned early on, the necessity of being resilient. She becomes one of the first women in Detroit to obtain a law degree. Bob, the 'battling barrister,' boxes in order to pay for law school. Despite his gruff and tough-boy personality, he is a friend to all: judges, cops, and even a couple members of the notorious Purple Gang. The couple becomes legendary in legal circles for their commitment to social justice causes—as well as notorious in the local speakeasies and dance halls.
At first, their optimism seems boundless, as it had for many following an era of trauma and challenges that included the 1918 flu pandemic. It isn't long before their passionate courtship turns into a tempestuous marriage. Then the Great Depression hits and their lives are forever changed.
Author Bio:
Susan E. Sage, was born (1956) in Detroit, Michigan, to Joyce and Robert Sage. Youngest of three daughters, she received her undergraduate degree in English from Wayne State University in Detroit and has done post-graduate work at the University of Michigan-Flint. She was a recipient of the Tompkin's Award in Poetry (1981), and has published her poetry in numerous literary magazines. Susan is a multi-genre novelist. A MENTOR AND HER MUSE was published in 2018, and INSOMINY was published in 2010. She is a fan of Historical Fiction, Magic Realism, and Contemporary Fantasy literature. Susan has one daughter (Sarah), loves cats, smooth jazz, blues, art, and poetry.
Susan's latest novel, DANCING IN THE RING, was released in June 2023.
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Lot 163
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Estelle Grace Tudor


Estelle Grace Tudor
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Through The Fairy Door : 5 Book Series
OCTAVIA BLOOM AND THE MISSING KEY.
BEATRICE BLOOM AND THE STAR CRYSTAL.
MARTHA BLOOM AND THE GLASS COMPASS.
FELICITY BLOOM AND THE GOLDEN ARROW.
OTTO BLOOM AND THE ENCHANTED COIN.
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
*Bonus: Estelle is adding bookmarks to her books for her successful bidder
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E_G_Tudor
Book 1 Blurb: Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key :
One tiny discovery can have enormous consequences...
Almost 10-year-old Octavia Bloom is looking for adventure, but when it comes it's in the shape of a tiny fairy door.
Dragging her reluctant sister and cousins into the mystery, Octavia discovers her family are hiding not ONE but TWO life-changing secrets.
Why is her mother searching for an elusive flower? And does she have what it takes to reunite her fractured family?
Octavia's certain the answers lie behind the fairy door, if only she could just find the key...
Bravery, secrets & magic intertwine in this fantastical adventure.
Book 2 Blurb: Beatrice Bloom and the Star Crystal :
Beatrice Bloom is excited but a bit apprehensive to be heading through the fairy door once again with her sister and cousins. The adventure quickly turns ominous with the arrival of old foes and new enemies who are conspiring to overthrow the throne. Is Beatrice brave enough to embrace magic once more to help her friends? And can she restore the star crystal to its rightful place before time runs out?Beatrice will need all her courage in this new 'Through the Fairy Door' adventure.Courage, friendship and deceit collide in this spellbinding adventure.Continue the magic in this follow up to Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key!
Book 3 Blurb: Martha Bloom and the Glass Compass:
One act of compassion can evoke everlasting change...Martha Bloom has always been the most sensible Bloom child and takes her role as eldest seriously, but even she cannot contain her excitement at an invitation to visit Fairy Land once http://again.An idyllic day visiting the companion class at the new fairy school quickly turns sour when an old nemesis steals something of great importance.Will Martha be able to use the Glass Compass once again to retrieve what was stolen? And can she set an old wrong right?Martha is determined to succeed before they head back home 'Through the Fairy Door'.Integrity, companionship and daring abound in this captivating adventure.
Book 4 Blurb: Felicity Bloom and the Golden Arrow:
One grave misunderstanding put right can lead to forgiveness...
Felicity Bloom has always felt responsible for her younger sister, so when an offer of even greater responsibility comes from Fairy Land she doesn't hesitate.
Celebrations at Castle Enfys abruptly turn to terror when an old adversary threatens the realm once again.
Can Felicity embark on the Blooms' most dangerous quest yet to find a golden arrow? And will she have the courage to face her past and put right her future?
Felicity will need the help of old friends and new to complete this quest and get her family safely back home 'Through the Fairy Door'...
Valour, forgiveness & intrigue unite in this enthralling adventure.
Book 5 Blurb: Otto Bloom and the Enchanted Coin:
One final quest can show the way home...
Otto Bloom has had an interesting start to his life, having been shielded in Fairy Land until a cure for the curse he was under could be found. But now he is back with his family, the Blooms. As a childhood illness makes him feel low, he becomes riddled with doubts about his place within the family. He is caught off guard when an urgent message arrives from Fairy Land.
Feeling like this is his time to be a hero and step up to save his family, Otto makes a rash decision that will have dire consequences for those in Fairy Land and those in the human world too.
Can Otto put aside his doubts and venture on the Blooms’ final quest to procure the mythical enchanted coin needed to activate a legendary weapon? And will he realise that his power and place was within him all along?
Otto will need to believe in himself and the power of family in a bid to finally rid Fairy Land of its darkest threat, before he takes his forever family back home ‘Through the Fairy Door’...
Spirit, family and discovery conclude in this final adventure.
Bio:
When not searching the backs of wardrobes for Narnia, the bottom of the garden for fairies or exploring yet another Castle, Estelle can be found with her nose in a book or a pen in her hand.
Having previously worked at Cardiff Castle, she now writes full time while looking after her four children.
She lives on the beautiful South Wales coast with her husband, children and crazy dog.
She loves to connect with her readers via Twitter or Instagram @through_the_fairy_door_books
OCTAVIA BLOOM AND THE MISSING KEY.
BEATRICE BLOOM AND THE STAR CRYSTAL.
MARTHA BLOOM AND THE GLASS COMPASS.
FELICITY BLOOM AND THE GOLDEN ARROW.
OTTO BLOOM AND THE ENCHANTED COIN.
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
*Bonus: Estelle is adding bookmarks to her books for her successful bidder
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E_G_Tudor
Book 1 Blurb: Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key :
One tiny discovery can have enormous consequences...
Almost 10-year-old Octavia Bloom is looking for adventure, but when it comes it's in the shape of a tiny fairy door.
Dragging her reluctant sister and cousins into the mystery, Octavia discovers her family are hiding not ONE but TWO life-changing secrets.
Why is her mother searching for an elusive flower? And does she have what it takes to reunite her fractured family?
Octavia's certain the answers lie behind the fairy door, if only she could just find the key...
Bravery, secrets & magic intertwine in this fantastical adventure.
Book 2 Blurb: Beatrice Bloom and the Star Crystal :
Beatrice Bloom is excited but a bit apprehensive to be heading through the fairy door once again with her sister and cousins. The adventure quickly turns ominous with the arrival of old foes and new enemies who are conspiring to overthrow the throne. Is Beatrice brave enough to embrace magic once more to help her friends? And can she restore the star crystal to its rightful place before time runs out?Beatrice will need all her courage in this new 'Through the Fairy Door' adventure.Courage, friendship and deceit collide in this spellbinding adventure.Continue the magic in this follow up to Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key!
Book 3 Blurb: Martha Bloom and the Glass Compass:
One act of compassion can evoke everlasting change...Martha Bloom has always been the most sensible Bloom child and takes her role as eldest seriously, but even she cannot contain her excitement at an invitation to visit Fairy Land once http://again.An idyllic day visiting the companion class at the new fairy school quickly turns sour when an old nemesis steals something of great importance.Will Martha be able to use the Glass Compass once again to retrieve what was stolen? And can she set an old wrong right?Martha is determined to succeed before they head back home 'Through the Fairy Door'.Integrity, companionship and daring abound in this captivating adventure.
Book 4 Blurb: Felicity Bloom and the Golden Arrow:
One grave misunderstanding put right can lead to forgiveness...
Felicity Bloom has always felt responsible for her younger sister, so when an offer of even greater responsibility comes from Fairy Land she doesn't hesitate.
Celebrations at Castle Enfys abruptly turn to terror when an old adversary threatens the realm once again.
Can Felicity embark on the Blooms' most dangerous quest yet to find a golden arrow? And will she have the courage to face her past and put right her future?
Felicity will need the help of old friends and new to complete this quest and get her family safely back home 'Through the Fairy Door'...
Valour, forgiveness & intrigue unite in this enthralling adventure.
Book 5 Blurb: Otto Bloom and the Enchanted Coin:
One final quest can show the way home...
Otto Bloom has had an interesting start to his life, having been shielded in Fairy Land until a cure for the curse he was under could be found. But now he is back with his family, the Blooms. As a childhood illness makes him feel low, he becomes riddled with doubts about his place within the family. He is caught off guard when an urgent message arrives from Fairy Land.
Feeling like this is his time to be a hero and step up to save his family, Otto makes a rash decision that will have dire consequences for those in Fairy Land and those in the human world too.
Can Otto put aside his doubts and venture on the Blooms’ final quest to procure the mythical enchanted coin needed to activate a legendary weapon? And will he realise that his power and place was within him all along?
Otto will need to believe in himself and the power of family in a bid to finally rid Fairy Land of its darkest threat, before he takes his forever family back home ‘Through the Fairy Door’...
Spirit, family and discovery conclude in this final adventure.
Bio:
When not searching the backs of wardrobes for Narnia, the bottom of the garden for fairies or exploring yet another Castle, Estelle can be found with her nose in a book or a pen in her hand.
Having previously worked at Cardiff Castle, she now writes full time while looking after her four children.
She lives on the beautiful South Wales coast with her husband, children and crazy dog.
She loves to connect with her readers via Twitter or Instagram @through_the_fairy_door_books
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Lot 164
£ 29
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P.G. Bell


P.G. Bell
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Title: The Train To Impossible Places
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Format: Hardback
Package & Posting: FREE
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Website: http://pgbellwriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/petergbell
Book Blurb:
"When Suzy hears a strange rattling noise in the middle of the night, she creeps downstairs to find a train roaring through her house. But this is no ordinary train. This is the magical delivery express for the Union of Impossible Places.
Whisked on board by a troll-boy called Wilmot, Suzy's world is turned upside down when she's given the job of delivering a cursed package to the fearsome sorceress, Lady Crepuscula. Except when the mysterious package begs not to be delivered, Suzy discovers the fate of the Impossible Places might just be in her hands..."
Author Bio:
P.G. Bell is a native of south Wales, where he was raised on a diet of Greek mythology, ghost stories and Doctor Who. He's had all sorts of jobs over the years, from lifeguard to roller coaster operator, but all he's ever really wanted to do is write stories for a living. And now he does!
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Format: Hardback
Package & Posting: FREE
Dedication Available: YES
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://pgbellwriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/petergbell
Book Blurb:
"When Suzy hears a strange rattling noise in the middle of the night, she creeps downstairs to find a train roaring through her house. But this is no ordinary train. This is the magical delivery express for the Union of Impossible Places.
Whisked on board by a troll-boy called Wilmot, Suzy's world is turned upside down when she's given the job of delivering a cursed package to the fearsome sorceress, Lady Crepuscula. Except when the mysterious package begs not to be delivered, Suzy discovers the fate of the Impossible Places might just be in her hands..."
Author Bio:
P.G. Bell is a native of south Wales, where he was raised on a diet of Greek mythology, ghost stories and Doctor Who. He's had all sorts of jobs over the years, from lifeguard to roller coaster operator, but all he's ever really wanted to do is write stories for a living. And now he does!
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Lot 165
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Rosamund Lupton


Rosamund Lupton
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Title: Three Hours
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.rosamundlupton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rosamundlupton
Three hours is 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds.
It is a morning's lessons, a dress rehearsal of Macbeth, a snowy trek through the woods.
It is an eternity waiting for news. Or a countdown to something terrible.
It is 180 minutes to discover who you will die for and what men will kill for.
In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens: a school is under siege. Told from the point of view of the people at the heart of it, from the wounded headmaster in the library, unable to help his trapped pupils and staff, to teenage Hannah in love for the first time, to the parents gathering desperate for news, to the 16 year old Syrian refugee trying to rescue his little brother, to the police psychologist who must identify the gunmen, to the students taking refuge in the school theatre, all experience the most intense hours of their lives, where evil and terror are met by courage, love and redemption.
The Author:
Rosamund Lupton is the author of four novels.
Rosamund Lupton graduated from Cambridge University in 1986. After reviewing books for the Literary Review and being invited to join the Royal Court Theatre, she won a television play competition and subsequently worked as a screen writer. Her debut novel Sister, was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, has been translated into over thirty languages and has international sales of over 1.5 million copies. It was the fastest-selling debut of 2010 by a British author, and was winner of the Richard and Judy Best Debut Novel of 2011 Award and the Strand Magazine Critics First Novel Award. Film rights of Sister are currently under option.
Lupton’s critically acclaimed second novel Afterwards also went straight into the Sunday Times bestseller lists and was the No. 2 Sunday Times fiction bestseller of 2011. The Quality of Silence her third novel was a Sunday Times best seller and a Richard & Judy bookclub pick
Her new novel Three Hours is a Sunday Times top ten best seller and a best book of 2020 in the Sunday Times, the Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Stylist, Red & Good Housekeeping. It’s a Times and Sunday Times thriller of the month.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.rosamundlupton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rosamundlupton
Three hours is 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds.
It is a morning's lessons, a dress rehearsal of Macbeth, a snowy trek through the woods.
It is an eternity waiting for news. Or a countdown to something terrible.
It is 180 minutes to discover who you will die for and what men will kill for.
In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens: a school is under siege. Told from the point of view of the people at the heart of it, from the wounded headmaster in the library, unable to help his trapped pupils and staff, to teenage Hannah in love for the first time, to the parents gathering desperate for news, to the 16 year old Syrian refugee trying to rescue his little brother, to the police psychologist who must identify the gunmen, to the students taking refuge in the school theatre, all experience the most intense hours of their lives, where evil and terror are met by courage, love and redemption.
The Author:
Rosamund Lupton is the author of four novels.
Rosamund Lupton graduated from Cambridge University in 1986. After reviewing books for the Literary Review and being invited to join the Royal Court Theatre, she won a television play competition and subsequently worked as a screen writer. Her debut novel Sister, was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, has been translated into over thirty languages and has international sales of over 1.5 million copies. It was the fastest-selling debut of 2010 by a British author, and was winner of the Richard and Judy Best Debut Novel of 2011 Award and the Strand Magazine Critics First Novel Award. Film rights of Sister are currently under option.
Lupton’s critically acclaimed second novel Afterwards also went straight into the Sunday Times bestseller lists and was the No. 2 Sunday Times fiction bestseller of 2011. The Quality of Silence her third novel was a Sunday Times best seller and a Richard & Judy bookclub pick
Her new novel Three Hours is a Sunday Times top ten best seller and a best book of 2020 in the Sunday Times, the Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Stylist, Red & Good Housekeeping. It’s a Times and Sunday Times thriller of the month.
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Lot 166
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Steve Weatherill


Steve Weatherill
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Two Book Special
Title 1: Baby Goz
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Title 2: Count on Goz
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://babygoz.webflow.io
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveWeatherill\
Book 1 Blurb:
Baby Goz the gosling has just hatched and goes looking for his mother. He sees parts of other animals, such as a long green leg or a wagging brown tail and the reader lifts the flap to see whether the animal is his mum or not. Then he finds her, and it is time for a swim. A very welcome re-issue of the delightful Baby Goz stories, which are perfect for Nursery and Reception age children.'
Book 2 Blurb:
Goz goes for his first swim and gets lost. He sets out to find his family and meets other animal families on the way. How many does he meet?
Author Bio:
Steve Weatherill is an author/illustrator and cartoonist. He studied fine art and film-making at Hornsey and the Royal College of Art.
He is best known for the Baby Goz and Lucy Goose books first published by Frances Lincoln and Pan Macmillan and also the History Activity books written with his wife, Susan for b small publishing.
He has visited over a 1000 schools and libraries with his early learning interactive storyplays.
Title 1: Baby Goz
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Title 2: Count on Goz
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://babygoz.webflow.io
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveWeatherill\
Book 1 Blurb:
Baby Goz the gosling has just hatched and goes looking for his mother. He sees parts of other animals, such as a long green leg or a wagging brown tail and the reader lifts the flap to see whether the animal is his mum or not. Then he finds her, and it is time for a swim. A very welcome re-issue of the delightful Baby Goz stories, which are perfect for Nursery and Reception age children.'
Book 2 Blurb:
Goz goes for his first swim and gets lost. He sets out to find his family and meets other animal families on the way. How many does he meet?
Author Bio:
Steve Weatherill is an author/illustrator and cartoonist. He studied fine art and film-making at Hornsey and the Royal College of Art.
He is best known for the Baby Goz and Lucy Goose books first published by Frances Lincoln and Pan Macmillan and also the History Activity books written with his wife, Susan for b small publishing.
He has visited over a 1000 schools and libraries with his early learning interactive storyplays.
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Lot 167
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Daniel Dockery


Daniel Dockery
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Book Title: Wendington Jones and the Missing Tree
Genre: Adventure, Mystery
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://wendingtonjones.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WendingtonJones
Twitter: https://twitter.com/quintdox
Book Blurb:
Wendington Jones has her world abruptly up-ended when her adventuring mother dies in a car crash in late 1920. Left in the care of her Grandmamma and her valet Rohan, Wendington receives a parcel in the middle of the night, seemingly from her dead mother. It's half of a manuscript from a book her mother was writing, and describes a mystery surrounding the mythical Tree of Life. When Wendington reads that the tree could have the power to bring her mother back to life, she throws herself into finding the remainder of the manuscript and solving her mother's mystery. However, her initial attempts are laced with danger. Other people also seek to find the Tree of Life and Wendington has to trick, fight and talk her way out of many perilous situations. Does Wendington have what it takes to complete her mission? Enola Holmes meets Indiana Jones in this epic story of mystery, adventure and learning to live with grief along the way.
Author Bio:
Daniel Dockery has written storylines and scripts for one of the UK's most popular tv series, Hollyoaks, including award winning stories about anorexia, young LGBT relationships and criminally exploited children. As well as working on Coronation Street's award winning 50th anniversary, he's developed and storied several feature films starring Robert De Niro, Dave Bautista and Olga Kurylenko. He has also written theatre pieces, staged in Manchester schools where he has taught drama when not writing.
Genre: Adventure, Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://wendingtonjones.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WendingtonJones
Twitter: https://twitter.com/quintdox
Book Blurb:
Wendington Jones has her world abruptly up-ended when her adventuring mother dies in a car crash in late 1920. Left in the care of her Grandmamma and her valet Rohan, Wendington receives a parcel in the middle of the night, seemingly from her dead mother. It's half of a manuscript from a book her mother was writing, and describes a mystery surrounding the mythical Tree of Life. When Wendington reads that the tree could have the power to bring her mother back to life, she throws herself into finding the remainder of the manuscript and solving her mother's mystery. However, her initial attempts are laced with danger. Other people also seek to find the Tree of Life and Wendington has to trick, fight and talk her way out of many perilous situations. Does Wendington have what it takes to complete her mission? Enola Holmes meets Indiana Jones in this epic story of mystery, adventure and learning to live with grief along the way.
Author Bio:
Daniel Dockery has written storylines and scripts for one of the UK's most popular tv series, Hollyoaks, including award winning stories about anorexia, young LGBT relationships and criminally exploited children. As well as working on Coronation Street's award winning 50th anniversary, he's developed and storied several feature films starring Robert De Niro, Dave Bautista and Olga Kurylenko. He has also written theatre pieces, staged in Manchester schools where he has taught drama when not writing.
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Lot 168
£ 20
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Jenny Worstall


Jenny Worstall
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Title: Home for Christmas
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://jennyworstall.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JennyWorstall
Book Blurb:
All you need is love, friendship...and the magic of Christmas...
Young army widow Anna falls for Will, but her five year old son Charlie’s not happy. Susie next door tries to help, but there’s an accident, a femme fatale and possibly a ghost to deal with before everyone can enjoy their best Christmas ever.
Author Bio:
Jenny is a writer and musician, and lives in London with her family.
You will find her playing the piano, singing in a choir or gossiping with her friends (obviously essential research for her writing).
Her books reflect her love of music and a tendency not to take life too seriously.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://jennyworstall.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JennyWorstall
Book Blurb:
All you need is love, friendship...and the magic of Christmas...
Young army widow Anna falls for Will, but her five year old son Charlie’s not happy. Susie next door tries to help, but there’s an accident, a femme fatale and possibly a ghost to deal with before everyone can enjoy their best Christmas ever.
Author Bio:
Jenny is a writer and musician, and lives in London with her family.
You will find her playing the piano, singing in a choir or gossiping with her friends (obviously essential research for her writing).
Her books reflect her love of music and a tendency not to take life too seriously.
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Lot 169
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Brian Frederick


Brian Frederick
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Title: Siggy The Soccer Dog
Genre: Children's Books - Complex Picture books
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://brianfrederickauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianFredAuthor
Book Blurb:
Siggy looks so cute as he twitches and turns in his sleep.
But as they watch him, little do the family know that in his dream he is “Siggy Sosidj” the star player for Manchester United. It’s up to Siggy to rescue his team in the biggest game of his life. But can he do it?
Join Siggy and a multi-national cast of doggie players to find out - in a fast-paced, beautifully illustrated tale about overcoming the odds, staying true to your purpose and being kind...
Author Bio:About Brian Frederick
Children’s book author Brian Frederick knew he wanted to be a writer at a young age, having won praise and awards for his early stories. When he writes, he finds himself entering a bubble of creativity, allowing his mind to wander into an imaginary world.
Whether the story is about embracing enthusiasm and good cheer, or finding gratitude in the little things, Brian’s characters are blessed with good fortune. In Brian’s picture book, Siggy Loves Sausages, the magical little dog Siggy is rewarded for his positivity—with a sausage, of course!
Brian’s background includes being a “bit of a lawyer,” but prefers writing stories rather than writing writs. His philosophy is that a great book is one that shares the beauty in everyday life. His relatability to children is evident, even if it involves fairies, as is in Siggy and The Phlower Phairies. Brian’s hope is that his stories provide happiness and enjoyment to his young readers.
When he isn’t writing imaginative life lessons for children—whilst listening to loud indie rock music on headphones—Brian enjoys following Manchester United Football Club and walking with his wife, Havinder. Together they live in a small nature reserve, where their house is alive with birdsong and woodland critters run around the trees like a fairytale forest. A perfect haven for storytelling.
Genre: Children's Books - Complex Picture books
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://brianfrederickauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianFredAuthor
Book Blurb:
Siggy looks so cute as he twitches and turns in his sleep.
But as they watch him, little do the family know that in his dream he is “Siggy Sosidj” the star player for Manchester United. It’s up to Siggy to rescue his team in the biggest game of his life. But can he do it?
Join Siggy and a multi-national cast of doggie players to find out - in a fast-paced, beautifully illustrated tale about overcoming the odds, staying true to your purpose and being kind...
Author Bio:About Brian Frederick
Children’s book author Brian Frederick knew he wanted to be a writer at a young age, having won praise and awards for his early stories. When he writes, he finds himself entering a bubble of creativity, allowing his mind to wander into an imaginary world.
Whether the story is about embracing enthusiasm and good cheer, or finding gratitude in the little things, Brian’s characters are blessed with good fortune. In Brian’s picture book, Siggy Loves Sausages, the magical little dog Siggy is rewarded for his positivity—with a sausage, of course!
Brian’s background includes being a “bit of a lawyer,” but prefers writing stories rather than writing writs. His philosophy is that a great book is one that shares the beauty in everyday life. His relatability to children is evident, even if it involves fairies, as is in Siggy and The Phlower Phairies. Brian’s hope is that his stories provide happiness and enjoyment to his young readers.
When he isn’t writing imaginative life lessons for children—whilst listening to loud indie rock music on headphones—Brian enjoys following Manchester United Football Club and walking with his wife, Havinder. Together they live in a small nature reserve, where their house is alive with birdsong and woodland critters run around the trees like a fairytale forest. A perfect haven for storytelling.
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Lot 170
£ 18
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Angela Kecojevic


Angela Kecojevic
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Title: Scare Ground
Genre: Middle Grade - Spooky
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkecojevic
Book Blurb:
Roll up, roll up, the Scareground is in town…
The infamous Tombola fair has not been back to Greenwich since tragedy struck it years ago, but everything changes when black balloons float into town announcing the return of the Scareground. The whole town is abuzz with excitement and anticipation but Mr and Mrs Crumpet, the bakers, forbid their adopted daughter Nancy from going.
Nancy is certain the fair holds the answers to the disappearance of her birth parents, and with her best friend Arthur Green by her side, they meet the peculiar Skelter Tombola and uncover a world full of magic, mystery and the macabre. But behind such wonders hides a darkness Nancy never expected, a place where she must confront her greatest fears. Not least that someone might find out her hidden talent/curse, just one more thing that makes her different and must be kept secret…
Author Bio:
Angela is a children’s author and creative writing tutor. She has
written several books for the Oxford Reading Tree programme and is the author behind the multi-award-winning adventure park Hobbledown. She is a member of the Climate
Writers Fiction League, a group of international authors who use climate issues
in their work. Scareground is a spooky adventure book for children 8+
Angela lives in the city of Oxford with her family.
Genre: Middle Grade - Spooky
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkecojevic
Book Blurb:
Roll up, roll up, the Scareground is in town…
The infamous Tombola fair has not been back to Greenwich since tragedy struck it years ago, but everything changes when black balloons float into town announcing the return of the Scareground. The whole town is abuzz with excitement and anticipation but Mr and Mrs Crumpet, the bakers, forbid their adopted daughter Nancy from going.
Nancy is certain the fair holds the answers to the disappearance of her birth parents, and with her best friend Arthur Green by her side, they meet the peculiar Skelter Tombola and uncover a world full of magic, mystery and the macabre. But behind such wonders hides a darkness Nancy never expected, a place where she must confront her greatest fears. Not least that someone might find out her hidden talent/curse, just one more thing that makes her different and must be kept secret…
Author Bio:
Angela is a children’s author and creative writing tutor. She has
written several books for the Oxford Reading Tree programme and is the author behind the multi-award-winning adventure park Hobbledown. She is a member of the Climate
Writers Fiction League, a group of international authors who use climate issues
in their work. Scareground is a spooky adventure book for children 8+
Angela lives in the city of Oxford with her family.
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Lot 171
£ 15
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Stuart Gibbon


Stuart Gibbon
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Title 1: Catching a Killer
Genre: True Crime
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Being a Detective (Revised Edition)
Genre: True Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
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Website: http://gibconsultancy.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gibconsultancy
Book 1 Blurb:
Catching a Killer is an essential research companion for crime writers and true crime fans. A former detective and a crime historian examine the investigation of murder in the UK, from an historical and contemporary perspective
Book 2 Blurb:
Being a Detective is a Readers' and Writers' guide to UK detective work past and present. Written in an A-Z format, a former detective and a crime historian tell you everything you always wanted to know about the British detective, from an historical and contemporary perspective.
Author Bio: Stuart Gibbon is a former UK detective who now works as a consultant, advising authors on police procedures.
Genre: True Crime
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Being a Detective (Revised Edition)
Genre: True Crime
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://gibconsultancy.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gibconsultancy
Book 1 Blurb:
Catching a Killer is an essential research companion for crime writers and true crime fans. A former detective and a crime historian examine the investigation of murder in the UK, from an historical and contemporary perspective
Book 2 Blurb:
Being a Detective is a Readers' and Writers' guide to UK detective work past and present. Written in an A-Z format, a former detective and a crime historian tell you everything you always wanted to know about the British detective, from an historical and contemporary perspective.
Author Bio: Stuart Gibbon is a former UK detective who now works as a consultant, advising authors on police procedures.
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Lot 172
£ 18
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Kaye Umansky


Kaye Umansky
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Title: Dick The Delightful Duck’
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
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Website: http://www.kayeumansky.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KayeUmansky
Book Blurb:
Even the most delightful ducks can have a bad day . . . What’s the matter with Dick the Duck? He’s usually so kind and friendly! But today Dick got out on The Wrong Side of Bed. He feels humpy and grumpy, cranky and cross. Can anyone help cheer him up? Luckily Dick’s friends rally round and shower him with kindness, and Dick is soon back to his usual delightful self! This magnificently funny rhyming story shows that even the most delightful ducks can have a bad day. (And that’s totally okay!)
Author Bio:
Kaye Umansky originally trained as a teacher, only beginning to write children’s novels and picture books when her daughter was born. She is the much-loved author of the Pongwiffy series and Pass the Jam, Jim, and she has a particular gift for voice and comedy. She lives in North London where she writes in an office with stars on the ceiling.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://www.kayeumansky.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KayeUmansky
Book Blurb:
Even the most delightful ducks can have a bad day . . . What’s the matter with Dick the Duck? He’s usually so kind and friendly! But today Dick got out on The Wrong Side of Bed. He feels humpy and grumpy, cranky and cross. Can anyone help cheer him up? Luckily Dick’s friends rally round and shower him with kindness, and Dick is soon back to his usual delightful self! This magnificently funny rhyming story shows that even the most delightful ducks can have a bad day. (And that’s totally okay!)
Author Bio:
Kaye Umansky originally trained as a teacher, only beginning to write children’s novels and picture books when her daughter was born. She is the much-loved author of the Pongwiffy series and Pass the Jam, Jim, and she has a particular gift for voice and comedy. She lives in North London where she writes in an office with stars on the ceiling.
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Lot 173
£ 14
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Heleen Kist


Heleen Kist
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Title: Killer Bodies
Genre: Locked room mystery
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://heleenkist.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hkist
Book Blurb:
In a prestigious Edinburgh apartment building, gym receptionist Evie whiles away long hours doodling the deaths of residents who’ve annoyed her.
On her birthday of all days, a man slumps off the exercise bike — dead. She tries to get help, but someone has locked the doors and the phones are out of reach.
When another resident collapses inexplicably, Evie realises the deaths resemble those she drew … and her sketchbook is missing.
Was she framed...
... or is she next?
Author Bio:
Heleen Kist is a Dutch, formerly globetrotting career woman who fell in love with a Scotsman and his country, and now writes about its (sometimes scary) people from her garden office in Glasgow. 'Killer Bodies' is her fourth novel, inspired by her hatred of exercise.
She was chosen as an up-and-coming new author at Bloody Scotland 2018. Her novels have been finalists in a variety of awards, both in the UK and USA
Genre: Locked room mystery
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://heleenkist.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hkist
Book Blurb:
In a prestigious Edinburgh apartment building, gym receptionist Evie whiles away long hours doodling the deaths of residents who’ve annoyed her.
On her birthday of all days, a man slumps off the exercise bike — dead. She tries to get help, but someone has locked the doors and the phones are out of reach.
When another resident collapses inexplicably, Evie realises the deaths resemble those she drew … and her sketchbook is missing.
Was she framed...
... or is she next?
Author Bio:
Heleen Kist is a Dutch, formerly globetrotting career woman who fell in love with a Scotsman and his country, and now writes about its (sometimes scary) people from her garden office in Glasgow. 'Killer Bodies' is her fourth novel, inspired by her hatred of exercise.
She was chosen as an up-and-coming new author at Bloody Scotland 2018. Her novels have been finalists in a variety of awards, both in the UK and USA
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Lot 174
£ 13
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Dr Victoria L. Humphreys


Dr Victoria L. Humphreys
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Title: Not the Work of an Ordinary Boy
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtorhumphreys
Book Blurb:
'Injured Ethelred the Unready is one of only three elite carrier pigeons trained to undertake two-way flights. Konstantin von Essen is the traumatized 14-year-old son of Generalfeldmarschall Dieter von Essen, the Commander for Operations in the North Zone of Occupied France. Eleven-year-old Dottie Latymer is evacuated from London to Surrey where her Anglo-American identity, together with her affected American accent, makes her a target for bullies. Rose Clarke, Dottie's only friend, has a violent father and a mother struggling with mental ill-health. Together, they must overcome their personal obstacles to supply MI5 with game-changing intelligence.'
Author Bio:
'Victoria L. Humphreys was born in Surrey, but now lives in Dorset. She has a PhD in creative writing from the University of Southampton, and has also studied at the University of Ulster, the University of Surrey, and the Moscow State Institute for International Relations. Not the Work of an Ordinary Boy was inspired by a newspaper article about the skeletal remains of a World War Two carrier pigeon found in a chimney. Attached to the pigeon's leg bone was a canister containing a coded message. Since then, she has been fascinated by the war-time flights of these intelligent creatures and the secret messages they once delivered.'
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtorhumphreys
Book Blurb:
'Injured Ethelred the Unready is one of only three elite carrier pigeons trained to undertake two-way flights. Konstantin von Essen is the traumatized 14-year-old son of Generalfeldmarschall Dieter von Essen, the Commander for Operations in the North Zone of Occupied France. Eleven-year-old Dottie Latymer is evacuated from London to Surrey where her Anglo-American identity, together with her affected American accent, makes her a target for bullies. Rose Clarke, Dottie's only friend, has a violent father and a mother struggling with mental ill-health. Together, they must overcome their personal obstacles to supply MI5 with game-changing intelligence.'
Author Bio:
'Victoria L. Humphreys was born in Surrey, but now lives in Dorset. She has a PhD in creative writing from the University of Southampton, and has also studied at the University of Ulster, the University of Surrey, and the Moscow State Institute for International Relations. Not the Work of an Ordinary Boy was inspired by a newspaper article about the skeletal remains of a World War Two carrier pigeon found in a chimney. Attached to the pigeon's leg bone was a canister containing a coded message. Since then, she has been fascinated by the war-time flights of these intelligent creatures and the secret messages they once delivered.'
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Lot 175
£ 14
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Eve Smith


Eve Smith
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Title: ONE
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://evesmithauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/evecsmith
Book Blurb:
One law. One child. Seven million crimes…
A catastrophic climate emergency has spawned a one-child policy in the UK, ruthlessly enforced by a totalitarian regime. Compulsory abortion of ‘excess’ pregnancies and mandatory contraceptive implants are now the norm, and families must adhere to strict consumption quotas as the world descends into chaos.
Kai is a 25-year-old ‘baby reaper’, working for the Ministry of Population and Family Planning. If any of her assigned families attempt to exceed their child quota, she ensures they pay the price.
Until, one morning, she discovers that an illegal sibling on her Ministry hit-list is hers. To protect her parents from severe penalties, she must secretly investigate before anyone else finds out.
Kai’s hunt for her forbidden sister unearths much more than a dark family secret. As she stumbles across a series of heinous crimes perpetrated by the people she trusted most, she makes a devastating discovery that could bring down the government … and tear her family apart.
Author Bio:
Eve Smith writes speculative thrillers, mainly about the things that scare her. She attributes her love of all things dark and dystopian to a childhood watching Tales of the Unexpected and Edgar Allen Poe double bills.
Longlisted for the Not the Booker Prize and described by Waterstones as "an exciting new voice in crime fiction", Eve’s debut novel, The Waiting Rooms, set in the aftermath of an antibiotic resistance crisis, was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize First Novel Award and was selected as a Guardian Book of the Month. It was followed by Off-Target, about a world where genetic engineering of children is routine, which was a Book of the Month in The Times.
Her latest thriller, ONE, is set in a near-future Britain where a One-Child policy is ruthlessly enforced by a totalitarian regime.
Eve’s previous job at an environmental charity took her to research projects across Asia, Africa and the Americas, and she has an ongoing passion for wild creatures, wild science and far-flung places.
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://evesmithauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/evecsmith
Book Blurb:
One law. One child. Seven million crimes…
A catastrophic climate emergency has spawned a one-child policy in the UK, ruthlessly enforced by a totalitarian regime. Compulsory abortion of ‘excess’ pregnancies and mandatory contraceptive implants are now the norm, and families must adhere to strict consumption quotas as the world descends into chaos.
Kai is a 25-year-old ‘baby reaper’, working for the Ministry of Population and Family Planning. If any of her assigned families attempt to exceed their child quota, she ensures they pay the price.
Until, one morning, she discovers that an illegal sibling on her Ministry hit-list is hers. To protect her parents from severe penalties, she must secretly investigate before anyone else finds out.
Kai’s hunt for her forbidden sister unearths much more than a dark family secret. As she stumbles across a series of heinous crimes perpetrated by the people she trusted most, she makes a devastating discovery that could bring down the government … and tear her family apart.
Author Bio:
Eve Smith writes speculative thrillers, mainly about the things that scare her. She attributes her love of all things dark and dystopian to a childhood watching Tales of the Unexpected and Edgar Allen Poe double bills.
Longlisted for the Not the Booker Prize and described by Waterstones as "an exciting new voice in crime fiction", Eve’s debut novel, The Waiting Rooms, set in the aftermath of an antibiotic resistance crisis, was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize First Novel Award and was selected as a Guardian Book of the Month. It was followed by Off-Target, about a world where genetic engineering of children is routine, which was a Book of the Month in The Times.
Her latest thriller, ONE, is set in a near-future Britain where a One-Child policy is ruthlessly enforced by a totalitarian regime.
Eve’s previous job at an environmental charity took her to research projects across Asia, Africa and the Americas, and she has an ongoing passion for wild creatures, wild science and far-flung places.
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Lot 176
£ 28
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Trevor Wood


Trevor Wood
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Title: You Can Run
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://trevorwoodauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrevorWoodWrite
Book Blurb:
It takes a village to save a child in this pulse-pounding standalone thriller from the acclaimed author of The Man on the Street.
It wasn't her dad they were after.
It was her.
Ruby Winter is surprised when her reclusive father invites a stranger into their house. She eavesdrops on their conversation and is alarmed when she hears a fight break out. She dashes into the kitchen to save her dad but the stranger's the one lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
Her dad urges her to pack a bag. They must quit their Northumbrian cottage and run. There isn't time to explain why. But as they try to flee her dad is captured.
The only people who can help her are the villagers she has shunned her whole life. But, desperate to find her father and to work out who took him and why, she must seek their help.
But what if learning the truth means discovering the life she once knew was a lie?
Author Bio:
Trevor Wood has lived in Newcastle for 30 years and considers himself an adopted Geordie, though he still can’t speak the language. He's a successful playwright who has also worked as a journalist and spin-doctor for the City Council. Prior to that he served in the Royal Navy for 16 years joining, presciently, as a Writer. Trevor holds an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) from UEA. His first novel, The Man on the Street, won the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, the Crimefest Specsavers Best Crime Debut Award and was shortlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. He is represented by Oli Munson at AM Heath. Trevor is a founder member of the Northern Crime Syndicate and a volunteer cook at the People's Kitchen in Newcastle, which feeds more than 200 members of the homeless community every day.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://trevorwoodauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrevorWoodWrite
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It takes a village to save a child in this pulse-pounding standalone thriller from the acclaimed author of The Man on the Street.
It wasn't her dad they were after.
It was her.
Ruby Winter is surprised when her reclusive father invites a stranger into their house. She eavesdrops on their conversation and is alarmed when she hears a fight break out. She dashes into the kitchen to save her dad but the stranger's the one lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
Her dad urges her to pack a bag. They must quit their Northumbrian cottage and run. There isn't time to explain why. But as they try to flee her dad is captured.
The only people who can help her are the villagers she has shunned her whole life. But, desperate to find her father and to work out who took him and why, she must seek their help.
But what if learning the truth means discovering the life she once knew was a lie?
Author Bio:
Trevor Wood has lived in Newcastle for 30 years and considers himself an adopted Geordie, though he still can’t speak the language. He's a successful playwright who has also worked as a journalist and spin-doctor for the City Council. Prior to that he served in the Royal Navy for 16 years joining, presciently, as a Writer. Trevor holds an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) from UEA. His first novel, The Man on the Street, won the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, the Crimefest Specsavers Best Crime Debut Award and was shortlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. He is represented by Oli Munson at AM Heath. Trevor is a founder member of the Northern Crime Syndicate and a volunteer cook at the People's Kitchen in Newcastle, which feeds more than 200 members of the homeless community every day.
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Lot 177
£ 16
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Barbara Henderson


Barbara Henderson
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Title: The Chessmen Thief
Genre: Children - Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/BarbaraHenderson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scattyscribbler
Book Blurb:
Young Kylan was abducted from the Isle of Lewis in a Viking raid and now works in a carving workshop in Trondheim. The new Archbishop, however, has commissioned some chess sets as gifts for his trip to the Hebrides, and Kylan is determined to join the chess pieces on their perilous journey and find his freedom.
It’s a deadly game. But he has made his move and there is no going back.
Author Bio:
Barbara Henderson is an award winning author of historical fiction for children. The Chessmen Thief is the 2022 winner of the Historical Association 's Young Quills Award and is widely studied in schools.
Genre: Children - Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/BarbaraHenderson
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Book Blurb:
Young Kylan was abducted from the Isle of Lewis in a Viking raid and now works in a carving workshop in Trondheim. The new Archbishop, however, has commissioned some chess sets as gifts for his trip to the Hebrides, and Kylan is determined to join the chess pieces on their perilous journey and find his freedom.
It’s a deadly game. But he has made his move and there is no going back.
Author Bio:
Barbara Henderson is an award winning author of historical fiction for children. The Chessmen Thief is the 2022 winner of the Historical Association 's Young Quills Award and is widely studied in schools.
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Lot 178
£ 15
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Alison Brown


Alison Brown
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Title: Everything is Possible
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
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Website: https://www.aliscribble.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aliscribble
Book Blurb:
A joyful and inclusive lullaby about love, acceptance and following your heart . . .
Strong and bold, or quiet and kind, every child is unique and their future filled with possibilities. Based on Fred Small’s iconic folk song that became an anthem for generations, and marking its 40th anniversary, Everything Possible celebrates love and friendship, gently encouraging children to dream their own dream and choose their own path, wherever it may take them. An inspiring and uplifting picture book for children everywhere.
With a brand-new free ‘Stories Aloud’ audio recording and revised lyrics – scan the QR code at the end of the story to hear the song.
Illustrator Bio:
I grew up in Bangor, Northern Ireland and studied art at Manchester Metropolitan and Liverpool John Moores Universities and Goldsmiths College, London. I did a lot of formal studying, and learned a huge amount during that time, but I think my path towards a career in picture books began with my love of comics and cartoons, particularly "Peanuts", the creation of my hero, the great Charles M. Schulz.
Before I became a full-time illustrator and writer, I did many other jobs including teaching English, working in a bookshop and designing Christmas and Halloween point-of-sale for Asda!
I work with publishers in the UK and around the world including Bloomsbury, Farshore, Little Tiger Press, Oxford University Press, Simon & Schuster USA and Hinkler.
My books have been published in Spanish (Castillian and Catalan), German, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, French, Finnish, Romanian, Afrikaans, Portuguese, Italian, Hebrew and this year, for the first time, in Scots Gaelic and Welsh!
I am represented by The Plum Agency
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.aliscribble.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aliscribble
Book Blurb:
A joyful and inclusive lullaby about love, acceptance and following your heart . . .
Strong and bold, or quiet and kind, every child is unique and their future filled with possibilities. Based on Fred Small’s iconic folk song that became an anthem for generations, and marking its 40th anniversary, Everything Possible celebrates love and friendship, gently encouraging children to dream their own dream and choose their own path, wherever it may take them. An inspiring and uplifting picture book for children everywhere.
With a brand-new free ‘Stories Aloud’ audio recording and revised lyrics – scan the QR code at the end of the story to hear the song.
Illustrator Bio:
I grew up in Bangor, Northern Ireland and studied art at Manchester Metropolitan and Liverpool John Moores Universities and Goldsmiths College, London. I did a lot of formal studying, and learned a huge amount during that time, but I think my path towards a career in picture books began with my love of comics and cartoons, particularly "Peanuts", the creation of my hero, the great Charles M. Schulz.
Before I became a full-time illustrator and writer, I did many other jobs including teaching English, working in a bookshop and designing Christmas and Halloween point-of-sale for Asda!
I work with publishers in the UK and around the world including Bloomsbury, Farshore, Little Tiger Press, Oxford University Press, Simon & Schuster USA and Hinkler.
My books have been published in Spanish (Castillian and Catalan), German, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, French, Finnish, Romanian, Afrikaans, Portuguese, Italian, Hebrew and this year, for the first time, in Scots Gaelic and Welsh!
I am represented by The Plum Agency
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Lot 179
£ 21
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Ruth Ware


Ruth Ware
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Title: Zero Days
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://ruthware.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RuthWareWriter
Book Blurb:
HOW CAN YOU HIDE WHEN THE ENEMY IS EVERYWHERE?
Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband Gabe are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their only suspect – her.
On the run and out of options, Jack must decide who she can trust and how far she’s prepared to go. Can she figure out the truth, before her pursuers find her?
International bestseller Ruth Ware returns with this adrenaline-fueled thriller about a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband’s killer.
Author Bio:
Ruth Ware is an international number one bestseller. Her thrillers In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, The Death of Mrs Westaway, The Turn of the Key, One by One and The It Girl have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including the Sunday Times and New York Times. Her books have been optioned for both film and TV, and she is published in more than 40 languages. Ruth lives near Brighton with her family.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://ruthware.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RuthWareWriter
Book Blurb:
HOW CAN YOU HIDE WHEN THE ENEMY IS EVERYWHERE?
Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband Gabe are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their only suspect – her.
On the run and out of options, Jack must decide who she can trust and how far she’s prepared to go. Can she figure out the truth, before her pursuers find her?
International bestseller Ruth Ware returns with this adrenaline-fueled thriller about a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband’s killer.
Author Bio:
Ruth Ware is an international number one bestseller. Her thrillers In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, The Death of Mrs Westaway, The Turn of the Key, One by One and The It Girl have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including the Sunday Times and New York Times. Her books have been optioned for both film and TV, and she is published in more than 40 languages. Ruth lives near Brighton with her family.
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Lot 180
£ 27
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Rachel Hore


Rachel Hore
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Title: The HIdden Years
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://rachelhore.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rachelhore
Book Blurb:
Told across two timelines, this story links a young woman who works as a matron at a Cornish school during the Second World War, and a student who drops out and follows her folk musician boyfriend to a commune in the 1960s.
Author Bio:
Rachel Hore is the Sunday Times bestselling author of fourteen novels, including the Richard & Judy Book Club choices A Place of Secrets, Last Letter Home and A Beautiful Spy. She lives in Norwich.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: http://rachelhore.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rachelhore
Book Blurb:
Told across two timelines, this story links a young woman who works as a matron at a Cornish school during the Second World War, and a student who drops out and follows her folk musician boyfriend to a commune in the 1960s.
Author Bio:
Rachel Hore is the Sunday Times bestselling author of fourteen novels, including the Richard & Judy Book Club choices A Place of Secrets, Last Letter Home and A Beautiful Spy. She lives in Norwich.
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Lot 181
£ 15
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Carrie Sellon


Carrie Sellon
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181
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Title: Pizza Pete and the Perilous Potions
Genre: Middle Grade children’s novel (age 7-10)
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: YES
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Website: https://www.carriesellon.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carrie_sellon
Book Blurb:
Pete has made a promise - NEVER to leave home again. He loves living about the pizza shop with his dad. But when a new restaurant steals all their customers, Pete and his friend Anna must come up with an INGENIOUS plan to sell more pizzas, otherwise he’ll be forced to move. Throw in a briefcase of magical potions, a fire-breathing dog and an exploding headteacher, and Pete’s life soon ramps up from Margherita to Spicy Pepperoni!
During the month of June 'Pizza Pete and the Perilous Potions' was selected as the Times Children’s Book of the Week.
Author Bio:
Carrie Sellon was born in Bristol and now lives in Hampshire with her husband, three children, dog friend (Mabel), tortoise friend (Sid), chicken friends (Bluebell and Snowy) and thirty thousand bee friends (Andy, Pamela, Ellie, Mark…you get the idea). She used to travel the world making wildlife films for the BBC, but now, much like Pete, prefers hanging out at home, eating too much pizza. Pizza Pete and the Perilous Potions is her first book - the first of a trilogy.
Genre: Middle Grade children’s novel (age 7-10)
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.carriesellon.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carrie_sellon
Book Blurb:
Pete has made a promise - NEVER to leave home again. He loves living about the pizza shop with his dad. But when a new restaurant steals all their customers, Pete and his friend Anna must come up with an INGENIOUS plan to sell more pizzas, otherwise he’ll be forced to move. Throw in a briefcase of magical potions, a fire-breathing dog and an exploding headteacher, and Pete’s life soon ramps up from Margherita to Spicy Pepperoni!
During the month of June 'Pizza Pete and the Perilous Potions' was selected as the Times Children’s Book of the Week.
Author Bio:
Carrie Sellon was born in Bristol and now lives in Hampshire with her husband, three children, dog friend (Mabel), tortoise friend (Sid), chicken friends (Bluebell and Snowy) and thirty thousand bee friends (Andy, Pamela, Ellie, Mark…you get the idea). She used to travel the world making wildlife films for the BBC, but now, much like Pete, prefers hanging out at home, eating too much pizza. Pizza Pete and the Perilous Potions is her first book - the first of a trilogy.
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Lot 182
£ 27
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Hazel Gaynor


Hazel Gaynor
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Title: The Last Lifeboat
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://hazelgaynor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HazelGaynor
Book Blurb:
'Heart-wrenching . . . a story that needs to be remembered' FERN BRITTON 'Enthrallingly told . . . it's extraordinary how despite everything hope for the future shines out' RACHEL HORE
Liverpool 1940. Alice King stands on the deck of SS Carlisle, waiting to escort a group of children to Canada as overseas evacuees. She is finally doing her bit for the war.
In London, as the Blitz bombs rain down and the threat of German invasion looms, Lily Nicholls anxiously counts the days for news of her son and daughter's safe arrival.
But when disaster strikes in the Atlantic, Alice and Lily - one at sea, the other on land - will quickly become one another's very best hope. The events of one night, and the eight unimaginable days that follow, will bind the two women together in unforgettable ways.
Inspired by a remarkable true story, The Last Lifeboat is a gripping and triumphant tale of love, courage and hope against the odds.
Author Bio:
Hazel Gaynor is the New York Times, USA Today, and Irish Times bestselling author of ten novels, including The Bird in the Bamboo Cage and The Girl Who Came Home. Known for her deeply moving historical novels which explore the defining events of the 20th century, Hazel is a previous winner of the RNA Historical Novel Award, and is an HWA Gold Crown and Irish Book Awards shortlisted author. Her novels are translated into 20 languages. Originally from Yorkshire, she lives in Ireland with her family.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://hazelgaynor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HazelGaynor
Book Blurb:
'Heart-wrenching . . . a story that needs to be remembered' FERN BRITTON 'Enthrallingly told . . . it's extraordinary how despite everything hope for the future shines out' RACHEL HORE
Liverpool 1940. Alice King stands on the deck of SS Carlisle, waiting to escort a group of children to Canada as overseas evacuees. She is finally doing her bit for the war.
In London, as the Blitz bombs rain down and the threat of German invasion looms, Lily Nicholls anxiously counts the days for news of her son and daughter's safe arrival.
But when disaster strikes in the Atlantic, Alice and Lily - one at sea, the other on land - will quickly become one another's very best hope. The events of one night, and the eight unimaginable days that follow, will bind the two women together in unforgettable ways.
Inspired by a remarkable true story, The Last Lifeboat is a gripping and triumphant tale of love, courage and hope against the odds.
Author Bio:
Hazel Gaynor is the New York Times, USA Today, and Irish Times bestselling author of ten novels, including The Bird in the Bamboo Cage and The Girl Who Came Home. Known for her deeply moving historical novels which explore the defining events of the 20th century, Hazel is a previous winner of the RNA Historical Novel Award, and is an HWA Gold Crown and Irish Book Awards shortlisted author. Her novels are translated into 20 languages. Originally from Yorkshire, she lives in Ireland with her family.
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Lot 183
£ 12
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Sital Gorasia Chapman


Sital Gorasia Chapman
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Title: The Maths Adventurers Build a Friendship
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picturebook
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Website: https://sitalgorasiachapman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGorasiaChapman
Book Blurb:
A fun and engaging introduction to shapes for children aged 5-7.
Beep the robot would love nothing more than to have her own pet, like her friends do. One morning, she gets a surprise delivery - a parcel containing circles, squares, triangles, and pentagons for her to make her own robot cat! Beep realises that she can't make a pet pal from flat, two-dimensional shapes, so, with a flash of magic, the shapes become three-dimensional spheres, cubes, and pyramids. Join Beep as she tries different ways of putting shapes together to build her robot cat and make a best friend forever.
Author Bio:
Sital Gorasia Chapman writes fiction and non-fiction for children. She worked in finance before becoming a children’s author and is passionate about bringing maths to life for kids.
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picturebook
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://sitalgorasiachapman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGorasiaChapman
Book Blurb:
A fun and engaging introduction to shapes for children aged 5-7.
Beep the robot would love nothing more than to have her own pet, like her friends do. One morning, she gets a surprise delivery - a parcel containing circles, squares, triangles, and pentagons for her to make her own robot cat! Beep realises that she can't make a pet pal from flat, two-dimensional shapes, so, with a flash of magic, the shapes become three-dimensional spheres, cubes, and pyramids. Join Beep as she tries different ways of putting shapes together to build her robot cat and make a best friend forever.
Author Bio:
Sital Gorasia Chapman writes fiction and non-fiction for children. She worked in finance before becoming a children’s author and is passionate about bringing maths to life for kids.
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Lot 184
£ 50
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Patricia M Osborne


Patricia M Osborne
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Title: The Oath
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://whitewingsbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PMOsborneWriter
Book Blurb:
The Oath takes the reader on an emotional rollercoaster with its captivating story set in the late Victorian era. Although heartbreaking, it is also uplifting, both of which may cause the reader to shed a tear or two.
Marry the baronet, or vulnerable parents face la prison des pauvres
France 1895 - Seventeen-year-old Françoise abandons her carefree life and sails for England to marry distant cousin Charles Dubois. On arrival she finds her groom aloof and evasive.
'Playtime is over. Seventeen is old enough to wed and bear a child.’
Draped in expensive silk brocade, she yearns for her homeland and comfortable gowns, and when she discovers the baronet’s clandestine visits, it is her cheery maid she turns to, her new confidante and friend.
BETRAYAL – HEARTBREAK – FRIENDSHIP
The Oath: A coming of age, historical fiction saga from the author of House of Grace family saga trilogy.
Author Bio:
Patricia M Osborne is married with grown-up children and grandchildren. In 2019 she graduated with an MA in Creative Writing. She is a published novelist, poet and short fiction writer with five poetry pamphlets published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press, and numerous poems and short stories appearing in various literary magazines and anthologies. Her debut poetry pamphlet, Taxus Baccata, was nominated for the Michael Marks Pamphlet Award.
Patricia has a successful blog at http://Whitewingsbooks.com featuring other writers. When Patricia isn’t working on her own writing, she enjoys sharing her knowledge, acting as a mentor to fellow writers.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://whitewingsbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PMOsborneWriter
Book Blurb:
The Oath takes the reader on an emotional rollercoaster with its captivating story set in the late Victorian era. Although heartbreaking, it is also uplifting, both of which may cause the reader to shed a tear or two.
Marry the baronet, or vulnerable parents face la prison des pauvres
France 1895 - Seventeen-year-old Françoise abandons her carefree life and sails for England to marry distant cousin Charles Dubois. On arrival she finds her groom aloof and evasive.
'Playtime is over. Seventeen is old enough to wed and bear a child.’
Draped in expensive silk brocade, she yearns for her homeland and comfortable gowns, and when she discovers the baronet’s clandestine visits, it is her cheery maid she turns to, her new confidante and friend.
BETRAYAL – HEARTBREAK – FRIENDSHIP
The Oath: A coming of age, historical fiction saga from the author of House of Grace family saga trilogy.
Author Bio:
Patricia M Osborne is married with grown-up children and grandchildren. In 2019 she graduated with an MA in Creative Writing. She is a published novelist, poet and short fiction writer with five poetry pamphlets published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press, and numerous poems and short stories appearing in various literary magazines and anthologies. Her debut poetry pamphlet, Taxus Baccata, was nominated for the Michael Marks Pamphlet Award.
Patricia has a successful blog at http://Whitewingsbooks.com featuring other writers. When Patricia isn’t working on her own writing, she enjoys sharing her knowledge, acting as a mentor to fellow writers.
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Lot 185
£ 21
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Laura Noakes


Laura Noakes
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185
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Title: Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star
Genre: Middle Grade Historical Mystery
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: https://lauranoakes.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lauranoakes
Book Blurb:
Cosima Unfortunate has spent all her life at the Home for Unfortunate Girls – a school where any disabled children, or children deemed different, are sent, whether their families want it or not. It is there that she meets her friends – Pearl, Mary and Diya – and they start to practise mini heists involving the theft of cakes, biscuits and other sweet goodies.
But when Cos finds out that Lord Francis Fitzroy, the explorer behind the Empire Exhibition, is planning to adopt them, she and her friends plot the biggest heist of their life. Instead of fondant fancies, they’re going to steal Fitzroy’s prized tiara, containing the legendary Star Diamond of India! But, as they start preparing for the day, Cosima finds herself drawing ever closer to discovering the one secret she’s always wanted to know – the truth about her parents…
Author Bio:
Laura Noakes grew up in Bedfordshire in a home full of books. She loved books so much she went to three universities after school, and graduated with a PhD in Legal History in 2021. Writing stories is her first love. She has Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, a disability that she shares with her main character, Cosima. Laura now lives in beautiful Cumbria with her husband, Connor, and their two mischievous cats, Scout & Sunny. Her debut book, Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star, was published by Harper Collins on May 25th 2023.
Genre: Middle Grade Historical Mystery
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://lauranoakes.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lauranoakes
Book Blurb:
Cosima Unfortunate has spent all her life at the Home for Unfortunate Girls – a school where any disabled children, or children deemed different, are sent, whether their families want it or not. It is there that she meets her friends – Pearl, Mary and Diya – and they start to practise mini heists involving the theft of cakes, biscuits and other sweet goodies.
But when Cos finds out that Lord Francis Fitzroy, the explorer behind the Empire Exhibition, is planning to adopt them, she and her friends plot the biggest heist of their life. Instead of fondant fancies, they’re going to steal Fitzroy’s prized tiara, containing the legendary Star Diamond of India! But, as they start preparing for the day, Cosima finds herself drawing ever closer to discovering the one secret she’s always wanted to know – the truth about her parents…
Author Bio:
Laura Noakes grew up in Bedfordshire in a home full of books. She loved books so much she went to three universities after school, and graduated with a PhD in Legal History in 2021. Writing stories is her first love. She has Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, a disability that she shares with her main character, Cosima. Laura now lives in beautiful Cumbria with her husband, Connor, and their two mischievous cats, Scout & Sunny. Her debut book, Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star, was published by Harper Collins on May 25th 2023.
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Lot 186
£ 18
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Liz Hyder


Liz Hyder
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Title: The Illusions
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
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*Bonus - Liz will be adding a bookmark, postcard, and along with a dedication and signature will be adding a stamp to her book*
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/LizHyder
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LondonBessie
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At a time of extraordinary change, two women must harness their talents to take control of their own destiny.
Bristol, 1896. Used to scraping a living as the young assistant to an ageing con artist, Cecily Marsden's life is turned upside down when her master suddenly dies. Believing herself to blame, could young Cec somehow have powers she little understands?
Meanwhile Eadie Carleton, a pioneering early film-maker, struggles for her talent to be taken seriously in a male-dominated world, and a brilliant young magician, George Perris, begins to see the potential in moving pictures. George believes that if he can harness this new technology, it will revolutionise the world of magic forever - but in order to achieve his dreams, he must first win over Miss Carleton.
As a group of illusionists prepare for a grand spectacle, Cec, Eadie and George's worlds collide. But as Cec falls in love with the bustling realm of theatre and magic, she faces the fight of her life to save the performance from sabotage and harness the element of real magic held deep within her.
The Illusions is the captivating new novel from the much-lauded author of The Gifts. Inspired by real-life illusionists and early film pioneers, this astonishing story of women and talent, magic and power, sweeps you into a world where anything is possible and nothing is quite as it seems...
Author Bio:
LIZ HYDER has been making up stories for as long as she can remember.
Bearmouth, her debut young adult novel, won a Waterstones Children’s Book Prize,
the Branford Boase Award and was chosen as the Children’s Book of the Year by
The Times. The Gifts, her acclaimed debut adult novel was published in 2022 and was shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize and selected as a Waterstones paperback of the year. She has a BA in drama from the University of Bristol and was, once upon a time, a member of the National Youth Theatre. Originally from London, she has lived in Shropshire for over a decade.
The Illusions is her second adult novel.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
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*Bonus - Liz will be adding a bookmark, postcard, and along with a dedication and signature will be adding a stamp to her book*
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At a time of extraordinary change, two women must harness their talents to take control of their own destiny.
Bristol, 1896. Used to scraping a living as the young assistant to an ageing con artist, Cecily Marsden's life is turned upside down when her master suddenly dies. Believing herself to blame, could young Cec somehow have powers she little understands?
Meanwhile Eadie Carleton, a pioneering early film-maker, struggles for her talent to be taken seriously in a male-dominated world, and a brilliant young magician, George Perris, begins to see the potential in moving pictures. George believes that if he can harness this new technology, it will revolutionise the world of magic forever - but in order to achieve his dreams, he must first win over Miss Carleton.
As a group of illusionists prepare for a grand spectacle, Cec, Eadie and George's worlds collide. But as Cec falls in love with the bustling realm of theatre and magic, she faces the fight of her life to save the performance from sabotage and harness the element of real magic held deep within her.
The Illusions is the captivating new novel from the much-lauded author of The Gifts. Inspired by real-life illusionists and early film pioneers, this astonishing story of women and talent, magic and power, sweeps you into a world where anything is possible and nothing is quite as it seems...
Author Bio:
LIZ HYDER has been making up stories for as long as she can remember.
Bearmouth, her debut young adult novel, won a Waterstones Children’s Book Prize,
the Branford Boase Award and was chosen as the Children’s Book of the Year by
The Times. The Gifts, her acclaimed debut adult novel was published in 2022 and was shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize and selected as a Waterstones paperback of the year. She has a BA in drama from the University of Bristol and was, once upon a time, a member of the National Youth Theatre. Originally from London, she has lived in Shropshire for over a decade.
The Illusions is her second adult novel.
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Lot 187
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Isabella May


Isabella May
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Two Book Special!
Title: Spin the Bottle
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Christmas at the Keanu Kindness Cafe
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://isabellamayauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IsabellaMayBks
Book 1 Blurb:
CELESTE thought she had long forgotten the sweet, citrusy kiss she shared with TRAVIS during a game of spin the bottle. Splitting her time between her accounts office in super Instagrammable Notting Hill, and her tiny apartment in quirky Exmouth Market, modern-day life is simply too busy for men. Besides, whenever she tries to find The One, it always ends in disaster. From Tinder tragedies to trampolining tribulations, Celeste is starting to think that she's cursed.
But then Travis begins to pop up wherever she goes, and Celeste knows with stomach-sinking clarity that fate has finally caught up with them. Inspired by the idea of fake dating, Celeste is convinced the only way out of this mess is to call the curse's bluff. But will Travis agree to it? And how can she manage not to fall in love?
Book 2 Blurb:
When career burnout brings EVIE and JOE together in Glastonbury, random acts of festive kindness are the last thing on their minds. One year ago to the day, Joe mysteriously disappeared on Evie at their mutual friend’s Yuletide bierkeller bash in London, just as they were getting very well acquainted… an act that has sworn her off men for life.
Both fellow city-dwellers are determined to spend their December sabbatical in the quirky town alone, and as planned, focusing on their make-or-break New Year’s resolutions… whilst one of them is stubbornly ignoring the fact they fancy the Christmas jumpers off one another.
But nobody walks through the twinkly-lit doors of the mistletoe-decked Keanu Kindness Café without the selfless magic of the Hollywood star rubbing off on them!
Especially when calamity strikes on Christmas Eve, ensuring Evie and Joe lock their reindeer antlers at last…
Author Bio:
Isabella May lives in (mostly) sunny Andalusia, Spain with her husband, daughter and son, creatively inspired by the mountains and the sea. She grew up in Somerset on Glastonbury's ley lines and loves to feature her quirky English hometown in her stories.
After a degree in Modern Languages and European Studies at UWE, Bristol (and a year working abroad in Bordeaux and Stuttgart), Isabella bagged an extremely jammy and fascinating job in children's publishing... selling foreign rights for novelty, board, pop-up and non-fiction books all over the world; in every language from Icelandic to Korean, Bahasa Indonesian to Papiamento!
All of which has fuelled her curiosity and love of international food and travel - both feature extensively in her romcoms.
Isabella is also a Level 4 Pranic Healer and a stillbirth mum.
Title: Spin the Bottle
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Christmas at the Keanu Kindness Cafe
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://isabellamayauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IsabellaMayBks
Book 1 Blurb:
CELESTE thought she had long forgotten the sweet, citrusy kiss she shared with TRAVIS during a game of spin the bottle. Splitting her time between her accounts office in super Instagrammable Notting Hill, and her tiny apartment in quirky Exmouth Market, modern-day life is simply too busy for men. Besides, whenever she tries to find The One, it always ends in disaster. From Tinder tragedies to trampolining tribulations, Celeste is starting to think that she's cursed.
But then Travis begins to pop up wherever she goes, and Celeste knows with stomach-sinking clarity that fate has finally caught up with them. Inspired by the idea of fake dating, Celeste is convinced the only way out of this mess is to call the curse's bluff. But will Travis agree to it? And how can she manage not to fall in love?
Book 2 Blurb:
When career burnout brings EVIE and JOE together in Glastonbury, random acts of festive kindness are the last thing on their minds. One year ago to the day, Joe mysteriously disappeared on Evie at their mutual friend’s Yuletide bierkeller bash in London, just as they were getting very well acquainted… an act that has sworn her off men for life.
Both fellow city-dwellers are determined to spend their December sabbatical in the quirky town alone, and as planned, focusing on their make-or-break New Year’s resolutions… whilst one of them is stubbornly ignoring the fact they fancy the Christmas jumpers off one another.
But nobody walks through the twinkly-lit doors of the mistletoe-decked Keanu Kindness Café without the selfless magic of the Hollywood star rubbing off on them!
Especially when calamity strikes on Christmas Eve, ensuring Evie and Joe lock their reindeer antlers at last…
Author Bio:
Isabella May lives in (mostly) sunny Andalusia, Spain with her husband, daughter and son, creatively inspired by the mountains and the sea. She grew up in Somerset on Glastonbury's ley lines and loves to feature her quirky English hometown in her stories.
After a degree in Modern Languages and European Studies at UWE, Bristol (and a year working abroad in Bordeaux and Stuttgart), Isabella bagged an extremely jammy and fascinating job in children's publishing... selling foreign rights for novelty, board, pop-up and non-fiction books all over the world; in every language from Icelandic to Korean, Bahasa Indonesian to Papiamento!
All of which has fuelled her curiosity and love of international food and travel - both feature extensively in her romcoms.
Isabella is also a Level 4 Pranic Healer and a stillbirth mum.
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Lot 188
£ 36
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Wenyan Lu


Wenyan Lu
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Title: The Funeral Cryer
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Humour
Format: Hardback
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Linktree: https://linktr.ee/wenyanlu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wenyan_lu
Book Blurb:
An Yu's Braised Pork meets Flaubert's Madame Bovary in this unforgettable, tragi-comic tale of one woman's mid-life re-awakening in contemporary rural China.
The Funeral Cryer long ago accepted the mundane realities of her life: avoided by fellow villagers because of the stigma attached to her job as a professional mourner and under-appreciated by The Husband, whose fecklessness has pushed the couple close to the brink of break-up. But just when things couldn't be bleaker, The Funeral Cryer takes a leap of faith - and in so doing things start to take a surprising turn for the better . . .
Dark, moving and wry, The Funeral Cryer is both an illuminating depiction of a 'left behind' society - and proof that it's never too late to change your life.
Author Bio:
Originally from Shanghai, China, Wenyan Lu is the winner of the SI Leeds Literary Prize 2020. Wenyan holds a Master of Studies in Creative Writing as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge. Her unpublished historical novel The Martyr's Hymn was also longlisted for SI Leeds Literary Prize 2018 and Bridport First Novel Prize 2019.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Humour
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Linktree: https://linktr.ee/wenyanlu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wenyan_lu
Book Blurb:
An Yu's Braised Pork meets Flaubert's Madame Bovary in this unforgettable, tragi-comic tale of one woman's mid-life re-awakening in contemporary rural China.
The Funeral Cryer long ago accepted the mundane realities of her life: avoided by fellow villagers because of the stigma attached to her job as a professional mourner and under-appreciated by The Husband, whose fecklessness has pushed the couple close to the brink of break-up. But just when things couldn't be bleaker, The Funeral Cryer takes a leap of faith - and in so doing things start to take a surprising turn for the better . . .
Dark, moving and wry, The Funeral Cryer is both an illuminating depiction of a 'left behind' society - and proof that it's never too late to change your life.
Author Bio:
Originally from Shanghai, China, Wenyan Lu is the winner of the SI Leeds Literary Prize 2020. Wenyan holds a Master of Studies in Creative Writing as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge. Her unpublished historical novel The Martyr's Hymn was also longlisted for SI Leeds Literary Prize 2018 and Bridport First Novel Prize 2019.
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Lot 189
£ 12
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JJ Arcanjo


JJ Arcanjo
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Title: Crookhaven: The School for Thieves
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://jjarcanjo.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joelarcanjo
Book Blurb:
13-year-old Gabriel is a brilliant pickpocket, a skill which he uses to keep his often empty belly not quite so empty. And then one day, he's caught.
But instead of being arrested, he is invited by the mysterious Caspian Crook to attend Crookhaven - a school for thieves. At Crookhaven, students are trained in lock-picking, forgery and 'crim-nastics', all with the intention of doing good out in the world, by conning the bad and giving back to the innocent.
But ... can you ever really trust a thief?
Author Bio:
JJ Arcanjo is a half-Portuguese, half-English writer who grew up between the Algarve and Devon. He has a degree in Criminology and Psychology from Aberystwyth University and a Masters in Creative Writing and Publishing from City University, London. He’s published two crime novels for adults.
His debut middle-grade book, CROOKHAVEN: THE SCHOOL FOR THIEVES, was published by Hachette in March 2023. The sequel, THE FORBIDDEN MAZE, was in August 2023.
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://jjarcanjo.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joelarcanjo
Book Blurb:
13-year-old Gabriel is a brilliant pickpocket, a skill which he uses to keep his often empty belly not quite so empty. And then one day, he's caught.
But instead of being arrested, he is invited by the mysterious Caspian Crook to attend Crookhaven - a school for thieves. At Crookhaven, students are trained in lock-picking, forgery and 'crim-nastics', all with the intention of doing good out in the world, by conning the bad and giving back to the innocent.
But ... can you ever really trust a thief?
Author Bio:
JJ Arcanjo is a half-Portuguese, half-English writer who grew up between the Algarve and Devon. He has a degree in Criminology and Psychology from Aberystwyth University and a Masters in Creative Writing and Publishing from City University, London. He’s published two crime novels for adults.
His debut middle-grade book, CROOKHAVEN: THE SCHOOL FOR THIEVES, was published by Hachette in March 2023. The sequel, THE FORBIDDEN MAZE, was in August 2023.
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Lot 190
£ 11
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Ann Dix


Ann Dix
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Title: Little Mouse Finds a Safe Place
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://littlemousetraining.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/readanndix
Book Blurb:
Little-Mouse Finds a Safe Place is a children's storybook designed to help professionals support children who have experienced and witnessed domestic violence and abuse, and also contains guidelines on the key issues and how to use the story with individuals and groups.
Author Bio:
Ann isa writer, dramatherapist, supervisor and trainer. She works with children and families, as well as training on mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://littlemousetraining.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/readanndix
Book Blurb:
Little-Mouse Finds a Safe Place is a children's storybook designed to help professionals support children who have experienced and witnessed domestic violence and abuse, and also contains guidelines on the key issues and how to use the story with individuals and groups.
Author Bio:
Ann isa writer, dramatherapist, supervisor and trainer. She works with children and families, as well as training on mental health and emotional wellbeing.
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Lot 191
£ 11
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Katie Munnik


Katie Munnik
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Title: The Heart Beats in Secret.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://katiemunnik.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/messy_table
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A powerful story of three generations of women, the stories that define them and a wild goose that stalks the kitchen. Spanning war-time Scotland, rural Quebec in the 1960s, and contemporary Ottawa, this story explores the wilderness of the heart and the secrets concealed with every beat.
Author Bio:
Katie Munnik is a Canadian writer and storyteller living in Cardiff, UK.
In 2017, she won the Borough Press Open Submission, and her debut novel The Heart Beats in Secret was a USA Today Bestseller.
Her prose, poetry, and creative non-fiction have been published in magazines, journals and newspapers in the UK, the USA, and Canada.
Her second novel The Aerialists was published in April 2022 by the Borough Press UK.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://katiemunnik.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/messy_table
Book Blurb:
A powerful story of three generations of women, the stories that define them and a wild goose that stalks the kitchen. Spanning war-time Scotland, rural Quebec in the 1960s, and contemporary Ottawa, this story explores the wilderness of the heart and the secrets concealed with every beat.
Author Bio:
Katie Munnik is a Canadian writer and storyteller living in Cardiff, UK.
In 2017, she won the Borough Press Open Submission, and her debut novel The Heart Beats in Secret was a USA Today Bestseller.
Her prose, poetry, and creative non-fiction have been published in magazines, journals and newspapers in the UK, the USA, and Canada.
Her second novel The Aerialists was published in April 2022 by the Borough Press UK.
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Lot 192
£ 20
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Katie Munnik


Katie Munnik
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Book Title: The Aerialists
Genre: Literary Fiction
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Website: http://katiemunnik.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/messy_table
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*WATERSTONES WELSH BOOK OF THE MONTH*
Paris, 1891. Laura is living on the streets, far from the American Prairies where she was born. When rescued by the entrancing aerialists, Ena and Auguste Gaudron, she soon finds herself ensconced in the family hot air balloon business, and offered the chance to learn how to fly.
Cardiff, 1896. The Gaudrons accept an invitation to be part of the Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition, presenting a daring show of balloon ascents and parachute descents.
Then late one night, a young girl, Grace, knocks on the Gaudrons’ door. She is desperate to fly, whatever the cost. As Grace’s dreams begin to take wing, can Laura be the one to keep her grounded? Or will both girls risk it all for one dazzling moment of flight?
Author Bio:
Katie Munnik is a Canadian writer and storyteller living in Cardiff, UK. In 2017, she won the Borough Press Open Submission, and her debut novel The Heart Beats in Secret was a USA Today Bestseller. Her prose, poetry, and creative non-fiction have been published in magazines, journals and newspapers in the UK, the USA, and Canada. Her second novel The Aerialists was published in April 2022 by the Borough Press UK.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://katiemunnik.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/messy_table
Book Blurb:
*WATERSTONES WELSH BOOK OF THE MONTH*
Paris, 1891. Laura is living on the streets, far from the American Prairies where she was born. When rescued by the entrancing aerialists, Ena and Auguste Gaudron, she soon finds herself ensconced in the family hot air balloon business, and offered the chance to learn how to fly.
Cardiff, 1896. The Gaudrons accept an invitation to be part of the Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition, presenting a daring show of balloon ascents and parachute descents.
Then late one night, a young girl, Grace, knocks on the Gaudrons’ door. She is desperate to fly, whatever the cost. As Grace’s dreams begin to take wing, can Laura be the one to keep her grounded? Or will both girls risk it all for one dazzling moment of flight?
Author Bio:
Katie Munnik is a Canadian writer and storyteller living in Cardiff, UK. In 2017, she won the Borough Press Open Submission, and her debut novel The Heart Beats in Secret was a USA Today Bestseller. Her prose, poetry, and creative non-fiction have been published in magazines, journals and newspapers in the UK, the USA, and Canada. Her second novel The Aerialists was published in April 2022 by the Borough Press UK.
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Lot 193
£ 18
5
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Francesca Capaldi


Francesca Capaldi
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Four Book Series!
Title 1: Heartbreak in the Valleys
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 2: War in the Valleys
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Hope in the Valleys
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 4: Trouble in the Valleys
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.francesca-capaldi.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FCapaldiBurgess
Book 1 Blurb: Heartbreak in the Valleys:
November 1914: For housemaid, Anwen Rhys, life is hard in the Welsh mining village of Dorcalon in World War 1. When her fiancé is invalided out of the army, he returns a changed man, quickly breaking off their engagement. When tragedy again strikes, will Anwen ever find the happiness she deserves?
Book 2 Blurb: War in the Valleys:
July 1916: The life of young mother, Violet Jones, caring for two young children, becomes harder as the Great War take its toll on the small mining community. Violet takes in a relative to help make ends meet. But far from easing her burden, it might turn out to be the worst decision she’s ever made…
Book 3 Blurb: Hope in the Valleys:
August 1917: As the Great War continues, Elizabeth Meredith, daughter of the mine manager, longs to break free of society’s expectations. Falling in love with a miner forces her to choose between love and her family duty. Will her love become another casualty of war?
Book 4 Blurb: Trouble in the Valleys:
Spring 1919: The war is over, but Polly Smith is still trying to survive her own battle at home. After her abusive husband is jailed, Polly, now a single mother, becomes the subject of cruel gossip. A job offer throws her a lifeline, but dark secrets from her previous life emerge. Will her past mistakes ruin her future?
Author Bio:
Francesca was born and brought up in Sussex and has enjoyed writing since she was a child, encouraged by a Welsh mother who loved story telling.
The War in the Valley series, set in Wales in World War 1, was inspired by the discovery of the war record of her great grandfather, a miner in South Wales. Her latest series, The Beach Hotel, is set in her own childhood town, where her Italian father had a café by the riverside. They are published by Hera Books.
She is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and the Society of Women Writers and Journalists.
Francesca currently lives on the North Downs in Kent with her family and a cat called Lando Calrission.
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Title 1: Heartbreak in the Valleys
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 2: War in the Valleys
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Hope in the Valleys
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 4: Trouble in the Valleys
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.francesca-capaldi.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FCapaldiBurgess
Book 1 Blurb: Heartbreak in the Valleys:
November 1914: For housemaid, Anwen Rhys, life is hard in the Welsh mining village of Dorcalon in World War 1. When her fiancé is invalided out of the army, he returns a changed man, quickly breaking off their engagement. When tragedy again strikes, will Anwen ever find the happiness she deserves?
Book 2 Blurb: War in the Valleys:
July 1916: The life of young mother, Violet Jones, caring for two young children, becomes harder as the Great War take its toll on the small mining community. Violet takes in a relative to help make ends meet. But far from easing her burden, it might turn out to be the worst decision she’s ever made…
Book 3 Blurb: Hope in the Valleys:
August 1917: As the Great War continues, Elizabeth Meredith, daughter of the mine manager, longs to break free of society’s expectations. Falling in love with a miner forces her to choose between love and her family duty. Will her love become another casualty of war?
Book 4 Blurb: Trouble in the Valleys:
Spring 1919: The war is over, but Polly Smith is still trying to survive her own battle at home. After her abusive husband is jailed, Polly, now a single mother, becomes the subject of cruel gossip. A job offer throws her a lifeline, but dark secrets from her previous life emerge. Will her past mistakes ruin her future?
Author Bio:
Francesca was born and brought up in Sussex and has enjoyed writing since she was a child, encouraged by a Welsh mother who loved story telling.
The War in the Valley series, set in Wales in World War 1, was inspired by the discovery of the war record of her great grandfather, a miner in South Wales. Her latest series, The Beach Hotel, is set in her own childhood town, where her Italian father had a café by the riverside. They are published by Hera Books.
She is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and the Society of Women Writers and Journalists.
Francesca currently lives on the North Downs in Kent with her family and a cat called Lando Calrission.
Author Bio::
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Eliza Morton


Eliza Morton
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Title: The Orpans From Liverpool Lane
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.elizamorton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiverpoolGirl72
Book Blurb:
All she want is to go home . . .
1944, Liverpool. Marcia is only twelve years old the first time she is sent to the orphanage with her older sister, Cynthia. With their father in a POW camp in Singapore, her mother is struggling to cope and hands them over to the nuns to be 'orphans of the living' - a harsh term for those children with living parents, whose families have abandoned them.
Things look up when their father finally returns and the girls are allowed home but it's clear the years in the camp have taken their toll on the sweet man Marcia barely remembers and the family disintegrates.
Cynthia finds an escape with an aunt and via her ambitions to be a dancer but Marcia is sent back to the orphanage. And while she finds friends among her fellow 'orphans', it's no substitute for the family she so desperately craves . . .
Author Bio:
I was an actress before I became a writer and trained at The Guildhall School of Drama. My father’s family was from Liverpool which was where I was brought up. He was one of ten, his mother was widowed before the war and the children for a short time were placed in an orphanage, which meant that they would have been what were known as ‘orphans of the living’. I am fortunate to have been brought up hearing a wealth of stories about their lives in Liverpool during the war and after, tales of the docks, the city rebuilding, the challenges and triumphs, loves and tragedies, and always the humour and resilience.
I am part of an acting family (I am married to Peter Davison, an ex Doctor Who and the step mother-in-law of another Doctor Who). I sometimes wonder if one of the reasons I was so driven to write my Liverpool sagas was to get away from all the sci-fi in the house. My version of time travel!
After working as an actress (I had two small boys and wanted to work from home) I went to the Royal Court Young Writers Group. I then began writing scripts. I have written for C4 Films, BBC Films, the soap opera Doctors and received a bursary from ITV spending time in the story conference room on Coronation Street. I have also written for Brief Lives Radio 4 drama series. I am an award winning short story writer. I have won prizes in Margery Allingham Short Story Crime award, Bath Short Story award, London Writer’s Competition, and several others, but my journey to published author took off when I was runner up in the Trisha Ashley short story competition. Trisha recommended me to my agent Judith Murdoch. My first two books are published by Penguin, and I have three books out by PanMacmillan, two more commissioned in my Eliza Morton Orphans trilogy.
I hope to continue writing my books for as long as I have breath in me. I can’t imagine running out of ideas. Liverpool has so many stories to tell and I feel happy and proud to be part of retelling them through my books.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
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Website: https://www.elizamorton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiverpoolGirl72
Book Blurb:
All she want is to go home . . .
1944, Liverpool. Marcia is only twelve years old the first time she is sent to the orphanage with her older sister, Cynthia. With their father in a POW camp in Singapore, her mother is struggling to cope and hands them over to the nuns to be 'orphans of the living' - a harsh term for those children with living parents, whose families have abandoned them.
Things look up when their father finally returns and the girls are allowed home but it's clear the years in the camp have taken their toll on the sweet man Marcia barely remembers and the family disintegrates.
Cynthia finds an escape with an aunt and via her ambitions to be a dancer but Marcia is sent back to the orphanage. And while she finds friends among her fellow 'orphans', it's no substitute for the family she so desperately craves . . .
Author Bio:
I was an actress before I became a writer and trained at The Guildhall School of Drama. My father’s family was from Liverpool which was where I was brought up. He was one of ten, his mother was widowed before the war and the children for a short time were placed in an orphanage, which meant that they would have been what were known as ‘orphans of the living’. I am fortunate to have been brought up hearing a wealth of stories about their lives in Liverpool during the war and after, tales of the docks, the city rebuilding, the challenges and triumphs, loves and tragedies, and always the humour and resilience.
I am part of an acting family (I am married to Peter Davison, an ex Doctor Who and the step mother-in-law of another Doctor Who). I sometimes wonder if one of the reasons I was so driven to write my Liverpool sagas was to get away from all the sci-fi in the house. My version of time travel!
After working as an actress (I had two small boys and wanted to work from home) I went to the Royal Court Young Writers Group. I then began writing scripts. I have written for C4 Films, BBC Films, the soap opera Doctors and received a bursary from ITV spending time in the story conference room on Coronation Street. I have also written for Brief Lives Radio 4 drama series. I am an award winning short story writer. I have won prizes in Margery Allingham Short Story Crime award, Bath Short Story award, London Writer’s Competition, and several others, but my journey to published author took off when I was runner up in the Trisha Ashley short story competition. Trisha recommended me to my agent Judith Murdoch. My first two books are published by Penguin, and I have three books out by PanMacmillan, two more commissioned in my Eliza Morton Orphans trilogy.
I hope to continue writing my books for as long as I have breath in me. I can’t imagine running out of ideas. Liverpool has so many stories to tell and I feel happy and proud to be part of retelling them through my books.
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Lot 195
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Elizabeth McGinty


Elizabeth McGinty
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Title: The Italian Connection
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Large Print Soft Cover
Dedication Available: YES
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pen_Paper_Write
Book Blurb:
Junior writer Megan fears she has taken on too much when she accepts a magazine travel assignment in Italy. Yet as she copes with setback and shares her experiences with her new online followers, her confidence grows-along with her love for the beautiful country, and her feelings for brooding farmer Giovanni. But will her jealous, spiteful colleague Anna ruin everything?
Author Bio:
Elizabeth McGinty, lives in Scotland, where she studied creative writing. She writes short stories, pocket novels and occasional poems for popular women’s magazines. Three of her novels have also been published in large print by Ulverscroft.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Large Print Soft Cover
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pen_Paper_Write
Book Blurb:
Junior writer Megan fears she has taken on too much when she accepts a magazine travel assignment in Italy. Yet as she copes with setback and shares her experiences with her new online followers, her confidence grows-along with her love for the beautiful country, and her feelings for brooding farmer Giovanni. But will her jealous, spiteful colleague Anna ruin everything?
Author Bio:
Elizabeth McGinty, lives in Scotland, where she studied creative writing. She writes short stories, pocket novels and occasional poems for popular women’s magazines. Three of her novels have also been published in large print by Ulverscroft.
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Lot 196
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Serena Molloy


