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Five Summers To Fall In Love. One Moment To Fall Apart. A Weekend To Get It Right. A Magazine Writer Has To Make A Choice When She Returns To The Lake She Grew Up On, And To The Man She Thought She'd Never Have To Live Without, In This Achingly Nostalgic Debut. They Say You Can Never Go Home Again, And For Persephone Fraser That Has Felt Too True For The Last Decade, Ever Since She Made The Biggest Mistake Of Her Life. Instead Of Glittering Summers On The Lakeshore Of Her Childhood, She Spends Them In A Stylish Apartment In The City, Going Out With Friends, And Keeping Everyone A Safe Distance From Her Heart. Until The Day She Gets A Call That Sends Her Racing Back To Barry's Bay And Into The Orbit Of Sam Florek. For Five Summers, Through Hazy Afternoons On The Water And Warm Summer Nights Working In His Family Restaurant And Curling Up Together With Books-medical Textbooks For Him And Work-in-progress Horror Short Stories For Her-percy And Sam Had Been Inseparable. And Slowly That Friendship Turned Into Something Breathtakingly More, Before It Fell Spectacularly Apart. When Percy Returns To The Lake To Attend Sam's Mother's Funeral, Their Connection Is As Undeniable As It Had Always Been. Percy Must Confront The Decisions She's Made And The Years She's Spent Punishing Herself For Them, In Order To Determine, Once And For All, Whether Their Love Might Be Bigger Than The Biggest Mistakes Of Their Past. Told Over The Course Of Five Years And One Weekend, Every Summer After Is A Big, Sweeping Look At Love And The People And Choices That Mark Us Forever. 'a Sweet Story About Second Chances, And How The Future We Imagine For Ourselves Is Never Quite What It Turns Out To Be. - Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Book Of Two Ways And Wish You Were Here 'carley Fortune Perfects The Nostalgia Of Young Summer Love And The Choices That Change Us Forever In Every Summer After, A Smart And Delightful Novel That Will Tug On Your Heartstrings, And More Than Satisfy Fans Of Emily Henry. This Is Your Next Must-read Beach-read From An Exciting New Voice. A Total Joy To Devour!' - Ashley Audrain, #1 Bestselling Author Of The Push 'set In Ontario's Idyllic Cottage Country, Carley Fortune's Debut Every Summer After Follows A Couple-persephone (percy) And Sam-as They Navigate Loss, Broken Promises, And Unrequited Love. In A Then/now Narrative Spanning Nearly Two Decades, Fortune Deftly Explores The Push And Pull Of A Relationship Burdened By Past Mistakes And Misunderstandings, And How It's As Much About Choice As It Is Fate. Evocative And Nostalgic, This Novel Is Perfect For Those Who Covet Steamy Summer Dock Days And Second-chance Love Stories. I Devoured It!'

A breathtaking, joy-filled novel about the people we love, the secrets we keep, and the enduring power of family, from the bestselling author of The Unsinkable Greta James.The four Endicott siblings—Gemma, Connor, Roddy, and Jude—were once inseparable, a bond created by the absence of their dazzling, mercurial mother, who would return for a few weeks each summer to whisk them off on sprawling road trips around the country.Decades later, the unthinkable has happened: the Endicotts haven’t spoken in years . . . until an out-of-the-blue text arrives from Jude, now a famous actress, summoning them to a small town in North Dakota. They’re each at a crossroads: Gemma, who put her own ambitions aside to raise the others, now isn’t sure if she wants to be a mother herself; Connor, a celebrated novelist, is floundering after his recent divorce and suffering from an epic case of writer’s block; and Roddy, at the tail end of a professional soccer career, is dangerously close to losing his future husband for the chance at one last season.Jude is the only Endicott who seems to have it all together—but appearances can be deceiving. As the weekend unfolds, and the siblings wrestle with their shared past and uncertain futures, they’ll discover that Jude has been keeping three secrets . . . each of which could change everything.A captivating journey and an ode to forgiveness that takes readers across all fifty states, Fun for the Whole Family brims with heart and resonates long after the final page.

P.s. I love you is a heart-warming debut by cecilia ahern. It is a wonderfully warm and heartfelt love story about childhood sweethearts. Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates, but not holly and gerry. As childhood sweethearts, they always knew they were meant to be together. Holly and gerry could finish each other's sentences and even when they fought, they laughed. No one could imagine them without each other. A brain tumor brings turmoil to their lives and gerry's death devastates holly. As her 30th birthday looms, gerry comes back to her. He's left her a bundle of notes, one for each month after his death. He is with her even beyond death, gently guiding her new life without him. Each of his notes is signed 'p.s. I love you'. As the notes are gradually opened and as the year unfolds, holly is both cheered up and challenged. The man who knows her better than anyone else sets out to teach her that life goes on. With some help from her friends and her noisy and l

Snuggle up in your favourite armchair and take a trip across the Irish sea for comfort food, cosy cottage nights and a heart warming romance…Talented lawyer Hannah Campbell is after a change in her workaholic Manchester life – so on an uncharacteristic whim she books herself a place at the world-renowned Killorgally Cookery School in County Kerry. But on her first night In Ireland, sampling the delights of Dublin, Hannah can’t resist falling for the charms of handsome stranger Conor. It’s only when Hannah arrives at her postcard-pretty home at Killorgally for the next twelve weeks that she discovers what happens in Dublin doesn’t quite stay in Dublin…Nestled amongst rolling green hills and breath taking countryside, the cookery school throws Hannah and Conor together again–for better or worse.

