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MRS WINTERBOTTOM TAKES A GAP YEAR
Joanna Nell $ 32.99
It ’ s time for a pair of married GPs who have worked together for 40 years to retire . She dreams of travel , he wants to grow veggies – so she decides to take a year off her life to have her biggest adventure yet .
author of The Flatshare .
THE WAKE-UP CALL
Beth O ' Leary $ 32.99
Two sworn enemies . One failing hotel . Love is the last thing they need ... The addictive enemiesto-lovers romcom from the millioncopy bestselling
CHECK & MATE
Ali Hazelwood $ 22.99
In this clever and swoonworthy new novel from the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis , life ' s moving pieces bring rival chess players together in a match for the heart .
WILDFIRE
Hannah Grace $ 22.99
From the author of TikTok sensation Icebreaker comes a deliciously swoonworthy romance following two summer camp counsellors who unexpectedly reconnect after a sizzling one-night stand . Will the two learn to peacefully co-exist ? Or did their one night together start a fire they can ’ t put out ?
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY ( TV TIE-IN )
Bonnie Garmus $ 22.99
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman . In fact , Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing . Soon , a legion of overlooked housewives find themselves daring to change the status quo .
SO CLOSE TO HOME
Mick Cummins $ 34.99
Eighteen-year-old Aaron is charismatic , resourceful and addicted to heroin . His mum has kicked him out of home in a last-ditch move to help him get straight , and he wanders the streets of South Melbourne , living on his wits and sleeping rough . So Close to Home is a pacy , gritty and captivating novel exploring homelessness , power dynamics and the ties that bind .
SALT RIVER ROAD
Molly Schmidt $ 32.99
In the aftermath of their mother ' s death , the Tetley siblings ' lives are falling apart . Salt River Road is a compelling comingof-age novel about grief and healing set in a small town in the 1970s from an exciting new voice in Australian fiction .
TRAITORS GATE Jeffrey Archer
$ 39.99
OUR PRICE $ 34 99
Master criminal Miles Faulkner has set his heart on pulling off the most outrageous theft in history – and with a man on the inside , the odds are in his favour . Unless Warwick and Hogan can stop him before it ’ s too late ...
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LOLA IN THE MIRROR
Trent Dalton $ 32.99
A girl and her mother have been on the run for sixteen years , from police and the monster they left in their kitchen with a knife in his throat . The girl has no name because names are dangerous when you ' re on the run . But the girl has a dream and there ' s only one person who can help make her dreams come true . That person is Lola and she carries all the answers . But to find Lola , the girl with no name must first do one of the hardest things we can ever do . She must look in the mirror . From international bestselling author Trent Dalton , Lola in the Mirror is a big , moving , blackly funny , violent , heartbreaking and beautiful novel of love , fate , life and death and all the things we see when we look in the mirror : all our past , all our present , and all our possible futures .
LIGHT OVER LISKEARD
Louis de Bernières $ 34.99
Q wants a simpler and safer life . His work for the government has led him to believe a crisis is imminent and he ' s looking for somewhere to ride out what ' s ahead . A heartwarming novel about what ’ s really important in life .
LET US DESCEND
Jesmyn Ward $ 32.99
Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery . This miracle of a novel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land – the rich but unforgiving forests , swamps , and rivers of the American South , a masterwork for the ages .
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