Serena Molloy
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Title: Wider Than The Sea
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://serenamolloy.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/happy_scribbler
Book Blurb:
The powerful tale of a girl who feels broken, and the dolphin who makes her whole. A story of friendship, hope and self-discovery, perfect for readers aged 9+, and beautifully illustrated in black and white by George Ermos.
Ró finds school impossible. She knows people think she's shy - and stupid. But when she goes to the bay each afternoon to watch the dolphin leap through the water, she finds the strength to keep going. Then the dolphin disappears, and everything starts falling apart.
Can Ró overcome her fears to find him?
I watch each rise and dip of wave
know Sunny must be out there
somewhere
wonder if he's missing me.
I remember that moment
when I touched his skin
and know that finding him
is the only thing
that can make
the aching stop
make me feel
not broken.
Author Bio:
Serena Molloy was born in Wexford, Ireland and has worked as an English teacher in many schools in the UK and Ireland. She settled in Galway with her family where she can see the sea every day. As a mum of four her house is always noisy but never, ever dull. Having struggled with dyslexia as a child, her novels are a celebration of neurodiversity, empathy and the power to change.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://serenamolloy.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/happy_scribbler
Book Blurb:
The powerful tale of a girl who feels broken, and the dolphin who makes her whole. A story of friendship, hope and self-discovery, perfect for readers aged 9+, and beautifully illustrated in black and white by George Ermos.
Ró finds school impossible. She knows people think she's shy - and stupid. But when she goes to the bay each afternoon to watch the dolphin leap through the water, she finds the strength to keep going. Then the dolphin disappears, and everything starts falling apart.
Can Ró overcome her fears to find him?
I watch each rise and dip of wave
know Sunny must be out there
somewhere
wonder if he's missing me.
I remember that moment
when I touched his skin
and know that finding him
is the only thing
that can make
the aching stop
make me feel
not broken.
Author Bio:
Serena Molloy was born in Wexford, Ireland and has worked as an English teacher in many schools in the UK and Ireland. She settled in Galway with her family where she can see the sea every day. As a mum of four her house is always noisy but never, ever dull. Having struggled with dyslexia as a child, her novels are a celebration of neurodiversity, empathy and the power to change.
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Lot 197
£ 32
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Jennifer Page


Jennifer Page
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Title: The Little Board Game Café
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://jenniferpage.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenpagewrites
Book Blurb:
When Emily loses her job, house and boyfriend all within a matter of days, she's determined to turn a negative into a positive and follow her dream of running a small cafe in the gorgeous Yorkshire village of Essendale.
But she quickly finds she's bitten off more than she can chew when the 'popular' cafe she takes over turns out to secretly be a failing business. Emily desperately needs a way to turn things around, and help comes from the unlikeliest of places when she meets local board game-obsessed GP Ludek. But when a major chain coffee shop opens on the high street, Emily is forced to question if she'll ever be able to compete.
Has she risked everything on something destined to fail? Or can a playful twist, a homely welcome, and a sprinkle of love make Emily's cafe the destination she's always dreamed of?
Author Bio:
Jennifer Page wrote her first novel - a book about ponies - when she was eight. These days she prefers to write romance. The Little Board Game Café is her debut novel, and when she isn't writing, Jennifer can usually be found playing board games. She has worked as a television producer, a music teacher and has even run a children's opera company. She now lives near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire with her husband and his large collection of games.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: https://jenniferpage.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenpagewrites
Book Blurb:
When Emily loses her job, house and boyfriend all within a matter of days, she's determined to turn a negative into a positive and follow her dream of running a small cafe in the gorgeous Yorkshire village of Essendale.
But she quickly finds she's bitten off more than she can chew when the 'popular' cafe she takes over turns out to secretly be a failing business. Emily desperately needs a way to turn things around, and help comes from the unlikeliest of places when she meets local board game-obsessed GP Ludek. But when a major chain coffee shop opens on the high street, Emily is forced to question if she'll ever be able to compete.
Has she risked everything on something destined to fail? Or can a playful twist, a homely welcome, and a sprinkle of love make Emily's cafe the destination she's always dreamed of?
Author Bio:
Jennifer Page wrote her first novel - a book about ponies - when she was eight. These days she prefers to write romance. The Little Board Game Café is her debut novel, and when she isn't writing, Jennifer can usually be found playing board games. She has worked as a television producer, a music teacher and has even run a children's opera company. She now lives near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire with her husband and his large collection of games.
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Lot 198
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Sinéad O'Hart


Sinéad O'Hart
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Title: The Silver Road
Genre: Children's fiction (8+)
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://sjohart.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SJOHart
Book blurb:
The Old Magic isn't remembered like it once was. Its power is fading... When Rosaleen Darke is entrusted with a powerful stone by an ice-giant, it leads her to discover a world of magic hiding beneath her feet. Magic that runs through the land: the Silver Road. But the Silver Road is in danger and, in the wrong hands, the stone that Rose guards could destroy its magic forever. Together with a mysterious not-quite-cat and a few drops of courage, Rose must face one-eyed gods, fearsome fire-witches and unearthly warriors to keep the magic alive...
Author bio:
Sinéad O'Hart is a children's author, a children's literature podcaster (she co-hosts Storyshaped, available on all podcasting platforms), and a parent, all of which keeps her busy (but not too bust to read). She's the author of The Eye of the North, The Star-Spun Web, Skyborn, The Time Tider and The Silver Road, and sometimes she can't quite believe she's lucky enough to do what she loves most (putting fictional people into frankly dangerous situations) as a job!
Genre: Children's fiction (8+)
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: YES
Postage and Packaging: FREE
Bids accepted: Global
Website: https://sjohart.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SJOHart
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The Old Magic isn't remembered like it once was. Its power is fading... When Rosaleen Darke is entrusted with a powerful stone by an ice-giant, it leads her to discover a world of magic hiding beneath her feet. Magic that runs through the land: the Silver Road. But the Silver Road is in danger and, in the wrong hands, the stone that Rose guards could destroy its magic forever. Together with a mysterious not-quite-cat and a few drops of courage, Rose must face one-eyed gods, fearsome fire-witches and unearthly warriors to keep the magic alive...
Author bio:
Sinéad O'Hart is a children's author, a children's literature podcaster (she co-hosts Storyshaped, available on all podcasting platforms), and a parent, all of which keeps her busy (but not too bust to read). She's the author of The Eye of the North, The Star-Spun Web, Skyborn, The Time Tider and The Silver Road, and sometimes she can't quite believe she's lucky enough to do what she loves most (putting fictional people into frankly dangerous situations) as a job!
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Lot 199
£ 35
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James Holland


James Holland
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Title: The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.griffonmerlin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/James1940
Book Blurb:
From the bestselling author of Brothers in Arms comes the story of the most pivotal Allies campaign of World War II.
With the invasion of France the following year taking shape, and hot on the heels of victory in Sicily, the Allies crossed into Southern Italy in September 1943. They expected to drive the Axis forces north and be in Rome by Christmas. And although Italy surrendered, the German forces resisted fiercely and the swift hoped-for victory descended into one of the most brutal battles of the war.
Even though shipping and materiel were already being safeguarded for the D-Day landings, there were still huge expectations on the progress of the invading armies, but those shortages were to slow the advance with tragic consequences. As the weather closed in, the critical months leading up to Monte Cassino would inflict a heavy price for every bloody, hard fought mile the Allied troops covered.
Chronicling those dark, dramatic months in unflinching and insightful detail, The Savage Storm is unlike any campaign history yet written. James Holland has always recounted the Second World War at ground level, but this version telling brings the story vividly to life like never before. Weaving together a wealth of letters, diaries, and other incredible documents, Holland traces the battles as they were fought - across plains, over mountains, through shattered villages and cities, in intense heat and, towards the end, frigid cold and relentless rain - putting readers at the heart of the action to create an entirely fresh and revealing telling of this most pivotal phase of the war.
Author Bio:
James Holland is a historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of the best-selling historical novels, he has also written nine works of historical fiction. He regularly appears on television and radio, and has written and presented the BAFTA-shortlisted documentaries. Co-founder and Programme Director of the Chalke Valley History Festival, he has his own collection at the Imperial War Museum, and is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.griffonmerlin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/James1940
Book Blurb:
From the bestselling author of Brothers in Arms comes the story of the most pivotal Allies campaign of World War II.
With the invasion of France the following year taking shape, and hot on the heels of victory in Sicily, the Allies crossed into Southern Italy in September 1943. They expected to drive the Axis forces north and be in Rome by Christmas. And although Italy surrendered, the German forces resisted fiercely and the swift hoped-for victory descended into one of the most brutal battles of the war.
Even though shipping and materiel were already being safeguarded for the D-Day landings, there were still huge expectations on the progress of the invading armies, but those shortages were to slow the advance with tragic consequences. As the weather closed in, the critical months leading up to Monte Cassino would inflict a heavy price for every bloody, hard fought mile the Allied troops covered.
Chronicling those dark, dramatic months in unflinching and insightful detail, The Savage Storm is unlike any campaign history yet written. James Holland has always recounted the Second World War at ground level, but this version telling brings the story vividly to life like never before. Weaving together a wealth of letters, diaries, and other incredible documents, Holland traces the battles as they were fought - across plains, over mountains, through shattered villages and cities, in intense heat and, towards the end, frigid cold and relentless rain - putting readers at the heart of the action to create an entirely fresh and revealing telling of this most pivotal phase of the war.
Author Bio:
James Holland is a historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of the best-selling historical novels, he has also written nine works of historical fiction. He regularly appears on television and radio, and has written and presented the BAFTA-shortlisted documentaries. Co-founder and Programme Director of the Chalke Valley History Festival, he has his own collection at the Imperial War Museum, and is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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Lot 200
£ 12
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Alison Stockham


Alison Stockham
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Title: The Cuckoo Sister
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Bids Accepted: Global
Bonus: Alison is adding a silver coloured metal feather bookmark & a chocolate bar to her lot for her successful bidder.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlisonStockham
Book Blurb:
You want your sister to have all her heart desires.
But - what if she wants your children?
Maggie has everything her sister Rose always wanted. A handsome husband and two adorable children, Emily and Elliot.
But what Rose doesn’t see is that Maggie is struggling. Every day is a fog of sleep loss and mess made by two tiny children. Left alone in her distress by husband Stephen, Maggie drifts ever closer to the edge.
When Maggie finally cracks, walking out one day and not returning, Rose is right there to step into the breach . . .
You trust your sister to look after your children. But should you?
Author Bio:
Alison Stockham’s debut novel The Cuckoo Sister was a top 10 bestseller and also longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. Having worked in TV documentary production for the BBC and Channel 4, Alison is now the Events Coordinator for the Cambridge Literary Festival.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Bonus: Alison is adding a silver coloured metal feather bookmark & a chocolate bar to her lot for her successful bidder.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlisonStockham
Book Blurb:
You want your sister to have all her heart desires.
But - what if she wants your children?
Maggie has everything her sister Rose always wanted. A handsome husband and two adorable children, Emily and Elliot.
But what Rose doesn’t see is that Maggie is struggling. Every day is a fog of sleep loss and mess made by two tiny children. Left alone in her distress by husband Stephen, Maggie drifts ever closer to the edge.
When Maggie finally cracks, walking out one day and not returning, Rose is right there to step into the breach . . .
You trust your sister to look after your children. But should you?
Author Bio:
Alison Stockham’s debut novel The Cuckoo Sister was a top 10 bestseller and also longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. Having worked in TV documentary production for the BBC and Channel 4, Alison is now the Events Coordinator for the Cambridge Literary Festival.
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Lot 201
£ 26
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Elizabeth Buchan


Elizabeth Buchan
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Three Book Special
Title 1: Consider the Lily
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Two Women in Rome
Genre: Historical Fiction - Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Light of the Moon
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://elizabethbuchan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethbuchan
Book 1 Blurb:
When a choice must be made between love and duty, solace comes in unexpected forms…
Summer, 1929. The Hinton Dysart estate is dying from lack of money, and Kit Dysart, the heir, sees no way out. Then, at his sister’s wedding, he meets the vibrant Daisy Chudleigh and her cousin, the heiress Matty Verrall. In love with Daisy but troubled by his family’s decline, Kit chooses to marry Matty, though neither Kit nor Daisy is able to forget the other.
When Matty, growing increasingly unhappy in her troubled, empty marriage, decides to re-create the estate’s garden, she discovers solace and a gift of which she never dreamed.
A haunting, passionate story played out between three people, Consider the Lily is also a poignant and beautiful novel of England between the wars that propels the reader into its own rich and nostalgic world.
Book 2 Blurb:
In the Eternal City, no secret stays hidden forever…
Lottie Archer arrives in Rome excited to begin her new job as an archivist. When she discovers a valuable fifteenth-century painting, she is drawn to find out more about the woman who left it behind, Nina Lawrence.
Nina seems to have led a rewarding and useful life, restoring Italian gardens to their full glory following the destruction of World War Two. So why did no one attend her funeral in 1978?
In exploring Nina’s past, Lottie unravels a tragic love story beset by the political turmoil of post-war Italy. And as she edges closer to understanding Nina, she begins to confront the losses in her own life.
Book 3 Blurb:
I thought loving someone was simple. It isn’t. Glorious, yes. Painful, yes. Unforgettable, yes. Simple, no. It took me the war to find out…
Evelyn St. John has been parachuted into France to link up with the Resistance and to work undercover.
Paul von Hoch’s brief, as a member of German Intelligence, is to track down enemy spies.
When Evelyn and Paul meet and fall in love, their feelings for one another are fierce, but can never be uncomplicated.
And when the battle lines shift, and patriotism gives way to deeper truths, they will both face the gravest of challenges.
Author Bio:
Elizabeth Buchan began her career as a blurb writer at Penguin Books after graduating from the University of Kent with a double degree in English and History. She moved on to become a fiction editor at Random House before leaving to write full-time. Her novels include the award-winning Consider the Lily and the international bestseller, Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman. Other novels include The New Mrs Clifton and The Museum of Broken Promises.
Elizabeth Buchan’s short stories are broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in magazines. She has reviewed for The Times, the Sunday Times and the Daily Mail, and has chaired the Betty Trask and Desmond Elliot literary prizes. She has been a judge for the Whitbread First Novel Award and for the 2014 Costa Novel Award. She is a patron of the Guildford Book Festival and co-founder of the Clapham Book Festival.
Title 1: Consider the Lily
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Two Women in Rome
Genre: Historical Fiction - Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Light of the Moon
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://elizabethbuchan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethbuchan
Book 1 Blurb:
When a choice must be made between love and duty, solace comes in unexpected forms…
Summer, 1929. The Hinton Dysart estate is dying from lack of money, and Kit Dysart, the heir, sees no way out. Then, at his sister’s wedding, he meets the vibrant Daisy Chudleigh and her cousin, the heiress Matty Verrall. In love with Daisy but troubled by his family’s decline, Kit chooses to marry Matty, though neither Kit nor Daisy is able to forget the other.
When Matty, growing increasingly unhappy in her troubled, empty marriage, decides to re-create the estate’s garden, she discovers solace and a gift of which she never dreamed.
A haunting, passionate story played out between three people, Consider the Lily is also a poignant and beautiful novel of England between the wars that propels the reader into its own rich and nostalgic world.
Book 2 Blurb:
In the Eternal City, no secret stays hidden forever…
Lottie Archer arrives in Rome excited to begin her new job as an archivist. When she discovers a valuable fifteenth-century painting, she is drawn to find out more about the woman who left it behind, Nina Lawrence.
Nina seems to have led a rewarding and useful life, restoring Italian gardens to their full glory following the destruction of World War Two. So why did no one attend her funeral in 1978?
In exploring Nina’s past, Lottie unravels a tragic love story beset by the political turmoil of post-war Italy. And as she edges closer to understanding Nina, she begins to confront the losses in her own life.
Book 3 Blurb:
I thought loving someone was simple. It isn’t. Glorious, yes. Painful, yes. Unforgettable, yes. Simple, no. It took me the war to find out…
Evelyn St. John has been parachuted into France to link up with the Resistance and to work undercover.
Paul von Hoch’s brief, as a member of German Intelligence, is to track down enemy spies.
When Evelyn and Paul meet and fall in love, their feelings for one another are fierce, but can never be uncomplicated.
And when the battle lines shift, and patriotism gives way to deeper truths, they will both face the gravest of challenges.
Author Bio:
Elizabeth Buchan began her career as a blurb writer at Penguin Books after graduating from the University of Kent with a double degree in English and History. She moved on to become a fiction editor at Random House before leaving to write full-time. Her novels include the award-winning Consider the Lily and the international bestseller, Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman. Other novels include The New Mrs Clifton and The Museum of Broken Promises.
Elizabeth Buchan’s short stories are broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in magazines. She has reviewed for The Times, the Sunday Times and the Daily Mail, and has chaired the Betty Trask and Desmond Elliot literary prizes. She has been a judge for the Whitbread First Novel Award and for the 2014 Costa Novel Award. She is a patron of the Guildford Book Festival and co-founder of the Clapham Book Festival.
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Lot 202
£ 50
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Ann Bloxwich


Ann Bloxwich
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Two Book Special
Title 1: What Goes Around
Title 2: Goodnight, God Bless
Genre: Crime Thrillers
Format: Paperbacks
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Website: https://annbloxwichauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnBloxwich
Book 1 Blurb: What Goes Around
Vicky Wilson is dating Ray Diamond, legendary stripper and renowned bad boy. On a night out with friends, she goes backstage with Ray during the show and disappears...
When a woman’s body is discovered following a ladies’ night at a local club, Detective Inspector Alex Peachey is called back from leave to investigate. With a house move imminent and issues with his disabled son; it’s the last thing Alex needs but he has no choice when his colleague is taken ill.
Ray claims he’s being framed when all evidence points to him, but is he telling the truth or is he simply arrogant enough to think he can get away with murder?
Book 2 Blurb: Goodnight, God Bless
Goodnight, God Bless. (Alex Peachey book two).
DI Alex Peachey is drawn into a bizarre case. The mutilated body of a man is found in a disused aircraft hangar, and the killer has left a calling card. At the same time, abuse survivor Jean Harrison receives a card through the post, bearing the words ‘Goodnight, God Bless’.
Alison Munroe runs a therapy group helping women who were abused as children to work through their experiences and fears. When former member Jean comes to her for support, Alison finds herself caught up in the middle of a murder inquiry when she realises that the killer is targeting the former abusers of her group members, murdering them in ways that are specific to each of the women’s experiences - experiences that have only ever been disclosed in the group’s sessions.
Alex and his team have to tread carefully to find out not only who is torturing and killing the paedophiles, but also to protect the anonymity of the group. How is the killer getting their information? When one of Alex’s colleagues is implicated, Alex questions whether or not he knows his team as well as he should. Is the killer someone from the group’s past or does the answer lie closer to home?
Author Bio:
I'm a lifelong fan of crime fiction, and started writing after attending my first ever crime writing festival in Harrogate. I'd wanted to write for a long time, but meeting so many wonderful authors gave me the push to do it. Having a disabled child myself, and having also worked at one time as a promoter for a bunch of male strippers, I figured that these things would make an interesting backdrop for a crime novel, and so DI Alex Peachey was born. Many of the things that Alex has to deal with are issues I've experienced myself - they say write what you know!
Shortly after that festival I attended an excellent crime writing workshop called 'Crime & Publishment' in Gretna Green, run by author and hotelier Graham Smith. We've produced two anthologies, 'Happily Never After' and 'Wish You Weren't Here', the proceeds of which went to two different charities. The support I got from the people on this course prompted me to uproot the family and move from the West Midlands to Scotland. However, I decided to keep my books set in the West Midlands because I know it so well.
As well as reading, I also love rock music, cats and tea. When I'm not writing, I can usually be found wherever there is a book festival.
Two Book Special
Title 1: What Goes Around
Title 2: Goodnight, God Bless
Genre: Crime Thrillers
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://annbloxwichauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnBloxwich
Book 1 Blurb: What Goes Around
Vicky Wilson is dating Ray Diamond, legendary stripper and renowned bad boy. On a night out with friends, she goes backstage with Ray during the show and disappears...
When a woman’s body is discovered following a ladies’ night at a local club, Detective Inspector Alex Peachey is called back from leave to investigate. With a house move imminent and issues with his disabled son; it’s the last thing Alex needs but he has no choice when his colleague is taken ill.
Ray claims he’s being framed when all evidence points to him, but is he telling the truth or is he simply arrogant enough to think he can get away with murder?
Book 2 Blurb: Goodnight, God Bless
Goodnight, God Bless. (Alex Peachey book two).
DI Alex Peachey is drawn into a bizarre case. The mutilated body of a man is found in a disused aircraft hangar, and the killer has left a calling card. At the same time, abuse survivor Jean Harrison receives a card through the post, bearing the words ‘Goodnight, God Bless’.
Alison Munroe runs a therapy group helping women who were abused as children to work through their experiences and fears. When former member Jean comes to her for support, Alison finds herself caught up in the middle of a murder inquiry when she realises that the killer is targeting the former abusers of her group members, murdering them in ways that are specific to each of the women’s experiences - experiences that have only ever been disclosed in the group’s sessions.
Alex and his team have to tread carefully to find out not only who is torturing and killing the paedophiles, but also to protect the anonymity of the group. How is the killer getting their information? When one of Alex’s colleagues is implicated, Alex questions whether or not he knows his team as well as he should. Is the killer someone from the group’s past or does the answer lie closer to home?
Author Bio:
I'm a lifelong fan of crime fiction, and started writing after attending my first ever crime writing festival in Harrogate. I'd wanted to write for a long time, but meeting so many wonderful authors gave me the push to do it. Having a disabled child myself, and having also worked at one time as a promoter for a bunch of male strippers, I figured that these things would make an interesting backdrop for a crime novel, and so DI Alex Peachey was born. Many of the things that Alex has to deal with are issues I've experienced myself - they say write what you know!
Shortly after that festival I attended an excellent crime writing workshop called 'Crime & Publishment' in Gretna Green, run by author and hotelier Graham Smith. We've produced two anthologies, 'Happily Never After' and 'Wish You Weren't Here', the proceeds of which went to two different charities. The support I got from the people on this course prompted me to uproot the family and move from the West Midlands to Scotland. However, I decided to keep my books set in the West Midlands because I know it so well.
As well as reading, I also love rock music, cats and tea. When I'm not writing, I can usually be found wherever there is a book festival.
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Lot 203
£ 16
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SJ Wills


SJ Wills
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Title: BITE RISK
Genre: Thriller (age 11+)
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SophsWills
Book Blurb:
When everyone's a vicious beast, it's hard to spot the monsters . . .
The first book in S. J. Wills' blockbuster teen horror series, perfect for fans of Stranger Things, Fear Street and Skulduggery Pleasant.
Sel Archer lives in a normal town with normal residents, except for one night a month . . . When the full moon comes out, almost all of the adults turn into werewolves, and it's up to the young people to protect themselves from danger.
But, as this quiet life begins to unravel, and the Turned start to escape, can Sel and his friends uncover exactly who – or what – is watching their every move, before it's too late?
Welcome, to the TOWN OF THE TURNED
Author:
S.J. Wills grew up in Chelmsford, Essex, where her parents let her choose any books she wanted from the library. She has worked as a freelance copyeditor since 2003, alongside rediscovering her childhood love: writing her own stories. She lives in Kent with her writer husband, two sons, and a large, bouncing poodle.
Genre: Thriller (age 11+)
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SophsWills
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When everyone's a vicious beast, it's hard to spot the monsters . . .
The first book in S. J. Wills' blockbuster teen horror series, perfect for fans of Stranger Things, Fear Street and Skulduggery Pleasant.
Sel Archer lives in a normal town with normal residents, except for one night a month . . . When the full moon comes out, almost all of the adults turn into werewolves, and it's up to the young people to protect themselves from danger.
But, as this quiet life begins to unravel, and the Turned start to escape, can Sel and his friends uncover exactly who – or what – is watching their every move, before it's too late?
Welcome, to the TOWN OF THE TURNED
Author:
S.J. Wills grew up in Chelmsford, Essex, where her parents let her choose any books she wanted from the library. She has worked as a freelance copyeditor since 2003, alongside rediscovering her childhood love: writing her own stories. She lives in Kent with her writer husband, two sons, and a large, bouncing poodle.
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Lot 204
£ 13
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Jon Richter


Jon Richter
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Title: Jon Richter's Dark Fiction
Genre: Horror (anthology of short stories)
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://jon-richter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/richterwrites
Book Blurb:
Jon Richter returns to horror with a new collection of short, chilling tales, splicing together his best previously published works with a batch of nerve-shredding new fiction. Encompassing science fiction and fantasy as well as gothic horror and outright weirdness, the anthology is brought twitching and wriggling to life by the brilliant illustrations of David T Wilby.
Dark Fiction will slake the thirst of anyone who craves original, fiendishly crafted stories with twist endings that cling to you long after you've finished reading...
Author Bio:
Jon Richter writes dark fiction, and is the author of four crime thrillers (Chains, Rabbit Hole, Never Rest and Deadly Burial) as well as three collections of short horror fiction (Jon Richter's Disturbing Works: Volumes One and Two, and his latest release DARK FICTION), cyberpunk thriller Auxiliary, and psychological techno-thriller The Warden.
Jon lives in London and loves immersing himself in all things dark and sinister, whether they're books, films, video games or even board games – any way to tell a great story!
If you want to chat to him about this, or about anything at all, you can find him on Twitter
@RichterWrites
or Instagram @jonrichterwrites; he’d also love it if you would check out his website at http://jon-richter.com.
Jon also co-hosts two podcasts: the dark fiction podcast, Dark Natter, and the cyberpunk podcast, Hosts In The Shell, which you can find wherever you get your podcast fix.
Genre: Horror (anthology of short stories)
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: http://jon-richter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/richterwrites
Book Blurb:
Jon Richter returns to horror with a new collection of short, chilling tales, splicing together his best previously published works with a batch of nerve-shredding new fiction. Encompassing science fiction and fantasy as well as gothic horror and outright weirdness, the anthology is brought twitching and wriggling to life by the brilliant illustrations of David T Wilby.
Dark Fiction will slake the thirst of anyone who craves original, fiendishly crafted stories with twist endings that cling to you long after you've finished reading...
Author Bio:
Jon Richter writes dark fiction, and is the author of four crime thrillers (Chains, Rabbit Hole, Never Rest and Deadly Burial) as well as three collections of short horror fiction (Jon Richter's Disturbing Works: Volumes One and Two, and his latest release DARK FICTION), cyberpunk thriller Auxiliary, and psychological techno-thriller The Warden.
Jon lives in London and loves immersing himself in all things dark and sinister, whether they're books, films, video games or even board games – any way to tell a great story!
If you want to chat to him about this, or about anything at all, you can find him on Twitter
@RichterWrites
or Instagram @jonrichterwrites; he’d also love it if you would check out his website at http://jon-richter.com.
Jon also co-hosts two podcasts: the dark fiction podcast, Dark Natter, and the cyberpunk podcast, Hosts In The Shell, which you can find wherever you get your podcast fix.
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Lot 205
£ 30
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Anita Frank


Anita Frank
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Title: The Good Liars
Genre: Psychological Historical Thrillers
Format: Hardback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ajes74
Book Blurb:
From the author of stunning historical fiction books comes a new story of crime, deceit, and murder, set in the early 1920s…
In the summer of 1914 a boy vanishes, never to be seen again.
Now, in 1920, the once esteemed Stilwell family of Darkacre Hall find themselves struggling with the legacy of the First World War. Leonard bears the physical scars, while his brother Maurice has endured more than his mind can take. Maurice’s wife Ida yearns for the lost days of privilege and pleasure and family friend Victor seems unwilling to move on.
But their lives are thrown into further disarray when the missing boy’s case is reopened – and this time they themselves are under police scrutiny.
As the dead return to haunt the living, old resentments resurface and loyalties are tested, while secrets risk being unearthed that could destroy them all.
Author Bio:
A farmer’s daughter from Shropshire, Anita studied English and American History at the University of East Anglia before moving to London to work in media analysis and communications.
She left paid employment to become a stay-at-home mum when she had the first of her three children. Sadly, Anita‘s youngest child developed a rare form of epilepsy in infancy which has left him severely mentally disabled and she is now his full-time-carer, but she has begun snatching what time she can to pursue her lifelong ambition of writing historical fiction.
Anita now lives in Berkshire with her husband, her two lovely girls and her gorgeous boy, a fluffy cat with an attitude, and a bonkers Welsh Springer Spaniel.
Genre: Psychological Historical Thrillers
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ajes74
Book Blurb:
From the author of stunning historical fiction books comes a new story of crime, deceit, and murder, set in the early 1920s…
In the summer of 1914 a boy vanishes, never to be seen again.
Now, in 1920, the once esteemed Stilwell family of Darkacre Hall find themselves struggling with the legacy of the First World War. Leonard bears the physical scars, while his brother Maurice has endured more than his mind can take. Maurice’s wife Ida yearns for the lost days of privilege and pleasure and family friend Victor seems unwilling to move on.
But their lives are thrown into further disarray when the missing boy’s case is reopened – and this time they themselves are under police scrutiny.
As the dead return to haunt the living, old resentments resurface and loyalties are tested, while secrets risk being unearthed that could destroy them all.
Author Bio:
A farmer’s daughter from Shropshire, Anita studied English and American History at the University of East Anglia before moving to London to work in media analysis and communications.
She left paid employment to become a stay-at-home mum when she had the first of her three children. Sadly, Anita‘s youngest child developed a rare form of epilepsy in infancy which has left him severely mentally disabled and she is now his full-time-carer, but she has begun snatching what time she can to pursue her lifelong ambition of writing historical fiction.
Anita now lives in Berkshire with her husband, her two lovely girls and her gorgeous boy, a fluffy cat with an attitude, and a bonkers Welsh Springer Spaniel.
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Lot 206
£ 11
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Michelle Kidd


Michelle Kidd
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Title: Missing Boy.
Genre: Crime Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://michellekiddauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorKidd
Book Blurb:
A missing child. A killer on the loose. A past that refuses to die. Six year old Lucas Jackson disappears at a local fair - every parent’s worst nightmare. And the case is too close to home for Detective Inspector Nicki Hardcastle. It’s clear the Jackson family are keeping secrets, and Nicki and her team face a race against time to find the missing boy. But as the case evolves, it becomes clear the past Nicki thought was buried forever is about to catch up with her.
Author Bio:
Michelle Kidd is the author of the DI Jack MacIntosh and DI Nicki Hardcastle books published by Joffe Books, With a background in criminal and civil litigation, Michelle now works full time for the NHS.
Genre: Crime Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://michellekiddauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorKidd
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A missing child. A killer on the loose. A past that refuses to die. Six year old Lucas Jackson disappears at a local fair - every parent’s worst nightmare. And the case is too close to home for Detective Inspector Nicki Hardcastle. It’s clear the Jackson family are keeping secrets, and Nicki and her team face a race against time to find the missing boy. But as the case evolves, it becomes clear the past Nicki thought was buried forever is about to catch up with her.
Author Bio:
Michelle Kidd is the author of the DI Jack MacIntosh and DI Nicki Hardcastle books published by Joffe Books, With a background in criminal and civil litigation, Michelle now works full time for the NHS.
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Lot 207
£ 16
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Luisa A. Jones


Luisa A. Jones
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Title: The Gilded Cage
Genre: Historical fiction
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Website: http://luisaajones.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Taffy_lulu
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1897. Rosamund bows her head and steps slowly down the aisle. The satin of her gown whispers against the stone floor and a single tear falls into the bunch of yellow roses twisted in her trembling hands. Despite rumours of his cruelty, Rosamund has no choice but to become this man’s second wife.
After her wedding, Rosamund finds herself trapped in Sir Lucien Fitznorton’s lonely country estate. As she wanders the chilly halls, made shadowy by drapes of heavy velvet, she longs for the lost comforts of her childhood home, where she was the beloved only daughter to a doting father, now buried miles away. As a young woman with no fortune of her own, only death can release her from this misery.
Until she meets Joseph, her husband’s gruffly handsome new chauffeur. With his mop of salt-and-pepper hair and lilting accent, Joseph is from another world. One of clambering children and tea at scrubbed kitchen tables, the hollow scratch of hunger and long hours of hard work. Despite their differences, they find themselves increasingly drawn to one other.
But Sir Lucien is not only cruel, he’s devious too, and soon Rosamund finds herself caught in a dangerous web of secrets and lies. Is Rosamund’s fragile marriage nothing but a golden cage, trapping her between two men who desire her… and to what end?
One holds her captive and the other offers a hope of escape… but who really holds the key to Rosamund’s gilded prison?
A gripping and emotional historical novel, fans of Lucinda Riley and Tracy Rees won’t be able to put this book down.
Author Bio:
Luisa A Jones lives in South Wales, and takes inspiration from the Welsh countryside, towns, history, and of course its people. Her writing explores the dynamics within relationships, the pressures that mental health issues can exert on people, and how these can be overcome.
Luisa studied Classical Studies at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London. Her previous jobs have included tour guide in an historic house; teacher in both primary and secondary schools; careers adviser; and corporate trainer/assessor.
Luisa loves using her creativity for crafting and baking, as well as writing historical and contemporary fiction with romantic elements. She and her husband are the proud owners of Gwynnie, a Volkswagen camper van built in 1974, which inspired the story behind Luisa's first book, Goes Without Saying. They have three children, a dog, and two cats.
Becoming an author fulfilled a lifelong ambition.
Genre: Historical fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://luisaajones.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Taffy_lulu
Book Blurb:
1897. Rosamund bows her head and steps slowly down the aisle. The satin of her gown whispers against the stone floor and a single tear falls into the bunch of yellow roses twisted in her trembling hands. Despite rumours of his cruelty, Rosamund has no choice but to become this man’s second wife.
After her wedding, Rosamund finds herself trapped in Sir Lucien Fitznorton’s lonely country estate. As she wanders the chilly halls, made shadowy by drapes of heavy velvet, she longs for the lost comforts of her childhood home, where she was the beloved only daughter to a doting father, now buried miles away. As a young woman with no fortune of her own, only death can release her from this misery.
Until she meets Joseph, her husband’s gruffly handsome new chauffeur. With his mop of salt-and-pepper hair and lilting accent, Joseph is from another world. One of clambering children and tea at scrubbed kitchen tables, the hollow scratch of hunger and long hours of hard work. Despite their differences, they find themselves increasingly drawn to one other.
But Sir Lucien is not only cruel, he’s devious too, and soon Rosamund finds herself caught in a dangerous web of secrets and lies. Is Rosamund’s fragile marriage nothing but a golden cage, trapping her between two men who desire her… and to what end?
One holds her captive and the other offers a hope of escape… but who really holds the key to Rosamund’s gilded prison?
A gripping and emotional historical novel, fans of Lucinda Riley and Tracy Rees won’t be able to put this book down.
Author Bio:
Luisa A Jones lives in South Wales, and takes inspiration from the Welsh countryside, towns, history, and of course its people. Her writing explores the dynamics within relationships, the pressures that mental health issues can exert on people, and how these can be overcome.
Luisa studied Classical Studies at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London. Her previous jobs have included tour guide in an historic house; teacher in both primary and secondary schools; careers adviser; and corporate trainer/assessor.
Luisa loves using her creativity for crafting and baking, as well as writing historical and contemporary fiction with romantic elements. She and her husband are the proud owners of Gwynnie, a Volkswagen camper van built in 1974, which inspired the story behind Luisa's first book, Goes Without Saying. They have three children, a dog, and two cats.
Becoming an author fulfilled a lifelong ambition.
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Lot 208
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Sam Blake


Sam Blake
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Title: Something Terrible Happened Last Night
Genre: YA - Mystery/Crime/Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.samblakebooks.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/samblakebooks
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It’s Katie’s 17th birthday – the dancefloor is packed, the drink is flowing and Rave-fess, the Raven’s Hill School confession site, is alight with gossip. Then a huge fight breaks out, sending guests fleeing.
When Frankie, Jess and Sorcha go back to help Katie clear up her wrecked house before her parents get home, they find more than broken bottles … There’s a body on the living room floor.
The gripping teen thriller that will keep everyone guessing.
Author Bio:
Sam Blake a multiple No 1 bestselling crime writer, who has been shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year three times. Her 7th bestseller, The Mystery of Four, and her recently published YA debut, Something Terrible Happened Last Night, are both in shops now. Follow her on social @samblakebooks and find out more at http://www.samblakebooks.com, where you can join her Reader's Club and get a free book. Sam is the founder of Ireland's International Crime Writing Festival, Murder One, and is the coordinator for National Crime Reading Month in the UK and Ireland (June 2023). She is a board member of the Society of Authors and the Crime Writers Association.
Genre: YA - Mystery/Crime/Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.samblakebooks.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/samblakebooks
Book Blurb:
It’s Katie’s 17th birthday – the dancefloor is packed, the drink is flowing and Rave-fess, the Raven’s Hill School confession site, is alight with gossip. Then a huge fight breaks out, sending guests fleeing.
When Frankie, Jess and Sorcha go back to help Katie clear up her wrecked house before her parents get home, they find more than broken bottles … There’s a body on the living room floor.
The gripping teen thriller that will keep everyone guessing.
Author Bio:
Sam Blake a multiple No 1 bestselling crime writer, who has been shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year three times. Her 7th bestseller, The Mystery of Four, and her recently published YA debut, Something Terrible Happened Last Night, are both in shops now. Follow her on social @samblakebooks and find out more at http://www.samblakebooks.com, where you can join her Reader's Club and get a free book. Sam is the founder of Ireland's International Crime Writing Festival, Murder One, and is the coordinator for National Crime Reading Month in the UK and Ireland (June 2023). She is a board member of the Society of Authors and the Crime Writers Association.
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Lot 209
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Joanne Clague


Joanne Clague
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Title: The Ragged Valley
Genre: Historical fiction
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonewsiom
Book Blurb:
A farm boy seeking his fortune, a governess resigned to her role, and the engineer who has just completed the crowning glory of his career - the Dale Dyke dam. When the dam bursts one stormy night, their fates entwine. A thrilling saga inspired by the real events of the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864, The Ragged Valley is the first novel in the Sheffield Sagas trilogy.
Author Bio:
Born and raised in Sheffield, Joanne lives in the coastal village of Laxey in the Isle of Man with her husband, children, dogs and other assorted wildlife. She has worked in print, radio and broadcast journalism in the north west for the past three decades and is now a full-time writer of historical fiction set in nineteenth century Sheffield.
Genre: Historical fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: YES
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonewsiom
Book Blurb:
A farm boy seeking his fortune, a governess resigned to her role, and the engineer who has just completed the crowning glory of his career - the Dale Dyke dam. When the dam bursts one stormy night, their fates entwine. A thrilling saga inspired by the real events of the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864, The Ragged Valley is the first novel in the Sheffield Sagas trilogy.
Author Bio:
Born and raised in Sheffield, Joanne lives in the coastal village of Laxey in the Isle of Man with her husband, children, dogs and other assorted wildlife. She has worked in print, radio and broadcast journalism in the north west for the past three decades and is now a full-time writer of historical fiction set in nineteenth century Sheffield.
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Lot 210
£ 20
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Erica Laine


Erica Laine
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Book Series: Isabella Trilogy
Book1: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 1
Genre: Historical Fiction
Paperback
Book2: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 2
Genre: Historical Fiction
Paperback
Book3: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 3
Genre: Historical Fiction
Paperback
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Website: https://ericalainewriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaineEleslaine
The Book: Isabella of Angoulême
Set in the thirteenth century, the kingdoms of England and France are struggling over territory as the powerful Angevins threaten the French king. In regions far from Paris local fiefdoms disregard all authority.
The Tangled Queen is the story of the little known and very young Isabella of Angoulême who was abducted by King John in 1200. She became his second wife and queen consort, aged 12. He was the most reviled king in English history and his lust for her led to the loss of Normandy and the destruction of the Plantagenet Empire, which then brought about the Magna Carta.
Isabella came of age in England, but was denied her place in court. Her story is full of thwarted ambition, passion, pride and cruelty. She longed for power of her own and returned to France after the death of John to live a life of treachery and intrigue…
The Book: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 2
Set in the thirteenth century, the kingdoms of England and France continue to struggle over territory. King John’s widow, Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England is ignored and unwanted by the English court. She moves back to France to claim her inheritance. The English councillors expect her to be biddable to them and to guard these lands for King Henry III, her nine-year-old son.
But in the Poitou, a region far from Paris and London, local fiefdoms ignore all forms of authority.
The Tangled Queen is the story of Isabella’s determination to forge her own powerful domain. She has to face forceful men who would stop her at every turn. She intrigues and plots to make her dream a reality and she learns to play all sides against each other. Isabella’s second controversial marriage is one full of passion, pride and politics. Treachery becomes second nature as her ambitions soar. She must be unassailable.
The Book: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 3
The thirteenth century is a chaotic time of struggle for the mastery of France and England. A very young king on each throne. Precarious power for each one.
Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England, Countess of Angoulême, Countess of la Marche, the widow of King John and the new wife of the powerful Hugh Lusignan, is as ambitious, proud and as wilful as ever. In England her son Henry III, looks longingly to the lands in France that his father lost. Can he reclaim them? Will his mother help him? Her plans and schemes never cease as she builds alliances to bring her new family power and territory. 'The Tangled Queen Part 3' is the final story of her determination to claim her place in France at last, to be seen as a queen at all times. Who will stop her? Who can stop her? She will not be thwarted.
The Author:
Erica Lainé was born in Southampton and originally studied for the theatre at the Arts Educational School in Tring. After working in London and training as a speech and drama teacher she moved to Hong Kong with her family. Here she worked for the British Council for 20 years as a teacher and educational projects manager. Since 1997 she has lived in south west France where she became interested in all sorts of historical research and writing as President of the Aquitaine Historical Society. This led to a focus on Isabella of Angoulême and her life and times. The Aquitaine region is rich in English and French history and Isabella was woven into both. Author of the trilogy 'Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen', Erica continues to be fascinated by and to write about 13th century France and England.
Book1: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 1
Genre: Historical Fiction
Paperback
Book2: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 2
Genre: Historical Fiction
Paperback
Book3: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 3
Genre: Historical Fiction
Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://ericalainewriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaineEleslaine
The Book: Isabella of Angoulême
Set in the thirteenth century, the kingdoms of England and France are struggling over territory as the powerful Angevins threaten the French king. In regions far from Paris local fiefdoms disregard all authority.
The Tangled Queen is the story of the little known and very young Isabella of Angoulême who was abducted by King John in 1200. She became his second wife and queen consort, aged 12. He was the most reviled king in English history and his lust for her led to the loss of Normandy and the destruction of the Plantagenet Empire, which then brought about the Magna Carta.
Isabella came of age in England, but was denied her place in court. Her story is full of thwarted ambition, passion, pride and cruelty. She longed for power of her own and returned to France after the death of John to live a life of treachery and intrigue…
The Book: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 2
Set in the thirteenth century, the kingdoms of England and France continue to struggle over territory. King John’s widow, Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England is ignored and unwanted by the English court. She moves back to France to claim her inheritance. The English councillors expect her to be biddable to them and to guard these lands for King Henry III, her nine-year-old son.
But in the Poitou, a region far from Paris and London, local fiefdoms ignore all forms of authority.
The Tangled Queen is the story of Isabella’s determination to forge her own powerful domain. She has to face forceful men who would stop her at every turn. She intrigues and plots to make her dream a reality and she learns to play all sides against each other. Isabella’s second controversial marriage is one full of passion, pride and politics. Treachery becomes second nature as her ambitions soar. She must be unassailable.
The Book: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 3
The thirteenth century is a chaotic time of struggle for the mastery of France and England. A very young king on each throne. Precarious power for each one.
Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England, Countess of Angoulême, Countess of la Marche, the widow of King John and the new wife of the powerful Hugh Lusignan, is as ambitious, proud and as wilful as ever. In England her son Henry III, looks longingly to the lands in France that his father lost. Can he reclaim them? Will his mother help him? Her plans and schemes never cease as she builds alliances to bring her new family power and territory. 'The Tangled Queen Part 3' is the final story of her determination to claim her place in France at last, to be seen as a queen at all times. Who will stop her? Who can stop her? She will not be thwarted.
The Author:
Erica Lainé was born in Southampton and originally studied for the theatre at the Arts Educational School in Tring. After working in London and training as a speech and drama teacher she moved to Hong Kong with her family. Here she worked for the British Council for 20 years as a teacher and educational projects manager. Since 1997 she has lived in south west France where she became interested in all sorts of historical research and writing as President of the Aquitaine Historical Society. This led to a focus on Isabella of Angoulême and her life and times. The Aquitaine region is rich in English and French history and Isabella was woven into both. Author of the trilogy 'Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen', Erica continues to be fascinated by and to write about 13th century France and England.
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Lot 211
£ 15
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Sarah Watts


Sarah Watts
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Title: What Happened to Evie Del Rio?
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://cahilldavispublishing.co.uk/authors/sarah-watts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SKWattsWrites
Book Blurb:
Evie Del Rio was the one, as far as Ed Nash was concerned.
Their teenage love was the inspiration for his song ‘Used to Be’ and helped Ed's indie band, The Mountaineers, to international fame.
But when Evie and her family suddenly up sticks and leave their London home without a forwarding address, she leaves a heartbroken Ed behind too.
Over thirty years later washed up rocker Ed is suddenly back in the limelight when Evie's love song is used as the theme tune for a new TV drama. Once the song is later featured on TV documentary ‘Musical Muses: The Girl in the Song’ it’s suddenly not just Ed who’s asking…
What happened to Evie Del Rio?
Author Bio:
I've always enjoyed the written word and I have a great passion for music so I decided to put the two together and the result is my debut novel 'What Happened to Evie Del Rio?'
I like to think I'm enjoying my 'middle youth' rather than my 'middle age'. I'm married and Mum to two sons and owned by a black rescue cat called Hector who often features on my Instagram account.
I enjoy going to gigs and discovering new music. I also love reading women's fiction but I do have a bit of a penchant for crime and psychological thrillers! If I'm not on social media, reading or listening to music then you will probably find me on a football pitch cheering on my youngest son and his team.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://cahilldavispublishing.co.uk/authors/sarah-watts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SKWattsWrites
Book Blurb:
Evie Del Rio was the one, as far as Ed Nash was concerned.
Their teenage love was the inspiration for his song ‘Used to Be’ and helped Ed's indie band, The Mountaineers, to international fame.
But when Evie and her family suddenly up sticks and leave their London home without a forwarding address, she leaves a heartbroken Ed behind too.
Over thirty years later washed up rocker Ed is suddenly back in the limelight when Evie's love song is used as the theme tune for a new TV drama. Once the song is later featured on TV documentary ‘Musical Muses: The Girl in the Song’ it’s suddenly not just Ed who’s asking…
What happened to Evie Del Rio?
Author Bio:
I've always enjoyed the written word and I have a great passion for music so I decided to put the two together and the result is my debut novel 'What Happened to Evie Del Rio?'
I like to think I'm enjoying my 'middle youth' rather than my 'middle age'. I'm married and Mum to two sons and owned by a black rescue cat called Hector who often features on my Instagram account.
I enjoy going to gigs and discovering new music. I also love reading women's fiction but I do have a bit of a penchant for crime and psychological thrillers! If I'm not on social media, reading or listening to music then you will probably find me on a football pitch cheering on my youngest son and his team.
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Lot 212
£ 40
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Liz Nugent


Liz Nugent
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Title: Strange Sally Diamond
Genre: Crime Thriller - Domestic Noir
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.liznugent.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizzienugent
The Book:
Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.
Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and worried police, but also a sinister voice from a past she has no memory of. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, recluse Sally steps into the world for the first time, making new friends, finding independence, and learning that people don't always mean what they say.
But when messages start arriving from a stranger who knows far more about her past than she knows herself, Sally's life will be thrown into chaos once again . . .
'What a terrific storyteller Liz Nugent is! Brilliantly structured, fluently told, rich in unsettling incident and pulsing with dark, tumultuous energy' Irish Times
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Title: Strange Sally Diamond
Genre: Crime Thriller - Domestic Noir
Format: Rare Editor's Proof
Dedication is Available
Postage: Free Globally
Website: https://www.liznugent.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizzienugent
The Book:
Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.
Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and worried police, but also a sinister voice from a past she has no memory of. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, recluse Sally steps into the world for the first time, making new friends, finding independence, and learning that people don't always mean what they say.
But when messages start arriving from a stranger who knows far more about her past than she knows herself, Sally's life will be thrown into chaos once again . . .
'What a terrific storyteller Liz Nugent is! Brilliantly structured, fluently told, rich in unsettling incident and pulsing with dark, tumultuous energy' Irish Times
The Author:
Liz Nugent worked as a stage manager in theatres in Ireland and toured internationally before writing extensively for radio and television drama.
Unravelling Oliver was published in 2014, hit the number 1 spot for several weeks and won Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.
Lying in Wait, published in 2016, went straight to number 1 and was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club. It won the Radio 1 Ryan Tubridy Listeners Choice Award at the Irish Book Awards.
In October 2017, Liz won the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Award in Literature.
Skin Deep was published in 2018. It also went straight to number 1 in the bestsellers charts and scooped two awards at the An Post Irish Book Awards in Nov '18: Crime Novel of the Year AND the Radio 1 Ryan Tubridy Listener's Choice Award.
Little Cruelties (Our Little Cruelties) was published in 2020. Another number 1 bestseller, it topped the charts for fifteen weeks, was nominated for Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, long listed for a CWA award at Theakston Crime Festival at Harrogate. It was listed as one of the most recommended thrillers of the Year by the New York Times.
Liz was presented with the James Joyce Medal for Literature (via Zoom!) in February 21 and was a Guest of Honour at Iceland Noir in November 21.
Liz’s “wickedly dark, twisted and brilliantly observed” fifth novel, Strange Sally Diamond, was published in the UK & Ireland by Penguin Sandycove in March 2023, and went straight to number one in Ireland. It was published in Canada & the US on July 18th 2023.
Genre: Crime Thriller - Domestic Noir
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.liznugent.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizzienugent
The Book:
Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.
Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and worried police, but also a sinister voice from a past she has no memory of. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, recluse Sally steps into the world for the first time, making new friends, finding independence, and learning that people don't always mean what they say.
But when messages start arriving from a stranger who knows far more about her past than she knows herself, Sally's life will be thrown into chaos once again . . .
'What a terrific storyteller Liz Nugent is! Brilliantly structured, fluently told, rich in unsettling incident and pulsing with dark, tumultuous energy' Irish Times
The Author:
Title: Strange Sally Diamond
Genre: Crime Thriller - Domestic Noir
Format: Rare Editor's Proof
Dedication is Available
Postage: Free Globally
Website: https://www.liznugent.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizzienugent
The Book:
Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.
Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and worried police, but also a sinister voice from a past she has no memory of. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, recluse Sally steps into the world for the first time, making new friends, finding independence, and learning that people don't always mean what they say.
But when messages start arriving from a stranger who knows far more about her past than she knows herself, Sally's life will be thrown into chaos once again . . .
'What a terrific storyteller Liz Nugent is! Brilliantly structured, fluently told, rich in unsettling incident and pulsing with dark, tumultuous energy' Irish Times
The Author:
Liz Nugent worked as a stage manager in theatres in Ireland and toured internationally before writing extensively for radio and television drama.
Unravelling Oliver was published in 2014, hit the number 1 spot for several weeks and won Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.
Lying in Wait, published in 2016, went straight to number 1 and was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club. It won the Radio 1 Ryan Tubridy Listeners Choice Award at the Irish Book Awards.
In October 2017, Liz won the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Award in Literature.
Skin Deep was published in 2018. It also went straight to number 1 in the bestsellers charts and scooped two awards at the An Post Irish Book Awards in Nov '18: Crime Novel of the Year AND the Radio 1 Ryan Tubridy Listener's Choice Award.
Little Cruelties (Our Little Cruelties) was published in 2020. Another number 1 bestseller, it topped the charts for fifteen weeks, was nominated for Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, long listed for a CWA award at Theakston Crime Festival at Harrogate. It was listed as one of the most recommended thrillers of the Year by the New York Times.
Liz was presented with the James Joyce Medal for Literature (via Zoom!) in February 21 and was a Guest of Honour at Iceland Noir in November 21.
Liz’s “wickedly dark, twisted and brilliantly observed” fifth novel, Strange Sally Diamond, was published in the UK & Ireland by Penguin Sandycove in March 2023, and went straight to number one in Ireland. It was published in Canada & the US on July 18th 2023.
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Lot 213
£ 20
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Beth Walker


Beth Walker
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Title: Olly Brown, God of Hamsters
Genre: Middle Grade (children's), funny
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
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Website: http://bethanywalkerwriter.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bethanywwriter
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Olly Brown is hamster obsessed. But his dad won't allow any pets, so Olly never gets to take the Year 6 class hamster home. Then the most AMAZING thing happens: a hamster shows up at Olly's house anyway! And it seems smart. Like, really smart.
Olly soon learns it's one of many: there's a whole civilisation of super-advanced intelligent hamsters who seem to be ... worshipping Olly as a god?
This is so awesome! But how is this possible?
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Bethany lives in Lincolnshire with her husband and two children and no hamsters. Olly Brown, God of Hamsters is Bethany's fourth book.
Genre: Middle Grade (children's), funny
Format: Paperback
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Olly Brown is hamster obsessed. But his dad won't allow any pets, so Olly never gets to take the Year 6 class hamster home. Then the most AMAZING thing happens: a hamster shows up at Olly's house anyway! And it seems smart. Like, really smart.
Olly soon learns it's one of many: there's a whole civilisation of super-advanced intelligent hamsters who seem to be ... worshipping Olly as a god?
This is so awesome! But how is this possible?
Author Bio:
Bethany lives in Lincolnshire with her husband and two children and no hamsters. Olly Brown, God of Hamsters is Bethany's fourth book.
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Lot 214
£ 11
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Kathleen McGurl


Kathleen McGurl
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Book Title: The Storm Girl
Genre: Historical/dual timeline
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://kathleenmcgurl.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KathMcGurl
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A heartbreaking choice. A secret kept for centuries.
1784. When Esther Harris’s father hurts his back, she takes over his role helping smugglers hide contraband in the secret cellar in their pub. But when the free traders’ ships are trapped in the harbour, a battle between the smugglers and the revenue officers leads to murder and betrayal – and Esther is forced to choose between the love of her life and protecting her family…
Present day. Fresh from her divorce, Millie Galton moves into a former inn overlooking the harbour in Mudeford and plans to create her dream home. When a chance discovery behind an old fireplace reveals the house’s secret history as a haven for smugglers and the devastating story of its former residents, could the mystery of a disappearance from centuries ago finally be solved?
Author Bio:
Kathleen McGurl lives near the coast in Christchurch, England. She writes dual timeline novels in which a historical mystery is uncovered and resolved in the present day. She is married to an Irishman and has two adult sons. She enjoys travelling, especially in her motorhome around Europe but home is Mudeford, where this novel is set.
Genre: Historical/dual timeline
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://kathleenmcgurl.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KathMcGurl
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A heartbreaking choice. A secret kept for centuries.
1784. When Esther Harris’s father hurts his back, she takes over his role helping smugglers hide contraband in the secret cellar in their pub. But when the free traders’ ships are trapped in the harbour, a battle between the smugglers and the revenue officers leads to murder and betrayal – and Esther is forced to choose between the love of her life and protecting her family…
Present day. Fresh from her divorce, Millie Galton moves into a former inn overlooking the harbour in Mudeford and plans to create her dream home. When a chance discovery behind an old fireplace reveals the house’s secret history as a haven for smugglers and the devastating story of its former residents, could the mystery of a disappearance from centuries ago finally be solved?
Author Bio:
Kathleen McGurl lives near the coast in Christchurch, England. She writes dual timeline novels in which a historical mystery is uncovered and resolved in the present day. She is married to an Irishman and has two adult sons. She enjoys travelling, especially in her motorhome around Europe but home is Mudeford, where this novel is set.
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Gill Thompson


Gill Thompson
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Title: The Orphans on the Train
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.wordkindling.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wordkindling
Book Blurb::
A gripping, moving story of loss, friendship, the need to belong, inspired by real events, of two orphaned girls and the woman who becomes a surrogate mother to them, only to be separated in the most heart-wrenching way.
1939.
A girl with auburn hair looks anxiously out of the train window, watching the mountains of Europe pass by. War is on the horizon at home, and Kirsty finds herself heading to neutral Hungary to help in a school for Jewish children. Little does she know that in leaving everything behind, she is about to find the most precious gift of all - a true friend in school pupil Anna.
1943.
When the Nazis invade Budapest, Kirsty and Anna are on their own, and Kirsty worries desperately for her Jewish friend. What lengths must they go to in order to survive, and, when they are separated, can the guiding light of friendship bring them back to each other?
Inspired by true events and perfect for readers of The Nightingale and The Midwife of Auschwitz, from the author of The Child on Platform One and The Lighthouse Sisters.
Author Bio:
Gill Thompson began her working life as a teacher and spent over forty years at the chalk face before becoming an author, gaining an M.A in Creative Writing from the University of Chichester. Gill’s debut novel The Oceans Between Us, about a mother and son separated by war and by continents, was published by Headline in March 2019 and The Child on Platform One, about a little girl on the Kindertransport, came out in December 2019. Both books were digital number ones and The Child on Platform One was a USA Today and Wall Street Journal best seller., translated into nine European languages. The Lighthouse Sisters, about a wartime family on Channel Island Jersey, came out in ebook on 4thFebruary 2022 and in paperback on 1st September 2022. Her new novel, The Orphans on the Train, about two girls in Nazi-occupied Hungary comes out in November this year.
Gill has just been appointed a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.wordkindling.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wordkindling
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A gripping, moving story of loss, friendship, the need to belong, inspired by real events, of two orphaned girls and the woman who becomes a surrogate mother to them, only to be separated in the most heart-wrenching way.
1939.
A girl with auburn hair looks anxiously out of the train window, watching the mountains of Europe pass by. War is on the horizon at home, and Kirsty finds herself heading to neutral Hungary to help in a school for Jewish children. Little does she know that in leaving everything behind, she is about to find the most precious gift of all - a true friend in school pupil Anna.
1943.
When the Nazis invade Budapest, Kirsty and Anna are on their own, and Kirsty worries desperately for her Jewish friend. What lengths must they go to in order to survive, and, when they are separated, can the guiding light of friendship bring them back to each other?
Inspired by true events and perfect for readers of The Nightingale and The Midwife of Auschwitz, from the author of The Child on Platform One and The Lighthouse Sisters.
Author Bio:
Gill Thompson began her working life as a teacher and spent over forty years at the chalk face before becoming an author, gaining an M.A in Creative Writing from the University of Chichester. Gill’s debut novel The Oceans Between Us, about a mother and son separated by war and by continents, was published by Headline in March 2019 and The Child on Platform One, about a little girl on the Kindertransport, came out in December 2019. Both books were digital number ones and The Child on Platform One was a USA Today and Wall Street Journal best seller., translated into nine European languages. The Lighthouse Sisters, about a wartime family on Channel Island Jersey, came out in ebook on 4thFebruary 2022 and in paperback on 1st September 2022. Her new novel, The Orphans on the Train, about two girls in Nazi-occupied Hungary comes out in November this year.
Gill has just been appointed a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.
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Lot 216
£ 15
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Tracy Curran


Tracy Curran
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Book title: Pumpkin's Fairytale,
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: YES
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/WriterCornish
Book Blurb:
You may know one side of the tale in this book, but a new story's sprouted. Come in! Take a look! A character's growing, he's full of ambition. Come and meet Pumpkin, he's off on a mission...
Author bio:
Tracy Curran writes picture books, chapter books and middle-grade novels by the sea in Cornwall. Pumpkin's Fairytale is her debut picture book.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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You may know one side of the tale in this book, but a new story's sprouted. Come in! Take a look! A character's growing, he's full of ambition. Come and meet Pumpkin, he's off on a mission...
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Tracy Curran writes picture books, chapter books and middle-grade novels by the sea in Cornwall. Pumpkin's Fairytale is her debut picture book.
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Lot 217
£ 13
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Nina Kaye


Nina Kaye
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Title: Just Like That
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.ninakaye.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinaKayeAuthor
Book Blurb:
Is fur-ever on the cards for these enemies-at-first-sight?
Jess is smashing her Edinburgh events management job right now. Her boss is talking about a promotion, her clients love her and other companies want her. But all of that comes to an abrupt halt when her brother has a sudden stroke. Jess doesn’t think twice about stepping in as his carer, but her boss is not so understanding.
Demoted to managing low-end events, Jess is less than thrilled to be assigned to a small animal park in need of raising funds. She’s even less happy when she clashes with arrogant head keeper, Nick. He's frustrated with her squeamishness; she thinks he’s a lech. Nick wants a baggage-free life; Jess has so much drama going on, even the Kardashians can’t keep up.
But maybe saving the animals of East Lothian Wildlife Park will help these op-paw-sites find some common ground…
Author Bio:
Nina Kaye is a contemporary romance author who writes warm, witty and uplifting reads with a deeper edge.
Nina started writing her first novel when she was seventeen (and locked in her room, supposedly studying for her future). It was a short-lived experience that ended as soon as Nina’s exams did, but the dream of writing never left her.
Nina lives in Edinburgh with her husband and much adored side-kick, James. In addition to writing, Nina enjoys swimming, gin and karaoke (preferably all enjoyed together in a sunny, seaside destination)
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.ninakaye.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinaKayeAuthor
Book Blurb:
Is fur-ever on the cards for these enemies-at-first-sight?
Jess is smashing her Edinburgh events management job right now. Her boss is talking about a promotion, her clients love her and other companies want her. But all of that comes to an abrupt halt when her brother has a sudden stroke. Jess doesn’t think twice about stepping in as his carer, but her boss is not so understanding.
Demoted to managing low-end events, Jess is less than thrilled to be assigned to a small animal park in need of raising funds. She’s even less happy when she clashes with arrogant head keeper, Nick. He's frustrated with her squeamishness; she thinks he’s a lech. Nick wants a baggage-free life; Jess has so much drama going on, even the Kardashians can’t keep up.
But maybe saving the animals of East Lothian Wildlife Park will help these op-paw-sites find some common ground…
Author Bio:
Nina Kaye is a contemporary romance author who writes warm, witty and uplifting reads with a deeper edge.
Nina started writing her first novel when she was seventeen (and locked in her room, supposedly studying for her future). It was a short-lived experience that ended as soon as Nina’s exams did, but the dream of writing never left her.
Nina lives in Edinburgh with her husband and much adored side-kick, James. In addition to writing, Nina enjoys swimming, gin and karaoke (preferably all enjoyed together in a sunny, seaside destination)
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Lot 218
£ 30
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Hazel Prior


Hazel Prior
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Title: LIFE AND OTTER MIRACLES
Genre: Contemporary fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: http://hazelprior.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HazelPriorBooks
Book Blurb:
Down by the river, not everything is as it seems. Clever, nosey Phoebe Featherstone is unable to get out much but she has a talent for deducing other people's secrets by examining the parcels delivered by her courier father. The discovery of an abandoned baby otter leads to further revelations, and she soon realises something is amiss at the local otter sanctuary. She will need to overcome her own closely-guarded issues and use all her sleuthing skills to save the otters.
From the Number One bestselling author of Away with the Penguins comes this 'otterly' delightful, warm-hearted and uplifting story about the healing power of nature.
Author Bio:
Hazel Prior is the author of bestselling novels Away With The Penguins, Call Of The Penguins and Ellie And The Harp Maker. Life And Otter Miracles, due to be published this September, is her fourth book. Published by Penguin Random House, all her books are quirky, character-led stories with beautiful settings and strong wildlife themes. Away With The Penguins was chosen by Richard & Judy for their prestigious Book Club as well as for BBC Radio 2’s Book Club. It was the number one bestseller in both ebook and audiobook. Hazel’s books have so far been translated into 18 foreign languages.
Hazel is also a self-taught freelance Celtic harpist. At book events she has a habit of bringing her harp along too, to accompany readings. When she isn’t writing she is often singing with friends or walking in the countryside. She lives in the wilds of Exmoor, where she and her husband are slaves to a huge ginger cat.
Genre: Contemporary fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: http://hazelprior.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HazelPriorBooks
Book Blurb:
Down by the river, not everything is as it seems. Clever, nosey Phoebe Featherstone is unable to get out much but she has a talent for deducing other people's secrets by examining the parcels delivered by her courier father. The discovery of an abandoned baby otter leads to further revelations, and she soon realises something is amiss at the local otter sanctuary. She will need to overcome her own closely-guarded issues and use all her sleuthing skills to save the otters.
From the Number One bestselling author of Away with the Penguins comes this 'otterly' delightful, warm-hearted and uplifting story about the healing power of nature.
Author Bio:
Hazel Prior is the author of bestselling novels Away With The Penguins, Call Of The Penguins and Ellie And The Harp Maker. Life And Otter Miracles, due to be published this September, is her fourth book. Published by Penguin Random House, all her books are quirky, character-led stories with beautiful settings and strong wildlife themes. Away With The Penguins was chosen by Richard & Judy for their prestigious Book Club as well as for BBC Radio 2’s Book Club. It was the number one bestseller in both ebook and audiobook. Hazel’s books have so far been translated into 18 foreign languages.
Hazel is also a self-taught freelance Celtic harpist. At book events she has a habit of bringing her harp along too, to accompany readings. When she isn’t writing she is often singing with friends or walking in the countryside. She lives in the wilds of Exmoor, where she and her husband are slaves to a huge ginger cat.
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Lot 219
£ 20
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Helen Cooper


Helen Cooper
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Title: Pumpkin Soup
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback (Special 25 year edition)
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://helencooperbooks.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenCooperbook
Book Blurb:
Look what’s cooking in the old white cabin. Pumpkin Soup, the best you ever tasted, made by the Cat, the Squirrel and the Duck, who scoops up a pipkin of salt and tips in just enough.
The first in this series – Pumpkin Soup – was published in 1998, won the Kate Greenaway medal and went on to be a bestseller worldwide.
It was followed in 2004 by A Pipkin of Pepper and then by Delicious! in 2006, all to great critical acclaim.
Author Bio:
Helen Cooper is an author and illustrator whose work includes classic titles such as The Bear Under the Stairs, Pumpkin Soup, The Baby Who Wouldn’t Go to Bed and Tatty Ratty. Her books have been translated into 30 languages and won many awards including the Library Association Kate Greenaway Medal – twice.
More recently she has been writing and illustrating children’s novels. Her first was The Hippo at the end of the Hall. There will more soon. She has also collaborated with the illustrator Gill Smith in a new picture book: Saving the Butterfly.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback (Special 25 year edition)
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://helencooperbooks.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenCooperbook
Book Blurb:
Look what’s cooking in the old white cabin. Pumpkin Soup, the best you ever tasted, made by the Cat, the Squirrel and the Duck, who scoops up a pipkin of salt and tips in just enough.
The first in this series – Pumpkin Soup – was published in 1998, won the Kate Greenaway medal and went on to be a bestseller worldwide.
It was followed in 2004 by A Pipkin of Pepper and then by Delicious! in 2006, all to great critical acclaim.
Author Bio:
Helen Cooper is an author and illustrator whose work includes classic titles such as The Bear Under the Stairs, Pumpkin Soup, The Baby Who Wouldn’t Go to Bed and Tatty Ratty. Her books have been translated into 30 languages and won many awards including the Library Association Kate Greenaway Medal – twice.
More recently she has been writing and illustrating children’s novels. Her first was The Hippo at the end of the Hall. There will more soon. She has also collaborated with the illustrator Gill Smith in a new picture book: Saving the Butterfly.
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Lot 220
£ 11
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Rebecca F. John


Rebecca F. John
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Title: The Shadow Order
Genre: Children's / Middle Grade
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://rebeccafjohn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rebecca_Writer
Book Blurb::
One year on from the day the shadows shifted and began to show, not people’s shapes but their real selves, best friends Teddy, Betsy and Effie plan to risk all and watch the winter sun rise over Copperwell, in defiance of the Shadow Order.
But from their hidden vantage point the three shocked friends witness a mysterious woman shout a dire warning, before being arrested, beaten and dragged away in handcuffs.
The event leads them on an extraordinary series of dangerous adventures as they discover more about the disturbance in the natural world surrounding Copperwell, battle to save their city and start to recognise their truest selves.
Author Bio::
Rebecca F. John grew up on the south Wales coast. She is the author of five novels for adults and one for children.
Her short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4Extra. In 2015, her short story 'The Glove Maker's Numbers' was shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. She is the winner of the PEN International New Voices Award 2015. In 2017, she was named on Hay Festival's 'The Hay 30' list. She is currently shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year.
Her first novel, The Haunting of Henry Twist, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.
Rebecca lives in Swansea with her partner, their son, and their dogs.
Genre: Children's / Middle Grade
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: http://rebeccafjohn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rebecca_Writer
Book Blurb::
One year on from the day the shadows shifted and began to show, not people’s shapes but their real selves, best friends Teddy, Betsy and Effie plan to risk all and watch the winter sun rise over Copperwell, in defiance of the Shadow Order.
But from their hidden vantage point the three shocked friends witness a mysterious woman shout a dire warning, before being arrested, beaten and dragged away in handcuffs.
The event leads them on an extraordinary series of dangerous adventures as they discover more about the disturbance in the natural world surrounding Copperwell, battle to save their city and start to recognise their truest selves.
Author Bio::
Rebecca F. John grew up on the south Wales coast. She is the author of five novels for adults and one for children.
Her short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4Extra. In 2015, her short story 'The Glove Maker's Numbers' was shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. She is the winner of the PEN International New Voices Award 2015. In 2017, she was named on Hay Festival's 'The Hay 30' list. She is currently shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year.
Her first novel, The Haunting of Henry Twist, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.
Rebecca lives in Swansea with her partner, their son, and their dogs.
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Lot 221
£ 11
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Emma Hornby


Emma Hornby
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Title: The Chimney Sweep's Sister
Genre: Historical Fiction - Victorian Family Saga
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Website: https://www.emmahornby.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmmaHornbyBooks
Book Blurb:
Orphaned Jenny and her chimney sweep brother Noah eke out life in a cellar dwelling in the heart of the slums.
Noah is the main breadwinner, but he is treated horribly by his master. Worried for her brother's safety and health, Jenny resolves to put her talent for singing to good use and begins trawling the low inns and taverns at night entertaining the punters.
When she catches the attention of a music hall manager and is offered a spot on the stage, it seems like a dream come true. But her newfound success can't include her brother.
Will Jenny choose Noah over the bright lights of the theatre? And will he want her to?
Author Bio:
Emma Hornby was born and raised on a tight-knit, working-class estate in Bolton, England. She is a mother of three fantastic children, servant to a demanding cat, and fiancée to one very patient man.
History has always been Emma's passion and she grew up with her nose buried in sagas. Before pursuing a career as a novelist, she had a variety of jobs, from care assistant for the elderly to working in a Blackpool rock factory. She later wrote short stories and non-fiction pieces for the internet, print and stage, and also worked as a freelance poet.
Emma's books are gritty historicals set in Victorian and WWII Bolton and Manchester, which she began writing after researching her family history. The colourful folk she unearthed gave her plenty of inspiration; like the characters in her novels, many generations of her family eked out life amidst the squalor and poverty of Lancashire's slums. Her first book, A Shilling for a Wife, was the bestselling debut saga novel of 2017. Her debut WWII book, Her Wartime Secret, was shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Saga Award in 2022. Emma's other titles regularly appear in the official bestsellers' charts.
Her new saga, The Chimney Sweep's Sister, was released July 2023. She is currently writing her eleventh.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Victorian Family Saga
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Website: https://www.emmahornby.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmmaHornbyBooks
Book Blurb:
Orphaned Jenny and her chimney sweep brother Noah eke out life in a cellar dwelling in the heart of the slums.
Noah is the main breadwinner, but he is treated horribly by his master. Worried for her brother's safety and health, Jenny resolves to put her talent for singing to good use and begins trawling the low inns and taverns at night entertaining the punters.
When she catches the attention of a music hall manager and is offered a spot on the stage, it seems like a dream come true. But her newfound success can't include her brother.
Will Jenny choose Noah over the bright lights of the theatre? And will he want her to?
Author Bio:
Emma Hornby was born and raised on a tight-knit, working-class estate in Bolton, England. She is a mother of three fantastic children, servant to a demanding cat, and fiancée to one very patient man.
History has always been Emma's passion and she grew up with her nose buried in sagas. Before pursuing a career as a novelist, she had a variety of jobs, from care assistant for the elderly to working in a Blackpool rock factory. She later wrote short stories and non-fiction pieces for the internet, print and stage, and also worked as a freelance poet.
Emma's books are gritty historicals set in Victorian and WWII Bolton and Manchester, which she began writing after researching her family history. The colourful folk she unearthed gave her plenty of inspiration; like the characters in her novels, many generations of her family eked out life amidst the squalor and poverty of Lancashire's slums. Her first book, A Shilling for a Wife, was the bestselling debut saga novel of 2017. Her debut WWII book, Her Wartime Secret, was shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Saga Award in 2022. Emma's other titles regularly appear in the official bestsellers' charts.
Her new saga, The Chimney Sweep's Sister, was released July 2023. She is currently writing her eleventh.
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£ 16
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Justyn Edwards


Justyn Edwards
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Title: The Great Fox Heist
Genre: Fast-paced Mystery Adventure
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://justynedwards.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/justynedwards
Book Blurb:: The stakes are high in this fast-paced mystery adventure starring young magician Flick Lions. The second book in the Great Fox series.
How well do you really know someone...?
Flick is a magician who needs answers. Her father is still missing, and top illusionist the Great Fox doesn't seem interested in finding him, despite his promises. Meanwhile, she and her friend Charlie must represent the Great Fox in a new competition in the Swiss town of Linth. The Global Order of Magic is electing a new chancellor, and the Fox insists that if he wins, it will help – but Flick isn't so sure. Determined to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance and of The Bell System, his greatest and most mysterious magic trick, Flick must pull off an impossible diamond heist to win. But danger lurks around every corner, and nothing is what it seems.
Author Bio::
Author Bio:: Justyn Edwards is not very good at nuclear physics or DIY. In fact, some of his worst moments have involved combining these interests. Thankfully, when he writes books people seem to enjoy reading them, and this is how he spends most of his time. His 2022 debut The Great Fox Illusion was Blackwell’s Children’s Book of the Month, listed by Waterstones as one of their Best Children’s Books of the Month, a Toppsta Best Book of the Month, and listed for the Adrien Prize, the Phoenix Book Award, the Children’s Literature Festivals Book Awards, the Kernow Youth Book Award, and the Dudley Children’s Book Award. It is already being published in several languages, and there is more exciting news in the pipeline.
Justyn is currently editing the third book in the Great Fox series and, after a strong cup of coffee, is about to start on a new project. Please keep him away from DIY by purchasing his books. Future generations are counting on you to act without delay.
Genre: Fast-paced Mystery Adventure
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://justynedwards.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/justynedwards
Book Blurb:: The stakes are high in this fast-paced mystery adventure starring young magician Flick Lions. The second book in the Great Fox series.
How well do you really know someone...?
Flick is a magician who needs answers. Her father is still missing, and top illusionist the Great Fox doesn't seem interested in finding him, despite his promises. Meanwhile, she and her friend Charlie must represent the Great Fox in a new competition in the Swiss town of Linth. The Global Order of Magic is electing a new chancellor, and the Fox insists that if he wins, it will help – but Flick isn't so sure. Determined to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance and of The Bell System, his greatest and most mysterious magic trick, Flick must pull off an impossible diamond heist to win. But danger lurks around every corner, and nothing is what it seems.
Author Bio::
Author Bio:: Justyn Edwards is not very good at nuclear physics or DIY. In fact, some of his worst moments have involved combining these interests. Thankfully, when he writes books people seem to enjoy reading them, and this is how he spends most of his time. His 2022 debut The Great Fox Illusion was Blackwell’s Children’s Book of the Month, listed by Waterstones as one of their Best Children’s Books of the Month, a Toppsta Best Book of the Month, and listed for the Adrien Prize, the Phoenix Book Award, the Children’s Literature Festivals Book Awards, the Kernow Youth Book Award, and the Dudley Children’s Book Award. It is already being published in several languages, and there is more exciting news in the pipeline.
Justyn is currently editing the third book in the Great Fox series and, after a strong cup of coffee, is about to start on a new project. Please keep him away from DIY by purchasing his books. Future generations are counting on you to act without delay.
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Lot 223
£ 12
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Tamsin Winter


Tamsin Winter
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Title: Bad Influence
Genre: Young Adults
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.tamsinwinter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TamsinWrites
Book Blurb:
Amelia Bright wants to be the best at everything. But when it comes to popularity, she is dead last. No matter what she tries, she can't shake her reputation as a maggoty nobody.
When she meets cute new boy Evan, Amelia wonders if he can help her lose her loser status. And in a moment of hope, she agrees to something she quickly regrets - something that goes viral at school. Now she's not just called "maggot", she's a "bad influence" - and worse. But Amelia's determined not to let one mistake define her...she's so much more than the image everyone sees online.
A powerfully real and funny new story from the rising queen of teen, about first kisses, learning to be true to yourself and how one click can last for ever.
Author Bio:
Tamsin Winter is a multi-award-winning author who writes fresh, funny and heartfelt fiction for readers aged 10+. Tamsin grew up in a Northamptonshire village where she spent her childhood reading books and writing stories. She studied English literature and creative writing at university, and worked as an English teacher for many years. Tamsin's debut novel Being Miss Nobody won multiple awards including the Awesome Book Award, the Brilliant Book Award, and the Leicester Teen Fiction Book of the Year. Tamsin's second novel, Jemima Small Versus the Universe was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Tamsin is "fast becoming a favourite for young teens" (The Observer). Her eagerly-anticipated fourth novel, Bad Influence, was released on 8th June 2023. Tamsin lives in Leicestershire with her son and is currently working on her next novel.
Genre: Young Adults
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.tamsinwinter.com
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Book Blurb:
Amelia Bright wants to be the best at everything. But when it comes to popularity, she is dead last. No matter what she tries, she can't shake her reputation as a maggoty nobody.
When she meets cute new boy Evan, Amelia wonders if he can help her lose her loser status. And in a moment of hope, she agrees to something she quickly regrets - something that goes viral at school. Now she's not just called "maggot", she's a "bad influence" - and worse. But Amelia's determined not to let one mistake define her...she's so much more than the image everyone sees online.
A powerfully real and funny new story from the rising queen of teen, about first kisses, learning to be true to yourself and how one click can last for ever.
Author Bio:
Tamsin Winter is a multi-award-winning author who writes fresh, funny and heartfelt fiction for readers aged 10+. Tamsin grew up in a Northamptonshire village where she spent her childhood reading books and writing stories. She studied English literature and creative writing at university, and worked as an English teacher for many years. Tamsin's debut novel Being Miss Nobody won multiple awards including the Awesome Book Award, the Brilliant Book Award, and the Leicester Teen Fiction Book of the Year. Tamsin's second novel, Jemima Small Versus the Universe was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Tamsin is "fast becoming a favourite for young teens" (The Observer). Her eagerly-anticipated fourth novel, Bad Influence, was released on 8th June 2023. Tamsin lives in Leicestershire with her son and is currently working on her next novel.
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Lot 224
£ 30
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Shrabani Basu


Shrabani Basu
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Title: The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer.
Genre: History - Social & Cultural
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.shrabanibasu.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shrabanibasu_
Book Blurb:
Basu's account of how Arthur Conan Doyle set about trying to get a pardon for Edalji is in itself a fine piece of detective work.' The Times 'Compulsive reading.' A.N. Wilson 'Nails the nastiness of a peculiarly English scandal.' The Spectator 'A potent mix of racial injustice, Sherlockian mystery and Shrabani's signature storytelling.' Lucy Worsley In the village of Great Wyrley near Birmingham, someone is mutilating horses. Someone is also sending threatening letters to the vicarage, where the vicar, Shahpur Edalji, is a Parsi convert to Christianity and the first Indian to have a parish in England. His son George - quiet, socially awkward and the only boy at school with distinctly Indian features - grows up into a successful barrister, till he is improbably linked to and then prosecuted for the above crimes in a case that leaves many convinced that justice hasn't been served. When he is released early, his conviction still hangs over him. Having lost faith in the police and the legal system, George Edalji turns to the one man he believes can clear his name - the one whose novels he spent his time reading in prison, the creator of the world's greatest detective. When he writes to Arthur Conan Doyle asking him to meet, Conan Doyle agrees. From the author of Victoria and Abdul comes an eye-opening look at race and an unexpected friendship in the early days of the twentieth century, and the perils of being foreign in a country built on empire.
Author Bio:
Shrabani Basu is an author and a journalist. She was born in Kolkata and grew up in Dhaka, Kathmandu and Delhi. Her books include Victoria & Abdul: The Extraordinary True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant, now a major motion picture, Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan and For King and Another Country: Indian Soldiers on the Western Front, 1914-18. In 2010, she set up the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust and campaigned for a memorial for the Second World War heroine, which was unveiled by Princess Anne in London in November 2012.
Genre: History - Social & Cultural
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.shrabanibasu.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shrabanibasu_
Book Blurb:
Basu's account of how Arthur Conan Doyle set about trying to get a pardon for Edalji is in itself a fine piece of detective work.' The Times 'Compulsive reading.' A.N. Wilson 'Nails the nastiness of a peculiarly English scandal.' The Spectator 'A potent mix of racial injustice, Sherlockian mystery and Shrabani's signature storytelling.' Lucy Worsley In the village of Great Wyrley near Birmingham, someone is mutilating horses. Someone is also sending threatening letters to the vicarage, where the vicar, Shahpur Edalji, is a Parsi convert to Christianity and the first Indian to have a parish in England. His son George - quiet, socially awkward and the only boy at school with distinctly Indian features - grows up into a successful barrister, till he is improbably linked to and then prosecuted for the above crimes in a case that leaves many convinced that justice hasn't been served. When he is released early, his conviction still hangs over him. Having lost faith in the police and the legal system, George Edalji turns to the one man he believes can clear his name - the one whose novels he spent his time reading in prison, the creator of the world's greatest detective. When he writes to Arthur Conan Doyle asking him to meet, Conan Doyle agrees. From the author of Victoria and Abdul comes an eye-opening look at race and an unexpected friendship in the early days of the twentieth century, and the perils of being foreign in a country built on empire.
Author Bio:
Shrabani Basu is an author and a journalist. She was born in Kolkata and grew up in Dhaka, Kathmandu and Delhi. Her books include Victoria & Abdul: The Extraordinary True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant, now a major motion picture, Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan and For King and Another Country: Indian Soldiers on the Western Front, 1914-18. In 2010, she set up the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust and campaigned for a memorial for the Second World War heroine, which was unveiled by Princess Anne in London in November 2012.
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Lot 225
£ 25
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Kate Galley


Kate Galley
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Title: The Second Chance Holiday Club
Genre: Uplit Humour
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateGalley1
Book Blurb:
Evelyn Pringle isn't the sort to make rash decisions. Or any decisions, really – she's always left that sort of thing up to her husband. But he's been found dead, wearing his best suit, with a diamond ring in his pocket that doesn't fit her. When Evelyn finds a letter addressed to a woman on the Isle of Wight, she decides to deliver it. By hand.
So begins a very unusual holiday, and an adventure no one could have predicted – least of all Evelyn herself. With the help of some unexpected new friends, and a little effort on her part, Evelyn discovers that it's never too late to have a second chance at life and forge friendships that are well-worth living for.
Author Bio:
Kate Galley writes UpLit and Bookclub fiction full of heart and humour. She lives with her family in Buckinghamshire and works as a mobile hairdresser in the surrounding Chiltern villages. Kate is the author of The Second Chance Holiday Club and The Golden Girls' Road Trip.
Genre: Uplit Humour
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateGalley1
Book Blurb:
Evelyn Pringle isn't the sort to make rash decisions. Or any decisions, really – she's always left that sort of thing up to her husband. But he's been found dead, wearing his best suit, with a diamond ring in his pocket that doesn't fit her. When Evelyn finds a letter addressed to a woman on the Isle of Wight, she decides to deliver it. By hand.
So begins a very unusual holiday, and an adventure no one could have predicted – least of all Evelyn herself. With the help of some unexpected new friends, and a little effort on her part, Evelyn discovers that it's never too late to have a second chance at life and forge friendships that are well-worth living for.
Author Bio:
Kate Galley writes UpLit and Bookclub fiction full of heart and humour. She lives with her family in Buckinghamshire and works as a mobile hairdresser in the surrounding Chiltern villages. Kate is the author of The Second Chance Holiday Club and The Golden Girls' Road Trip.
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Lot 226
£ 11
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Janet Dean Knight


Janet Dean Knight
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\Title: The Peacemaker
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://jdeanknight.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdeanknight
The Book:
As the war to end all wars is about to be followed by another, a young woman finds her life taking the same tragic course as her mother's. One night in the summer of 1938 Violet Lowther’s mother Peggy is dying, her father Ellis is drunk in the pub, and Violet’s life is being ruined behind a dance hall in Barnsfield by a young miner who doesn’t look like Clark Gable after all. By September, the British Prime Minister is flying to Munich to try to make peace with Hitler, and in the same week, Violet travels to the remote moorland of Thorndale to visit relatives, escaping her own war with her father. But when Violet learns the truth about Ellis’ love for Peggy, will she finally be able to make her peace with him? The Peacemaker is a story of buried family secrets and the search for understanding from one generation to the next, and between men and women. Set at a pivotal moment in history it exposes how, in hiding our darkest experiences, the same human tragedies occur over and over again. 'A deftly handled historical novel with a modern twist.' Carole Bromley, author of The Stonegate Devil
The Author:
Janet Dean Knight explores contemporary themes through historical fiction. Her debut novel, The Peacemaker is a moving story of a young woman’s struggle to make peace with her father on the eve of the Second World War.
Born and raised in a coalmining village, Janet draws on her experience and family history to tell compelling stories about the past that resonate with current issues, particularly in the lives of women and working class communities. Janet writes strong characters and engaging plots about the past which help her readers to think more deeply about what matters now. Her writing is challenging yet respectful, passionate and accessible.
Sorry Emily, pressed enter too soon! these are the details that were on the website last year. I'll send a couple of pics too:
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://jdeanknight.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdeanknight
The Book:
As the war to end all wars is about to be followed by another, a young woman finds her life taking the same tragic course as her mother's. One night in the summer of 1938 Violet Lowther’s mother Peggy is dying, her father Ellis is drunk in the pub, and Violet’s life is being ruined behind a dance hall in Barnsfield by a young miner who doesn’t look like Clark Gable after all. By September, the British Prime Minister is flying to Munich to try to make peace with Hitler, and in the same week, Violet travels to the remote moorland of Thorndale to visit relatives, escaping her own war with her father. But when Violet learns the truth about Ellis’ love for Peggy, will she finally be able to make her peace with him? The Peacemaker is a story of buried family secrets and the search for understanding from one generation to the next, and between men and women. Set at a pivotal moment in history it exposes how, in hiding our darkest experiences, the same human tragedies occur over and over again. 'A deftly handled historical novel with a modern twist.' Carole Bromley, author of The Stonegate Devil
The Author:
Janet Dean Knight explores contemporary themes through historical fiction. Her debut novel, The Peacemaker is a moving story of a young woman’s struggle to make peace with her father on the eve of the Second World War.
Born and raised in a coalmining village, Janet draws on her experience and family history to tell compelling stories about the past that resonate with current issues, particularly in the lives of women and working class communities. Janet writes strong characters and engaging plots about the past which help her readers to think more deeply about what matters now. Her writing is challenging yet respectful, passionate and accessible.
Sorry Emily, pressed enter too soon! these are the details that were on the website last year. I'll send a couple of pics too:
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Lot 227
£ 19
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Richard Pickard


