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RNA Book releases for: July 2024

Get Me To The Church On Time

Philippa Carey

Ulverscroft

1st Jul 24

Mark, Viscount Eaton, is to wed Lady Elizabeth Litten. Theirs is not a love match, but one of mutual convenience. Then a drunken evening results in Mark being pressed into service in the Royal Navy. He must do his utmost to get to the church on time, and avoid the scandal of appearing to reject his bride at the altar.
But Lady Elizabeth, having recently met the handsome Frederick Stafford, is having second thoughts about the wedding.
Meanwhile, Mark has made the acquaintance of Admiral Milton’s charming daughter Diana…

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Felicity’s War

Jean Fullerton

Atlantic

4th Jul 24

1941. Whilst London is battered by air raids, Felicity “Fliss” Carmichael has troubles of her own. Still reeling from catching her fiancé cheating, she flees to her childhood home at St. Winifred’s Rectory, reuniting with her sister Prue and Hester Katz, a Jewish doctor sheltering there.

Though heartbroken, Fliss finds purpose again as a journalist. On assignment, she crosses paths with Detective Inspector Timothy Wallace, who shares her passion for truth and justice – though not her political beliefs. Despite their differences, an instant spark ignites between them.

But their love faces twists and turns ahead. While Fliss stumbles upon a crime and bravely intervenes, Tim’s investigation into black market racketeering puts him in mortal danger…
In a city under siege, Fliss and Tim forge an unlikely bond. But can their blossoming romance endure the perils ahead?

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A Nurse’s Tale

Ola Awonubi

One More Chapter Books HarperCollins USA

6th Jul 24

A Nurse’s Tale is inspired by the real life story of Nigerian Princess Adenrele Ademola who worked at Guys hospital during the second world war and the journey of her young relative who finds her diaries 80 years later.

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The Cafe in Sweet Meadow Park

Liz Davies

Indie

9th Jul 24

Life, love rivals and lemon drizzle cake!
Settle down with a pot of tea and a slice of cake, and enjoy this warm and uplifting story about falling in love later in life

Buy online: https://mybook.to/CafeSMP

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The Paintress

Jane Anderson

Howe Street Publishing

15th Jul 24

Dual timeline around the life of a forgotten artist
The joys and traumas of love, ambition, and motherhood

Anna grew up hearing stories from her grandmother of an ancestor artist’s adventures in St. Petersburg. Now, in the Hermitage Museum, adult Anna stands in front of Christina Robertson’s gorgeous life-sized portraits of the Romanovs and she hopes the legend is true. Her research into the painter becomes a quest to honour her granny.

In 1823 Christina Robertson realises her artistic ambitions exhibiting portraits at the Royal Academy. Her happiness is secured in marrying her teenage sweetheart James and having a baby girl. But Christina is harbouring a secret from him.

Anna buries herself in researching Christina Robertson, a distraction from the stress of not conceiving, which is causing growing problems in her marriage.

Christina must cope with the burden of being the breadwinner through yearly pregnancies and many bereavements.

Both Anna and Christina flee to St Petersburg after marriage crises. Can they find happiness there?

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Once in a Lifetime

Claire McCauley

Joffe Books

16th Jul 24

When American tourist Halley Hart accidentally drenches shy academic Henry Inglis in an Oxford coffee shop, it’s like he was struck by lightning. But after a series of chance encounters — and a fleeting kiss — Halley disappears in a taxi.
Although they spent just one day together, Henry can’t get this stunning PhD student out of his mind. He knows he has to find her again — but all he has to go on is her name, and the pair of sunglasses she dropped.
There’s only one thing for it. Henry must email every Halley Hart in the world until he finds his Halley.

They say you see Halley’s comet just once in your lifetime. Can lightning strike twice for Henry . . . ?

Buy online: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Once-Lifetime-brand-new-uplifting-laugh-out-loud-ebook/dp/B0D4BJTQSK/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=hL3Nd&content-id=amzn1.sym.3413293e-3815-4359-96ba-1ec5110e0b30&pf_rd_p=3413293e-3815-4359-96ba-1ec5110e0b30&pf_rd_r=137-9625442-5393013&pd_rd_wg=h7sI0&pd_rd_r=fffd99a2-3ec5-4012-a0ca-5e014ef7be23&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk

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Has Anyone Seen My Husband?

Kathleen Whyman

Bonnier Books UK Ltd

17th Jul 24

When they met, it didn’t bother Marie that Scott had been married before. But four years later, it’s a different story.

Now Marie feels as though Scott sees more of his first wife and their children than he does of her and their daughter. She longs for them to be a happy, blended family, but how can they be when his ex-wife refuses to let the two families meet?