When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note had explained she was dying. How can she wait?A new volunteer at the hospice suggests that Queenie should write again; only this time she must tell Harold everything. In confessing to secrets she has hidden for twenty years, she will find atonement for the past. As the volunteer points out, 'Even though you've done your travelling, you're starting a new journey too.'Queenie thought her first letter would be the end of the story. She was wrong. It was the beginning.

Anna hasn't a friend in the world - until she meets Marnie among the sand dunes. But Marnie isn't all she seems...An atmospheric ghost story with truths to tell about friendship, families and loneliness. Anna lives with foster parents, a misfit with no friends, always on the outside of things. Then she is sent to Norfolk to stay with old Mr and Mrs Pegg, where she runs wild on the sand dunes and around the water. There is a house, the Marsh House, which she feels she recognises - and she soon meets a strange little girl called Marnie, who becomes Anna's first ever friend. Then one day, Marnie vanishes. A new family, the Lindsays, move into the Marsh House. Having learnt so much from Marnie about friendship, Anna makes firm friends with the Lindsays - and learns some strange truths about Marnie, who was not all she seemed...

The Unretirement is an uplifting story about the joy of pursuing dreams at any age, full of warmth, heart and community spirit. Meet 65-year-old widow Maggie Lawford. After retiring two years ago and travelling the world with her husband Geoff, she's alone again - and retirement has gone from a never-ending holiday to grief-filled and lonely. Though looking after her gorgeous granddaughter Alice for her high-flying daughter Hannah brings so much joy, Maggie yearns for more. After her ambition of being a chef was deferred forty years ago in favour of a more family-friendly career, Maggie knows it's now or never to chase her dreams. When Maggie and Hannah visit their favourite local Indian restaurant one evening, they are gutted to find the tables all but empty, with a dwindling menu and their old friend and owner Sav at his wit's end. The last straw comes when Maggie hears a cry from the kitchen: she charges in, taking matters into her own hands. Never one to give up without a fight, Maggie resolves to save the beloved but failing restaurant - and with all her years catering for a large family and volunteering for the WI, it's not long before she has a military-grade plan to turn the place around again. After all, Maggie's golden days aren't behind her just yet...

Beth has never stuck at anything.She's quit more jobs and relationships than she can remember and she still sleeps in her childhood bedroom. It's not that she hasn't tried to grow up, it's just that so far, the only commitment she's held down is Friday drinks at the village pub.Then, in the space of a morning, her world changes.Beth is now guardian to her teenage niece and toddler nephew, catapulted into an unfamiliar world of bedtime stories, parents' evenings and cuddly elephants. Having never been responsible for anyone - or anything - it's not long before she feels seriously out of her depth.What if she's simply not up to the job?With a little help from her best friend Jory (purely platonic, of course ...) and her lovely, lonely next-door neighbour, Albert, Beth is determined that this time she's not giving up. It's time to step up.This is a story about digging deep for strength you never knew you had and finding magic in things that were there all along.

Discover the secrets and surprises that the scenic Scottish town of Briar Glen has to offer... ‘A warm beautiful read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐NetGalley Reviewer ‘A great story . . . a happy feel good read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐NetGalley Reviewer The feel-good Scottish romance from the bestselling author of A Secret Scottish Escape When wedding planner Sophie Harkness refuses to move a friend’s wedding to accommodate a spoilt bridezilla, she finds herself out of a job. That is until she discovers her late grandma has purchased a local shop for her in the pretty Scottish town of Briar Glen. Surprised and delighted, Sophie opens her own porcelain shop in honour of her grandmother. But when an unusual tea set is left with Sophie, along with a mysterious letter, she can’t help but be intrigued by the story behind the antique. And when the handsome but aloof art critic Xander North comes knocking on her door, Sophie is about to find out the true colourful past of her latest treasure. The perfect feel-good romance for fans of Jo Thomas, Katie Fforde and Trisha Ashley. NetGalley readers are falling for A Scottish Highland Surprise ‘[I] adored this feel good, fun, emotional and life affirming book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A great read... highly recommend’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A great holiday read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Charming characters, mystery and romance’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An easy and lovely read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Uplifting’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Well written with a cute and funny storyline and well developed characters’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Uplifting and enjoyable’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This author is amazing, she knows how to get you hooked straight away’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A great story and a perfect ending’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