Richard Pickard
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Two Book Package
Title 1: The Peculiar Tale of the Tentacle Boy
Genre: Y/A
Format: Paperback
Title 1: Son of the Sea
Genre: Y/A
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.richard-pickard.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/richardpickard
Book 1 Blurb:
Marina lives in Merlington, a fish-obsessed seaside town. Unfortunately, she doesn't care for fish; she loves telling stories.
Marina finds her best story yet when she explores the ruined, haunted pier: a boy called William with a head of tentacles and crab claws for hands. He has lived on the pier all his life, cared for by a fisherman who has since disappeared and who warned him always to remain hidden.
Together, the pair resolve to unravel the mystery of his past – but danger isn't far away ...
The debut novel by Richard Pickard, a fresh new voice in children's fiction and winner of the Times/Chicken House Chairman's Choice Award 2019.
A funny, dark, core middle-grade story touching on themes of lies, storytelling, secrets, acceptance and, of course, fish!
Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and Edward Scissorhands!
Book 2 Blurb:
HIS FEET WERE THE FIRST CLUE ...
Casper dreams of swimming the Channel. Surely, he was born to use his webbed toes ... Instead, he's strictly forbidden to go near water.
When his parents have an unlucky accident, Casper is sent to stay with a grandmother he's never met - where he discovers his special tie to the sea ...
From the acclaimed author of The Peculiar Tale of the Tentacle Boy – winner of the Times/Chicken House Competition Chairman's Choice Award
Packed full of magical realism, humour, LGBTQ+ representation and a message of acceptance
Perfect for readers aged 9 and up
Author Bio:
Richard's debut novel, The Peculiar Tale of the Tentacle Boy, won the inaugural Times/Chicken House Chairman's Choice Award in 2019 and was longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2022. His love of storytelling started at a young age, through a passion for literature but also for cinema. Two of his greatest childhood influences were Roald Dahl and Tim Burton, who both possess a wickedly dark sense of humour.
Title 1: The Peculiar Tale of the Tentacle Boy
Genre: Y/A
Format: Paperback
Title 1: Son of the Sea
Genre: Y/A
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
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Website: https://www.richard-pickard.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/richardpickard
Book 1 Blurb:
Marina lives in Merlington, a fish-obsessed seaside town. Unfortunately, she doesn't care for fish; she loves telling stories.
Marina finds her best story yet when she explores the ruined, haunted pier: a boy called William with a head of tentacles and crab claws for hands. He has lived on the pier all his life, cared for by a fisherman who has since disappeared and who warned him always to remain hidden.
Together, the pair resolve to unravel the mystery of his past – but danger isn't far away ...
The debut novel by Richard Pickard, a fresh new voice in children's fiction and winner of the Times/Chicken House Chairman's Choice Award 2019.
A funny, dark, core middle-grade story touching on themes of lies, storytelling, secrets, acceptance and, of course, fish!
Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and Edward Scissorhands!
Book 2 Blurb:
HIS FEET WERE THE FIRST CLUE ...
Casper dreams of swimming the Channel. Surely, he was born to use his webbed toes ... Instead, he's strictly forbidden to go near water.
When his parents have an unlucky accident, Casper is sent to stay with a grandmother he's never met - where he discovers his special tie to the sea ...
From the acclaimed author of The Peculiar Tale of the Tentacle Boy – winner of the Times/Chicken House Competition Chairman's Choice Award
Packed full of magical realism, humour, LGBTQ+ representation and a message of acceptance
Perfect for readers aged 9 and up
Author Bio:
Richard's debut novel, The Peculiar Tale of the Tentacle Boy, won the inaugural Times/Chicken House Chairman's Choice Award in 2019 and was longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2022. His love of storytelling started at a young age, through a passion for literature but also for cinema. Two of his greatest childhood influences were Roald Dahl and Tim Burton, who both possess a wickedly dark sense of humour.
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Lot 228
£ 11
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Helen Edwards


Helen Edwards
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Title: 12 Things About Puppies
Genre: Children's non-fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://helen-edwards.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/helibedw
Book blurb:
"Treat your dog with kindness and respect and he’ll be your most loyal and faithful friend for the rest of his life."
Are you thinking about getting a puppy or a dog, or have you just brought your new furry friend home?
Do you want to show your children how to treat the newest member of the family?
This book will help you to do that. In simple terms it explains what puppies need and how they should be handled.
Written by a dog parent.
This book is aimed at children aged between 5 and 10 years. It's also suitable for parents to read with their younger children.
Author Bio:
Originally from North Wales, Helen currently lives in Shropshire with her husband and their Zuchon, Archie. Helen worked for many years in the public sector and has an administrative background. She writes both fiction and non-fiction. As well as being an indie author, Helen is a self-publishing consultant, offering editorial, self-publishing, and writing services. Helen can more often than not be found daydreaming, or with her head stuck in a book. She loves the Scottish Highlands, crisps, pizza, taking photographs, and anything sparkly.
Genre: Children's non-fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://helen-edwards.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/helibedw
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"Treat your dog with kindness and respect and he’ll be your most loyal and faithful friend for the rest of his life."
Are you thinking about getting a puppy or a dog, or have you just brought your new furry friend home?
Do you want to show your children how to treat the newest member of the family?
This book will help you to do that. In simple terms it explains what puppies need and how they should be handled.
Written by a dog parent.
This book is aimed at children aged between 5 and 10 years. It's also suitable for parents to read with their younger children.
Author Bio:
Originally from North Wales, Helen currently lives in Shropshire with her husband and their Zuchon, Archie. Helen worked for many years in the public sector and has an administrative background. She writes both fiction and non-fiction. As well as being an indie author, Helen is a self-publishing consultant, offering editorial, self-publishing, and writing services. Helen can more often than not be found daydreaming, or with her head stuck in a book. She loves the Scottish Highlands, crisps, pizza, taking photographs, and anything sparkly.
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Kate Gray


Kate Gray
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Title: The Honeymoon
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://kategrayauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateGrayAuthor
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Book Blurb:
Two happy couples.
One dead body.
A whole load of secrets.
Married life wasn't meant to start like this.On honeymoon in Bali, you hit it off with another newlywed couple and celebrate your last night at a fancy cliff-side http://restaurant.No one predicted the evening would end with a dead body. But it was an accident, right? A tragic accident.The honeymoon may be over but it soon becomes clear that there's another side to this story . . . and your life depends on uncovering it.Many marriages can survive anything – but when it starts on a lie is it really 'til death do us part?
Author Bio:
Kate Gray is a psychological thriller author.
Her debut, ‘The Honeymoon’ will be published in hardback, ebook and audiobook in July 2023 with Welbeck.
She has also written commercial women’s fiction as Katy Colins, her previous six novels have been translated into several languages and been published internationally.
Kate Gray has a degree in Journalism and has previously worked in public relations. Kate lives in Yorkshire, England and juggles her love of writing around her two young children.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateGrayAuthor
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Two happy couples.
One dead body.
A whole load of secrets.
Married life wasn't meant to start like this.On honeymoon in Bali, you hit it off with another newlywed couple and celebrate your last night at a fancy cliff-side http://restaurant.No one predicted the evening would end with a dead body. But it was an accident, right? A tragic accident.The honeymoon may be over but it soon becomes clear that there's another side to this story . . . and your life depends on uncovering it.Many marriages can survive anything – but when it starts on a lie is it really 'til death do us part?
Author Bio:
Kate Gray is a psychological thriller author.
Her debut, ‘The Honeymoon’ will be published in hardback, ebook and audiobook in July 2023 with Welbeck.
She has also written commercial women’s fiction as Katy Colins, her previous six novels have been translated into several languages and been published internationally.
Kate Gray has a degree in Journalism and has previously worked in public relations. Kate lives in Yorkshire, England and juggles her love of writing around her two young children.
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Katie Ginger


Katie Ginger
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Title: The Little Library on Cherry Lane
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.keginger.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KatieGAuthor
Book Blurb:
Elsie Martin may lead a quiet life, but working in her beloved local library is enough to make her happy. After all, books have always been her armour against the world. So when the library is threatened with closure to make way for a new housing development, Elsie knows it has to be saved – and that, despite being painfully shy, she needs to lead the campaign to save it.
Jacob Yardley thinks he’s doing the right thing by building a new affordable housing development. Why shouldn’t local people be able to buy a house in the place they grew up? Having to leave his own small hometown broke his heart. Plus, people don’t really use libraries anymore, do they?
As Elsie and Jacob clash over the future of the library, sparks begin to fly. Jacob is falling back in love with books and libraries – could he possibly be falling for her too? And will Elsie be able to save the library that means so much to her?
Author Bio:
I'm Katie, a bestselling author of romantic fiction for HarperCollins. If you love funny, feel-good fiction then do check out The Secrets of Meadow Farmhouse or my Swallowtail Bay series. I've also written the Seafront series (The Little Theatre on the Seafront, and Summer Season on the Seafront) and Snowflakes at Mistletoe Cottage.
I live in Kent with my hubby, two kids, and two dogs! Our King Charles Spaniel, Wotsit and a three-legged rescue named Skips
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Book Blurb:
Elsie Martin may lead a quiet life, but working in her beloved local library is enough to make her happy. After all, books have always been her armour against the world. So when the library is threatened with closure to make way for a new housing development, Elsie knows it has to be saved – and that, despite being painfully shy, she needs to lead the campaign to save it.
Jacob Yardley thinks he’s doing the right thing by building a new affordable housing development. Why shouldn’t local people be able to buy a house in the place they grew up? Having to leave his own small hometown broke his heart. Plus, people don’t really use libraries anymore, do they?
As Elsie and Jacob clash over the future of the library, sparks begin to fly. Jacob is falling back in love with books and libraries – could he possibly be falling for her too? And will Elsie be able to save the library that means so much to her?
Author Bio:
I'm Katie, a bestselling author of romantic fiction for HarperCollins. If you love funny, feel-good fiction then do check out The Secrets of Meadow Farmhouse or my Swallowtail Bay series. I've also written the Seafront series (The Little Theatre on the Seafront, and Summer Season on the Seafront) and Snowflakes at Mistletoe Cottage.
I live in Kent with my hubby, two kids, and two dogs! Our King Charles Spaniel, Wotsit and a three-legged rescue named Skips
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Serina Hartwell


Serina Hartwell
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Title: Hidden
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://serinahartwell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SerinaHartwell
Book Blurb::
After standing up to a school bully, Bronte Hughes’s life shatters… along with her reality.
A single act leads to a near-fatal accident, which sets closely guarded wheels in motion, leading her to fall for her best friend, Riley. But when he leaves her, she realises her world isn’t flawless. With everything unravelling around her, the cracks begin to appear. Added to this are the powers she cannot control; wild magic she is not sure she wants in her life. She is an outcast, torn between her need to reconnect with Riley and the overwhelming desire to hide from the world.
Join Bronte’s journey of self-discovery, where she learns a dark secret, her family has worked so hard to conceal from her. Will it save her life... or destroy it forever?
Author Bio::
Did you ever have an itch you couldn’t scratch, a feeling that you’re supposed to be doing something else, something bigger with your life? Something that would touch the souls of the rest of mankind and justify your place amongst them, but you just couldn’t put your finger on what? I spent the best part of 40 years looking for the answer and low and behold, I finished up back where I started - writing. I sometimes question why I didn’t just turn in the opposite direction, I would have got there straight away, but my path led me away from writing when I was just a teenager, because I lacked the confidence to pursue the dream. Reminiscing one day, the thought occurred to me that if I had found writing back then, I wouldn’t have taken the journeys that led me to write The Hidden Saga.
My name is Serina Hartwell. I’m the mother of two wonderful children, who grew up so quickly. I come from an average size town in West Yorkshire, England. The same place where the Bronte sisters were born, and I am from the village in the mill town I write about.
Growing up in an industrial town, and coming from a working-class background, I was surrounded by the mills that were once the life’s blood of the community. Decrepit and falling into disrepair, they still overshadow the place where I lived as a child, serving as a stark reminder that our town once thrived. I watched as one by one, the mills went out of business and closed, serving to inspire my story, while changing the landscape around me.
It was only recently that I found my way back to writing. In August 2010, I had the most intense urge to write. It came from nowhere, so I did the only thing I could, I borrowed my daughter’s laptop. I didn’t even know at the time if I could write. The last creative thing I wrote was at school. I didn’t know if I could connect with the page, let alone complete a book, but one thing is for sure, I haven’t stopped writing since, nor do I intend to. So, allow me to introduce you to my work. May I begin by introducing Bronte Hughes in The Hidden Saga? I hope you enjoy Hidden and the many more to come.
Serina Hartwell – Author of The Hidden Saga
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://serinahartwell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SerinaHartwell
Book Blurb::
After standing up to a school bully, Bronte Hughes’s life shatters… along with her reality.
A single act leads to a near-fatal accident, which sets closely guarded wheels in motion, leading her to fall for her best friend, Riley. But when he leaves her, she realises her world isn’t flawless. With everything unravelling around her, the cracks begin to appear. Added to this are the powers she cannot control; wild magic she is not sure she wants in her life. She is an outcast, torn between her need to reconnect with Riley and the overwhelming desire to hide from the world.
Join Bronte’s journey of self-discovery, where she learns a dark secret, her family has worked so hard to conceal from her. Will it save her life... or destroy it forever?
Author Bio::
Did you ever have an itch you couldn’t scratch, a feeling that you’re supposed to be doing something else, something bigger with your life? Something that would touch the souls of the rest of mankind and justify your place amongst them, but you just couldn’t put your finger on what? I spent the best part of 40 years looking for the answer and low and behold, I finished up back where I started - writing. I sometimes question why I didn’t just turn in the opposite direction, I would have got there straight away, but my path led me away from writing when I was just a teenager, because I lacked the confidence to pursue the dream. Reminiscing one day, the thought occurred to me that if I had found writing back then, I wouldn’t have taken the journeys that led me to write The Hidden Saga.
My name is Serina Hartwell. I’m the mother of two wonderful children, who grew up so quickly. I come from an average size town in West Yorkshire, England. The same place where the Bronte sisters were born, and I am from the village in the mill town I write about.
Growing up in an industrial town, and coming from a working-class background, I was surrounded by the mills that were once the life’s blood of the community. Decrepit and falling into disrepair, they still overshadow the place where I lived as a child, serving as a stark reminder that our town once thrived. I watched as one by one, the mills went out of business and closed, serving to inspire my story, while changing the landscape around me.
It was only recently that I found my way back to writing. In August 2010, I had the most intense urge to write. It came from nowhere, so I did the only thing I could, I borrowed my daughter’s laptop. I didn’t even know at the time if I could write. The last creative thing I wrote was at school. I didn’t know if I could connect with the page, let alone complete a book, but one thing is for sure, I haven’t stopped writing since, nor do I intend to. So, allow me to introduce you to my work. May I begin by introducing Bronte Hughes in The Hidden Saga? I hope you enjoy Hidden and the many more to come.
Serina Hartwell – Author of The Hidden Saga
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Julie Haworth


Julie Haworth
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Title: Always By Your Side
Genre: Fiction - Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: Yes
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhaworthauthor
Book blurb:
When school teacher Rose loses her dream job at a London primary school, her self-confidence takes a knock. Worse still, her stockbroker fiancé, Ollie, sees it as the perfect opportunity for her to join his firm, which only adds to the feelings Rose has that their relationship might be coming to an end.
An unexpected phone call, and an elderly aunt who’s taken a fall, means Rose must drop everything – including Ollie - and return to Blossom Heath, the Sussex village she grew up in.
With no job to rush home to, Rose decides to stay in Blossom Heath for the Summer, trading London for the idyllic countryside. Here Rose finds herself reconnecting to the village life of her childhood in more ways than one, including falling head-over-heels for local farmer, Jake.
So when her London life comes calling, Rose is faced with an impossible choice … to return to the high-pressure life of her past, or embrace the joy of a new life in the country.
Author bio:
With a degree in English and American Literature, Julie Haworth worked as an English teacher for a number of years, specialising in working with learners with literacy difficulties, before launching her own copywriting business. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and her debut novel, Always By Your Side won the Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award in 2023.
Genre: Fiction - Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: Yes
Bids accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhaworthauthor
Book blurb:
When school teacher Rose loses her dream job at a London primary school, her self-confidence takes a knock. Worse still, her stockbroker fiancé, Ollie, sees it as the perfect opportunity for her to join his firm, which only adds to the feelings Rose has that their relationship might be coming to an end.
An unexpected phone call, and an elderly aunt who’s taken a fall, means Rose must drop everything – including Ollie - and return to Blossom Heath, the Sussex village she grew up in.
With no job to rush home to, Rose decides to stay in Blossom Heath for the Summer, trading London for the idyllic countryside. Here Rose finds herself reconnecting to the village life of her childhood in more ways than one, including falling head-over-heels for local farmer, Jake.
So when her London life comes calling, Rose is faced with an impossible choice … to return to the high-pressure life of her past, or embrace the joy of a new life in the country.
Author bio:
With a degree in English and American Literature, Julie Haworth worked as an English teacher for a number of years, specialising in working with learners with literacy difficulties, before launching her own copywriting business. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and her debut novel, Always By Your Side won the Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award in 2023.
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Andrea Carter


Andrea Carter
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Book Title: Death Writes
Genre: Crime Fiction
Format: Trade Paperback (large)
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Bids Accepted: UK and Ireland only
Website: andreacarterbooks.com
Twitter: https://andreacarterbooks.com
Book Blurb:
A reclusive Booker prize winner is murdered at a literary festival in this sixth book in the Inishowen Mysteries series.
Early summer in Glendara and the town's literary festival, Glenfest, is about to begin with Phyllis Kettle, the bookshop owner, at the helm. The big news is that Gavin Featherstone, the peninsula's best selling but reclusive writer, has been persuaded to take part. An eager crowd awaits his first public appearance in ten years. Unexpectedly charming, he is about to read from his new memoir when he collapses and dies on stage.
Ben discovers that she holds Featherstone's will at the office, drafted by her predecessor. But just as it is confirmed that the author's death was murder, his assistant appears in Ben's office, brandishing a very different will.
Ben and Molloy are thrown into an investigation where they are pitted against a killer who has nothing left to lose. And although working together, there are secrets Ben is keeping from Molloy. But does he have secrets of his own?
Author Bio:
Andrea Carter is the author of The Inishowen Mysteries. She grew up in Ballyfin, Co. Laois, and graduated in Law from Trinity College, Dublin, before qualifying as a solicitor and moving to the Inishowen peninsula. Having practised law for nearly twenty years, more recently as a barrister, she now writes full time. Her books are in development for television and her short story The Lamb was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards in 2019. Death Writes is her sixth novel.
The Sunday Times said ‘Carter excels in re-creating the cloistered, gossipy confines of a small Irish village…the Inishowen peninsula community where everybody knows everybody else’s business is a fine stand-in for the mannered drawing-room society of a Christie mystery.’
Genre: Crime Fiction
Format: Trade Paperback (large)
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK and Ireland only
Website: andreacarterbooks.com
Twitter: https://andreacarterbooks.com
Book Blurb:
A reclusive Booker prize winner is murdered at a literary festival in this sixth book in the Inishowen Mysteries series.
Early summer in Glendara and the town's literary festival, Glenfest, is about to begin with Phyllis Kettle, the bookshop owner, at the helm. The big news is that Gavin Featherstone, the peninsula's best selling but reclusive writer, has been persuaded to take part. An eager crowd awaits his first public appearance in ten years. Unexpectedly charming, he is about to read from his new memoir when he collapses and dies on stage.
Ben discovers that she holds Featherstone's will at the office, drafted by her predecessor. But just as it is confirmed that the author's death was murder, his assistant appears in Ben's office, brandishing a very different will.
Ben and Molloy are thrown into an investigation where they are pitted against a killer who has nothing left to lose. And although working together, there are secrets Ben is keeping from Molloy. But does he have secrets of his own?
Author Bio:
Andrea Carter is the author of The Inishowen Mysteries. She grew up in Ballyfin, Co. Laois, and graduated in Law from Trinity College, Dublin, before qualifying as a solicitor and moving to the Inishowen peninsula. Having practised law for nearly twenty years, more recently as a barrister, she now writes full time. Her books are in development for television and her short story The Lamb was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards in 2019. Death Writes is her sixth novel.
The Sunday Times said ‘Carter excels in re-creating the cloistered, gossipy confines of a small Irish village…the Inishowen peninsula community where everybody knows everybody else’s business is a fine stand-in for the mannered drawing-room society of a Christie mystery.’
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Lot 234
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Emma-Claire Wilson


Emma-Claire Wilson
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Title: This Child of Mine
Genre: Contemporary: Commercial Women's Fiction / Emotional Family Drama
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://emmaclairewilson.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ECWilsonWriter
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‘Beautiful, emotional and hopeful, but have tissues to hand.’ Liz Fenwick
When Stephanie is told she’s pregnant and that she is sick on the same day, she faces an impossible choice…
After trying for a baby for so long, finding out I was pregnant was supposed to be the happiest day of my life. But in the same breath as the news I had been waiting years to hear, the doctor told me I was seriously ill.
If I carry my baby to term, I will almost certainly die.
If I proceed with treatment, my baby will not live.
My husband – the father of this child – is telling me to save myself. But with all the secrets I know he is keeping from me, I can’t trust him anymore.
What would you do?
An emotional yet uplifting tear-jerker that will have you reaching for the tissues – perfect for fans of EMMA ROBINSON and JODI PICOULT.
Author Bio:
Emma-Claire Wilson is an author of emotional commercial and book club fiction. She writes ‘to make sense of the world’, and loves nothing more than tackling tough subjects and issues that affect her readers on a daily basis.
When she is not writing fiction, she enjoys exercising her brain muscles with freelance copywriting, coaching other writers or writing articles for The Glass House Online Magazine.
Her debut, This Child of Mine, although not autobiographical, was based on personal experiences and resulted in a highly emotional piece of fiction that secured her representation with Kate Nash Literary Agency.
After almost 20 years living on the continent, she returned to the UK with her husband, two daughters and rescue dog, Pip. Now, trying hard to acclimatise to the UK weather, you will mostly find her snuggled under a blanket; sometimes dreaming of her next holiday in the sun but mostly reading stories that affect her or writing books she hopes will affect others.
Genre: Contemporary: Commercial Women's Fiction / Emotional Family Drama
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://emmaclairewilson.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ECWilsonWriter
Book Blurb:
‘Beautiful, emotional and hopeful, but have tissues to hand.’ Liz Fenwick
When Stephanie is told she’s pregnant and that she is sick on the same day, she faces an impossible choice…
After trying for a baby for so long, finding out I was pregnant was supposed to be the happiest day of my life. But in the same breath as the news I had been waiting years to hear, the doctor told me I was seriously ill.
If I carry my baby to term, I will almost certainly die.
If I proceed with treatment, my baby will not live.
My husband – the father of this child – is telling me to save myself. But with all the secrets I know he is keeping from me, I can’t trust him anymore.
What would you do?
An emotional yet uplifting tear-jerker that will have you reaching for the tissues – perfect for fans of EMMA ROBINSON and JODI PICOULT.
Author Bio:
Emma-Claire Wilson is an author of emotional commercial and book club fiction. She writes ‘to make sense of the world’, and loves nothing more than tackling tough subjects and issues that affect her readers on a daily basis.
When she is not writing fiction, she enjoys exercising her brain muscles with freelance copywriting, coaching other writers or writing articles for The Glass House Online Magazine.
Her debut, This Child of Mine, although not autobiographical, was based on personal experiences and resulted in a highly emotional piece of fiction that secured her representation with Kate Nash Literary Agency.
After almost 20 years living on the continent, she returned to the UK with her husband, two daughters and rescue dog, Pip. Now, trying hard to acclimatise to the UK weather, you will mostly find her snuggled under a blanket; sometimes dreaming of her next holiday in the sun but mostly reading stories that affect her or writing books she hopes will affect others.
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Stacey Thomas


Stacey Thomas
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Title: The Revels
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Staceyv_Thomas
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The stage is set and the witch-hunt is about to begin…
‘I am no witch. I have not sold my soul to the devil for powers. What I am has never openly been whispered of, yet it is enough that people would hang for it.’
England, 1645.
After his half-brother dies, aspiring playwright Nicholas Pearce is apprenticed to Judge William Percival, an infamous former witch-hunter who is under pressure to resume his old profession.
In a country torn apart by civil war, with escalating tensions between Catholics and Protestants, Royalists and Roundheads, and rumours of witchcraft, Nicholas hides a secret: the dead sing. He hears their secrets, but will he find the courage to speak up to save innocent lives, even if it means putting himself in great danger?
A spellbinding debut novel perfect for fans of Stacey Halls, Laura Purcell and Bridget Collins.
Author bio:
Stacey Thomas is a contributor to Bad Form Review. She is an alumna of the Curtis Brown Creative novel writing course. In 2021, she was announced as one of the three winners of HarperCollins’s inaugural Killing It Competition for Undiscovered Writers.
The Revels is her debut novel.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Staceyv_Thomas
Book blurb:
The stage is set and the witch-hunt is about to begin…
‘I am no witch. I have not sold my soul to the devil for powers. What I am has never openly been whispered of, yet it is enough that people would hang for it.’
England, 1645.
After his half-brother dies, aspiring playwright Nicholas Pearce is apprenticed to Judge William Percival, an infamous former witch-hunter who is under pressure to resume his old profession.
In a country torn apart by civil war, with escalating tensions between Catholics and Protestants, Royalists and Roundheads, and rumours of witchcraft, Nicholas hides a secret: the dead sing. He hears their secrets, but will he find the courage to speak up to save innocent lives, even if it means putting himself in great danger?
A spellbinding debut novel perfect for fans of Stacey Halls, Laura Purcell and Bridget Collins.
Author bio:
Stacey Thomas is a contributor to Bad Form Review. She is an alumna of the Curtis Brown Creative novel writing course. In 2021, she was announced as one of the three winners of HarperCollins’s inaugural Killing It Competition for Undiscovered Writers.
The Revels is her debut novel.
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Lot 236
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Katherine Dyson


Katherine Dyson
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Title: EVA MALLORY’S HUSBAND HUNT
Genre: Women's Fiction - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/_katherinedyson
Book Blurb:
Will finding love break the family curse?
Fact 1: Eva Mallory is the unluckiest woman in the world.
Fact 2: Her misfortune is down to the curse of the family name.
Fact 3: Her sister Hanna’s luck has completely changed since her wedding day.
Fact 4: Eva’s only solution is to find a husband, and fast.
As Eva sets out on her journey to find a husband and rid herself of the Mallory misfortune, she meets the gorgeous and charming Luke. He seems to be perfect and she soon forgets about the dreaded curse. But unfortunately, the curse has not forgotten about her…
Author Bio:
Katherine Dyson studied Creative Writing at the University of Leeds and worked as a marketing copywriter and a greeting card verse writer for over fifteen years before finding her way back to fiction. These days she works as a teaching assistant in a reception class by day, and by night she writes uplifting stories about love, everyday heartbreak, and the common joys and fragilities which make us human.
Katherine lives on the outskirts of Barnsley with her husband, two children and two belligerent cats. When she's not writing you'll find her merrily eating cake, swearing at her sewing machine or taking eight million photos of a really good sky out of her bathroom window.
Genre: Women's Fiction - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_katherinedyson
Book Blurb:
Will finding love break the family curse?
Fact 1: Eva Mallory is the unluckiest woman in the world.
Fact 2: Her misfortune is down to the curse of the family name.
Fact 3: Her sister Hanna’s luck has completely changed since her wedding day.
Fact 4: Eva’s only solution is to find a husband, and fast.
As Eva sets out on her journey to find a husband and rid herself of the Mallory misfortune, she meets the gorgeous and charming Luke. He seems to be perfect and she soon forgets about the dreaded curse. But unfortunately, the curse has not forgotten about her…
Author Bio:
Katherine Dyson studied Creative Writing at the University of Leeds and worked as a marketing copywriter and a greeting card verse writer for over fifteen years before finding her way back to fiction. These days she works as a teaching assistant in a reception class by day, and by night she writes uplifting stories about love, everyday heartbreak, and the common joys and fragilities which make us human.
Katherine lives on the outskirts of Barnsley with her husband, two children and two belligerent cats. When she's not writing you'll find her merrily eating cake, swearing at her sewing machine or taking eight million photos of a really good sky out of her bathroom window.
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Lot 237
£ 20
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Eloise Williams


Eloise Williams
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Title: Honesty and Lies.
Genre: Children's Fiction. Middle Grade.
Format: Paperback.
Dedication available: YES
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Bids accepted: UK Only
Website: http://eloisewilliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eloisejwilliams
Book Blurb:
London, 1601. Honesty, a storyteller seeking fame and fortune, befriends Alice, a maid to Queen Elizabeth I. But can Alice be trusted? A tale of intrigue, scheming and plots, set in the spellbinding world of the Elizabethan court, leads to a thrilling adventure where nothing is as it seems.
Author Bio:
Eloise Williams grew up opposite a library in Llantrisant in south Wales.
Her books have won the Wales Arts Review Young People’s Book of the Year, the Wolverhampton
Children’s Book Award, the YBB Book Award, and have been shortlisted for the Tir na nOg, the NE
Book Awards and Wales Book of the Year.
She has an MA in Creative Writing with Distinction from Swansea University and was the inaugural Children’s Laureate Wales 2019-2021.
Eloise lives in Pembrokeshire, very close to the sea, where she swims, collects sea glass and ghost
stories, and walks on the beach with her dog, Watson Jones.
Genre: Children's Fiction. Middle Grade.
Format: Paperback.
Dedication available: YES
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Bids accepted: UK Only
Website: http://eloisewilliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eloisejwilliams
Book Blurb:
London, 1601. Honesty, a storyteller seeking fame and fortune, befriends Alice, a maid to Queen Elizabeth I. But can Alice be trusted? A tale of intrigue, scheming and plots, set in the spellbinding world of the Elizabethan court, leads to a thrilling adventure where nothing is as it seems.
Author Bio:
Eloise Williams grew up opposite a library in Llantrisant in south Wales.
Her books have won the Wales Arts Review Young People’s Book of the Year, the Wolverhampton
Children’s Book Award, the YBB Book Award, and have been shortlisted for the Tir na nOg, the NE
Book Awards and Wales Book of the Year.
She has an MA in Creative Writing with Distinction from Swansea University and was the inaugural Children’s Laureate Wales 2019-2021.
Eloise lives in Pembrokeshire, very close to the sea, where she swims, collects sea glass and ghost
stories, and walks on the beach with her dog, Watson Jones.
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Lot 238
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M.J. Fahy


M.J. Fahy
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Title: The Magpie King
Genre: Children Middle Grade
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/MJFahy2
Book Blurb:
A beautiful middle grade magical adventure.
In the large and frightening world of the Bigguns, Tatty Moon, a faerie child, must rid her village of thieving magpies and rampaging Gnomes, all under the spell of the Queen's merciless nephew. With the help of a group of friends who include a gypsy, an elf, a wood sprite, an elderly rat, and a hawk-sized dragonfly, Tatty journeys far to try and defeat him.
Author Bio:
M.J. Fahy grew up in Hampshire, England. She spent, and continues to spend, the majority of her time daydreaming, staring out of windows at nothing in particular. She's very, very, good at it.
She is married with two adult children, two dogs, and a deaf cat. Middle Grade (8 - 13 years) is the age range for her stories. THE MAGPIE KING, and HAGCAT are her works to date, with two more books underway.
Genre: Children Middle Grade
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MJFahy2
Book Blurb:
A beautiful middle grade magical adventure.
In the large and frightening world of the Bigguns, Tatty Moon, a faerie child, must rid her village of thieving magpies and rampaging Gnomes, all under the spell of the Queen's merciless nephew. With the help of a group of friends who include a gypsy, an elf, a wood sprite, an elderly rat, and a hawk-sized dragonfly, Tatty journeys far to try and defeat him.
Author Bio:
M.J. Fahy grew up in Hampshire, England. She spent, and continues to spend, the majority of her time daydreaming, staring out of windows at nothing in particular. She's very, very, good at it.
She is married with two adult children, two dogs, and a deaf cat. Middle Grade (8 - 13 years) is the age range for her stories. THE MAGPIE KING, and HAGCAT are her works to date, with two more books underway.
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Lot 239
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Alice Bell


Alice Bell
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Title: Grave Expectations
Genre: Crime
Format: Hardback
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Bids Accepted: UK and Ireland only
Website: http://alicebellauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ABeeWords
Book Blurb:
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK
'Fast, funny and furious, this book has bags of humour, bags of heart and a proper murder mystery at its core' Janice Hallett
Claire and Sophie aren't your typical murder investigators . . .
When 30-something freelance medium Claire Hendricks is invited to an old university friend's country pile to provide entertainment for a family party, her best friend Sophie tags along. In fact, Sophie rarely leaves Claire's side, because she's been haunting her ever since she was murdered at the age of seventeen.
On arrival at The Cloisters it quickly becomes clear that this family is hiding more than just the good china, as Claire learns someone has recently met an untimely end at the house.
Teaming up with the least unbearable members of the Wellington-Forge family - depressive ex-cop Basher and teenage radical Alex - Claire and Sophie determine to figure out not just whodunnit, but who they killed, why and when.
Together they must race against incompetence to find the murderer - before the murderer finds them... in this funny, modern, media-literate mystery for the My Favourite Murder generation.
Author Bio::
Alice Bell grew up in South West England, in the sort of middle-of-nowhere where teenagers spend their weekends drinking Smirnoff Ice in a field that also has at least one horse in it.
She has previously worked in shops selling boat shoes and polo shirts to people who don’t own boats or play polo, but since 2016 she has worked full time as a video games journalist. In 2018 she became the deputy editor of Rock Paper Shotgun, a popular PC gaming website, where you can find the many excellent reviews and serious articles about hot vampires that she has written. In 2019 she was named one of the 100 most influential women in the UK games industry.
After spending several years in London, Alice now lives in Cork in Ireland, where she watches giant ships, makes crochet animals, and plays video games where you can set things on fire and make elves kiss. She has probably read more detective fiction and watched more episodes of Midsomer Murders than you.
Genre: Crime
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK and Ireland only
Website: http://alicebellauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ABeeWords
Book Blurb:
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK
'Fast, funny and furious, this book has bags of humour, bags of heart and a proper murder mystery at its core' Janice Hallett
Claire and Sophie aren't your typical murder investigators . . .
When 30-something freelance medium Claire Hendricks is invited to an old university friend's country pile to provide entertainment for a family party, her best friend Sophie tags along. In fact, Sophie rarely leaves Claire's side, because she's been haunting her ever since she was murdered at the age of seventeen.
On arrival at The Cloisters it quickly becomes clear that this family is hiding more than just the good china, as Claire learns someone has recently met an untimely end at the house.
Teaming up with the least unbearable members of the Wellington-Forge family - depressive ex-cop Basher and teenage radical Alex - Claire and Sophie determine to figure out not just whodunnit, but who they killed, why and when.
Together they must race against incompetence to find the murderer - before the murderer finds them... in this funny, modern, media-literate mystery for the My Favourite Murder generation.
Author Bio::
Alice Bell grew up in South West England, in the sort of middle-of-nowhere where teenagers spend their weekends drinking Smirnoff Ice in a field that also has at least one horse in it.
She has previously worked in shops selling boat shoes and polo shirts to people who don’t own boats or play polo, but since 2016 she has worked full time as a video games journalist. In 2018 she became the deputy editor of Rock Paper Shotgun, a popular PC gaming website, where you can find the many excellent reviews and serious articles about hot vampires that she has written. In 2019 she was named one of the 100 most influential women in the UK games industry.
After spending several years in London, Alice now lives in Cork in Ireland, where she watches giant ships, makes crochet animals, and plays video games where you can set things on fire and make elves kiss. She has probably read more detective fiction and watched more episodes of Midsomer Murders than you.
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Lot 240
£ 100
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Nikki Marmery


Nikki Marmery
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Title: LILITH
Genre: MYTHOLOGICAL RETELLING
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://nikkimarmery.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nikkimarmery
Book Blurb:
Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. But when Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him, she refuses – and is banished forever from Paradise. Demonised and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah – God’s wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven – is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world and regain her rightful place in Paradise.
Lilith is the heroine women have waited six thousand years for.
Author Bio:
In a former life Nikki worked as a financial journalist. She now writes fiction from a small village near Amersham, where she lives with her husband and three children. Her first novel, On Wilder Seas, was shortlisted for the Historical Novel Society’s New Novel Award and selected for the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation’s #AdventureSociety book club.
Genre: MYTHOLOGICAL RETELLING
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://nikkimarmery.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nikkimarmery
Book Blurb:
Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. But when Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him, she refuses – and is banished forever from Paradise. Demonised and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah – God’s wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven – is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world and regain her rightful place in Paradise.
Lilith is the heroine women have waited six thousand years for.
Author Bio:
In a former life Nikki worked as a financial journalist. She now writes fiction from a small village near Amersham, where she lives with her husband and three children. Her first novel, On Wilder Seas, was shortlisted for the Historical Novel Society’s New Novel Award and selected for the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation’s #AdventureSociety book club.
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Lot 241
£ 11
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Neil Hegarty


Neil Hegarty
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241
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Book Title: The Jewel
Genre: Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: YES
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Bids accepted: Global
Website: http://neilhegarty.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nphegarty
Book Blurb:
A surprising and electrifying work of fiction centred on the art world, featuring an artist who has become an art thief, an obsessive curator, and a specialist in major art thefts. These three lives intersect with the story of a neglected Victorian woman artist - and of 'The Jewel', her final and now world-famous work.
Author Bio:
Neil Hegarty grew up in Derry. The Jewel was published to a chorus of acclaim: 'dazzling, raw and moving' noted the Irish Times; and the Observer added that 'Neil Hegarty proves again that he is one to watch.'
Genre: Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: YES
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Bids accepted: Global
Website: http://neilhegarty.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nphegarty
Book Blurb:
A surprising and electrifying work of fiction centred on the art world, featuring an artist who has become an art thief, an obsessive curator, and a specialist in major art thefts. These three lives intersect with the story of a neglected Victorian woman artist - and of 'The Jewel', her final and now world-famous work.
Author Bio:
Neil Hegarty grew up in Derry. The Jewel was published to a chorus of acclaim: 'dazzling, raw and moving' noted the Irish Times; and the Observer added that 'Neil Hegarty proves again that he is one to watch.'
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Lot 242
£ 15
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Jo Browning Wroe


Jo Browning Wroe
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242
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Title: A Terrible Kindness
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoBrowningWroe
Book Blurb:
Nineteen-year-old William’s decision to volunteer at the tragic scene of the 1966 Aberfan Disaster transforms his life forever in this moving story of sacrifice and compassion.
It’s only wanting me to send one pic, so I’ll send author shot separately.
Author Bio:
Jo Browning Wroe grew up in a crematorium in Birmingham. She has an MA in creative writing from UEA and teaches at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education. Her debut, A Terrible Kindness was a Sunday Times Bestseller, shortlisted for the Bridport Peggy Chapman-Andrews award, the RSL Christopher Bland Prize and longlisted for the Prix du Roman Fnac.
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoBrowningWroe
Book Blurb:
Nineteen-year-old William’s decision to volunteer at the tragic scene of the 1966 Aberfan Disaster transforms his life forever in this moving story of sacrifice and compassion.
It’s only wanting me to send one pic, so I’ll send author shot separately.
Author Bio:
Jo Browning Wroe grew up in a crematorium in Birmingham. She has an MA in creative writing from UEA and teaches at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education. Her debut, A Terrible Kindness was a Sunday Times Bestseller, shortlisted for the Bridport Peggy Chapman-Andrews award, the RSL Christopher Bland Prize and longlisted for the Prix du Roman Fnac.
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Lot 243
£ 12
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Clare Helen Welsh


Clare Helen Welsh
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Title: Never Ever Ever Ask A Pirate to A Party
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
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Website: https://clarehelenwelsh.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClareHelenWelsh
Book Blurb:
Get ready for a fantastical birthday party adventure featuring a dinosaur, dragon, unicorn, pirate . . . and a spaceship full of aliens!
If you want the perfect party, never, ever, ever invite this crowd of chaotic guests! The unicorn will demand sparkles and bubbles, the dragon will set fire to your decorations and the fizzy drinks will send the aliens wild! But . . . never, ever, EVER send your guests home! Because a party's only a party if you share it with your friends!
Featuring hilarious, colourful scenes with plenty to spot, as well as a simple message about sharing good times with friends, little ones will want to go right back to the beginning and read the book again (and again)!
Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free "Stories Aloud" audio recording. Just scan the QR code and listen along!
Author Bio:
Clare is a former primary school teacher turned writing tutor and children’s author, living in South West England with her husband and two children. Clare does her best writing by the sea (or on the sofa with a dog on her lap!), which is lucky because she lives close to many beautiful beaches and the salty sea air (and has a dog called Hope!)
When Clare isn’t writing stories, she is inspiring children to write their own. She loves visiting schools, libraries, bookshops and festivals in her authormobile, giving her an outlet for her BIG ideas. Once she helped a class make a giant rice crispy cake that was so wide it wouldn’t fit through the door!
But her best idea yet has been putting pen to paper. Clare loves writing whacky, funny books but is also passionate about writing stories that help children deal with big feelings and difficult issues, including dementia, divorce and serious heath issues. She has recently started writing books that are a mix of fact and fiction, interweaving non-fiction with brilliant storytelling.
Clare is the founder of Books That Help – an initiative that aims to celebrate picture books and how they can be used therapeutically to navigate life’s up and downs..
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://clarehelenwelsh.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClareHelenWelsh
Book Blurb:
Get ready for a fantastical birthday party adventure featuring a dinosaur, dragon, unicorn, pirate . . . and a spaceship full of aliens!
If you want the perfect party, never, ever, ever invite this crowd of chaotic guests! The unicorn will demand sparkles and bubbles, the dragon will set fire to your decorations and the fizzy drinks will send the aliens wild! But . . . never, ever, EVER send your guests home! Because a party's only a party if you share it with your friends!
Featuring hilarious, colourful scenes with plenty to spot, as well as a simple message about sharing good times with friends, little ones will want to go right back to the beginning and read the book again (and again)!
Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free "Stories Aloud" audio recording. Just scan the QR code and listen along!
Author Bio:
Clare is a former primary school teacher turned writing tutor and children’s author, living in South West England with her husband and two children. Clare does her best writing by the sea (or on the sofa with a dog on her lap!), which is lucky because she lives close to many beautiful beaches and the salty sea air (and has a dog called Hope!)
When Clare isn’t writing stories, she is inspiring children to write their own. She loves visiting schools, libraries, bookshops and festivals in her authormobile, giving her an outlet for her BIG ideas. Once she helped a class make a giant rice crispy cake that was so wide it wouldn’t fit through the door!
But her best idea yet has been putting pen to paper. Clare loves writing whacky, funny books but is also passionate about writing stories that help children deal with big feelings and difficult issues, including dementia, divorce and serious heath issues. She has recently started writing books that are a mix of fact and fiction, interweaving non-fiction with brilliant storytelling.
Clare is the founder of Books That Help – an initiative that aims to celebrate picture books and how they can be used therapeutically to navigate life’s up and downs..
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Lot 244
£ 15
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Hannah Durkan


Hannah Durkan
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Title: Zeina Starborn and the Emerald King?
Genre: Children - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.hannahdurkan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DurkanHannah
Book Blurb:
The thrilling sequel to ZEINA STARBORN AND THE SKY WHALE, perfect for 9+ fans of BRIGHTSTORM and ORPHANS OF THE TIDE.
After months of being on the run, Zeina is thrilled when the Smog Rats are invited by ice bears to an infamous festival featuring horned sky whales.
But, from an ice palace with crumbling ice structures to the strange behaviour of the new Emerald King, something doesn't seem quite right . . .
Zeina and Jackson find themselves going up against both new enemies and familiar foes in order to halt the invention of an advanced, cruel technology.
Author Bio:
Hannah Durkan spent her childhood in Warwickshire reading, snail collecting, car-picnicking, story writing, overthinking and covering her parent’s carpet in paint. She moved to Yorkshire for university in 2004 and never left. After studying medicine and gaining a PGCE from the University of Leeds, Hannah now lives in Leeds with her husband and two young children, who have finally given her a legitimate excuse for her enormous collection of children’s books. When she’s not working in a local primary school, she can be found drinking coffee, writing stories, drawing sky whales and making dens. Hannah is a passionate believer in the power of writing to support mental health. Hannah’s debut novel was longlisted for both The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition and The Bath Children’s Novel Award in 2019, before winning the Hachette Children’s Novel Award in 2020.
Genre: Children - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.hannahdurkan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DurkanHannah
Book Blurb:
The thrilling sequel to ZEINA STARBORN AND THE SKY WHALE, perfect for 9+ fans of BRIGHTSTORM and ORPHANS OF THE TIDE.
After months of being on the run, Zeina is thrilled when the Smog Rats are invited by ice bears to an infamous festival featuring horned sky whales.
But, from an ice palace with crumbling ice structures to the strange behaviour of the new Emerald King, something doesn't seem quite right . . .
Zeina and Jackson find themselves going up against both new enemies and familiar foes in order to halt the invention of an advanced, cruel technology.
Author Bio:
Hannah Durkan spent her childhood in Warwickshire reading, snail collecting, car-picnicking, story writing, overthinking and covering her parent’s carpet in paint. She moved to Yorkshire for university in 2004 and never left. After studying medicine and gaining a PGCE from the University of Leeds, Hannah now lives in Leeds with her husband and two young children, who have finally given her a legitimate excuse for her enormous collection of children’s books. When she’s not working in a local primary school, she can be found drinking coffee, writing stories, drawing sky whales and making dens. Hannah is a passionate believer in the power of writing to support mental health. Hannah’s debut novel was longlisted for both The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition and The Bath Children’s Novel Award in 2019, before winning the Hachette Children’s Novel Award in 2020.
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Anita Chapman


Anita Chapman
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Title: The Venice Secret
Genre: Historical Fiction/Dual timeline
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: Yes
Postage and Packing: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: https://anitachapman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/neetschapman
Book Blurb:
One hidden painting. Two women born centuries apart. A secret uncovered.
Rachel is stuck in a rut when she discovers what appears to be a Canaletto painting in her grandmother's loft along with a note addressed to Philippa in 1782. With help from Jake at the local art gallery, Rachel endeavours to find out if the painting is an original and uncovers a secret from the past.
In 1780, governess at Chipford Hall, Philippa is offered the role of mistress by Earl Rupert. She escapes to Venice as companion to bluestocking, Lady Cordelia who reveals a secret that changes both their lives. They do their best to keep the secret from Lady Cordelia's social circle, but their nemesis is determined to reveal all and ruin them.
Author Bio:
Anita likes to read journals and diaries from the past, and one of her favourite pastimes is visiting art galleries and country houses. Her first published novel, The Venice Secret is inspired by her mother taking her to see the Canalettos at The National Gallery in London as a child.
Since 2015, Anita has worked as a social media manager, training authors on social media, and helping to promote their books.
Genre: Historical Fiction/Dual timeline
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: Yes
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Website: https://anitachapman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/neetschapman
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One hidden painting. Two women born centuries apart. A secret uncovered.
Rachel is stuck in a rut when she discovers what appears to be a Canaletto painting in her grandmother's loft along with a note addressed to Philippa in 1782. With help from Jake at the local art gallery, Rachel endeavours to find out if the painting is an original and uncovers a secret from the past.
In 1780, governess at Chipford Hall, Philippa is offered the role of mistress by Earl Rupert. She escapes to Venice as companion to bluestocking, Lady Cordelia who reveals a secret that changes both their lives. They do their best to keep the secret from Lady Cordelia's social circle, but their nemesis is determined to reveal all and ruin them.
Author Bio:
Anita likes to read journals and diaries from the past, and one of her favourite pastimes is visiting art galleries and country houses. Her first published novel, The Venice Secret is inspired by her mother taking her to see the Canalettos at The National Gallery in London as a child.
Since 2015, Anita has worked as a social media manager, training authors on social media, and helping to promote their books.
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Lot 246
£ 12
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Anna Wilson


Anna Wilson
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Title: Grandpa and the Kingfisher
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://acwilsonwriter.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/acwilsonwriter
Book Blurb:
Life-affirming and lyrical, this beautiful picture book celebrates the awesome power of nature, while gently introducing young children to the concept of life and death.
Over the course of a year, a young child and their dog watch kingfishers by the river with Grandpa. As spring turns to summer and autumn to winter, the kingfishers raise a family, while Grandpa teaches his grandchild about the power of nature and the circle of life.
Written in memory of her father, whose favourite bird was the kingfisher, Anna Wilson takes readers on a lyrical journey though a year in the life of a kingfisher family. Stunning illustrations by Sarah Massini bring the riverbank to life in all its glory, while the powerful intergenerational bond between grandparent and grandchild shows that just as spring always follows winter, hope will always return if you know where to look for it.
A positive story about life, death, and being a part of the natural world.
Author Bio:
I am a published writer. I write for children and adults. My latest book for children is Shine Like the Stars, published by Andersen Press and illustrated by Harry Woodgate. It is a picture book for bedtime that has been described as 'reads like a lullaby' and 'a comforting cuddle of a book'. My book for adults is A Place for Everything - a memoir about my mother's late diagnosis of autism at the age of 72. It is published by HQ Stories. Other books for children include The Wide, Wide Sea, a picture book about our relationship with the natural world, illustrated by Jenny Løvlie; Nature Month-by-Month - a children's almanac, illustrated by Elly Jahnz; the Vlad the World's Worst Vampire series and Paddington 2 - the Story of the Movie. I have many more books in the pipeline for 2023 and beyond! Also blogging about ASD and grief at https://wordpress.com/view/goodgriefsiteblog.wordpress.com rep'd by Cathryn Summerhayes at Curtis Brown and Hilary Delamere at The Agency. http://www.annawilson.co.uk @acwilsonwriter
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://acwilsonwriter.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/acwilsonwriter
Book Blurb:
Life-affirming and lyrical, this beautiful picture book celebrates the awesome power of nature, while gently introducing young children to the concept of life and death.
Over the course of a year, a young child and their dog watch kingfishers by the river with Grandpa. As spring turns to summer and autumn to winter, the kingfishers raise a family, while Grandpa teaches his grandchild about the power of nature and the circle of life.
Written in memory of her father, whose favourite bird was the kingfisher, Anna Wilson takes readers on a lyrical journey though a year in the life of a kingfisher family. Stunning illustrations by Sarah Massini bring the riverbank to life in all its glory, while the powerful intergenerational bond between grandparent and grandchild shows that just as spring always follows winter, hope will always return if you know where to look for it.
A positive story about life, death, and being a part of the natural world.
Author Bio:
I am a published writer. I write for children and adults. My latest book for children is Shine Like the Stars, published by Andersen Press and illustrated by Harry Woodgate. It is a picture book for bedtime that has been described as 'reads like a lullaby' and 'a comforting cuddle of a book'. My book for adults is A Place for Everything - a memoir about my mother's late diagnosis of autism at the age of 72. It is published by HQ Stories. Other books for children include The Wide, Wide Sea, a picture book about our relationship with the natural world, illustrated by Jenny Løvlie; Nature Month-by-Month - a children's almanac, illustrated by Elly Jahnz; the Vlad the World's Worst Vampire series and Paddington 2 - the Story of the Movie. I have many more books in the pipeline for 2023 and beyond! Also blogging about ASD and grief at https://wordpress.com/view/goodgriefsiteblog.wordpress.com rep'd by Cathryn Summerhayes at Curtis Brown and Hilary Delamere at The Agency. http://www.annawilson.co.uk @acwilsonwriter
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Lot 247
£ 12
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R. Tregoning & S. Murphy


R. Tregoning & S. Murphy
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Title: Out of the Blue
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picture Book
Dedication available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website Robert: http://roberttregoning.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bobtregoning
Website: Stef http://stefmurphy.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StefMurphyArt
Book Blurb:
ONLY BLUE ALLOWED, by Blue government demand.
Anything that isn't blue, by colour law, is banned.
In a very blue house on a very blue street, sits a little boy who feels as blue as the world around him.
For this little boy has a BIG secret: he loves the colour yellow.
In a world where only one colour is allowed, will he be brave enough to tell his dad? And will they be able to defy the rules and create a world where EVERY colour is welcome?
One boy and his dad are about to come OUT OF THE BLUE and into life in technicolour!
Author Bio:
Robert studied at the Glasgow School of Art before leaping in to a career on the West End stage. He has appeared in shows including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Academy Award Winner Sam Mendes and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda the Musical, directed by Matthew Warchus.
As an LGBTQ+ writer, Robert hopes to help children and adults alike to accept and celebrate all that makes us uniquely ourselves. The stories Robert writes are stories he wishes he could have read as a child. He hopes they provide a voice of recognition, validation and kindness to those who need it.
Illustrator:
Stef Murphy is a freelance illustrator and storyteller living in London. She loves drawing animals and making up stories, and she has illustrated books including The Fire Fox by Alexandra Page. Out of the Blue is her first book for Bloomsbury.
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picture Book
Dedication available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website Robert: http://roberttregoning.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bobtregoning
Website: Stef http://stefmurphy.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StefMurphyArt
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ONLY BLUE ALLOWED, by Blue government demand.
Anything that isn't blue, by colour law, is banned.
In a very blue house on a very blue street, sits a little boy who feels as blue as the world around him.
For this little boy has a BIG secret: he loves the colour yellow.
In a world where only one colour is allowed, will he be brave enough to tell his dad? And will they be able to defy the rules and create a world where EVERY colour is welcome?
One boy and his dad are about to come OUT OF THE BLUE and into life in technicolour!
Author Bio:
Robert studied at the Glasgow School of Art before leaping in to a career on the West End stage. He has appeared in shows including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Academy Award Winner Sam Mendes and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda the Musical, directed by Matthew Warchus.
As an LGBTQ+ writer, Robert hopes to help children and adults alike to accept and celebrate all that makes us uniquely ourselves. The stories Robert writes are stories he wishes he could have read as a child. He hopes they provide a voice of recognition, validation and kindness to those who need it.
Illustrator:
Stef Murphy is a freelance illustrator and storyteller living in London. She loves drawing animals and making up stories, and she has illustrated books including The Fire Fox by Alexandra Page. Out of the Blue is her first book for Bloomsbury.
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Lot 248
£ 11
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Andrew Sanders


Andrew Sanders
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Title: I Have an Orange Juicy Drink
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picture Book
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://shortandsmiley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shortandsmiley
Book Blurb:
If you try and take an orange Juicy drink you may get squished by a large, heavy object. But if you ask nicely, who knows what might happen? This hilarious, left-field story is full of humour and repetition, making it perfect for children as young as two. Boys as old as year 3 who struggle with reading have also loved this surreal, madcap tale.
Author Bio:
Andrew Sanders is an award-winning, internationally published author from Beverley East Yorkshire. He has two ears, one nose, quite a good bellybutton and when he isn't writing crazy stories, he can usually be found staring at a typewriter or eating copious amounts of bourbon creams.
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picture Book
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Website: http://shortandsmiley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shortandsmiley
Book Blurb:
If you try and take an orange Juicy drink you may get squished by a large, heavy object. But if you ask nicely, who knows what might happen? This hilarious, left-field story is full of humour and repetition, making it perfect for children as young as two. Boys as old as year 3 who struggle with reading have also loved this surreal, madcap tale.
Author Bio:
Andrew Sanders is an award-winning, internationally published author from Beverley East Yorkshire. He has two ears, one nose, quite a good bellybutton and when he isn't writing crazy stories, he can usually be found staring at a typewriter or eating copious amounts of bourbon creams.
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Lot 249
£ 27
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Pari Thomson


Pari Thomson
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Title: Greenwild: The World Behind the Door
Format: Hardback
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Bids accepted: UK only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PariThomson
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Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the earth itself.
Daisy Thistledown has escaped from boarding school and has a mystery to solve. Her search for her missing mother will lead her across London and through a hidden doorway to another world, filled with plants and bursting with magic: the Greenwild.
But all is not well in this astonishing land. Before long Daisy finds herself confronting a dangerous presence that threatens green magic on both sides of the door. Daisy must band together with a botanical genius, a boy who can talk to animals, and a cat with an attitude, to channel the power that can revive the Greenwild and find her missing mother - and save her own world too.
Prepare to embark on an unforgettable adventure through the Greenwild, beautifully illustrated by Elisa Paganelli.
Author Bio:
Pari Thomson is Editorial Director for picture books at Bloomsbury Children’s Books. Half Persian, half English, she lived in many places while she was growing up, including India, Pakistan, the USA, the UK and Belgium. She studied at Oxford University and now lives near the river in London, not far from Kew Gardens. Greenwild: The World Behind the Door is her debut novel.
Format: Hardback
Dedication available: Yes
Bids accepted: UK only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PariThomson
Book Blurb:
Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the earth itself.
Daisy Thistledown has escaped from boarding school and has a mystery to solve. Her search for her missing mother will lead her across London and through a hidden doorway to another world, filled with plants and bursting with magic: the Greenwild.
But all is not well in this astonishing land. Before long Daisy finds herself confronting a dangerous presence that threatens green magic on both sides of the door. Daisy must band together with a botanical genius, a boy who can talk to animals, and a cat with an attitude, to channel the power that can revive the Greenwild and find her missing mother - and save her own world too.
Prepare to embark on an unforgettable adventure through the Greenwild, beautifully illustrated by Elisa Paganelli.
Author Bio:
Pari Thomson is Editorial Director for picture books at Bloomsbury Children’s Books. Half Persian, half English, she lived in many places while she was growing up, including India, Pakistan, the USA, the UK and Belgium. She studied at Oxford University and now lives near the river in London, not far from Kew Gardens. Greenwild: The World Behind the Door is her debut novel.
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Lot 250
£ 27
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Rhian Tracey


Rhian Tracey
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Book Title: I, Spy: a Bletchley Park Mystery
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Historical
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: https://bonnierbooks.co.uk/imprints/piccadilly-press/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RhianTracey
Book Blurb:
A thrilling mystery adventure set in Bletchley Park at the start of World War II, based on true historical events.
Author Bio:
Rhian Tracey was born in Swansea and grew up on the Welsh borders. She went to secondary school and college in Cirencester. She got her first publishing deal at 26. Rhian teaches several days a week in a SEN department, working with students who have dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism, ADD and other additional learning needs. She also volunteers with Medical Detection Dogs, helping to train puppies who will go on to be assistance dogs. Rhian lives in Northamptonshire with her children and dog.
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Historical
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: https://bonnierbooks.co.uk/imprints/piccadilly-press/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RhianTracey
Book Blurb:
A thrilling mystery adventure set in Bletchley Park at the start of World War II, based on true historical events.
Author Bio:
Rhian Tracey was born in Swansea and grew up on the Welsh borders. She went to secondary school and college in Cirencester. She got her first publishing deal at 26. Rhian teaches several days a week in a SEN department, working with students who have dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism, ADD and other additional learning needs. She also volunteers with Medical Detection Dogs, helping to train puppies who will go on to be assistance dogs. Rhian lives in Northamptonshire with her children and dog.
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Lot 251
£ 25
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Mary Wood


Mary Wood
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The Jam Factory Girl's Trilogy
Title 1: The Jam Factory Girls
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Secrets of the Jam Factory Girls
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Title 3: The Jam Factory Girls Fight Back
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Authormary
Book 1 Blurb:
The Jam Factory Girls is an uplifting and emotional novel of friendship set in the heart of pre-WWI London from bestselling author, Mary Wood.
Life for Elsie is difficult as she struggles to cope with her alcoholic mother. Caring for her siblings and working long hours at Swift's Jam factory in London’s Bermondsey is exhausting. Thankfully her lifelong friendship with Dot helps to smooth over life’s rough edges.
When Elsie and Dot meet Millie Swift, they are nervous to be in the presence of the bosses’ daughter. Over time, they are surprised to feel so drawn to her, but should two East End girls be socializing in such circles?
When disaster strikes, it binds the women in ways they could never imagine. Long-held secrets are revealed that could change all their lives . . .
Book 2 Blurb:
Secrets of the Jam Factory Girls is a moving saga novel of friendship set in the heart of pre-WWI London from bestselling author, Mary Wood.
Elsie’s worked her way up at Swift’s Jam Factory from the shop floor to the top, and now it’s her time to shine. But when she’s involved in an incident involving her half-sister Millie’s new husband, she is forced to keep it secret – the truth could threaten their sisterly bond.
Dot is dogged by fear, coming to terms with her mother’s rejection of her. She should be enjoying the happiness she craves with her beloved Cess; instead, she’s trapped in an asylum, haunted by the horrifying cries of inmates. All she wants is to get married, but what chance is there for her if she’s locked away?
Millie is trying to build a life with her new husband. But the man she loves is not all he seems . . .
Can the Jam Factory girls create the future they all deserve?
Book 3 Blurb:
The Jam Factory Girls Fight Back is a moving historical novel of friendship set in the heart of pre-WWI London from bestselling author, Mary Wood.
Can they claim what is rightfully theirs?
From the moment Len came into their lives, everything changed for Millie and Elsie. Both fell in love with him, but he chose Millie, because of her attractive legacy – the Jam Factory.
Millie’s expecting Len’s baby and it should be the happiest time, but her husband’s true colours have come to the fore – and Millie is forced to leave the marriage. Now Millie is desperate to save her child from Len’s clutches. Will Len ever allow her to find happiness?
Elsie’s fallen in love with dependable Jim – but Len is threatening their happiness too. Elsie and Millie are determined to overthrow Len and reclaim the Jam Factory as their own. Will they succeed, and can they rebuild their lives after the devastation Len has caused?
Author Bio:
Born the thirteenth child of fifteen to a middle-class mother and an East End barrow boy, Mary Wood's childhood was a mixture of love and poverty. Throughout her life Mary has held various posts in office roles, working in the Probation services and bringing up her four children and numerous grandchildren, step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren. An avid reader, she first put pen to paper in 1989 whilst nursing her mother through her last months, but didn't become successful until she began self-publishing her novels in 2011
Title 1: The Jam Factory Girls
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Secrets of the Jam Factory Girls
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Title 3: The Jam Factory Girls Fight Back
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Authormary
Book 1 Blurb:
The Jam Factory Girls is an uplifting and emotional novel of friendship set in the heart of pre-WWI London from bestselling author, Mary Wood.
Life for Elsie is difficult as she struggles to cope with her alcoholic mother. Caring for her siblings and working long hours at Swift's Jam factory in London’s Bermondsey is exhausting. Thankfully her lifelong friendship with Dot helps to smooth over life’s rough edges.
When Elsie and Dot meet Millie Swift, they are nervous to be in the presence of the bosses’ daughter. Over time, they are surprised to feel so drawn to her, but should two East End girls be socializing in such circles?
When disaster strikes, it binds the women in ways they could never imagine. Long-held secrets are revealed that could change all their lives . . .
Book 2 Blurb:
Secrets of the Jam Factory Girls is a moving saga novel of friendship set in the heart of pre-WWI London from bestselling author, Mary Wood.
Elsie’s worked her way up at Swift’s Jam Factory from the shop floor to the top, and now it’s her time to shine. But when she’s involved in an incident involving her half-sister Millie’s new husband, she is forced to keep it secret – the truth could threaten their sisterly bond.
Dot is dogged by fear, coming to terms with her mother’s rejection of her. She should be enjoying the happiness she craves with her beloved Cess; instead, she’s trapped in an asylum, haunted by the horrifying cries of inmates. All she wants is to get married, but what chance is there for her if she’s locked away?
Millie is trying to build a life with her new husband. But the man she loves is not all he seems . . .
Can the Jam Factory girls create the future they all deserve?
Book 3 Blurb:
The Jam Factory Girls Fight Back is a moving historical novel of friendship set in the heart of pre-WWI London from bestselling author, Mary Wood.
Can they claim what is rightfully theirs?
From the moment Len came into their lives, everything changed for Millie and Elsie. Both fell in love with him, but he chose Millie, because of her attractive legacy – the Jam Factory.
Millie’s expecting Len’s baby and it should be the happiest time, but her husband’s true colours have come to the fore – and Millie is forced to leave the marriage. Now Millie is desperate to save her child from Len’s clutches. Will Len ever allow her to find happiness?
Elsie’s fallen in love with dependable Jim – but Len is threatening their happiness too. Elsie and Millie are determined to overthrow Len and reclaim the Jam Factory as their own. Will they succeed, and can they rebuild their lives after the devastation Len has caused?
Author Bio:
Born the thirteenth child of fifteen to a middle-class mother and an East End barrow boy, Mary Wood's childhood was a mixture of love and poverty. Throughout her life Mary has held various posts in office roles, working in the Probation services and bringing up her four children and numerous grandchildren, step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren. An avid reader, she first put pen to paper in 1989 whilst nursing her mother through her last months, but didn't become successful until she began self-publishing her novels in 2011
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Lot 252
£ 12
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Matthew Wainwright


Matthew Wainwright
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Book Title: Out of the Smoke
Genre: YA Historical
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://matthewwainwright.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattwauthor
Book Blurb:
Plunged into the criminal underworld of Victorian London, Billy the chimney sweep knows he must fight - or die. But with notorious gang leader Archie Miller closing in on him, every turn he takes only leads to more trouble.
When the 'Poor Man's Earl' offers Billy a chance to exchange his gangland life for an education, Billy must decide if his pride is too high a price to pay, and whether turning on Archie will mean freedom - or certain death.
A thrilling story of faith and survival, based on the work of the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury.
Author Bio:
Matthew Wainwright is an author of historical fiction for young people. His first book, 'Out of the Smoke', is set in Victorian London and highlights the philanthropic work of Lord Shaftesbury, particularly with child chimney sweeps and gang members. His second book, 'Through Water and Fire', is due for release in the Autumn, and will take readers to Tudor England at the dawn of the Reformation.
Matthew is an active member of the Time Tunnellers, a collective of historical children's authors who release weekly videos and blogs for children and teachers. He is also a member of CWISL, raising awareness of the benefits of stories and illustrations on children's literacy in London and the South East.
He loves visiting old places, and imaging the people who might have lived there and the adventures that might have happened. He lives in Greenwich, London.
Genre: YA Historical
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://matthewwainwright.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattwauthor
Book Blurb:
Plunged into the criminal underworld of Victorian London, Billy the chimney sweep knows he must fight - or die. But with notorious gang leader Archie Miller closing in on him, every turn he takes only leads to more trouble.
When the 'Poor Man's Earl' offers Billy a chance to exchange his gangland life for an education, Billy must decide if his pride is too high a price to pay, and whether turning on Archie will mean freedom - or certain death.
A thrilling story of faith and survival, based on the work of the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury.
Author Bio:
Matthew Wainwright is an author of historical fiction for young people. His first book, 'Out of the Smoke', is set in Victorian London and highlights the philanthropic work of Lord Shaftesbury, particularly with child chimney sweeps and gang members. His second book, 'Through Water and Fire', is due for release in the Autumn, and will take readers to Tudor England at the dawn of the Reformation.
Matthew is an active member of the Time Tunnellers, a collective of historical children's authors who release weekly videos and blogs for children and teachers. He is also a member of CWISL, raising awareness of the benefits of stories and illustrations on children's literacy in London and the South East.
He loves visiting old places, and imaging the people who might have lived there and the adventures that might have happened. He lives in Greenwich, London.
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M W Arnold


M W Arnold
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Four Audiobook Bundle!
Title: Broken Wings Audiobooks 1-4
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Audiobooks on cd
Dedication Available: Yes
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/mick859
Book 1 Blurb: A Wing and a Prayer
When Betty Palmer's sister dies under suspicious circumstances whilst landing her Tiger Moth, Betty and three other women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary in WWII England unite to discover who killed her and why.
Estranged from her family, Penny Blake wants simply to belong. American Doris Winter, running from a personal tragedy, yearns for a new start. Naturally shy Mary Whitworth-Baines struggles to fit in. Together though, they are a force to be reckoned with as they face the mystery that confronts them.
Against the backdrop of war, when ties of friendship are exceptionally strong, they strive to unravel the puzzle's complex threads, risking their lives as they seek justice for Betty's sister.
Book 2 Blurb: Wild Blue Yonder
Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Doris Winter is accused of stealing a valuable item from a famous Hollywood movie star, now a captain in the US Army Air Corps, after a dance at the air base in England where he's stationed. Gathering her close friends together, she's determined to clear her name.
Ruth's POW son suffers a life-changing injury just as her own cottage takes damage in an air raid and Penny's estranged little sister unexpectedly turns up, having run away from school. Together with the ongoing thefts of items of clothing and surprise personal revelations, these all threaten to hamper their investigation.
In spite of the worsening war situation, they must band together to rise above their troubles and prove love and friendship is worth fighting for.
Book 3 Blurb: I'll Be Home for Christmas
A mysterious key left by her murdered sister takes Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Betty Palmer on a journey of discovery and danger. Her estranged parents force themselves back into her life, motivated purely by greed and self-preservation.
Penny's life is unexpectedly turned upside down by a potentially life-changing situation that causes her wounded husband to question their marriage. No one seems safe in the turmoil of the middle years of the war, and some relationships face a breaking point whilst others become stronger.
Kidnap, crashes, and dogfights—the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary Mystery Club have never faced such dangers before. To survive may not be enough. They must find the strength to rise above their most trying times yet.
Book 4 Blurb:
In February 1944, the girls of the Air Transport Auxiliary Mystery Club face the devastating personal loss of one of their own in a tragic crash. At the same time, another member is blackmailed, whilst honeymoon plans of a third are threatened by a puzzling mystery.
As they share each other’s joys and troubles, the friends find the comfort and strength to go on with their vital work and dangerous investigations in wartime England, even when few situations are what they seem to be.
Can a marriage broken by harsh words be saved, and will injuries suffered in the line of duty heal? These courageous women do battle on multiple fronts whilst maintaining dignity and friendship.
Author Bio:
I grew up outside Bournemouth on the south coast of Dorset and at just shy of 18, I entered the Royal Air Force. For the next 16 years, I traversed the world having a great time!
There came a point, however, where I decided it was time to set down some roots. At about this time, I started to dabble in writing again. In 2013, I joined the Romantic Novelists Association and had my first novel, a romantic drama, 'The Season for Love', published in December 2017; then took a time out.
'A Wing and a Prayer', book 1 in the 'Broken Wings' series, is my first Historical Saga. With my longstanding love of history, this seemed a genre ready made for myself.
Title: Broken Wings Audiobooks 1-4
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Audiobooks on cd
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://facebook.com/MWArnoldAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mick859
Book 1 Blurb: A Wing and a Prayer
When Betty Palmer's sister dies under suspicious circumstances whilst landing her Tiger Moth, Betty and three other women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary in WWII England unite to discover who killed her and why.
Estranged from her family, Penny Blake wants simply to belong. American Doris Winter, running from a personal tragedy, yearns for a new start. Naturally shy Mary Whitworth-Baines struggles to fit in. Together though, they are a force to be reckoned with as they face the mystery that confronts them.
Against the backdrop of war, when ties of friendship are exceptionally strong, they strive to unravel the puzzle's complex threads, risking their lives as they seek justice for Betty's sister.
Book 2 Blurb: Wild Blue Yonder
Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Doris Winter is accused of stealing a valuable item from a famous Hollywood movie star, now a captain in the US Army Air Corps, after a dance at the air base in England where he's stationed. Gathering her close friends together, she's determined to clear her name.
Ruth's POW son suffers a life-changing injury just as her own cottage takes damage in an air raid and Penny's estranged little sister unexpectedly turns up, having run away from school. Together with the ongoing thefts of items of clothing and surprise personal revelations, these all threaten to hamper their investigation.
In spite of the worsening war situation, they must band together to rise above their troubles and prove love and friendship is worth fighting for.
Book 3 Blurb: I'll Be Home for Christmas
A mysterious key left by her murdered sister takes Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Betty Palmer on a journey of discovery and danger. Her estranged parents force themselves back into her life, motivated purely by greed and self-preservation.
Penny's life is unexpectedly turned upside down by a potentially life-changing situation that causes her wounded husband to question their marriage. No one seems safe in the turmoil of the middle years of the war, and some relationships face a breaking point whilst others become stronger.
Kidnap, crashes, and dogfights—the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary Mystery Club have never faced such dangers before. To survive may not be enough. They must find the strength to rise above their most trying times yet.
Book 4 Blurb:
In February 1944, the girls of the Air Transport Auxiliary Mystery Club face the devastating personal loss of one of their own in a tragic crash. At the same time, another member is blackmailed, whilst honeymoon plans of a third are threatened by a puzzling mystery.
As they share each other’s joys and troubles, the friends find the comfort and strength to go on with their vital work and dangerous investigations in wartime England, even when few situations are what they seem to be.
Can a marriage broken by harsh words be saved, and will injuries suffered in the line of duty heal? These courageous women do battle on multiple fronts whilst maintaining dignity and friendship.
Author Bio:
I grew up outside Bournemouth on the south coast of Dorset and at just shy of 18, I entered the Royal Air Force. For the next 16 years, I traversed the world having a great time!
There came a point, however, where I decided it was time to set down some roots. At about this time, I started to dabble in writing again. In 2013, I joined the Romantic Novelists Association and had my first novel, a romantic drama, 'The Season for Love', published in December 2017; then took a time out.
'A Wing and a Prayer', book 1 in the 'Broken Wings' series, is my first Historical Saga. With my longstanding love of history, this seemed a genre ready made for myself.
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Cassie Oakman


Cassie Oakman
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Title: Brightly Shines the Darkness
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://cassieoakman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CassieOakman
Book Blurb:
Who is in the best position to guide and protect the village: the elders, who know how wicked men can be, or the priests, who have the ear of the gods?
Dhoban and his sister Serin had expected to have several more years’ training before becoming priests, but when their mentors are killed, far from home, by religious zealots, they do their best to take their places. It troubles the village elders that the spiritual leadership of the community is left in such inexperienced hands, but they hesitate to intervene, for fear of angering the spirits and losing their protection.
When they hear that the fanatics are growing stronger and sweeping closer, the elders realise that they must act: but how can they do that without losing the goodwill of the spirits? And is it, in any case, too late?
Author Bio:
Cassie Oakman was born in Sussex, and after living and studying in Paris, Oxford and various other places, she is now settled in a peaceful village only a few miles from where she grew up. She divides her working life between writing and teaching, and spends her leisure time with her family.
The Skywatchers series is a sequence of novels set in a world where fanatics are using aggression and terror to impose their own religious beliefs. The peaceful moonfollowers and sunservers tread a precarious path between dying for their faiths and betraying their principles. Although there is no way to return to the gentle life that has been swept away from them, an unlikely group of people, from a politician to a dancing slave girl, from a merchant to a retired bard, are summoned together to try to defeat the bigots and bring about a newly tolerant world.
Although set in an imaginary land, far from ours in both space and time, the need to overcome intolerance and create a world order based on something more enlightened than the use or abuse of power, weaves a metaphor that resonates with our own age.
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://cassieoakman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CassieOakman
Book Blurb:
Who is in the best position to guide and protect the village: the elders, who know how wicked men can be, or the priests, who have the ear of the gods?
Dhoban and his sister Serin had expected to have several more years’ training before becoming priests, but when their mentors are killed, far from home, by religious zealots, they do their best to take their places. It troubles the village elders that the spiritual leadership of the community is left in such inexperienced hands, but they hesitate to intervene, for fear of angering the spirits and losing their protection.
When they hear that the fanatics are growing stronger and sweeping closer, the elders realise that they must act: but how can they do that without losing the goodwill of the spirits? And is it, in any case, too late?
Author Bio:
Cassie Oakman was born in Sussex, and after living and studying in Paris, Oxford and various other places, she is now settled in a peaceful village only a few miles from where she grew up. She divides her working life between writing and teaching, and spends her leisure time with her family.
The Skywatchers series is a sequence of novels set in a world where fanatics are using aggression and terror to impose their own religious beliefs. The peaceful moonfollowers and sunservers tread a precarious path between dying for their faiths and betraying their principles. Although there is no way to return to the gentle life that has been swept away from them, an unlikely group of people, from a politician to a dancing slave girl, from a merchant to a retired bard, are summoned together to try to defeat the bigots and bring about a newly tolerant world.
Although set in an imaginary land, far from ours in both space and time, the need to overcome intolerance and create a world order based on something more enlightened than the use or abuse of power, weaves a metaphor that resonates with our own age.
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Lot 255
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Jane Lythell


Jane Lythell
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Title: The Exes
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/janelythell
Book Blurb:
Holly Hilborne unexpectedly inherits a large and derelict house from her aunt. Daunted by the challenge the house represents she recruits her three ex-lovers a builder, an artist and an osteopath, to move in and help her renovate the house. What could possibly go wrong?
Author Bio:
I grew up in a small seaside town in Norfolk; went to university in London and lived there for over three decades. I now live in Brighton. I write psychological suspense because I'm fascinated by what drives people to do extreme things. My new novel THE EXES has just been published by Bloodhound Books.
THE LIE OF YOU and AFTER THE STORM explore obsessive thoughts and were USA Today bestsellers.
THE LIE OF YOU is now a film, A WORKING MOM'S NIGHTMARE, starring Tuppence Middleton and Rupert Graves, screening on Lifetime Movies in the USA.
Before writing full-time I worked as a TV producer, was Deputy Director of the British Film Institute and then Chief Executive of BAFTA, followed by seven years at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
My third novel, WOMAN OF THE HOUR, reveals life at the TV front-line through the eyes of producer Liz Lyon. It came out in 2016 and the follow-up, BEHIND HER BACK, was published in 2018, both from Head of Zeus.
The Exes is Jane Lythell's fifth novel and was published in March 2023.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/janelythell
Book Blurb:
Holly Hilborne unexpectedly inherits a large and derelict house from her aunt. Daunted by the challenge the house represents she recruits her three ex-lovers a builder, an artist and an osteopath, to move in and help her renovate the house. What could possibly go wrong?
Author Bio:
I grew up in a small seaside town in Norfolk; went to university in London and lived there for over three decades. I now live in Brighton. I write psychological suspense because I'm fascinated by what drives people to do extreme things. My new novel THE EXES has just been published by Bloodhound Books.
THE LIE OF YOU and AFTER THE STORM explore obsessive thoughts and were USA Today bestsellers.
THE LIE OF YOU is now a film, A WORKING MOM'S NIGHTMARE, starring Tuppence Middleton and Rupert Graves, screening on Lifetime Movies in the USA.
Before writing full-time I worked as a TV producer, was Deputy Director of the British Film Institute and then Chief Executive of BAFTA, followed by seven years at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
My third novel, WOMAN OF THE HOUR, reveals life at the TV front-line through the eyes of producer Liz Lyon. It came out in 2016 and the follow-up, BEHIND HER BACK, was published in 2018, both from Head of Zeus.
The Exes is Jane Lythell's fifth novel and was published in March 2023.
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Lot 256
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Louise Gooding


Louise Gooding
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Book Title: Wonderfully Wired Brains
Genre: Children’s non fiction
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://louisegooding.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OnceUponaLouise
Book Blurb:
An informative and inclusive children's guide to neurodiversity.
Our brains are unique in the way they function, work, and think. Neurodiversity is still a relatively 'new' concept that can be tricky to understand, but this book is here to help! This book written by neurodiverse author Louise Gooding challenges misconceptions and shows how neurodivergent brains work a little differently.
The font and colours used have been selected to accommodate a range of neurodiverse readers. Combining neurodiverse experiences with science, history, and brain-bursting facts, Wonderfully Wired Brains has something for everyone!
Whether your child is neurodiverse or not, this book will inspire inquisitive young readers and show them that no two brains function in the same way and that everyone's differences should be celebrated. There really is no other book like it.
Author Bio:
Norfolk based children’s author Louise Gooding has a keen interest in sharing stories that feature characters that stand out, are different and who have something to say.
Inspired by stories from her own experiences and within her family, she took up writing to find a way to authentically discuss neurodiversity and disabilities, and to explore other sensitive topics within children’s books.
Genre: Children’s non fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: http://louisegooding.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OnceUponaLouise
Book Blurb:
An informative and inclusive children's guide to neurodiversity.
Our brains are unique in the way they function, work, and think. Neurodiversity is still a relatively 'new' concept that can be tricky to understand, but this book is here to help! This book written by neurodiverse author Louise Gooding challenges misconceptions and shows how neurodivergent brains work a little differently.
The font and colours used have been selected to accommodate a range of neurodiverse readers. Combining neurodiverse experiences with science, history, and brain-bursting facts, Wonderfully Wired Brains has something for everyone!
Whether your child is neurodiverse or not, this book will inspire inquisitive young readers and show them that no two brains function in the same way and that everyone's differences should be celebrated. There really is no other book like it.
Author Bio:
Norfolk based children’s author Louise Gooding has a keen interest in sharing stories that feature characters that stand out, are different and who have something to say.
Inspired by stories from her own experiences and within her family, she took up writing to find a way to authentically discuss neurodiversity and disabilities, and to explore other sensitive topics within children’s books.
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Lot 257
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Judith Barrow


Judith Barrow
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Book Title: Sisters
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://judithbarrowblog.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/judithbarrow77
Book Blurb:
A moving study of the deep feelings - jealousy, love, anger, and revenge - that can break a family apart. … Sisters is another absorbing, emotional and thought-provoking creation from the wonderful Judith Barrow.Janet LaugharneTwo sisters torn apart by a terrible http://lie.In shock after an unbearable accident. Angie lets her sister Mandy take the blame, thinking she's too young to get into trouble. But she's wrong. Mandy is hounded, bullied and finally sent to live with their aunt, where she changes her name to Lisa and builds a new life, never wanting to see her sister again. Angie's guilt sends her spiralling into danger. Thirteen years later, they meet again at their mother's funeral. Lisa starts to suspect something is wrong. Angie seems terrified of her husband, and their father is hiding something too.What does Lisa owe to the family that betrayed her? Author Bio: Judith Barrow,originally from Saddleworth, a group of villages on the edge of the Pennines, has lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for over forty years.
She has an MA in Creative Writing with the University of Wales Trinity St David's College, Carmarthen. BA (Hons) in Literature with the Open University, a Diploma in Drama from Swansea University. She is a Creative Writing tutor and holds workshops on all genres
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://judithbarrowblog.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/judithbarrow77
Book Blurb:
A moving study of the deep feelings - jealousy, love, anger, and revenge - that can break a family apart. … Sisters is another absorbing, emotional and thought-provoking creation from the wonderful Judith Barrow.Janet LaugharneTwo sisters torn apart by a terrible http://lie.In shock after an unbearable accident. Angie lets her sister Mandy take the blame, thinking she's too young to get into trouble. But she's wrong. Mandy is hounded, bullied and finally sent to live with their aunt, where she changes her name to Lisa and builds a new life, never wanting to see her sister again. Angie's guilt sends her spiralling into danger. Thirteen years later, they meet again at their mother's funeral. Lisa starts to suspect something is wrong. Angie seems terrified of her husband, and their father is hiding something too.What does Lisa owe to the family that betrayed her? Author Bio: Judith Barrow,originally from Saddleworth, a group of villages on the edge of the Pennines, has lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for over forty years.
She has an MA in Creative Writing with the University of Wales Trinity St David's College, Carmarthen. BA (Hons) in Literature with the Open University, a Diploma in Drama from Swansea University. She is a Creative Writing tutor and holds workshops on all genres
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Lot 258
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Tia Fisher


Tia Fisher
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Title: Crossing the Line
Genre: Teen verse novel
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://tiafisher.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tiafisher_
Book Blurb:
'Do you feel safe?'
A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. For fans of PUNCHING THE AIR and SPLINTERS OF SUNSHINE.
Erik's life has been falling apart ever since his dad died. Homework and being good at school stop feeling important when you're the new man of the house. When Erik's bad behaviour attracts the wrong crowd, he's sucked into a terrifying new world of drug dealing, trap houses and violence.
Making money feels good but Erik soon learns that a small favour can become a huge debt.
And when his sisters' lives are threatened, Erik will have to cross one more line to save them.
Written in stunning verse, this is a poignant story about seeking safety and asking for help in times of crisis.
Tackling the mounting issue of county lines drug gang exploitation of children, and brilliantly readable, Crossing the Line has been described as a 'must have' for every school library.
*Crossing the Line has been nominated for The Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024
Author Bio:
Crossing the Line is Tia's debut novel. She works in a busy children's library in South London and is currently part-time at Bath Spa University, taking her master’s in Writing for Young People. She has published poems in The Rialto, and a YA novel was long-listed for the Mslexia Children’s Novel Award.
Tia believes in second chances.
Genre: Teen verse novel
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: A personal message will be written to the wonderful winner.
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://tiafisher.com
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Book Blurb:
'Do you feel safe?'
A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. For fans of PUNCHING THE AIR and SPLINTERS OF SUNSHINE.
Erik's life has been falling apart ever since his dad died. Homework and being good at school stop feeling important when you're the new man of the house. When Erik's bad behaviour attracts the wrong crowd, he's sucked into a terrifying new world of drug dealing, trap houses and violence.
Making money feels good but Erik soon learns that a small favour can become a huge debt.
And when his sisters' lives are threatened, Erik will have to cross one more line to save them.
Written in stunning verse, this is a poignant story about seeking safety and asking for help in times of crisis.
Tackling the mounting issue of county lines drug gang exploitation of children, and brilliantly readable, Crossing the Line has been described as a 'must have' for every school library.
*Crossing the Line has been nominated for The Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024
Author Bio:
Crossing the Line is Tia's debut novel. She works in a busy children's library in South London and is currently part-time at Bath Spa University, taking her master’s in Writing for Young People. She has published poems in The Rialto, and a YA novel was long-listed for the Mslexia Children’s Novel Award.
Tia believes in second chances.
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Lot 259
£ 11
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Joanne Hutchinson


