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  Chef Anna moves to Crovie, a tiny fishing village on the Moray Firth, for a fresh start after the breakdown of a long relationship with a “celebrity” chef. When she arrives at her new home that was a bit of an impulse buy, she discovers that her new home is nothing more than a glorified shed, and the village itself sits beneath a cliff right on the edge of the sea, in constant danger of storms and landslides. She feels she has made a terrible mistake and vows to stay just one night before moving on and selling it. Yet as she begins to learn about the Scottish coast and its people, something she thought she’d lost reawakens in her. She rediscovers her love of cooking and turns her kitchen into a pop-up lunch club. But not all the locals are delighted about her arrival, and some are keen to see her plans fail. Will Anna really be able to put down roots in this remote and wild village? Or will her fragile new beginning start to crumble with the cliffs . . .? This book has bee...

  Thirty-nine-year-old Jane Osborne appears to have everything and is living the best life. Her daughter Avery attends private school, Jane chairs the PTA and sits on many fundraising committees and all her friends envies her marriage to Dan, the handsome, prominent surgeon, but… it’s all a ruse. After eighteen years of marriage, Dan’s revealed that he’s been living a double life and is in love with a man. But for the sake of his career, Jane must keep his secret and live a lie. Jane agrees to maintain appearances. But soon the weight of Dan’s deception and the pain of his betrayal get the better of her. Something’s got to give. See Jane snap. Quite publicly. And a bit unlawfully. With brutal honesty, Jane must confront her choices head-on and determine—for herself—if the facade of stability she’s been protecting is worth the price of her own sanity and happiness. I wasn’t sure what to think of this book – I truly felt sorry for Jane having to live the lie and maintain appear...

  “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” This is an insult that is thrown at Dublin traffic warden Allegra Bird by a yellow Ferrari owner called Rooster. For some reason, this gets under her skin, and she spends her time evaluating her life and the people in it. Growing up without a mother and what appears to be an eccentric father – Allegra, whose nickname is Freckles, goes to boarding school at a young age where each evening after lights out, she scratches Star Constellations on the freckles on her arms. Leaving school with ideas of becoming a Garda, she fails the entry requirements and instead becomes a Traffic Warden, but always hankers after the law enforcing lifestyle, knowing that this is the closest she’ll get.   Allegra had a warm, but troubled personality, she appeared socially awkward at times along the lines of Eleanor Oliphant there something a bit quirky about her, but I couldn’t exactly put my finger on what it was, but ...