The Playground, Michelle Frances'Michelle Frances is an author we're going to hear a great deal about' JILLY COOPER Brilliant (toxic) context. Loved the epistolary touches. Taut, dark, and seriously addictive. WILL DEAN Looking to escape her old life, Nancy and her ten year old daughter Lara move to Ripton. A quiet, picturesque village in the rolling Derbyshire countryside, it seems like the perfect place to settle down. But when Nancy reaches the school gates, she learns that

but in the months leading up to the outbreak of the Gulf War in 1991

until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can’t resist writing back

passed himself off as a college sociology professor

while Max seems more concerned with whether to opt for the salmon or prime rib at the reception

self-discovery

Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers is "a huge warm saga

Kevin Kwan's hilarious

deserved hanging'

these pages string together gentle prompts

the house of their childhood

Elisa Donovan (Amber)

Do you always doodle on every piece of paper available on sight