Joanne Hutchinson
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Title: Hettie the Talking Yeti
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X69NF8sz0A
Website: https://www.joannehutchinson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/johutchauthor
Book Blurb;
From the creators of OG and Hagwitch and the Cauldron of Colour and from best selling and award winner Joanne Hutchinson, comes the hilarious rhyming story of Hettie The Talking Yeti. Discover what happens, when an unexpected guest arrives and does not stop talking. With a loveable main character, this book is packed full of beautiful illustrations and parents and children will adore the jibber-jabber journey with a hilarious twist at the end. What would you do with Hettie The Talking Yeti?
Author Bio:
Joanne is a children's author based in Cambridgeshire, UK.
Renowned for writing acclaimed and best selling children's books, Jo is fast becoming recognised for her creative rhyming flair and has already achieved significant recognition for her outstanding work, with appearances on BBC radio, Talkradio, Littleradio and features in national press.
She creates vibrant, colourful rhyming stories for children to take you and your child on a magical journey to a new world that has been created specifically for children, called Mythical Land. This land is full of unique, wonderful characters who all live together creating a magical experience for everyone that visits. Each story introduces new characters and their own powers and enchanting personalities.
Her stories are fun, beautifully illustrated and help teach children the true value of kindness and friendship.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: https://www.joannehutchinson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/johutchauthor
Book Blurb;
From the creators of OG and Hagwitch and the Cauldron of Colour and from best selling and award winner Joanne Hutchinson, comes the hilarious rhyming story of Hettie The Talking Yeti. Discover what happens, when an unexpected guest arrives and does not stop talking. With a loveable main character, this book is packed full of beautiful illustrations and parents and children will adore the jibber-jabber journey with a hilarious twist at the end. What would you do with Hettie The Talking Yeti?
Author Bio:
Joanne is a children's author based in Cambridgeshire, UK.
Renowned for writing acclaimed and best selling children's books, Jo is fast becoming recognised for her creative rhyming flair and has already achieved significant recognition for her outstanding work, with appearances on BBC radio, Talkradio, Littleradio and features in national press.
She creates vibrant, colourful rhyming stories for children to take you and your child on a magical journey to a new world that has been created specifically for children, called Mythical Land. This land is full of unique, wonderful characters who all live together creating a magical experience for everyone that visits. Each story introduces new characters and their own powers and enchanting personalities.
Her stories are fun, beautifully illustrated and help teach children the true value of kindness and friendship.
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Lot 260
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Gareth Rubin


Gareth Rubin
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Title: The Turnglass
Genre: Historical Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.garethrubin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GarethRubin
Book Blurb:
1880s England. On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon Lee, is called from London to treat his cousin, Parson Oliver Hawes, who is dying. Parson Hawes, who lives in the only house on the island – Turnglass House – believes he is being poisoned. And he points the finger at his sister-in-law, Florence. Florence was declared insane after killing Oliver’s brother in a jealous rage and is now kept in a glass-walled apartment in Oliver’s library. And the secret to how she came to be there is found in Oliver’s tête-bêche journal, where one side tells a very different story from the other.
1930s California. Celebrated author Oliver Tooke, the son of the state governor, is found dead in his writing hut off the coast of the family residence, Turnglass House. His friend Ken Kourian doesn’t believe that Oliver would take his own life. His investigations lead him to the mysterious kidnapping of Oliver’s brother when they were children, and the subsequent secret incarceration of his mother, Florence, in an asylum. But to discover the truth, Ken must decipher clues hidden in Oliver’s final book, a tête-bêche novel – which is about a young doctor called Simeon Lee . . .
Author Bio:
Gareth Rubin writes about social affairs, travel and the arts for British newspapers. In 2013 he directed a documentary about therapeutic art at the Bethlem Royal Hospital in London ('Bedlam').
His books include Liberation Square, set in Soviet-occupied London; The Winter Agent, about British agents in Paris on the eve of D-Day and The Turnglass, two entwined mysteries that take place in Essex in 1881 and Los Angeles in 1939.
He read English literature at the University of St Andrews and trained at East 15 Acting School.
Gareth writes for 'The Observer'
Genre: Historical Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.garethrubin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GarethRubin
Book Blurb:
1880s England. On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon Lee, is called from London to treat his cousin, Parson Oliver Hawes, who is dying. Parson Hawes, who lives in the only house on the island – Turnglass House – believes he is being poisoned. And he points the finger at his sister-in-law, Florence. Florence was declared insane after killing Oliver’s brother in a jealous rage and is now kept in a glass-walled apartment in Oliver’s library. And the secret to how she came to be there is found in Oliver’s tête-bêche journal, where one side tells a very different story from the other.
1930s California. Celebrated author Oliver Tooke, the son of the state governor, is found dead in his writing hut off the coast of the family residence, Turnglass House. His friend Ken Kourian doesn’t believe that Oliver would take his own life. His investigations lead him to the mysterious kidnapping of Oliver’s brother when they were children, and the subsequent secret incarceration of his mother, Florence, in an asylum. But to discover the truth, Ken must decipher clues hidden in Oliver’s final book, a tête-bêche novel – which is about a young doctor called Simeon Lee . . .
Author Bio:
Gareth Rubin writes about social affairs, travel and the arts for British newspapers. In 2013 he directed a documentary about therapeutic art at the Bethlem Royal Hospital in London ('Bedlam').
His books include Liberation Square, set in Soviet-occupied London; The Winter Agent, about British agents in Paris on the eve of D-Day and The Turnglass, two entwined mysteries that take place in Essex in 1881 and Los Angeles in 1939.
He read English literature at the University of St Andrews and trained at East 15 Acting School.
Gareth writes for 'The Observer'
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Lazza Ogden


Lazza Ogden
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Title: The Resurrection of Dutch Courage
Genre: Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available:
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorLazza
Book Blurb:
Twenty years on from the disastrous European tour that concluded with the loss of band vocalist ‘Bosco’ at sea, hapless indie rock band DUTCH COURAGE reform thanks to a chance encounter.
Now armed with top level management and enthusiastic new members, originals John Leonard and Martin McCarthy begin to at long last make headway in the music business.
TV shows, dream gigs at renown music festivals and a tour of the USA beckon for our rock heroes. Has the curse of Dutch Courage finally been lifted?
But there are of course downsides with the trappings of fame. Problems with drink and drugs raise their heads once again in all amusing manners and the band acquire a crazed stalker who makes life difficult for all the group members.
You’ve seen the pub gig and got the T-shirt. This time you’re going to need a visa for that plane ride as Dutch Courage rocket jet pants over the pond to traverse the American East and West coasts for a tour like no other.
Will everyone survive this time?
Author Bio:
Born a Libran in England's sporting capital city. "The Curse of Dutch Courage" is my first book. Lazza (Me) enjoys listening to most cutting edge music like Mod, Punk, Ska, Indie, Glam & Oi.
The house i share with my wife and 2 cats resembles a record shop and there is even a check out till in the kitchen next to the toaster which is manned daily for authenticity (Closed Sundays). My place is just full of CDs, books and vinyl.
After drinking a strong Latte and doing the Rubiks cube of a morning, Lazza (Me) can be found watching WWE wrestling, darts or speedway on the box or if going out can be spotted on the streets, though that's probably why i'm going to the doctors.
He (Me) is a big football and cricket fan and is a regular on the terraces of Coalville Town FC.
Many of the tales that make my book are TRUE. Many happened on some mad weekends away with various punk bands in the late nineties (Terrorist kidnap, nautical disaster) & many other stories didn't make the cut as i don't think you'd believe them.
The difficult 2nd book is now upon us. More (mostly) true things that happened this time in America. Welcome "The Resurrection of Dutch Courage"
Genre: Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available:
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorLazza
Book Blurb:
Twenty years on from the disastrous European tour that concluded with the loss of band vocalist ‘Bosco’ at sea, hapless indie rock band DUTCH COURAGE reform thanks to a chance encounter.
Now armed with top level management and enthusiastic new members, originals John Leonard and Martin McCarthy begin to at long last make headway in the music business.
TV shows, dream gigs at renown music festivals and a tour of the USA beckon for our rock heroes. Has the curse of Dutch Courage finally been lifted?
But there are of course downsides with the trappings of fame. Problems with drink and drugs raise their heads once again in all amusing manners and the band acquire a crazed stalker who makes life difficult for all the group members.
You’ve seen the pub gig and got the T-shirt. This time you’re going to need a visa for that plane ride as Dutch Courage rocket jet pants over the pond to traverse the American East and West coasts for a tour like no other.
Will everyone survive this time?
Author Bio:
Born a Libran in England's sporting capital city. "The Curse of Dutch Courage" is my first book. Lazza (Me) enjoys listening to most cutting edge music like Mod, Punk, Ska, Indie, Glam & Oi.
The house i share with my wife and 2 cats resembles a record shop and there is even a check out till in the kitchen next to the toaster which is manned daily for authenticity (Closed Sundays). My place is just full of CDs, books and vinyl.
After drinking a strong Latte and doing the Rubiks cube of a morning, Lazza (Me) can be found watching WWE wrestling, darts or speedway on the box or if going out can be spotted on the streets, though that's probably why i'm going to the doctors.
He (Me) is a big football and cricket fan and is a regular on the terraces of Coalville Town FC.
Many of the tales that make my book are TRUE. Many happened on some mad weekends away with various punk bands in the late nineties (Terrorist kidnap, nautical disaster) & many other stories didn't make the cut as i don't think you'd believe them.
The difficult 2nd book is now upon us. More (mostly) true things that happened this time in America. Welcome "The Resurrection of Dutch Courage"
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Robert J. Lloyd
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Lot 262
£ 20
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Cara Hunter


Cara Hunter
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Title: Murder in the Family
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaraHunterBooks
Book Blurb:
From the Sunday Times Bestselling author of CLOSE TO HOME comes a brilliant standalone thriller you’ll never forget.
IT WAS A CASE THAT GRIPPED THE NATION
LUKE RYDER’S MURDER HAS NEVER BEEN SOLVED
In December 2003, Luke Ryder was found dead in the garden of the family home in London, leaving behind a wealthy older widow and three stepchildren. Nobody saw anything.
Now, secrets will be revealed – live on camera.
Years later a group of experts re-examine the evidence on Infamous, a true-crime show – with shocking results. Does the team know more than they’ve been letting on?
Or does the truth lie closer to home?
Can you solve the case before they do?
The truth will blow your mind.
Author Bio:
Cara Hunter is a British Sunday Times bestselling author of mystery, thriller and crime fiction novels.
Close to Home (2018), a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, was shortlisted for Crime Book of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards, while No Way Out (2019) was picked by the Sunday Times as among the 100 best crime novels since 1945.
Her books have sold more than a million copies across the globe, with the TV rights to her DI Adam Fawley Series acquired by the Fremantle group.
Cara, who currently lives in an Oxford neighbourhood not very different from the ones in her novels, holds a degree and PhD in English literature from Oxford University.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaraHunterBooks
Book Blurb:
From the Sunday Times Bestselling author of CLOSE TO HOME comes a brilliant standalone thriller you’ll never forget.
IT WAS A CASE THAT GRIPPED THE NATION
LUKE RYDER’S MURDER HAS NEVER BEEN SOLVED
In December 2003, Luke Ryder was found dead in the garden of the family home in London, leaving behind a wealthy older widow and three stepchildren. Nobody saw anything.
Now, secrets will be revealed – live on camera.
Years later a group of experts re-examine the evidence on Infamous, a true-crime show – with shocking results. Does the team know more than they’ve been letting on?
Or does the truth lie closer to home?
Can you solve the case before they do?
The truth will blow your mind.
Author Bio:
Cara Hunter is a British Sunday Times bestselling author of mystery, thriller and crime fiction novels.
Close to Home (2018), a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, was shortlisted for Crime Book of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards, while No Way Out (2019) was picked by the Sunday Times as among the 100 best crime novels since 1945.
Her books have sold more than a million copies across the globe, with the TV rights to her DI Adam Fawley Series acquired by the Fremantle group.
Cara, who currently lives in an Oxford neighbourhood not very different from the ones in her novels, holds a degree and PhD in English literature from Oxford University.
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Lot 263
£ 18
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Tracy Darnton


Tracy Darnton
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Title: My Brother is an Avocado
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book (Hardback or Paperback)
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://tracydarntonauthor.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TracyDarnton
Book Blurb:
A warm and funny stage-by-stage tour through all the sizes of a growing baby – from teeny-tiny poppy seed to giant watermelon – from an exciting new picture book partnership!
It’s hard to wait for a new baby to join the family, especially when it’s still growing inside Mum’s tummy. But when Dad describes the size of the baby at each stage, one little girl imagines, while she waits, all the fun she can have with her baby brother as a teeny-tiny poppy seed, then a grape, then a lemon . . . But she’s not quite sure how she feels about having an avocado for a brother. Or an onion. Or – gulp – a watermelon!
This joyful picture book playfully explores the loooong waiting game for a much-anticipated new sibling – with an adorable twist at the end . . .
Author Bio:
Tracy Darnton is a writer for children and young adults.
My Brother is an Avocado is a picture book out in May 2023 with Simon & Schuster with a playful twist on the excitement and anxieties for siblings when a new baby is on the way. It's a departure from her usual dark YA thrillers - but they all have twisty endings!
In her latest YA thriller, Ready or Not, a girl goes missing during a late-night game of hide-and-seek. Three families have holidayed together at Creek House since forever but lately friendships have been under strain. The remaining teens head back to Creek House, one year later, and secrets begin to be revealed. Is everyone playing games? It's a coming of age story about privilege, obsession and friendship.
The Rules is about a girl on the run from her prepper dad and his extreme rules. It delves into the world of preppers preparing for disaster and was longlisted for the UKLA Book Award 2022.
Her first novel - The Truth About Lies - was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2019 and was a World Book Night 2020 title. She has a special interest in the nature of memory and mnemonic techniques and so it was inevitable that her first novel would be a memory thriller. She chose Dartmoor - one of her favourite places in the UK - as its setting.
The Truth About Lies was reprinted with a new cover in 2023.
She won the Stripes/The Bookseller YA Short Story Prize in 2016. Her short story The Letter was published in I'll Be Home for Christmas and is now the basis of the novel The Rules.
She lives near Bath in the South West of England where she buys far too many books.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book (Hardback or Paperback)
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://tracydarntonauthor.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TracyDarnton
Book Blurb:
A warm and funny stage-by-stage tour through all the sizes of a growing baby – from teeny-tiny poppy seed to giant watermelon – from an exciting new picture book partnership!
It’s hard to wait for a new baby to join the family, especially when it’s still growing inside Mum’s tummy. But when Dad describes the size of the baby at each stage, one little girl imagines, while she waits, all the fun she can have with her baby brother as a teeny-tiny poppy seed, then a grape, then a lemon . . . But she’s not quite sure how she feels about having an avocado for a brother. Or an onion. Or – gulp – a watermelon!
This joyful picture book playfully explores the loooong waiting game for a much-anticipated new sibling – with an adorable twist at the end . . .
Author Bio:
Tracy Darnton is a writer for children and young adults.
My Brother is an Avocado is a picture book out in May 2023 with Simon & Schuster with a playful twist on the excitement and anxieties for siblings when a new baby is on the way. It's a departure from her usual dark YA thrillers - but they all have twisty endings!
In her latest YA thriller, Ready or Not, a girl goes missing during a late-night game of hide-and-seek. Three families have holidayed together at Creek House since forever but lately friendships have been under strain. The remaining teens head back to Creek House, one year later, and secrets begin to be revealed. Is everyone playing games? It's a coming of age story about privilege, obsession and friendship.
The Rules is about a girl on the run from her prepper dad and his extreme rules. It delves into the world of preppers preparing for disaster and was longlisted for the UKLA Book Award 2022.
Her first novel - The Truth About Lies - was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2019 and was a World Book Night 2020 title. She has a special interest in the nature of memory and mnemonic techniques and so it was inevitable that her first novel would be a memory thriller. She chose Dartmoor - one of her favourite places in the UK - as its setting.
The Truth About Lies was reprinted with a new cover in 2023.
She won the Stripes/The Bookseller YA Short Story Prize in 2016. Her short story The Letter was published in I'll Be Home for Christmas and is now the basis of the novel The Rules.
She lives near Bath in the South West of England where she buys far too many books.
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Lot 264
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Susie Williamson


Susie Williamson
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Title: Blood Gift Chronicles (Book 1 & Book 2)
Genre: Fantasy, YA
Format: Paperbacks
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only.
Website: https://susiewilliamson.blog
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SJW_writer
Book Blurb:
Blood Gift Chronicles begins with Return of the Mantra, and The Warder. Both titles won Firebird Book Awards in 2021.
Return of the Mantra – Suni has always known she is different. She and her mother make their living weaving baskets, and selling herbs they harvest secretly at night. Her father abandoned them to work in the tyrannical king’s crystal mines.
Mata follows the old ways of the Mantra, which the king has outlawed. He demands people worship him and the power of the crystals. Mata and Suni keep their beliefs to themselves.
Tragedy strikes, and with no warning, Suni is cut adrift. She sets off to find her father. Will she also find the destiny Mata wanted for her?
The Warder – The King is defeated, the spirit of the Mantra has been restored, Suni is reunited with her father and yet: all is not quite right.
Wanda and his cousin Luna live in the valley beyond the mountains: Luna dreams of dragons while Wanda, gifted with the ability to communicate with animals, struggles with his own shadow. Ntombi blames Wanda for Luna’s condition.
Meanwhile, in the town by the sea, Suni fears for her dear friends, and watches over them with her own gift. Many, including Suni’s father, suffer from a strange affliction. The townspeople blame the Mantra.
Then strangers arrive from the sea, bringing hope: but in this land of gifts and curses, is anything what it seems to be?
Author Bio:
Susie Williamson is an award-winning author, artist and poet. She grew up in the village of Scholes, Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire. She studied at the University of Sheffield and graduated with a BSc Honours in Chemistry, and a PGCE in Secondary School Science. In 1999 she travelled to the Sudan, where she taught English as a Foreign Language in the cities of Omdurman and Khartoum. From there she moved to South Africa, where she taught Adult Basic Education and Training, primarily in a township in Kwazulu Natal.
On her return to the UK, she moved to Devon, where her childhood passion for creative writing was reignited. Among a collection of varied support work roles, she increasingly prioritised her time to write. Her series, Blood Gift Chronicles, encompasses issues that she is passionate about, including wildlife and the environment, community and connectivity, social justice and marginalisation. Inspired by authors such as Ursula Le Guin, Susie reflects society while transporting us from the mundane to the fantastical, through inventive landscapes filled with colour, magic, animism and dragons.
Susie is currently working on the third instalment of her series. She also writes poetry and is a regular face on the Exeter poetry scene. When she’s not writing, she enjoys exploring the Devon surrounds, travelling, lazy bike rides by the river, and painting canvases to steadily fill the white-washed walls of home.
Genre: Fantasy, YA
Format: Paperbacks
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only.
Website: https://susiewilliamson.blog
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SJW_writer
Book Blurb:
Blood Gift Chronicles begins with Return of the Mantra, and The Warder. Both titles won Firebird Book Awards in 2021.
Return of the Mantra – Suni has always known she is different. She and her mother make their living weaving baskets, and selling herbs they harvest secretly at night. Her father abandoned them to work in the tyrannical king’s crystal mines.
Mata follows the old ways of the Mantra, which the king has outlawed. He demands people worship him and the power of the crystals. Mata and Suni keep their beliefs to themselves.
Tragedy strikes, and with no warning, Suni is cut adrift. She sets off to find her father. Will she also find the destiny Mata wanted for her?
The Warder – The King is defeated, the spirit of the Mantra has been restored, Suni is reunited with her father and yet: all is not quite right.
Wanda and his cousin Luna live in the valley beyond the mountains: Luna dreams of dragons while Wanda, gifted with the ability to communicate with animals, struggles with his own shadow. Ntombi blames Wanda for Luna’s condition.
Meanwhile, in the town by the sea, Suni fears for her dear friends, and watches over them with her own gift. Many, including Suni’s father, suffer from a strange affliction. The townspeople blame the Mantra.
Then strangers arrive from the sea, bringing hope: but in this land of gifts and curses, is anything what it seems to be?
Author Bio:
Susie Williamson is an award-winning author, artist and poet. She grew up in the village of Scholes, Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire. She studied at the University of Sheffield and graduated with a BSc Honours in Chemistry, and a PGCE in Secondary School Science. In 1999 she travelled to the Sudan, where she taught English as a Foreign Language in the cities of Omdurman and Khartoum. From there she moved to South Africa, where she taught Adult Basic Education and Training, primarily in a township in Kwazulu Natal.
On her return to the UK, she moved to Devon, where her childhood passion for creative writing was reignited. Among a collection of varied support work roles, she increasingly prioritised her time to write. Her series, Blood Gift Chronicles, encompasses issues that she is passionate about, including wildlife and the environment, community and connectivity, social justice and marginalisation. Inspired by authors such as Ursula Le Guin, Susie reflects society while transporting us from the mundane to the fantastical, through inventive landscapes filled with colour, magic, animism and dragons.
Susie is currently working on the third instalment of her series. She also writes poetry and is a regular face on the Exeter poetry scene. When she’s not writing, she enjoys exploring the Devon surrounds, travelling, lazy bike rides by the river, and painting canvases to steadily fill the white-washed walls of home.
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Lot 265
£ 13
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Imogen Edwards-Jones


Imogen Edwards-Jones
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Two Book Special!
Title 1: Have You Got Anything Stronger
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Humour
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Witches of St. Petersburg
Genre: Historical Fiction - Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: NO
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://imogenedwardsjones.com
Book 1 Blurb: Have You Got Anything Stronger
Have You Got Anything Stronger? is a sharp and furiously funny novel about being married with two children and having a husband whose tits are bigger than yours.
We follow a year in the life of four best friends as they navigate careers, friendship, love, sex, money, children, and question their harassed realities.
Why did they get married? Do they like their children? Does lemon in your vodka and tonic count as one of your five a day? Does life ever, you know, slow down?
Between running late, meetings, pick-ups and drop- offs, it's clear the hamster wheel never really stops turning and the question eventually must be asked . . .
Is this it?
For fans of Why Mummy Drinks, this next-generation Bridget Jones's Diary will resonate with women who, between running late for playdates, meetings and Ocado deliveries, have realised that the hamster wheel never stops turning, and it may be too late to crash out.
Book 2 Blurb:
Starving men and women stalk the streets of St. Petersburg. Revolution is brewing. Yet in the Imperial court of Nicholas II and the lavish palaces of the aristocracy, there is unimaginable luxury and extravagance.
Into this world of stifling splendour come two sisters. Princesses Anastasia and Militza from Montenegro are famed for their wild beauty and mystical powers. They befriend the isolated Tsarina Alexandra and use their psychic gifts to help in her increasingly desperate quest to produce a male heir. In one doomed last throw of the dice, the princesses introduce Rasputin to the Russian court. Forgotten by history, these extraordinary sisters played a frustrating role in the fate of the Romanov family - a true story of love, lust, power and betrayal.
Author Bio:
Imogen Edwards-Jones is the bestselling author of Hotel Babylon, Air Babylon and Fashion Babylon, as well as novels such as My Canape Hell and Shagpile. She lives in west London with her husband and their two children
Title 1: Have You Got Anything Stronger
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Humour
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Witches of St. Petersburg
Genre: Historical Fiction - Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://imogenedwardsjones.com
Book 1 Blurb: Have You Got Anything Stronger
Have You Got Anything Stronger? is a sharp and furiously funny novel about being married with two children and having a husband whose tits are bigger than yours.
We follow a year in the life of four best friends as they navigate careers, friendship, love, sex, money, children, and question their harassed realities.
Why did they get married? Do they like their children? Does lemon in your vodka and tonic count as one of your five a day? Does life ever, you know, slow down?
Between running late, meetings, pick-ups and drop- offs, it's clear the hamster wheel never really stops turning and the question eventually must be asked . . .
Is this it?
For fans of Why Mummy Drinks, this next-generation Bridget Jones's Diary will resonate with women who, between running late for playdates, meetings and Ocado deliveries, have realised that the hamster wheel never stops turning, and it may be too late to crash out.
Book 2 Blurb:
Starving men and women stalk the streets of St. Petersburg. Revolution is brewing. Yet in the Imperial court of Nicholas II and the lavish palaces of the aristocracy, there is unimaginable luxury and extravagance.
Into this world of stifling splendour come two sisters. Princesses Anastasia and Militza from Montenegro are famed for their wild beauty and mystical powers. They befriend the isolated Tsarina Alexandra and use their psychic gifts to help in her increasingly desperate quest to produce a male heir. In one doomed last throw of the dice, the princesses introduce Rasputin to the Russian court. Forgotten by history, these extraordinary sisters played a frustrating role in the fate of the Romanov family - a true story of love, lust, power and betrayal.
Author Bio:
Imogen Edwards-Jones is the bestselling author of Hotel Babylon, Air Babylon and Fashion Babylon, as well as novels such as My Canape Hell and Shagpile. She lives in west London with her husband and their two children
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Gregory Alexander Sharp


Gregory Alexander Sharp
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Book Title: Il Lupo
Genre: Supernatural Thriller; Horry (lite horror); Suspense; Adventure
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://il-lupo-book.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SempaiGreg
Book Blurb:
Il Lupo is a supernatural thriller set against a backdrop of the stresses of modern life and the human condition.
When Nick Frobisher's father reveals he is dying, Nick reconnects with his old friend Charlie Mortimer. Now wracked with grief, Nick invites Charlie to join him on a trip to the Amalfi Coast in Italy.
When they arrive, it becomes clear that Charlie is suffering with anxiety and panic attacks, yet a self-medicating Frobisher steers them into harm's way. Bar fights, a night in the cells, drunken behaviour, and Charlie's anxiety only increases. Just when it seems things can't go much worse, they do, as Nick and Charlie find themselves confronting a man who is believed to be a werewolf. This man's name is Telemaco Russo, and wherever he goes, trouble follows.
Now, with the full moon approaching, Charlie must find a way to protect those he loves, and save his own soul - but first, he must take on Telemaco, and somehow survive the experience.
Il Lupo takes us to some of the most breathtaking locations imaginable, from the extraordinary beauty of the Amalfi Coast, to the rugged Highlands of Scotland, and the incredible ruins of Pompeii in the shadow of the brooding Mount Vesuvius.
Follow in the footsteps of Charlie and Frobisher as they face up to the stresses of modern life and a curse as ancient as the hills.
Author Bio:
Gregory Alexander Sharp is a professional services executive who has worked for some of the world's best known tech and consulting companies. He's always been something of a storyteller, and a huge fan of the supernatural tales that made his spine tingle as a boy.
Il Lupo, his first published novel, draws on Greg's love for the classic Hollywood horror movies (think Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jnr, and of course, Boris Karloff), but also on his own personal experiences with loss, and grief, and anxiety. Woven together with a real sense of pace, building tension and jeopardy, and with a smattering of Greg's sense of humour, Il Lupo is the first book he has always wanted to write.
Book two, Kill and Cure - Il Lupo 2.0, coming Autumn 2023.
Genre: Supernatural Thriller; Horry (lite horror); Suspense; Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://il-lupo-book.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SempaiGreg
Book Blurb:
Il Lupo is a supernatural thriller set against a backdrop of the stresses of modern life and the human condition.
When Nick Frobisher's father reveals he is dying, Nick reconnects with his old friend Charlie Mortimer. Now wracked with grief, Nick invites Charlie to join him on a trip to the Amalfi Coast in Italy.
When they arrive, it becomes clear that Charlie is suffering with anxiety and panic attacks, yet a self-medicating Frobisher steers them into harm's way. Bar fights, a night in the cells, drunken behaviour, and Charlie's anxiety only increases. Just when it seems things can't go much worse, they do, as Nick and Charlie find themselves confronting a man who is believed to be a werewolf. This man's name is Telemaco Russo, and wherever he goes, trouble follows.
Now, with the full moon approaching, Charlie must find a way to protect those he loves, and save his own soul - but first, he must take on Telemaco, and somehow survive the experience.
Il Lupo takes us to some of the most breathtaking locations imaginable, from the extraordinary beauty of the Amalfi Coast, to the rugged Highlands of Scotland, and the incredible ruins of Pompeii in the shadow of the brooding Mount Vesuvius.
Follow in the footsteps of Charlie and Frobisher as they face up to the stresses of modern life and a curse as ancient as the hills.
Author Bio:
Gregory Alexander Sharp is a professional services executive who has worked for some of the world's best known tech and consulting companies. He's always been something of a storyteller, and a huge fan of the supernatural tales that made his spine tingle as a boy.
Il Lupo, his first published novel, draws on Greg's love for the classic Hollywood horror movies (think Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jnr, and of course, Boris Karloff), but also on his own personal experiences with loss, and grief, and anxiety. Woven together with a real sense of pace, building tension and jeopardy, and with a smattering of Greg's sense of humour, Il Lupo is the first book he has always wanted to write.
Book two, Kill and Cure - Il Lupo 2.0, coming Autumn 2023.
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Lynn Johnson


Lynn Johnson
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Title: A New Day at Paradise Pottery
Genre: Historical Saga
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/lynnjohnsonjots
Book Blurb:
In the darkness of the Great War, can she create a brighter future?
Martha Owen has not had an easy life and easy start in life. Her abusive father dominates the family and she has lost her only friend after a painful falling out.
Her father's reliance on the bottle and his increasingly violent temper, brings turmoil for Martha and her three siblings and with World War I causing more strain on the homefront, her prospects look bleak. With no money or qualifications to speak of, starting a job at the bottom in the potteries feels like a lifeline, but Martha finds herself wanting more than the production line job she works on. Her one talent is her artistic flair, but will this be enough to help her rise through the ranks at Paradise pottery and make a future for herself? And can she ever escape her father's dark shadow over her.
An uplifting and moving saga from the author of the best–selling Wartime with the Tram Girls.
Author Bio:
Lynn Johnson left school with no qualifications. With determination and hard work, she ended her career as a Human Resources Manager with a large county council. She studied in her own time and achieved an Open University degree and a postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies. Writing short stories became part of her life and she joined the wonderful Romantic Novelists Association graduating from their fantastic New Writers Scheme. She writes The Potteries Girls series of books and is now working on her fifth book.
Born and raised in Stoke-onTrent, she now lives in Orkney with her husband and six cats.-
Genre: Historical Saga
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/lynnjohnsonjots
Book Blurb:
In the darkness of the Great War, can she create a brighter future?
Martha Owen has not had an easy life and easy start in life. Her abusive father dominates the family and she has lost her only friend after a painful falling out.
Her father's reliance on the bottle and his increasingly violent temper, brings turmoil for Martha and her three siblings and with World War I causing more strain on the homefront, her prospects look bleak. With no money or qualifications to speak of, starting a job at the bottom in the potteries feels like a lifeline, but Martha finds herself wanting more than the production line job she works on. Her one talent is her artistic flair, but will this be enough to help her rise through the ranks at Paradise pottery and make a future for herself? And can she ever escape her father's dark shadow over her.
An uplifting and moving saga from the author of the best–selling Wartime with the Tram Girls.
Author Bio:
Lynn Johnson left school with no qualifications. With determination and hard work, she ended her career as a Human Resources Manager with a large county council. She studied in her own time and achieved an Open University degree and a postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies. Writing short stories became part of her life and she joined the wonderful Romantic Novelists Association graduating from their fantastic New Writers Scheme. She writes The Potteries Girls series of books and is now working on her fifth book.
Born and raised in Stoke-onTrent, she now lives in Orkney with her husband and six cats.-
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Lot 268
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Sarah Lonsdale


Sarah Lonsdale
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Title: Rebel women between the wars: Fearless writers and adventurers
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Linked-in: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sarah-lonsdale-67b4151b
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahJLonsdale
The Book:
What did it mean to be a 'rebel woman' in the interwar years? Taking the form of a multiple biography, this book traces the struggles, passions and achievements of a set of 'recklessly determined' women who stopped at nothing to make their mark in the traditionally masculine spheres of mountaineering, politics, engineering and journalism. From the motorist Claudia Parsons to the 'star' reporter Margaret Lane, the mountaineer Dorothy Pilley and the journalist Shiela Grant Duff, the women charted in this book challenged the status quo in all walks of life, alongside writing vivid, eye-witness accounts of their adventures. Recovering their voices across a range of texts including novels, poems, journalism and diaries, Rebel women between the wars reveals their inch by inch gains won through courageous and sometimes controversial and dangerous actions.
The Author:
Dr Sarah Lonsdale has been a journalist for twenty five years, training on the Reading Chronicle before joining the Observer newspaper in 1990 as a general reporter. During her time on the Observer she specialised in stories concerning social justice. She is now freelance and has written for a wide variety of publications including: Observer, Financial Times, Evening Standard, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail, Independent on Sunday, Country Homes and Interiors Magazine, Observer Food Monthly, National Geographic Green and the Sunday Times. She was a weekly columnist for the Sunday Telegraph 2006 - 2015 writing about environmental issues, particularly the threat of climate change.
Dr Lonsdale holds a BA (Hons) and MA from the University of Cambridge in Modern and Medieval Languages (French and Italian). She recently completed her PhD, 'The Representation of Journalists and the Newspaper Press in British Literature 1900 - 1939' at the University of Kent. She holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE). She joined City University London in 2013 after six years as a lecturer at the University of Kent, teaching at the School of English and the Centre for Journalism there.
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Linked-in: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sarah-lonsdale-67b4151b
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahJLonsdale
The Book:
What did it mean to be a 'rebel woman' in the interwar years? Taking the form of a multiple biography, this book traces the struggles, passions and achievements of a set of 'recklessly determined' women who stopped at nothing to make their mark in the traditionally masculine spheres of mountaineering, politics, engineering and journalism. From the motorist Claudia Parsons to the 'star' reporter Margaret Lane, the mountaineer Dorothy Pilley and the journalist Shiela Grant Duff, the women charted in this book challenged the status quo in all walks of life, alongside writing vivid, eye-witness accounts of their adventures. Recovering their voices across a range of texts including novels, poems, journalism and diaries, Rebel women between the wars reveals their inch by inch gains won through courageous and sometimes controversial and dangerous actions.
The Author:
Dr Sarah Lonsdale has been a journalist for twenty five years, training on the Reading Chronicle before joining the Observer newspaper in 1990 as a general reporter. During her time on the Observer she specialised in stories concerning social justice. She is now freelance and has written for a wide variety of publications including: Observer, Financial Times, Evening Standard, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail, Independent on Sunday, Country Homes and Interiors Magazine, Observer Food Monthly, National Geographic Green and the Sunday Times. She was a weekly columnist for the Sunday Telegraph 2006 - 2015 writing about environmental issues, particularly the threat of climate change.
Dr Lonsdale holds a BA (Hons) and MA from the University of Cambridge in Modern and Medieval Languages (French and Italian). She recently completed her PhD, 'The Representation of Journalists and the Newspaper Press in British Literature 1900 - 1939' at the University of Kent. She holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE). She joined City University London in 2013 after six years as a lecturer at the University of Kent, teaching at the School of English and the Centre for Journalism there.
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Paul Finch


Paul Finch
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Title: Usurper
Genre: Historical adventure
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulfinchauthor
Book Blurb:
The throne of England is under threat, but one lad’s battle is much closer to home.
Storm clouds gathering at England’s shores…
Autumn, 1066. Saxon England, a realm at peace for fifty years, unknowingly enjoys its last peaceful harvest. For a Viking horde, led by the dreaded Harald Hardraada, circles off the north-eastern coast, while William of Normandy, a wolf in human guise, waits in the south, greedily sizing up the wealthy kingdom.
…will change a young man’s future…
Seventeen-year-old Cerdic, as second in line to the earldom of Ripon in northern England, is being trained for a future in the Church. But croziers and catechism do not fire Cerdic’s soul. He longs instead to be a warrior, like his brother Unferth, and ride to battle in defence of his lands.
…and unseat his whole world
But as the invasion fleets sail, Cerdic finds himself caught in a maelstrom that will utterly reshape the life he used to know. A catastrophic war is coming to England, and Cerdic’s wish for battle looks set to come true…
Author Bio:
Paul Finch is a former cop and journalist, now full-time writer. Having originally written for the television series THE BILL plus children's animation and DOCTOR WHO audio dramas, he went on to write horror, but is now best known for his crime / thriller fiction.
He won the British Fantasy Award twice and the International Horror Guild Award, but since then has written two parallel series of hard-hitting crime novels, the Heck and the Lucy Clayburn novels, of which three titles have become best-sellers.
Paul lives in Wigan, Lancashire, UK with his wife and children.
Genre: Historical adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulfinchauthor
Book Blurb:
The throne of England is under threat, but one lad’s battle is much closer to home.
Storm clouds gathering at England’s shores…
Autumn, 1066. Saxon England, a realm at peace for fifty years, unknowingly enjoys its last peaceful harvest. For a Viking horde, led by the dreaded Harald Hardraada, circles off the north-eastern coast, while William of Normandy, a wolf in human guise, waits in the south, greedily sizing up the wealthy kingdom.
…will change a young man’s future…
Seventeen-year-old Cerdic, as second in line to the earldom of Ripon in northern England, is being trained for a future in the Church. But croziers and catechism do not fire Cerdic’s soul. He longs instead to be a warrior, like his brother Unferth, and ride to battle in defence of his lands.
…and unseat his whole world
But as the invasion fleets sail, Cerdic finds himself caught in a maelstrom that will utterly reshape the life he used to know. A catastrophic war is coming to England, and Cerdic’s wish for battle looks set to come true…
Author Bio:
Paul Finch is a former cop and journalist, now full-time writer. Having originally written for the television series THE BILL plus children's animation and DOCTOR WHO audio dramas, he went on to write horror, but is now best known for his crime / thriller fiction.
He won the British Fantasy Award twice and the International Horror Guild Award, but since then has written two parallel series of hard-hitting crime novels, the Heck and the Lucy Clayburn novels, of which three titles have become best-sellers.
Paul lives in Wigan, Lancashire, UK with his wife and children.
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Lot 270
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Caroline Montague


Caroline Montague
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Title: A Paris Secret
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.carolinemontague.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CMontagueAuthor
Book Blurb:
A powerful promise. A terrible sacrifice. A second chance...
1952. In the fragile atmosphere of post-war Paris, Sophie Bernot is training as a heart surgeon. A young woman in a man's world, Sophie is determined to bury her past and forge her medical career, whatever the costs.
Across the channel, Sebastian Ogilvie is burning with ambition for his first architectural project. As his schemes lead him to France, and to a chance encounter with Sophie, his future seems full of promise.
But when Sophie and Sebastian find themselves entangled in a brief, passionate affair, they each face a choice that will change their lives irrevocably, and a secret that will take years to be uncovered...
Author Bio:
From early childhood a poem, executed by my own hand was a compulsory requirement for my father’s birthday. To the reluctant five year old this was considered a trial, but by the age of seven writing poetry had become my passion. At ten I won my first national poetry competition and from that moment I dreamt of being a writer.
This particular dream took rather longer than I had hoped because reading law, marriage at nineteen, children, a career as an interior designer – something always got in the way. When I moved with my second husband, three children and four step children to Burnt Norton twenty years ago, and I happened upon the empty pools made famous by TS Eliot in the first of his Four Quartets, I knew that one day the dream would become a reality.
In 2018 after first writing a historical novel set at Burnt Norton I changed agents to William Morris Endeavour and it was here that I felt truly at home. Within a fairly short time, Matilda Forbes Watson had procured a two book deal with Orion for ‘An Italian Affair’ and ‘A Paris Secret’.
Caroline is currently writing a novel set just after the Great War in the Staffordshire potteries and in a great English country house.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.carolinemontague.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CMontagueAuthor
Book Blurb:
A powerful promise. A terrible sacrifice. A second chance...
1952. In the fragile atmosphere of post-war Paris, Sophie Bernot is training as a heart surgeon. A young woman in a man's world, Sophie is determined to bury her past and forge her medical career, whatever the costs.
Across the channel, Sebastian Ogilvie is burning with ambition for his first architectural project. As his schemes lead him to France, and to a chance encounter with Sophie, his future seems full of promise.
But when Sophie and Sebastian find themselves entangled in a brief, passionate affair, they each face a choice that will change their lives irrevocably, and a secret that will take years to be uncovered...
Author Bio:
From early childhood a poem, executed by my own hand was a compulsory requirement for my father’s birthday. To the reluctant five year old this was considered a trial, but by the age of seven writing poetry had become my passion. At ten I won my first national poetry competition and from that moment I dreamt of being a writer.
This particular dream took rather longer than I had hoped because reading law, marriage at nineteen, children, a career as an interior designer – something always got in the way. When I moved with my second husband, three children and four step children to Burnt Norton twenty years ago, and I happened upon the empty pools made famous by TS Eliot in the first of his Four Quartets, I knew that one day the dream would become a reality.
In 2018 after first writing a historical novel set at Burnt Norton I changed agents to William Morris Endeavour and it was here that I felt truly at home. Within a fairly short time, Matilda Forbes Watson had procured a two book deal with Orion for ‘An Italian Affair’ and ‘A Paris Secret’.
Caroline is currently writing a novel set just after the Great War in the Staffordshire potteries and in a great English country house.
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Lot 271
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Melanie Hewitt


Melanie Hewitt
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Title: Looking for the Durrells
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelanieHewitt61
Book Blurb:
After a year that has seen a broken-off engagement and the death of her beloved father, Penny is desperate to get away. Fulfilling a childhood dream, she sets off on a month-long pilgrimage to Corfu - an island idyll she knows only through the pages of Gerald Durrell’s ‘My Family and Other Animals’ On the Island, as she searches for the places the Durrells knew, Penny finds herself drawn into the lives of a tight-knit circle of strangers .. and as strangers start to become friends, lives past and present become intertwined in ways none of them could have predicted.
Author Bio: Looking for the Durrells is Melanie’s debut novel. A former journalist she now works for the XP School Trust in Yorkshire. Loves to help people and partnerships - and meet at places with good cake and coffee. Hope this ok Paddy!!
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelanieHewitt61
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After a year that has seen a broken-off engagement and the death of her beloved father, Penny is desperate to get away. Fulfilling a childhood dream, she sets off on a month-long pilgrimage to Corfu - an island idyll she knows only through the pages of Gerald Durrell’s ‘My Family and Other Animals’ On the Island, as she searches for the places the Durrells knew, Penny finds herself drawn into the lives of a tight-knit circle of strangers .. and as strangers start to become friends, lives past and present become intertwined in ways none of them could have predicted.
Author Bio: Looking for the Durrells is Melanie’s debut novel. A former journalist she now works for the XP School Trust in Yorkshire. Loves to help people and partnerships - and meet at places with good cake and coffee. Hope this ok Paddy!!
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Lot 272
£ 115
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Gina Kirkham


Gina Kirkham
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Title: MURDERS AT THE ROOKERY GRANGE RETREAT
Genre : Cosy/Crime/Murder/Mystery/Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedicated: YES
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Website: https://ginakirkham.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GinaGeeJay
Book Blurb:
‘Christmas Eve, 1989. A couple is found slumped in front of their twinkling Christmas tree in an apparent murder-suicide . . .
Today. Librarian Pru Pearce is preparing for her wedding to police detective Andy Barnes. But after one of her Women’s Institute friends suffers a suspicious accident at Rookery Grange, a home for the elderly and infirm, Pru and the other ladies are on alert. And when one of the residents is asphyxiated with a pillow, no one can rest easy . . .
With her wedding taking a disastrous turn and a killer on the loose, the part-time detective makes another vow: to investigate and solve the mystery. Will she unravel generations of murderous secrets and find the culprit?’
Author Bio:
Gina was born in the late 1950’s to a mum who frequently abandoned her in a pram outside Woolworths and a dad who after two pints of beer could play a mean Boogie Woogie on the piano in the front room of their 3-bed semi on the Wirral. Being the less adventurous of three children, she remains there to this day - apart from a long weekend in Bognor Regis in 1982.
Her teenage years were filled with angst, a CSE in Arithmetic, raging pimples and Barry White. Marriage and motherhood ensued, followed by divorce in her early thirties and a desperate need for a career and some form of financial support for herself and her young daughter. Trundling a three-wheeled trike along a leafy path one wintry day, memories of her favourite author Enid Blyton, ginger beer and solving mysteries along with her lifelong passion to be a police officer, excitedly gave way to an epiphany. And thus began an enjoyable and fulfilling career with Merseyside Police.
On reaching an age most women lie about, she quickly adapted to retirement by utilising her policing skills to chase after two granddaughters, two dogs and one previously used, but still in excellent condition, husband. Having said goodbye to what had been a huge part of her life, she suddenly had another epiphany. This time it was to put pen to paper to write a book based on her experiences as a police officer. This led to her signing first with Urbane Publications and more recently, Bloodhound Books for her second series of cosy murder mystery books following the Winterbottom Women’s Institute ladies
Title: MURDERS AT THE ROOKERY GRANGE RETREAT
Genre : Cosy/Crime/Murder/Mystery/Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedicated: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://ginakirkham.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GinaGeeJay
Book Blurb:
‘Christmas Eve, 1989. A couple is found slumped in front of their twinkling Christmas tree in an apparent murder-suicide . . .
Today. Librarian Pru Pearce is preparing for her wedding to police detective Andy Barnes. But after one of her Women’s Institute friends suffers a suspicious accident at Rookery Grange, a home for the elderly and infirm, Pru and the other ladies are on alert. And when one of the residents is asphyxiated with a pillow, no one can rest easy . . .
With her wedding taking a disastrous turn and a killer on the loose, the part-time detective makes another vow: to investigate and solve the mystery. Will she unravel generations of murderous secrets and find the culprit?’
Author Bio:
Gina was born in the late 1950’s to a mum who frequently abandoned her in a pram outside Woolworths and a dad who after two pints of beer could play a mean Boogie Woogie on the piano in the front room of their 3-bed semi on the Wirral. Being the less adventurous of three children, she remains there to this day - apart from a long weekend in Bognor Regis in 1982.
Her teenage years were filled with angst, a CSE in Arithmetic, raging pimples and Barry White. Marriage and motherhood ensued, followed by divorce in her early thirties and a desperate need for a career and some form of financial support for herself and her young daughter. Trundling a three-wheeled trike along a leafy path one wintry day, memories of her favourite author Enid Blyton, ginger beer and solving mysteries along with her lifelong passion to be a police officer, excitedly gave way to an epiphany. And thus began an enjoyable and fulfilling career with Merseyside Police.
On reaching an age most women lie about, she quickly adapted to retirement by utilising her policing skills to chase after two granddaughters, two dogs and one previously used, but still in excellent condition, husband. Having said goodbye to what had been a huge part of her life, she suddenly had another epiphany. This time it was to put pen to paper to write a book based on her experiences as a police officer. This led to her signing first with Urbane Publications and more recently, Bloodhound Books for her second series of cosy murder mystery books following the Winterbottom Women’s Institute ladies
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Lottie Cardew


Lottie Cardew
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Title: Midsummer Magic at Midwynter Hall
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Linktree: https://linktr.ee/LottieCardew
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsLottieCardew
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An enchanting, standalone, modern rom-com inspired by Jane Austen’s EMMA, about a matchmaking young woman whose heart may be in the right place… some of the time.
Emmeline – Em to her friends – has very little to vex her, except that she hasn’t left her beloved home, Midwynter Hall, in over two years.
But her isolation doesn’t stop her interfering in the lives of others, particularly when it comes to love. As a romance writer, Emmeline obviously knows what she’s doing, increasingly plotting real-life matches rather than fictional ones.
When best friend Polly gets mixed up with the wrong sort of man, Emmeline has no choice but to swoop to the rescue. And when old family friend Jordi seeks solace after women and work troubles, Emmeline has the perfect solution. You see, everything she’s written lately – pairing up lovelorn locals – has somehow (maybe magically) come true. So, if she pens a tale about Polly and Jordi despite their many protests, they’ll thank her eventually, once they’re blissfully happy together.
But no one is more surprised than Emmeline when she finds she wants to write herself into the story. Because as it turns out, believing you’ve never been in love, doesn’t mean you’ve never (unknowingly) given your heart away…
Author Bio:
Lottie Cardew writes uplifting, witty(ish), heartstring-tugging romantic fiction. She lives in North Wales, UK, subdues the other members of Novelistas Ink if they misbehave – including the popular authors Trisha Ashley and Sophie Claire – and is an advocate for diversity in fiction. Lottie is diagnosed autistic with suspected ADHD. Her home is overrun by husband, not-very-small children, and a ball of fluff masquerading as a Pomeranian, so Lottie frequently takes refuge at her desk.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/LottieCardew
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsLottieCardew
Book Blurb:
An enchanting, standalone, modern rom-com inspired by Jane Austen’s EMMA, about a matchmaking young woman whose heart may be in the right place… some of the time.
Emmeline – Em to her friends – has very little to vex her, except that she hasn’t left her beloved home, Midwynter Hall, in over two years.
But her isolation doesn’t stop her interfering in the lives of others, particularly when it comes to love. As a romance writer, Emmeline obviously knows what she’s doing, increasingly plotting real-life matches rather than fictional ones.
When best friend Polly gets mixed up with the wrong sort of man, Emmeline has no choice but to swoop to the rescue. And when old family friend Jordi seeks solace after women and work troubles, Emmeline has the perfect solution. You see, everything she’s written lately – pairing up lovelorn locals – has somehow (maybe magically) come true. So, if she pens a tale about Polly and Jordi despite their many protests, they’ll thank her eventually, once they’re blissfully happy together.
But no one is more surprised than Emmeline when she finds she wants to write herself into the story. Because as it turns out, believing you’ve never been in love, doesn’t mean you’ve never (unknowingly) given your heart away…
Author Bio:
Lottie Cardew writes uplifting, witty(ish), heartstring-tugging romantic fiction. She lives in North Wales, UK, subdues the other members of Novelistas Ink if they misbehave – including the popular authors Trisha Ashley and Sophie Claire – and is an advocate for diversity in fiction. Lottie is diagnosed autistic with suspected ADHD. Her home is overrun by husband, not-very-small children, and a ball of fluff masquerading as a Pomeranian, so Lottie frequently takes refuge at her desk.
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Dee Benson


Dee Benson
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Title: Glow Up, Lara Bloom
Genre: Teen RomCom
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://deebenson.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeeBensonauthor
Book Blurb:
Meet Lara Bloom - the best friend you never knew you needed. This is her diary . . .
When Lara meets super-cute new boy Caiden, she begins to think that the way to his heart is to give herself a glow up. But her friends are not impressed. You should never glow up for a boy, only for yourself!
As Lara and her friends embark on their project of empowerment and self-love, Lara shares her innermost thoughts with her online journal. How can she keep her hair under control when she's playing football? Why is she so fast on the pitch yet so uncoordinated off it? And how will she ever convince Caiden to take an interest in her?
With her worries safely locked in her top-secret journal, Lara is on track to unlock the glow-up of her dreams. Surely nothing could possibly go wrong . . .?!
A heart-warming story of friendship, crushes and learning to love yourself. Perfect for fans of GEEK GIRL, Louise Rennison and Alesha Dixon.
Author Bio:
Dee Benson is a YA author based in Liverpool, UK. At university, she studied Molecular Biology with Genetics and only survived it by writing fiction during lectures. When she isn’t writing, Dee enjoys long walks, good food, and music that makes her wish she could sing. She lives with her husband and two daughters.
Genre: Teen RomCom
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://deebenson.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeeBensonauthor
Book Blurb:
Meet Lara Bloom - the best friend you never knew you needed. This is her diary . . .
When Lara meets super-cute new boy Caiden, she begins to think that the way to his heart is to give herself a glow up. But her friends are not impressed. You should never glow up for a boy, only for yourself!
As Lara and her friends embark on their project of empowerment and self-love, Lara shares her innermost thoughts with her online journal. How can she keep her hair under control when she's playing football? Why is she so fast on the pitch yet so uncoordinated off it? And how will she ever convince Caiden to take an interest in her?
With her worries safely locked in her top-secret journal, Lara is on track to unlock the glow-up of her dreams. Surely nothing could possibly go wrong . . .?!
A heart-warming story of friendship, crushes and learning to love yourself. Perfect for fans of GEEK GIRL, Louise Rennison and Alesha Dixon.
Author Bio:
Dee Benson is a YA author based in Liverpool, UK. At university, she studied Molecular Biology with Genetics and only survived it by writing fiction during lectures. When she isn’t writing, Dee enjoys long walks, good food, and music that makes her wish she could sing. She lives with her husband and two daughters.
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Amy Patricia Meade


Amy Patricia Meade
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Title: Cold Turkey
Genre: Mystery
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://amypatriciameade.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amypmeade
Book Blurb:
Tish Tarragon is catering for Hobson Glen’s annual Turkey Trot, and soon finds herself embroiled in a deadly race to the finish line...
Literary caterer Tish Tarragon is looking forward to opening her new Cookin’ the Books café the day after Thanksgiving, but before then she has the small matter of catering for the Thirty-First Annual Colonial Springs Turkey Trot, a highlight in the Hobson Glen community calendar.
With her food stall ready to go, Tish, the spectators and participating ‘trotters’ are eagerly awaiting the starter’s pistol when they are confronted with the sound of rifle shots from the woods. Deputy Mayor Behrens is dead. But was he really the intended target, or was it Tish’s ex, Mayor Schuyler Thompson? As Tish investigates with her beau, Sheriff Clemson Reade, it seems there are no shortage of residents with an axe to grind against the town council and their controversial policies. Can Tish finish first in her race against the killer?
Author Bio:
Author of the critically acclaimed Marjorie McClelland Mysteries, Vermont Country Living Mysteries, and Tish Tarragon Mysteries, Amy Patricia Meade is a native of Long Island, NY, where she cut her teeth on classic films and books featuring Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown.
After serving as a technical writer for a management coaching firm and composing catalog copy for the Vermont Country Store, Amy relocated to southwest England, where she was a featured author at Agatha Christie’s Annual Greenway Literary Festival.
Amy now resides in Upstate New York with her musician husband and her two cats and serves as Vice President of the Upper Hudson Chapter of Sisters in Crime.
Genre: Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: United States Only
Website: https://amypatriciameade.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amypmeade
Book Blurb:
Tish Tarragon is catering for Hobson Glen’s annual Turkey Trot, and soon finds herself embroiled in a deadly race to the finish line...
Literary caterer Tish Tarragon is looking forward to opening her new Cookin’ the Books café the day after Thanksgiving, but before then she has the small matter of catering for the Thirty-First Annual Colonial Springs Turkey Trot, a highlight in the Hobson Glen community calendar.
With her food stall ready to go, Tish, the spectators and participating ‘trotters’ are eagerly awaiting the starter’s pistol when they are confronted with the sound of rifle shots from the woods. Deputy Mayor Behrens is dead. But was he really the intended target, or was it Tish’s ex, Mayor Schuyler Thompson? As Tish investigates with her beau, Sheriff Clemson Reade, it seems there are no shortage of residents with an axe to grind against the town council and their controversial policies. Can Tish finish first in her race against the killer?
Author Bio:
Author of the critically acclaimed Marjorie McClelland Mysteries, Vermont Country Living Mysteries, and Tish Tarragon Mysteries, Amy Patricia Meade is a native of Long Island, NY, where she cut her teeth on classic films and books featuring Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown.
After serving as a technical writer for a management coaching firm and composing catalog copy for the Vermont Country Store, Amy relocated to southwest England, where she was a featured author at Agatha Christie’s Annual Greenway Literary Festival.
Amy now resides in Upstate New York with her musician husband and her two cats and serves as Vice President of the Upper Hudson Chapter of Sisters in Crime.
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M Rondino & A Pucci


M Rondino & A Pucci
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Title: Toofs
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Europe Only
Website: https://ginamc.blogspot.com/2016/08/illustrators-monica-rondino-and-andrea.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Theartofpuro
Book Blurb:
Beware! Biting Baby! Just how do you cope? Here is a story to give you some home. A humorous tale with rhyming element, including tried and true strategies, from professional childcare practice, for dealing with biting behaviour in babies and small children. The authors wrote Toofs to fill a perceived gap in the market for books dealing with biting babies. None were available that included professional childcare approved coping strategies. Review:"A gorgeous tale full of the trials and tribulations of one of baby's first milestones. This book is just as enjoyable for parents who can reminisce about this memorable time." Adrienne T. O'Connell, teacher, B.A., Grad. Dip. Ed., taught children from outback indigenous classrooms to multicultural big city classrooms. Italian illustrators and book designers, Monica Rondino and Andrea Pucci, and Australian authors, J.R.Poulter and E.A. Poulter have proven a big ocean full of Big toothed bities is no barrier to collaborating on a fun book!
Illustrators' Bios:
Monica and her boyfriend, Andrea, make up Theartofpuro. They have worked several years in 2D animation and now they are freelance illustrators and comics artists. They are Members of SCBWI International.
Monica Rondino and Andrea Pucci and J.R.Poulter have been working together for the last few of years on a couple of fun picture book projects for children. The Art of Puro team both illustrates and designs the books, creating a perfectly cohesive and beautifully presented book in every case. It is a joy to collaborate with these two very, very creative people! They see the humour and drama in situations and skilfully capture it in their images!
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Europe Only
Website: https://ginamc.blogspot.com/2016/08/illustrators-monica-rondino-and-andrea.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Theartofpuro
Book Blurb:
Beware! Biting Baby! Just how do you cope? Here is a story to give you some home. A humorous tale with rhyming element, including tried and true strategies, from professional childcare practice, for dealing with biting behaviour in babies and small children. The authors wrote Toofs to fill a perceived gap in the market for books dealing with biting babies. None were available that included professional childcare approved coping strategies. Review:"A gorgeous tale full of the trials and tribulations of one of baby's first milestones. This book is just as enjoyable for parents who can reminisce about this memorable time." Adrienne T. O'Connell, teacher, B.A., Grad. Dip. Ed., taught children from outback indigenous classrooms to multicultural big city classrooms. Italian illustrators and book designers, Monica Rondino and Andrea Pucci, and Australian authors, J.R.Poulter and E.A. Poulter have proven a big ocean full of Big toothed bities is no barrier to collaborating on a fun book!
Illustrators' Bios:
Monica and her boyfriend, Andrea, make up Theartofpuro. They have worked several years in 2D animation and now they are freelance illustrators and comics artists. They are Members of SCBWI International.
Monica Rondino and Andrea Pucci and J.R.Poulter have been working together for the last few of years on a couple of fun picture book projects for children. The Art of Puro team both illustrates and designs the books, creating a perfectly cohesive and beautifully presented book in every case. It is a joy to collaborate with these two very, very creative people! They see the humour and drama in situations and skilfully capture it in their images!
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Lot 277
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Anne Allen


Anne Allen
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Title: Echoes of Time
Genre: Dual-time Historical
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Website: https://anneallen.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneAllen21
Book Blurb:
Betrayal, injustice and revenge echo down the years…
1940. Olive marries farmer Bill Falla. The Germans occupy Guernsey.
All too soon Olive realises she has made a mistake. Her life changes when she meets Wolfgang, a German officer-however there’s a price to pay. . .
2010. Natalie Ogier returns to Guernsey to escape an abusive relationship – only to be plagued by odd happenings in her beautiful cottage on the site of a derelict and secluded farm. Disturbing dreams, disembodied voices and uncanny visions from the past. She becomes increasingly ill at ease as someone else’s past catches up with her own…
Her only immediate neighbour, Stuart, is the grandson of the original owners, Bill and Olive.
Thrown together in a bid to find out what happened to Olive, can they each survive the repercussions of the past and move on?
Author Bio:
Anne Allen lives in Devon, by her beloved sea. She has three children and her daughter and two grandchildren live nearby. She was born in Rugby, to an English mother and Welsh father. As a result she spent many summers with her Welsh grandparents in Anglesey and learnt to love the sea. Her restless spirit has meant a number of moves which included Spain for a couple of years. The longest stay was in Guernsey for nearly fourteen years after falling in love with the island and the people. She contrived to leave one son behind to ensure a valid reason for frequent returns.
By profession Anne was a psychotherapist but has long had creative ‘itches’, learning to mosaic, paint furniture, interior design and sculpt. At the back of her mind the itch to write was always present but seemed too time-consuming for a single mum with a need to earn a living. Now retired from the 'day job', there’s more time to write and Anne has now published seven books in The Guernsey Novels series as at April 2019.
Genre: Dual-time Historical
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Website: https://anneallen.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneAllen21
Book Blurb:
Betrayal, injustice and revenge echo down the years…
1940. Olive marries farmer Bill Falla. The Germans occupy Guernsey.
All too soon Olive realises she has made a mistake. Her life changes when she meets Wolfgang, a German officer-however there’s a price to pay. . .
2010. Natalie Ogier returns to Guernsey to escape an abusive relationship – only to be plagued by odd happenings in her beautiful cottage on the site of a derelict and secluded farm. Disturbing dreams, disembodied voices and uncanny visions from the past. She becomes increasingly ill at ease as someone else’s past catches up with her own…
Her only immediate neighbour, Stuart, is the grandson of the original owners, Bill and Olive.
Thrown together in a bid to find out what happened to Olive, can they each survive the repercussions of the past and move on?
Author Bio:
Anne Allen lives in Devon, by her beloved sea. She has three children and her daughter and two grandchildren live nearby. She was born in Rugby, to an English mother and Welsh father. As a result she spent many summers with her Welsh grandparents in Anglesey and learnt to love the sea. Her restless spirit has meant a number of moves which included Spain for a couple of years. The longest stay was in Guernsey for nearly fourteen years after falling in love with the island and the people. She contrived to leave one son behind to ensure a valid reason for frequent returns.
By profession Anne was a psychotherapist but has long had creative ‘itches’, learning to mosaic, paint furniture, interior design and sculpt. At the back of her mind the itch to write was always present but seemed too time-consuming for a single mum with a need to earn a living. Now retired from the 'day job', there’s more time to write and Anne has now published seven books in The Guernsey Novels series as at April 2019.
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Lot 278
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Lissa Morgan


Lissa Morgan
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Title 1: An Alliance with his Enemy Princess
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback (US copy)
Title 2: The Warrior's Reluctant Wife
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback (US copy)
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Website: https://lissamorgan.com
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The Book 1: An Alliance with his Enemy Princess
A royal decree that will change their lives…
Norman knight Rolant Guyarde has come to conquer a Welsh fortress bu when its mistress takes him hostage instead, he discovers she’s the sword-wielding 'warrior' he fought en route! Despite their being enemies, Rolant finds himself intrigued by the brave and beautiful Princess Gwennan. When they are forced into an uneasy alliance, he helps her petition King William Rufus for her parents’ release from prison. But in exchange for their freedom, the King demands a price neither Rolant nor Gwennan expect!
The Book 2: The Warrior's Reluctant Wife
An arranged marriage, an unexpected love…?
Recently widowed, Rhianon hopes never to find herself bound to a man again, after being raised by a violent father and married to an unpredictable husband. But to seal a strategic alliance she’s forced to marry Peredur ab Eilyr—a warrior lord with a formidable reputation! Rhianon might be a reluctant wife but her new husband is revealing a passionate side that she is anything but reluctant to explore!
The Author:
Lissa Morgan hails from Wales but has travelled far and wide over the years, usually in pursuit of the next new job. A history graduate and former archivist, she currently works in freelance website design and lives between the mountains and the sea in rugged north-west Wales, surrounded by medieval castles that provide the perfect inspiration for her writing.
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback (US copy)
Title 2: The Warrior's Reluctant Wife
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback (US copy)
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Website: https://lissamorgan.com
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The Book 1: An Alliance with his Enemy Princess
A royal decree that will change their lives…
Norman knight Rolant Guyarde has come to conquer a Welsh fortress bu when its mistress takes him hostage instead, he discovers she’s the sword-wielding 'warrior' he fought en route! Despite their being enemies, Rolant finds himself intrigued by the brave and beautiful Princess Gwennan. When they are forced into an uneasy alliance, he helps her petition King William Rufus for her parents’ release from prison. But in exchange for their freedom, the King demands a price neither Rolant nor Gwennan expect!
The Book 2: The Warrior's Reluctant Wife
An arranged marriage, an unexpected love…?
Recently widowed, Rhianon hopes never to find herself bound to a man again, after being raised by a violent father and married to an unpredictable husband. But to seal a strategic alliance she’s forced to marry Peredur ab Eilyr—a warrior lord with a formidable reputation! Rhianon might be a reluctant wife but her new husband is revealing a passionate side that she is anything but reluctant to explore!
The Author:
Lissa Morgan hails from Wales but has travelled far and wide over the years, usually in pursuit of the next new job. A history graduate and former archivist, she currently works in freelance website design and lives between the mountains and the sea in rugged north-west Wales, surrounded by medieval castles that provide the perfect inspiration for her writing.
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Lot 279
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Cherry Cobb


Cherry Cobb
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Two Book Special
Title 1: Becky Bloomfield
Genre: Children Middle Grade - Comedy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Will's War
Genre: Children Middle Grade - Action Adventure - Time Travel
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://cherrycobb.com
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Book 1 Blurb: Becky Bloomfield
Ever since Mum died life has been hard for eleven-year-old Becky Bloomsfield, but everything gets turned upside down when Dad brings home his new girlfriend, Posh Penny!
Not only does Becky feel like her mum is being replaced, but Dad no longer seems to have time for her either! Everything becomes so much harder when she is accused of stealing and falls out with her best friend Cassie.
Will Becky get her dad and her best friend back? Or has life, as Becky knew it,
changed forever?
Book 2 Blurb: Will's War
Will is an ordinary boy who likes to build Lego models and play with his dog, Rollo. But after a stupid row with his mum, he ends up at his grandad's house, where he discovers an old air raid shelter.
Will steps inside to investigate, but when he comes out he is not in his grandad's garden, but in Second World War London.
How will he get back?
Author Bio:
Cherry Cobb is a children's author living in Somerset. When not writing, Cherry enjoys walks in the countryside and learning to Zentangle.
Title 1: Becky Bloomfield
Genre: Children Middle Grade - Comedy
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Will's War
Genre: Children Middle Grade - Action Adventure - Time Travel
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://cherrycobb.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cherryvcobb
Book 1 Blurb: Becky Bloomfield
Ever since Mum died life has been hard for eleven-year-old Becky Bloomsfield, but everything gets turned upside down when Dad brings home his new girlfriend, Posh Penny!
Not only does Becky feel like her mum is being replaced, but Dad no longer seems to have time for her either! Everything becomes so much harder when she is accused of stealing and falls out with her best friend Cassie.
Will Becky get her dad and her best friend back? Or has life, as Becky knew it,
changed forever?
Book 2 Blurb: Will's War
Will is an ordinary boy who likes to build Lego models and play with his dog, Rollo. But after a stupid row with his mum, he ends up at his grandad's house, where he discovers an old air raid shelter.
Will steps inside to investigate, but when he comes out he is not in his grandad's garden, but in Second World War London.
How will he get back?
Author Bio:
Cherry Cobb is a children's author living in Somerset. When not writing, Cherry enjoys walks in the countryside and learning to Zentangle.
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Lot 280
£ 12
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H S Norup


H S Norup
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Title: Into The Faerie Hill
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: Yes
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Bids accepted: Global
Website: http://hsnorup.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HSNorup
Book blurb:
The moment Alfred arrives at his granny’s cottage, he feels like he’s being watched. The surrounding forests teem with unfamiliar life—even odd little faerie creatures only Alfred can see. It’s only when free-spirited Saga bursts into his life that he learns to appreciate the strange beauty around him.
But this special world is under threat: Alfred’s dad is working on a project to dig a giant motorway tunnel through the landscape. As he joins Saga in the protests against this project, Alfred draws ever closer to the perilous world of the faerie creatures, following a thread that will lead him deep into mysteries from his family’s past.
Author bio:
H. S. Norup is the award-winning author of Into The Faerie Hill, The Hungry Ghost and The Missing Barbegazi—a Sunday Times Book of the Year in 2018. She grew up in Denmark, where she devoured fairy tales and escaped into books. After living in six different countries, she now resides in Switzerland and writes stories inspired by her travels, set in the borderlands between the real and imaginary worlds. When she’s not writing or reading, she spends her time outdoors either skiing, hiking, swimming or taking photos.
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: Yes
Postage & Packaging: Free
Bids accepted: Global
Website: http://hsnorup.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HSNorup
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The moment Alfred arrives at his granny’s cottage, he feels like he’s being watched. The surrounding forests teem with unfamiliar life—even odd little faerie creatures only Alfred can see. It’s only when free-spirited Saga bursts into his life that he learns to appreciate the strange beauty around him.
But this special world is under threat: Alfred’s dad is working on a project to dig a giant motorway tunnel through the landscape. As he joins Saga in the protests against this project, Alfred draws ever closer to the perilous world of the faerie creatures, following a thread that will lead him deep into mysteries from his family’s past.
Author bio:
H. S. Norup is the award-winning author of Into The Faerie Hill, The Hungry Ghost and The Missing Barbegazi—a Sunday Times Book of the Year in 2018. She grew up in Denmark, where she devoured fairy tales and escaped into books. After living in six different countries, she now resides in Switzerland and writes stories inspired by her travels, set in the borderlands between the real and imaginary worlds. When she’s not writing or reading, she spends her time outdoors either skiing, hiking, swimming or taking photos.
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Lot 281
£ 30
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Shauna Lawless


Shauna Lawless
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Title: Children of Gods and Fighting Men
Genre: Historical Fiction - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://shaunalawless.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaunaLwrites
Book Blurb:
They think they’ve killed the last of us…
981 AD. The Viking King of Dublin is dead. His young widow, Gormflaith, has ambitions for her son – and herself – but Ireland is a dangerous place and kings tend not to stay kings for long. Gormflaith also has a secret. She is one of the Fomorians, an immortal race who can do fire-magic. She has kept her powers hidden at all costs, for there are other immortals in this world – like the Tuatha Dé Danann, a race of warriors who are sworn to kill Fomorians.
Fódla is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann with the gift of healing. Her kind dwell hidden in a fortress, forbidden to live amongst the mortals. Fódla agrees to help her kin by going to spy on Brian Boru, a powerful man who aims to be High King of Ireland. She finds a land on the brink of war – a war she is desperate to stop. However, preventing the loss of mortal lives is not easy with Ireland in turmoil and the Fomorians now on the rise…
Author Bio:
Shauna Lawless is an avid reader of Irish mythology and folklore. As an Irish woman, she loves that Irish mythology has inspired so many stories over the years, however, she wanted to explore the history and mythology of Ireland in a more authentic way. She lives in Northern Ireland with her family.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://shaunalawless.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaunaLwrites
Book Blurb:
They think they’ve killed the last of us…
981 AD. The Viking King of Dublin is dead. His young widow, Gormflaith, has ambitions for her son – and herself – but Ireland is a dangerous place and kings tend not to stay kings for long. Gormflaith also has a secret. She is one of the Fomorians, an immortal race who can do fire-magic. She has kept her powers hidden at all costs, for there are other immortals in this world – like the Tuatha Dé Danann, a race of warriors who are sworn to kill Fomorians.
Fódla is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann with the gift of healing. Her kind dwell hidden in a fortress, forbidden to live amongst the mortals. Fódla agrees to help her kin by going to spy on Brian Boru, a powerful man who aims to be High King of Ireland. She finds a land on the brink of war – a war she is desperate to stop. However, preventing the loss of mortal lives is not easy with Ireland in turmoil and the Fomorians now on the rise…
Author Bio:
Shauna Lawless is an avid reader of Irish mythology and folklore. As an Irish woman, she loves that Irish mythology has inspired so many stories over the years, however, she wanted to explore the history and mythology of Ireland in a more authentic way. She lives in Northern Ireland with her family.
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Lot 282
£ 50
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Anna Brooke


Anna Brooke
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Title 1: Monster Bogey
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Monster Stink
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AE_Brooke
Book 1 Blurb:
Dear Nose-Pickers, are you well? Good. Then come closer. For I'm about to tell you a right slimer of a tale ...
In it, there's a bogey monster, two best friends, four daredevil slugs, a neighbour so wicked she'll give you the willy-willy-woo-woos and a castle with secret chambers.
Will it end happily?
No ... Yes ... Sorry, I don't know!
You'd better ask the cabaret-singing spider ...
Book 2 Blurb:
The stinkingly brilliant sequel to Anna Brooke’s hit debut, Monster Bogey!
When the mysterious Stink appears, there’s a fart pandemic in the village – plus, Bogey has morphed into a dangerous, dripping sixty-foot goo monster, attracting the attention of Snotland Yard. Can Frank, Tiffany and the Snozzlers save the day?
Author Bio:
Anna’s writing career started in journalism as a film critic for Time Out Paris and the author of seven travel guidebooks for Frommer’s. She has written for multiple publications, including the Financial Times, The Times and The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, where she was the long-standing Paris expert. Her debut novel, Monster Bogey, was a SCBWI Undiscovered Voices winner and longlisted for the Bath Children’s Novel Award. When not writing, she has been an actress, a cabaret singer and an electro-pop artist, performing on stage and composing songs for films and commercials. Raised in Birmingham and Yorkshire, she now lives in Paris with her French-Canadian husband and son.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Monster Stink
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AE_Brooke
Book 1 Blurb:
Dear Nose-Pickers, are you well? Good. Then come closer. For I'm about to tell you a right slimer of a tale ...
In it, there's a bogey monster, two best friends, four daredevil slugs, a neighbour so wicked she'll give you the willy-willy-woo-woos and a castle with secret chambers.
Will it end happily?
No ... Yes ... Sorry, I don't know!
You'd better ask the cabaret-singing spider ...
Book 2 Blurb:
The stinkingly brilliant sequel to Anna Brooke’s hit debut, Monster Bogey!
When the mysterious Stink appears, there’s a fart pandemic in the village – plus, Bogey has morphed into a dangerous, dripping sixty-foot goo monster, attracting the attention of Snotland Yard. Can Frank, Tiffany and the Snozzlers save the day?
Author Bio:
Anna’s writing career started in journalism as a film critic for Time Out Paris and the author of seven travel guidebooks for Frommer’s. She has written for multiple publications, including the Financial Times, The Times and The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, where she was the long-standing Paris expert. Her debut novel, Monster Bogey, was a SCBWI Undiscovered Voices winner and longlisted for the Bath Children’s Novel Award. When not writing, she has been an actress, a cabaret singer and an electro-pop artist, performing on stage and composing songs for films and commercials. Raised in Birmingham and Yorkshire, she now lives in Paris with her French-Canadian husband and son.
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Lot 283
£ 11
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Claire Huston


Claire Huston
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Title: Art and Soul
Genre: Romcom/contemporary romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://clairehuston.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaraVal
Book Blurb:
There’s no problem Becky Watson can’t fix. Except her own love life…
Struggling single mother Becky Watson longs to revive her career as a life-fixer, working miracles to solve her clients’ problems, no matter how big or small. Since the birth of her two-year-old son she has been stuck preventing wedding fiascos for the richest and rudest residents of the Comptons, a charming, leafy area of southern England known for its artistic heritage.
So when semi-reclusive local artist Charlie Handren reluctantly hires Becky to fix his six-year creative slump, she’s delighted to set him up with a come-back exhibition and Rachel Stone, the woman of his dreams.
Though they get off to a rocky start, Becky and Charlie soon become close. But as the beautiful Rachel becomes Charlie’s muse, Becky is forced to wonder: will giving Charlie everything he wants mean giving up her own happily ever after?
Author Bio:
Claire Huston lives in Warwickshire, UK, with her husband and two children. She writes uplifting modern love stories about characters who are meant for each other but sometimes need a little help to realise it.
A keen amateur baker, she enjoys making cakes, biscuits and brownies almost as much as eating them. You can find recipes for all the cakes mentioned in Art and Soul at http://clairehuston.co.uk along with over 150 other recipes. This is also where she talks about and reviews books.
As well as her website, you can find her on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Goodreads: http://linktr.ee/clairehuston_author
Genre: Romcom/contemporary romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
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Website: http://clairehuston.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaraVal
Book Blurb:
There’s no problem Becky Watson can’t fix. Except her own love life…
Struggling single mother Becky Watson longs to revive her career as a life-fixer, working miracles to solve her clients’ problems, no matter how big or small. Since the birth of her two-year-old son she has been stuck preventing wedding fiascos for the richest and rudest residents of the Comptons, a charming, leafy area of southern England known for its artistic heritage.
So when semi-reclusive local artist Charlie Handren reluctantly hires Becky to fix his six-year creative slump, she’s delighted to set him up with a come-back exhibition and Rachel Stone, the woman of his dreams.
Though they get off to a rocky start, Becky and Charlie soon become close. But as the beautiful Rachel becomes Charlie’s muse, Becky is forced to wonder: will giving Charlie everything he wants mean giving up her own happily ever after?
Author Bio:
Claire Huston lives in Warwickshire, UK, with her husband and two children. She writes uplifting modern love stories about characters who are meant for each other but sometimes need a little help to realise it.
A keen amateur baker, she enjoys making cakes, biscuits and brownies almost as much as eating them. You can find recipes for all the cakes mentioned in Art and Soul at http://clairehuston.co.uk along with over 150 other recipes. This is also where she talks about and reviews books.
As well as her website, you can find her on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Goodreads: http://linktr.ee/clairehuston_author
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Lot 284
£ 12
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Claire Huston


Claire Huston
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Title: Clues to You
Genre: Romcom/contemporary romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: http://clairehuston.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaraVal
Book Blurb:
One murder mystery weekend. Two rival sleuths.
They’re looking for answers. But will they find love?
Kate Brannon is delighted to be attending her first murder mystery weekend in a movie-worthy Victorian manor house. Still getting over being dumped, cracking the case would be a welcome boost to her flagging confidence. And the prize money wouldn’t hurt either.
But Kate’s dreams of victory become a nightmare with the arrival of Max Ravenscroft. Smart, enigmatic and annoyingly handsome, Max is Kate’s sleuthing nemesis.
When she and Max are forced to work together, Kate despairs. But, as the investigation brings them closer, she finds being his partner in solving crime isn’t all bad.
With growing suspicions that the game is rigged against them, can Kate and Max beat the odds to find the killer? And, as their partnership deepens, can they find romance too?
A sweet romantic comedy with a cosy mystery at its heart. This rivals-to-lovers romance is a standalone romcom and part of the Love in the Comptons collection.
Genre: Romcom/contemporary romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: http://clairehuston.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaraVal
Book Blurb:
One murder mystery weekend. Two rival sleuths.
They’re looking for answers. But will they find love?
Kate Brannon is delighted to be attending her first murder mystery weekend in a movie-worthy Victorian manor house. Still getting over being dumped, cracking the case would be a welcome boost to her flagging confidence. And the prize money wouldn’t hurt either.
But Kate’s dreams of victory become a nightmare with the arrival of Max Ravenscroft. Smart, enigmatic and annoyingly handsome, Max is Kate’s sleuthing nemesis.
When she and Max are forced to work together, Kate despairs. But, as the investigation brings them closer, she finds being his partner in solving crime isn’t all bad.
With growing suspicions that the game is rigged against them, can Kate and Max beat the odds to find the killer? And, as their partnership deepens, can they find romance too?
A sweet romantic comedy with a cosy mystery at its heart. This rivals-to-lovers romance is a standalone romcom and part of the Love in the Comptons collection.
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Lot 285
£ 25
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Charles Spicer


Charles Spicer
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Title: Coffee with Hitler: The British amateurs who tried to civilise the Nazis
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication available: YES
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Bids accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlesSpicer
Book Blurb:
TELEGRAPH and SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history’s greatest ‘what ifs’.
Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding and poignant story, for the first time, of a handful of amateur British intelligence agents who wined, dined and befriended the leading National Socialists between the wars. With support from royalty, aristocracy, politicians and businessmen, they hoped to use the much mythologised Anglo-German Fellowship as a vehicle to civilise the Nazis. A pacifist Welsh historian, a Great War flying ace, and a butterfly-collecting businessman offered the British government better intelligence on the horrifying rise of the Nazis than anyone else.
Charles Spicer draws on newly discovered primary sources, shedding light on the early career of Kim Philby, Winston Churchill’s approach to appeasement, the US entry into the war and the Rudolf Hess affair.
Author Bio:
Charles Spicer is a debut author who has an MA from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of London. He lives in London and Suffolk.
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlesSpicer
Book Blurb:
TELEGRAPH and SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history’s greatest ‘what ifs’.
Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding and poignant story, for the first time, of a handful of amateur British intelligence agents who wined, dined and befriended the leading National Socialists between the wars. With support from royalty, aristocracy, politicians and businessmen, they hoped to use the much mythologised Anglo-German Fellowship as a vehicle to civilise the Nazis. A pacifist Welsh historian, a Great War flying ace, and a butterfly-collecting businessman offered the British government better intelligence on the horrifying rise of the Nazis than anyone else.
Charles Spicer draws on newly discovered primary sources, shedding light on the early career of Kim Philby, Winston Churchill’s approach to appeasement, the US entry into the war and the Rudolf Hess affair.
Author Bio:
Charles Spicer is a debut author who has an MA from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of London. He lives in London and Suffolk.
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Lot 286
£ 21
7
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Carrie Dunn


Carrie Dunn
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Title: Woman Up - Pitches, Pay and Periods: The Progress and Potential of Women's Footbal
Genre: Sport - Women in History
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.carriedunn.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carriesparkle
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From the author of Unsuitable for Females, shortlisted for The Sunday Times Football Book of the Year 2023
With the triumph of England’s Lionesses at Euro 2022, the women’s game has been in the spotlight like never before, enjoying unprecedented media attention. But this is the result of decades of struggle to get women’s football – banned by the English FA for fifty years – on a more equal footing to its male counterpart. And while the current professional players are starting to reap the rewards of their success on the pitch, their personal journeys have often involved fighting against the odds, and they are still at a disadvantage in many areas, including access to medical treatment, playing facilities and salaries.
So that a new generation of girls getting involved in football all over the world don't face the same obstacles as their predecessors, football journalist Carrie Dunn shines a light on the evolution of women’s football and the gender gaps that still persist – on issues such as injuries, sportswear, period taboos and diversity. Packed with practical advice and first-hand accounts from leading female players, Woman Up is an inspirational, informative and entertaining account of women’s football’s painful past and its exciting future.
Author Bio:
Carrie Dunn is a writer. Her recent books include The Pride of the Lionesses (Pitch, 2019), nominated as Football Book of the Year in 2020, and a sequel to The Roar of the Lionesses: Women's Football in England (Pitch, 2016), one of the Guardian's best sport books of 2016. Her most recent book Unsuitable for Females (Arena, 2022) tells the stories of the people who have kept women's football blazing a trail over the last century. She has covered the last three Women's World Cups for the Times and Eurosport, and is a regular voice on BBC radio as well as The Athletic's Women's Football Podcast. She has a PhD in sport sociology, and her particular research specialism is in women’s experience of sport. Her own footballing career began - and ended - with the Junior Hatters' supporters' club in her hometown of Luton. She lives in the beautiful Snowdonia National Park with her actor husband and their rescue lurcher, Spring.
Genre: Sport - Women in History
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.carriedunn.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carriesparkle
Book Blurb:
From the author of Unsuitable for Females, shortlisted for The Sunday Times Football Book of the Year 2023
With the triumph of England’s Lionesses at Euro 2022, the women’s game has been in the spotlight like never before, enjoying unprecedented media attention. But this is the result of decades of struggle to get women’s football – banned by the English FA for fifty years – on a more equal footing to its male counterpart. And while the current professional players are starting to reap the rewards of their success on the pitch, their personal journeys have often involved fighting against the odds, and they are still at a disadvantage in many areas, including access to medical treatment, playing facilities and salaries.
So that a new generation of girls getting involved in football all over the world don't face the same obstacles as their predecessors, football journalist Carrie Dunn shines a light on the evolution of women’s football and the gender gaps that still persist – on issues such as injuries, sportswear, period taboos and diversity. Packed with practical advice and first-hand accounts from leading female players, Woman Up is an inspirational, informative and entertaining account of women’s football’s painful past and its exciting future.
Author Bio:
Carrie Dunn is a writer. Her recent books include The Pride of the Lionesses (Pitch, 2019), nominated as Football Book of the Year in 2020, and a sequel to The Roar of the Lionesses: Women's Football in England (Pitch, 2016), one of the Guardian's best sport books of 2016. Her most recent book Unsuitable for Females (Arena, 2022) tells the stories of the people who have kept women's football blazing a trail over the last century. She has covered the last three Women's World Cups for the Times and Eurosport, and is a regular voice on BBC radio as well as The Athletic's Women's Football Podcast. She has a PhD in sport sociology, and her particular research specialism is in women’s experience of sport. Her own footballing career began - and ended - with the Junior Hatters' supporters' club in her hometown of Luton. She lives in the beautiful Snowdonia National Park with her actor husband and their rescue lurcher, Spring.
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Lot 287
£ 18
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Cath Staincliffe