Marie’s had enough – there’s only so much simmering resentment a woman can sustain! She sets out to find his ex and prove to her that she’s a decent person who can be trusted with the children.

But there’s a slight catch: Scott’s asked her to let him handle it, so she’ll need to be discreet. Which is difficult when her mum, cousin and aunt decide to get involved and don’t know the meaning of the word.

Marie’s determined to make it work and pull off the impossible, preferably without getting publicly humiliated, arrested or even divorced…

Buy online: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Has-Anyone-Seen-Husband-outrageously-ebook/dp/B0CW9R29Z5/ref=zg_bsnr_g_362389031_d_sccl_10/262-8823362-8497730?psc=1

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Deadly Treasure

Jane McParkes

Pencreek Publishing/indy

17th Jul 24

It’s midsummer in Penbartha and the opening night for eco-architect Olivia Wells’ latest project – a Georgian coastal eco-boutique hotel with fascinating links to the famous plant-hunters of Cornwall.
Jago Trevithick KC has been busy in London with the complicated and lengthy trial of an underworld criminal. After a disastrous result, he returns to Penbartha to be with Olivia, seeking refuge and peace and to reassess his life choices.
The morning after the long-awaited and eventful launch party Jago and Olivia discover a dead body and he immediately fears that his troubles in London have followed him home.
As their professional lives collide, will Olivia and Jago be able to work together again to uncover the dark forces that are threatening the success of her latest venture, or are Jago’s troubles more personal than he thought?

Sleuthing, suspense and sustainability abound in this cosy mystery set on the dramatic Cornish coast.

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Life Begins at 50!

Celia Anderson

Boldwood

18th Jul 24

New friends, new flame, new fun . . .

Kate dreamed of a happy marriage, a house full of children and a fulfilling teaching career. But after twenty-five years of married life and about to hit the big 5-0, it’s clear that her dreams haven’t quite come true. Then her husband leaves her for his golf partner, forcing Kate to take stock of what has become of her life.

Luckily, new friendship comes her way in the form of three feisty older women who take Kate under their wings, plus a new flame (could it be more . . .?) sparks with local divorced dad, Milo. As her big birthday approaches, Kate’s zest for life begins to return.

But opening herself up means making herself vulnerable to being hurt all over again . . .

Can it be true that life begins at fifty? And will Kate be brave enough to find happiness, and grab hold of it with both hands?

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New Beginnings at the Cosy Cat Cafe

Julie Haworth

Simon and Schuster

18th Jul 24

New Beginnings at The Cosy Cat Café tells the story of Tori who, after being dumped and left stranded by her long-term boyfriend Ryan on a trip of a lifetime to Asia, returns home to the sleepy Sussex village of Blossom Heath with her tail between her legs and her dreams shattered. Donning her frilly apron to help her Mum, Joyce, behind the counter at The Cosy Cup Café, Tori starts to believe – with the help of a hunky fireman and a clowder of rescue cats – that perhaps the secret to her future happiness might lie closer to home than she ever thought possible.

If you love your romance with a side order of cake, cats and cosy community dynamics, this is the purrfect uplifting, feel-good read from the winner of the RNA Katie Fforde Debut Novel of the Year 2023.

Buy online: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/New-Beginnings-at-the-Cosy-Cat-Cafe/Julie-Haworth/9781398527485

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A Basket Full Of Babies

Fenella J Miller

Boldwood

21st Jul 24

A new family, an old fear…
After the death of his wife, Sarah Nightingale marries Dan Cooper and becomes mother to his three little boys. They move to a fine house of their own and Sarah has never been happier with a family to finally call her own with maybe a baby of her own on the way…
When Alfie Nightingale has a dalliance with a young girl called Betty, he’s obliged to do the right thing by her when she learns she’s with child. Now there will be another baby in the family.
But when one disaster follows another, Sarah and Alfie have dreadful choices to make if they and their families are to survive.

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A Home Full Of Hope

Fenella J Miller

Boldwood Books

21st Jul 24

A future free of peril?
After the death of her husband, Sarah Cooper becomes betrothed to Robert Billings and moves her family back to Colchester. But with Robert away on-board ship, somehow Sarah must hold the family together and pray that her man will come back to her.
Struggling with family life, Alfie Nightingale leaves to be a policeman in London. But back on the dangerous city streets, Alfie has a life-changing decision to make for himself and the family that he has abandoned.
Will the Nightingales finally find the home and family they have been searching for?

