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Home Bird
''This has all of Fran''s trademark quick wit and black humour'' Gráinne Murphy''Funny, warm and very moving'' Lucinda Hawksley''Fran writes with such humour and humanity, it was an absolute tonic'' Victoria Mackenzie1979. Jackie Chadwick is 17 and living in a supported bedsit. She''s still close to her foster parents and friends with (aka unofficial minder for) Amanda, their irresponsible daughter, but she’s enjoying her independence – until a fire leaves her temporarily homeless. Jackie’s dad, widower and recovering alcoholic Dave, has just been released from prison and sees this as his chance to make amends. He offers her his spare room – but can their relationship survive him going back on the booze and the arrival of his gin-loving lady friend and her errant son? As things go from bad to worse, Jackie has to decide how many chances you give someone who keeps letting you down.Bittersweet and funny, Home Bird draws on Fran Hill''s own experiences as a teenager in foster care.''Deliciously nostalgic, brilliantly funny'' Frances Quinn''I loved Home Bird. Fran drew me in to that world'' Jane Ions''A jewel of a book. Fran Hill can do what other authors spend a lifetime trying to achieve: disarm you in a sentence'' Deborah Jenkins''The story is ultimately upbeat… the lightness of touch has real depth'' Anthony Ferner''Like a perfectly risen souffle made with dangerously volatile ingredients, Jackie’s story of dashed hopes, disappointment, optimism and resilience gripped me from the first line and wouldn’t let me go'' Ruth Leigh''Filled with nostalgia and insightful humanity, the reader will laugh aloud and weep with emotion... a beautiful book'' Linda Hill, The People''s Friend''A treat for the reader... a brilliantly written novel'' Anne Cater, Mature Times
Mixed
Longlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2025One of the Best Books to Read this Spring 2025 Jewish News''A true moral tale for today, told with great humour and pathos'' Rest lessCan two sisters overlook their differences?Mixed is a hilarious yet moving story of family and faith, best served hot (or cold) with a dollop of sour cream.Sisters Ruth and Miriam Green spent most of their childhood loving each other and hating each other, treasuring each other and resenting each other. Now they’re grown up their lives have taken them on very different paths, creating a rift which is proving difficult to heal. Ruth has followed her traditional Jewish upbringing. Miriam has not – and while she wants to instil her heritage in her children, they just want to fit in.As resentment, tension and divisions build within the family, can the sisters overlook their differences or will their family be torn apart?‘A lively, original, absorbing novel packed with beautiful observations and brilliant one-liners’ Rebecca Smith‘A wonderful, enriching read that is about all families – warm and loving but also fraught with secrets, unspoken rules and quiet disappointments’ Francesca Jakobi''An entertaining read, laugh-out-loud in places, yet thoughtful and compassionate on the serious issues of intermarriage and identity'' Andrew Sanger
Carbon Dating
''Carbon Dating nails it - humour, heart, and just enough dirt to keep things real. If Bridget Jones swapped her diary for a trowel and studied with Indiana Jones, this would be her story'' Natasha Billson, Award-winning Archaeologist, Filmmaker & Presenter''I came for the hot British archaeologist, but stayed for the strong female main character'' Leonie Mack, author of In Italy for Love''Nate and Laurel will dig their way into your heart and leave you breathless'' Ally Wiegand, author of First Base''Archaeology has never been sexier'' Helen Hawkins, author of A Concert for ChristmasThe archaeological discovery of a lifetime... but her sworn enemy is digging it.Laurel Fletcher didn’t expect her degree in Archaeology to end in the demolition of her confidence by postgrads Nate and Alex. With her family in danger of losing their farm, Laurel resigns herself to dragging Little Willow Farm back into the 21st century and leaves her ambitions of making it as an archaeologist behind. But when an Anglo-Saxon burial site is discovered ten years later in one of their fields, life is breathed back into Laurel’s archaeological dreams.Leading the dig is none other than Nate Daley, now a world-famous archaeologist, who arrives at Little Willow Farm moody and unimpressed with its cramped living quarters and unpredictability. He wasn’t expecting to be reunited with an academic rival. He wasn’t expecting to adore village life on this family-orientated farm. And he certainly wasn’t expecting to fall in love, especially with someone holding onto a ten year grudge.Living and working in such close confines, Laurel and Nate strike up an unlikely friendship that gradually blossoms into something deeper. But when Laurel discovers the shattering truth of what really happened ten years ago, Nate must prove his innocence or risk losing his career and Laurel forever.Featuring dual POV, an academic feud and ‘only one bed’, Carbon Dating is the perfect read for fans of Ali Hazelwood, Rachel Lynn Solomon and Elizabeth Davis.Perfect for fans of:Forced ProximityEnemies to LoversOnly one bed''A feisty romance, perfect for fans of enemies to lovers'' Jennifer Bibby, author of The Cornish Hideaway''A sharp-witted, enemies-to-lovers rural rumpus'' Samantha Pennington, author of Double Booked in Corfu''A laugh-out-loud, forced proximity romance that also delivers on the swoons and spice'' Georgia Moore, author of Four Night Stand
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