Cath Staincliffe
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Title: Running out of Road
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://www.cathstaincliffe.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CathStaincliffe
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A missing schoolgirl, a middle-aged recluse, an exploited teenager. Lives thrown into chaos and set on collision course. Eleven-year-old Scarlet is abducted by her estranged father and driven up into the hills with the police in hot pursuit. It’s a race against time played out in the brooding wilderness, the limestone gorges and gritstone edges of the Derbyshire Peaks.
Author Bio:
Cath Staincliffe is a best-selling, award-winning novelist, radio playwright and creator of ITV’s hit series Blue Murder. Cath has been shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger and three times for the Dagger in the Library. She won the Short Story Dagger in 2012 and the WGGB Best Radio Drama Award in 2019. Running out of Road was short-listed for the CrimeFest eDunnit Award best novel 2022. Cath’s debut series, the Sal Kilkenny mysteries, launched single-parent PI Sal onto Manchester’s mean streets. Cath’s standalone titles examine the human impact of crime on ordinary families, giving a voice to victims, the bereaved, survivors and witnesses.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://www.cathstaincliffe.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CathStaincliffe
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A missing schoolgirl, a middle-aged recluse, an exploited teenager. Lives thrown into chaos and set on collision course. Eleven-year-old Scarlet is abducted by her estranged father and driven up into the hills with the police in hot pursuit. It’s a race against time played out in the brooding wilderness, the limestone gorges and gritstone edges of the Derbyshire Peaks.
Author Bio:
Cath Staincliffe is a best-selling, award-winning novelist, radio playwright and creator of ITV’s hit series Blue Murder. Cath has been shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger and three times for the Dagger in the Library. She won the Short Story Dagger in 2012 and the WGGB Best Radio Drama Award in 2019. Running out of Road was short-listed for the CrimeFest eDunnit Award best novel 2022. Cath’s debut series, the Sal Kilkenny mysteries, launched single-parent PI Sal onto Manchester’s mean streets. Cath’s standalone titles examine the human impact of crime on ordinary families, giving a voice to victims, the bereaved, survivors and witnesses.
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Kevin Ansbro


Kevin Ansbro
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Title: In the Shadow of Time
Genre: Magical realism, sci-fi, time travel
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://kevinansbro.co.uk
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“I was in Mexico City for three months, and yet returned to England on the same day that I left…”
Through her time-travel research, physicist Dr Sofia Ustinova has attracted the interest of higher beings from a distant galaxy…
Luna, a porcelain-skinned teenager, lives alone in a Danish forest where she guards an astonishing secret…
Pablo, an optimistic shoeshine boy, struggles to earn a living on the sweltering streets of Mexico City…
Meanwhile, Hugo Wilde, a British secret agent, embarks on a mission to kill a Russian assassin, unaware that his life is about to change in ways he could never have imagined…
Author Bio:
I write in the magical realism genre, meshing otherworldliness into the harshness of our real world. I also like to handcuff humour and tragedy to the same radiator.
I'm married (to Julie) and currently live in Norwich, England.
Stuff about me: I'm a foodie and an avid reader who values good manners, love and friendship above all else. I am constantly putting my foot in it, am reputed to have a wicked sense of humour and love to laugh, but sometimes do that 'snorty pig' noise when I do.
I'm also easy-going and extremely friendly. So, come on over for a chat — I'll put the kettle on!
Genre: Magical realism, sci-fi, time travel
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: The book will be signed and personalised by the author
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Website: http://kevinansbro.co.uk
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“I was in Mexico City for three months, and yet returned to England on the same day that I left…”
Through her time-travel research, physicist Dr Sofia Ustinova has attracted the interest of higher beings from a distant galaxy…
Luna, a porcelain-skinned teenager, lives alone in a Danish forest where she guards an astonishing secret…
Pablo, an optimistic shoeshine boy, struggles to earn a living on the sweltering streets of Mexico City…
Meanwhile, Hugo Wilde, a British secret agent, embarks on a mission to kill a Russian assassin, unaware that his life is about to change in ways he could never have imagined…
Author Bio:
I write in the magical realism genre, meshing otherworldliness into the harshness of our real world. I also like to handcuff humour and tragedy to the same radiator.
I'm married (to Julie) and currently live in Norwich, England.
Stuff about me: I'm a foodie and an avid reader who values good manners, love and friendship above all else. I am constantly putting my foot in it, am reputed to have a wicked sense of humour and love to laugh, but sometimes do that 'snorty pig' noise when I do.
I'm also easy-going and extremely friendly. So, come on over for a chat — I'll put the kettle on!
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Eibhlís Carcione


Eibhlís Carcione
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Title: Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay
Genre: Children - Middle Grade
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://eibhliscarcione.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/eibhliscarcione
Book Blurb:
When her parents disappear, 12 -year-old Raven McKay is put into foster care with Kitty Stromsoe in the town of Grave’s Pass. It’s not an ordinary town. It’s a town where the living and the dead live side by side, but few wear their identity on their sleeves.
All her parents have left Raven is a battered beige suitcase with a faded black butterfly sticker and a note saying not to open the suitcase until the right time. But can she resist? And who among the living and the dead are her friends?
Grave’s Pass has two mayors: one for the living and one for the dead — an arrangement that implies that the two know how to live comfortably side by side.
But beneath the surface lurk dark desires, old mistrusts and vivid jealousies
Author Bio:
Eibhlís Carcione is a children’s author and teacher. She is also a bilingual poet who writes poems in Irish and English. She has published three poetry books in Irish and has won many prestigious prizes. She has written hundreds of poems, often about the power of nature, mermaids, myths, magic, and the occasional ghost. She lives in Cork city with her husband, daughter, and two faithful canine companions. Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay is her debut novel.
Genre: Children - Middle Grade
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://eibhliscarcione.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/eibhliscarcione
Book Blurb:
When her parents disappear, 12 -year-old Raven McKay is put into foster care with Kitty Stromsoe in the town of Grave’s Pass. It’s not an ordinary town. It’s a town where the living and the dead live side by side, but few wear their identity on their sleeves.
All her parents have left Raven is a battered beige suitcase with a faded black butterfly sticker and a note saying not to open the suitcase until the right time. But can she resist? And who among the living and the dead are her friends?
Grave’s Pass has two mayors: one for the living and one for the dead — an arrangement that implies that the two know how to live comfortably side by side.
But beneath the surface lurk dark desires, old mistrusts and vivid jealousies
Author Bio:
Eibhlís Carcione is a children’s author and teacher. She is also a bilingual poet who writes poems in Irish and English. She has published three poetry books in Irish and has won many prestigious prizes. She has written hundreds of poems, often about the power of nature, mermaids, myths, magic, and the occasional ghost. She lives in Cork city with her husband, daughter, and two faithful canine companions. Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay is her debut novel.
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Sinead Moriarty


Sinead Moriarty
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Title: The Way We Were
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Family Drama
Format: Large Paperback
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Website: http://www.sineadmoriarty.com
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Book Blurb:
When Alice's husband Ben dies suddenly, her world falls apart. They shared twenty years and two daughters and life without him is unimaginable.
Having lost her parents while young, Alice understands her girls' pain. At fifteen, Jools is at that awkward age and only Ben could get through to her. And eleven-year-old Holly looks for the answer to everything in books but this time she's drawing a blank. Alice realizes that for their sakes she must summon up superhuman reserves of strength.
Somehow all three of them come through the dark days. In time, it's even possible for Alice to consider marrying again, with the girls' blessing. So when Ben turns up after three years, her world is again turned upside-down. The girls assume that their family can go back to the way they were. Alice is not so sure.
Once more Alice has to find the strength to be the mother her daughters need her to be. But this time what that means is far from clear ...
Author Bio:
Sinead Moriarty is an Irish author that writes contemporary novels about the struggles of family life.
Sinead Moriarty was born in 1971 in Dublin. Her parents were Aidan and Mary Moriarty. The author went to Trinity College in Dublin where she studied French and Spanish, eventually graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Moriarty left Ireland afterward. She spent some time in Paris and London. She was working as a journalist at the time. It was during her time in London that the author wrote her first novel and piqued the interest of Penguin Books.
Moriarty has since made a home for herself in Dublin with her husband and three children. The author has won the Irish Independent Popular Fiction Award.
It could be argued that Sinead Moriarty couldn’t have been anything other than a writer. After all, her mother was also an author. She specialized in children’s books and, as a child, Moriarty was fascinated by her mother’s career.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Family Drama
Format: Large Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://www.sineadmoriarty.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sinead_moriarty
Book Blurb:
When Alice's husband Ben dies suddenly, her world falls apart. They shared twenty years and two daughters and life without him is unimaginable.
Having lost her parents while young, Alice understands her girls' pain. At fifteen, Jools is at that awkward age and only Ben could get through to her. And eleven-year-old Holly looks for the answer to everything in books but this time she's drawing a blank. Alice realizes that for their sakes she must summon up superhuman reserves of strength.
Somehow all three of them come through the dark days. In time, it's even possible for Alice to consider marrying again, with the girls' blessing. So when Ben turns up after three years, her world is again turned upside-down. The girls assume that their family can go back to the way they were. Alice is not so sure.
Once more Alice has to find the strength to be the mother her daughters need her to be. But this time what that means is far from clear ...
Author Bio:
Sinead Moriarty is an Irish author that writes contemporary novels about the struggles of family life.
Sinead Moriarty was born in 1971 in Dublin. Her parents were Aidan and Mary Moriarty. The author went to Trinity College in Dublin where she studied French and Spanish, eventually graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Moriarty left Ireland afterward. She spent some time in Paris and London. She was working as a journalist at the time. It was during her time in London that the author wrote her first novel and piqued the interest of Penguin Books.
Moriarty has since made a home for herself in Dublin with her husband and three children. The author has won the Irish Independent Popular Fiction Award.
It could be argued that Sinead Moriarty couldn’t have been anything other than a writer. After all, her mother was also an author. She specialized in children’s books and, as a child, Moriarty was fascinated by her mother’s career.
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Lucy Atkins


Lucy Atkins
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Title: Windmill Hill
Genre: General/Book group Fiction
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://Lucyatkins.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucyatkins
Book Blurb:
'Rich in charm and surprises' GUARDIAN
'A triumph. Funny, mysterious, moving and ingenious - a Shakespearian knot of happiness all round' PHILIP PULLMAN
One night in a remote hunting lodge with a Hollywood director causes an international scandal that wrecks Astrid's glittering stage career, and her marriage. Her ex-husband, the charismatic Scottish actor Magnus Fellowes, goes on to find global fame, while Astrid retreats to a disintegrating Sussex windmill.
Now 82, she lives there still, with a troupe of dachshunds and her long-suffering friend, Mrs Baker, who came to clean twenty years ago and never left. But the past is catching up with them. There has been an 'Awful Incident' at the windmill; the women are in shock. Then Astrid hears that Magnus, now on his death bed, is writing a tell-all memoir. Outraged, she sets off for Scotland, determined to stop him.
Windmill Hill is the story of two very different women, both with painful pasts, and their eccentric friendship - deep, enduring, and loyal to the last.
Author Bio:
Lucy Atkins is an award-winning British author and journalist. Her 2020 novel, MAGPIE LANE, was a Book of the Year for BBC Radio 4's Open Book, the GUARDIAN, the TELEGRAPH and GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAGAZINE. Her 2017 novel THE NIGHT VISITOR has been optioned for television. Lucy is a book critic for The Sunday Times & the Guardian, and also teaches creative writing at the University of Oxford.
Genre: General/Book group Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: yes
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://Lucyatkins.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucyatkins
Book Blurb:
'Rich in charm and surprises' GUARDIAN
'A triumph. Funny, mysterious, moving and ingenious - a Shakespearian knot of happiness all round' PHILIP PULLMAN
One night in a remote hunting lodge with a Hollywood director causes an international scandal that wrecks Astrid's glittering stage career, and her marriage. Her ex-husband, the charismatic Scottish actor Magnus Fellowes, goes on to find global fame, while Astrid retreats to a disintegrating Sussex windmill.
Now 82, she lives there still, with a troupe of dachshunds and her long-suffering friend, Mrs Baker, who came to clean twenty years ago and never left. But the past is catching up with them. There has been an 'Awful Incident' at the windmill; the women are in shock. Then Astrid hears that Magnus, now on his death bed, is writing a tell-all memoir. Outraged, she sets off for Scotland, determined to stop him.
Windmill Hill is the story of two very different women, both with painful pasts, and their eccentric friendship - deep, enduring, and loyal to the last.
Author Bio:
Lucy Atkins is an award-winning British author and journalist. Her 2020 novel, MAGPIE LANE, was a Book of the Year for BBC Radio 4's Open Book, the GUARDIAN, the TELEGRAPH and GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAGAZINE. Her 2017 novel THE NIGHT VISITOR has been optioned for television. Lucy is a book critic for The Sunday Times & the Guardian, and also teaches creative writing at the University of Oxford.
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Lot 292
£ 15
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Mo O'Hara


Mo O'Hara
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Title: Agent Moose - For Your Spies Only
Genre: Children - Graphic Novel
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://moohara.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mo_OHara
Book Blurb:
Three amazing full-colour Agent Moose adventures in one bumper book!
Previously published as individual books: Agent Moose, Moose on a Mission and Operation Owl
Meet Agent Moose: the best (worst) secret agent in the Big Forest.
Author bio:
Mo O’Hara is the New York Times bestselling author of the My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish series. She writes picture books like More People to Love Me and Romeosaurus and Juliet Rex and also writes the graphic novel series Agent Moose with Jess Bradley as illustrator. Mo is currently writing a new series, Honey’s Hive, for Anderson Press. She lives in London with her husband, two cats and two nearly grown-up kids. She loves travelling around the country (and around the world) telling stories, leading writing workshops, and talking about books with kids.
Genre: Children - Graphic Novel
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://moohara.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mo_OHara
Book Blurb:
Three amazing full-colour Agent Moose adventures in one bumper book!
Previously published as individual books: Agent Moose, Moose on a Mission and Operation Owl
Meet Agent Moose: the best (worst) secret agent in the Big Forest.
Author bio:
Mo O’Hara is the New York Times bestselling author of the My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish series. She writes picture books like More People to Love Me and Romeosaurus and Juliet Rex and also writes the graphic novel series Agent Moose with Jess Bradley as illustrator. Mo is currently writing a new series, Honey’s Hive, for Anderson Press. She lives in London with her husband, two cats and two nearly grown-up kids. She loves travelling around the country (and around the world) telling stories, leading writing workshops, and talking about books with kids.
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Keri Beevis


Keri Beevis
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Title: The Summer House
Genre: Psychological thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: Yes
Postage & Packing: Free
Bids accepted: UK only
Website: http://keribeevis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/keribeevis
Book Blurb:
Mead House was once our childhood home. Despite my fears, I always knew we would have to return to face the demons of our past. Back to the place where it happened, to where, as carefree teenagers, we lost our elder sister in the most brutal of circumstances. As executors of our grandmother’s will, my twin brother, Ollie, and I needed to empty the house for resale. What I didn’t expect to discover was my sister’s secret journal that contained her most private thoughts and shocking dark secrets. Now I am questioning everything that I saw that night. Did I get it wrong, who I saw? Did my evidence send an innocent man, my then boyfriend's brother, to jail for the last 17 years? I know I have no choice. If I want to find answers, I will have to go back to that fateful night my sister died. When she made her last visit to the summer house.
Author Bio:
Keri Beevis is the bestselling author of Dying To Tell, Deep Dark Secrets, The Sleepover and The Summer House. Her other titles include Trust No One, Every Little Breath and The People Next Door.
She lives in Norfolk, England, with her two naughty kitties, Ellie and Lola, and a plentiful supply of red wine (her writing fuel).
In 2022, Keri signed with Boldwood Books. Her first release with them, The Sleepover, was a top 10 bestseller in the UK. The Summer House was a top 20 bestseller in both the UK and US.
Her brand new thriller, The Boat House, is out later this year.
Genre: Psychological thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: Yes
Postage & Packing: Free
Bids accepted: UK only
Website: http://keribeevis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/keribeevis
Book Blurb:
Mead House was once our childhood home. Despite my fears, I always knew we would have to return to face the demons of our past. Back to the place where it happened, to where, as carefree teenagers, we lost our elder sister in the most brutal of circumstances. As executors of our grandmother’s will, my twin brother, Ollie, and I needed to empty the house for resale. What I didn’t expect to discover was my sister’s secret journal that contained her most private thoughts and shocking dark secrets. Now I am questioning everything that I saw that night. Did I get it wrong, who I saw? Did my evidence send an innocent man, my then boyfriend's brother, to jail for the last 17 years? I know I have no choice. If I want to find answers, I will have to go back to that fateful night my sister died. When she made her last visit to the summer house.
Author Bio:
Keri Beevis is the bestselling author of Dying To Tell, Deep Dark Secrets, The Sleepover and The Summer House. Her other titles include Trust No One, Every Little Breath and The People Next Door.
She lives in Norfolk, England, with her two naughty kitties, Ellie and Lola, and a plentiful supply of red wine (her writing fuel).
In 2022, Keri signed with Boldwood Books. Her first release with them, The Sleepover, was a top 10 bestseller in the UK. The Summer House was a top 20 bestseller in both the UK and US.
Her brand new thriller, The Boat House, is out later this year.
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Glynis Peters


Glynis Peters
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Title: The Orphan's Letters
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.glynispetersauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://www.glynispetersauthor.co.uk
Book Blurb:
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but does nothing to heal the pain of spending every minute waiting to hear the worst…
As the Second World War rages on, nurse Kitty Pattison’s life takes a nomadic turn as her work with the Red Cross sees her traversing the country, moving from post to post.
With her best friends Jo and Trixie also scattered across the UK, and her soldier sweetheart Michael off on the continent undertaking medical missions he can’t discuss, the war takes its toll and long days are followed by sleepless nights interrupted only by nightmares of what she’s seen on the wards.
Now, Kitty’s hopes rise and fall with the arrival of the post – the only thing that keeps her connected to her aunt and uncle, her dear friends, and her Michael – and every moment spent with those she loves is held dear, because each one could be the last…
Author Bio:
Glynis Peters is a British author and writes historical WWII novels with a mystery / suspense / romantic twist.
She lives by the sea in Essex with her husband of forty-plus years, they have three adult children, and Glynis is a retired NHS nurse.
When not writing she enjoys fishing with her husband, cross-stitch, and playing with her granddaughters who live nearby. Her son lives with his family in Vancouver, Canada, hence the Canadian heroes in her books.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.glynispetersauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://www.glynispetersauthor.co.uk
Book Blurb:
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but does nothing to heal the pain of spending every minute waiting to hear the worst…
As the Second World War rages on, nurse Kitty Pattison’s life takes a nomadic turn as her work with the Red Cross sees her traversing the country, moving from post to post.
With her best friends Jo and Trixie also scattered across the UK, and her soldier sweetheart Michael off on the continent undertaking medical missions he can’t discuss, the war takes its toll and long days are followed by sleepless nights interrupted only by nightmares of what she’s seen on the wards.
Now, Kitty’s hopes rise and fall with the arrival of the post – the only thing that keeps her connected to her aunt and uncle, her dear friends, and her Michael – and every moment spent with those she loves is held dear, because each one could be the last…
Author Bio:
Glynis Peters is a British author and writes historical WWII novels with a mystery / suspense / romantic twist.
She lives by the sea in Essex with her husband of forty-plus years, they have three adult children, and Glynis is a retired NHS nurse.
When not writing she enjoys fishing with her husband, cross-stitch, and playing with her granddaughters who live nearby. Her son lives with his family in Vancouver, Canada, hence the Canadian heroes in her books.
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Lot 295
£ 40
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Judith Eagle


Judith Eagle
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Four Book Bundle!
Title 1: The Secret Starling
Genre: Middle Grade Mystery
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Stolen Songbird
Genre: Middle Grade Mystery
Format: Paperback
Title 3: The Pear Affair
Genre: Middle Grade Mystery
Format: Paperback
Title 4: The Accidental Stowaway
Genre: Middle Grade Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/EagleJudith
Book 1 Blurb: The Secret Starling
Abandoned children running wild on the moors, evil child catchers, cunning cats and mysterious ballet shoes abound in this incredible first novel.
Clara has lived a life of solitude, home schooled under her mean uncle's strict regime . . . until now!
The day that Uncle abandons Clara, leaving her with nothing but a wedge of 'guilt money' and a half empty, crumbling manor house, she is determined to do things her way for a change. And when streetwise Peter turns up, with his rescue cat and a surprising array of knowledge, she is sure that between them they have everything they need to survive.
But the house is to be sold . . . and Uncle has lied to Clara . . . and nothing, NOTHING is as it seems.
Book 2 Blurb: The Stolen Songbird
It's 1950s London and Caro Monday and her friends have become embroiled in a dangerous art heist! When Caro Monday's mother disappears on one of her jaunts, she has no choice but to go and stay with a miserable woman that she's never met. Not only that but she's told that her beloved rabbit, His Nibs, is not allowed to go with her. Luckily, Caro's not one for following rules. With her rabbit in hiding, and her wild behaviour getting her into trouble as soon as she walks through the door, Caro is only going to find herself in deeper water. In the lining of her suitcase is a small but extraordinary painting of a thrush . . . a painting that some dangerous art thieves are hunting down! Can Caro and her friends solve the mystery of the stolen songbird and find its owners before it's too late? Here ensues an exciting dash across London, with twists and turns as plentiful as the cobbled streets which Caro and her friends must navigate!
Book 3 Blurb: The Pear Affair
When Penelope Magnificent's awful parents tell her they're taking a trip to Paris, she surprises them by begging to go along.
Nell is usually content to avoid her money-obsessed father and her fashion-focussed mother, but Paris holds something very dear to her . . . her old au pair Perrine - Pear - lives there. Pear used to write to Nell every week promising to come to her rescue but recently the letters have stopped . . .
Arriving at her parent's posh hotel, Nell is determined to find Pear . . . but no one has seen her at her last known address, and no one seems to want to tell her anything about Pear's whereabouts.
Luckily she befriends the hotel bellboy who introduces her to the world of tunnels underneath the city, and together they set out to find Pear, whilst uncovering an extraordinary mystery of their own . . .
Gorgeous black and white illustrations by Kim Geyer bring this story to life.
Book 4 Blurb: The Accidental Stowaway
Liverpool, 1910
When Patch runs up the gangway of steamship, RMS Glorious, she isn't planning to hang around. But if she leaves her hiding place the constable might catch her: sitting tight is worth the risk. Too late, she realises the ship is setting sail! Patch has become an accidental stowaway.
Luckily, Patch's unconventional past has made her pretty fearless when it comes to fending for herself, and besides there are friends in high and low places to be made onboard.
But hiding away becomes less and less easy: her new friends urgently need her help and there's a mystery that needs solving, all before they reach New York . . .
With gorgeous chapter head illustrations by Kim Geyer.
Author Bio:
Judith Eagle lives in South London with her husband and cat Stockwell. She spends her mornings writing and her afternoons working in a school library. In her spare time she is learning (slowly) to tap dance.
Title 1: The Secret Starling
Genre: Middle Grade Mystery
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Stolen Songbird
Genre: Middle Grade Mystery
Format: Paperback
Title 3: The Pear Affair
Genre: Middle Grade Mystery
Format: Paperback
Title 4: The Accidental Stowaway
Genre: Middle Grade Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EagleJudith
Book 1 Blurb: The Secret Starling
Abandoned children running wild on the moors, evil child catchers, cunning cats and mysterious ballet shoes abound in this incredible first novel.
Clara has lived a life of solitude, home schooled under her mean uncle's strict regime . . . until now!
The day that Uncle abandons Clara, leaving her with nothing but a wedge of 'guilt money' and a half empty, crumbling manor house, she is determined to do things her way for a change. And when streetwise Peter turns up, with his rescue cat and a surprising array of knowledge, she is sure that between them they have everything they need to survive.
But the house is to be sold . . . and Uncle has lied to Clara . . . and nothing, NOTHING is as it seems.
Book 2 Blurb: The Stolen Songbird
It's 1950s London and Caro Monday and her friends have become embroiled in a dangerous art heist! When Caro Monday's mother disappears on one of her jaunts, she has no choice but to go and stay with a miserable woman that she's never met. Not only that but she's told that her beloved rabbit, His Nibs, is not allowed to go with her. Luckily, Caro's not one for following rules. With her rabbit in hiding, and her wild behaviour getting her into trouble as soon as she walks through the door, Caro is only going to find herself in deeper water. In the lining of her suitcase is a small but extraordinary painting of a thrush . . . a painting that some dangerous art thieves are hunting down! Can Caro and her friends solve the mystery of the stolen songbird and find its owners before it's too late? Here ensues an exciting dash across London, with twists and turns as plentiful as the cobbled streets which Caro and her friends must navigate!
Book 3 Blurb: The Pear Affair
When Penelope Magnificent's awful parents tell her they're taking a trip to Paris, she surprises them by begging to go along.
Nell is usually content to avoid her money-obsessed father and her fashion-focussed mother, but Paris holds something very dear to her . . . her old au pair Perrine - Pear - lives there. Pear used to write to Nell every week promising to come to her rescue but recently the letters have stopped . . .
Arriving at her parent's posh hotel, Nell is determined to find Pear . . . but no one has seen her at her last known address, and no one seems to want to tell her anything about Pear's whereabouts.
Luckily she befriends the hotel bellboy who introduces her to the world of tunnels underneath the city, and together they set out to find Pear, whilst uncovering an extraordinary mystery of their own . . .
Gorgeous black and white illustrations by Kim Geyer bring this story to life.
Book 4 Blurb: The Accidental Stowaway
Liverpool, 1910
When Patch runs up the gangway of steamship, RMS Glorious, she isn't planning to hang around. But if she leaves her hiding place the constable might catch her: sitting tight is worth the risk. Too late, she realises the ship is setting sail! Patch has become an accidental stowaway.
Luckily, Patch's unconventional past has made her pretty fearless when it comes to fending for herself, and besides there are friends in high and low places to be made onboard.
But hiding away becomes less and less easy: her new friends urgently need her help and there's a mystery that needs solving, all before they reach New York . . .
With gorgeous chapter head illustrations by Kim Geyer.
Author Bio:
Judith Eagle lives in South London with her husband and cat Stockwell. She spends her mornings writing and her afternoons working in a school library. In her spare time she is learning (slowly) to tap dance.
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Kate Sawyer


Kate Sawyer
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Two Book Special
Title 1: The Family
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
Title 2: The Stranding
Genre: Science Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.mskatesawyer.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateSawyer
Book 1 Blurb:
Mary has raised her daughters in this house. Watched them play and fight and grow up in this house. Today it is the house where she will get married.
The wedding celebrations have brought the fractured family together for the first time in years:
There is Phoebe and her husband Michael, children in tow.
The young and sensitive Rosie, with her new partner.
Irene, Mary's ex-mother-in-law.
And Emma. There, despite all that has gone before.
Set over the course of an English summer's day and punctuated with memories from the past forty years of love and betrayal, hope and joy, heartbreak and grief, this is the story of a family. Told by a chorus of characters, it is an exploration of the intimacies and transgressions that bring us to where we are, the changes that are brought about by time, and what, despite everything, stays the same.
Book 2 Blurb:
EVERY ENDING
IS A NEW BEGINNING.
Ruth is ignoring the news. Like most people, she has relationship problems, job stress, friends and family who need her. Ruth has a life.
But the news is about to catch up with Ruth, and her problems are going to be swept away...along with the rest of the world.
Only when the comforts and complications of her old existence are gone, does Ruth finally realise how she might be able to live to the fullest.
Author Bio:
Kate was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK where she grew up in the countryside as the eldest of four siblings, after briefly living with her parents in Qatar and the Netherlands.
Kate Sawyer worked as an actor and producer before turning her hand to fiction. She has previously written for theatre and short-film.
Having lived in South London for the best part of two decades with brief stints in the Australia and the USA she has returned to East Anglia
Title 1: The Family
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
Title 2: The Stranding
Genre: Science Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.mskatesawyer.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateSawyer
Book 1 Blurb:
Mary has raised her daughters in this house. Watched them play and fight and grow up in this house. Today it is the house where she will get married.
The wedding celebrations have brought the fractured family together for the first time in years:
There is Phoebe and her husband Michael, children in tow.
The young and sensitive Rosie, with her new partner.
Irene, Mary's ex-mother-in-law.
And Emma. There, despite all that has gone before.
Set over the course of an English summer's day and punctuated with memories from the past forty years of love and betrayal, hope and joy, heartbreak and grief, this is the story of a family. Told by a chorus of characters, it is an exploration of the intimacies and transgressions that bring us to where we are, the changes that are brought about by time, and what, despite everything, stays the same.
Book 2 Blurb:
EVERY ENDING
IS A NEW BEGINNING.
Ruth is ignoring the news. Like most people, she has relationship problems, job stress, friends and family who need her. Ruth has a life.
But the news is about to catch up with Ruth, and her problems are going to be swept away...along with the rest of the world.
Only when the comforts and complications of her old existence are gone, does Ruth finally realise how she might be able to live to the fullest.
Author Bio:
Kate was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK where she grew up in the countryside as the eldest of four siblings, after briefly living with her parents in Qatar and the Netherlands.
Kate Sawyer worked as an actor and producer before turning her hand to fiction. She has previously written for theatre and short-film.
Having lived in South London for the best part of two decades with brief stints in the Australia and the USA she has returned to East Anglia
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Mahi Cheshire


Mahi Cheshire
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Title: Deadly Cure
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: Free
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/285502/mahi-cheshire.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MahiCheshire
The Book:
THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH: FIRST, DO NO HARM...
Dr Rea Dharmasena is devastated when she loses out on her dream research job to her med-school rival and best friend, Dr Julia Stone.
To add insult to injury, Julia used Rea's own cutting-edge research to get it.
But just as Rea finds it in her to forgive the betrayal, Julia, after a life-changing medical discovery, is found murdered.
Now Rea has the dream job she's always wanted.
But at what cost?
The Author:
Mahi Cheshire was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in London. She works as a GP and has a degree in Psychology. She loves travelling, kundalini yoga and boxing, all of which provide inspiration for her writing. She lives in London with her husband and daughter.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: Free
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/285502/mahi-cheshire.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MahiCheshire
The Book:
THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH: FIRST, DO NO HARM...
Dr Rea Dharmasena is devastated when she loses out on her dream research job to her med-school rival and best friend, Dr Julia Stone.
To add insult to injury, Julia used Rea's own cutting-edge research to get it.
But just as Rea finds it in her to forgive the betrayal, Julia, after a life-changing medical discovery, is found murdered.
Now Rea has the dream job she's always wanted.
But at what cost?
The Author:
Mahi Cheshire was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in London. She works as a GP and has a degree in Psychology. She loves travelling, kundalini yoga and boxing, all of which provide inspiration for her writing. She lives in London with her husband and daughter.
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Carol McGrath


Carol McGrath
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Title: The Stolen Crown
Genre: Medieval Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Po & P; FREE (N.B. Carol will be unable to post her book out until December)
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://carolcmcgrath.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carolmcgrath
Book Blurb:
When Empress Matilda is eighteen years old, tragedy strikes the royal family, and she becomes the only child of the king of England - the de facto heir to the throne. As her dying father persuades the barons to pledge allegiance to her, Matilda returns to England - but the lords and clergy do not like an independent woman. And Matilda is nothing if not headstrong . . .
When the old king dies, the country is plunged into instant chaos. So begins a fierce battle between cousins that will go down in history as a time called 'The Anarchy'. And Matilda must race across England, evading capture until she can demand the crown . . .
'The story of Matilda is strikingly brought to life with this beautiful written novel. A must for any fan of medieval history' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Author Bio:
Carol McGrath is the author of the acclaimed She-Wolves Trilogy, which began with the hugely successful The Silken Rose and continues with the brand new The Damask Rose. Born in Northern Ireland, she fell in love with historical fiction at a young age, when exploring local castles, such as Carrickfergus, and nearby archeological digs- and discovering some ancient bones herself. While completing a degree in History, she became fascinated by the strong women who were silenced in record. Her first novel, The Handfasted Wife, was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards, and Mistress Cromwell was widely praised as a timely feminist retelling of Tudor court life. Her novels are known for their intricacy, depth of research and powerful stories.
Genre: Medieval Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Po & P; FREE (N.B. Carol will be unable to post her book out until December)
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://carolcmcgrath.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carolmcgrath
Book Blurb:
When Empress Matilda is eighteen years old, tragedy strikes the royal family, and she becomes the only child of the king of England - the de facto heir to the throne. As her dying father persuades the barons to pledge allegiance to her, Matilda returns to England - but the lords and clergy do not like an independent woman. And Matilda is nothing if not headstrong . . .
When the old king dies, the country is plunged into instant chaos. So begins a fierce battle between cousins that will go down in history as a time called 'The Anarchy'. And Matilda must race across England, evading capture until she can demand the crown . . .
'The story of Matilda is strikingly brought to life with this beautiful written novel. A must for any fan of medieval history' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Author Bio:
Carol McGrath is the author of the acclaimed She-Wolves Trilogy, which began with the hugely successful The Silken Rose and continues with the brand new The Damask Rose. Born in Northern Ireland, she fell in love with historical fiction at a young age, when exploring local castles, such as Carrickfergus, and nearby archeological digs- and discovering some ancient bones herself. While completing a degree in History, she became fascinated by the strong women who were silenced in record. Her first novel, The Handfasted Wife, was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards, and Mistress Cromwell was widely praised as a timely feminist retelling of Tudor court life. Her novels are known for their intricacy, depth of research and powerful stories.
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Shelley Read


Shelley Read
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Title: Go As A River
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: NO
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.shelleyread.com
Book Blurb:
'A sweeping story of survival and becoming' Women's Prize for Fiction
'Spellbinding' The Times
'Beautiful' Daily Mail
1940s Colorado: Teenage Victoria Nash is the sole surviving woman in a family of troubled men. She spends her days running the household on her family's peach farm.
Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past. Displaced from his tribal land, he wants to believe one place is just like another.
When Victoria and Wil meet on a street corner, their unexpected connection ignites both passion and danger, revelations and secrets.
But when tragedy strikes, Victoria is propelled away from the only home she has ever known and towards a reckoning with loss, hope, and her own untapped strength. Gathering all the pieces of her small and extraordinary existence, she will arrive at a single rocky decision that will change her life for ever.
Go as a River is a heart-wrenching coming-of-age story and a drama of enthralling power.
Author Bio:
Shelley Read is a fifth generation Coloradoan who lives with her family in the Elk Mountains of the Western Slope. She was a Senior Lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades, where she taught writing, literature, environmental studies, and Honors, and was a founder of the Environment & Sustainability major and a support program for first-generation and at-risk students. Shelley holds degrees in writing and literary studies from the University of Denver and Temple University's Graduate Program in Creative Writing. She is a regular contributor to Crested Butte Magazine and Gunnison Valley Journal, and has written for the Denver Post and a variety of publications.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: NO
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.shelleyread.com
Book Blurb:
'A sweeping story of survival and becoming' Women's Prize for Fiction
'Spellbinding' The Times
'Beautiful' Daily Mail
1940s Colorado: Teenage Victoria Nash is the sole surviving woman in a family of troubled men. She spends her days running the household on her family's peach farm.
Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past. Displaced from his tribal land, he wants to believe one place is just like another.
When Victoria and Wil meet on a street corner, their unexpected connection ignites both passion and danger, revelations and secrets.
But when tragedy strikes, Victoria is propelled away from the only home she has ever known and towards a reckoning with loss, hope, and her own untapped strength. Gathering all the pieces of her small and extraordinary existence, she will arrive at a single rocky decision that will change her life for ever.
Go as a River is a heart-wrenching coming-of-age story and a drama of enthralling power.
Author Bio:
Shelley Read is a fifth generation Coloradoan who lives with her family in the Elk Mountains of the Western Slope. She was a Senior Lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades, where she taught writing, literature, environmental studies, and Honors, and was a founder of the Environment & Sustainability major and a support program for first-generation and at-risk students. Shelley holds degrees in writing and literary studies from the University of Denver and Temple University's Graduate Program in Creative Writing. She is a regular contributor to Crested Butte Magazine and Gunnison Valley Journal, and has written for the Denver Post and a variety of publications.
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Lot 300
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Caroline James


Caroline James
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Title: The Cruise
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.carolinejamesauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarolineJames12
Book Blurb:
Three women.
One widowed.
One unmarried.
One almost divorced.
All aged 63, but not ready to give up on life!
Leaving behind the heartache, guilt and disappointment of their real lives, three friends decide that now they’re in their sixties, it’s time they finally did something for themselves!
Swapping Christmas turkeys and BBC reruns for crystal waters, white sandy beaches and smooth golden rum, Anne, Jane and Kath throw caution (and tradition) to the wind as they set sail on a luxury two-week Christmas cruise around the Caribbean.
Will the three friends find the comfort and joy they seek aboard the Diamond Star?
Author Bio:
Caroline James always wanted to write, but instead of taking a literary route, followed a career in the hospitality industry, which included owning a pub and a beautiful country house hotel. She was also a media agent representing celebrity chefs. When she finally glued her rear to a chair and began to write, the words flowed, and several novels later, she gained many bestseller badges for her books.
Her latest bestseller, The Cruise, is described as: ‘Girl power for the over sixties!’
Caroline’s hilarious novels include The Spa Break and The Best Boomerville Hotel, depicted as ‘Britain’s answer to the Best Marigold Hotel’.
She likes to write in Venus, her holiday home on wheels and in her spare time, walks with Fred, her Westie, or swims in a local lake. Caroline is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association, the SOA and the Society of Women’s Writers & Journalists and writes short stories and articles, contributing to many publications.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available:
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.carolinejamesauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarolineJames12
Book Blurb:
Three women.
One widowed.
One unmarried.
One almost divorced.
All aged 63, but not ready to give up on life!
Leaving behind the heartache, guilt and disappointment of their real lives, three friends decide that now they’re in their sixties, it’s time they finally did something for themselves!
Swapping Christmas turkeys and BBC reruns for crystal waters, white sandy beaches and smooth golden rum, Anne, Jane and Kath throw caution (and tradition) to the wind as they set sail on a luxury two-week Christmas cruise around the Caribbean.
Will the three friends find the comfort and joy they seek aboard the Diamond Star?
Author Bio:
Caroline James always wanted to write, but instead of taking a literary route, followed a career in the hospitality industry, which included owning a pub and a beautiful country house hotel. She was also a media agent representing celebrity chefs. When she finally glued her rear to a chair and began to write, the words flowed, and several novels later, she gained many bestseller badges for her books.
Her latest bestseller, The Cruise, is described as: ‘Girl power for the over sixties!’
Caroline’s hilarious novels include The Spa Break and The Best Boomerville Hotel, depicted as ‘Britain’s answer to the Best Marigold Hotel’.
She likes to write in Venus, her holiday home on wheels and in her spare time, walks with Fred, her Westie, or swims in a local lake. Caroline is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association, the SOA and the Society of Women’s Writers & Journalists and writes short stories and articles, contributing to many publications.
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Lot 301
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Ronali Collings


Ronali Collings
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Title: Love And Other Dramas
Genre: Women’s/Book club fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.madeleinemilburn.co.uk/mm-authors/ronali-collings
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RonaliCollings
The Book:
THREE WOMEN. TWO CULTURES. ONE SECOND CHANCE.
West London. Tania Samarasena (recently divorced), her mother Helen (recently widowed), and her best friend Priya (recently nearly sacked following The Outburst) are three women at a crossroads in their lives.
As they make plans to reinvent themselves, a series of shocks, old secrets and surprises plays havoc with their relationships, as well as their futures.
A warm, witty and wonderful debut about second chances, Love & Other Dramas tells the story of three women dealing with the drama of life, love, family, friendship and keeping people out of your business in a culture where Aunty knows best.
The Author:
Ronali Collings was born and bred in Middlesex, has a degree in English Literature from King’s College London, studied law and worked in international tax for 16 years. After several years as a stay-at-home mother and decades of vicarious living through books, she rediscovered her passion for writing and graduated with a MA in Creative Writing from Brunel University under the supervision of Bernardine Evaristo.
Genre: Women’s/Book club fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://www.madeleinemilburn.co.uk/mm-authors/ronali-collings
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RonaliCollings
The Book:
THREE WOMEN. TWO CULTURES. ONE SECOND CHANCE.
West London. Tania Samarasena (recently divorced), her mother Helen (recently widowed), and her best friend Priya (recently nearly sacked following The Outburst) are three women at a crossroads in their lives.
As they make plans to reinvent themselves, a series of shocks, old secrets and surprises plays havoc with their relationships, as well as their futures.
A warm, witty and wonderful debut about second chances, Love & Other Dramas tells the story of three women dealing with the drama of life, love, family, friendship and keeping people out of your business in a culture where Aunty knows best.
The Author:
Ronali Collings was born and bred in Middlesex, has a degree in English Literature from King’s College London, studied law and worked in international tax for 16 years. After several years as a stay-at-home mother and decades of vicarious living through books, she rediscovered her passion for writing and graduated with a MA in Creative Writing from Brunel University under the supervision of Bernardine Evaristo.
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Gillian Cross


Gillian Cross
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Title: Ollie Spark and the Exploding Popcorn
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.gillian-cross.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gilliancross
Book Blurb::
Machines, mysteries and mayhem - this must be a case for OLLIE SPARK!
Ollie Spark has his biggest adventure yet, when he travels to a fancy food festival on a far-flung island!
There are tasty treats galore - but the festival's guest of honour, a grand Duchess, is acting very suspiciously. What is she hiding? Ollie embarks on an undercover mission involving spying, secret recipes and lots of noodles . . .
It's up to Ollie and his lovable dog Gasket to uncover the truth, and save the island before disaster strikes!
Author Bio:
Gillian Cross has been a successful author for many years. She has won the Carnegie medal, for 'Wolf'; the Smarties Prize and the Whitbread Children's Novel award, for 'The Great Elephant Chase' and her 'Demon Headmaster' books have been made into a successful television series. Gillian Cross is a great supporter of libraries and has served on several national committees and working parties in support ot these institutions. She lives in Warwickshire with her husband and family.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.gillian-cross.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gilliancross
Book Blurb::
Machines, mysteries and mayhem - this must be a case for OLLIE SPARK!
Ollie Spark has his biggest adventure yet, when he travels to a fancy food festival on a far-flung island!
There are tasty treats galore - but the festival's guest of honour, a grand Duchess, is acting very suspiciously. What is she hiding? Ollie embarks on an undercover mission involving spying, secret recipes and lots of noodles . . .
It's up to Ollie and his lovable dog Gasket to uncover the truth, and save the island before disaster strikes!
Author Bio:
Gillian Cross has been a successful author for many years. She has won the Carnegie medal, for 'Wolf'; the Smarties Prize and the Whitbread Children's Novel award, for 'The Great Elephant Chase' and her 'Demon Headmaster' books have been made into a successful television series. Gillian Cross is a great supporter of libraries and has served on several national committees and working parties in support ot these institutions. She lives in Warwickshire with her husband and family.
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Roisin Meaney


Roisin Meaney
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Two Book Bundle!
Title 1: Life Before Us
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Book Club
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://roisinmeaney.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/roisinmeaney
Book 1 Blurb:
Three facts about George:
His daughter Suzi is the best thing in his life.
He thinks it might finally be time to get over Suzi’s mum.
He’s never tried online dating, but there’s a first time for everything.
Three facts about Alice:
She’s about to find out that her boyfriend is lying to her.
She never expected to return to her hometown, particularly not without a job or a place to live.
Even though her heart has been trampled on, she’s still holding out for love.
One fact about love:
It’s out there for George and Alice. All that needs to happen is for them to meet…
Book 2 Blurb:
A tragic accident leaves the tight-knit book club in the small seaside town of Fairweather reeling. Then stranger Tom McLysaght arrives in the community, and the members of the club find their lives changing in ways they never could have imagined.
None of them realise that Tom is hiding a secret. On the surface, his move to Fairweather was to escape his highflying life in London and to put some much-needed distance between him and his ex-fiancée – but deep down Tom knows that there are some things he cannot run from.
As the months pass with book club gatherings, secrets are shared and hurts begin to heal. New friendships might be the last thing on their minds but the members of the book club are about to discover that opening themselves up to other people might be the only thing that will help them all to live, and to love, again.
Author Bio:
In 1977 Roisin Meaney finished a sentence and won a car. The sentence was 'I would like to win a Ford Fiesta because my father won't let me drive his.' Over the years that followed she wrote a lot more sentences and won a lot more prizes. In 2001 she finally decided to keep writing sentences until she filled a book, and in 2008, with three published novels under her belt, she gave up her teaching job to become a fulltime writer. Since 2001 she's written twenty adult novels and three children's books. Her work has been translated into German, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Polish and Slovenian. Two of her books have also been published in the US: Semi-Sweet (Irish title Love in the Making) and Life Drawing for Beginners (Irish title The Things We Do for Love), and several books have been published in Australia and New Zealand by Hachette Australia.
All of Roisin's novels have made it into the Irish bestseller list. Four of them, One Summer (2012), After the Wedding (2014), I'll Be Home for Christmas (2015) and The Birthday Party (2019) form a series; all are set on Roone, a small make-believe island (but strongly inspired by the very real Valentia Island) located off the west coast of Ireland.
Roisin was shortlisted in the 2022 Irish Book Awards in the Library Association of Ireland Author of the Year category. She is currently working on a new novel that's earmarked for Christmas 2023 publication.
Title 1: Life Before Us
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Title 2: The Book Club
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
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Website: https://roisinmeaney.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/roisinmeaney
Book 1 Blurb:
Three facts about George:
His daughter Suzi is the best thing in his life.
He thinks it might finally be time to get over Suzi’s mum.
He’s never tried online dating, but there’s a first time for everything.
Three facts about Alice:
She’s about to find out that her boyfriend is lying to her.
She never expected to return to her hometown, particularly not without a job or a place to live.
Even though her heart has been trampled on, she’s still holding out for love.
One fact about love:
It’s out there for George and Alice. All that needs to happen is for them to meet…
Book 2 Blurb:
A tragic accident leaves the tight-knit book club in the small seaside town of Fairweather reeling. Then stranger Tom McLysaght arrives in the community, and the members of the club find their lives changing in ways they never could have imagined.
None of them realise that Tom is hiding a secret. On the surface, his move to Fairweather was to escape his highflying life in London and to put some much-needed distance between him and his ex-fiancée – but deep down Tom knows that there are some things he cannot run from.
As the months pass with book club gatherings, secrets are shared and hurts begin to heal. New friendships might be the last thing on their minds but the members of the book club are about to discover that opening themselves up to other people might be the only thing that will help them all to live, and to love, again.
Author Bio:
In 1977 Roisin Meaney finished a sentence and won a car. The sentence was 'I would like to win a Ford Fiesta because my father won't let me drive his.' Over the years that followed she wrote a lot more sentences and won a lot more prizes. In 2001 she finally decided to keep writing sentences until she filled a book, and in 2008, with three published novels under her belt, she gave up her teaching job to become a fulltime writer. Since 2001 she's written twenty adult novels and three children's books. Her work has been translated into German, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Polish and Slovenian. Two of her books have also been published in the US: Semi-Sweet (Irish title Love in the Making) and Life Drawing for Beginners (Irish title The Things We Do for Love), and several books have been published in Australia and New Zealand by Hachette Australia.
All of Roisin's novels have made it into the Irish bestseller list. Four of them, One Summer (2012), After the Wedding (2014), I'll Be Home for Christmas (2015) and The Birthday Party (2019) form a series; all are set on Roone, a small make-believe island (but strongly inspired by the very real Valentia Island) located off the west coast of Ireland.
Roisin was shortlisted in the 2022 Irish Book Awards in the Library Association of Ireland Author of the Year category. She is currently working on a new novel that's earmarked for Christmas 2023 publication.
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Lot 304
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Sarah Mallory


Sarah Mallory
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Title:The Night She Met the Duke (UK edition);
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website http://sarahmallory.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahMRomance
Book Blurb:
Hearing herself described as a lady as dull as her name is the final straw in Prudence Clifford's disastrous Season, so she decides to stay with her aunt in Bath. But Pru's new life is anything but dull when one night she finds an uninvited, devastatingly handsome duke at her kitchen table! Pru knows she will never forget the emotional connection they shared. But it's their unexpected reunion three months later which will prove truly unforgettable...
Author Bio: - Sarah Mallory is an award-winning author who has published more than 30 historical romances with Harlequin Mills & Boon. She loves history, especially the Georgian and Regency. She won the prestigious RoNA Rose Award from the Romantic Novelists Association in 2012 and 2013 and was nominated in 2022. Sarah also writes romantic historical adventures as Melinda Hammond. Sarah lived for many years on the Yorkshire Pennines, taking inspiration from the wild and rugged moors. Then in 2018 she fell in love with Scotland and ran away to live on the rugged North West Coast, which is proving even more inspiring!
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website http://sarahmallory.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahMRomance
Book Blurb:
Hearing herself described as a lady as dull as her name is the final straw in Prudence Clifford's disastrous Season, so she decides to stay with her aunt in Bath. But Pru's new life is anything but dull when one night she finds an uninvited, devastatingly handsome duke at her kitchen table! Pru knows she will never forget the emotional connection they shared. But it's their unexpected reunion three months later which will prove truly unforgettable...
Author Bio: - Sarah Mallory is an award-winning author who has published more than 30 historical romances with Harlequin Mills & Boon. She loves history, especially the Georgian and Regency. She won the prestigious RoNA Rose Award from the Romantic Novelists Association in 2012 and 2013 and was nominated in 2022. Sarah also writes romantic historical adventures as Melinda Hammond. Sarah lived for many years on the Yorkshire Pennines, taking inspiration from the wild and rugged moors. Then in 2018 she fell in love with Scotland and ran away to live on the rugged North West Coast, which is proving even more inspiring!
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Lot 305
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Bex Hogan


Bex Hogan
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Title: BLACK HEAT
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://bexhogan.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bexhogan
Book Blurb:
Exile. Rebel. Healer. Three underestimated women, destined to be brought together by revenge in this dark and thrilling new YA fantasy.
Marzal - an exiled daughter with a plan for her return.
Rayn - a rebel blacksmith with a blade of blood.
Elena - a gentle midwife with a fiercely protected secret.
Each young woman wants peace for their country, but in times of war, not everyone fights by the same rules. As their countries burn around them, and the stakes of victory rise, each woman will have to decide how far she is willing to go for peace.
But the desire for revenge also burns deep.
Author Bio: Raised on a healthy diet of fantasy and fairy tales, Bex Hogan has spent much of her life lost in daydreams. Writing her stories down was a natural progression and now she enjoys sharing her time between living in the real world and escaping to her imagination. A Cornish girl at heart, Bex now lives in Cambridgeshire with her beautiful family. She is the author of BLACK HEAT, a standalone YA fantasy, and the ISLES OF STORM AND SORROW trilogy, which are YA fantasy adventures set on the high seas (all out now with Hachette Children's Group). Her first fantasy middle grade series, BRONTE TEMPESTRA, is out Feb 2024 with Piccadilly Press.
Genre: YA Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage and Packing: Free
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://bexhogan.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bexhogan
Book Blurb:
Exile. Rebel. Healer. Three underestimated women, destined to be brought together by revenge in this dark and thrilling new YA fantasy.
Marzal - an exiled daughter with a plan for her return.
Rayn - a rebel blacksmith with a blade of blood.
Elena - a gentle midwife with a fiercely protected secret.
Each young woman wants peace for their country, but in times of war, not everyone fights by the same rules. As their countries burn around them, and the stakes of victory rise, each woman will have to decide how far she is willing to go for peace.
But the desire for revenge also burns deep.
Author Bio: Raised on a healthy diet of fantasy and fairy tales, Bex Hogan has spent much of her life lost in daydreams. Writing her stories down was a natural progression and now she enjoys sharing her time between living in the real world and escaping to her imagination. A Cornish girl at heart, Bex now lives in Cambridgeshire with her beautiful family. She is the author of BLACK HEAT, a standalone YA fantasy, and the ISLES OF STORM AND SORROW trilogy, which are YA fantasy adventures set on the high seas (all out now with Hachette Children's Group). Her first fantasy middle grade series, BRONTE TEMPESTRA, is out Feb 2024 with Piccadilly Press.
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Lot 306
£ 15
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Deborah Carr


Deborah Carr
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Book Title: The Poppy Sisters
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://deborahcarr.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DebsCarr
Book Blurb:
Divided by war. Reunited by courage.
Two sisters, divided by war, face daily battles to save the lives of the wounded soldiers in their care
Phoebe is a VAD at a Base Hospital in Étaples, France, treating men who’ve served at the Front. Their courage and resilience inspires her, and though she’s meant to keep her distance, Captain Archie Bailey soon captivates her heart.
Her younger sister Celia is a nurse at a POW camp on the island of Jersey. These men fight for the forces that bombed her brother and parents, but long hours spent healing them shows her they aren’t the monsters she expected.
But despite the differences in their situations, both Celia and Phoebe come to see the commonality in their experiences – the sense of community and friendship, the unexpected moments of love and laughter, and a bond so strong that even war can’t break it…
Author Bio: Deborah Carr is a USA TODAY bestselling author of historical fiction for HarperCollins One More Chapter. She lives near the beach on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands with her husband and three rescue dogs and begins each day with a walk down by the sea. Two years ago she swapped her dilapidated shed for a shiny new studio where she spends most days plotting and writing her books.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://deborahcarr.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DebsCarr
Book Blurb:
Divided by war. Reunited by courage.
Two sisters, divided by war, face daily battles to save the lives of the wounded soldiers in their care
Phoebe is a VAD at a Base Hospital in Étaples, France, treating men who’ve served at the Front. Their courage and resilience inspires her, and though she’s meant to keep her distance, Captain Archie Bailey soon captivates her heart.
Her younger sister Celia is a nurse at a POW camp on the island of Jersey. These men fight for the forces that bombed her brother and parents, but long hours spent healing them shows her they aren’t the monsters she expected.
But despite the differences in their situations, both Celia and Phoebe come to see the commonality in their experiences – the sense of community and friendship, the unexpected moments of love and laughter, and a bond so strong that even war can’t break it…
Author Bio: Deborah Carr is a USA TODAY bestselling author of historical fiction for HarperCollins One More Chapter. She lives near the beach on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands with her husband and three rescue dogs and begins each day with a walk down by the sea. Two years ago she swapped her dilapidated shed for a shiny new studio where she spends most days plotting and writing her books.
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Lot 307
£ 21
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Jane Bettany


Jane Bettany
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Book Title: Murder in Merrywell
Genre: Cosy Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://janebettany.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaneBettany
Book Blurb:
Ex-journalist Violet Brewster is keen to make a good first impression in her new community, having just moved to the small village of Merrywell. When Violet hears about the mystery of Helen Slingsby, who disappeared from the village forty years earlier, she decides to help uncover what happened. But despite Violet’s best efforts, she can find no trace of the missing woman.
As Violet talks to the other residents, it becomes apparent that something sinister is lurking beneath the village’s idyllic exterior.
When a villager is found dead in their home, Violet becomes convinced that the murder is connected to Helen. Did Helen ever really leave Merrywell? Who in the village is hiding something? And can Violet finally solve this forty-year-old mystery before someone else gets hurt?
Author Bio:
Jane Bettany is the author of the DI Isabel Blood crime novels, set in the fictional Derbyshire town of Bainbridge, and the cosy crime series featuring amateur sleuth Violet Brewster, which is also set in Derbyshire.
Jane's debut novel - In Cold Blood - won the 2019 Gransnet and HQ writing competition, which was for women writers over the age of 40 who had written a novel with a protagonist in the same age range.
Before turning to novel writing, Jane had been writing short stories and non-fiction articles for over twenty years, many of which have appeared in women’s magazines, literary magazines, newspapers and online. Jane lives in Derby.
Genre: Cosy Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://janebettany.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaneBettany
Book Blurb:
Ex-journalist Violet Brewster is keen to make a good first impression in her new community, having just moved to the small village of Merrywell. When Violet hears about the mystery of Helen Slingsby, who disappeared from the village forty years earlier, she decides to help uncover what happened. But despite Violet’s best efforts, she can find no trace of the missing woman.
As Violet talks to the other residents, it becomes apparent that something sinister is lurking beneath the village’s idyllic exterior.
When a villager is found dead in their home, Violet becomes convinced that the murder is connected to Helen. Did Helen ever really leave Merrywell? Who in the village is hiding something? And can Violet finally solve this forty-year-old mystery before someone else gets hurt?
Author Bio:
Jane Bettany is the author of the DI Isabel Blood crime novels, set in the fictional Derbyshire town of Bainbridge, and the cosy crime series featuring amateur sleuth Violet Brewster, which is also set in Derbyshire.
Jane's debut novel - In Cold Blood - won the 2019 Gransnet and HQ writing competition, which was for women writers over the age of 40 who had written a novel with a protagonist in the same age range.
Before turning to novel writing, Jane had been writing short stories and non-fiction articles for over twenty years, many of which have appeared in women’s magazines, literary magazines, newspapers and online. Jane lives in Derby.
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Lot 308
£ 10
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Kirsty Ferry


Kirsty Ferry
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Title: Bea's Magical Summer Garden
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.rosethornpress.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kirsty_ferry
Book Blurb:
Lilac-haired Bea Appleton can’t wait to create a buzz about the honey festival at her fantastic garden.
The only thorn in her side is her awful next-door neighbour. Ever since he moved in, he and his poisonous assistant Carla have been complaining about Bea’s beautiful climbing plants ruining the ‘clean lines’ of his garden.
The ongoing feud has Bea worried. Will her horrible neighbours pose problems for her festival?
Enter handsome TV presenter Marcus Rainton. He’s the polar opposite of her horrible neighbour. He’s entranced by both Bea and her beautiful garden, not to mention the buzzing bees and a certain black cat.
Marcus is only meant to be here visiting his cousin, but he certainly seems determined to stick around. Is Bea the attraction?
But is all as it seems? Nothing is ever straightforward in Bea’s Garden . . .
Author Bio:
Kirsty is from the North East of England and won the English Heritage/Belsay Hall National Creative Writing competition in 2009 with the ghostly tale 'Enchantment'.
Her timeslip novel, 'Some Veil Did Fall', a paranormal romance set in Whitby, was published by Choc Lit in Autumn 2014, and her books are now published by Joffe Books, winners of the IPG Trade Publisher of the Year in 2023. The experience of signing 'Some Veil Did Fall' in a quirky bookshop in the midst of Goth Weekend in Whitby, dressed as a recently undead person was one of the highlights of her writing career so far!
Kirsty's first timeslip novel 'The Memory of Snow', was commended in the Northern Writers' Awards, and she also writes Gothic Fiction under the pen name Cathryn Ramsay.
Kirsty has had articles and short stories published in various magazines and graduated from Northumbria University in December 2016, having achieved a Masters with Distinction in Creative Writing.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.rosethornpress.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kirsty_ferry
Book Blurb:
Lilac-haired Bea Appleton can’t wait to create a buzz about the honey festival at her fantastic garden.
The only thorn in her side is her awful next-door neighbour. Ever since he moved in, he and his poisonous assistant Carla have been complaining about Bea’s beautiful climbing plants ruining the ‘clean lines’ of his garden.
The ongoing feud has Bea worried. Will her horrible neighbours pose problems for her festival?
Enter handsome TV presenter Marcus Rainton. He’s the polar opposite of her horrible neighbour. He’s entranced by both Bea and her beautiful garden, not to mention the buzzing bees and a certain black cat.
Marcus is only meant to be here visiting his cousin, but he certainly seems determined to stick around. Is Bea the attraction?
But is all as it seems? Nothing is ever straightforward in Bea’s Garden . . .
Author Bio:
Kirsty is from the North East of England and won the English Heritage/Belsay Hall National Creative Writing competition in 2009 with the ghostly tale 'Enchantment'.
Her timeslip novel, 'Some Veil Did Fall', a paranormal romance set in Whitby, was published by Choc Lit in Autumn 2014, and her books are now published by Joffe Books, winners of the IPG Trade Publisher of the Year in 2023. The experience of signing 'Some Veil Did Fall' in a quirky bookshop in the midst of Goth Weekend in Whitby, dressed as a recently undead person was one of the highlights of her writing career so far!
Kirsty's first timeslip novel 'The Memory of Snow', was commended in the Northern Writers' Awards, and she also writes Gothic Fiction under the pen name Cathryn Ramsay.
Kirsty has had articles and short stories published in various magazines and graduated from Northumbria University in December 2016, having achieved a Masters with Distinction in Creative Writing.
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Lot 309
£ 25
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Audrey Burges


Audrey Burges
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Title: The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone
Genre: Magical Realism
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://audreyburges.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Audrey_Burges
Book Blurb:
From her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of readers worldwide. Myra's stories have created legions of fans who breathlessly await every blog post, trade photographs of Mansion-modeled rooms, and swap theories about the enigmatic and reclusive author. Myra herself is tethered to the Mansion by mysteries she can't understand--rooms that appear and disappear overnight, music that plays in its corridors.
Across the country, Alex Rakes, the scion of a custom furniture business, encounters two Mansion fans trying to recreate a room. The pair show him the Minuscule Mansion, and Alex is shocked to recognize a reflection of his own life mirrored back to him in minute scale. The room is his own bedroom, and the Mansion is his family's home, handed down from the grandmother who disappeared mysteriously when Alex was a child. Searching for answers, Alex begins corresponding with Myra. Together, the two unwind the lonely paths of their twin worlds--big and small--and trace the stories that entwine them, setting the stage for a meeting rooted in loss, but defined by love.
Bio:
Audrey Burges writes novels, humor, short fiction, and essays in Richmond, Virginia. Her presence is tolerated by her two rambunctious children and very patient husband, all of whom have become practiced at making supportive faces when she shouts, "listen to this sentence!" She is a frequent contributor to numerous humor outlets, including McSweeney's, and her stories and essays have appeared in Pithead Chapel, Cease, Cows, and lengthy diatribes in the Notes app on her phone. Audrey was born and raised in Arizona by her linguist parents, which is a lot like being raised by wolves, but with better grammar. She moved to Virginia as an adult but still carries mountains and canyons in her heart, and sometimes, when she closes her eyes, she can still smell ponderosa pines in the sun.
Genre: Magical Realism
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES;
Bids Accepted: USA Only
Website: https://audreyburges.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Audrey_Burges
Book Blurb:
From her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of readers worldwide. Myra's stories have created legions of fans who breathlessly await every blog post, trade photographs of Mansion-modeled rooms, and swap theories about the enigmatic and reclusive author. Myra herself is tethered to the Mansion by mysteries she can't understand--rooms that appear and disappear overnight, music that plays in its corridors.
Across the country, Alex Rakes, the scion of a custom furniture business, encounters two Mansion fans trying to recreate a room. The pair show him the Minuscule Mansion, and Alex is shocked to recognize a reflection of his own life mirrored back to him in minute scale. The room is his own bedroom, and the Mansion is his family's home, handed down from the grandmother who disappeared mysteriously when Alex was a child. Searching for answers, Alex begins corresponding with Myra. Together, the two unwind the lonely paths of their twin worlds--big and small--and trace the stories that entwine them, setting the stage for a meeting rooted in loss, but defined by love.
Bio:
Audrey Burges writes novels, humor, short fiction, and essays in Richmond, Virginia. Her presence is tolerated by her two rambunctious children and very patient husband, all of whom have become practiced at making supportive faces when she shouts, "listen to this sentence!" She is a frequent contributor to numerous humor outlets, including McSweeney's, and her stories and essays have appeared in Pithead Chapel, Cease, Cows, and lengthy diatribes in the Notes app on her phone. Audrey was born and raised in Arizona by her linguist parents, which is a lot like being raised by wolves, but with better grammar. She moved to Virginia as an adult but still carries mountains and canyons in her heart, and sometimes, when she closes her eyes, she can still smell ponderosa pines in the sun.
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Lot 310
£ 32
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Kate Wiseman


Kate Wiseman
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Title: The Grinning Throat (Mudlark Mysteries #1)
Genre: Historical adventure for middle grade, teens and young adults.
Format: Paperback
Dedication available? YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
*Bonus: Katie will be adding a mudlarked goody bag for her successful bidder
Website: http://katewiseman.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateWiseman
Book Blurb:
'My first thought is that it’s a pig that someone has lost to the river. Perhaps it fell off one of the barges that choke up the Thames. They’re a constant feature, toiling up and down, day and night, giving off black smoke that clings to the water.'
Joe (15) and Edie (13) are orphans living in Victorian London. Forever worried that they will be sent to the dreaded workhouse, they scratch out a living the best way they can by mudlarking on the foreshore of the River Thames and selling their finds to the nortorious Hempson. One day they discover something macabre, and it will change their lives forever.
The Grinning Throat is the first in the trilogy of The Mudlark Mysteries.
Written by award winnng author, Kate Wiseman, it is historical fiction at its best. Suitable for readers from age 9 and upwards
Author Bio:
The Grinning Throat is the first book in the Mudlark Mysteries series by award winning author, Kate Wiseman. Kate is a licensed and dedicated mudlark. Her other books include the Gangster School series, and YA fantasy, Icarus and Velvet.
Genre: Historical adventure for middle grade, teens and young adults.
Format: Paperback
Dedication available? YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
*Bonus: Katie will be adding a mudlarked goody bag for her successful bidder
Website: http://katewiseman.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateWiseman
Book Blurb:
'My first thought is that it’s a pig that someone has lost to the river. Perhaps it fell off one of the barges that choke up the Thames. They’re a constant feature, toiling up and down, day and night, giving off black smoke that clings to the water.'
Joe (15) and Edie (13) are orphans living in Victorian London. Forever worried that they will be sent to the dreaded workhouse, they scratch out a living the best way they can by mudlarking on the foreshore of the River Thames and selling their finds to the nortorious Hempson. One day they discover something macabre, and it will change their lives forever.
The Grinning Throat is the first in the trilogy of The Mudlark Mysteries.
Written by award winnng author, Kate Wiseman, it is historical fiction at its best. Suitable for readers from age 9 and upwards
Author Bio:
The Grinning Throat is the first book in the Mudlark Mysteries series by award winning author, Kate Wiseman. Kate is a licensed and dedicated mudlark. Her other books include the Gangster School series, and YA fantasy, Icarus and Velvet.
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Lot 311
£ 35
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Lilac Mills


Lilac Mills
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Three Book Series!
Title 1: The Tanglewood Tea Shop
Genre: Uplifting Contemporary Romance
Format: paperback
Title 2: The Tanglewood Flower Shop
Genre: Uplifting Contemporary Romance
Format: paperback
Title 3: The Tanglewood Wedding Shop
Genre: Uplifting Contemporary Romance
Format: paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
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Website: https://lilacmills.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lilacmills
Book 1 Blurb: The Tanglewood Tea Shop
What happens after your dreams come true?
Patisserie-Chef Stevie is stuck in a rut. Her beloved Great Aunt Peggy has passed away and she’s lost both her job and the love of her life. Then she gets the call from the solicitor's office about Peggy’s will, and everything changes.
When Stevie sees a quirky tea shop up for sale in the beautiful village of Tanglewood, she decides to take Peggy’s advice and turn her life around.
But the village isn't as idyllic as it may at first have seemed, and when the gorgeous but grouchy local stable-owner, Nick, shows up he seems like just another fly in the pastry batter…
Book 2 Blurb: The Tanglewood Flower Shop
Love can be a thorny business.
When Tanglewood flower shop owner Leanne enters Budding Stars – a floristry TV competition – she’s shocked to make it through to the televised stages where the pressure grows to prove herself a success.
Luckily for Leanne, new Tanglewood park ranger, Rex, is a rose among the thorns as he provides support and friendship that could blossom into something more…
But Rex’s ex-girlfriend appears with some shocking news, and between busy schedules and the occasional mountain rescue, Leanne can’t see how romance could possibly bloom. And with a new job opportunity suddenly sprouting up, will she need to uproot her life and leave Tanglewood entirely?
Book 3 Blurb: The Tanglewood Wedding Shop
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something untrue…
Edie has enough on her plate keeping her tyrannical boss happy at Moira’s Wedding Shop. So when society bride Tia begs Edie to design her wedding dress – and keep it a secret from the domineering mother-in-law to be – Edie reluctantly says ‘I will’ to making Tia’s dream come true. If her deception is found out, though, it would mean losing her job…
Meanwhile best man James has his eye on Edie and he’s proving ever harder for her to resist. James is upper-crust and Edie’s one unexpected bill away from the breadline – they’re from completely different worlds and there’s no way it can ever work between them… right?
Author Bio:
Lilac Mills lives on a Welsh mountain with her very patient husband and incredibly sweet dog, where she grows veggies (if the slugs don't get them), bakes (badly) and loves making things out of glitter and glue (a mess, usually).
She's been an avid reader ever since she got her hands on a copy of Noddy Goes to Toytown when she was five, and she once tried to read everything in her local library starting with A and working her way through the alphabet.
She loves long, hot summer days in the garden, and cold winter ones snuggled in front of the fire, but whatever the weather she's usually writing or thinking about writing, with heartwarming romance and happy-ever-afters always on her mind.
She is a member of The Society of Authors and The Romantic Novelists’ Association, where is also a reader for their New Writers’ Scheme.
Title 1: The Tanglewood Tea Shop
Genre: Uplifting Contemporary Romance
Format: paperback
Title 2: The Tanglewood Flower Shop
Genre: Uplifting Contemporary Romance
Format: paperback
Title 3: The Tanglewood Wedding Shop
Genre: Uplifting Contemporary Romance
Format: paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://lilacmills.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lilacmills
Book 1 Blurb: The Tanglewood Tea Shop
What happens after your dreams come true?
Patisserie-Chef Stevie is stuck in a rut. Her beloved Great Aunt Peggy has passed away and she’s lost both her job and the love of her life. Then she gets the call from the solicitor's office about Peggy’s will, and everything changes.
When Stevie sees a quirky tea shop up for sale in the beautiful village of Tanglewood, she decides to take Peggy’s advice and turn her life around.
But the village isn't as idyllic as it may at first have seemed, and when the gorgeous but grouchy local stable-owner, Nick, shows up he seems like just another fly in the pastry batter…
Book 2 Blurb: The Tanglewood Flower Shop
Love can be a thorny business.
When Tanglewood flower shop owner Leanne enters Budding Stars – a floristry TV competition – she’s shocked to make it through to the televised stages where the pressure grows to prove herself a success.
Luckily for Leanne, new Tanglewood park ranger, Rex, is a rose among the thorns as he provides support and friendship that could blossom into something more…
But Rex’s ex-girlfriend appears with some shocking news, and between busy schedules and the occasional mountain rescue, Leanne can’t see how romance could possibly bloom. And with a new job opportunity suddenly sprouting up, will she need to uproot her life and leave Tanglewood entirely?
Book 3 Blurb: The Tanglewood Wedding Shop
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something untrue…
Edie has enough on her plate keeping her tyrannical boss happy at Moira’s Wedding Shop. So when society bride Tia begs Edie to design her wedding dress – and keep it a secret from the domineering mother-in-law to be – Edie reluctantly says ‘I will’ to making Tia’s dream come true. If her deception is found out, though, it would mean losing her job…
Meanwhile best man James has his eye on Edie and he’s proving ever harder for her to resist. James is upper-crust and Edie’s one unexpected bill away from the breadline – they’re from completely different worlds and there’s no way it can ever work between them… right?
Author Bio:
Lilac Mills lives on a Welsh mountain with her very patient husband and incredibly sweet dog, where she grows veggies (if the slugs don't get them), bakes (badly) and loves making things out of glitter and glue (a mess, usually).
She's been an avid reader ever since she got her hands on a copy of Noddy Goes to Toytown when she was five, and she once tried to read everything in her local library starting with A and working her way through the alphabet.
She loves long, hot summer days in the garden, and cold winter ones snuggled in front of the fire, but whatever the weather she's usually writing or thinking about writing, with heartwarming romance and happy-ever-afters always on her mind.
She is a member of The Society of Authors and The Romantic Novelists’ Association, where is also a reader for their New Writers’ Scheme.
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Lot 312
£ 14
3
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Pernille Hughes


Pernille Hughes
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Title: Ten Years
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
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Insta: https://instagram.com/pernillehughes
Website: https://pernillehughes.com (Free Short Story Here)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pernillehughes
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The Book:
Becca and Charlie have known each other since university.
Becca and Charlies have also hated each other since university.
Until now. Until Ally’s bucket list. The death of their loved one should mean they can go their separate ways and not look back. But completing the list is something neither of them can walk away from.
And sometimes, those who bring out the worst in you, also bring out the very best…
Over the course of ten years, Becca and Charlie’s paths collide as they deal with grief, love and life after Ally.
Not since Emma and Dex in One Day and Will and Lou in Me Before You will you root for a couple as much.
The Author:
Before she moved to writing full-time, Pernille Hughes studied Film & Literature at university. After she graduated she went on to market Natural History films before working in Children’s television, which meant living in actual Teletubbyland for a while! From 2011–2015, she was a regular contributor for The Sunday Times column ‘Confessions of a Tourist’. She's had three novels published - Ten Years, Probably the Best Kiss in the World and Punch-Drunk Love (previously Sweatpants At Tiffanie's).
Pernille lives in Buckinghamshire, with her husband and four kids, scoffing cake and writing stories to maintain a shred of sanity.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Insta: https://instagram.com/pernillehughes
Website: https://pernillehughes.com (Free Short Story Here)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pernillehughes
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The Book:
Becca and Charlie have known each other since university.
Becca and Charlies have also hated each other since university.
Until now. Until Ally’s bucket list. The death of their loved one should mean they can go their separate ways and not look back. But completing the list is something neither of them can walk away from.
And sometimes, those who bring out the worst in you, also bring out the very best…
Over the course of ten years, Becca and Charlie’s paths collide as they deal with grief, love and life after Ally.
Not since Emma and Dex in One Day and Will and Lou in Me Before You will you root for a couple as much.
The Author:
Before she moved to writing full-time, Pernille Hughes studied Film & Literature at university. After she graduated she went on to market Natural History films before working in Children’s television, which meant living in actual Teletubbyland for a while! From 2011–2015, she was a regular contributor for The Sunday Times column ‘Confessions of a Tourist’. She's had three novels published - Ten Years, Probably the Best Kiss in the World and Punch-Drunk Love (previously Sweatpants At Tiffanie's).
Pernille lives in Buckinghamshire, with her husband and four kids, scoffing cake and writing stories to maintain a shred of sanity.
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Lot 313
£ 25
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Nicola May


Nicola May
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Title: The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://nicolamay.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicolamay1
Book Blurb:
Rosa Larkin is down on her luck in London, so when she inherits a near-derelict corner shop in a quaint Devon village, her first thought is to sell it for cash and sort out her life. But nothing is straightforward about this legacy. While the identity of her benefactor remains a mystery, he - or she - has left one important legal proviso: that the shop cannot be sold, only passed on to somebody who really deserves it. Rosa makes up her mind to give it a go: to put everything she has into getting the shop up and running again in the small seaside community of Cockleberry Bay. But can she do it all on her own? And if not, who will help her succeed - and who among the following will work secretly to see her fail? There is a handsome rugby player, a sexy plumber, a charlatan reporter and a selection of meddling locals. Add in a hit and run incident and the disappearance of a valuable engraved necklace – and what you get is a journey of self-discovery and unpredictable events. With surprising and heartfelt results, Rosa, accompanied at all times by her little sausage dog Hot, will slowly unravel the shadowy secrets of the inheritance, and also bring her own, long-hidden heritage into the light.
Author Bio:
Nicola May is a rom-com superstar. She is the author of sixteen romantic comedies, all of which have appeared in the Kindle bestseller charts. The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay became the best-selling Kindle book in the UK, across all genres, in January 2019, and was Amazon’s third-bestselling novel in that year. It spawned three sequels, followed by the hit Ferry Lane Market trilogy.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://nicolamay.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicolamay1
Book Blurb:
Rosa Larkin is down on her luck in London, so when she inherits a near-derelict corner shop in a quaint Devon village, her first thought is to sell it for cash and sort out her life. But nothing is straightforward about this legacy. While the identity of her benefactor remains a mystery, he - or she - has left one important legal proviso: that the shop cannot be sold, only passed on to somebody who really deserves it. Rosa makes up her mind to give it a go: to put everything she has into getting the shop up and running again in the small seaside community of Cockleberry Bay. But can she do it all on her own? And if not, who will help her succeed - and who among the following will work secretly to see her fail? There is a handsome rugby player, a sexy plumber, a charlatan reporter and a selection of meddling locals. Add in a hit and run incident and the disappearance of a valuable engraved necklace – and what you get is a journey of self-discovery and unpredictable events. With surprising and heartfelt results, Rosa, accompanied at all times by her little sausage dog Hot, will slowly unravel the shadowy secrets of the inheritance, and also bring her own, long-hidden heritage into the light.
Author Bio:
Nicola May is a rom-com superstar. She is the author of sixteen romantic comedies, all of which have appeared in the Kindle bestseller charts. The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay became the best-selling Kindle book in the UK, across all genres, in January 2019, and was Amazon’s third-bestselling novel in that year. It spawned three sequels, followed by the hit Ferry Lane Market trilogy.
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Lot 314
£ 16
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Lynne Shelby


Lynne Shelby
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Title: The Summer of Taking Chances
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://lynneshelby.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynneShelby5
Book Blurb:: Ten years ago, when Jake left their seaside village, he took Emma's dreams with him. Now a famous actor, he's returned to South Quay for the summer, and Emma's feelings for him quickly come flooding back. There's clearly a connection between them, but Jake has damaged her heart once already - will Emma ever be able to give her first love a second chance?
Author Bio:
Lynne Shelby writes contemporary women's fiction and romance. Her debut novel, French Kissing, now re-launched in ebook as Meet Me In Paris, won the Accent Press and Woman magazine Writing Competition. When not writing or reading, Lynne can usually be found at the theatre or exploring a foreign city with her writer's notebook, camera and sketchbook in hand. She lives in London with her husband and has three adult children who live nearby.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://lynneshelby.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynneShelby5
Book Blurb:: Ten years ago, when Jake left their seaside village, he took Emma's dreams with him. Now a famous actor, he's returned to South Quay for the summer, and Emma's feelings for him quickly come flooding back. There's clearly a connection between them, but Jake has damaged her heart once already - will Emma ever be able to give her first love a second chance?
Author Bio:
Lynne Shelby writes contemporary women's fiction and romance. Her debut novel, French Kissing, now re-launched in ebook as Meet Me In Paris, won the Accent Press and Woman magazine Writing Competition. When not writing or reading, Lynne can usually be found at the theatre or exploring a foreign city with her writer's notebook, camera and sketchbook in hand. She lives in London with her husband and has three adult children who live nearby.
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Lot 315
£ 13
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Salma Zaman


Salma Zaman
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Title: Florence and her Fantastic Farts
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://salmasbollywoodacademy.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SalmasBAcademy
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Author Bio:
Yorkshire Women of Achievement Award Winner - Salma has appeared on Coronation Street, BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, TV1, Channel 4, B4U, ZEE, appeared on Donny Osmond’s show & performed for Bollywood Stars. Salma prides herself in more than 20 years of experience in the performing arts & the entertainment industry. The author of Bollywood Princess, HELP! I Can't Dance Without My Bhangra Pants, Greedy Gertie and Sally and her Super Snot and Florence and her Fantastic Farts. Salma has worked in many schools, educational institutions, establishments and high profile events. She leads interactive dance and story telling sessions in all settings and she has been an active volunteer for many community and charity events.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://salmasbollywoodacademy.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SalmasBAcademy
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Author Bio:
Yorkshire Women of Achievement Award Winner - Salma has appeared on Coronation Street, BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, TV1, Channel 4, B4U, ZEE, appeared on Donny Osmond’s show & performed for Bollywood Stars. Salma prides herself in more than 20 years of experience in the performing arts & the entertainment industry. The author of Bollywood Princess, HELP! I Can't Dance Without My Bhangra Pants, Greedy Gertie and Sally and her Super Snot and Florence and her Fantastic Farts. Salma has worked in many schools, educational institutions, establishments and high profile events. She leads interactive dance and story telling sessions in all settings and she has been an active volunteer for many community and charity events.
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Lot 316
£ 50
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Elizabeth Fremantle


Elizabeth Fremantle
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Title: Disobedient
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://www.elizabethfremantle.com
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Book Blurb:
Rome 1611.
A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on display. A city where women are seen but not heard.
Artemisia Gentileschi dreams of becoming a great artist. Motherless, she grows up among a family of painters - men and boys. She knows she is more talented than her brothers, but she cannot choose her own future. She wants to experience the world, but she belongs to her father and will belong to a husband.
As Artemisia patiently goes from lesson to lesson, perfecting her craft, she also paints in private, recreating the women who inspire her, away from her father's eyes.
Until a mysterious tutor enters her life. Tassi is a dashing figure, handsome and worldly, and for a moment he represents everything that a life of freedom might offer. But then the unthinkable happens.
In the eyes of her family, Artemisia should accept her fate. In the eyes of the law, she is the villain.
But Artemisia is a survivor. And this is her story to tell.
Author Bio:
LIZABETH FREMANTLE is the critically acclaimed author of four Tudor historical novels: Queen's Gambit (soon to be the feature film, FIREBRAND), Sisters of Treason, Watch the Lady and The Girl in the Glass Tower. As E.C. Fremantle she has written two gripping historical thrillers: The Poison Bed and The Honey and the Sting. Her novel, Disobedient, about the artist Artemisia Gentileschi, was published in July 2023. She lives in London.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lizfremantle
Website: http://www.elizabethfremantle.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizFremantle
Book Blurb:
Rome 1611.
A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on display. A city where women are seen but not heard.
Artemisia Gentileschi dreams of becoming a great artist. Motherless, she grows up among a family of painters - men and boys. She knows she is more talented than her brothers, but she cannot choose her own future. She wants to experience the world, but she belongs to her father and will belong to a husband.
As Artemisia patiently goes from lesson to lesson, perfecting her craft, she also paints in private, recreating the women who inspire her, away from her father's eyes.
Until a mysterious tutor enters her life. Tassi is a dashing figure, handsome and worldly, and for a moment he represents everything that a life of freedom might offer. But then the unthinkable happens.
In the eyes of her family, Artemisia should accept her fate. In the eyes of the law, she is the villain.
But Artemisia is a survivor. And this is her story to tell.
Author Bio:
LIZABETH FREMANTLE is the critically acclaimed author of four Tudor historical novels: Queen's Gambit (soon to be the feature film, FIREBRAND), Sisters of Treason, Watch the Lady and The Girl in the Glass Tower. As E.C. Fremantle she has written two gripping historical thrillers: The Poison Bed and The Honey and the Sting. Her novel, Disobedient, about the artist Artemisia Gentileschi, was published in July 2023. She lives in London.
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Laura Shepperson


Laura Shepperson
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Title: The Heroines
Genre: Mythological retelling/Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Book Blurb:
*** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ***
‘A deft and clever retelling full of intrigue, rage and pathos’ JENNIFER SAINT, author of Ariadne
‘An intelligent, highly crafted and necessary book’ CLAIRE NORTH, author of Ithaca
‘Urgent and furious’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of The Leviathan
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In Athens, crowds flock to witness the most shocking trial of the ancient world. The royal family is mired in scandal. Phaedra, young bride of King Theseus, has accused her stepson, Hippolytus of rape.
He’s a prince, a talented horseman, a promising noble with his whole life ahead of him. She’s a young and neglected wife, the youngest in a long line of Cretan women with less than savoury reputations.
The men of Athens must determine the truth. Who is guilty, and who is innocent?
But the women know truth is a slippery thing. After all, this is the age of heroes and the age of monsters. There are two sides to every story, and theirs has gone unheard.
Until now.
Author Bio:
Laura Shepperson has been fascinated by myths and myth retellings since studying Classical Studies at university, and her most recent novel updates the story of Phaedra, sister of the Minotaur. In 2017 she was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Prize for Fiction. Laura holds a Master of Studies in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge. She is trying to learn Ancient Greek. Laura lives outside London with her husband and children.
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Genre: Mythological retelling/Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
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*** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ***
‘A deft and clever retelling full of intrigue, rage and pathos’ JENNIFER SAINT, author of Ariadne
‘An intelligent, highly crafted and necessary book’ CLAIRE NORTH, author of Ithaca
‘Urgent and furious’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of The Leviathan
___________________
In Athens, crowds flock to witness the most shocking trial of the ancient world. The royal family is mired in scandal. Phaedra, young bride of King Theseus, has accused her stepson, Hippolytus of rape.
He’s a prince, a talented horseman, a promising noble with his whole life ahead of him. She’s a young and neglected wife, the youngest in a long line of Cretan women with less than savoury reputations.
The men of Athens must determine the truth. Who is guilty, and who is innocent?
But the women know truth is a slippery thing. After all, this is the age of heroes and the age of monsters. There are two sides to every story, and theirs has gone unheard.
Until now.
Author Bio:
Laura Shepperson has been fascinated by myths and myth retellings since studying Classical Studies at university, and her most recent novel updates the story of Phaedra, sister of the Minotaur. In 2017 she was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Prize for Fiction. Laura holds a Master of Studies in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge. She is trying to learn Ancient Greek. Laura lives outside London with her husband and children.
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Lot 318
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Sophie Neville


Sophie Neville
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Title: The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)
Genre: TV & Film Biography
Format: Paperback (First Edition)
Dedication Available: YES
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Book Trailer:
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Website: https://sophieneville.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sophie_Neville
The Book;
In 1973 Sophie Neville was cast as Titty alongside Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser and Suzanna Hamilton in the film Swallows & Amazons. Made before the advent of digital technology, the child stars lived out Arthur Ransome's epic adventure in the great outdoors without ever seeing a script. Encouraged by her mother, Sophie Neville kept a diary about her time filming on location in the lakes and mountains of Cumbria. Bouncy and effervescent, extracts from her childhood diary are interspersed among her memories of the cast and crew as well as photographs, maps and newspaper articles, offering a child's eye view of the making of the film from development to premiere - and the aftermath.
The Author:
Award-winning author Sophie Neville became inadvertently well known as a child when she starred as Titty in the 1974 feature film of Arthur Ransome's book Swallows and Amazons.
After that sunshiny time she went on to work for the BBC behind the camera on television programmes such as Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals, Doctor Who and Eastenders. Having produced her own Inset series for BBC2 she was busy directing her second drama serial for children when disaster struck in the form of a mystery illness.
Fully recovered, Sophie now lives on the south coast of England with her husband. Every year she disappears for a while to ride in different parts of the world and has also been known to go sailing, but only when the sun shines.
Genre: TV & Film Biography
Format: Paperback (First Edition)
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: https://sophieneville.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sophie_Neville
The Book;
In 1973 Sophie Neville was cast as Titty alongside Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser and Suzanna Hamilton in the film Swallows & Amazons. Made before the advent of digital technology, the child stars lived out Arthur Ransome's epic adventure in the great outdoors without ever seeing a script. Encouraged by her mother, Sophie Neville kept a diary about her time filming on location in the lakes and mountains of Cumbria. Bouncy and effervescent, extracts from her childhood diary are interspersed among her memories of the cast and crew as well as photographs, maps and newspaper articles, offering a child's eye view of the making of the film from development to premiere - and the aftermath.
The Author:
Award-winning author Sophie Neville became inadvertently well known as a child when she starred as Titty in the 1974 feature film of Arthur Ransome's book Swallows and Amazons.
After that sunshiny time she went on to work for the BBC behind the camera on television programmes such as Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals, Doctor Who and Eastenders. Having produced her own Inset series for BBC2 she was busy directing her second drama serial for children when disaster struck in the form of a mystery illness.
Fully recovered, Sophie now lives on the south coast of England with her husband. Every year she disappears for a while to ride in different parts of the world and has also been known to go sailing, but only when the sun shines.
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Lot 319
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Andy Shepherd


Andy Shepherd
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Title: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Dragons
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Yes
Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: http://andyshepherdwriter.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/andyjshepherd
Book Blurb:
Tomas, the boy who grew dragons, is officially the Grand High Dragon Master. He's lived with his dragons - Flicker and Zing - and grown dozens more. He's an expert at caring for the dragonfruit tree. He knows all the tricks for training dragons, nurturing dragonfruit seedlings and defusing dragon poo. So - he has this brilliant idea. He and his friends have got to get all their dragon expertise down, in one easy-to-read place, for them, and anyone else who might find themselves growing dragons!
The only problem is - Tomas's friends Ted, Kat, Kai, Liam and Aura are currently scattered all around the world, from Suffolk to Mexico to China. Perhaps, though, if they can get their heads together, they can figure this all out together, and create the most brilliant ULTIMATE GUIDE ever, together?
Of course, what they don't realise is they still have a lot to learn about dragons!
Author Bio:
Andy Shepherd lives near Cambridge with her husband, her two sons and an absurd number of tiny dragons, and spends her spare time trying to figure out how to move this beautiful city closer to the sea.
Disclaimer: Please note, all dragon-growing is undertaken entirely at the grower’s own risk and Andy cannot be held responsible for any damage your dragon may cause.
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Yes
Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: http://andyshepherdwriter.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/andyjshepherd
Book Blurb:
Tomas, the boy who grew dragons, is officially the Grand High Dragon Master. He's lived with his dragons - Flicker and Zing - and grown dozens more. He's an expert at caring for the dragonfruit tree. He knows all the tricks for training dragons, nurturing dragonfruit seedlings and defusing dragon poo. So - he has this brilliant idea. He and his friends have got to get all their dragon expertise down, in one easy-to-read place, for them, and anyone else who might find themselves growing dragons!
The only problem is - Tomas's friends Ted, Kat, Kai, Liam and Aura are currently scattered all around the world, from Suffolk to Mexico to China. Perhaps, though, if they can get their heads together, they can figure this all out together, and create the most brilliant ULTIMATE GUIDE ever, together?
Of course, what they don't realise is they still have a lot to learn about dragons!
Author Bio:
Andy Shepherd lives near Cambridge with her husband, her two sons and an absurd number of tiny dragons, and spends her spare time trying to figure out how to move this beautiful city closer to the sea.
Disclaimer: Please note, all dragon-growing is undertaken entirely at the grower’s own risk and Andy cannot be held responsible for any damage your dragon may cause.
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Lot 320
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Janice Hallett


Janice Hallett
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Title: The Appeal
Genre: Cosy Crime Mystery
Format: Rare US First Edition Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.sheilland.com/janice-hallett
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaniceHallett
The Book:
ONE MURDER. FIFTEEN SUSPECTS. CAN YOU UNCOVER THE TRUTH?
There is a mystery to solve in the sleepy town of Lower Lockwood. It starts with the arrival of two secretive newcomers, and ends with a tragic death. Roderick Tanner QC has assigned law students Charlotte and Femi to the case. Someone has already been sent to prison for murder, but he suspects that they are innocent. And that far darker secrets have yet to be revealed...
Throughout the amateur dramatics society's disastrous staging of All My Sons and the shady charity appeal for a little girl's medical treatment, the murderer hid in plain sight. The evidence is all there, waiting to be found. But will Charlotte and Femi solve the case? Will you?
'Agatha Christie for the 21st century' THE TIMES
'Witty, clever and completely addictive' MAIL ON SUNDAY
The Author:
Janice Hallett is a former magazine editor, award-winning journalist, and government communications writer. She wrote articles and speeches for, among others, the Cabinet Office, Home Office, and Department for International Development. Her enthusiasm for travel has taken her around the world several times, from Madagascar to the Galapagos, Guatemala to Zimbabwe, Japan, Russia, and South Korea. A playwright and screenwriter, she penned the feminist Shakespearean stage comedy NetherBard and cowrote the feature film Retreat. The Appeal is her first novel.
Genre: Cosy Crime Mystery
Format: Rare US First Edition Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.sheilland.com/janice-hallett
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaniceHallett
The Book:
ONE MURDER. FIFTEEN SUSPECTS. CAN YOU UNCOVER THE TRUTH?
There is a mystery to solve in the sleepy town of Lower Lockwood. It starts with the arrival of two secretive newcomers, and ends with a tragic death. Roderick Tanner QC has assigned law students Charlotte and Femi to the case. Someone has already been sent to prison for murder, but he suspects that they are innocent. And that far darker secrets have yet to be revealed...
Throughout the amateur dramatics society's disastrous staging of All My Sons and the shady charity appeal for a little girl's medical treatment, the murderer hid in plain sight. The evidence is all there, waiting to be found. But will Charlotte and Femi solve the case? Will you?
'Agatha Christie for the 21st century' THE TIMES
'Witty, clever and completely addictive' MAIL ON SUNDAY
The Author:
Janice Hallett is a former magazine editor, award-winning journalist, and government communications writer. She wrote articles and speeches for, among others, the Cabinet Office, Home Office, and Department for International Development. Her enthusiasm for travel has taken her around the world several times, from Madagascar to the Galapagos, Guatemala to Zimbabwe, Japan, Russia, and South Korea. A playwright and screenwriter, she penned the feminist Shakespearean stage comedy NetherBard and cowrote the feature film Retreat. The Appeal is her first novel.
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Lot 321
£ 30
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Stephen Aryan


Stephen Aryan
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Title: The Judas Blossom
Genre: Historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.stephen-aryan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveAryan
Book Blurb:
1260s Persia:
Hulagu Khan will use any means to fulfil the dreams of his grandfather, Genghis Khan, and create an empire that covers the world.
Temujin, his youngest son, is given a final chance to prove his worth as a warrior. But there is something dangerous rippling under the surface that makes him far more useful.
Kokochin is the last of her tribe. Abandoned in a foreign land after being married off to Hulagu, she is determined to find a purpose, no matter the cost.
Kaivon despises the Mongols for the massacre of his people. But when offered a chance to serve Hulagu he takes it, giving him an opportunity to destroy the Mongols from within.
Family and war collide in this thrilling and bloody reimagining of the Mongol Empire’s invasion of Persia.
Author Bio:
Stephen's first fantasy novel, Battlemage, was published in 2015 and was a finalist for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for best debut fantasy novel. Battlemage went on to win the inaugural Hellfest Inferno Award in France after a public vote. The sequels, Bloodmage, and Chaosmage were both published in 2016, completing the Age of Darkness trilogy. In 2017 he published Mageborn, the first in a new trilogy, the Age of Dread, with Orbit books. The sequels, Magefall and Magebane were published in 2018 and 2019 respectively, wrapping up his second trilogy. In 2018 he also published Of Gods and Men with Orbit, a digital and audio novella which served as a prequel to Battlemage.
In 2020 Stephen was picked up for a new duology by Angry Robot Books. The story is set in a brand new world. The first novel, The Coward, was published in June 2021 and it received a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly. The sequel, The Warrior, was published in August 2022. In 2022, Angry Robot signed The Judas Blossom, the first instalment in a Persian inspired fantasy trilogy, from Stephen. The first book will be published on 11th July 2023. The Judas Blossom has been described as an “imaginative and sprawling reimagining of the Mongol Empire’s invasion of Persia” following the lives of four characters at the centre of the war. It is an examination of Persian culture, family and war in a stunning, immersive world.
Stephen lives in the West Midlands with his partner and two cats. When he’s not writing novels or podcasting, he can be found drinking real ale, reading books or watching TV.
Genre: Historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging : FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.stephen-aryan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveAryan
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1260s Persia:
Hulagu Khan will use any means to fulfil the dreams of his grandfather, Genghis Khan, and create an empire that covers the world.
Temujin, his youngest son, is given a final chance to prove his worth as a warrior. But there is something dangerous rippling under the surface that makes him far more useful.
Kokochin is the last of her tribe. Abandoned in a foreign land after being married off to Hulagu, she is determined to find a purpose, no matter the cost.
Kaivon despises the Mongols for the massacre of his people. But when offered a chance to serve Hulagu he takes it, giving him an opportunity to destroy the Mongols from within.
Family and war collide in this thrilling and bloody reimagining of the Mongol Empire’s invasion of Persia.
Author Bio:
Stephen's first fantasy novel, Battlemage, was published in 2015 and was a finalist for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for best debut fantasy novel. Battlemage went on to win the inaugural Hellfest Inferno Award in France after a public vote. The sequels, Bloodmage, and Chaosmage were both published in 2016, completing the Age of Darkness trilogy. In 2017 he published Mageborn, the first in a new trilogy, the Age of Dread, with Orbit books. The sequels, Magefall and Magebane were published in 2018 and 2019 respectively, wrapping up his second trilogy. In 2018 he also published Of Gods and Men with Orbit, a digital and audio novella which served as a prequel to Battlemage.
In 2020 Stephen was picked up for a new duology by Angry Robot Books. The story is set in a brand new world. The first novel, The Coward, was published in June 2021 and it received a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly. The sequel, The Warrior, was published in August 2022. In 2022, Angry Robot signed The Judas Blossom, the first instalment in a Persian inspired fantasy trilogy, from Stephen. The first book will be published on 11th July 2023. The Judas Blossom has been described as an “imaginative and sprawling reimagining of the Mongol Empire’s invasion of Persia” following the lives of four characters at the centre of the war. It is an examination of Persian culture, family and war in a stunning, immersive world.
Stephen lives in the West Midlands with his partner and two cats. When he’s not writing novels or podcasting, he can be found drinking real ale, reading books or watching TV.
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Lot 322
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Laura Kemp


Laura Kemp
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Title: Love Betty
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Laurajanekemp
Book Blurb:
One chance encounter might just change everything...
On the day that Betty meets Guy, her life is changed forever. She never thought she'd see him again, but a few months later, realizes she has something of his that needs returning...
So, she writes him a letter. It's the perfect solution for Betty - it means she doesn't need to tell Guy about what really happened that day, and the secret she's been hiding.
For Guy, Betty's letter arrives at his repair shop at the perfect time. His whole world has come crashing down around him and for the first time in a long time, he starts to feel hopeful.
But can you really begin to fall in love with someone you've only met once...?
Author Bio:
Laura Kemp started writing to get out of doing a real job.
A journalist for 15 years, she turned freelance after having a baby because she couldn’t get out of the house, washed and dressed, until lunchtime at the earliest.
A columnist and contributor, she regularly writes for national newspapers and magazines, such as The Daily Mail, The Sun and Grazia, and spends too much time on Twitter (@laurajanekemp).
Married with a son and a neurotic cat, Laura lives in the provinces, where she goes about her business ignorant of what’s on-trend until it reaches her town, by which time it’s out of fashion.
Laura’s first novel Mums Like Us was published by Arrow in February 2013 and Mums on Strike was published in January 2014. The Late Blossoming of Frankie Green was published by Head of Zeus in June 2016, The Year of Surprising Acts of Kindness was published by Orion in February 2018, Bring Me Sunshine was published in June 2019 and Under A Starry Sky was published in paperback in July 2020.
Her latest novel, Love, Betty, was published by Orion on the 9th June 2022
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Laurajanekemp
Book Blurb:
One chance encounter might just change everything...
On the day that Betty meets Guy, her life is changed forever. She never thought she'd see him again, but a few months later, realizes she has something of his that needs returning...
So, she writes him a letter. It's the perfect solution for Betty - it means she doesn't need to tell Guy about what really happened that day, and the secret she's been hiding.
For Guy, Betty's letter arrives at his repair shop at the perfect time. His whole world has come crashing down around him and for the first time in a long time, he starts to feel hopeful.
But can you really begin to fall in love with someone you've only met once...?
Author Bio:
Laura Kemp started writing to get out of doing a real job.
A journalist for 15 years, she turned freelance after having a baby because she couldn’t get out of the house, washed and dressed, until lunchtime at the earliest.
A columnist and contributor, she regularly writes for national newspapers and magazines, such as The Daily Mail, The Sun and Grazia, and spends too much time on Twitter (@laurajanekemp).
Married with a son and a neurotic cat, Laura lives in the provinces, where she goes about her business ignorant of what’s on-trend until it reaches her town, by which time it’s out of fashion.
Laura’s first novel Mums Like Us was published by Arrow in February 2013 and Mums on Strike was published in January 2014. The Late Blossoming of Frankie Green was published by Head of Zeus in June 2016, The Year of Surprising Acts of Kindness was published by Orion in February 2018, Bring Me Sunshine was published in June 2019 and Under A Starry Sky was published in paperback in July 2020.
Her latest novel, Love, Betty, was published by Orion on the 9th June 2022
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Lot 323
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Anthony Ryan


Anthony Ryan
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Title: The Traitor
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hardcover
Dedication available: Yes
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids accepted: Global
Website: http://anthonyryan.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/writer_anthony
Book Blurb:
The Traitor concludes the ruthless and gripping epic fantasy series from New York Times bestseller Anthony Ryan, whose books have sold more than a million copies worldwide.
It's been a long journey for Alwyn Scribe. Born a bastard and raised an outlaw, he's now a knight and the most trusted advisor to Lady Evadine Courlain. Together they've won countless battles and helped to bring order to a fractured kingdom.
Yet Evadine is not the woman Alwyn once knew. As puritanical fury increasingly replaces her benevolent faith, Alwyn begins to question what her true motives really are.
As the kingdom braces itself for one final battle, Alwyn's conscience fights its own war with his heart. Now, more than ever, he must decide whose side he's really on.
Author Bio:
Anthony Ryan is the New York Times best selling author of the Raven's Shadow epic fantasy novels. He was born in Scotland in 1970 but spent much of his adult life living and working in London. After a long career in the British Civil Service he took up writing full time after the success of his first novel Blood Song, Book One of the Raven's Shadow trilogy. He is also the author of the Draconis Memoria trilogy, the Raven’s Blade duology, the Seven Swords novella series, and his current series the Covenant of Steel.
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hardcover
Dedication available: Yes
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids accepted: Global
Website: http://anthonyryan.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/writer_anthony
Book Blurb:
The Traitor concludes the ruthless and gripping epic fantasy series from New York Times bestseller Anthony Ryan, whose books have sold more than a million copies worldwide.
It's been a long journey for Alwyn Scribe. Born a bastard and raised an outlaw, he's now a knight and the most trusted advisor to Lady Evadine Courlain. Together they've won countless battles and helped to bring order to a fractured kingdom.
Yet Evadine is not the woman Alwyn once knew. As puritanical fury increasingly replaces her benevolent faith, Alwyn begins to question what her true motives really are.
As the kingdom braces itself for one final battle, Alwyn's conscience fights its own war with his heart. Now, more than ever, he must decide whose side he's really on.
Author Bio:
Anthony Ryan is the New York Times best selling author of the Raven's Shadow epic fantasy novels. He was born in Scotland in 1970 but spent much of his adult life living and working in London. After a long career in the British Civil Service he took up writing full time after the success of his first novel Blood Song, Book One of the Raven's Shadow trilogy. He is also the author of the Draconis Memoria trilogy, the Raven’s Blade duology, the Seven Swords novella series, and his current series the Covenant of Steel.
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Rachel Burton


Rachel Burton
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Title: The Last Party at Silverton Hall
Genre: Historical Fiction - Timeslip
Format: Paperback
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Two women. Two centuries. A life-changing night...
1952: Vivien and Max collide in the thick London smog. Within a few years, their whirlwind romance sees them living a quiet life on the Norfolk coast, blissfully happy with their beautiful daughter – at least, that's how it appears...
2019: Isobel is hoping for a fresh start when she inherits her beloved grandmother Vivien's house in Silverton Bay. But when she discovers an old photograph of Vivien at one of the infamous parties held at Silverton Hall in the 1950s, Isobel is forced to question how well she really knew her grandmother. Silverton Hall is a place Vivien swore she never went and never would – but why would she lie? And what other secrets was she keeping?
Together with an old friend, Isobel searches for answers. But is she prepared for the truth?
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Rachel Burton has been making up stories for as long as she can remember and always dreamed of being a writer until life somehow got in the way. After reading for a degree in Classics and another in English Literature she accidentally fell into a career in law, but eventually managed to write her first book on her lunch breaks. She loves words, Shakespeare, tea, The Beatles, dresses with pockets and very tall romantic heroes (not necessarily in that order) and lives with her husband and two cats in Yorkshire. A Bookshop Christmas was a finalist in the RNA Romantic Novel Awards 2022.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Timeslip
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Two women. Two centuries. A life-changing night...
1952: Vivien and Max collide in the thick London smog. Within a few years, their whirlwind romance sees them living a quiet life on the Norfolk coast, blissfully happy with their beautiful daughter – at least, that's how it appears...
2019: Isobel is hoping for a fresh start when she inherits her beloved grandmother Vivien's house in Silverton Bay. But when she discovers an old photograph of Vivien at one of the infamous parties held at Silverton Hall in the 1950s, Isobel is forced to question how well she really knew her grandmother. Silverton Hall is a place Vivien swore she never went and never would – but why would she lie? And what other secrets was she keeping?
Together with an old friend, Isobel searches for answers. But is she prepared for the truth?
Author Bio:
Rachel Burton has been making up stories for as long as she can remember and always dreamed of being a writer until life somehow got in the way. After reading for a degree in Classics and another in English Literature she accidentally fell into a career in law, but eventually managed to write her first book on her lunch breaks. She loves words, Shakespeare, tea, The Beatles, dresses with pockets and very tall romantic heroes (not necessarily in that order) and lives with her husband and two cats in Yorkshire. A Bookshop Christmas was a finalist in the RNA Romantic Novel Awards 2022.
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Lisa Jewell


Lisa Jewell
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Title: None Of This Is True
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisajewelluk
Book Blurb:
Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th.
A few days later, they bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie says she thinks she would be an interesting subject for Alix's podcast. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.
Alix agrees to a trial interview and indeed, Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated. Aix finds her unsettling but can't quite resist the temptation to keep digging.
Slowly Alix starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it Josie has cajoled her way into Alix's life - and into her home.
Soon Alix begins to wonder who is Josie Fair really? And what has she done?
Author Bio:
British author Lisa Jewell's first book, Ralph's Party, came out in 1998. Since then, she's gone on to write a range of fiction including her so-called 'curry and flatmates' novels of the nineties and noughties such as: Thirtynothing, A Friend of the Family and Vince & Joy, as well as challenging contemporary fiction and thrillers including: After The Party, The Making of Us, The Third Wife, The Girls, I Found You, Before I Met You, Then She Was Gone and Watching You.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: NO
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisajewelluk
Book Blurb:
Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th.
A few days later, they bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie says she thinks she would be an interesting subject for Alix's podcast. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.
Alix agrees to a trial interview and indeed, Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated. Aix finds her unsettling but can't quite resist the temptation to keep digging.
Slowly Alix starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it Josie has cajoled her way into Alix's life - and into her home.
Soon Alix begins to wonder who is Josie Fair really? And what has she done?
Author Bio:
British author Lisa Jewell's first book, Ralph's Party, came out in 1998. Since then, she's gone on to write a range of fiction including her so-called 'curry and flatmates' novels of the nineties and noughties such as: Thirtynothing, A Friend of the Family and Vince & Joy, as well as challenging contemporary fiction and thrillers including: After The Party, The Making of Us, The Third Wife, The Girls, I Found You, Before I Met You, Then She Was Gone and Watching You.
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Lot 326
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Kate Ryder


Kate Ryder
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Title: The Forgotten Promise
Genre: Timeslip
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://kateryder.me
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateRyder_Books
Book Blurb:
Irish lass, Maddie O'Brien, enjoys an independent, carefree life in London. She loves her work with a film production company but, as the years slip by, she's increasingly aware of a nagging insistence for change. During a film shoot in Dorset she is inexplicably drawn to a 17th Century cottage for sale and although in a semi-serious relationship with Dan, Maddie takes the plunge and exchanges city life for country living. But all is not what it seems at the cottage and immediately after moving in she experiences visions and happenings which would have most people booking into the nearest hotel. Not so Maddie; she feels she has 'come home'. Embracing her new life she soon meets Nick, a local wood sculptor, and despite both being in relationships they are immediately attracted to each other. But who is Nick and what is it that draws them together? And what is her connection with The Olde Smithy? Little by little the cottage reveals its deepest secrets taking Maddie on a journey of self-discovery back to the dangerous days of the English Civil War, visiting the ghosts of her past. Slowly her destiny is revealed and it would seem there is more than one restless spirit to appease . . .
Author Bio:
Kate Ryder is an international bestselling author of romantic suspense and timeslip. Her writing incorporates nature and history with a hint of the otherworldly/supernatural.
Originally from the South East of England, today Kate lives on the 'jam-first' Cornish side of the beautiful Tamar Valley with her husband and a rehomed Bengal-cross cat. When not writing she gravitates towards the coast, theatre, music and art, although the latter always makes her yearn to pick up a paintbrush. But - as there are only so many hours in a day - instead, she paints pictures with words!
Genre: Timeslip
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://kateryder.me
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateRyder_Books
Book Blurb:
Irish lass, Maddie O'Brien, enjoys an independent, carefree life in London. She loves her work with a film production company but, as the years slip by, she's increasingly aware of a nagging insistence for change. During a film shoot in Dorset she is inexplicably drawn to a 17th Century cottage for sale and although in a semi-serious relationship with Dan, Maddie takes the plunge and exchanges city life for country living. But all is not what it seems at the cottage and immediately after moving in she experiences visions and happenings which would have most people booking into the nearest hotel. Not so Maddie; she feels she has 'come home'. Embracing her new life she soon meets Nick, a local wood sculptor, and despite both being in relationships they are immediately attracted to each other. But who is Nick and what is it that draws them together? And what is her connection with The Olde Smithy? Little by little the cottage reveals its deepest secrets taking Maddie on a journey of self-discovery back to the dangerous days of the English Civil War, visiting the ghosts of her past. Slowly her destiny is revealed and it would seem there is more than one restless spirit to appease . . .
Author Bio:
Kate Ryder is an international bestselling author of romantic suspense and timeslip. Her writing incorporates nature and history with a hint of the otherworldly/supernatural.
Originally from the South East of England, today Kate lives on the 'jam-first' Cornish side of the beautiful Tamar Valley with her husband and a rehomed Bengal-cross cat. When not writing she gravitates towards the coast, theatre, music and art, although the latter always makes her yearn to pick up a paintbrush. But - as there are only so many hours in a day - instead, she paints pictures with words!
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Lot 327
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Jill Steeples


Jill Steeples
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Title: Maybe This Christmas?
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/jillesteeples
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When Beth Brown loses her job and her boyfriend in the space of twenty-four hours, she thinks life can’t get any worse. That’s until she finds herself in the depths of the English countryside working for chef, Rocco di Castri. Not only does she have to deal with his legendary moods, but she’s also expected to get his chaotic schedule and workload in check, all while she’s nursing a broken heart.
It’s not long before Rocco’s idyllic home starts to work its magic and soon she sees a softer side to her boss too. And as the festive season approaches, Beth dares to look forward to everything the perfect country Christmas has to offer – and perhaps some romance of her own. Until news of an unexpected proposal threatens to put pay to all Beth’s plans. Will Beth get her happily-ever-after? Maybe, this Christmas...
Author Bio:
Jill Steeples lives in a market town in Bedfordshire with her family, and faithful hound, Amber, an English Pointer.
From an early age she fell in love with the fabulously funny romances of Jilly Cooper, and vowed, one day, she would have a go at writing one of her own.
Her short stories have appeared in popular women’s magazines around the world and in a number of charity anthologies too. Now, Jill writes feel-good fiction set in the English countryside for Boldwood Books and her series include the Dog and Duck books, and the Primrose Wood stories.
When she’s not writing, she loves exploring the beautiful countryside that she writes about, and spending time with family and friends.
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/jillesteeples
Book Blurb:
When Beth Brown loses her job and her boyfriend in the space of twenty-four hours, she thinks life can’t get any worse. That’s until she finds herself in the depths of the English countryside working for chef, Rocco di Castri. Not only does she have to deal with his legendary moods, but she’s also expected to get his chaotic schedule and workload in check, all while she’s nursing a broken heart.
It’s not long before Rocco’s idyllic home starts to work its magic and soon she sees a softer side to her boss too. And as the festive season approaches, Beth dares to look forward to everything the perfect country Christmas has to offer – and perhaps some romance of her own. Until news of an unexpected proposal threatens to put pay to all Beth’s plans. Will Beth get her happily-ever-after? Maybe, this Christmas...
Author Bio:
Jill Steeples lives in a market town in Bedfordshire with her family, and faithful hound, Amber, an English Pointer.
From an early age she fell in love with the fabulously funny romances of Jilly Cooper, and vowed, one day, she would have a go at writing one of her own.
Her short stories have appeared in popular women’s magazines around the world and in a number of charity anthologies too. Now, Jill writes feel-good fiction set in the English countryside for Boldwood Books and her series include the Dog and Duck books, and the Primrose Wood stories.
When she’s not writing, she loves exploring the beautiful countryside that she writes about, and spending time with family and friends.
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Lot 328
£ 25
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Phaedra Patrick


Phaedra Patrick
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Title The Little Italian Hotel
Genre Uplifting fiction
Format Paperback
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Website http://phaedra-patrick.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/phaedrapatrick
Book blurb
Escape to Italy this summer with The Little Italian Hotel, the uplifting new book from Phaedra Patrick, the bestselling author of The Library of Lost and Found.
Ginny Splinter, acclaimed radio host and relationship expert, prides herself on knowing what’s best for others. So, she’s sure her husband, Adrian, will love the special trip to Italy she’s planned for their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. But when Ginny presents the gift, he surprises her with his own very different plan: a divorce.
Beside herself with heartache, Ginny impulsively goes live on air to invite four heartbroken listeners to join her instead. From hiking the hills of Bologna to sharing a gondola in Venice and dancing until dawn, Ginny and her guests embark on a holiday of full of fun, hope and healing.
Sunny, tender and brimming with charm, The Little Italian Hotel explores love, the importance of friendship, and reclaiming the present moment – even if it means leaving the past behind.
Author bio
Phaedra studied art and marketing and has worked as a stained-glass artist, film festival organiser and communications manager. Her books have been translated into twenty-six languages worldwide and four of her novels have been USA TODAY bestsellers. Her second novel, Rise and Shine Benedict Stone, was made into a Hallmark movie. Phaedra lives with her family in Saddleworth, UK, where she writes full time.
Genre Uplifting fiction
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Website http://phaedra-patrick.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/phaedrapatrick
Book blurb
Escape to Italy this summer with The Little Italian Hotel, the uplifting new book from Phaedra Patrick, the bestselling author of The Library of Lost and Found.
Ginny Splinter, acclaimed radio host and relationship expert, prides herself on knowing what’s best for others. So, she’s sure her husband, Adrian, will love the special trip to Italy she’s planned for their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. But when Ginny presents the gift, he surprises her with his own very different plan: a divorce.
Beside herself with heartache, Ginny impulsively goes live on air to invite four heartbroken listeners to join her instead. From hiking the hills of Bologna to sharing a gondola in Venice and dancing until dawn, Ginny and her guests embark on a holiday of full of fun, hope and healing.
Sunny, tender and brimming with charm, The Little Italian Hotel explores love, the importance of friendship, and reclaiming the present moment – even if it means leaving the past behind.
Author bio
Phaedra studied art and marketing and has worked as a stained-glass artist, film festival organiser and communications manager. Her books have been translated into twenty-six languages worldwide and four of her novels have been USA TODAY bestsellers. Her second novel, Rise and Shine Benedict Stone, was made into a Hallmark movie. Phaedra lives with her family in Saddleworth, UK, where she writes full time.
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Lot 329
£ 22
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A.Y. Chao


A.Y. Chao
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Title: Shanghai Immortal
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hard Cover
Dedication Available: Yes
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://Aychao.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ay_chao
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Set in 1930s China, Lady Jing is half-fox spirit half vampire and all sasshole. When she overhears her fox spirit elders planning to steal a priceless dragon pearl from the King of Hell, she’s all in to expose the two-faced vixens for the bitches they are. But when the King tasks her with babysitting a visiting mortal, the mortal’s unexpected friendship puts her at a crossroads and she must decide what matters more: honour and vengeance or friendship and joy?
Author Bio:
Alice is a Canadian fantasy writer based in the UK. She’s fascinated by the spaces where identity and belonging intersect and explores these in her writing. A recovering lawyer and xiaolongbao enthusiast, she knits to soothe anxiety and has a deep abiding love for Hobonichi planners and kawaii planner stickers.
She lives in London with her historical geo-enthusiast hubby, chatterbox daughter, and sweet rescue pup. She’s grateful for the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Her debut novel SHANGHAI IMMORTAL is out now from Hodderscape. Find her online at http://aychao.com and on Twitter and Instagram at
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Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hard Cover
Dedication Available: Yes
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://Aychao.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ay_chao
Book Blurb:
Set in 1930s China, Lady Jing is half-fox spirit half vampire and all sasshole. When she overhears her fox spirit elders planning to steal a priceless dragon pearl from the King of Hell, she’s all in to expose the two-faced vixens for the bitches they are. But when the King tasks her with babysitting a visiting mortal, the mortal’s unexpected friendship puts her at a crossroads and she must decide what matters more: honour and vengeance or friendship and joy?
Author Bio:
Alice is a Canadian fantasy writer based in the UK. She’s fascinated by the spaces where identity and belonging intersect and explores these in her writing. A recovering lawyer and xiaolongbao enthusiast, she knits to soothe anxiety and has a deep abiding love for Hobonichi planners and kawaii planner stickers.
She lives in London with her historical geo-enthusiast hubby, chatterbox daughter, and sweet rescue pup. She’s grateful for the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Her debut novel SHANGHAI IMMORTAL is out now from Hodderscape. Find her online at http://aychao.com and on Twitter and Instagram at
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Lot 330
£ 35
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Derek Birks


Derek Birks
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Three Books: The Last of the Romans Trilogy
Title 1: The Last of the Romans
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Britannia World's End
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Land of Fire
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.derekbirks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Feud_writer
Book 1: The Last of the Romans
454 AD.
Northern Italy.
Dux Ambrosius Aurelianus has served the Roman Empire with distinction.
His bucellarii, a small band of irregular soldiers, have helped to bring a fragile peace to the beleaguered empire in the west. But, with the empire now at peace, his master, Flavius Aetius, decides to chain up his dogs of war.
Ambrosius and his men are left to idle away their days in a rural backwater, but Ambrosius’ boredom is brutally swept aside when old rivals seize the opportunity to destroy him.
Pursued as a traitor by the imperial guard, Ambrosius takes his loyal band, along with other dissident soldiers and a Saxon girl, Inga, into the mountains.
Since nowhere is safe, Ambrosius travels north, across the crumbling ruins of the empire, to his estranged family in Gaul. But there too, he finds nothing but conflict, for his home town is now besieged by a small army of rebellious Franks.
Freedom and peace seem a world away.
Whatever course the soldier takes, Ambrosius and his bucellarii will need to muster all their strength and skill to survive.
At the twilight of the empire, they may be the Last of the Romans…
Book 2: Britannia World's End
Even after years of Roman rule, Britannia is a conflicted and largely untamed land.
Disgraced Imperial Officer, Dux Ambrosius Aurelianus, flees to its shores seeking sanctuary in the land of his deceased mother. His years of loyal service to the emperor count for nothing now. He must carve out a new life beyond the empire.
Accompanying Ambrosius is a disparate group of fellow refugees: Inga, a freed Saxon slave, his bucellarii – warriors sworn to him - and the surviving members of his estranged family.
The burden of command weighs heavy on his shoulders, for when he lands in the country, winter is fast approaching.
But the weather is not the only thing inhospitable towards the newcomers.
Plagued by troubles, Ambrosius faces opponents among both the native Britons and Saxon settlers. He discovers that no-one in Britannia - least of all, the High King, Vortigern - still fears the soldiers of the decaying empire.
When those he loves are savagely abducted and betrayal divides his company, Ambrosius is left with only a handful of his bucellarii. Though heavily outnumbered and unfamiliar with the land, Ambrosius remains undaunted.
Pitted against powerful opponents, the Roman will need new allies if he is to free the hostages and make Britannia his home.
There will be blood.
Book 3: Land of Fire
Late Spring, 455 AD.
After a brutal winter struggle against the High King Vortigern, outcast imperial officer Ambrosius Aurelianus has led his weary followers to south-west Britannia in search of his mother's kinfolk. But Vortigern, thirsting for revenge is already forging a dangerous alliance against him.
Taking refuge in a ruined Roman fort near the decaying town of Vindocladia, Ambrosius finds an ally in Lurotriga, the widowed queen of the Durotriges. Though still sworn to his Saxon lady Inga, he is soon beguiled by the British noblewoman.
Between Inga and her new rival there can be no compromise and their enmity threatens to cause a rift between the Britons and Saxons of Ambrosius’ company.
If Vortigern attacks before the fort is repaired Ambrosius fears the outcome. He must find allies fast but, in a land of squabbling rival tribes the Roman encounters more enemies than friends. A treaty with neighbouring Dumnonia offers Ambrosius some hope, but commits him to defend the south coast against Scotti raiders. Ambrosius’ forces are stretched perilously thin putting the lives of Lurotriga and others at risk.
As Ambrosius prepares to pursue Vortigern for a final reckoning, his quest to discover his mother's kin suddenly delivers a startling revelation, but will it help him to defeat the High King?
Heavily outnumbered in the thick forests and steep valleys of Vortigern's homeland, Ambrosius must rely upon the fighting spirit of his small force of bucellarii and raw recruits. But sometimes courage alone is not enough.
The Author:
I was born in Hampshire in England but spent my teenage years in Auckland, New Zealand where I still have strong family ties. I came back to England and read History at Reading University. For many years I taught history in a secondary school in Berkshire but took early retirement several years ago to concentrate on my writing.
My debut book, Feud, is set in the Wars of the Roses and is fast paced historical fiction. It is the first of the series, Rebels & Brothers including: A Traitor's Fate, Kingdom of Rebels the final book in the series, The Last Shroud.
Kingdom of Rebels was selected as an Editor's Choice and was longlisted for the 2017 HNS Award.
Title 1: The Last of the Romans
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Britannia World's End
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Title 3: Land of Fire
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Bids Accepted: UK only.
Website: https://www.derekbirks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Feud_writer
Book 1: The Last of the Romans
454 AD.
Northern Italy.
Dux Ambrosius Aurelianus has served the Roman Empire with distinction.
His bucellarii, a small band of irregular soldiers, have helped to bring a fragile peace to the beleaguered empire in the west. But, with the empire now at peace, his master, Flavius Aetius, decides to chain up his dogs of war.
Ambrosius and his men are left to idle away their days in a rural backwater, but Ambrosius’ boredom is brutally swept aside when old rivals seize the opportunity to destroy him.
Pursued as a traitor by the imperial guard, Ambrosius takes his loyal band, along with other dissident soldiers and a Saxon girl, Inga, into the mountains.
Since nowhere is safe, Ambrosius travels north, across the crumbling ruins of the empire, to his estranged family in Gaul. But there too, he finds nothing but conflict, for his home town is now besieged by a small army of rebellious Franks.
Freedom and peace seem a world away.
Whatever course the soldier takes, Ambrosius and his bucellarii will need to muster all their strength and skill to survive.
At the twilight of the empire, they may be the Last of the Romans…
Book 2: Britannia World's End
Even after years of Roman rule, Britannia is a conflicted and largely untamed land.
Disgraced Imperial Officer, Dux Ambrosius Aurelianus, flees to its shores seeking sanctuary in the land of his deceased mother. His years of loyal service to the emperor count for nothing now. He must carve out a new life beyond the empire.
Accompanying Ambrosius is a disparate group of fellow refugees: Inga, a freed Saxon slave, his bucellarii – warriors sworn to him - and the surviving members of his estranged family.
The burden of command weighs heavy on his shoulders, for when he lands in the country, winter is fast approaching.
But the weather is not the only thing inhospitable towards the newcomers.
Plagued by troubles, Ambrosius faces opponents among both the native Britons and Saxon settlers. He discovers that no-one in Britannia - least of all, the High King, Vortigern - still fears the soldiers of the decaying empire.
When those he loves are savagely abducted and betrayal divides his company, Ambrosius is left with only a handful of his bucellarii. Though heavily outnumbered and unfamiliar with the land, Ambrosius remains undaunted.
Pitted against powerful opponents, the Roman will need new allies if he is to free the hostages and make Britannia his home.
There will be blood.
Book 3: Land of Fire
Late Spring, 455 AD.
After a brutal winter struggle against the High King Vortigern, outcast imperial officer Ambrosius Aurelianus has led his weary followers to south-west Britannia in search of his mother's kinfolk. But Vortigern, thirsting for revenge is already forging a dangerous alliance against him.
Taking refuge in a ruined Roman fort near the decaying town of Vindocladia, Ambrosius finds an ally in Lurotriga, the widowed queen of the Durotriges. Though still sworn to his Saxon lady Inga, he is soon beguiled by the British noblewoman.
Between Inga and her new rival there can be no compromise and their enmity threatens to cause a rift between the Britons and Saxons of Ambrosius’ company.
If Vortigern attacks before the fort is repaired Ambrosius fears the outcome. He must find allies fast but, in a land of squabbling rival tribes the Roman encounters more enemies than friends. A treaty with neighbouring Dumnonia offers Ambrosius some hope, but commits him to defend the south coast against Scotti raiders. Ambrosius’ forces are stretched perilously thin putting the lives of Lurotriga and others at risk.
As Ambrosius prepares to pursue Vortigern for a final reckoning, his quest to discover his mother's kin suddenly delivers a startling revelation, but will it help him to defeat the High King?
Heavily outnumbered in the thick forests and steep valleys of Vortigern's homeland, Ambrosius must rely upon the fighting spirit of his small force of bucellarii and raw recruits. But sometimes courage alone is not enough.
The Author:
I was born in Hampshire in England but spent my teenage years in Auckland, New Zealand where I still have strong family ties. I came back to England and read History at Reading University. For many years I taught history in a secondary school in Berkshire but took early retirement several years ago to concentrate on my writing.
My debut book, Feud, is set in the Wars of the Roses and is fast paced historical fiction. It is the first of the series, Rebels & Brothers including: A Traitor's Fate, Kingdom of Rebels the final book in the series, The Last Shroud.
Kingdom of Rebels was selected as an Editor's Choice and was longlisted for the 2017 HNS Award.
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Lot 331
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Freya Berry


Freya Berry
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Title: The Birdcage Library
Genre: Historical Fiction / Mystery
Format: Hardback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/FreyaBBooks
Blurb: 1932. Emily Blackwood, adventuress and plant hunter, travels north for a curious new commission. A gentleman has written to request she catalogue his vast collection of taxidermied creatures before sale.
On arrival, Emily finds a ruined castle, its owner haunted by a woman who vanished five decades before. And when she discovers the ripped pages of a diary, crammed into the walls, she realises dark secrets lie here, waiting to entrap her too...
'Irresistible' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'Wonderfully gothic and immersive' THE i
'Claustrophobic and clever storytelling' JANE SHEMILT
'Deliciously creepy and very clever... keeps you glued until the final twist' WOMAN & HOME
'Compulsive. A twisty, atmospheric tale of dark secrets and hidden clues' KATE HAMER
'Gothic, gorgeous, atmospheric; an immersive page-turner to be swept up in' ELLERY LLOYD
'Irresistible. Perfect for lovers of lush, creepy tales, this is gothic historical fiction at its best' ANIKA SCOTT
Author bio: Freya Berry studied English Literature from Cambridge. She graduated with a double first and worked as a financial and political journalist at Reuters and the Daily Mail in London and New York. Her debut novel The Dictator's Wife was inspired by the close observation of the wives of some of the world's most powerful leaders. It was featured on the BBC's Between the Covers and was The New European's novel of the year. Freya lives in London.
Genre: Historical Fiction / Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/FreyaBBooks
Blurb: 1932. Emily Blackwood, adventuress and plant hunter, travels north for a curious new commission. A gentleman has written to request she catalogue his vast collection of taxidermied creatures before sale.
On arrival, Emily finds a ruined castle, its owner haunted by a woman who vanished five decades before. And when she discovers the ripped pages of a diary, crammed into the walls, she realises dark secrets lie here, waiting to entrap her too...
'Irresistible' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'Wonderfully gothic and immersive' THE i
'Claustrophobic and clever storytelling' JANE SHEMILT
'Deliciously creepy and very clever... keeps you glued until the final twist' WOMAN & HOME
'Compulsive. A twisty, atmospheric tale of dark secrets and hidden clues' KATE HAMER
'Gothic, gorgeous, atmospheric; an immersive page-turner to be swept up in' ELLERY LLOYD
'Irresistible. Perfect for lovers of lush, creepy tales, this is gothic historical fiction at its best' ANIKA SCOTT
Author bio: Freya Berry studied English Literature from Cambridge. She graduated with a double first and worked as a financial and political journalist at Reuters and the Daily Mail in London and New York. Her debut novel The Dictator's Wife was inspired by the close observation of the wives of some of the world's most powerful leaders. It was featured on the BBC's Between the Covers and was The New European's novel of the year. Freya lives in London.
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Victoria Williamson


Victoria Williamson
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Title: The Pawnshop of Stolen Dreams
Genre: Folklore - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://strangelymagical.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/strangelymagic
Book Blurb:
In a strange little village called Witchetty Hollow, eleven-year-old Florizel is the first to run into the curious visitors who’ve come to open a brand-new Daydream Delicatessen and sack-baby factory. At first, the poor folk of the Hollow are delighted – after all, who has the money to rent a real child from Storkhouse Services these days? But soon the daydreams turn sour. The Delicatessen’s products are expensive, and villagers trading their worldly goods in the newly-opened Pawnshop begin to disappear. With no money for rent payments, the real children of Witchetty Hollow are being reclaimed by Storkhouse Services at an alarming rate. Can Florizel and sack-boy Burble stop the daydream thieves’ evil business before it’s too late to save the Hollow?
Author Bio:
I grew up in Kirkintilloch, north Glasgow, surrounded by hills and books, and started writing adventure stories at an early age, with plots and characters mostly stolen from my favourite novels and TV shows! These days my stories are all my own, featuring the voices of some of the many children I’ve met over the years on my real-life adventures around the world.
I’ve been a teacher for many years, working in all sorts of exciting places from Cameroon, Malawi and China to the UK. I have lots of educational resources available to go with my books, and am very happy to visit schools to talk to students about reading, writing and the issues raised in my books.
Genre: Folklore - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://strangelymagical.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/strangelymagic
Book Blurb:
In a strange little village called Witchetty Hollow, eleven-year-old Florizel is the first to run into the curious visitors who’ve come to open a brand-new Daydream Delicatessen and sack-baby factory. At first, the poor folk of the Hollow are delighted – after all, who has the money to rent a real child from Storkhouse Services these days? But soon the daydreams turn sour. The Delicatessen’s products are expensive, and villagers trading their worldly goods in the newly-opened Pawnshop begin to disappear. With no money for rent payments, the real children of Witchetty Hollow are being reclaimed by Storkhouse Services at an alarming rate. Can Florizel and sack-boy Burble stop the daydream thieves’ evil business before it’s too late to save the Hollow?
Author Bio:
I grew up in Kirkintilloch, north Glasgow, surrounded by hills and books, and started writing adventure stories at an early age, with plots and characters mostly stolen from my favourite novels and TV shows! These days my stories are all my own, featuring the voices of some of the many children I’ve met over the years on my real-life adventures around the world.
I’ve been a teacher for many years, working in all sorts of exciting places from Cameroon, Malawi and China to the UK. I have lots of educational resources available to go with my books, and am very happy to visit schools to talk to students about reading, writing and the issues raised in my books.
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Lot 333
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Chris Lloyd


Chris Lloyd
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Title: Paris Requiem
Genre: Historical Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://chrislloydauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrislloydbcn
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Paris, 1940. As the city adjusts to life under Nazi occupation, Detective Eddie Giral struggles to reconcile his job as a policeman with his new role enforcing a regime he cannot believe in but must work under.
He's sacrificed so much in order to survive in this new world, but the past is not so easily forgotten. When an old friend and an old flame reappear, begging for his help, Eddie must decide how far he will go to help those he loves.
He can remain a good man and do nothing, or risk it all in a desperate act of resistance...
Author Bio:
Straight after graduating in Spanish and French, Chris Lloyd hopped on a bus from Cardiff to Catalonia and stayed there for over twenty years. He has also lived in Grenoble – researching the French Resistance movement – as well as in the Basque Country and Madrid, where he taught English and worked in educational publishing and as a travel writer. More recently, he worked as a Catalan and Spanish translator.
He writes the Occupation series, featuring Eddie Giral, a French police detective in Paris under Nazi rule. The first book in the series, The Unwanted Dead, won the HWA Gold Crown Award for best historical novel of the year and was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award for the best historical crime fiction. It was chosen as Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month. The second book in the series, Paris Requiem, sees Eddie trying to solve the riddle of prisoners disappearing from prison.
He has also written a trilogy set in present-day Girona, in Catalonia, featuring Elisenda Domènech, a police officer in the devolved Catalan police force.
Genre: Historical Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://chrislloydauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrislloydbcn
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Paris, 1940. As the city adjusts to life under Nazi occupation, Detective Eddie Giral struggles to reconcile his job as a policeman with his new role enforcing a regime he cannot believe in but must work under.
He's sacrificed so much in order to survive in this new world, but the past is not so easily forgotten. When an old friend and an old flame reappear, begging for his help, Eddie must decide how far he will go to help those he loves.
He can remain a good man and do nothing, or risk it all in a desperate act of resistance...
Author Bio:
Straight after graduating in Spanish and French, Chris Lloyd hopped on a bus from Cardiff to Catalonia and stayed there for over twenty years. He has also lived in Grenoble – researching the French Resistance movement – as well as in the Basque Country and Madrid, where he taught English and worked in educational publishing and as a travel writer. More recently, he worked as a Catalan and Spanish translator.
He writes the Occupation series, featuring Eddie Giral, a French police detective in Paris under Nazi rule. The first book in the series, The Unwanted Dead, won the HWA Gold Crown Award for best historical novel of the year and was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award for the best historical crime fiction. It was chosen as Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month. The second book in the series, Paris Requiem, sees Eddie trying to solve the riddle of prisoners disappearing from prison.
He has also written a trilogy set in present-day Girona, in Catalonia, featuring Elisenda Domènech, a police officer in the devolved Catalan police force.
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Lot 334
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Charlie Cochrane


Charlie Cochrane
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Title: The Best Corpse for the Job
Genre: Romantic Mystery
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://charliecochrane.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/charliecochrane
Book Blurb:
Tea and sympathy have never been so deadly.
Schoolteacher Adam Matthews just wants to help select a new headteacher and go home. The governors at Lindenshaw St Crispin’s have already failed miserably at finding the right candidate, so it’s make or break this second time round. But when one of the applicants is found strangled in the school, what should have been a straightforward decision turns tempestuous as a flash flood in their small English village.
Inspector Robin Bright isn’t thrilled to be back at St. Crispin’s. Memories of his days there are foul enough without tossing in a complicated murder case. And that handsome young teacher has him reminding himself not to fraternize with a witness. But it’s not long before Robin is relying on Adam for more than just his testimony.
As secrets amongst the governors emerge and a second person turns up dead, Robin needs to focus less on Adam and more on his investigation. But there are too many suspects, too many lies, and too many loose ends. Before they know it, Robin and Adam are fighting for their lives and their hearts.
Author Bio:
Because Charlie Cochrane couldn't be trusted to do anything grown up, she writes mysteries. These include the Edwardian era Cambridge Fellows series, the contemporary Lindenshaw Mysteries and her 1950s Alasdair and Toby series where two actors play Holmes and Watson both onscreen and off. Multi-published, she has titles with Carina, Riptide, Lume, and Williams and Whiting, among others.
Charlie is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association, Mystery People and International Thriller Writers Inc, and has regularly appeared at literary festivals, reader conventions and author conferences. In 2023, she was short listed for the CWA’s Marjorie Allingham short story prize.
Genre: Romantic Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://charliecochrane.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/charliecochrane
Book Blurb:
Tea and sympathy have never been so deadly.
Schoolteacher Adam Matthews just wants to help select a new headteacher and go home. The governors at Lindenshaw St Crispin’s have already failed miserably at finding the right candidate, so it’s make or break this second time round. But when one of the applicants is found strangled in the school, what should have been a straightforward decision turns tempestuous as a flash flood in their small English village.
Inspector Robin Bright isn’t thrilled to be back at St. Crispin’s. Memories of his days there are foul enough without tossing in a complicated murder case. And that handsome young teacher has him reminding himself not to fraternize with a witness. But it’s not long before Robin is relying on Adam for more than just his testimony.
As secrets amongst the governors emerge and a second person turns up dead, Robin needs to focus less on Adam and more on his investigation. But there are too many suspects, too many lies, and too many loose ends. Before they know it, Robin and Adam are fighting for their lives and their hearts.
Author Bio:
Because Charlie Cochrane couldn't be trusted to do anything grown up, she writes mysteries. These include the Edwardian era Cambridge Fellows series, the contemporary Lindenshaw Mysteries and her 1950s Alasdair and Toby series where two actors play Holmes and Watson both onscreen and off. Multi-published, she has titles with Carina, Riptide, Lume, and Williams and Whiting, among others.
Charlie is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association, Mystery People and International Thriller Writers Inc, and has regularly appeared at literary festivals, reader conventions and author conferences. In 2023, she was short listed for the CWA’s Marjorie Allingham short story prize.
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Lot 335
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Shari Low


Shari Low
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Title: ONE CHRISTMAS EVE
Genre: Contemporary - Christmas
Format: HARDBACK
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Website: https://www.sharilow.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sharilow
Book Blurb:
Three women, three decades, three Christmas Eve moments that change their lives forever...
On Christmas Eve, 1968, Cathy McLean receives a surprise visit from the lost love of her life and is forced to choose between the one that got away and the one that stayed.
On Christmas Eve, 1993, Cathy’s daughter Helena is overjoyed to hear that her boyfriend is about to propose, until a devastating encounter threatens to bring her heartbreak instead of diamonds.
On Christmas Eve 2023, a shocking discovery rocks Eve Quinn’s world. The only gift Eve wants this year is the truth. But will it take a Christmas miracle to unravel generations of secrets?
Unwrap this festive tale of complicated families, impossible choices, and an unforgettable love that lasts three lifetimes.
Author Bio:
*#1 Best Selling Author*
In January 2001, Shari Low's Low's first novel, What If? was published. Since then, Shari has published over 35 books, and sold over two million copies around the globe, hitting the best seller charts in many countries including UK, USA, Canada, Germany and Australia. In 2023, she had two consecutive #1 best sellers - One Day With You and One Moment in Time.
In late 2020, her first novel, What If?, was updated and re-published, followed by the sequels What Now? and What Next?. All three novels became international best sellers.
Shari has also co-written three Hollywood thrillers, The Rise, The Catch and The Fall, with LA-based TV presenter and actor Ross King.
In real life, once upon a time she met a guy, got engaged after a week, and thirty-something years later she lives near Glasgow with her husband and a labradoodle. Her children have now grown and scattered across the world, so she spends an inordinate amount of time on video calls and aeroplanes.
For all the latest news, visit Shari on Facebook, twitter, instagram or at
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Genre: Contemporary - Christmas
Format: HARDBACK
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.sharilow.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sharilow
Book Blurb:
Three women, three decades, three Christmas Eve moments that change their lives forever...
On Christmas Eve, 1968, Cathy McLean receives a surprise visit from the lost love of her life and is forced to choose between the one that got away and the one that stayed.
On Christmas Eve, 1993, Cathy’s daughter Helena is overjoyed to hear that her boyfriend is about to propose, until a devastating encounter threatens to bring her heartbreak instead of diamonds.
On Christmas Eve 2023, a shocking discovery rocks Eve Quinn’s world. The only gift Eve wants this year is the truth. But will it take a Christmas miracle to unravel generations of secrets?
Unwrap this festive tale of complicated families, impossible choices, and an unforgettable love that lasts three lifetimes.
Author Bio:
*#1 Best Selling Author*
In January 2001, Shari Low's Low's first novel, What If? was published. Since then, Shari has published over 35 books, and sold over two million copies around the globe, hitting the best seller charts in many countries including UK, USA, Canada, Germany and Australia. In 2023, she had two consecutive #1 best sellers - One Day With You and One Moment in Time.
In late 2020, her first novel, What If?, was updated and re-published, followed by the sequels What Now? and What Next?. All three novels became international best sellers.
Shari has also co-written three Hollywood thrillers, The Rise, The Catch and The Fall, with LA-based TV presenter and actor Ross King.
In real life, once upon a time she met a guy, got engaged after a week, and thirty-something years later she lives near Glasgow with her husband and a labradoodle. Her children have now grown and scattered across the world, so she spends an inordinate amount of time on video calls and aeroplanes.
For all the latest news, visit Shari on Facebook, twitter, instagram or at
http://sharilow.com
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Rachel Coverdale


Rachel Coverdale
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Title: The Boy Who Couldn't
Title: The Boy Who Dared
Genre: Children - Action - Thriller
Format: Paperbacks
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Website: https://rachelcoverdale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RLCoverdale
Book 1 Blurb:
The school bully is the only one who can save them.
James’ life has been turned upside down and now the local bully has made him a target. So why would his mother insist he should invite him over? Especially when they’re hiding a secret badger clan at the bottom of the garden.
Now the badgers are under threat from a gang with fighting dogs and the badgers aren’t the only ones in peril.
Danger is approaching and it will make the most unlikely of heroes.
A story about becoming the person you can be, not the person you are expected to be.
Book 2 Blurb:
Action adventure story, suitable for 8-12 year-olds
The boys are back for another adventure. This time the stakes are higher. Much higher.
Can they reunite in time to stop a merciless gang from carrying out a cruel crime against innocent puppies?
It would seem danger follows Greg wherever he goes…
The Author:
Rachel Coverdale was born and bred in the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside in North East England. Raised with copious amounts of animals but without the distraction of a modern TV set, she turned to books and her own imagination for entertainment. Animals were and still are a huge part of her life and inevitably they made their way into her stories. Believing strongly in fresh air, nature and outdoor play to give children a sense of fun and freedom, Rachel uses her books to encourage children to connect with nature and venture into the countryside.
Having taught as an English teacher for many years and now settled happily into the role of school librarian, Rachel ensures all her books are not only creative, imaginative and exciting, but also of great educational benefit. Teaching resources and a scheme of work are available for "The Boy Who Couldn't".
Rachel regularly travels her native North East England paying visits to Primary and Secondary schools, giving talks on her books and about the importance of nature and the environment they live in.
Title: The Boy Who Couldn't
Title: The Boy Who Dared
Genre: Children - Action - Thriller
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
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Website: https://rachelcoverdale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RLCoverdale
Book 1 Blurb:
The school bully is the only one who can save them.
James’ life has been turned upside down and now the local bully has made him a target. So why would his mother insist he should invite him over? Especially when they’re hiding a secret badger clan at the bottom of the garden.
Now the badgers are under threat from a gang with fighting dogs and the badgers aren’t the only ones in peril.
Danger is approaching and it will make the most unlikely of heroes.
A story about becoming the person you can be, not the person you are expected to be.
Book 2 Blurb:
Action adventure story, suitable for 8-12 year-olds
The boys are back for another adventure. This time the stakes are higher. Much higher.
Can they reunite in time to stop a merciless gang from carrying out a cruel crime against innocent puppies?
It would seem danger follows Greg wherever he goes…
The Author:
Rachel Coverdale was born and bred in the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside in North East England. Raised with copious amounts of animals but without the distraction of a modern TV set, she turned to books and her own imagination for entertainment. Animals were and still are a huge part of her life and inevitably they made their way into her stories. Believing strongly in fresh air, nature and outdoor play to give children a sense of fun and freedom, Rachel uses her books to encourage children to connect with nature and venture into the countryside.
Having taught as an English teacher for many years and now settled happily into the role of school librarian, Rachel ensures all her books are not only creative, imaginative and exciting, but also of great educational benefit. Teaching resources and a scheme of work are available for "The Boy Who Couldn't".
Rachel regularly travels her native North East England paying visits to Primary and Secondary schools, giving talks on her books and about the importance of nature and the environment they live in.
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Lot 337
£ 17
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Matthew Fox


Matthew Fox
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Title: The Lovely Dark
Genre: Middle Grade
Format: Paperback
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Book Blurb: The Lovely Dark is a post-pandemic story, set partly in London and partly in Hades, the land of the dead. When 12 year old Ellie Newton dies in an accident, she finds herself transported to a strangely familiar version of the Underworld. But something isn’t quite right – and Ellie needs her best friend Justin’s help to unlock the secrets of her life and death...
Author Bio: I grew up in Wiltshire in the UK and now live in Sweden with my partner and our kids, Kay and Harry. My first novel, The Sky Over Rebecca, won the Bath Children's Novel award.
Genre: Middle Grade
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Book Blurb: The Lovely Dark is a post-pandemic story, set partly in London and partly in Hades, the land of the dead. When 12 year old Ellie Newton dies in an accident, she finds herself transported to a strangely familiar version of the Underworld. But something isn’t quite right – and Ellie needs her best friend Justin’s help to unlock the secrets of her life and death...
Author Bio: I grew up in Wiltshire in the UK and now live in Sweden with my partner and our kids, Kay and Harry. My first novel, The Sky Over Rebecca, won the Bath Children's Novel award.
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Lot 338
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Catherine Munro


Catherine Munro
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Title: The Ponies at the Edge of the World
Genre: Factual - Animals
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://catherinemmunro.wordpress.com
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Book Blurb:
I had drifted, gotten lost, strayed from the paths and places I love. I felt Shetland calling me, and in this moment, I began my slow, imperfect journey towards finding home.
Catherine Munro transforms her life when she moves to Shetland to study the hardy ponies who call this archipelago home. Over the course of her first year, she is welcomed into the rhythms and routines that characterise life at the edge of the world.
When faced with personal loss, Catherine finds comfort and connection in the shared lives of the people, animals and wild landscapes of Shetland. The Ponies at the Edge of the World is a heartfelt love letter to the beauty and resilience of these magical ponies and their native land. This is a stunning book on community, hope and finding home.
Author Bio:
Catherine Munro is an anthropologist in human-animal relationships, with a special interest in the people and ponies of Shetland. Catherine lives in Shetland with her young family and loves exploring the landscapes and sharing her experiences through her writing and work as a tour guide. The Ponies at the Edge of the World is her first book.
Genre: Factual - Animals
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://catherinemmunro.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CatherineMMunro
Book Blurb:
I had drifted, gotten lost, strayed from the paths and places I love. I felt Shetland calling me, and in this moment, I began my slow, imperfect journey towards finding home.
Catherine Munro transforms her life when she moves to Shetland to study the hardy ponies who call this archipelago home. Over the course of her first year, she is welcomed into the rhythms and routines that characterise life at the edge of the world.
When faced with personal loss, Catherine finds comfort and connection in the shared lives of the people, animals and wild landscapes of Shetland. The Ponies at the Edge of the World is a heartfelt love letter to the beauty and resilience of these magical ponies and their native land. This is a stunning book on community, hope and finding home.
Author Bio:
Catherine Munro is an anthropologist in human-animal relationships, with a special interest in the people and ponies of Shetland. Catherine lives in Shetland with her young family and loves exploring the landscapes and sharing her experiences through her writing and work as a tour guide. The Ponies at the Edge of the World is her first book.
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Joanna Hickson


Joanna Hickson
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Title: The Queen's Lady
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Raven-haired and fiercely independent, Joan Guildford has always remained true to herself. As lady-in-waiting and confidante to Queen Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII, Joan understands royal patronage is vital if she and her husband, Sir Richard, are to thrive in the volatile atmosphere of court life.
But Tudor England is in mourning following the death of the Prince of Wales, and within a year, the queen herself. With Prince Henry now heir to the throne, the court murmurs with the sound of conspiracy. Is the entire Tudor project now at stake or can young Henry secure the dynasty?
Drawn into the heart of the crisis, Joan's own life is in turmoil, and her future far from secure. She faces a stark choice - be true to her heart and risk everything, or play the dutiful servant and watch her dreams wither and die. For Joan, and for Henry's Kingdom, everything is at stake...
Author Bio:
Joanna Hickson became fascinated with history when she studied Shakespeare's history plays at school. However, having taken a degree in Politics and English she took up a career in broadcast journalism with the BBC, presenting and producing news, current affairs and arts programmes on both television and radio. Now she writes full time and has a contract with Harper Collins for three historical novels. The Agincourt Bride is the first. She lives in Scotland in a 200 year old farmhouse and is married with a large extended family and a wayward Irish terrier.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Raven-haired and fiercely independent, Joan Guildford has always remained true to herself. As lady-in-waiting and confidante to Queen Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII, Joan understands royal patronage is vital if she and her husband, Sir Richard, are to thrive in the volatile atmosphere of court life.
But Tudor England is in mourning following the death of the Prince of Wales, and within a year, the queen herself. With Prince Henry now heir to the throne, the court murmurs with the sound of conspiracy. Is the entire Tudor project now at stake or can young Henry secure the dynasty?
Drawn into the heart of the crisis, Joan's own life is in turmoil, and her future far from secure. She faces a stark choice - be true to her heart and risk everything, or play the dutiful servant and watch her dreams wither and die. For Joan, and for Henry's Kingdom, everything is at stake...
Author Bio:
Joanna Hickson became fascinated with history when she studied Shakespeare's history plays at school. However, having taken a degree in Politics and English she took up a career in broadcast journalism with the BBC, presenting and producing news, current affairs and arts programmes on both television and radio. Now she writes full time and has a contract with Harper Collins for three historical novels. The Agincourt Bride is the first. She lives in Scotland in a 200 year old farmhouse and is married with a large extended family and a wayward Irish terrier.
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Lot 340
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Helen Rappaport


Helen Rappaport
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Title: After the Romanovs
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://helenrappaport.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenRappaport
The Book:
An immersive dive into the Belle Epoque Paris that became a refuge for Russian emigres after the 1917 revolution, Rappaport's meticulously researched volume is packed full of artists and intellectuals, activists and double agents.
The scintillating story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought refuge in interwar Paris.
The fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917 forced thousands of Russians to flee their homeland with only the clothes on their backs. Many came to France's glittering capital, Paris. Former princes drove taxicabs, while their wives found work in the fashion houses.
Intellectuals, artists, poets, philosophers, and writers eked out a living at menial jobs; some found success until the economic downturn of the 1930s hit. In exile, White Russians sought to overthrow the Bolshevik regime from afar, and double agents plotted from both sides. Many Russians became trapped in a cycle of poverty and their all-consuming homesickness.
This is their story.
The Author:
Helen Rappaport is a historian specializing in the Victorian period, with a particular interest in Queen Victoria and the Jamaican healer and caregiver, Mary Seacole. She also has written extensively on late Imperial Russia, the 1917 Revolution and the Romanov family. Her love of all things Victorian springs from her childhood growing up near the River Medway where Charles Dickens lived and worked. Her passion for Russian came from a Russian Special Studies BA degree course at Leeds University. In 2017 she was awarded an honorary D.Litt by Leeds for her services to history. She is also a member of the Royal Historical Society, the Genealogical Society, the Society of Authors and the Victorian Society. She lives in the West Country, and has an enduring love of the English countryside and the Jurassic Coast, but her ancestral roots are in the Orkneys and Shetlands from where she is descended on her father's side. She likes to think she has Viking blood.
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://helenrappaport.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenRappaport
The Book:
An immersive dive into the Belle Epoque Paris that became a refuge for Russian emigres after the 1917 revolution, Rappaport's meticulously researched volume is packed full of artists and intellectuals, activists and double agents.
The scintillating story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought refuge in interwar Paris.
The fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917 forced thousands of Russians to flee their homeland with only the clothes on their backs. Many came to France's glittering capital, Paris. Former princes drove taxicabs, while their wives found work in the fashion houses.
Intellectuals, artists, poets, philosophers, and writers eked out a living at menial jobs; some found success until the economic downturn of the 1930s hit. In exile, White Russians sought to overthrow the Bolshevik regime from afar, and double agents plotted from both sides. Many Russians became trapped in a cycle of poverty and their all-consuming homesickness.
This is their story.
The Author:
Helen Rappaport is a historian specializing in the Victorian period, with a particular interest in Queen Victoria and the Jamaican healer and caregiver, Mary Seacole. She also has written extensively on late Imperial Russia, the 1917 Revolution and the Romanov family. Her love of all things Victorian springs from her childhood growing up near the River Medway where Charles Dickens lived and worked. Her passion for Russian came from a Russian Special Studies BA degree course at Leeds University. In 2017 she was awarded an honorary D.Litt by Leeds for her services to history. She is also a member of the Royal Historical Society, the Genealogical Society, the Society of Authors and the Victorian Society. She lives in the West Country, and has an enduring love of the English countryside and the Jurassic Coast, but her ancestral roots are in the Orkneys and Shetlands from where she is descended on her father's side. She likes to think she has Viking blood.
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B.A. Paris


B.A. Paris
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Title: The Prisoner
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/baparisauthor
Book Blurb:
With Behind Closed Doors, New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris took the psychological thriller to shocking new heights. Now she’ll hold you captive with THE PRISONER—a stunning new thriller about one woman wed into a family with deadly intentions.
A USA Today Bestseller!
Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a life for herself, she is swept up into a glamorous lifestyle where she married the handsome billionaire Ned Hawthorne.
But then, Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, not knowing where she is. Why has she been taken? Who are her mysterious captors? And why does she soon feel safer here, imprisoned, than she had begun to feel with her husband Ned?
In the vein of Behind Closed Doors and The Therapist, multimillion-copy bestseller B. A. Paris is back with a gripping new suspense novel.
Author Bio:
B A Paris is the internationally bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, The Breakdown, Bring Me Back, The Dilemma, The Therapist and The Prisoner. Having sold over 5 million copies worldwide, she is a New York Times bestseller as well as a Sunday Times bestseller. Her books have been translated into 41 languages. Having lived in France for many years, she now lives in the UK.
Her seventh novel, THE GUEST, is due January 2024.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/baparisauthor
Book Blurb:
With Behind Closed Doors, New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris took the psychological thriller to shocking new heights. Now she’ll hold you captive with THE PRISONER—a stunning new thriller about one woman wed into a family with deadly intentions.
A USA Today Bestseller!
Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a life for herself, she is swept up into a glamorous lifestyle where she married the handsome billionaire Ned Hawthorne.
But then, Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, not knowing where she is. Why has she been taken? Who are her mysterious captors? And why does she soon feel safer here, imprisoned, than she had begun to feel with her husband Ned?
In the vein of Behind Closed Doors and The Therapist, multimillion-copy bestseller B. A. Paris is back with a gripping new suspense novel.
Author Bio:
B A Paris is the internationally bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, The Breakdown, Bring Me Back, The Dilemma, The Therapist and The Prisoner. Having sold over 5 million copies worldwide, she is a New York Times bestseller as well as a Sunday Times bestseller. Her books have been translated into 41 languages. Having lived in France for many years, she now lives in the UK.
Her seventh novel, THE GUEST, is due January 2024.
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Lot 342
£ 25
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A M Howell


A M Howell
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Title: Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic
Genre: Middle Grade (age 9-12) Historical Mystery
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://amhowell.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AMHowellwrites
Bonuses: 6 pin badges : bookmark : signed postcard
Book Blurb:
Alice can't wait for the summer of adventure that lies ahead. She's excited to explore the huge ship, with its shops, animals and even celebrities on board.
As Alice's sailor father focuses on winning a prestigious race, she witnesses a shocking attack. Alice and her new friend Sonny start to uncover a dark sabotage plot, and as they investigate gold bars, anonymous notes and lost silk gloves, secrets in their own lives come to the surface.
While fog threatens the boat's journey, and dangerous enemies show themselves, Alice and Sonny are in their own race to solve all the mysteries unfolding. But what they discover might change both their lives forever...
Author Bio:
In 2015 I was one of 15 writers selected to take part in a Curtis Brown Creative Writing for Children course tutored by Catherine Johnson. My books have been nominated for a number of awards and The House of One Hundred Clocks won The Mal Peet Children's Award and The East Anglian Book of the Year 2020. Mystery of the Night Watchers was selected as Blackwell's children's book of the month for July 2021.
The first book in my new historical series, Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic, was published by Usborne in August 2023 and was selected as Waterstones Children's Book of the Month.
I live in Suffolk with my husband and two almost grown up children and when I'm not writing I love nothing more than curling up with a good book. My favourite children's authors include Katherine Rundell, Katherine Woodfine, Lesley Parr and Lucy Strange. I also love long walks in the countryside, swimming and drinking lots of tea!
Genre: Middle Grade (age 9-12) Historical Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: http://amhowell.co.uk
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Book Blurb:
Alice can't wait for the summer of adventure that lies ahead. She's excited to explore the huge ship, with its shops, animals and even celebrities on board.
As Alice's sailor father focuses on winning a prestigious race, she witnesses a shocking attack. Alice and her new friend Sonny start to uncover a dark sabotage plot, and as they investigate gold bars, anonymous notes and lost silk gloves, secrets in their own lives come to the surface.
While fog threatens the boat's journey, and dangerous enemies show themselves, Alice and Sonny are in their own race to solve all the mysteries unfolding. But what they discover might change both their lives forever...
Author Bio:
In 2015 I was one of 15 writers selected to take part in a Curtis Brown Creative Writing for Children course tutored by Catherine Johnson. My books have been nominated for a number of awards and The House of One Hundred Clocks won The Mal Peet Children's Award and The East Anglian Book of the Year 2020. Mystery of the Night Watchers was selected as Blackwell's children's book of the month for July 2021.
The first book in my new historical series, Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic, was published by Usborne in August 2023 and was selected as Waterstones Children's Book of the Month.
I live in Suffolk with my husband and two almost grown up children and when I'm not writing I love nothing more than curling up with a good book. My favourite children's authors include Katherine Rundell, Katherine Woodfine, Lesley Parr and Lucy Strange. I also love long walks in the countryside, swimming and drinking lots of tea!
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Lot 343
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Liz Davies


Liz Davies
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Title: Emily Oak’s Little Black Book
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://elizabethdaviesauthor.co.uk
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When Emily Oak discovers her boyfriend cheating on her, she hightails it back to the family farm in Glynafon on the beautiful Welsh Coast.
Wondering what to do with her life, she is shocked and delighted to learn that a little black book bequeathed to her by her godmother could be worth a fortune. However, there is one small problem - the book is currently in her cheating ex's attic!
Scared to ask him for it in case he realises how much the book is worth, Emily hatches a plan to retrieve it. And when a guy she once had an enormous crush on offers to help, she eagerly accepts.
However, Macsen is far too handsome for his own good and he also has a reputation for playing the field. To her dismay, her old feelings for him soon begin to resurface.
Will Emily's fragile newly-mended heart be able to resist his charms, or will she become yet another number in his own little black book of romantic conquests?
Author Bio:
Liz Davies writes feel-good, light-hearted stories with a hefty dose of romance, a smattering of humour and a great deal of love. To date she has written 14 novels.
She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, the Alliance of Independent Authors and the Society of Authors, and she lives with her family in Wales.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: https://elizabethdaviesauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizDaviesAuthor
Book Blurb:
When Emily Oak discovers her boyfriend cheating on her, she hightails it back to the family farm in Glynafon on the beautiful Welsh Coast.
Wondering what to do with her life, she is shocked and delighted to learn that a little black book bequeathed to her by her godmother could be worth a fortune. However, there is one small problem - the book is currently in her cheating ex's attic!
Scared to ask him for it in case he realises how much the book is worth, Emily hatches a plan to retrieve it. And when a guy she once had an enormous crush on offers to help, she eagerly accepts.
However, Macsen is far too handsome for his own good and he also has a reputation for playing the field. To her dismay, her old feelings for him soon begin to resurface.
Will Emily's fragile newly-mended heart be able to resist his charms, or will she become yet another number in his own little black book of romantic conquests?
Author Bio:
Liz Davies writes feel-good, light-hearted stories with a hefty dose of romance, a smattering of humour and a great deal of love. To date she has written 14 novels.
She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, the Alliance of Independent Authors and the Society of Authors, and she lives with her family in Wales.
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Lot 344
£ 23
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Nicola Tallis


Nicola Tallis
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Title: Crown of Blood
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://nicolatallis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicolaTallis
Book Blurb:
”Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same”. These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554. Forced on to the throne by the great power players at court, Queen Jane reigned for just thirteen tumultuous days before being imprisoned in the Tower, condemned for high treason and executed.
In this dramatic retelling of an often-misread tale, historian and researcher Nicola Tallis explores a range of evidence that has never before been used in a biography to sweep away the many myths and reveal the moving, human story of an extraordinarily intelligent, independent and courageous young woman’.
Author Bio:
Dr Nicola Tallis has a first class BA (Hons) in History from Bath Spa University, and an MA in Public History from Royal Holloway College, University of London. Her PhD thesis investigated the jewellery collections of the queens of England between 1445 and 1548. Nicola has been passionate about English history all of her life, and has worked as a lecturer and historical researcher. She also worked as the Curator at Sudeley Castle, and featured prominently on BBC’s Countryfile in April 2013, guiding at Sudeley. She is currently the resident historian for Alison Weir Tours. Nicola’s debut, Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey, was published in November 2016, and is the result of five years of research on the Grey family. Her followup, Elizabeth’s Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester, was published in November 2017, and her third book is Uncrowned Queen: The Tumultuous Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Rebel, published in November 2019.
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://nicolatallis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicolaTallis
Book Blurb:
”Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same”. These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554. Forced on to the throne by the great power players at court, Queen Jane reigned for just thirteen tumultuous days before being imprisoned in the Tower, condemned for high treason and executed.
In this dramatic retelling of an often-misread tale, historian and researcher Nicola Tallis explores a range of evidence that has never before been used in a biography to sweep away the many myths and reveal the moving, human story of an extraordinarily intelligent, independent and courageous young woman’.
Author Bio:
Dr Nicola Tallis has a first class BA (Hons) in History from Bath Spa University, and an MA in Public History from Royal Holloway College, University of London. Her PhD thesis investigated the jewellery collections of the queens of England between 1445 and 1548. Nicola has been passionate about English history all of her life, and has worked as a lecturer and historical researcher. She also worked as the Curator at Sudeley Castle, and featured prominently on BBC’s Countryfile in April 2013, guiding at Sudeley. She is currently the resident historian for Alison Weir Tours. Nicola’s debut, Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey, was published in November 2016, and is the result of five years of research on the Grey family. Her followup, Elizabeth’s Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester, was published in November 2017, and her third book is Uncrowned Queen: The Tumultuous Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Rebel, published in November 2019.
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Lot 345
£ 11
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Roderick O’Grady


Roderick O’Grady
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Title: Bigfoot Island
Genre: Adventure in nature
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://roderickogrady.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoderickOGrady1
Book Blurb:
When Minnie spots a boat bringing strangers to her beloved cove she fears the hard-won peace of her tiny community at the foot of Bigfoot Mountain will be shattered. Sasquatch Kaayii too has to deal with an intruder on the mountain and injured, needs to reach his family across the water. The two inhabit separate worlds but must find a way to work together to avoid disaster and protect the people and places they hold dear.
Author Bio:
Roderick O’Grady returned to an acting career after his children flew the nest. Whilst ‘resting’ between jobs he fell down the rabbit hole of Bigfoot/Sasquatch research. A belief that the more children understand about nature the more they will care for it combined with a fascination for the increasing evidence in the creatures’ existence resulted in his debut novel Bigfoot Mountain.
Genre: Adventure in nature
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When Minnie spots a boat bringing strangers to her beloved cove she fears the hard-won peace of her tiny community at the foot of Bigfoot Mountain will be shattered. Sasquatch Kaayii too has to deal with an intruder on the mountain and injured, needs to reach his family across the water. The two inhabit separate worlds but must find a way to work together to avoid disaster and protect the people and places they hold dear.
Author Bio:
Roderick O’Grady returned to an acting career after his children flew the nest. Whilst ‘resting’ between jobs he fell down the rabbit hole of Bigfoot/Sasquatch research. A belief that the more children understand about nature the more they will care for it combined with a fascination for the increasing evidence in the creatures’ existence resulted in his debut novel Bigfoot Mountain.
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Sophie Cleverly


Sophie Cleverly
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Title: Scarlet and Ivy - The Lost Twin
Genre: Children's mystery 8-12
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Website: http://sophiecleverly.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hapfairy
Book Blurb:: This is the story of how I became my sister…
A spine-tingling mystery set in a creepily atmospheric boarding school. Ivy must uncover the secrets behind her twin sister Scarlet’s disappearance before it’s too late.
When troublesome Scarlet mysteriously disappears from Rookwood School, terrifying Miss Fox invites her quiet twin sister Ivy to ‘take her place’.
Ivy reluctantly agrees in the hopes of finding out what happened to her missing sister. For only at Rookwood will Ivy be able to unlock the secrets of Scarlet’s disappearance, through a scattered trail of diary pages carefully hidden all over the school.
Can Ivy solve the mystery before Miss Fox suspects? Or before an even greater danger presents itself?
Author Bio:: Sophie Cleverly was born in Bath in 1989. She studied for a BA in Creative Writing and an MA in Writing For Young People. Her book series Scarlet and Ivy and The Violet Veil Mysteries are published by HarperCollins worldwide, as well as being translated into 8 different languages so far.
Aside from writing, she can often be found listening to symphonic metal, watching fantastical TV and struggling to find her way out of her ever-increasing pile of books.
Genre: Children's mystery 8-12
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Book Blurb:: This is the story of how I became my sister…
A spine-tingling mystery set in a creepily atmospheric boarding school. Ivy must uncover the secrets behind her twin sister Scarlet’s disappearance before it’s too late.
When troublesome Scarlet mysteriously disappears from Rookwood School, terrifying Miss Fox invites her quiet twin sister Ivy to ‘take her place’.
Ivy reluctantly agrees in the hopes of finding out what happened to her missing sister. For only at Rookwood will Ivy be able to unlock the secrets of Scarlet’s disappearance, through a scattered trail of diary pages carefully hidden all over the school.
Can Ivy solve the mystery before Miss Fox suspects? Or before an even greater danger presents itself?
Author Bio:: Sophie Cleverly was born in Bath in 1989. She studied for a BA in Creative Writing and an MA in Writing For Young People. Her book series Scarlet and Ivy and The Violet Veil Mysteries are published by HarperCollins worldwide, as well as being translated into 8 different languages so far.
Aside from writing, she can often be found listening to symphonic metal, watching fantastical TV and struggling to find her way out of her ever-increasing pile of books.
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Sarah Hagger-Holt


Sarah Hagger-Holt
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Title: Just Like Everyone Else
Genre: Children - LGBTQ
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.sarahhaggerholt.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahHaggerHolt
Book Blurb:
Thirteen-year-old Aidan can't breathe in his crowded family home. Running is his only respite from four loud sisters and involved, touchy-feely parents. Then his mum makes an announcement: she's having another baby. Only, this time it's not for her; she will be a surrogate for gay couple Justin and Atif.
Aidan is incensed. As if his family wasn't embarrassing - or big - enough already. But he's also scared. Aidan thinks he might be gay, and he's really struggling to accept this possibility. He's definitely not ready to come out, but what if being around Justin and Atif exposes him as gay?
If only he was just like everyone else.
Author Bio:
Sarah Hagger-Holt is the award-winning author of Carnegie-nominated middle-grade novels, 'Nothing Ever Happens Here' (2020) and 'Proud Of Me' (2021), ideal for 9-12 year olds, as well as writing and researching non-fiction for adults on LGBTQ+ experience. Her next middle-grade novel 'Just Like Everyone Else' was released in June 2023.
'Nothing Ever Happens Here' was described by The Book Trust as "a timely, gentle and honest story that will inspire conversations and encourage empathy", by The Guardian as "filled with warm, nuanced characterisation" and by Waterstones' book blog as "fresh and vibrant [...] with refreshing humour". It was one of the Book Trust's 100 Great Reads for 2020, as well as being nominated for the Carnegie Award, shortlisted for the Warwickshire Secondary Book Award and for the James Reckitt Hull Children's Book Award and longlisted for the Bristol Teen Book Award and the Diverse Books Award.
Genre: Children - LGBTQ
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.sarahhaggerholt.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahHaggerHolt
Book Blurb:
Thirteen-year-old Aidan can't breathe in his crowded family home. Running is his only respite from four loud sisters and involved, touchy-feely parents. Then his mum makes an announcement: she's having another baby. Only, this time it's not for her; she will be a surrogate for gay couple Justin and Atif.
Aidan is incensed. As if his family wasn't embarrassing - or big - enough already. But he's also scared. Aidan thinks he might be gay, and he's really struggling to accept this possibility. He's definitely not ready to come out, but what if being around Justin and Atif exposes him as gay?
If only he was just like everyone else.
Author Bio:
Sarah Hagger-Holt is the award-winning author of Carnegie-nominated middle-grade novels, 'Nothing Ever Happens Here' (2020) and 'Proud Of Me' (2021), ideal for 9-12 year olds, as well as writing and researching non-fiction for adults on LGBTQ+ experience. Her next middle-grade novel 'Just Like Everyone Else' was released in June 2023.
'Nothing Ever Happens Here' was described by The Book Trust as "a timely, gentle and honest story that will inspire conversations and encourage empathy", by The Guardian as "filled with warm, nuanced characterisation" and by Waterstones' book blog as "fresh and vibrant [...] with refreshing humour". It was one of the Book Trust's 100 Great Reads for 2020, as well as being nominated for the Carnegie Award, shortlisted for the Warwickshire Secondary Book Award and for the James Reckitt Hull Children's Book Award and longlisted for the Bristol Teen Book Award and the Diverse Books Award.
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Amanda James


Amanda James
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Title: Wish Upon a Cornish Moon
Genre: Women's Fiction
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Book Blurb:
1938 - One midnight in June, 15-year-old Lamorna Williams throws a message in a bottle into the Atlantic at Magic Cove, hoping to meet her one true love – and someone writes back.
1997
On the other side of the world, Lamorna tells her story to her 16-year-old great nephew Ethan inspiring him to do the same. But this time, his message isn’t found for over twenty years…
Present day
Single mum, Merrin Pascoe, is told of the legend of Magic Cove. In a moment of madness, Merrin wishes on the moon, and next day she finds a bottle in the sea. Will the cove cast its spell once again…
Author Bio:
Amanda James/A.K. James has written since she was a child, and as an eight-year-old, she asked her parents for a typewriter for Christmas. She never imagined her words would ever be published however. Then in 2010, after many twists and turns, the dream of becoming a writer came true when she had her first short story published for a Born Free anthology. She left teaching in 2013 to pursue her dream full-time.
Originally from Sheffield, Amanda now lives in Cornwall and is inspired every day by the wild and beautiful coastline near her home. She loves writing uplifting books with a twist of magic, as she thinks the world needs more joy in it right now. Amanda can usually be found playing on the beach with her family, or walking the cliff paths planning her next book.
Genre: Women's Fiction
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Book Blurb:
1938 - One midnight in June, 15-year-old Lamorna Williams throws a message in a bottle into the Atlantic at Magic Cove, hoping to meet her one true love – and someone writes back.
1997
On the other side of the world, Lamorna tells her story to her 16-year-old great nephew Ethan inspiring him to do the same. But this time, his message isn’t found for over twenty years…
Present day
Single mum, Merrin Pascoe, is told of the legend of Magic Cove. In a moment of madness, Merrin wishes on the moon, and next day she finds a bottle in the sea. Will the cove cast its spell once again…
Author Bio:
Amanda James/A.K. James has written since she was a child, and as an eight-year-old, she asked her parents for a typewriter for Christmas. She never imagined her words would ever be published however. Then in 2010, after many twists and turns, the dream of becoming a writer came true when she had her first short story published for a Born Free anthology. She left teaching in 2013 to pursue her dream full-time.
Originally from Sheffield, Amanda now lives in Cornwall and is inspired every day by the wild and beautiful coastline near her home. She loves writing uplifting books with a twist of magic, as she thinks the world needs more joy in it right now. Amanda can usually be found playing on the beach with her family, or walking the cliff paths planning her next book.
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Clare Swatman


Clare Swatman
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Clare has donated all 7 of her published books
Title 1: Before You Go (2017)
Genre: Romance
Title 2: The Mother's Secret (2018)
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Title 3: Dear Grace (2021)
Genre: Romance
Title 4: Before We Grow Old (2022)
Genre: Romance
Title 5: The Night We First Met (2022)
Genre: Romance
Title 6: A Love to Last a Lifetime (2023)
Genre: Romance
Title 7:The World Outside My Window (2023)
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
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Website: https://clareswatmanauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/clareswatman
Book 1 Blurb: Before You Go
When Zoe's husband, Ed, dies, her world caves in. But what if Zoe can get Ed back? You find your soul mate....
Some people stare love in the face for years before they find it. Zoe and Ed fumbled their way into adulthood, both on different paths - but always in the same direction. Years later, having navigated dead-end jobs and chaotic house shares, romance finally blossoms. Their future together looks set....
Then the unthinkable happens.
One morning, on his way to work, Ed is knocked off his bike and dies. Now Zoe must find a way to survive. But she's not ready to let go of the memories. How can she forget all of the happy times, their first kiss, everything they built together? Zoe decides she has to tell Ed all the things she never said.
Now it's too late. Or is it?
Book 2 Blurb: The Mother's Secret
The Mother's Secret is a powerful story about family, secrets and devastating lies.
Love keeps us together
Sisters Kate and Georgie are best friends. While Kate travelled the world, Georgie stayed at home to care for her mother. Now Georgie has her own family, she's decided it's her time to start discovering - there's a world out there for her to explore.
Love can tear us apart
Their mother, Jan, loves her daughters with all her heart. So what if she kept Kate and Georgie indoors when they were young? She just cared so much for them.
What if your life was based on a lie?
Maybe there was another reason Jan wanted to keep her girls close. If the girls ventured too far afield, it might destroy the facade of the world Jan created. The family's about to discover that while lies can cause pain, the truth could destroy them all.
Book 3 Blurb: Dear Grace
The most unlikely friendship. The most unexpected consequences.
When Anna’s husband cheats on her, she’s sure she’ll never be happy again. But then she meets 94-year-old Grace. Despite an age gap of more than fifty years, the pair set out together on a life-changing journey halfway across the country in search of some answers.
Sometimes the only way to move on is to revisit the past. But will Anna and Grace be prepared for what they find?
A story about love, female friendship, heartbreak and learning to forgive.
Book 4 Blurb: Before We Grow Old
When seven-year-old Fran first met Will they knew instantly that they were made for each other. For eleven years they were inseparable, but then, at the age of eighteen, Will just upped and disappeared.
Twenty-five years later Will is back.
Is fate trying to give them a second chance?
Still nursing the heart break from all those years ago, Fran is reluctant to give Will the time of day. The price Will must pay is to tell the truth – the truth about why he left, the truth about why he’s back…
And Fran has her own secrets to hide. The time has come to decide what Fran and Will really want from life – before it’s too late.
Book 5 Blurb: The Night We First Met
One night in December, twenty-two year old Ted Green makes his way to Waterloo Bridge determined to end his life. Lonely and despairing, it seems the only choice.
That same night, Marianne Cooper is running away from a party. Having found her boyfriend in a passionate clinch with someone else, Marianne can’t get away fast enough. But as she makes her way along London’s South Bank, a figure catches her eye on top of the bridge.
Then she sees him, a man ready to jump.
When Marianne saves Ted’s life, this night in December becomes one they’ll never forget, and what should be the start of a love story to last them a lifetime. But as Ted watches Marianne leave in a black taxi, all he can think is he should have asked her name.
In a story spanning twenty years, join Ted and Marianne as they navigate life’s twists and turns, joys and heartbreaks, while all the time wondering - will fate ever bring them together again, and will true love save them both in the end…
Book 6 Blurb: A Love to Last a Lifetime
The one that she wants...
Adam Bowers; handsome, funny and with the charm of a rock star, from the moment she laid eyes on him, teenage Erin was smitten. But first loves don’t always last, and after a whirlwind romance, Erin and Adam go their separate ways. Yet, Erin never lets go of the feeling that Adam may have been her soul mate...
The one that she needs...
Greg fell in love with Erin in their first week at university. Solid, trustworthy and hopelessly devoted to Erin, he knows he's better for her than the feckless Adam, who is forever leaving Erin broken-hearted, before winning her back with his charm. As far as Greg is concerned, it’s easy to promise the world, but it’s harder to love someone for a lifetime.
The one that got away...
Years later Greg and Erin are married, and although life hasn’t always been easy, Greg’s love for Erin has never dimmed. But when Adam comes back, in desperate need of Erin's help, everything changes. Erin starts to wonder whether fate is trying to tell her something…
Will Erin risk it all for the man she had thought was ‘The One’?
From the author of the bestselling Before We Grow Old, Clare Swatman. A Love to Last a Lifetime is for anyone who had a first love, a lost love or a love that lasted forever.
Book 7 Blurb: The World Outside My Window
Laura is watching the world go by without her.
Unable to leave her house since suffering a trauma, Laura is stuck gazing out of her window at Willow Crescent, relying on husband Jim and best friend Debbie for help.
Then one day, Jim doesn’t come home.
A day becomes two, days become a week, and still no sign of Jim. And with the police half-hearted in their efforts to look for him, Laura is forced into a decision. She’s going to have to face the world outside and find her husband herself.
But what Laura hasn’t realised is that Willow Crescent is a community, eager to help. From Arthur and Carol next door ready to rally the neighbours, to Marjorie and her daughter Faye at number nine looking for their own reasons to engage with the world. From Sonja at number seven who thinks she may have seen Jim in London, to widower Ben at number four who understands all about being lonely. Laura has a world ready to embrace her if she can just find the nerve.
And when it slowly dawns on them all, that the Jim they thought they knew, may have been hiding some unfathomable secrets, Laura has a choice – retreat back behind her window, or start living the life that was waiting for her all along.
Author Bio:
Clare Swatman is the author of seven women's fiction novels. Her latest, The World Outside My Window, is a story about the power of friendships and the importance of community. Before writing books, Clare spent 20 years writing for women's magazines in the UK.
Her next book will be out in early 2024.
Clare lives in Hertfordshire in the UK with her husband and two boys. Even the cat is male, which means she's destined to be outnumbered forever.
Title 1: Before You Go (2017)
Genre: Romance
Title 2: The Mother's Secret (2018)
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Title 3: Dear Grace (2021)
Genre: Romance
Title 4: Before We Grow Old (2022)
Genre: Romance
Title 5: The Night We First Met (2022)
Genre: Romance
Title 6: A Love to Last a Lifetime (2023)
Genre: Romance
Title 7:The World Outside My Window (2023)
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://clareswatmanauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/clareswatman
Book 1 Blurb: Before You Go
When Zoe's husband, Ed, dies, her world caves in. But what if Zoe can get Ed back? You find your soul mate....
Some people stare love in the face for years before they find it. Zoe and Ed fumbled their way into adulthood, both on different paths - but always in the same direction. Years later, having navigated dead-end jobs and chaotic house shares, romance finally blossoms. Their future together looks set....
Then the unthinkable happens.
One morning, on his way to work, Ed is knocked off his bike and dies. Now Zoe must find a way to survive. But she's not ready to let go of the memories. How can she forget all of the happy times, their first kiss, everything they built together? Zoe decides she has to tell Ed all the things she never said.
Now it's too late. Or is it?
Book 2 Blurb: The Mother's Secret
The Mother's Secret is a powerful story about family, secrets and devastating lies.
Love keeps us together
Sisters Kate and Georgie are best friends. While Kate travelled the world, Georgie stayed at home to care for her mother. Now Georgie has her own family, she's decided it's her time to start discovering - there's a world out there for her to explore.
Love can tear us apart
Their mother, Jan, loves her daughters with all her heart. So what if she kept Kate and Georgie indoors when they were young? She just cared so much for them.
What if your life was based on a lie?
Maybe there was another reason Jan wanted to keep her girls close. If the girls ventured too far afield, it might destroy the facade of the world Jan created. The family's about to discover that while lies can cause pain, the truth could destroy them all.
Book 3 Blurb: Dear Grace
The most unlikely friendship. The most unexpected consequences.
When Anna’s husband cheats on her, she’s sure she’ll never be happy again. But then she meets 94-year-old Grace. Despite an age gap of more than fifty years, the pair set out together on a life-changing journey halfway across the country in search of some answers.
Sometimes the only way to move on is to revisit the past. But will Anna and Grace be prepared for what they find?
A story about love, female friendship, heartbreak and learning to forgive.
Book 4 Blurb: Before We Grow Old
When seven-year-old Fran first met Will they knew instantly that they were made for each other. For eleven years they were inseparable, but then, at the age of eighteen, Will just upped and disappeared.
Twenty-five years later Will is back.
Is fate trying to give them a second chance?
Still nursing the heart break from all those years ago, Fran is reluctant to give Will the time of day. The price Will must pay is to tell the truth – the truth about why he left, the truth about why he’s back…
And Fran has her own secrets to hide. The time has come to decide what Fran and Will really want from life – before it’s too late.
Book 5 Blurb: The Night We First Met
One night in December, twenty-two year old Ted Green makes his way to Waterloo Bridge determined to end his life. Lonely and despairing, it seems the only choice.
That same night, Marianne Cooper is running away from a party. Having found her boyfriend in a passionate clinch with someone else, Marianne can’t get away fast enough. But as she makes her way along London’s South Bank, a figure catches her eye on top of the bridge.
Then she sees him, a man ready to jump.
When Marianne saves Ted’s life, this night in December becomes one they’ll never forget, and what should be the start of a love story to last them a lifetime. But as Ted watches Marianne leave in a black taxi, all he can think is he should have asked her name.
In a story spanning twenty years, join Ted and Marianne as they navigate life’s twists and turns, joys and heartbreaks, while all the time wondering - will fate ever bring them together again, and will true love save them both in the end…
Book 6 Blurb: A Love to Last a Lifetime
The one that she wants...
Adam Bowers; handsome, funny and with the charm of a rock star, from the moment she laid eyes on him, teenage Erin was smitten. But first loves don’t always last, and after a whirlwind romance, Erin and Adam go their separate ways. Yet, Erin never lets go of the feeling that Adam may have been her soul mate...
The one that she needs...
Greg fell in love with Erin in their first week at university. Solid, trustworthy and hopelessly devoted to Erin, he knows he's better for her than the feckless Adam, who is forever leaving Erin broken-hearted, before winning her back with his charm. As far as Greg is concerned, it’s easy to promise the world, but it’s harder to love someone for a lifetime.
The one that got away...
Years later Greg and Erin are married, and although life hasn’t always been easy, Greg’s love for Erin has never dimmed. But when Adam comes back, in desperate need of Erin's help, everything changes. Erin starts to wonder whether fate is trying to tell her something…
Will Erin risk it all for the man she had thought was ‘The One’?
From the author of the bestselling Before We Grow Old, Clare Swatman. A Love to Last a Lifetime is for anyone who had a first love, a lost love or a love that lasted forever.
Book 7 Blurb: The World Outside My Window
Laura is watching the world go by without her.
Unable to leave her house since suffering a trauma, Laura is stuck gazing out of her window at Willow Crescent, relying on husband Jim and best friend Debbie for help.
Then one day, Jim doesn’t come home.
A day becomes two, days become a week, and still no sign of Jim. And with the police half-hearted in their efforts to look for him, Laura is forced into a decision. She’s going to have to face the world outside and find her husband herself.
But what Laura hasn’t realised is that Willow Crescent is a community, eager to help. From Arthur and Carol next door ready to rally the neighbours, to Marjorie and her daughter Faye at number nine looking for their own reasons to engage with the world. From Sonja at number seven who thinks she may have seen Jim in London, to widower Ben at number four who understands all about being lonely. Laura has a world ready to embrace her if she can just find the nerve.
And when it slowly dawns on them all, that the Jim they thought they knew, may have been hiding some unfathomable secrets, Laura has a choice – retreat back behind her window, or start living the life that was waiting for her all along.
Author Bio:
Clare Swatman is the author of seven women's fiction novels. Her latest, The World Outside My Window, is a story about the power of friendships and the importance of community. Before writing books, Clare spent 20 years writing for women's magazines in the UK.
Her next book will be out in early 2024.
Clare lives in Hertfordshire in the UK with her husband and two boys. Even the cat is male, which means she's destined to be outnumbered forever.
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Anne Fletcher


Anne Fletcher
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Title: Widows of the Ice: The Women that Scott’s Antarctic Expedition Left Behind
Genre: History - Exploration
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://linktr.ee/annefletcher
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Book Blurb:
As Captain Scott lay freezing and starving to death on his return journey from the South Pole, he wrote with a stub of pencil his final words: ‘For God’s sake look after our people.’ Uppermost in his mind were the three women who would now be widows: Kathleen, his own bohemian artist wife; Oriana, the devout wife of the expedition’s chief scientist, Ted Wilson; and Lois, the Welsh working-class wife of Petty Officer Edgar Evans. When the news came that the men were dead, they became heroes, their story filling column inches in newspapers across the world. Their widows were thrust into the limelight, forced to grieve in public view, keeping a stiff upper lip while the world praised their husbands’ sacrifice. These three women had little in common except that their husbands had died together, but this shared experience was to shape the rest of their lives. Each experienced their loss differently, their treatment by the press and the public influenced by their class and contemporary notions of both manliness and womanly behaviour. Each had to rebuild their life, fiercely and loyally defending their husbands’ legacies and protecting their fatherless children in the face of financial hardship, public criticism and intense press scrutiny. Widows of the Ice is not the story of famous women but of forgotten wives, whose love and support helped to shape one of the most iconic moments in British history. They have drifted to the outer edges of the Antarctic narrative, and bringing them back gives a new perspective to a story we thought we already knew. It is a story of imperialistic dreams, misogyny and classism, but also of enormous courage, high ideals, duty – and, above all, love.
Author Bio:
Anne Fletcher read history at Oxford University. She has a successful career in heritage and has worked at some of the most exciting historic sites in the country including Hampton Court Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Bletchley Park and Tower Bridge. Her most recent book is Widows of the Ice, the true story of the women widowed bt Scott's fatal Antarctic expedition.
Anne is the great-great-great niece of Joseph Hobson Jagger, ‘the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo’ and the subject of her first book From the Mill to Monte Carlo. Her search for his story started with only a photograph, a newspaper article and the lyrics of the famous song.
Genre: History - Exploration
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://linktr.ee/annefletcher
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Annecfletcher
Book Blurb:
As Captain Scott lay freezing and starving to death on his return journey from the South Pole, he wrote with a stub of pencil his final words: ‘For God’s sake look after our people.’ Uppermost in his mind were the three women who would now be widows: Kathleen, his own bohemian artist wife; Oriana, the devout wife of the expedition’s chief scientist, Ted Wilson; and Lois, the Welsh working-class wife of Petty Officer Edgar Evans. When the news came that the men were dead, they became heroes, their story filling column inches in newspapers across the world. Their widows were thrust into the limelight, forced to grieve in public view, keeping a stiff upper lip while the world praised their husbands’ sacrifice. These three women had little in common except that their husbands had died together, but this shared experience was to shape the rest of their lives. Each experienced their loss differently, their treatment by the press and the public influenced by their class and contemporary notions of both manliness and womanly behaviour. Each had to rebuild their life, fiercely and loyally defending their husbands’ legacies and protecting their fatherless children in the face of financial hardship, public criticism and intense press scrutiny. Widows of the Ice is not the story of famous women but of forgotten wives, whose love and support helped to shape one of the most iconic moments in British history. They have drifted to the outer edges of the Antarctic narrative, and bringing them back gives a new perspective to a story we thought we already knew. It is a story of imperialistic dreams, misogyny and classism, but also of enormous courage, high ideals, duty – and, above all, love.
Author Bio:
Anne Fletcher read history at Oxford University. She has a successful career in heritage and has worked at some of the most exciting historic sites in the country including Hampton Court Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Bletchley Park and Tower Bridge. Her most recent book is Widows of the Ice, the true story of the women widowed bt Scott's fatal Antarctic expedition.
Anne is the great-great-great niece of Joseph Hobson Jagger, ‘the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo’ and the subject of her first book From the Mill to Monte Carlo. Her search for his story started with only a photograph, a newspaper article and the lyrics of the famous song.
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Lot 351
£ 11
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Lindsay Galvin


Lindsay Galvin
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Title: Call of the Titanic
Genre: Historical Fiction - Young Adult
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.lindsaygalvin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LindsayGalvin
Book Blurb:
Young cabin steward, Sid, is proud to be working on the Titanic, the greatest stream liner ever built.
Clara dreams of adventure at sea, and discovers it the hard way as a stowaway on a much smaller ship, the Carpathia.
Here, she meets a giant bear of a dog: Rigel, who has a reputation for mischief.
What none of them can foresee is how they'll need each other on the night Titanic collides with an iceberg.
Or that an even more extraordinary creature might also answer their call ...
Author Bio:
Lindsay was lucky enough to be raised in a house of stories, music, and love of the sea. She left part of her heart underwater after living and working in Thailand where she spent hundreds of blissful hours scuba diving. Forced now to surface for breath, she lives in sight of the chillier Sussex sea with her husband and two sons. When she is not writing, she can be found reading, swimming or practicing yoga. She has a degree in English Language and Literature, is fascinated by psychology and the natural world, and teaches Science. Lindsay hadn’t written creatively since childhood until the idea for her debut novel The Secret Deep splashed into her mind, and now she’s hooked.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Young Adult
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.lindsaygalvin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LindsayGalvin
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Young cabin steward, Sid, is proud to be working on the Titanic, the greatest stream liner ever built.
Clara dreams of adventure at sea, and discovers it the hard way as a stowaway on a much smaller ship, the Carpathia.
Here, she meets a giant bear of a dog: Rigel, who has a reputation for mischief.
What none of them can foresee is how they'll need each other on the night Titanic collides with an iceberg.
Or that an even more extraordinary creature might also answer their call ...
Author Bio:
Lindsay was lucky enough to be raised in a house of stories, music, and love of the sea. She left part of her heart underwater after living and working in Thailand where she spent hundreds of blissful hours scuba diving. Forced now to surface for breath, she lives in sight of the chillier Sussex sea with her husband and two sons. When she is not writing, she can be found reading, swimming or practicing yoga. She has a degree in English Language and Literature, is fascinated by psychology and the natural world, and teaches Science. Lindsay hadn’t written creatively since childhood until the idea for her debut novel The Secret Deep splashed into her mind, and now she’s hooked.
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Lot 352
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Liz Fielding


Liz Fielding
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Title 1: Murder Among The Roses
Genre: Cosy Crime - Murder Mystery
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Little Book of Writing Romance
Genre: Educational
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizfielding
Book 1 Blurb:
MEET ABBY FINCH. SHE’S THE BUSY MUM OF THREE, AN EXPERT GARDENER AND THE STAR OF YOUR NEW FAVOURITE COZY MURDER MYSTERY.
In the peaceful Cotswolds village of Maybridge, you wouldn’t expect to find a dead body in the rose garden. And certainly not two.
Abby is horrified to discover the bones of a baby buried under a rose bush. It’s in the garden of her soon-to-be ex-husband Howard’s family home.
She immediately calls the police. But she can’t get hold of Howard. He’s off on a jolly with the woman he’s got pregnant.
And then, just two days later, Abby finds Howard himself.
Lying dead in the very same rose garden.
Throat slashed with her own garden spade.
Now Abby is the prime suspect . . .
Fans of Faith Martin, Jane Adams, Frances Evesham, M.C. Beaton, Clare Chase or Jeanne M. Dams will love this addictive cozy mystery!
MEET THE DETECTIVE
Brilliant gardener and the busy mum of three, Abby Finch’s dreams of winning gold at Chelsea Flower Show were put on hold by an unplanned pregnancy and marriage. But she wouldn’t have it any other way. These days she’s kept on her toes looking by her beloved family, running her own business and dealing with her imminent divorce. In an effort to keep things cordial, she’s allowed her ex to bully her into restoring the garden of his family home. Thankfully she’s surrounded herself with a great group of friends to lean on.
THE SETTING
Pretty Maybridge is a charming village set in the sheep-dotted Cotswolds hills, with a long history stretching back to Tudor times. It’s the type of place where everyone knows each other, but there's a wonderful bookshop on the corner of the bridge, a popular riverside café and a bustling market at Christmastime. And with Bristol nearby and a big supermarket round the corner.
Book 2 Blurb:
Is it your ambition to write Bestselling Romance? Are you looking for a useful, no nonsense guide to writing sizzling, bestselling romantic fiction? Or are you a published author wanting to improve your writing skills? No matter where you are in your writing journey, multi-award winning romance author Liz Fielding’s straight-forward, no jargon guide to writing Bestselling Romance shows you what it takes to get there. She does not confuse with the science of writing, but shows clearly, using examples, how to use the first line to grab your reader, how to write great dialogue, how to create characters that readers will care about. Liz Fielding’s Little Book of Writing Romance is laid out in ten,easy-to-understand chapters covering all the main points on the craft of romance writing, including how to— Grab the Reader on the First Page Create Great Characters Use Conflict Write Deep Emotion Use Sexual Tension Write Crisp Dialogue Use Viewpoint Construct a Four-Dimensional World
Author Bio:
Liz Fielding worked as a secretary in Africa and the Middle East and was co-ordinator of the Brecon Jazz Festival before writing full time. Her books are published worldwide in multiple languages, she is two times winner of Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award and recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Liz lives in West Sussex,.
Genre: Cosy Crime - Murder Mystery
Format: Paperback
Title 2: Little Book of Writing Romance
Genre: Educational
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizfielding
Book 1 Blurb:
MEET ABBY FINCH. SHE’S THE BUSY MUM OF THREE, AN EXPERT GARDENER AND THE STAR OF YOUR NEW FAVOURITE COZY MURDER MYSTERY.
In the peaceful Cotswolds village of Maybridge, you wouldn’t expect to find a dead body in the rose garden. And certainly not two.
Abby is horrified to discover the bones of a baby buried under a rose bush. It’s in the garden of her soon-to-be ex-husband Howard’s family home.
She immediately calls the police. But she can’t get hold of Howard. He’s off on a jolly with the woman he’s got pregnant.
And then, just two days later, Abby finds Howard himself.
Lying dead in the very same rose garden.
Throat slashed with her own garden spade.
Now Abby is the prime suspect . . .
Fans of Faith Martin, Jane Adams, Frances Evesham, M.C. Beaton, Clare Chase or Jeanne M. Dams will love this addictive cozy mystery!
MEET THE DETECTIVE
Brilliant gardener and the busy mum of three, Abby Finch’s dreams of winning gold at Chelsea Flower Show were put on hold by an unplanned pregnancy and marriage. But she wouldn’t have it any other way. These days she’s kept on her toes looking by her beloved family, running her own business and dealing with her imminent divorce. In an effort to keep things cordial, she’s allowed her ex to bully her into restoring the garden of his family home. Thankfully she’s surrounded herself with a great group of friends to lean on.
THE SETTING
Pretty Maybridge is a charming village set in the sheep-dotted Cotswolds hills, with a long history stretching back to Tudor times. It’s the type of place where everyone knows each other, but there's a wonderful bookshop on the corner of the bridge, a popular riverside café and a bustling market at Christmastime. And with Bristol nearby and a big supermarket round the corner.
Book 2 Blurb:
Is it your ambition to write Bestselling Romance? Are you looking for a useful, no nonsense guide to writing sizzling, bestselling romantic fiction? Or are you a published author wanting to improve your writing skills? No matter where you are in your writing journey, multi-award winning romance author Liz Fielding’s straight-forward, no jargon guide to writing Bestselling Romance shows you what it takes to get there. She does not confuse with the science of writing, but shows clearly, using examples, how to use the first line to grab your reader, how to write great dialogue, how to create characters that readers will care about. Liz Fielding’s Little Book of Writing Romance is laid out in ten,easy-to-understand chapters covering all the main points on the craft of romance writing, including how to— Grab the Reader on the First Page Create Great Characters Use Conflict Write Deep Emotion Use Sexual Tension Write Crisp Dialogue Use Viewpoint Construct a Four-Dimensional World
Author Bio:
Liz Fielding worked as a secretary in Africa and the Middle East and was co-ordinator of the Brecon Jazz Festival before writing full time. Her books are published worldwide in multiple languages, she is two times winner of Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award and recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Liz lives in West Sussex,.
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Lot 353
£ 15
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Jenni Fletcher


Jenni Fletcher
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Title: HOW TO LOSE AN EARL IN TEN WEEKS
Genre: YA Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://jennifletcher.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenniAuthor
Book Blurb:
Miss Essie Craven has been engaged since birth to a man she has only met once. The haughty, black-haired man with the intense blue eyes: Aidan Ravell, Earl of Denholm. The most coveted man in all of the Ton.
The day of their marriage is set. The only problem is, spirited Essie dreams of more than being a Countess. She soon finds out that Aidan has his own reasons for not wishing to marry, but is compelled to proceed due to his sense of honour and the financial baggage his father has left him.
So, Aidan and Essie strike up a deal. Essie will find him a more suitable match, and in the meantime they will keep up appearances.
But soon what is real and what is fake begins to converge. Suddenly, what seemed to be a simple agreement is no longer quite that straightforward . . .
Author Bio:
Jenni Fletcher is a Historical Romance & YA author for Penguin and Mills & Boon and has been nominated for 5 Romantic Novel Awards, winning the Libertà Books Shorter Romantic Novel Award in 2020. She grew up in Scotland and Somerset, has a PhD on some deeply unromantic aspects of Edwardian literature, and now lives in Yorkshire with her family and one extremely hairy dog."
Genre: YA Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://jennifletcher.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenniAuthor
Book Blurb:
Miss Essie Craven has been engaged since birth to a man she has only met once. The haughty, black-haired man with the intense blue eyes: Aidan Ravell, Earl of Denholm. The most coveted man in all of the Ton.
The day of their marriage is set. The only problem is, spirited Essie dreams of more than being a Countess. She soon finds out that Aidan has his own reasons for not wishing to marry, but is compelled to proceed due to his sense of honour and the financial baggage his father has left him.
So, Aidan and Essie strike up a deal. Essie will find him a more suitable match, and in the meantime they will keep up appearances.
But soon what is real and what is fake begins to converge. Suddenly, what seemed to be a simple agreement is no longer quite that straightforward . . .
Author Bio:
Jenni Fletcher is a Historical Romance & YA author for Penguin and Mills & Boon and has been nominated for 5 Romantic Novel Awards, winning the Libertà Books Shorter Romantic Novel Award in 2020. She grew up in Scotland and Somerset, has a PhD on some deeply unromantic aspects of Edwardian literature, and now lives in Yorkshire with her family and one extremely hairy dog."
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Lot 354
£ 30
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Gill Paul


Gill Paul
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Two Book Special
Title 1: A Beautiful Rival
Title 2: The Manhattan Girls
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperbacks
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Website: http://gillpaul.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GillPaulAUTHOR
Book 1 Blurb:
In this stunning new novel, bestselling author Gill Paul reveals the infamous rivalry of cosmetic titans Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein.
They could have been allies: two self-made millionaires who invented a global industry, in an era when wife and mother were supposed to be any woman’s highest goal. Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein each founded empires built on grit and determination…and yet they became locked in a feud spanning three continents, two world wars, and the Great Depression.
Brought up in poverty, Canadian-born Arden changed popular opinion about make up—persuading women from all walks of life to buy skincare products promising them youth and beauty. Rubinstein left her native Poland, launching her own company with scientific claims about miracle creams and anti-aging herbs.
And when it came to business, nothing was off-limits: poaching employees, copying products, planting spies, hiring ex-husbands, and one-upping each other every chance they had. This was a rivalry from which there was no surrender! And through it all, were two women, bold, brazen, and determined to succeed—no matter the personal cost.
Book 2 Blurb: The Manhattan Girls
NEW YORK CITY, 1921
An impossible dream.
The war is over, the twenties are roaring, but in the depths of the city that never sleeps, Dorothy Parker is struggling to make her mark in a man’s world.
A broken woman.
She’s penniless, she’s unemployed and her marriage is on the rocks when she starts a bridge group with three extraordinary women – but will they be able to save her from herself?
A fight for survival.
When tragedy strikes, and everything Dorothy holds dear is threatened, it’s up to Peggy, Winifred and Jane to help her confront the truth before it’s too late. Because the stakes may be life or death…
A novel from the internationally bestselling author, Sex and the City meets the 1920s in this sweeping tale of love, loss and the everlasting bonds of friendship.
Author Bio:
Gill Paul is the bestselling author of twelve historical novels, many of them about real women from the past whom she thinks have been marginalized or misjudged by historians. Her novels have reached the top of the USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Toronto Globe & Mail charts, and have been translated into twenty-two languages.
Gill also writes historical non-fiction, including A History of Medicine in 50 Objects and series of Love Stories. Published around the world, this series includes Royal Love Stories, World War I Love Stories and Titanic Love Stories.
Gill was born in Scotland and grew up there, apart from an eventful year at school in the US when she was ten. She studied Medicine at Glasgow University, then English Literature and History (she was a student for a long time), before moving to London to work in publishing. Her first novel was written at weekends, but she has now given up the ‘day job’ to write fiction full-time. She also writes short stories for magazines and speaks at libraries and literary festivals about subjects ranging from Dorothy Parker to the Romanovs, and about writing itself.
Gill swims daily, year-round in a wild pond and loves vintage clothes, old movies, and poking around in bookshops.
Title 1: A Beautiful Rival
Title 2: The Manhattan Girls
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://gillpaul.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GillPaulAUTHOR
Book 1 Blurb:
In this stunning new novel, bestselling author Gill Paul reveals the infamous rivalry of cosmetic titans Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein.
They could have been allies: two self-made millionaires who invented a global industry, in an era when wife and mother were supposed to be any woman’s highest goal. Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein each founded empires built on grit and determination…and yet they became locked in a feud spanning three continents, two world wars, and the Great Depression.
Brought up in poverty, Canadian-born Arden changed popular opinion about make up—persuading women from all walks of life to buy skincare products promising them youth and beauty. Rubinstein left her native Poland, launching her own company with scientific claims about miracle creams and anti-aging herbs.
And when it came to business, nothing was off-limits: poaching employees, copying products, planting spies, hiring ex-husbands, and one-upping each other every chance they had. This was a rivalry from which there was no surrender! And through it all, were two women, bold, brazen, and determined to succeed—no matter the personal cost.
Book 2 Blurb: The Manhattan Girls
NEW YORK CITY, 1921
An impossible dream.
The war is over, the twenties are roaring, but in the depths of the city that never sleeps, Dorothy Parker is struggling to make her mark in a man’s world.
A broken woman.
She’s penniless, she’s unemployed and her marriage is on the rocks when she starts a bridge group with three extraordinary women – but will they be able to save her from herself?
A fight for survival.
When tragedy strikes, and everything Dorothy holds dear is threatened, it’s up to Peggy, Winifred and Jane to help her confront the truth before it’s too late. Because the stakes may be life or death…
A novel from the internationally bestselling author, Sex and the City meets the 1920s in this sweeping tale of love, loss and the everlasting bonds of friendship.
Author Bio:
Gill Paul is the bestselling author of twelve historical novels, many of them about real women from the past whom she thinks have been marginalized or misjudged by historians. Her novels have reached the top of the USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Toronto Globe & Mail charts, and have been translated into twenty-two languages.
Gill also writes historical non-fiction, including A History of Medicine in 50 Objects and series of Love Stories. Published around the world, this series includes Royal Love Stories, World War I Love Stories and Titanic Love Stories.
Gill was born in Scotland and grew up there, apart from an eventful year at school in the US when she was ten. She studied Medicine at Glasgow University, then English Literature and History (she was a student for a long time), before moving to London to work in publishing. Her first novel was written at weekends, but she has now given up the ‘day job’ to write fiction full-time. She also writes short stories for magazines and speaks at libraries and literary festivals about subjects ranging from Dorothy Parker to the Romanovs, and about writing itself.
Gill swims daily, year-round in a wild pond and loves vintage clothes, old movies, and poking around in bookshops.
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Lot 355
£ 13
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Marie Basting


Marie Basting
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TWO BOOK BUNDLE!
Title 1: My Family and Other Romans
Genre: Funny, historical, adventure.
Format: Paperback
Title: Princess BMX
Genre: Fantasy adventure /alternative fairytale
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://mariebasting.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/riewriting
Book 1 Blurb:
A rip-roaring Roman adventure from the acclaimed author of Princess BMX, Marie Basting
Livi just wants to fit in. So, being catapulted back to Ancient Rome and finding out her mum is a warrior goddess is not part of the plan. As for the rest of the family – her sister is a cyclops, her uncle is building an army, and her role-play, LARP-obsessed dad is now a lava soldier. The fate of the world resting on her shoulders, can Livi embrace her differences and sort this mess out?
• A laugh-out-loud funny family caper full of excitement and heart: perfect for fans of Loki, Horrible Histories and Who Let the Gods Out?
Book 2 Blurb:
A funny, action-packed tale of friendship and bikes, that brings the fairytale bang up to date.
Trust me, the fairy tales have it so wrong. Dingy towers and wicked step-mums are the least of my worries: it’s the boredom that will kill me.
Honestly, apart from the endless supply of cupcakes, being a princess is pretty rubbish. I used to think about locking myself in a tower and throwing away the key. Thank the good goblin I discovered BMX. If it wasn’t for BMX, nothing would have changed …
Author Bio:
When Marie Basting was fifteen, she was told by a careers advisor that girls like her don’t become writers. For a long time, she believed this. But then something magical happened and Marie finally came to realise that girls like her can do anything they want. Her critically-acclaimed debut novel, Princess BMX, published in 2019.
Marie lives in Manchester with her husband, son and a giant, hairy woo-dog called Polly. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her supporting other girls and boys to follow their writing dreams.
Title 1: My Family and Other Romans
Genre: Funny, historical, adventure.
Format: Paperback
Title: Princess BMX
Genre: Fantasy adventure /alternative fairytale
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://mariebasting.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/riewriting
Book 1 Blurb:
A rip-roaring Roman adventure from the acclaimed author of Princess BMX, Marie Basting
Livi just wants to fit in. So, being catapulted back to Ancient Rome and finding out her mum is a warrior goddess is not part of the plan. As for the rest of the family – her sister is a cyclops, her uncle is building an army, and her role-play, LARP-obsessed dad is now a lava soldier. The fate of the world resting on her shoulders, can Livi embrace her differences and sort this mess out?
• A laugh-out-loud funny family caper full of excitement and heart: perfect for fans of Loki, Horrible Histories and Who Let the Gods Out?
Book 2 Blurb:
A funny, action-packed tale of friendship and bikes, that brings the fairytale bang up to date.
Trust me, the fairy tales have it so wrong. Dingy towers and wicked step-mums are the least of my worries: it’s the boredom that will kill me.
Honestly, apart from the endless supply of cupcakes, being a princess is pretty rubbish. I used to think about locking myself in a tower and throwing away the key. Thank the good goblin I discovered BMX. If it wasn’t for BMX, nothing would have changed …
Author Bio:
When Marie Basting was fifteen, she was told by a careers advisor that girls like her don’t become writers. For a long time, she believed this. But then something magical happened and Marie finally came to realise that girls like her can do anything they want. Her critically-acclaimed debut novel, Princess BMX, published in 2019.
Marie lives in Manchester with her husband, son and a giant, hairy woo-dog called Polly. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her supporting other girls and boys to follow their writing dreams.
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Lot 356
£ 18
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Pam Lecky


Pam Lecky
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Title: The Last Letter from London
Genre - Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Sarah Gillespie is back! The third gripping and emotional WWII historical fiction novel from Pam Lecky is available for pre-order now!⭐
Her letters can save the country. But can she be trusted?
A double agent.
As World War Two rages, MI5 agent Sarah Gillespie is faced with her toughest challenge yet: handling Adeline Vernier, a mysterious double agent from Paris.
A dangerous mission.
Adeline’s coded letters could help the Allies defeat the Germans – but, in return, she demands that her boyfriend is rescued from Nazi-occupied France. Adeline is not above threatening to double-cross MI5 to get what she wants, leaving Sarah fearful for the millions of lives at stake.
Letters that could change their lives forever.
As they embark on a secret operation through Lisbon, they must tread carefully to avoid the clutches of the Nazis. But will they make it out alive, together? Or is the enemy closer than they realise?
Author Bio:
Pam is an Irish historical fiction author with Avon Books UK/Harper Collins. She is a member of the Historical Novel Society, The Crime Writers' Association, and the Society of Authors. She is represented by Thérèse Coen, at Susanna Lea Associates, London. Pam has a particular love of the late Victorian era/early 20th Century.
Pam’s WW2 espionage series, featuring Sarah Gillespie, an Irish young woman working for MI5 on the Homefront, consists of three books. Her Secret War and Her Last Betrayal, both became US Kindle No. 1 bestsellers. The third book in the series, The Last Letter from London, will be published on 17th August 2023. 2024 will see the publication of a standalone Blitz murder mystery.
Her debut novel, The Bowes Inheritance, was awarded the B.R.A.G Medallion; shortlisted for the Carousel Aware Prize 2016; and longlisted for the Historical Novel Society 2016 Indie Award. Her short stories are available in an anthology, entitled Past Imperfect, which was published in April 2018.
June 2019, saw the release of the first book in the popular Lucy Lawrence Mystery series, No Stone Unturned - a fast-paced Victorian murder mystery set in London and Yorkshire which was awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion. The sequels, Footprints in the Sand, set in Egypt, and The Art of Deception, have proved popular and the fourth book in the series, A Pocketful of Diamonds, set in Italy, will be published in 2023.
Genre - Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/pamlecky
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Book Blurb:
Sarah Gillespie is back! The third gripping and emotional WWII historical fiction novel from Pam Lecky is available for pre-order now!⭐
Her letters can save the country. But can she be trusted?
A double agent.
As World War Two rages, MI5 agent Sarah Gillespie is faced with her toughest challenge yet: handling Adeline Vernier, a mysterious double agent from Paris.
A dangerous mission.
Adeline’s coded letters could help the Allies defeat the Germans – but, in return, she demands that her boyfriend is rescued from Nazi-occupied France. Adeline is not above threatening to double-cross MI5 to get what she wants, leaving Sarah fearful for the millions of lives at stake.
Letters that could change their lives forever.
As they embark on a secret operation through Lisbon, they must tread carefully to avoid the clutches of the Nazis. But will they make it out alive, together? Or is the enemy closer than they realise?
Author Bio:
Pam is an Irish historical fiction author with Avon Books UK/Harper Collins. She is a member of the Historical Novel Society, The Crime Writers' Association, and the Society of Authors. She is represented by Thérèse Coen, at Susanna Lea Associates, London. Pam has a particular love of the late Victorian era/early 20th Century.
Pam’s WW2 espionage series, featuring Sarah Gillespie, an Irish young woman working for MI5 on the Homefront, consists of three books. Her Secret War and Her Last Betrayal, both became US Kindle No. 1 bestsellers. The third book in the series, The Last Letter from London, will be published on 17th August 2023. 2024 will see the publication of a standalone Blitz murder mystery.
Her debut novel, The Bowes Inheritance, was awarded the B.R.A.G Medallion; shortlisted for the Carousel Aware Prize 2016; and longlisted for the Historical Novel Society 2016 Indie Award. Her short stories are available in an anthology, entitled Past Imperfect, which was published in April 2018.
June 2019, saw the release of the first book in the popular Lucy Lawrence Mystery series, No Stone Unturned - a fast-paced Victorian murder mystery set in London and Yorkshire which was awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion. The sequels, Footprints in the Sand, set in Egypt, and The Art of Deception, have proved popular and the fourth book in the series, A Pocketful of Diamonds, set in Italy, will be published in 2023.
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Barbara Avon


Barbara Avon
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Title: Sultry Is the Night
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://barbaraavon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/barb_avon
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The year is 1982.
This town has a distinct border, the good side and the shady side, where the townspeople battle rats for scraps of food. Mario used to live among the rich, but he now resides on the wrong side of the tracks thanks to the father who left him behind. Worst of all, he’s mourning his mother’s death and what he thinks is the loss of his lifelong dream, becoming a chef.
After meeting Dito who owns "Dean's Pizzeria", things are finally changing for Mario. Until Tess enters his life – the beautiful, mysterious stranger who lives in a luxury high rise. But there’s something off, something she’s hiding, something dark.
Some borders aren’t meant to be crossed.
"Sultry, Is the Night", is for anyone who has ever felt like they didn't belong.
Author Bio:
I am a wife, sister, daughter, an aunt, and a friend. I am a lover of words and a firm believer that if you "lose your dreams, you might lose your mind." (The Rolling Stones).
Barbara Avon was born in Switzerland and immigrated to Canada when she was two years old. She grew up Italian in the Niagara Region and attended Notre Dame High School, and then Brock University. She moved to Ottawa, Ontario, in 1999 to pursue work. She has worked for two major Ottawa area magazines and is a published poet.
In 2018, she won SpillWords Author of the Month, as well as FACES Magazine “Favourite Female Author”. Her work appears in various anthologies including Steering 23 Publications, Storytime for Grownups, and Beyond the Levee. In October of 2022, “Revived” was chosen as “Horror Book of the Year” by the “Feed My Reads” community.
When she's not writing, she's experimenting in the kitchen, reading, watching 1980s movies, or engaging with her peers on Twitter. She lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband Danny, their tarantula Betsy, and their houseplant, “Romeo”.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://barbaraavon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/barb_avon
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The year is 1982.
This town has a distinct border, the good side and the shady side, where the townspeople battle rats for scraps of food. Mario used to live among the rich, but he now resides on the wrong side of the tracks thanks to the father who left him behind. Worst of all, he’s mourning his mother’s death and what he thinks is the loss of his lifelong dream, becoming a chef.
After meeting Dito who owns "Dean's Pizzeria", things are finally changing for Mario. Until Tess enters his life – the beautiful, mysterious stranger who lives in a luxury high rise. But there’s something off, something she’s hiding, something dark.
Some borders aren’t meant to be crossed.
"Sultry, Is the Night", is for anyone who has ever felt like they didn't belong.
Author Bio:
I am a wife, sister, daughter, an aunt, and a friend. I am a lover of words and a firm believer that if you "lose your dreams, you might lose your mind." (The Rolling Stones).
Barbara Avon was born in Switzerland and immigrated to Canada when she was two years old. She grew up Italian in the Niagara Region and attended Notre Dame High School, and then Brock University. She moved to Ottawa, Ontario, in 1999 to pursue work. She has worked for two major Ottawa area magazines and is a published poet.
In 2018, she won SpillWords Author of the Month, as well as FACES Magazine “Favourite Female Author”. Her work appears in various anthologies including Steering 23 Publications, Storytime for Grownups, and Beyond the Levee. In October of 2022, “Revived” was chosen as “Horror Book of the Year” by the “Feed My Reads” community.
When she's not writing, she's experimenting in the kitchen, reading, watching 1980s movies, or engaging with her peers on Twitter. She lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband Danny, their tarantula Betsy, and their houseplant, “Romeo”.
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Sophie Kirtley


Sophie Kirtley
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Title: The Way to Impossible Island
Genre: Children
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Website: https://www.sophiekirtley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KirtleySophie
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Born with a serious heart condition, Dara has been waiting for his Big Operation forever, and this summer it's finally going to happen. The moment his heart is fixed he'll row out to the island in the bay all by himself just like he's always dreamed. But when his op is postponed, Dara snaps. When will he get to live his real life? Maybe the adventures he dreams of are just silly fantasies.
And then he finds a girl hiding in the boat shed. She wears animal skins. She has a real live pet wolf. She is, simply, impossible. Could Mothgirl really be from the Stone Age? And what is she seeking on Lathrin Island? As Dara and Mothgirl set out on a wild, windswept sea journey Dara begins to realise that when you stop worrying about what's impossible, you can do anything.
A brave, life-affirming middle-grade timeslip adventure about finding your family and finding yourself, from the author of The Wild Way Home.
Author Bio:
Sophie Kirtley is a prize-winning poet and children’s author. Her best-selling debut novel, The Wild Way Home, was published by Bloomsbury in 2020; it was Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month and has been shortlisted for numerous awards. Her second book, The Way to Impossible Island, was selected as one of the Best Children’s Paperbacks of 2021 by Waterstones and several national newspapers. Her poetry for children and for adults has ben published in various journals and anthologies.
Sophie grew up in Northern Ireland where she spent her childhood climbing on hay bales, rolling down sand dunes and leaping the raw Atlantic waves. Nowadays she lives in Wiltshire with her husband, three children and their mini-menagerie of pets and wild things. Sophie loves reading, writing and inspiring others to be creative too.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.sophiekirtley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KirtleySophie
Book Blurb:
Born with a serious heart condition, Dara has been waiting for his Big Operation forever, and this summer it's finally going to happen. The moment his heart is fixed he'll row out to the island in the bay all by himself just like he's always dreamed. But when his op is postponed, Dara snaps. When will he get to live his real life? Maybe the adventures he dreams of are just silly fantasies.
And then he finds a girl hiding in the boat shed. She wears animal skins. She has a real live pet wolf. She is, simply, impossible. Could Mothgirl really be from the Stone Age? And what is she seeking on Lathrin Island? As Dara and Mothgirl set out on a wild, windswept sea journey Dara begins to realise that when you stop worrying about what's impossible, you can do anything.
A brave, life-affirming middle-grade timeslip adventure about finding your family and finding yourself, from the author of The Wild Way Home.
Author Bio:
Sophie Kirtley is a prize-winning poet and children’s author. Her best-selling debut novel, The Wild Way Home, was published by Bloomsbury in 2020; it was Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month and has been shortlisted for numerous awards. Her second book, The Way to Impossible Island, was selected as one of the Best Children’s Paperbacks of 2021 by Waterstones and several national newspapers. Her poetry for children and for adults has ben published in various journals and anthologies.
Sophie grew up in Northern Ireland where she spent her childhood climbing on hay bales, rolling down sand dunes and leaping the raw Atlantic waves. Nowadays she lives in Wiltshire with her husband, three children and their mini-menagerie of pets and wild things. Sophie loves reading, writing and inspiring others to be creative too.
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Gill Lewis


Gill Lewis
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Title: A Street Dog Named Pup
Genre: Children
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Website: https://www.gilllewis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gill__lewis
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Pup and his boy are inseparable. But both their lives change forever when Pup is cruelly taken away and abandoned. Can the bond between them be enough to bring them back together?
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Gill Lewis is a multi-award winning children's author who writes stories about our connection with animals and the wild world.
Genre: Children
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Pup and his boy are inseparable. But both their lives change forever when Pup is cruelly taken away and abandoned. Can the bond between them be enough to bring them back together?
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Gill Lewis is a multi-award winning children's author who writes stories about our connection with animals and the wild world.
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Mari Hannah


Mari Hannah
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Title: Black Fell
Genre: Crime Thriller
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Website: marihannah@me.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mariwriter
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The truth can be hidden . . . but secrets always surface.
The peace of Kielder Water is shattered when tourists open a barrel they found floating in the reservoir at dawn. Detectives Stone and Oliver are called to examine the skeletal remains inside.
The tourists are eliminated from the investigation, but that same day a second body is discovered - this one has skin. Have the police let the killer leave the scene?
While Stone investigates the remains, Oliver travels to Iceland to gather evidence and track down the tourists who have fled. Someone will do anything to protect the secrets of the past...
Author Bio:
Mari is a multi-award-winning author and screenwriter who lives in rural Northumberland with her partner, an ex-murder detective. She writes across three crime series: DCI Kate Daniels (in development for TV); Stone & Oliver and Ryan & O’Neil. Mari is a former programming chair of Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Among her awards is a CWA Dagger in the Library for her body of work, and in 2020 Capital Crime’s Crime Book of the Year for Without A Trace.
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Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Website: marihannah@me.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mariwriter
Book Blurb:
The truth can be hidden . . . but secrets always surface.
The peace of Kielder Water is shattered when tourists open a barrel they found floating in the reservoir at dawn. Detectives Stone and Oliver are called to examine the skeletal remains inside.
The tourists are eliminated from the investigation, but that same day a second body is discovered - this one has skin. Have the police let the killer leave the scene?
While Stone investigates the remains, Oliver travels to Iceland to gather evidence and track down the tourists who have fled. Someone will do anything to protect the secrets of the past...
Author Bio:
Mari is a multi-award-winning author and screenwriter who lives in rural Northumberland with her partner, an ex-murder detective. She writes across three crime series: DCI Kate Daniels (in development for TV); Stone & Oliver and Ryan & O’Neil. Mari is a former programming chair of Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Among her awards is a CWA Dagger in the Library for her body of work, and in 2020 Capital Crime’s Crime Book of the Year for Without A Trace.
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Rachel Edwards


Rachel Edwards
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Title: LUCKY
Genre: Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://racheledwards.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RachelDEdwards
Book Blurb: Etta needs to win big. She joined a gambling site to save money for marriage and was good at it… until she wasn’t. Lucky she has an online friend who has hit the jackpot. But who is watching her and why does she feel so afraid, as she is so lucky?
Author Bio: Rachel Edwards was born and raised in the UK by her Jamaican mother and Nigerian father and relishes having been ‘born on three continents at once’. She has written for numerous publications including The Guardian and, during summer 2020, the Sunday Times Magazine for which she wrote a popular weekly column.
Genre: Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://racheledwards.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RachelDEdwards
Book Blurb: Etta needs to win big. She joined a gambling site to save money for marriage and was good at it… until she wasn’t. Lucky she has an online friend who has hit the jackpot. But who is watching her and why does she feel so afraid, as she is so lucky?
Author Bio: Rachel Edwards was born and raised in the UK by her Jamaican mother and Nigerian father and relishes having been ‘born on three continents at once’. She has written for numerous publications including The Guardian and, during summer 2020, the Sunday Times Magazine for which she wrote a popular weekly column.
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Alex Marchant


Alex Marchant
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Title: Order of the White Boar (Books 1 & 2)
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://alexmarchantblog.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexMarchant84
The Book:
How well do you know the story of the real King Richard III? Perhaps not as well as Matthew Wansford...Two bestselling books in one – 'The Order of the White Boar' and 'The King’s Man'Twelve-year-old Matthew Wansford has always longed to be a knight. His chance comes in the golden summer of 1482 at Middleham Castle, home of his new master, Richard, Duke of Gloucester – valiant warrior, loving father, loyal brother to King Edward IV.With new-found friends Alys, Roger and Edward, the Duke’s only son, he forges a secret knightly fellowship, the Order of the White Boar. They swear an oath of lifelong loyalty – to each other and to their good lord, Duke Richard.But these are not times to play at war. Soon Matt and his friends will be plunged into the deadly games of the Wars of the Roses. Will their loyalty be tested as the storm looms on the horizon?For readers of all ages from 10 to adult, books 1 and 2 of the ‘Order of the White Boar’ sequence together for the first time, chronicling the crucial years in the life of King Richard III, through the Year of the Three Kings – and beyond …
The Author:
Born and raised in the rolling Surrey downs, and following stints as an archaeologist and in publishing in London and Gloucester, I now live surrounded by moors in King Richard III’s northern heartland, working as a freelance copyeditor, proofreader and, more recently, independent author of books for children aged 10+.
My first novel, Time out of Time (forthcoming), won the 2012 Chapter One Children’s Book Award, and my second was put on the backburner in 2013 at the announcement of the discovery of King Richard’s grave in a car park in Leicester. As a Ricardian since my teens, that momentous announcement prompted me to write about the real Richard III for older children (there being no such book available), and so The Order of the White Boar and its recently released sequel The King’s Man were born.
The Order of the White Boar has been described by the Bulletin of the Richard III Society as ‘a wonderful work of historical fiction for both children and adults’ and The King’s Man as ‘a brilliant, gripping, heart-wrenching sequel’
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://alexmarchantblog.wordpress.com
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The Book:
How well do you know the story of the real King Richard III? Perhaps not as well as Matthew Wansford...Two bestselling books in one – 'The Order of the White Boar' and 'The King’s Man'Twelve-year-old Matthew Wansford has always longed to be a knight. His chance comes in the golden summer of 1482 at Middleham Castle, home of his new master, Richard, Duke of Gloucester – valiant warrior, loving father, loyal brother to King Edward IV.With new-found friends Alys, Roger and Edward, the Duke’s only son, he forges a secret knightly fellowship, the Order of the White Boar. They swear an oath of lifelong loyalty – to each other and to their good lord, Duke Richard.But these are not times to play at war. Soon Matt and his friends will be plunged into the deadly games of the Wars of the Roses. Will their loyalty be tested as the storm looms on the horizon?For readers of all ages from 10 to adult, books 1 and 2 of the ‘Order of the White Boar’ sequence together for the first time, chronicling the crucial years in the life of King Richard III, through the Year of the Three Kings – and beyond …
The Author:
Born and raised in the rolling Surrey downs, and following stints as an archaeologist and in publishing in London and Gloucester, I now live surrounded by moors in King Richard III’s northern heartland, working as a freelance copyeditor, proofreader and, more recently, independent author of books for children aged 10+.
My first novel, Time out of Time (forthcoming), won the 2012 Chapter One Children’s Book Award, and my second was put on the backburner in 2013 at the announcement of the discovery of King Richard’s grave in a car park in Leicester. As a Ricardian since my teens, that momentous announcement prompted me to write about the real Richard III for older children (there being no such book available), and so The Order of the White Boar and its recently released sequel The King’s Man were born.
The Order of the White Boar has been described by the Bulletin of the Richard III Society as ‘a wonderful work of historical fiction for both children and adults’ and The King’s Man as ‘a brilliant, gripping, heart-wrenching sequel’
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Alex Marchant


Alex Marchant
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Title: King in Waiting
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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The Book:
What really happened to the 'Princes in the Tower'? Does Matthew Wansford know the answer?
1486
These are dangerous days for the Order of the White Boar
King Richard III has been betrayed and killed
Victorious Henry Tudor sits uneasily on the throne of England
Richard’s loyal friend, Francis Lovell, plots revenge
Alys Langdown, ward of the Queen, awaits an unknown fate
And ever-loyal Matthew Wansford serves his new master, Edward Plantagenet, true King of England – who now must seek his own road …
From exile in Flanders to an uncertain welcome over the sea – what challenges lie ahead for the Order and for the King in Waiting?
Follow Matthew and his friends’ adventures in Book 3 of The Order of the White Boar
‘Evocative and intriguing… brings the uncertain and dangerous times after the Battle of Bosworth to life’ – Wendy Johnson, member of the Looking for Richard Project
‘A wonderful work of historical fiction for both children and adults’ – Ricardian Bulletin of the Richard III Society
'A cracking good read ... Alex's vision of what happened to the sons of Edward IV after Bosworth is perfectly plausible' - GoodReads reviewer
The Author:
Born and raised in the rolling Surrey downs, and following stints as an archaeologist and in publishing in London and Gloucester, I now live surrounded by moors in King Richard III’s northern heartland, working as a freelance copyeditor, proofreader and, more recently, independent author of books for children aged 10+.
My first novel, Time out of Time (forthcoming), won the 2012 Chapter One Children’s Book Award, and my second was put on the backburner in 2013 at the announcement of the discovery of King Richard’s grave in a car park in Leicester. As a Ricardian since my teens, that momentous announcement prompted me to write about the real Richard III for older children (there being no such book available), and so The Order of the White Boar and its recently released sequel The King’s Man were born.
The Order of the White Boar has been described by the Bulletin of the Richard III Society as ‘a wonderful work of historical fiction for both children and adults’ and The King’s Man as ‘a brilliant, gripping, heart-wrenching sequel’
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK only
Website: https://alexmarchantblog.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexMarchant84
The Book:
What really happened to the 'Princes in the Tower'? Does Matthew Wansford know the answer?
1486
These are dangerous days for the Order of the White Boar
King Richard III has been betrayed and killed
Victorious Henry Tudor sits uneasily on the throne of England
Richard’s loyal friend, Francis Lovell, plots revenge
Alys Langdown, ward of the Queen, awaits an unknown fate
And ever-loyal Matthew Wansford serves his new master, Edward Plantagenet, true King of England – who now must seek his own road …
From exile in Flanders to an uncertain welcome over the sea – what challenges lie ahead for the Order and for the King in Waiting?
Follow Matthew and his friends’ adventures in Book 3 of The Order of the White Boar
‘Evocative and intriguing… brings the uncertain and dangerous times after the Battle of Bosworth to life’ – Wendy Johnson, member of the Looking for Richard Project
‘A wonderful work of historical fiction for both children and adults’ – Ricardian Bulletin of the Richard III Society
'A cracking good read ... Alex's vision of what happened to the sons of Edward IV after Bosworth is perfectly plausible' - GoodReads reviewer
The Author:
Born and raised in the rolling Surrey downs, and following stints as an archaeologist and in publishing in London and Gloucester, I now live surrounded by moors in King Richard III’s northern heartland, working as a freelance copyeditor, proofreader and, more recently, independent author of books for children aged 10+.
My first novel, Time out of Time (forthcoming), won the 2012 Chapter One Children’s Book Award, and my second was put on the backburner in 2013 at the announcement of the discovery of King Richard’s grave in a car park in Leicester. As a Ricardian since my teens, that momentous announcement prompted me to write about the real Richard III for older children (there being no such book available), and so The Order of the White Boar and its recently released sequel The King’s Man were born.
The Order of the White Boar has been described by the Bulletin of the Richard III Society as ‘a wonderful work of historical fiction for both children and adults’ and The King’s Man as ‘a brilliant, gripping, heart-wrenching sequel’
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Katie Bishop


Katie Bishop
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Title: The Girls of Summer
Genre: Commercial fiction/suspense
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Website: http://katiebishopwrites.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatKatieBWrote
Book Blurb: A sun-soaked island. An all-consuming romance. The best summer of your life... but what if everything you remember was a lie?
**********
Rachel has loved Alistair since she was seventeen.
Even though she hasn't seen him for sixteen years and she's now married to someone else.
Even though she was a teenager when they met.
Even though he is almost twenty years older than her.
Now in her thirties, Rachel has never been able to forget their golden summer together on a remote, sun-trapped Greek island. But as dark and deeply suppressed memories rise to the surface, Rachel begins to understand that Alistair - and the enigmatic, wealthy man he worked for - controlled much more than she ever realized.
Rachel has never once considered herself a victim - until now.
**********
For fans of GIRL A, MY DARK VANESSA and LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE, The Girls of Summer is a compulsive exploration of sex, power and consent, and what happens when we revisit the past with rose-tinted glasses.
Author Bio: Katie Bishop is a writer and journalist based in the UK. She grew up in the Midlands before moving to Oxford to work in publishing in her early twenties. Whilst working as an assistant editor she started writing articles in her spare time, going on to be published in the New York Times, Guardian, Independent and Vogue.
Katie started writing The Girls of Summer during the first UK COVID lockdown, after becoming increasingly interested in stories emerging from the #MeToo movement. The novel is inspired by her own experiences of backpacking, and by her interest in how our personal narratives can be reshaped and understood in light of cultural and social changes.
In 2020, Katie moved back to the Midlands, and now lives in Birmingham with her partner. She is a full-time writer.
Genre: Commercial fiction/suspense
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: Yes
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://katiebishopwrites.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatKatieBWrote
Book Blurb: A sun-soaked island. An all-consuming romance. The best summer of your life... but what if everything you remember was a lie?
**********
Rachel has loved Alistair since she was seventeen.
Even though she hasn't seen him for sixteen years and she's now married to someone else.
Even though she was a teenager when they met.
Even though he is almost twenty years older than her.
Now in her thirties, Rachel has never been able to forget their golden summer together on a remote, sun-trapped Greek island. But as dark and deeply suppressed memories rise to the surface, Rachel begins to understand that Alistair - and the enigmatic, wealthy man he worked for - controlled much more than she ever realized.
Rachel has never once considered herself a victim - until now.
**********
For fans of GIRL A, MY DARK VANESSA and LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE, The Girls of Summer is a compulsive exploration of sex, power and consent, and what happens when we revisit the past with rose-tinted glasses.
Author Bio: Katie Bishop is a writer and journalist based in the UK. She grew up in the Midlands before moving to Oxford to work in publishing in her early twenties. Whilst working as an assistant editor she started writing articles in her spare time, going on to be published in the New York Times, Guardian, Independent and Vogue.
Katie started writing The Girls of Summer during the first UK COVID lockdown, after becoming increasingly interested in stories emerging from the #MeToo movement. The novel is inspired by her own experiences of backpacking, and by her interest in how our personal narratives can be reshaped and understood in light of cultural and social changes.
In 2020, Katie moved back to the Midlands, and now lives in Birmingham with her partner. She is a full-time writer.
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Hafiza Hakim


Hafiza Hakim
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Title: Earmuffs to the Moon.
Genre: Children's Nonfiction on Disabilities
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.hafizaissa.online
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HafizaIssa
Book Blurb:
‘Earmuffs to the Moon’ is a story of bravery, self-discovery, wonder and awe. It is a celebration of our majestic Universe as seen through the eyes of Sara, an autistic girl who has dreams of shooting into space.
The playful rhymes take the reader on an exhilarating journey with Sara. They are invited into her vision, her interpretation, her imagination and her delight in the glorious world around her.
Sara learns to overcome the barrier of labels. She is a girl who refuses to sit inside the box that society places her in. Instead, she embraces what the world would call her ‘differences,’ for these differences are indeed her superpowers. She is a girl who marks her own path; a path that takes her to a magical place amongst the stars!
Author Bio:
Hafiza Hakim is a busy wife and mummy of three young children. She is a Dispensing Optician by profession. She decided to take a break from her optical career, so she could focus on her children. In her spare time, (there's not much of it!), she likes to write and perform poems about her family, politics and life experiences that everyone can relate to, published on Instagram. Recently, one of her poems have been included in a Manchester based poetry anthology. She has also qualified as a Masseuse and training to be an Aromatherapist in a bid to help people destress in a holistic way. She is passionate about raising awareness of Autism, educating and inspiring people to achieve their goals and being positive. Her hobbies include playing Netball, Running and Charity work.
Genre: Children's Nonfiction on Disabilities
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.hafizaissa.online
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Book Blurb:
‘Earmuffs to the Moon’ is a story of bravery, self-discovery, wonder and awe. It is a celebration of our majestic Universe as seen through the eyes of Sara, an autistic girl who has dreams of shooting into space.
The playful rhymes take the reader on an exhilarating journey with Sara. They are invited into her vision, her interpretation, her imagination and her delight in the glorious world around her.
Sara learns to overcome the barrier of labels. She is a girl who refuses to sit inside the box that society places her in. Instead, she embraces what the world would call her ‘differences,’ for these differences are indeed her superpowers. She is a girl who marks her own path; a path that takes her to a magical place amongst the stars!
Author Bio:
Hafiza Hakim is a busy wife and mummy of three young children. She is a Dispensing Optician by profession. She decided to take a break from her optical career, so she could focus on her children. In her spare time, (there's not much of it!), she likes to write and perform poems about her family, politics and life experiences that everyone can relate to, published on Instagram. Recently, one of her poems have been included in a Manchester based poetry anthology. She has also qualified as a Masseuse and training to be an Aromatherapist in a bid to help people destress in a holistic way. She is passionate about raising awareness of Autism, educating and inspiring people to achieve their goals and being positive. Her hobbies include playing Netball, Running and Charity work.
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Peter Moore


Peter Moore
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Book Title: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Britain and the American Dream
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://peter-moore.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/petermoore
Book Blurb:
'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness' is the best-known phrase from the Declaration of Independence, one of the most important documents of the eighteenth century and the whole Enlightenment Age. Written by Thomas Jefferson, it is frequently evoked today as a shorthand for that idea we call the 'American Dream'. But this is a line with a surprising history. Rather than being uniquely American, the vision it encapsulates - of a free and happy world - owes a great deal to British thinkers too.
Centred on the life of Benjamin Franklin, featuring figures like the cultural giant Samuel Johnson, the ground-breaking historian Catharine Macaulay, the firebrand politician John Wilkes and revolutionary activist Thomas Paine, this book looks at the generation that preceded the Declaration in 1776. It takes us back to a vital moment in the foundation of the West, a time full of intent, confidence and ideas. It tells a whole new story about the birth of the United States of America - and some of the key principles by which we live to this very day.
Author Bio:
Peter Moore is a writer, journalist and lecturer. He teaches creative writing at the University of Oxford. His debut, Damn His Blood, reconstructed a rural murder in 1806. His second, The Weather Experiment, a New York Times 'Notable Book of the Year', traced early efforts to forecast the weather. His latest book, Endeavour, was a multiple book of the year and a Sunday Times bestseller. He presents a history podcast called Travels Through Time.
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: http://peter-moore.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/petermoore
Book Blurb:
'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness' is the best-known phrase from the Declaration of Independence, one of the most important documents of the eighteenth century and the whole Enlightenment Age. Written by Thomas Jefferson, it is frequently evoked today as a shorthand for that idea we call the 'American Dream'. But this is a line with a surprising history. Rather than being uniquely American, the vision it encapsulates - of a free and happy world - owes a great deal to British thinkers too.
Centred on the life of Benjamin Franklin, featuring figures like the cultural giant Samuel Johnson, the ground-breaking historian Catharine Macaulay, the firebrand politician John Wilkes and revolutionary activist Thomas Paine, this book looks at the generation that preceded the Declaration in 1776. It takes us back to a vital moment in the foundation of the West, a time full of intent, confidence and ideas. It tells a whole new story about the birth of the United States of America - and some of the key principles by which we live to this very day.
Author Bio:
Peter Moore is a writer, journalist and lecturer. He teaches creative writing at the University of Oxford. His debut, Damn His Blood, reconstructed a rural murder in 1806. His second, The Weather Experiment, a New York Times 'Notable Book of the Year', traced early efforts to forecast the weather. His latest book, Endeavour, was a multiple book of the year and a Sunday Times bestseller. He presents a history podcast called Travels Through Time.
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Justin Davies


Justin Davies
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Title: Haarville
Genre: Children's fiction (10-14)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Yes
Website: https://justindaviesauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/flyingscribbler
Book Blurb:
Welcome to Haarville. If you've arrived, you've survived. In the murky, misty seaside town of Haarville, something smells fishy, and it isn't the seafood... Manx Fearty is about to lose his family's perpetual device shop to some sinister newcomers. Can Manx and his friends untangle secrets and seaweed to save the Fearty legacy and the town?
Author Bio:
After years spent flying around the world as cabin crew, Justin finally hung up his wings to focus on writing books that children can lose themselves in. His first book, Help! I Smell a Monster (Orchard) won the Fantastic Book Awards in 2021; his new middle grade novel, Haarville, was published by Floris/Kelpies in February 2023.
As well as writing, Justin loves visiting schools to share his books, which he says is one of the best things about being a children’s author.
When not lost in his own imagination, Justin continues his lifelong quest to bake the perfect scone. It’s an important endeavour, and one he takes very seriously.
Justin lives with his husband Andrew, and Sally the rescue greyhound, in the shadow of the Forth Bridge in Fife.
Genre: Children's fiction (10-14)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Yes
Website: https://justindaviesauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/flyingscribbler
Book Blurb:
Welcome to Haarville. If you've arrived, you've survived. In the murky, misty seaside town of Haarville, something smells fishy, and it isn't the seafood... Manx Fearty is about to lose his family's perpetual device shop to some sinister newcomers. Can Manx and his friends untangle secrets and seaweed to save the Fearty legacy and the town?
Author Bio:
After years spent flying around the world as cabin crew, Justin finally hung up his wings to focus on writing books that children can lose themselves in. His first book, Help! I Smell a Monster (Orchard) won the Fantastic Book Awards in 2021; his new middle grade novel, Haarville, was published by Floris/Kelpies in February 2023.
As well as writing, Justin loves visiting schools to share his books, which he says is one of the best things about being a children’s author.
When not lost in his own imagination, Justin continues his lifelong quest to bake the perfect scone. It’s an important endeavour, and one he takes very seriously.
Justin lives with his husband Andrew, and Sally the rescue greyhound, in the shadow of the Forth Bridge in Fife.
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Lizzie Chantree


Lizzie Chantree
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Title: The little ice cream shop by the sea
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/lizzie_chantree
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lizzie_Chantree
Book Blurb:
A gorgeous seaside romance, full of humour, family life and second chances at love.
Heart-broken, Genie, has lost everything, including her confidence. Living in a tiny corner of paradise and running a pretty little ice cream shop has been her life for as long as she can remember, but suddenly her mother wants to sell to developers and leave their shared history behind.
Determined to buy the café, Genie finds the courage to accept an unconventional investment offer from customer, Ada, who has a mysterious past and a gorgeous but distracting grandson. Ada feels that Genie and her grandson, Cal, will work well together, but sparks fly and tempers are lost.
Working in a seafront business with its fiery owner, is the only way Cal can think of to keep his ex-Hollywood glamour-puss gran from harm. Cal wants to protect his grandmother from Genie, but soon realises that living in a picturesque seaside town and away from the paparazzi in Hollywood can actually give him time to heal and could even offer him his own happily ever after.
Learning to love herself and find success on her own is Genie’s first step. But when long-lost dreams are reignited, will she be able to trust someone new with her heart?
Author Bio:
International bestselling author and award-winning inventor, Lizzie Chantree, discovered her love of writing fiction when her children were little and now writes books full of friendship and laughter, that are about women who are far stronger than they realise. She lives with her family on the coast in Essex.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/lizzie_chantree
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Book Blurb:
A gorgeous seaside romance, full of humour, family life and second chances at love.
Heart-broken, Genie, has lost everything, including her confidence. Living in a tiny corner of paradise and running a pretty little ice cream shop has been her life for as long as she can remember, but suddenly her mother wants to sell to developers and leave their shared history behind.
Determined to buy the café, Genie finds the courage to accept an unconventional investment offer from customer, Ada, who has a mysterious past and a gorgeous but distracting grandson. Ada feels that Genie and her grandson, Cal, will work well together, but sparks fly and tempers are lost.
Working in a seafront business with its fiery owner, is the only way Cal can think of to keep his ex-Hollywood glamour-puss gran from harm. Cal wants to protect his grandmother from Genie, but soon realises that living in a picturesque seaside town and away from the paparazzi in Hollywood can actually give him time to heal and could even offer him his own happily ever after.
Learning to love herself and find success on her own is Genie’s first step. But when long-lost dreams are reignited, will she be able to trust someone new with her heart?
Author Bio:
International bestselling author and award-winning inventor, Lizzie Chantree, discovered her love of writing fiction when her children were little and now writes books full of friendship and laughter, that are about women who are far stronger than they realise. She lives with her family on the coast in Essex.
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Amanda Reynolds


Amanda Reynolds
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Title: The Assistant
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.amandareynoldsauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amandareynoldsj
Book Blurb:
I know many things about Larissa.
I know what she eats, which must-have brands she applies to her face, and the price of each carefully selected ‘piece’ in her multi-million-pound home in Belgravia.
Because Ris, as she is known to her many followers, likes to share.
And now I’m here, in her home, watching her every move.
Entrusted with her secrets and running her diary from the bijou basement flat, I’m on hand to fulfil Ris’ every need. Her right-hand woman. But what she doesn’t know is why I’m really here.
I’ve put a lot on the line to get this job, and now my plan can begin.
I’ve waited long enough.
From the bestselling author of Close to Me, now a major TV series starring Connie Nielsen and Christopher Eccleston
Author Bio:
Amanda Reynolds is the best selling author of psychological thrillers. Her debut novel, Close To Me, published in 2017 by Headline, was adapted by NENT Studios UK as a major six-part TV series starring Connie Nielsen and Christopher Eccleston. The series aired in 2021, on Channel 4 in the UK and on Sundance AMC in the US, as well as many other countries worldwide.
She is the author of three further psychological suspense novels, Lying To You and The Hidden Wife with Headline, and The Assistant, publishing with Boldwood Books in 2023 and further psychological thrillers to follow.
Amanda Reynolds lives in the Cotswolds with her husband and their dog.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.amandareynoldsauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amandareynoldsj
Book Blurb:
I know many things about Larissa.
I know what she eats, which must-have brands she applies to her face, and the price of each carefully selected ‘piece’ in her multi-million-pound home in Belgravia.
Because Ris, as she is known to her many followers, likes to share.
And now I’m here, in her home, watching her every move.
Entrusted with her secrets and running her diary from the bijou basement flat, I’m on hand to fulfil Ris’ every need. Her right-hand woman. But what she doesn’t know is why I’m really here.
I’ve put a lot on the line to get this job, and now my plan can begin.
I’ve waited long enough.
From the bestselling author of Close to Me, now a major TV series starring Connie Nielsen and Christopher Eccleston
Author Bio:
Amanda Reynolds is the best selling author of psychological thrillers. Her debut novel, Close To Me, published in 2017 by Headline, was adapted by NENT Studios UK as a major six-part TV series starring Connie Nielsen and Christopher Eccleston. The series aired in 2021, on Channel 4 in the UK and on Sundance AMC in the US, as well as many other countries worldwide.
She is the author of three further psychological suspense novels, Lying To You and The Hidden Wife with Headline, and The Assistant, publishing with Boldwood Books in 2023 and further psychological thrillers to follow.
Amanda Reynolds lives in the Cotswolds with her husband and their dog.
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David Moody


David Moody
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The London Trilogy
Title 1: Autumn : Dawn
Title 2: Autumn : Inferno
Title 3: Autumn : Exodus
Genre: Horror
Format: Paperbacks
Genre: Horror
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://www.davidmoody.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidjmoody
Book Blurb:
WELCOME TO LONDON
Population seven million • 99.9% of them dead • the survival of the rest balanced on a knife-edge
THE WORLD IS DEAD
Two months ago, billions of people were killed by a deadly germ. Days later, they rose up again in massive numbers. Since then, cities worldwide have become corpse-filled, rat-infested, germ-choked hellholes.
A group of people are trapped in central London, hopelessly outnumbered by the dead. They hear rumours of a safe haven in the north – a self-sufficient community where people from across the country have gathered to try and rebuild their lives. But the decaying ruins of the capital are vast and sprawling, and they’re going to need an army to get away from this place.
There are other people here, waiting in the shadows to be found. Can enough of them band together to make a difference, or has the country – maybe even the entire world – already been lost to the dead?
Author Bio:
David Moody sold the film rights to his novel HATER to Mark Johnson (producer, Breaking Bad) and Guillermo Del Toro (director, The Shape of Water, Pan's Labyrinth). His seminal zombie novel AUTUMN was made into a movie starring Dexter Fletcher and David Carradine. Moody has an unhealthy fascination with the end of the world and likes to write books about ordinary folks going through absolute hell. Find out more about his work at http://davidmoody.net and http://infectedbooks.co.uk.
Join Moody's mailing list to keep up with new releases: https://davidmoody.net/signup/
Title 1: Autumn : Dawn
Title 2: Autumn : Inferno
Title 3: Autumn : Exodus
Genre: Horror
Format: Paperbacks
Genre: Horror
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.davidmoody.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidjmoody
Book Blurb:
WELCOME TO LONDON
Population seven million • 99.9% of them dead • the survival of the rest balanced on a knife-edge
THE WORLD IS DEAD
Two months ago, billions of people were killed by a deadly germ. Days later, they rose up again in massive numbers. Since then, cities worldwide have become corpse-filled, rat-infested, germ-choked hellholes.
A group of people are trapped in central London, hopelessly outnumbered by the dead. They hear rumours of a safe haven in the north – a self-sufficient community where people from across the country have gathered to try and rebuild their lives. But the decaying ruins of the capital are vast and sprawling, and they’re going to need an army to get away from this place.
There are other people here, waiting in the shadows to be found. Can enough of them band together to make a difference, or has the country – maybe even the entire world – already been lost to the dead?
Author Bio:
David Moody sold the film rights to his novel HATER to Mark Johnson (producer, Breaking Bad) and Guillermo Del Toro (director, The Shape of Water, Pan's Labyrinth). His seminal zombie novel AUTUMN was made into a movie starring Dexter Fletcher and David Carradine. Moody has an unhealthy fascination with the end of the world and likes to write books about ordinary folks going through absolute hell. Find out more about his work at http://davidmoody.net and http://infectedbooks.co.uk.
Join Moody's mailing list to keep up with new releases: https://davidmoody.net/signup/
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Katja Hoyer


Katja Hoyer
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Title: Beyond the Wall
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/katja-hoyer
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'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand post-World War II Europe' Julia Boyd
'One of the best young historians writing in English today. . . Well-researched, well-written and profoundly insightful, Beyond the Wall explodes many of the lazy Western cliches about East Germany' Andrew Roberts
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the GDR presented a radically different German identity to anything that had come before, and anything that exists today. Socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning, barbed wire: this was a Germany forged on the fault lines of ideology and geopolitics.
In Beyond the Wall, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer offers a kaleidoscopic new vision of this vanished country. Beginning with the bitter experience of German Marxists exiled by Hitler, she traces the arc of the state they would go on to create, first under the watchful eye of Stalin, and then in an increasingly distinctive German fashion. From the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, to the relative prosperity of the 1970s, and on to the creaking foundations of socialism in the mid-1980s, Hoyer argues that amid oppression and frequent hardship, East Germany was yet home to a rich political, social and cultural landscape, a place far more dynamic than the Cold War caricature often painted in the West.
Powerfully told, and drawing on a vast array of never-before-seen interviews, letters and records, this is the definitive history of the other Germany, the one beyond the Wall.
Author Bio:
Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Katja is a Global Opinions columnist for the Washington Post and also writes for The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph, Die Welt and other newspapers on current political affairs in Germany and Europe. Her historical essays have featured in History Today and BBC History Extra. She hosts the podcast The New Germany together with The Times' Berlin correspondent Oliver Moody. Her debut book 'Blood and Iron' has been well-received by critics and academics alike. She was born in (East) Germany and read history at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena. Katja is now based in Sussex, UK.
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/hoyer_kat
Book Blurb:
'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand post-World War II Europe' Julia Boyd
'One of the best young historians writing in English today. . . Well-researched, well-written and profoundly insightful, Beyond the Wall explodes many of the lazy Western cliches about East Germany' Andrew Roberts
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the GDR presented a radically different German identity to anything that had come before, and anything that exists today. Socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning, barbed wire: this was a Germany forged on the fault lines of ideology and geopolitics.
In Beyond the Wall, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer offers a kaleidoscopic new vision of this vanished country. Beginning with the bitter experience of German Marxists exiled by Hitler, she traces the arc of the state they would go on to create, first under the watchful eye of Stalin, and then in an increasingly distinctive German fashion. From the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, to the relative prosperity of the 1970s, and on to the creaking foundations of socialism in the mid-1980s, Hoyer argues that amid oppression and frequent hardship, East Germany was yet home to a rich political, social and cultural landscape, a place far more dynamic than the Cold War caricature often painted in the West.
Powerfully told, and drawing on a vast array of never-before-seen interviews, letters and records, this is the definitive history of the other Germany, the one beyond the Wall.
Author Bio:
Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Katja is a Global Opinions columnist for the Washington Post and also writes for The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph, Die Welt and other newspapers on current political affairs in Germany and Europe. Her historical essays have featured in History Today and BBC History Extra. She hosts the podcast The New Germany together with The Times' Berlin correspondent Oliver Moody. Her debut book 'Blood and Iron' has been well-received by critics and academics alike. She was born in (East) Germany and read history at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena. Katja is now based in Sussex, UK.
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Lot 372
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Celia Anderson


Celia Anderson
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Title: Coming Home to Mistletoe Cottage
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Christmas
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/CeliaAnderson1
Book Blurb:
Could a sprinkling of magic save Christmas this year?
Amid the salt marshes and rolling fields of Periwinkle Bay, Magda Conway is enjoying her retirement in ivy-clad Mistletoe Cottage.
Yet with three weeks to go until Christmas, as the fairy lights twinkle and the trees go up around the village, her peace is disrupted when she’s left in sole charge of her two mischievous grandchildren.
Before long, she’s at her wit’s end – but high on a kitchen shelf lies her mother’s handwritten recipe book. And as she turns to it for advice, she finds more than just recipes between its tattered covers: there’s a pinch of magic too, and maybe even a sprinkling of love...
Author Bio:
Previously a teacher and assistant head, Celia Anderson now writes full time and is an enthusiastic member of the Romantic Novelists Association, having graduated from their wonderful New Writers' Scheme. She writes stories with a strong flavour of magical realism and her fourth such novel with Harper Collins, Coming Home to Mistletoe Cottage, was be published in October 2022.
Celia loves flower arranging but tries to avoid gardening, plays the piano very badly and is a jigsaw addict. She is a doting grandma to Ida and Levi and has tried several times to learn to knit them jumpers without much success (or joy). Some hobbies are probably best left alone.
Celia has always dreamt of living by the sea, and to her joy, that dream has now become a reality. She loves walking, reading, having large bubbly baths, eating, and drinking wine. Over the years, she has found that all of these activities bar the first may be done simultaneously, although this can be messy...
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Christmas
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CeliaAnderson1
Book Blurb:
Could a sprinkling of magic save Christmas this year?
Amid the salt marshes and rolling fields of Periwinkle Bay, Magda Conway is enjoying her retirement in ivy-clad Mistletoe Cottage.
Yet with three weeks to go until Christmas, as the fairy lights twinkle and the trees go up around the village, her peace is disrupted when she’s left in sole charge of her two mischievous grandchildren.
Before long, she’s at her wit’s end – but high on a kitchen shelf lies her mother’s handwritten recipe book. And as she turns to it for advice, she finds more than just recipes between its tattered covers: there’s a pinch of magic too, and maybe even a sprinkling of love...
Author Bio:
Previously a teacher and assistant head, Celia Anderson now writes full time and is an enthusiastic member of the Romantic Novelists Association, having graduated from their wonderful New Writers' Scheme. She writes stories with a strong flavour of magical realism and her fourth such novel with Harper Collins, Coming Home to Mistletoe Cottage, was be published in October 2022.
Celia loves flower arranging but tries to avoid gardening, plays the piano very badly and is a jigsaw addict. She is a doting grandma to Ida and Levi and has tried several times to learn to knit them jumpers without much success (or joy). Some hobbies are probably best left alone.
Celia has always dreamt of living by the sea, and to her joy, that dream has now become a reality. She loves walking, reading, having large bubbly baths, eating, and drinking wine. Over the years, she has found that all of these activities bar the first may be done simultaneously, although this can be messy...
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Lot 373
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Anne Sebba


Anne Sebba
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Title: Ethel Rosenberg : A Cold War tragedy
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://annesebba.com
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The Book;
Ethel Rosenberg's story has been called America's Dreyfus Affair: a catastrophic failure of humanity and justice that continues to haunt the national conscience, and is still being played out with different actors in the lead roles today.
On 19th June 1953 Ethel Rosenberg became the first woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder. She was thirty-seven years old and the mother of two small children. Yet even today, at a time when the Cold War seems all too resonant, Ethel's conviction for conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union makes her story still controversial. This is an important moment to recount not simply what FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called the 'trial of the century', but also a timeless human story of a supportive wife, loving mother and courageous idealist who grew up during the Depression with aspirations to become an opera singer. Instead, she found herself battling the social mores of the 1950s and had her life barbarically cut short on the basis of tainted evidence for a crime she almost certainly did not commit.
Anne Sebba's masterly biography makes full use of the dramatic prison letters Ethel exchanged with her husband, lawyer and psychotherapist over a three-year period. Sebba has also interviewed Ethel's two sons and others who knew her, including a fellow prisoner. Ethel's tragic story lays bare a nation deeply divided and reveals what happens when a government motivated by fear tramples on the rights of its citizens.
The Author:
ANNE SEBBA is a prize-winning biographer, lecturer, and former Reuters foreign correspondent who has written several books, including That Woman and Les Parisiennes. A former chair of Britain’s Society of Authors and now on the Council, Anne is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research. She lives in London.
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Website: https://annesebba.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/annesebba
The Book;
Ethel Rosenberg's story has been called America's Dreyfus Affair: a catastrophic failure of humanity and justice that continues to haunt the national conscience, and is still being played out with different actors in the lead roles today.
On 19th June 1953 Ethel Rosenberg became the first woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder. She was thirty-seven years old and the mother of two small children. Yet even today, at a time when the Cold War seems all too resonant, Ethel's conviction for conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union makes her story still controversial. This is an important moment to recount not simply what FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called the 'trial of the century', but also a timeless human story of a supportive wife, loving mother and courageous idealist who grew up during the Depression with aspirations to become an opera singer. Instead, she found herself battling the social mores of the 1950s and had her life barbarically cut short on the basis of tainted evidence for a crime she almost certainly did not commit.
Anne Sebba's masterly biography makes full use of the dramatic prison letters Ethel exchanged with her husband, lawyer and psychotherapist over a three-year period. Sebba has also interviewed Ethel's two sons and others who knew her, including a fellow prisoner. Ethel's tragic story lays bare a nation deeply divided and reveals what happens when a government motivated by fear tramples on the rights of its citizens.
The Author:
ANNE SEBBA is a prize-winning biographer, lecturer, and former Reuters foreign correspondent who has written several books, including That Woman and Les Parisiennes. A former chair of Britain’s Society of Authors and now on the Council, Anne is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research. She lives in London.
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Lot 374
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Nicky Moxey


Nicky Moxey
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Title: Henry Baker
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://nickymoxey.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moxeyns
The Book:
When Henry Baker finds a small, super-shiny black pencil on his way to school, his life is changed forever...
This nine-story compendium provides a gently stretching read for 7 to 9 year olds, or perfectly paced bedtime stories for younger children. The wide-ranging subject matter - from a friendship dilemma to helping a passing Viking; picking up the pieces from a karate disaster to finding a lost voice - will amuse your youngsters whilst quietly encouraging them to think.
Nicky is an amateur archaeologist and an author of adult historical fiction, as well as a karateka and the chair of the village Neighbourhood Plan committee - many of the stories are drawn from her research or every day life, giving them a depth of detail!
The Author:
I live in the middle of rural Suffolk, UK, and am currently owned by a slinky black cat who's far too clever for her own good.
In my spare time, I'm an amateur historian/archaeologist, and in dry daylight hours am usually out on a field somewhere with a metal detector and/or a trowel. I've added quite a few things to the Heritage England Record and the Portable Antiquities Scheme; but what really fascinates me is the stories behind the artefacts.
I love writing a series of short stories about Henry Baker, a boy who finds a magic pencil on the way to school - and who has lots of adventures as the pencil makes anything he draws, become real! He draws some historical artefacts, as well as things to get him out of the sort of trouble any 9 year old boy can find.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://nickymoxey.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moxeyns
The Book:
When Henry Baker finds a small, super-shiny black pencil on his way to school, his life is changed forever...
This nine-story compendium provides a gently stretching read for 7 to 9 year olds, or perfectly paced bedtime stories for younger children. The wide-ranging subject matter - from a friendship dilemma to helping a passing Viking; picking up the pieces from a karate disaster to finding a lost voice - will amuse your youngsters whilst quietly encouraging them to think.
Nicky is an amateur archaeologist and an author of adult historical fiction, as well as a karateka and the chair of the village Neighbourhood Plan committee - many of the stories are drawn from her research or every day life, giving them a depth of detail!
The Author:
I live in the middle of rural Suffolk, UK, and am currently owned by a slinky black cat who's far too clever for her own good.
In my spare time, I'm an amateur historian/archaeologist, and in dry daylight hours am usually out on a field somewhere with a metal detector and/or a trowel. I've added quite a few things to the Heritage England Record and the Portable Antiquities Scheme; but what really fascinates me is the stories behind the artefacts.
I love writing a series of short stories about Henry Baker, a boy who finds a magic pencil on the way to school - and who has lots of adventures as the pencil makes anything he draws, become real! He draws some historical artefacts, as well as things to get him out of the sort of trouble any 9 year old boy can find.
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Lot 375
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Rick Thompson


Rick Thompson
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Title: A River Avon Year
Genre: Education - Botany - Environmental Conservation
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://t-media.org.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rickattmedia
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This is a book about a river; its wildlife, history and folklore, and the remarkable people who have lived in the communities that have grown up on its banks. The river is the Warwickshire Avon, known as Shakespeare's Avon, that runs 88 miles from its source in Naseby to Tewkesbury where it joins the Severn. The river flows like an artery through the heart of England, and in days gone by its waters have often run red with blood as vicious battles for the crown have played out on its banks, key moments in British history often dramatised by the Bard of Stratford.
The author follows a waymarked path along the Avon valley - The Shakespeare Avon Way - describing a short section each month, with the landscape and nature changing with the months. Along the way there are ruined abbeys, castles, medieval bridges, nature reserves, fossil remains and a host of human stories from the towns and villages that have flourished at ancient crossing points.
The writer sets himself an ambitious target for the number of different birds he can identify during the year, and reflects on the various threats to our natural environment, not least the growing impacts of climate change. The physical and mental benefits of walking in a natural setting, particularly by a river, are now well established, and were particularly valuable during the worst period of the pandemic. Research shows that a walk in the countryside cheers you up; this book will certainly cheer the reader as it takes you on a delightful English journey, with keen observation, a wealth of information, and a host of fascinating stories.
Author Bio:
Rick worked for BBC News for many years, as a TV reporter and producer, then as a senior editor in the regional, national and international BBC services. He then formed his own training and consultancy network, ‘T-Media’, helping the development of public service broadcasting across Europe.
Now he is a writer on natural history in the English Midlands, and is a moderator of international conferences on environmental themes. Rick also helps to research the eleven hundred year history of his home town, Warwick, and writes dramatic reconstructions on court cases heard there in former centuries. He is a member of the Town Council’s volunteers who organise community events.
Genre: Education - Botany - Environmental Conservation
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://t-media.org.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rickattmedia
Book Blurb:
This is a book about a river; its wildlife, history and folklore, and the remarkable people who have lived in the communities that have grown up on its banks. The river is the Warwickshire Avon, known as Shakespeare's Avon, that runs 88 miles from its source in Naseby to Tewkesbury where it joins the Severn. The river flows like an artery through the heart of England, and in days gone by its waters have often run red with blood as vicious battles for the crown have played out on its banks, key moments in British history often dramatised by the Bard of Stratford.
The author follows a waymarked path along the Avon valley - The Shakespeare Avon Way - describing a short section each month, with the landscape and nature changing with the months. Along the way there are ruined abbeys, castles, medieval bridges, nature reserves, fossil remains and a host of human stories from the towns and villages that have flourished at ancient crossing points.
The writer sets himself an ambitious target for the number of different birds he can identify during the year, and reflects on the various threats to our natural environment, not least the growing impacts of climate change. The physical and mental benefits of walking in a natural setting, particularly by a river, are now well established, and were particularly valuable during the worst period of the pandemic. Research shows that a walk in the countryside cheers you up; this book will certainly cheer the reader as it takes you on a delightful English journey, with keen observation, a wealth of information, and a host of fascinating stories.
Author Bio:
Rick worked for BBC News for many years, as a TV reporter and producer, then as a senior editor in the regional, national and international BBC services. He then formed his own training and consultancy network, ‘T-Media’, helping the development of public service broadcasting across Europe.
Now he is a writer on natural history in the English Midlands, and is a moderator of international conferences on environmental themes. Rick also helps to research the eleven hundred year history of his home town, Warwick, and writes dramatic reconstructions on court cases heard there in former centuries. He is a member of the Town Council’s volunteers who organise community events.
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Lot 376
£ 30
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Jeff Young


Jeff Young
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Title: Ghost Town
Genre: British History - Paranormal
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://jeffyoung26.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffyoungwriter
The Book:
LONG-LISTED FOR THE 2022 PORTICO PRIZE
Jeff Young takes us on a journey through haunted places of memory and loss, summoning the ghosts of loved ones and long-departed heroes who somehow still occupy the disappearing nooks and ruins of the city. Walking through the last remnants of the places he remembers from his childhood, walking through grief, we are accompanied by a Liverpool of revenants, where Malcolm Lowry drinks in derelict saloons, Thomas De Quincey still roams the Everton hills, Bob Dylan sits in a doorway on Dublin Street, and where visionary architects, poets, punks and dreamers act out a bittersweet shadowplay of longing and loss.
Ghost Town is a deeply personal book of remembering and forgetting, yet when we cross its threshold we also discover the labyrinth of a master storyteller, whose unforgettable characters gather in our thoughts like moths around lamplight.
This new paperback edition contains 16 full colour pages from Jeff’s notebooks
The Author:
Jeff Young is a Liverpool based scriptwriter, poet and lecturer who has written many scripts for theatre, radio and TV. He also works as a writer and performer in collaboration with other artists and musicians to make installations, site specific events and sound art. Recent work includes ‘Bright Phoenix’ for the Liverpool Everyman; City of Lights’, a large-scale sound and light installation for Liverpool Lantern Company; ‘Kaleidoscope of Muses’ for BBC Radio 3. His memoir, ‘Ghost Town, a Liverpool Shadowplay’ was published in March 2020 by Little Toller.
Genre: British History - Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://jeffyoung26.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffyoungwriter
The Book:
LONG-LISTED FOR THE 2022 PORTICO PRIZE
Jeff Young takes us on a journey through haunted places of memory and loss, summoning the ghosts of loved ones and long-departed heroes who somehow still occupy the disappearing nooks and ruins of the city. Walking through the last remnants of the places he remembers from his childhood, walking through grief, we are accompanied by a Liverpool of revenants, where Malcolm Lowry drinks in derelict saloons, Thomas De Quincey still roams the Everton hills, Bob Dylan sits in a doorway on Dublin Street, and where visionary architects, poets, punks and dreamers act out a bittersweet shadowplay of longing and loss.
Ghost Town is a deeply personal book of remembering and forgetting, yet when we cross its threshold we also discover the labyrinth of a master storyteller, whose unforgettable characters gather in our thoughts like moths around lamplight.
This new paperback edition contains 16 full colour pages from Jeff’s notebooks
The Author:
Jeff Young is a Liverpool based scriptwriter, poet and lecturer who has written many scripts for theatre, radio and TV. He also works as a writer and performer in collaboration with other artists and musicians to make installations, site specific events and sound art. Recent work includes ‘Bright Phoenix’ for the Liverpool Everyman; City of Lights’, a large-scale sound and light installation for Liverpool Lantern Company; ‘Kaleidoscope of Muses’ for BBC Radio 3. His memoir, ‘Ghost Town, a Liverpool Shadowplay’ was published in March 2020 by Little Toller.
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Lot 377
£ 22
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Christina Courtenay


Christina Courtenay
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Title: Promises of the Ruins
Genre: Historical Romance - Viking
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.christinacourtenay.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PiaCCourtenay
Book Blurb:
He travelled through time to capture her heart.
Ivar Thoresson is desperate for adventure. As an archaeologist specialising in Viking times, he wants nothing more than to travel back to the ninth century as his loved ones have done, to learn everything he can about the era which fascinates him. And whilst his adopted family have always made him feel loved, the chance to meet a true ancestor, the warrior Thorald, is a temptation he cannot resist.
But while Ivar is preparing to go, he uncovers an amulet which shows him a vision of an arresting woman with red-gold hair. Clearly in distress, she is pleading for help. Convinced of the power of the charm and its message, Ivar's journey takes on a new purpose. He steps back in time determined to follow his destiny - and find the woman who has called to his heart.
Author Bio:
Christina Courtenay lives in Herefordshire in the UK and is married with two children. Although born in England she has a Swedish mother and was brought up in Sweden. In her teens, the family moved to Japan where she had the opportunity to travel extensively in the Far East.
Christina is a Vice President and former chairman and of the UK’s Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA). She won their Elizabeth Goudge Trophy for a historical short story in 2001 and the Katie Fforde Bursary for a promising new writer in 2006.
Her novels have been shortlisted for and won several awards - 'Trade Winds' (Sept 2010) was short listed in 2011 for the RNA's Award for Best Historical Fiction, 'The Scarlet Kimono' won the Big Red Reads Best Historical Fiction Award the same year, 'Highland Storms' won the Best Historical Romantic Novel of the year award (RoNA) in 2012, 'The Silent Touch of Shadows' was shortlisted for the 2013 RoNAs (Historical) and won the Festival of Romance Award for Best Historical. 'The Gilded Fan' won the RoNA for Best Historical 2014. Echoes of the Runes won the RNA Fantasy Romantic Novel of the year 2021 and Hidden in the Mists was shortlisted for the same prize in 2022.
Christina also writes contemporary YA and 'New England Rocks' was shortlisted for the RNA's awards in 2014. The other three books in the series were published under a different name - Pia Fenton.
When she's not writing, she spends her time tracking down elusive ancestors for her family tree, and her other hobbies include archaeology (the armchair variety), listening to loud rock music and collecting things.
Genre: Historical Romance - Viking
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.christinacourtenay.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PiaCCourtenay
Book Blurb:
He travelled through time to capture her heart.
Ivar Thoresson is desperate for adventure. As an archaeologist specialising in Viking times, he wants nothing more than to travel back to the ninth century as his loved ones have done, to learn everything he can about the era which fascinates him. And whilst his adopted family have always made him feel loved, the chance to meet a true ancestor, the warrior Thorald, is a temptation he cannot resist.
But while Ivar is preparing to go, he uncovers an amulet which shows him a vision of an arresting woman with red-gold hair. Clearly in distress, she is pleading for help. Convinced of the power of the charm and its message, Ivar's journey takes on a new purpose. He steps back in time determined to follow his destiny - and find the woman who has called to his heart.
Author Bio:
Christina Courtenay lives in Herefordshire in the UK and is married with two children. Although born in England she has a Swedish mother and was brought up in Sweden. In her teens, the family moved to Japan where she had the opportunity to travel extensively in the Far East.
Christina is a Vice President and former chairman and of the UK’s Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA). She won their Elizabeth Goudge Trophy for a historical short story in 2001 and the Katie Fforde Bursary for a promising new writer in 2006.
Her novels have been shortlisted for and won several awards - 'Trade Winds' (Sept 2010) was short listed in 2011 for the RNA's Award for Best Historical Fiction, 'The Scarlet Kimono' won the Big Red Reads Best Historical Fiction Award the same year, 'Highland Storms' won the Best Historical Romantic Novel of the year award (RoNA) in 2012, 'The Silent Touch of Shadows' was shortlisted for the 2013 RoNAs (Historical) and won the Festival of Romance Award for Best Historical. 'The Gilded Fan' won the RoNA for Best Historical 2014. Echoes of the Runes won the RNA Fantasy Romantic Novel of the year 2021 and Hidden in the Mists was shortlisted for the same prize in 2022.
Christina also writes contemporary YA and 'New England Rocks' was shortlisted for the RNA's awards in 2014. The other three books in the series were published under a different name - Pia Fenton.
When she's not writing, she spends her time tracking down elusive ancestors for her family tree, and her other hobbies include archaeology (the armchair variety), listening to loud rock music and collecting things.
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Lot 378
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M.T. Khan


M.T. Khan
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Book Title: Nura and the Immortal Palace
Genre: Children MG - Contemporary Fantasy
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://mtkhan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/maeedakhan
Book Blurb:
Nura longs to wear a beautiful red dupatta or to bite into a sweet gulab. But with her mom hard at work in a run-down sweatshop and three younger siblings to feed, Nura must spend her days earning money by mica mining. But it’s not just the extra rupees Nura is after. Local rumor says there’s buried treasure in the mine, and Nura knows that finding it could change the course of her family’s life forever.
Her plan backfires when the mines collapse and four kids, including her best friend, Faisal, are claimed dead. Nura shovels her way through the dirt hoping to find him. Instead, she finds herself at the entrance to a strange world of purple skies and pink seas—a portal to the opulent realm of jinn, inhabited by the trickster creatures from her mother’s cautionary tales. Yet they aren’t nearly as treacherous as her mother made them out to be, because Nura is invited to a luxury jinn hotel, where she’s given everything she could ever imagine.
But there’s a dark truth lurking beneath all that glitter and gold, and when Nura crosses the owner’s son and is banished to the working quarters, she realizes she isn’t the only human who’s ended up in the hotel’s clutches. Faisal and the other missing children are there, too, and if Nura can’t find a way to help them all escape, they’ll be bound to work for the hotel forever.
Author Bio:
M.T. Khan is a speculative fiction author with a penchant for all things myth, science, and philosophy. She focuses on stories that combine all three, dreaming of evocative worlds and dark possibilities.
When she's not writing, M.T. Khan can be found travelling the world or cracking physics equations as she graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, she currently resides in Toronto, Canada, with a hyperactive cat and an ever-increasing selection of tea.
Genre: Children MG - Contemporary Fantasy
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: https://mtkhan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/maeedakhan
Book Blurb:
Nura longs to wear a beautiful red dupatta or to bite into a sweet gulab. But with her mom hard at work in a run-down sweatshop and three younger siblings to feed, Nura must spend her days earning money by mica mining. But it’s not just the extra rupees Nura is after. Local rumor says there’s buried treasure in the mine, and Nura knows that finding it could change the course of her family’s life forever.
Her plan backfires when the mines collapse and four kids, including her best friend, Faisal, are claimed dead. Nura shovels her way through the dirt hoping to find him. Instead, she finds herself at the entrance to a strange world of purple skies and pink seas—a portal to the opulent realm of jinn, inhabited by the trickster creatures from her mother’s cautionary tales. Yet they aren’t nearly as treacherous as her mother made them out to be, because Nura is invited to a luxury jinn hotel, where she’s given everything she could ever imagine.
But there’s a dark truth lurking beneath all that glitter and gold, and when Nura crosses the owner’s son and is banished to the working quarters, she realizes she isn’t the only human who’s ended up in the hotel’s clutches. Faisal and the other missing children are there, too, and if Nura can’t find a way to help them all escape, they’ll be bound to work for the hotel forever.
Author Bio:
M.T. Khan is a speculative fiction author with a penchant for all things myth, science, and philosophy. She focuses on stories that combine all three, dreaming of evocative worlds and dark possibilities.
When she's not writing, M.T. Khan can be found travelling the world or cracking physics equations as she graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, she currently resides in Toronto, Canada, with a hyperactive cat and an ever-increasing selection of tea.
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Rachel Griffiths/Cathy Lake


Rachel Griffiths/Cathy Lake
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Two Book Special
Title: The Wedding
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Title: The Country Village Allotment
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter:
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https://twitter.com/LakeAuthor
Book 1 Blurb:
You never forget your first love…
When teacher Chloe Redgrave receives a text message out of the blue from her childhood best friend, she’s plunged into turmoil. Willow Treharne is getting married in the Cornish village where they grew up and she wants Chloe to be her bridesmaid. The catch? They haven’t seen each other in years.
Willow hopes she’s done the right thing inviting Chloe to her wedding but after what happened more than a decade ago, she can’t be sure. However, she has a reason for wanting Chloe to be there and that overrides her doubts and concerns.
Surfer Theo Treharne is happy for his sister but also anxious about seeing Chloe. After all, they didn’t exactly part on good terms. Will he be able to stay calm when he sees the woman who broke his heart again?
As family and friends gather in the beautiful Cornish village for the romantic clifftop wedding, will there be smiles and laughter, or will the past prove to be too difficult to forget?
Book 2 Blurb:
At eighty-two years old Zelda Grey is tired. Tired of how much slower she is physically and mentally. Tired of technology. Tired of being alone since her beloved cat, Flint, died just before Christmas. And tired of life. The only thing that brings Zelda joy these days is her allotment in the gorgeous village of Little Bramble, where she has lived her whole life, and her three cranky goats. Widow Mia Holmes always loved visiting Little Bramble Allotment with her husband, Gideon. But since his death she can't motivate herself. Despite putting on a brave face for her three sons and four grandchildren, she's reached breaking point, and isn't sure she can carry on. And history teacher Liz Carter thought she had it all. The perfect job, perfect boyfriend in Rhodri and the perfect wedding to plan. Until she found Rhodri in bed with the neighbour. Holed up in her sister's box room she wonders how it all went so wrong. As she wallows in her misery, her sister takes her in hand and drags her to Little Bramble Allotment and suddenly she discovers the wonders of planting, growing and getting her hands dirty. In an increasingly lonely world, these three women strike up an unlikely friendship and find that community, female friendship and the wonders of nature can truly be powerful healers.
Author Bio:
Rachel Griffiths is a women's fiction writer who lives with her family and three dogs in beautiful South Wales. She writes uplifting stories about strong women, family, friendship, love, community and overcoming obstacles.
Cathy Lake is a pen-name of Rachel Griffiths.
Title: The Wedding
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Title: The Country Village Allotment
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Twitter:
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https://twitter.com/LakeAuthor
Book 1 Blurb:
You never forget your first love…
When teacher Chloe Redgrave receives a text message out of the blue from her childhood best friend, she’s plunged into turmoil. Willow Treharne is getting married in the Cornish village where they grew up and she wants Chloe to be her bridesmaid. The catch? They haven’t seen each other in years.
Willow hopes she’s done the right thing inviting Chloe to her wedding but after what happened more than a decade ago, she can’t be sure. However, she has a reason for wanting Chloe to be there and that overrides her doubts and concerns.
Surfer Theo Treharne is happy for his sister but also anxious about seeing Chloe. After all, they didn’t exactly part on good terms. Will he be able to stay calm when he sees the woman who broke his heart again?
As family and friends gather in the beautiful Cornish village for the romantic clifftop wedding, will there be smiles and laughter, or will the past prove to be too difficult to forget?
Book 2 Blurb:
At eighty-two years old Zelda Grey is tired. Tired of how much slower she is physically and mentally. Tired of technology. Tired of being alone since her beloved cat, Flint, died just before Christmas. And tired of life. The only thing that brings Zelda joy these days is her allotment in the gorgeous village of Little Bramble, where she has lived her whole life, and her three cranky goats. Widow Mia Holmes always loved visiting Little Bramble Allotment with her husband, Gideon. But since his death she can't motivate herself. Despite putting on a brave face for her three sons and four grandchildren, she's reached breaking point, and isn't sure she can carry on. And history teacher Liz Carter thought she had it all. The perfect job, perfect boyfriend in Rhodri and the perfect wedding to plan. Until she found Rhodri in bed with the neighbour. Holed up in her sister's box room she wonders how it all went so wrong. As she wallows in her misery, her sister takes her in hand and drags her to Little Bramble Allotment and suddenly she discovers the wonders of planting, growing and getting her hands dirty. In an increasingly lonely world, these three women strike up an unlikely friendship and find that community, female friendship and the wonders of nature can truly be powerful healers.
Author Bio:
Rachel Griffiths is a women's fiction writer who lives with her family and three dogs in beautiful South Wales. She writes uplifting stories about strong women, family, friendship, love, community and overcoming obstacles.
Cathy Lake is a pen-name of Rachel Griffiths.
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Lot 380
£ 20
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Susan Harvey


Susan Harvey
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Two Book Nurture Gnomes' Series
Title 1: Tinker Snickels and the Nurture Gnomes
Title 1: Tinker Snickels and the Nurture Gnomes
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.nurturegnomes.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NurtureGnomes
Book Blurb:
The first story follows Tinker Snickels, who struggles to talk about how he is feeling. When he runs away he stumbles across an elderly lady who he opens up to and she sends him home with a gift. However, Tinker Snickels loses the gift ... or does he? An uplifting story that gently highlights the importance of talking about feelings (along with a dash of magic)!
20% proceeds go to Young Minds Charity.
The second book follows on from the first and is about Tinker's friend Halfpint, who realises he has different thoughts and feelings to his friends. He struggles with crowds, loud noises and concentrating in school. After a particularly bad day he opens up to his Mother and she helps him to understand that it’s ok to be different. A story with some magical mystery, friendship, kindness and accepting differences.
Author Bio:
I am a wife and proud mum to two now adult sons (the youngest of whom is autistic), a children's author and art teacher. When my children began school (all those years ago)! I supported a young, autistic child in nursery and enjoyed it so much that this started my passion of working with children with additional needs (working in Early Years for 13 years).
I have worked in SEND education now for over 23 years, during which time I have also studied and attained several Diplomas which include Advanced SEND Teaching, Advanced Counselling, Psychology, Psychiatric Studies, Art Therapy and a recent course in Children and Young People's Mental Health.
During a short break from teaching, I co-facilitated an autism parenting course for a charity and worked on developing a school transition booklet for them, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I returned to the post 16 college to teach until it unfortunately closed due to funding. Currently I am a parent support volunteer with our local autism group and continue to support families with autistic children.
AWARDS:
Small Business Award from Theo Paphitis, Dragon's Den.
Finalist in the Rising Star category and Highly Commended Award from We are the City (women in business).
Female in Business Award from the Female Business Network.
Title 1: Tinker Snickels and the Nurture Gnomes
Title 1: Tinker Snickels and the Nurture Gnomes
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.nurturegnomes.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NurtureGnomes
Book Blurb:
The first story follows Tinker Snickels, who struggles to talk about how he is feeling. When he runs away he stumbles across an elderly lady who he opens up to and she sends him home with a gift. However, Tinker Snickels loses the gift ... or does he? An uplifting story that gently highlights the importance of talking about feelings (along with a dash of magic)!
20% proceeds go to Young Minds Charity.
The second book follows on from the first and is about Tinker's friend Halfpint, who realises he has different thoughts and feelings to his friends. He struggles with crowds, loud noises and concentrating in school. After a particularly bad day he opens up to his Mother and she helps him to understand that it’s ok to be different. A story with some magical mystery, friendship, kindness and accepting differences.
Author Bio:
I am a wife and proud mum to two now adult sons (the youngest of whom is autistic), a children's author and art teacher. When my children began school (all those years ago)! I supported a young, autistic child in nursery and enjoyed it so much that this started my passion of working with children with additional needs (working in Early Years for 13 years).
I have worked in SEND education now for over 23 years, during which time I have also studied and attained several Diplomas which include Advanced SEND Teaching, Advanced Counselling, Psychology, Psychiatric Studies, Art Therapy and a recent course in Children and Young People's Mental Health.
During a short break from teaching, I co-facilitated an autism parenting course for a charity and worked on developing a school transition booklet for them, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I returned to the post 16 college to teach until it unfortunately closed due to funding. Currently I am a parent support volunteer with our local autism group and continue to support families with autistic children.
AWARDS:
Small Business Award from Theo Paphitis, Dragon's Den.
Finalist in the Rising Star category and Highly Commended Award from We are the City (women in business).
Female in Business Award from the Female Business Network.
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Susan Harvey
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Lot 381
£ 35
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Nicola Gill


Nicola Gill
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Book Title: Swimming For Beginners
Genre: Contemporary fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & packaging: FREE
Bids accepted: UK only
Website: https://nicolagill.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nicola_J_Gill
Book blurb:
Funny, heart-breaking and life-affirming, Swimming for Beginners will show you how a child can open your heart even if you aren't a mother.
Loretta has life under control.
She's good at avoiding things that make her uncomfortable, she's chasing a big promotion at work, and she's marrying a man whose five-year plan aligns perfectly with her own.
Children do not come into the mix.
This all changes, however, when a stranger in an airport asks Loretta to keep an eye on her sleeping six-year-old, Phoebe. The stranger never comes back.
Loretta knows that Phoebe's life will change forever from that moment. But so will hers.
This strange little person in fairy wings will turn Loretta's world upside down and cause her to question everything she knows about herself.
Author bio:
Nicola Gill lives in London with her husband and two sons. At the age of five, when all the other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers, she decided she wanted to be an author. Her ballet teacher was very relieved.
Genre: Contemporary fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & packaging: FREE
Bids accepted: UK only
Website: https://nicolagill.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nicola_J_Gill
Book blurb:
Funny, heart-breaking and life-affirming, Swimming for Beginners will show you how a child can open your heart even if you aren't a mother.
Loretta has life under control.
She's good at avoiding things that make her uncomfortable, she's chasing a big promotion at work, and she's marrying a man whose five-year plan aligns perfectly with her own.
Children do not come into the mix.
This all changes, however, when a stranger in an airport asks Loretta to keep an eye on her sleeping six-year-old, Phoebe. The stranger never comes back.
Loretta knows that Phoebe's life will change forever from that moment. But so will hers.
This strange little person in fairy wings will turn Loretta's world upside down and cause her to question everything she knows about herself.
Author bio:
Nicola Gill lives in London with her husband and two sons. At the age of five, when all the other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers, she decided she wanted to be an author. Her ballet teacher was very relieved.
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Lot 382
£ 13
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Nikki Saunders


Nikki Saunders
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Title: Eddie's Colourful Feelings
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Picture Book
Dedication Available: YES
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LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/nikkisaunders
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NRSaundersbooks
Book Blurb:
A sweet book to help empower children and to highlight just how brilliant they are for being themselves! Eddie shows that we are all different, unique, have many strengths, talents and reminds children they are loved and valued. Eddie says, be proud of who you are, aiming for every child to feel a little ‘lift’ from this book! Eddie is autistic, he shares how he navigates his environments and teaches his readers in a cheerful way! Ages 3-7. Eddie helps all children learn about autism, what it is like for Eddie and how “we are all different and that’s wonderful!’ Whether your child receives their diagnosis at toddler age or much later, this wonderful tool suits all children, aiming for autistic children to see themselves and others to learn what it can be like for their autistic friend. This book can be used anytime before or after diagnosis to celebrate neurodiversity. It can also be an overwhelming time for parents and carers to know when to start to explain to their child, about their autism diagnosis. During this time parents, carers and therapists look for the best way to deliver understanding along with love, supporting needs and reassurance. At the same time, this can be a huge relief for the child to understand that they are truly wonderful as they are, and do not need to adapt to anything that does not suit their needs. This sweet little book anticipates to act as a communication opener between the child and the parents/caregivers. It helps to open up the subject in a gentle and nurturing way, to revisit at any time the child is ready and build upon their experiences with you! The colourful, eye catching illustrations are carefully designed in simple 2D characters, sensory colours with simple contrast and clear short sentences allowing space to process in the child’s own time. A beautiful beginning as this book was first made for my son, then blossomed to help children and families globally and is recommended by professionals. This book states 'autistic person' rather than 'with autism' as preferred by the autsitic community, however it is most important to ask each individual their wishes regarding what they would prefer.
Author Bio:
The Eddie books began when Nikki wrote My Awesome Autism for her son, who is autistic and wanted to learn about autism and relate to a character. From this there are more in the series, for siblings and classmates, starting school, learning about mistakes, idioms, the sensory experience around Christmas time and exploring our feelings and emotions!
There is a new TV show out on Sky Kids in Oct ‘23 called Ready Eddie Go, based on these beautiful books.
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Picture Book
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/nikkisaunders
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NRSaundersbooks
Book Blurb:
A sweet book to help empower children and to highlight just how brilliant they are for being themselves! Eddie shows that we are all different, unique, have many strengths, talents and reminds children they are loved and valued. Eddie says, be proud of who you are, aiming for every child to feel a little ‘lift’ from this book! Eddie is autistic, he shares how he navigates his environments and teaches his readers in a cheerful way! Ages 3-7. Eddie helps all children learn about autism, what it is like for Eddie and how “we are all different and that’s wonderful!’ Whether your child receives their diagnosis at toddler age or much later, this wonderful tool suits all children, aiming for autistic children to see themselves and others to learn what it can be like for their autistic friend. This book can be used anytime before or after diagnosis to celebrate neurodiversity. It can also be an overwhelming time for parents and carers to know when to start to explain to their child, about their autism diagnosis. During this time parents, carers and therapists look for the best way to deliver understanding along with love, supporting needs and reassurance. At the same time, this can be a huge relief for the child to understand that they are truly wonderful as they are, and do not need to adapt to anything that does not suit their needs. This sweet little book anticipates to act as a communication opener between the child and the parents/caregivers. It helps to open up the subject in a gentle and nurturing way, to revisit at any time the child is ready and build upon their experiences with you! The colourful, eye catching illustrations are carefully designed in simple 2D characters, sensory colours with simple contrast and clear short sentences allowing space to process in the child’s own time. A beautiful beginning as this book was first made for my son, then blossomed to help children and families globally and is recommended by professionals. This book states 'autistic person' rather than 'with autism' as preferred by the autsitic community, however it is most important to ask each individual their wishes regarding what they would prefer.
Author Bio:
The Eddie books began when Nikki wrote My Awesome Autism for her son, who is autistic and wanted to learn about autism and relate to a character. From this there are more in the series, for siblings and classmates, starting school, learning about mistakes, idioms, the sensory experience around Christmas time and exploring our feelings and emotions!
There is a new TV show out on Sky Kids in Oct ‘23 called Ready Eddie Go, based on these beautiful books.
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Lot 383
£ 35
2
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Carmel Harrington


Carmel Harrington
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Two Book Special
Title 1: A Mother's Heart
Title 2: The Girl From Donegal
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HappyMrsH
Book 1 Blurb: A Mother's Heart
Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
While Rachel Butler likes her life in a pretty Dublin coastal village, her heart lies in Hawke’s Bay, where she grew up. Visiting for the first time since tragedy tore her family apart, she and her stepchildren fall for its beauty and outdoor lifestyle.
Malahide, Ireland
As Rachel picks up the threads of her life as a single parent, she can’t shake off the memories of her loving family in New Zealand – and her dream house, the villa on the bay. But it’s time to move forwards with their life in Ireland, close to the children’s grandparents, amid the familiar surroundings they all know well.
Until the children’s grandmother, still grieving, starts to interfere, questioning Rachel's position as stepmother.
Until Rachel’s attempts to strengthen the family she loves so dearly backfires, pitting everyone against each other.
And until her late husband’s parents mend the rift that has existed as long as she’s been married – bringing with them an explosive secret . . .
Book2 Blurb:
Can you ever forget your first love?
Donegal, Ireland, 1939
As the world teeters on the brink of WWII, Eliza Lavery is alone in the world after her fiancé, Davey, was lost following the Irish War of Independence. But a fateful meeting on the wild beauty of Ballymastocker Bay could change everything.
Hamilton, Bermuda, 2022
Eight decades later, troubled by her future, Saoirse O’Donnell walks on the pink sands of Bermuda’s Horseshoe Bay. When she uncovers a connection to Eliza, all those years before, she hears a story that promises to influence her own heart and her own choice – but that also reveals a long-buried secret.
Two women must each make a choice between their past and their present in this sweeping, epic love story spanning two continents, three generations, and joy and tragedy over nearly a century.
Author Bio:
Carmel’s books are translated into nine languages. Her debut novel was awarded Kindle Book of the Year and Romantic Novel of the Year, and since then, several books have been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards, Popular Fiction Book of the Year. She is also a regular on Irish TV screens as a panellist on shows including Midday and Elaine. Carmel has been a guest speaker at Literary events in Ireland, UK and USA. Carmel lives in Co. Wexford with her husband, Roger, children Amelia and Nate and their rescue dog, George Bailey.
Title 1: A Mother's Heart
Title 2: The Girl From Donegal
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HappyMrsH
Book 1 Blurb: A Mother's Heart
Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
While Rachel Butler likes her life in a pretty Dublin coastal village, her heart lies in Hawke’s Bay, where she grew up. Visiting for the first time since tragedy tore her family apart, she and her stepchildren fall for its beauty and outdoor lifestyle.
Malahide, Ireland
As Rachel picks up the threads of her life as a single parent, she can’t shake off the memories of her loving family in New Zealand – and her dream house, the villa on the bay. But it’s time to move forwards with their life in Ireland, close to the children’s grandparents, amid the familiar surroundings they all know well.
Until the children’s grandmother, still grieving, starts to interfere, questioning Rachel's position as stepmother.
Until Rachel’s attempts to strengthen the family she loves so dearly backfires, pitting everyone against each other.
And until her late husband’s parents mend the rift that has existed as long as she’s been married – bringing with them an explosive secret . . .
Book2 Blurb:
Can you ever forget your first love?
Donegal, Ireland, 1939
As the world teeters on the brink of WWII, Eliza Lavery is alone in the world after her fiancé, Davey, was lost following the Irish War of Independence. But a fateful meeting on the wild beauty of Ballymastocker Bay could change everything.
Hamilton, Bermuda, 2022
Eight decades later, troubled by her future, Saoirse O’Donnell walks on the pink sands of Bermuda’s Horseshoe Bay. When she uncovers a connection to Eliza, all those years before, she hears a story that promises to influence her own heart and her own choice – but that also reveals a long-buried secret.
Two women must each make a choice between their past and their present in this sweeping, epic love story spanning two continents, three generations, and joy and tragedy over nearly a century.
Author Bio:
Carmel’s books are translated into nine languages. Her debut novel was awarded Kindle Book of the Year and Romantic Novel of the Year, and since then, several books have been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards, Popular Fiction Book of the Year. She is also a regular on Irish TV screens as a panellist on shows including Midday and Elaine. Carmel has been a guest speaker at Literary events in Ireland, UK and USA. Carmel lives in Co. Wexford with her husband, Roger, children Amelia and Nate and their rescue dog, George Bailey.
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Lot 384
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Rachel Lynch


Rachel Lynch
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Title: Silent Bones
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/r_lynchcrime
Book Blurb:
Thirlmere hides a deadly secret…
Drought hits the Lake District, uncovering a skeleton at the bottom of Thirlmere reservoir. The case quickly becomes personal for DI Kelly Porter when she discovers it’s the remains of an old classmate, missing for over twenty years.
Then a day later, another body is found in a caravan park, its head broken and bloody.
Kelly suspects these two crimes are linked. But if she’s right, that means there’s a ruthless killer somewhere in her community – someone who will do anything to keep the truth buried…
Author Bio:
Rachel Lynch grew up in Cumbria and the lakes and fells are never far away from her. London pulled her away to teach History and marry an Army Officer, whom she followed around the globe for thirteen years.
A change of career after children led to personal training and sports therapy, but writing was always the overwhelming force driving the future. The human capacity for compassion as well as its descent into the brutal and murky world of crime are fundamental to her work.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/r_lynchcrime
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Thirlmere hides a deadly secret…
Drought hits the Lake District, uncovering a skeleton at the bottom of Thirlmere reservoir. The case quickly becomes personal for DI Kelly Porter when she discovers it’s the remains of an old classmate, missing for over twenty years.
Then a day later, another body is found in a caravan park, its head broken and bloody.
Kelly suspects these two crimes are linked. But if she’s right, that means there’s a ruthless killer somewhere in her community – someone who will do anything to keep the truth buried…
Author Bio:
Rachel Lynch grew up in Cumbria and the lakes and fells are never far away from her. London pulled her away to teach History and marry an Army Officer, whom she followed around the globe for thirteen years.
A change of career after children led to personal training and sports therapy, but writing was always the overwhelming force driving the future. The human capacity for compassion as well as its descent into the brutal and murky world of crime are fundamental to her work.
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Anna Waterworth


Anna Waterworth
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Title: The Girl Who Grew Wings
Genre: Y/A Fantasy Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://annadaybooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/annamwaterworth
Book Blurb::
A triumph' ANN SEI LIN
'This book has it all' ALEXANDRA CHRISTO
In the citadel of Appollis, the Gods bestow single gifts on a chosen few. Icari has always known she's a Healer, while her twin sister, Sephie, is cast as an Embalmer, despite showing early promise as an Alchemist - a secret the sisters keep to themselves for possessing two skills is punishable by death.
While Sephie learns how to wrap the dead, Icari eases the suffering of others, including a charismatic enemy prisoner called Caszeil. And it's to Caszeil that Icari turns when demons rise up from the Underworld and kidnap her sister. With his help, perhaps she can rescue Sephie. Even if this means growing wings - and flying in the face of the devil himself . . .
Author Bio:
Anna grew up and still lives in the North East of England with her partner, 3 kids and 2 cats. She works as a Clinical Psychologist specialising in physical health. She has several pen names including Anna Day and Anna Rainbow, and has been published in 24 countries and long-listed/short-listed for several awards.
Genre: Y/A Fantasy Romance
Format: Paperback
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A triumph' ANN SEI LIN
'This book has it all' ALEXANDRA CHRISTO
In the citadel of Appollis, the Gods bestow single gifts on a chosen few. Icari has always known she's a Healer, while her twin sister, Sephie, is cast as an Embalmer, despite showing early promise as an Alchemist - a secret the sisters keep to themselves for possessing two skills is punishable by death.
While Sephie learns how to wrap the dead, Icari eases the suffering of others, including a charismatic enemy prisoner called Caszeil. And it's to Caszeil that Icari turns when demons rise up from the Underworld and kidnap her sister. With his help, perhaps she can rescue Sephie. Even if this means growing wings - and flying in the face of the devil himself . . .
Author Bio:
Anna grew up and still lives in the North East of England with her partner, 3 kids and 2 cats. She works as a Clinical Psychologist specialising in physical health. She has several pen names including Anna Day and Anna Rainbow, and has been published in 24 countries and long-listed/short-listed for several awards.
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Beverly Clarke


Beverly Clarke
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Two Book Series
Title 1: The Digital Adventures of Ava and Chip- Smart City
Title 2: The Digital Adventures of Ava and Chip - Self Driving Car
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Picture Books
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Website: https://avachipbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AvaChipBooks
Book Blurb:
Technology books for children are here! The Digital Adventures of Ava and Chip is a children’s book series introducing young readers to the world of technology. Through a series of adventures with their mum, Ava and Chip explore the world around them, learn the impact of technology and develop greater technology literacy.
Author Bio:
Beverly Clarke is a TechWomen100 award winner. Born in Guyana, South America, she did not see a computer until she was twelve, but once she did, she embraced computing and technology and has always been fascinated by the impact that tech has on society. As a child she was an avid reader, enjoying adventure stories such as Asterix, Tintin, Nancy Drew, Hardy boys, Enid Blyton and many more stories!
She is an education consultant, working in computing education, coach and mentor. Additionally, Beverly is also a former teacher. Beverly regularly writes for adults on different aspects of computing education.
The Digital Adventures of Ava and Chip is her childrens book series with the aim of helping to “make kids smarter” through developing technological literacy, in understanding how technology is impacting upon their lives in an easy-to-understand way. Beverly feels books on technology are must haves for every home book-shelf and every school reading list, and that through an understanding of our fast-changing world we will all have brighter futures.
The Digital Adventures of Ava and Chip, are part of #TheSueAtkinsBookClub run by top TV parenting expert Sue Atkins and are also Small Business Sunday Winners #SBS, a leading business network created by former Dragons Den entrepreneur – Theo Paphitis.
Title 1: The Digital Adventures of Ava and Chip- Smart City
Title 2: The Digital Adventures of Ava and Chip - Self Driving Car
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Picture Books
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Website: https://avachipbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AvaChipBooks
Book Blurb:
Technology books for children are here! The Digital Adventures of Ava and Chip is a children’s book series introducing young readers to the world of technology. Through a series of adventures with their mum, Ava and Chip explore the world around them, learn the impact of technology and develop greater technology literacy.
Author Bio:
Beverly Clarke is a TechWomen100 award winner. Born in Guyana, South America, she did not see a computer until she was twelve, but once she did, she embraced computing and technology and has always been fascinated by the impact that tech has on society. As a child she was an avid reader, enjoying adventure stories such as Asterix, Tintin, Nancy Drew, Hardy boys, Enid Blyton and many more stories!
She is an education consultant, working in computing education, coach and mentor. Additionally, Beverly is also a former teacher. Beverly regularly writes for adults on different aspects of computing education.
The Digital Adventures of Ava and Chip is her childrens book series with the aim of helping to “make kids smarter” through developing technological literacy, in understanding how technology is impacting upon their lives in an easy-to-understand way. Beverly feels books on technology are must haves for every home book-shelf and every school reading list, and that through an understanding of our fast-changing world we will all have brighter futures.
The Digital Adventures of Ava and Chip, are part of #TheSueAtkinsBookClub run by top TV parenting expert Sue Atkins and are also Small Business Sunday Winners #SBS, a leading business network created by former Dragons Den entrepreneur – Theo Paphitis.
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Lot 387
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Linda Newbery


Linda Newbery
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Title: This Book is Cruelty Free: Animals and Us
Genre: Education - Young Adult
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.lindanewbery.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindanewbery
Book Blurb:
If you've ever wondered how you can make your diet cruelty-free, whether it's ethical to own a pet, or if insects are actually important – this book is for you. Learn how to make the right choices to live a cruelty-free life and demystify the morals and ethics around animals and wildlife.
How do the everyday choices you make affect animals and the environment? This book looks at all the things you can do to live cruelty free.
It's a guide for older children and teenagers concerned about animals, wildlife and the planet we live on.
Packed with information on how to live a cruelty-free life, it includes sections on:
Using your spending power. The choices we make – what to eat, what to buy, what to wear – and how these affect animals. Asking questions and reading labels.
Cruelty-free fashion and beauty.
What's on your plate? Being vegetarian or vegan, or just eating less meat? What impact can your diet have on cruelty and on the environment?
Should you have a pet? If so, would your pet choose you as its owner? Points to consider before bringing an animal into your home.
Animals on show. Do zoos and animal parks look after animals or exploit them? Good zoos and their important conservation work.
Watching wild animals. Watching and learning about wildlife – building an appreciation of nature and helping your mental wellbeing.
Love those bugs! Many people are squeamish about insects, but these creatures are vital to ecosystems.
Don’t throw it away – there is no away. Simple things everyone can do to avoid waste: recycling, re-using, choosing plastic-free. Resist the throwaway culture.
Where do you draw your line? What can you realistically achieve? Some of the difficulties, especially if family / friends don’t agree with you. What are the best (and worst) ways of influencing others? How to feel confident with your decisions.
How to handle everyday situations and counter arguments.
Campaigning – anti-cruelty organisations to support. The power of protest.
This book will help you to live as cruelty-free as possible and to examine all of the areas in your life where you can help animals and the environment.
Author Bio:
I wanted to be a writer from the age of eight. The first book I can remember reading by myself was Black Beauty (an abridged, illustrated edition); I read and re-read it until I almost knew it by heart, and can still remember the illustrations. From then on, I was a secret writer – filling exercise books with stories which I hid in my wardrobe. Eventually it occurred to me that if I was ever to achieve my dream of being a published writer, I’d better do something about it. So I set myself the challenge of completing a novel and submitting it to publishers.
My first novel, Run with the Hare, was for young adults and was about a sixth-form girl who becomes involved with an Animal Rights group. (I've been vegetarian since my early twenties, and animal welfare is a subject I am passionate about). Run with the Hare became the first of several young adult novels, including the Some Other War trilogy set in the First World War, Flightsend and The Damage Done.
Genre: Education - Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://www.lindanewbery.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindanewbery
Book Blurb:
If you've ever wondered how you can make your diet cruelty-free, whether it's ethical to own a pet, or if insects are actually important – this book is for you. Learn how to make the right choices to live a cruelty-free life and demystify the morals and ethics around animals and wildlife.
How do the everyday choices you make affect animals and the environment? This book looks at all the things you can do to live cruelty free.
It's a guide for older children and teenagers concerned about animals, wildlife and the planet we live on.
Packed with information on how to live a cruelty-free life, it includes sections on:
Using your spending power. The choices we make – what to eat, what to buy, what to wear – and how these affect animals. Asking questions and reading labels.
Cruelty-free fashion and beauty.
What's on your plate? Being vegetarian or vegan, or just eating less meat? What impact can your diet have on cruelty and on the environment?
Should you have a pet? If so, would your pet choose you as its owner? Points to consider before bringing an animal into your home.
Animals on show. Do zoos and animal parks look after animals or exploit them? Good zoos and their important conservation work.
Watching wild animals. Watching and learning about wildlife – building an appreciation of nature and helping your mental wellbeing.
Love those bugs! Many people are squeamish about insects, but these creatures are vital to ecosystems.
Don’t throw it away – there is no away. Simple things everyone can do to avoid waste: recycling, re-using, choosing plastic-free. Resist the throwaway culture.
Where do you draw your line? What can you realistically achieve? Some of the difficulties, especially if family / friends don’t agree with you. What are the best (and worst) ways of influencing others? How to feel confident with your decisions.
How to handle everyday situations and counter arguments.
Campaigning – anti-cruelty organisations to support. The power of protest.
This book will help you to live as cruelty-free as possible and to examine all of the areas in your life where you can help animals and the environment.
Author Bio:
I wanted to be a writer from the age of eight. The first book I can remember reading by myself was Black Beauty (an abridged, illustrated edition); I read and re-read it until I almost knew it by heart, and can still remember the illustrations. From then on, I was a secret writer – filling exercise books with stories which I hid in my wardrobe. Eventually it occurred to me that if I was ever to achieve my dream of being a published writer, I’d better do something about it. So I set myself the challenge of completing a novel and submitting it to publishers.
My first novel, Run with the Hare, was for young adults and was about a sixth-form girl who becomes involved with an Animal Rights group. (I've been vegetarian since my early twenties, and animal welfare is a subject I am passionate about). Run with the Hare became the first of several young adult novels, including the Some Other War trilogy set in the First World War, Flightsend and The Damage Done.
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Lot 388
£ 26
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Kate Lord Brown


Kate Lord Brown
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Book Title: THE HOUSE OF DREAMS
Genre: HISTORICAL FICTION
Format: PAPERBACK
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Added Bonus: THE CHANCE TO HAVE A CHARACTER NAMED AFTER YOU IN A FUTURE NOVEL
Website: http://KATELORDBROWN.COM
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katelordbrown
Book Blurb:
In 2000, Gabriel Lambert is a celebrated painter who hides a dark secret. Sophie Cass, a journalist struggling to begin her career and with a family connection to Lambert, is determined to find the truth about his past and the little known story of the real Casablanca.
In 1940, an international group of rescue workers, refugee intellectuals, and artists gather in the beautiful old Villa Air Bel just outside Marseilles. American journalist Varian Fry and his remarkable team at the American Relief Center are working to help them escape France, but "the greatest man-trap in history" is closing in on them. Despite their peril, true camaraderie and creativity flourishes - while love affairs spring up and secrets are hidden. At the House of Dreams, young refugee artist Gabriel Lambert changed the course of his life - and now, sixty years later at his home in the Hamptons, the truth is finally catching up with him.
Author Bio:
Kate grew up in the wild and beautiful Devon countryside. After studying philosophy at Durham University and art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Kate gained a MA in Creative Writing. Her latest book is Silent Music/Die Schritte zu Deinem Hertzen.
Genre: HISTORICAL FICTION
Format: PAPERBACK
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Website: http://KATELORDBROWN.COM
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katelordbrown
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In 2000, Gabriel Lambert is a celebrated painter who hides a dark secret. Sophie Cass, a journalist struggling to begin her career and with a family connection to Lambert, is determined to find the truth about his past and the little known story of the real Casablanca.
In 1940, an international group of rescue workers, refugee intellectuals, and artists gather in the beautiful old Villa Air Bel just outside Marseilles. American journalist Varian Fry and his remarkable team at the American Relief Center are working to help them escape France, but "the greatest man-trap in history" is closing in on them. Despite their peril, true camaraderie and creativity flourishes - while love affairs spring up and secrets are hidden. At the House of Dreams, young refugee artist Gabriel Lambert changed the course of his life - and now, sixty years later at his home in the Hamptons, the truth is finally catching up with him.
Author Bio:
Kate grew up in the wild and beautiful Devon countryside. After studying philosophy at Durham University and art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Kate gained a MA in Creative Writing. Her latest book is Silent Music/Die Schritte zu Deinem Hertzen.
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Lot 389
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John Sutherland


John Sutherland
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Title: The Fallen
Genre: Crime Fiction
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://policecommander.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/policecommander
Book Blurb:
RE YOU READY TO SAVE A LIFE?
WHY HER?
Becca Palmer has just lost her job as assistant to Simon Jones MP - the highly-regarded Policing Minister, tipped as a future Prime Minister. But Becca claims that Simon was more than her boss, that she is in love with him.
WHY HERE?
When a heartbroken Becca leaves the Home Office, she heads to Westminster Bridge, intending to take her own life. Which is where hostage negotiator Alex Lewis meets her for the first time. It is his job to try to talk her back from the edge.
WHY NOW?
In the negotiation that follows, Becca suggests that she may know something about the Policing Minister that she shouldn't. Something that could prompt a serious fall from grace were it to come out.
But can Alex save Becca - and get to the bottom of an alleged conspiracy that goes deep inside the highest levels of government - before it's too late?
Author Bio:
John Sutherland served as an officer in the Metropolitan Police for more than 25 years.
Having started out as a uniformed PC, he rose through the ranks to become a highly respected Chief Superintendent. His last operational posting was as Borough Commander for Southwark. He is an experienced Hostage and Crisis Negotiator.
John’s first book,'Blue: A Memoir’, was a Sunday Times bestseller and his second, ‘Crossing the Line’, was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. His first novel,‘The Siege’ , was published by Orion Fiction in June 2022 - followed by ‘The Fallen’ in June 2023.
Genre: Crime Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: Yes
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://policecommander.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/policecommander
Book Blurb:
RE YOU READY TO SAVE A LIFE?
WHY HER?
Becca Palmer has just lost her job as assistant to Simon Jones MP - the highly-regarded Policing Minister, tipped as a future Prime Minister. But Becca claims that Simon was more than her boss, that she is in love with him.
WHY HERE?
When a heartbroken Becca leaves the Home Office, she heads to Westminster Bridge, intending to take her own life. Which is where hostage negotiator Alex Lewis meets her for the first time. It is his job to try to talk her back from the edge.
WHY NOW?
In the negotiation that follows, Becca suggests that she may know something about the Policing Minister that she shouldn't. Something that could prompt a serious fall from grace were it to come out.
But can Alex save Becca - and get to the bottom of an alleged conspiracy that goes deep inside the highest levels of government - before it's too late?
Author Bio:
John Sutherland served as an officer in the Metropolitan Police for more than 25 years.
Having started out as a uniformed PC, he rose through the ranks to become a highly respected Chief Superintendent. His last operational posting was as Borough Commander for Southwark. He is an experienced Hostage and Crisis Negotiator.
John’s first book,'Blue: A Memoir’, was a Sunday Times bestseller and his second, ‘Crossing the Line’, was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. His first novel,‘The Siege’ , was published by Orion Fiction in June 2022 - followed by ‘The Fallen’ in June 2023.
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Lot 390
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Margaret Rooke


Margaret Rooke
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Two Book Package
Title 1: Dyslexia is My Superpower (Most of the Time!)
Title 2: You Can Change The World
Genre: Middle Grade/Young Adult - Education
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
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Website: https://margaretrooke.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MargsRooke
Book 1 Blurb:
In more than 100 interviews, children and young adults reveal their personal tips and tactics for honing the creative benefits of dyslexia, enabling them to thrive in school and beyond. Strategies include ways to develop confidence and self-belief. The contributors have outlined specific approaches they feel have helped them, and others that haven't. The book contains stunning illustrations by 8-18 year olds with dyslexia.
The first-hand accounts are inspiring in the way they normalise dyslexia and reveal the many success stories. There is an additional section for professionals who work in education or special learning environments, with advice given by school students themselves.
Book 2 Blurb:
**Joint Gold Winner of the Moonbeam Multicultural Non-Fiction Award 2019**
This inspirational book tells the stories of more than 50 of today's teenagers who've dared to change the world they live in. It's been written to show other teens they can do the same. Bestselling author Margaret Rooke asks teens about their experiences of being volunteers, social entrepreneurs and campaigners, online and beyond. They explain how they have survived in a world often obsessed by celebrity, social media and appearance, by refusing to conform to other's expectations.
If you want to achieve against the odds and create genuine impact, this book may be the encouragement you need. The interviews cover race, sexuality, violence, grief, neurodiversity, bullying and other issues central to life today.
Read about teens from around the world including
- Trisha, 18, who has invented a way of preventing bullying online
- Dillon, 18, who takes damaged and donated clothing and upcycles it for the homeless
- Guro, 13, who persuaded a pop band to portray women differently in its video
- 'Happy D', 19, who learned to read at 14 and found ways to build his confidence
- Heraa, 19, who fights Islamophobia online.
- Ruben, 18, bullied because of Down's Syndrome, now a successful actor
- Lucy who, at 14, walked into Tesco head office and persuaded them not to sell eggs from caged hens.
- Cameron, 17, who has cerebral palsy and was side-lined by soccer teams who set up his own team 'Adversity United'
- Alex, 18, who broke his back on his 15th birthday and says his injury has taught him to care for others
- Amika, 18, who fights 'Period Poverty'
- Jesse, 15, who's seven feet tall and embraces his stature
- Billy, 18, who wore full make up every day at high school
Author Bio:
I am an author and writer with decades of experience in books, magazines, newspapers and writing for charities. My latest book You can Change the World! Everyday Teen Heroes Making a Difference Everywhere, was written to inspire teenagers to make the changes they want to see in their own lives and in the world around them .
The book won a Gold Medal for Multicultural Nonfiction in the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards in the USA. It has just been chosen as a book to support young people with their mental health for the Reading Well Scheme in the UK. My previous books, Dyslexia is my Superpower (Most of the Time) and Creative, Successful, Dyslexic, were written to show people with dyslexia that, no matter what label they are given, with the right support, focus and hard work they don’t need to let anything hold them back.
Title 1: Dyslexia is My Superpower (Most of the Time!)
Title 2: You Can Change The World
Genre: Middle Grade/Young Adult - Education
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://margaretrooke.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MargsRooke
Book 1 Blurb:
In more than 100 interviews, children and young adults reveal their personal tips and tactics for honing the creative benefits of dyslexia, enabling them to thrive in school and beyond. Strategies include ways to develop confidence and self-belief. The contributors have outlined specific approaches they feel have helped them, and others that haven't. The book contains stunning illustrations by 8-18 year olds with dyslexia.
The first-hand accounts are inspiring in the way they normalise dyslexia and reveal the many success stories. There is an additional section for professionals who work in education or special learning environments, with advice given by school students themselves.
Book 2 Blurb:
**Joint Gold Winner of the Moonbeam Multicultural Non-Fiction Award 2019**
This inspirational book tells the stories of more than 50 of today's teenagers who've dared to change the world they live in. It's been written to show other teens they can do the same. Bestselling author Margaret Rooke asks teens about their experiences of being volunteers, social entrepreneurs and campaigners, online and beyond. They explain how they have survived in a world often obsessed by celebrity, social media and appearance, by refusing to conform to other's expectations.
If you want to achieve against the odds and create genuine impact, this book may be the encouragement you need. The interviews cover race, sexuality, violence, grief, neurodiversity, bullying and other issues central to life today.
Read about teens from around the world including
- Trisha, 18, who has invented a way of preventing bullying online
- Dillon, 18, who takes damaged and donated clothing and upcycles it for the homeless
- Guro, 13, who persuaded a pop band to portray women differently in its video
- 'Happy D', 19, who learned to read at 14 and found ways to build his confidence
- Heraa, 19, who fights Islamophobia online.
- Ruben, 18, bullied because of Down's Syndrome, now a successful actor
- Lucy who, at 14, walked into Tesco head office and persuaded them not to sell eggs from caged hens.
- Cameron, 17, who has cerebral palsy and was side-lined by soccer teams who set up his own team 'Adversity United'
- Alex, 18, who broke his back on his 15th birthday and says his injury has taught him to care for others
- Amika, 18, who fights 'Period Poverty'
- Jesse, 15, who's seven feet tall and embraces his stature
- Billy, 18, who wore full make up every day at high school
Author Bio:
I am an author and writer with decades of experience in books, magazines, newspapers and writing for charities. My latest book You can Change the World! Everyday Teen Heroes Making a Difference Everywhere, was written to inspire teenagers to make the changes they want to see in their own lives and in the world around them .
The book won a Gold Medal for Multicultural Nonfiction in the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards in the USA. It has just been chosen as a book to support young people with their mental health for the Reading Well Scheme in the UK. My previous books, Dyslexia is my Superpower (Most of the Time) and Creative, Successful, Dyslexic, were written to show people with dyslexia that, no matter what label they are given, with the right support, focus and hard work they don’t need to let anything hold them back.
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Lot 391
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Cailean Steed


Cailean Steed
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Title - Home
Genre - Thriller
Format - Hardback
Dedication available - YES
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Website - https://caileansteed.com
Twitter - https://twitter.com/CaileanSteed
Book blurb:
Someone has broken into Zoe's flat. A man she thought she'd never have to see again.
They call him the Hand of God.
He knows about her job in the cafe, her life in Dublin, her ex-girlfriend, even the knife she's hidden under the mattress.
She thought she'd left him far behind, along with the cult of the Children and their isolated compound Home – but now he's found her, and she knows she must go back to rescue the sister who helped her escape all those years before.
But returning to Home means going back to the enforced worship and strict gender roles Zoe has long since moved beyond; back to the abuse and indoctrination she's fought desperately to overcome.
Going back will make her question everything she believed about her past – but could also risk her hard-won freedom. Can she break free a second time?
Author Bio:
Cailean Steed is a writer, teacher and aspiring dog owner. Cailean lives near Glasgow with their husband and son. They have also resided in Aberdeen and Dublin, and hope one day to live somewhere with less rain.
Cailean’s work has been published by New Writing Scotland, Boudicca Press and Barren Magazine. Their mother would like them to write something more cheerful.
Title - Home
Genre - Thriller
Format - Hardback
Dedication available - YES
Postage -FREE
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Website - https://caileansteed.com
Twitter - https://twitter.com/CaileanSteed
Book blurb:
Someone has broken into Zoe's flat. A man she thought she'd never have to see again.
They call him the Hand of God.
He knows about her job in the cafe, her life in Dublin, her ex-girlfriend, even the knife she's hidden under the mattress.
She thought she'd left him far behind, along with the cult of the Children and their isolated compound Home – but now he's found her, and she knows she must go back to rescue the sister who helped her escape all those years before.
But returning to Home means going back to the enforced worship and strict gender roles Zoe has long since moved beyond; back to the abuse and indoctrination she's fought desperately to overcome.
Going back will make her question everything she believed about her past – but could also risk her hard-won freedom. Can she break free a second time?
Author Bio:
Cailean Steed is a writer, teacher and aspiring dog owner. Cailean lives near Glasgow with their husband and son. They have also resided in Aberdeen and Dublin, and hope one day to live somewhere with less rain.
Cailean’s work has been published by New Writing Scotland, Boudicca Press and Barren Magazine. Their mother would like them to write something more cheerful.
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Kate Foster


Kate Foster
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Four Book Special!
Title 1: PAWS
Title 2:The Bravest Word
Title 3: Harriet Hound
Title 4: The Unlikely Heroes Club
Genre: Contemporary/Superhero
Format: Paperbacks
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Postage & Package: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://kfosterbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kfosterauthor
Book 1 Blurb: PAWS
At home, Alex’s best friend is Kevin the cockapoo, although what he wants most of all is a friend at school. But that is harder than he ever expected. A touching story about learning that friendship isn’t one size fits all and is often found where you least expect it.
Everything is changing for 11-year-old Alex and, as an autistic person, change can be terrifying. With the first day of high school only a couple of months away, Alex is sure that having a friend by his side will help. So, he’s devised a plan – impress the kids at school by winning a trophy at the PAWS Dog Show with his trusty sidekick, Kevin. This should be a walk in the park . . . right?
Book 2 Blurb: The Bravest Word
Do you hear that? You’re Cliff now, and your life is going to get better, I promise.
When eleven-year-old Matt finds Cliff, a hurt, neglected dog abandoned in the bush, he knows the brave little pup needs saving. He wants to help. But can he?
Lately, Matt has had way more bad days than good days. The pieces of his life just don’t seem to fit together any more and he doesn’t understand why. He's finding it impossible to concentrate at school and has lost interest in the activities he used to love. Plus, he’s tired all the time.
Matt's too afraid to share what's really going on in his own head with anyone. His friends and family will never understand . . . maybe it's not only Cliff who needs saving.
Book 3 Blurb: Harriet Hound
The world's happiest and most dog-friendly superhero is here! A brand new adventure for junior readers from Kate Foster.
Meet Harriet Hound. She's eight years old and loves dogs!
But Harriet has something else that makes her super ... the power to summon the dogs from her family's rescue shelter every time there’s trouble afoot.
Whether it's a carnival catastrophe, a sudden storm, or vanishing vegetables, Harriet and her best dog friends use their super special talents and problem-solving skills to save the day!
Book 4 Blurb: The Unlikely Heroes Club
A fun, frolicking adventure about five kids with a mystery to solve!
Eleven-year-old Oli is spending his school holidays at Heroes Club, where kids can build friendships and learn about their emotions, but Oli just wants to be home … where it's familiar, not-so-boring and he can play his favourite game.
But when Oli and the other kids at the club see a stray dog who keeps disappearing into a soon-to-be-demolished building across the street, Oli and his four fellow heroes hatch a daring rescue plan to save the dog before it's too late.
It's going to take bravery, some seriously smart teamwork … and a few broken rules.
Author Bio:
Kate Foster is a children’s author writing about friends, family, and dogs. Originally from a small town in the south east of England, she now lives on the stunning Gold Coast in Australia with her family and second-hand dogs. She is passionate about encouraging and teaching a wider understanding of autism and mental illness via positive approach and representation.
Title 1: PAWS
Title 2:The Bravest Word
Title 3: Harriet Hound
Title 4: The Unlikely Heroes Club
Genre: Contemporary/Superhero
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Package: FREE
Bids Accepted: Global
Website: http://kfosterbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kfosterauthor
Book 1 Blurb: PAWS
At home, Alex’s best friend is Kevin the cockapoo, although what he wants most of all is a friend at school. But that is harder than he ever expected. A touching story about learning that friendship isn’t one size fits all and is often found where you least expect it.
Everything is changing for 11-year-old Alex and, as an autistic person, change can be terrifying. With the first day of high school only a couple of months away, Alex is sure that having a friend by his side will help. So, he’s devised a plan – impress the kids at school by winning a trophy at the PAWS Dog Show with his trusty sidekick, Kevin. This should be a walk in the park . . . right?
Book 2 Blurb: The Bravest Word
Do you hear that? You’re Cliff now, and your life is going to get better, I promise.
When eleven-year-old Matt finds Cliff, a hurt, neglected dog abandoned in the bush, he knows the brave little pup needs saving. He wants to help. But can he?
Lately, Matt has had way more bad days than good days. The pieces of his life just don’t seem to fit together any more and he doesn’t understand why. He's finding it impossible to concentrate at school and has lost interest in the activities he used to love. Plus, he’s tired all the time.
Matt's too afraid to share what's really going on in his own head with anyone. His friends and family will never understand . . . maybe it's not only Cliff who needs saving.
Book 3 Blurb: Harriet Hound
The world's happiest and most dog-friendly superhero is here! A brand new adventure for junior readers from Kate Foster.
Meet Harriet Hound. She's eight years old and loves dogs!
But Harriet has something else that makes her super ... the power to summon the dogs from her family's rescue shelter every time there’s trouble afoot.
Whether it's a carnival catastrophe, a sudden storm, or vanishing vegetables, Harriet and her best dog friends use their super special talents and problem-solving skills to save the day!
Book 4 Blurb: The Unlikely Heroes Club
A fun, frolicking adventure about five kids with a mystery to solve!
Eleven-year-old Oli is spending his school holidays at Heroes Club, where kids can build friendships and learn about their emotions, but Oli just wants to be home … where it's familiar, not-so-boring and he can play his favourite game.
But when Oli and the other kids at the club see a stray dog who keeps disappearing into a soon-to-be-demolished building across the street, Oli and his four fellow heroes hatch a daring rescue plan to save the dog before it's too late.
It's going to take bravery, some seriously smart teamwork … and a few broken rules.
Author Bio:
Kate Foster is a children’s author writing about friends, family, and dogs. Originally from a small town in the south east of England, she now lives on the stunning Gold Coast in Australia with her family and second-hand dogs. She is passionate about encouraging and teaching a wider understanding of autism and mental illness via positive approach and representation.
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Lot 393
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Jenny O'Brien


Jenny O'Brien
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Title: Silent Cry
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://linktr.ee/Jennyobrien
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScribblerJB
Book Blurb:
When Izzy Grant’s newborn daughter Alys disappears, her world shatters around her. Despite an extensive search the police find no trace of the missing girl, but Izzy refuses to give up hope that her daughter will be found.
Then a note is pushed through her letterbox, warning her off.
For Izzy it’s a ray of hope, another lead for the police to follow. For DC Gaby Darin it’s another piece of the puzzle that just won’t fit. But as a long-lost friend returns to Izzy’s life with a shocking secret, Gaby realises the truth of who took Izzy’s daughter from her might lie in the past – and far closer to home than anyone could have imagined…
Author Bio:
Born in Dublin, Jenny O'Brien moved to Wales and then Guernsey, where she tries to find time to write in between working as a nurse and ferrying around 3 teenagers.
In her spare time she can be found frowning at her wonky cakes and even wonkier breads. You'll be pleased to note she won't be entering Bake-Off. She's also an all-year-round sea swimmer.
Jenny is represented by Nicola Barr of The Bent Agency and published by Storm Publishing and HQ Digital (Harper Collins).
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available:
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://linktr.ee/Jennyobrien
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScribblerJB
Book Blurb:
When Izzy Grant’s newborn daughter Alys disappears, her world shatters around her. Despite an extensive search the police find no trace of the missing girl, but Izzy refuses to give up hope that her daughter will be found.
Then a note is pushed through her letterbox, warning her off.
For Izzy it’s a ray of hope, another lead for the police to follow. For DC Gaby Darin it’s another piece of the puzzle that just won’t fit. But as a long-lost friend returns to Izzy’s life with a shocking secret, Gaby realises the truth of who took Izzy’s daughter from her might lie in the past – and far closer to home than anyone could have imagined…
Author Bio:
Born in Dublin, Jenny O'Brien moved to Wales and then Guernsey, where she tries to find time to write in between working as a nurse and ferrying around 3 teenagers.
In her spare time she can be found frowning at her wonky cakes and even wonkier breads. You'll be pleased to note she won't be entering Bake-Off. She's also an all-year-round sea swimmer.
Jenny is represented by Nicola Barr of The Bent Agency and published by Storm Publishing and HQ Digital (Harper Collins).
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Lot 394
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Wiz Wharton



Wiz Wharton
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Two Book Special: Both UK and USA editions
Book Title: Ghost Girl
Genre: Literary/Commercial/Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback x 2
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Bids Accepted: UK only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chomsky1
Book Blurb:
A GRAZIA BOOK CLUB PICK, Ghost Girl, Banana is a powerful debut novel about the family secrets unearthed by a surprise inheritance. Set between Hong Kong in the 1960s and London in the 1990s, and revealing the hidden life of a mother to her daughter, it asks questions of identity, race and belonging.
1966: Sook-Yin is exiled from Kowloon to London with orders to restore honour to her family. As she strives to fit into a world that does not understand her, she realizes that survival will mean carving out a destiny of her own.
1997: Sook-Yin's daughter Lily can barely remember the mother she lost as a small child. But when she is unexpectedly named in the will of a powerful Chinese stranger, she embarks on a secret pilgrimage to Hong Kong to discover the lost side of her identity and claim the reward. But she soon learns that the secrecy around her heritage has deep roots, and good fortune comes at a price.
'A real nail-biter ... so winningly chronicled by Wharton' NEW YORK TIMES
'Ambitious ... readers won't be disappointed as Wharton ultimately resolves many mysteries in the book' GUARDIAN
'An astounding debut ... written with emotion and astuteness, this deserves to be on book prize lists' PRIMA
Author Bio:
Wiz Wharton was born in London of Chinese-European heritage. She is a prize-winning graduate of the National Film and Television school, where she studied screenwriting under the filmmakers Mike Leigh, Stephen Frears and Kenith Trodd. Ghost Girl, Banana is her debut novel, published by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK, Harper Via in the US with foreign translations to follow. Adaptation rights to the book have also been optioned by a leading UK production company with Wharton adapting for the screen. She lives in the Scottish Highlands.
Book Title: Ghost Girl
Genre: Literary/Commercial/Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback x 2
Dedications Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chomsky1
Book Blurb:
A GRAZIA BOOK CLUB PICK, Ghost Girl, Banana is a powerful debut novel about the family secrets unearthed by a surprise inheritance. Set between Hong Kong in the 1960s and London in the 1990s, and revealing the hidden life of a mother to her daughter, it asks questions of identity, race and belonging.
1966: Sook-Yin is exiled from Kowloon to London with orders to restore honour to her family. As she strives to fit into a world that does not understand her, she realizes that survival will mean carving out a destiny of her own.
1997: Sook-Yin's daughter Lily can barely remember the mother she lost as a small child. But when she is unexpectedly named in the will of a powerful Chinese stranger, she embarks on a secret pilgrimage to Hong Kong to discover the lost side of her identity and claim the reward. But she soon learns that the secrecy around her heritage has deep roots, and good fortune comes at a price.
'A real nail-biter ... so winningly chronicled by Wharton' NEW YORK TIMES
'Ambitious ... readers won't be disappointed as Wharton ultimately resolves many mysteries in the book' GUARDIAN
'An astounding debut ... written with emotion and astuteness, this deserves to be on book prize lists' PRIMA
Author Bio:
Wiz Wharton was born in London of Chinese-European heritage. She is a prize-winning graduate of the National Film and Television school, where she studied screenwriting under the filmmakers Mike Leigh, Stephen Frears and Kenith Trodd. Ghost Girl, Banana is her debut novel, published by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK, Harper Via in the US with foreign translations to follow. Adaptation rights to the book have also been optioned by a leading UK production company with Wharton adapting for the screen. She lives in the Scottish Highlands.
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Lot 395
£ 15
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Ruth Hogan


Ruth Hogan
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Title: Madame Burova
Genre: Paranormal
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://ruthhogan.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthmariehogan
Madame Burova - Tarot Reader, Palmist and Clairvoyant is retiring and leaving her booth on the Brighton seafront after fifty years.
Imelda Burova has spent a lifetime keeping other people's secrets and her silence has come at a price. She has seen the lovers and the liars, the angels and the devils, the dreamers and the fools. Her cards had unmasked them all and her cards never lied. But Madame Burova is weary of other people's lives and other people's secrets, she needs rest and a little piece of life for herself. Before that, however, she has to fulfill a promise made a long time ago. She holds two brown envelopes in her hand, and she has to deliver them.
In London, it is time for another woman to make a fresh start. Billie has lost her university job, her marriage, and her place in the world when she discovers something that leaves her very identity in question. Determined to find answers, she must follow a trail which might just lead right to Madame Burova's door.
The Author:
I was born in the house where my parents still live in Bedford: my sister was so pleased to have a sibling that she threw a thrupenny bit at me. As a child I read everything I could lay my hands on: The Moomintrolls, A Hundred Million Francs, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the back of cereal packets and gravestones. I was mad about dogs and horses, but didn't like daddy-long-legs or sugar in my tea.
I studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths College which was brilliant, but then I came home and got a 'proper' job. I worked for ten years in a senior local government position (I was definitely a square peg in a round hole, but it paid the bills and mortgage) before a car accident left me unable to work full-time and convinced me to start writing seriously. It was going well, but then in 2012 I got cancer, which was bloody inconvenient but precipitated an exciting hair journey from bald to a peroxide blonde Annie Lennox crop. When chemo kept me up all night I passed the time writing and the eventual result was The Keeper of Lost Things.
I live in a chaotic Victorian house with an assortment of rescue dogs and my long-suffering partner (who has very recently become my husband - so I can't be that bad!) I am a magpie, always collecting treasures, and a huge John Betjeman fan. My favourite word is 'antimacassar' and I still like reading gravestones
Genre: Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: https://ruthhogan.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthmariehogan
Madame Burova - Tarot Reader, Palmist and Clairvoyant is retiring and leaving her booth on the Brighton seafront after fifty years.
Imelda Burova has spent a lifetime keeping other people's secrets and her silence has come at a price. She has seen the lovers and the liars, the angels and the devils, the dreamers and the fools. Her cards had unmasked them all and her cards never lied. But Madame Burova is weary of other people's lives and other people's secrets, she needs rest and a little piece of life for herself. Before that, however, she has to fulfill a promise made a long time ago. She holds two brown envelopes in her hand, and she has to deliver them.
In London, it is time for another woman to make a fresh start. Billie has lost her university job, her marriage, and her place in the world when she discovers something that leaves her very identity in question. Determined to find answers, she must follow a trail which might just lead right to Madame Burova's door.
The Author:
I was born in the house where my parents still live in Bedford: my sister was so pleased to have a sibling that she threw a thrupenny bit at me. As a child I read everything I could lay my hands on: The Moomintrolls, A Hundred Million Francs, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the back of cereal packets and gravestones. I was mad about dogs and horses, but didn't like daddy-long-legs or sugar in my tea.
I studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths College which was brilliant, but then I came home and got a 'proper' job. I worked for ten years in a senior local government position (I was definitely a square peg in a round hole, but it paid the bills and mortgage) before a car accident left me unable to work full-time and convinced me to start writing seriously. It was going well, but then in 2012 I got cancer, which was bloody inconvenient but precipitated an exciting hair journey from bald to a peroxide blonde Annie Lennox crop. When chemo kept me up all night I passed the time writing and the eventual result was The Keeper of Lost Things.
I live in a chaotic Victorian house with an assortment of rescue dogs and my long-suffering partner (who has very recently become my husband - so I can't be that bad!) I am a magpie, always collecting treasures, and a huge John Betjeman fan. My favourite word is 'antimacassar' and I still like reading gravestones
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Lot 396
£ 26
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Ben Hoare


Ben Hoare
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Title: Weird and Wonderful Nature: Tales of More Than 100 Unique Animals, Plants, and Phenomena - DK Treasures
Genre: Children - Natural History
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.benhoare.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/benhoarewild
Book Blurb:
Enjoy more than 100 extraordinary stories of unusual species, behaviours, and objects all told by author Ben Hoare.
Why do Mexican jumping beans jump? How do sea cucumbers defend themselves? What causes the northern lights? This book is filled with facts about the most surprising and curious plants, animals, rocks, and phenomena in nature.
Children aged 7-9 can read stories of more than one hundred unique animals, plants and phenomena and learn about the weird and wonderful side of the natural world. Weird and Wonderful Nature is the third installment of the DK Treasure's series, exploring the many bizarre animals and plants that are uniquely adapted to their way of life.
This fascinating nature book for kids offers:
- Facts from a range of topics, from animals to plants and rocks to natural phenomena, that are guaranteed to wow adults and children alike.
- Large photographs that show each species or item in incredible detail, with diagrams help to support understanding.
- A gold foil cover and beautiful illustrations, making this book an ideal gift for young nature lovers.
In Weird and Wonderful Nature, Ben Hoare's friendly, informative explanations are paired with photographs and charming illustrations to make sure every page captivates the imagination, while a glossary and index help to navigate the chapters.
The third title by best selling author Ben Hoare, after Nature's Treasures and The Secret World of Plants, this is the ideal gift book series that will be treasured for years to come.
Author Bio:
am super proud to be a nature nerd. I have always been obsessed by animals, plants and other living things.
Since graduating from university in 1996, I have written and edited enough natural-history books and magazines to fill our bookshelves to overflowing. I’m very lucky to earn a living by sharing my passion for nature.
Home is a sleepy village in the Quantock Hills of Somerset, where I live with my wife, two daughters, a Labrador and a flock of unruly chickens.
My two girls call me the word policeman!
Genre: Children - Natural History
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only
Website: http://www.benhoare.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/benhoarewild
Book Blurb:
Enjoy more than 100 extraordinary stories of unusual species, behaviours, and objects all told by author Ben Hoare.
Why do Mexican jumping beans jump? How do sea cucumbers defend themselves? What causes the northern lights? This book is filled with facts about the most surprising and curious plants, animals, rocks, and phenomena in nature.
Children aged 7-9 can read stories of more than one hundred unique animals, plants and phenomena and learn about the weird and wonderful side of the natural world. Weird and Wonderful Nature is the third installment of the DK Treasure's series, exploring the many bizarre animals and plants that are uniquely adapted to their way of life.
This fascinating nature book for kids offers:
- Facts from a range of topics, from animals to plants and rocks to natural phenomena, that are guaranteed to wow adults and children alike.
- Large photographs that show each species or item in incredible detail, with diagrams help to support understanding.
- A gold foil cover and beautiful illustrations, making this book an ideal gift for young nature lovers.
In Weird and Wonderful Nature, Ben Hoare's friendly, informative explanations are paired with photographs and charming illustrations to make sure every page captivates the imagination, while a glossary and index help to navigate the chapters.
The third title by best selling author Ben Hoare, after Nature's Treasures and The Secret World of Plants, this is the ideal gift book series that will be treasured for years to come.
Author Bio:
am super proud to be a nature nerd. I have always been obsessed by animals, plants and other living things.
Since graduating from university in 1996, I have written and edited enough natural-history books and magazines to fill our bookshelves to overflowing. I’m very lucky to earn a living by sharing my passion for nature.
Home is a sleepy village in the Quantock Hills of Somerset, where I live with my wife, two daughters, a Labrador and a flock of unruly chickens.
My two girls call me the word policeman!
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Father Alex Frost


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Title: Our Daily Bread
Genre: Biography - Lifestyle
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: Free
Bids Accepted UK Only
Website: http://fralexfrost.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexdjfrost
The Book:
‘No one cares, that’s the real pandemic’
A warmly funny, intensely moving and startlingly personal account of the lives of an urban parish priest and his parishioners.
Father Alex Frost was not always a man of the cloth. He found his calling while running an Argos store in his native Burnley, moonlighting as a stand-up comedian and die-hard fan of The Clarets and Depeche Mode.
But having achieved his profession, Fr Alex quickly recognised the 17,000 inhabitants of his new parish were in dire need of help. Burnley is typical of many towns across Britain: a place of run-down council estates, severe poverty litter, crime and drugs, but also a place where the sacred sits alongside the secular in an intimate and personal way. And so it was that he found himself running a food bank from a car park, helping the desperate amid his flock as the pandemic raged.
Fr Alex’s down-to-earth style of ministry struck a chord with people of all faiths, cultures and class at a time when the divide between rich and poor is widening cataclysmically. But amid the tragedy, addiction, appalling loss, illness and neglect, there also lies hope, joy and moments of comedy. Our Daily Bread is as much the story of the rich cast of characters that cross the threshold of any church as it is our vicar’s. Through them it shows the continued relevance of the church for those in peril: the poor and the marginalised.
This heartfelt and moving book seeks to give a voice to the voiceless, charting the tragedy and pain, humour and hope which are ever-present in his community. It is ultimately about modern poverty – and how we all can, and should, espouse Christian virtues of love, kindness, tolerance.
The Author:
Fr Alex Frost is the vicar of St Matthew’s the Apostle, Burnley, where he grew up. He describes himself as the ‘fundamentally unemployable’ host of The God Cast, a podcast devoted to issues of faith and spirituality, which has featured celebrities such as Eamonn Holmes, Alastair Campbell, Edwina Currie, Dom Joly, George Galloway, Anthea Turner and football legend Lou Macari. Ordained in 2012 after a mixed career working as a football referee, manager at Argos and a stand-up comic, Fr Alex was recently appointed to the General Synod for Blackburn Diocese. He is married and has three children.
Fr Alex made headlines when he featured in a 2021 BBC documentary The Cost of Covid – One Year On, which has been viewed over 12 million times since it was aired. Running a food bank from a car park in Burnley, helping the desperate amid his flock as the pandemic raged, Fr Alex’s down-to-earth style of ministry struck a chord with people of all faiths, cultures and classes across the UK in a time when the divide between rich and poor widens cataclysmically. The Church of England priest, who sports tattoos of his favourite band Depeche Mode, has become the last bastion of support for many in the aftermath of austerity measures, Government cuts and Covid 19 upon a community already ravaged by poverty, addiction and neglect. ‘No-one cares, that is the real pandemic,’ Fr Alex says about his 17,000 parishioners whose souls he has care of at St Matthew’s, yards from the estates which have been abandoned and forgotten.
Genre: Biography - Lifestyle
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: Free
Bids Accepted UK Only
Website: http://fralexfrost.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexdjfrost
The Book:
‘No one cares, that’s the real pandemic’
A warmly funny, intensely moving and startlingly personal account of the lives of an urban parish priest and his parishioners.
Father Alex Frost was not always a man of the cloth. He found his calling while running an Argos store in his native Burnley, moonlighting as a stand-up comedian and die-hard fan of The Clarets and Depeche Mode.
But having achieved his profession, Fr Alex quickly recognised the 17,000 inhabitants of his new parish were in dire need of help. Burnley is typical of many towns across Britain: a place of run-down council estates, severe poverty litter, crime and drugs, but also a place where the sacred sits alongside the secular in an intimate and personal way. And so it was that he found himself running a food bank from a car park, helping the desperate amid his flock as the pandemic raged.
Fr Alex’s down-to-earth style of ministry struck a chord with people of all faiths, cultures and class at a time when the divide between rich and poor is widening cataclysmically. But amid the tragedy, addiction, appalling loss, illness and neglect, there also lies hope, joy and moments of comedy. Our Daily Bread is as much the story of the rich cast of characters that cross the threshold of any church as it is our vicar’s. Through them it shows the continued relevance of the church for those in peril: the poor and the marginalised.
This heartfelt and moving book seeks to give a voice to the voiceless, charting the tragedy and pain, humour and hope which are ever-present in his community. It is ultimately about modern poverty – and how we all can, and should, espouse Christian virtues of love, kindness, tolerance.
The Author:
Fr Alex Frost is the vicar of St Matthew’s the Apostle, Burnley, where he grew up. He describes himself as the ‘fundamentally unemployable’ host of The God Cast, a podcast devoted to issues of faith and spirituality, which has featured celebrities such as Eamonn Holmes, Alastair Campbell, Edwina Currie, Dom Joly, George Galloway, Anthea Turner and football legend Lou Macari. Ordained in 2012 after a mixed career working as a football referee, manager at Argos and a stand-up comic, Fr Alex was recently appointed to the General Synod for Blackburn Diocese. He is married and has three children.
Fr Alex made headlines when he featured in a 2021 BBC documentary The Cost of Covid – One Year On, which has been viewed over 12 million times since it was aired. Running a food bank from a car park in Burnley, helping the desperate amid his flock as the pandemic raged, Fr Alex’s down-to-earth style of ministry struck a chord with people of all faiths, cultures and classes across the UK in a time when the divide between rich and poor widens cataclysmically. The Church of England priest, who sports tattoos of his favourite band Depeche Mode, has become the last bastion of support for many in the aftermath of austerity measures, Government cuts and Covid 19 upon a community already ravaged by poverty, addiction and neglect. ‘No-one cares, that is the real pandemic,’ Fr Alex says about his 17,000 parishioners whose souls he has care of at St Matthew’s, yards from the estates which have been abandoned and forgotten.
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Carole Hailey


Carole Hailey
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Title: The Silence Project
Genre: Dystopian Political Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Post & Packaging: FREE
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaroleAHailey
Book Blurb:
A 2023 BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick. On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their garden. From that day on, she never says another word. Inspired by Rachel's example, other women join her and together they build the Community. Eight years later, Rachel and thousands of her followers shock the world as they silence themselves forever. In the aftermath of what comes to be known as the Event, the Community's global influence quickly grows. As a result, the whole world has an opinion about Rachel - whether they see her as a callous monster or a heroic martyr - but Emilia has never voiced hers publicly. Until now.
Author Bio:
Carole Hailey completed the six-month Guardian/UEA novel-writing course taught by Bernardine Evaristo, who imbued Carole with such a love for writing fiction that she abandoned her career in law to undertake an MA in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, followed by a PhD in Creative Writing at Swansea University. Carole was a London Library Emerging Writer 2020/21. The Silence Project is her first published novel and was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize Peggy Chapman-Andrews First Novel Award 2020.
Genre: Dystopian Political Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available: YES
Post & Packaging: FREE
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaroleAHailey
Book Blurb:
A 2023 BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick. On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their garden. From that day on, she never says another word. Inspired by Rachel's example, other women join her and together they build the Community. Eight years later, Rachel and thousands of her followers shock the world as they silence themselves forever. In the aftermath of what comes to be known as the Event, the Community's global influence quickly grows. As a result, the whole world has an opinion about Rachel - whether they see her as a callous monster or a heroic martyr - but Emilia has never voiced hers publicly. Until now.
Author Bio:
Carole Hailey completed the six-month Guardian/UEA novel-writing course taught by Bernardine Evaristo, who imbued Carole with such a love for writing fiction that she abandoned her career in law to undertake an MA in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, followed by a PhD in Creative Writing at Swansea University. Carole was a London Library Emerging Writer 2020/21. The Silence Project is her first published novel and was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize Peggy Chapman-Andrews First Novel Award 2020.
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Carole Hailey
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