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A Basketful of Babies

Fenella J Miller

Boldwood

23rd Jul 24

A new family, an old fear…
After the death of his wife, Sarah Nightingale marries Dan Cooper and becomes mother to his three little boys. They move to a fine house of their own and Sarah has never been happier with a family to finally call her own with maybe a baby of her own on the way…
When Alfie Nightingale has a dalliance with a young girl called Betty, he’s obliged to do the right thing by her when she learns she’s with child. Now there will be another baby in the family.
But when one disaster follows another, Sarah and Alfie have dreadful choices to make if they and their families are to survive

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A Home full of Hope

Fenella J Miller

Boldwood

23rd Jul 24

After the death of her husband, Sarah Cooper becomes betrothed to Robert Billings and moves her family back to Colchester. But with Robert away on-board ship, somehow Sarah must hold the family together and pray that her man will come back to her.
Struggling with family life, Alfie Nightingale leaves to be a policeman in London. But back on the dangerous city streets, Alfie has a life changing decision to make for himself and the family that he has abandoned.
Will the Nightingales finally find the home and family they have been searching for?

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The One That I Want

Sandy Barker

Boldwood

23rd Jul 24

Greta Davies, the features editor at a women’s magazine, is accomplished and successful. That is, in all areas except her love life.

Determined to help, Greta’s boss – and friend – secretly enlists the help of the Ever After Agency, and sets out to make her dreams come true.

Work-obsessed Greta is nothing if not stubborn, so it’ll take some creative thinking, which leads to a lightbulb moment: a new column focused on dating in the city.

With date after disastrous date, things are not looking rosy for Greta. But little does Greta know, the perfect man has been there all along. Will she realise it’s more than friendship before it’s too late?

A fun and sexy rom com inspired by the classics How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, Thirteen Going on Thirty and Sex and the City.

Buy online: https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-That-Want-gorgeously-bestseller-ebook/dp/B0CV3LP77H

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Claire Morris is Completely Lost

Kristina Thornton

Northodox Press

25th Jul 24

Everything changes in a moment.

It’s the noughties and Claire Morris is a Sugababes loving, Leonardo DiCaprio fancying, London party girl… until her dad dies unexpectedly. He was her entire family. It was Claire and her dad against the world, after her mum walked out when she was little.

Consumed by grief and guilt, Claire quits her hectic London life and rents a cosy cottage in the rural Peak District village of Baliston.

She ends up befriending Hazel Wilson, a local widow with a wicked sense of humour, and Sebastian Jones, who has returned to Baliston to run his family’s farm. Can Claire rebuild her life in Derbyshire, while finding time for love and a new friendship? Or is she running away from her problems?

Buy online: https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/claire-morris-is-completely-lost-paperback-pre-order

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First Comes Marriage

Laila Rafi

Orion Fiction

25th Jul 24

Zafar and Reshma might be husband and wife.
But now it’s time to fall in love…

Zafar is the perfect son. After all, he does spend his head buried in the family business and sets the right example for his younger brothers. But being the perfect husband doesn’t come so easily to him…

Reshma didn’t expect romance when she agreed to marry Zafar. And definitely not love. But there’s something just about Zafar Saeed that makes her long for the romance she reads in her books, so falling for him was easy. The only issue is that he barely acknowledges her!

And when Zafar and Reshma are reluctantly swept away to beautiful Mombasa for a family wedding, avoiding each other becomes even trickier. Forced to be in close proximity, Zafar and Reshma are about to discover that sometimes falling in love comes after saying ‘I do’.

*Heartwarming and achingly romantic, First Comes Marriage is just the slow-burn, grumpy-sunshine romance you need to read in 2023. Perfect for fans of Sara Desai, Sonali Dev and Talia Hibbert!*

Buy online: https://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Comes-Marriage-heartwarming-uplifting-ebook/dp/B0BHYGJGZS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25LL6CD3I71EH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QaqUN_kAUba8R_Oi8LGEIpjj9JVftlyvKBr_KGFXhvub3sOwuVNzGI9tOkIjbXEZ.1dLwUIUP4WpHSvQ3rycHKPSCjeJkVUBPkaJekvUnFDo&dib_tag=se&keywords=first+comes+marriage+laila+rafi&qid=1716845453&sprefix=first+comes+ma%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-1

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Claire Morris is Completely Lost

Kristina Thornton

Northodox Press

25th Jul 24

Everything changes in a moment.

It’s the noughties and Claire Morris is a Sugababes loving, Leonardo DiCaprio fancying, London party girl… until her dad dies unexpectedly. He was her entire family. It was Claire and her dad against the world, after her mum walked out when she was little.

Consumed by grief and guilt, Claire quits her hectic London life and rents a cosy cottage in the rural Peak District village of Baliston.

She ends up befriending Hazel Wilson, a local widow with a wicked sense of humour, and Sebastian Jones, who has returned to Baliston to run his family’s farm. Can Claire rebuild her life in Derbyshire, while finding time for love and a new friendship? Or is she running away from her problems?

Buy online: https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/claire-morris-is-completely-lost-paperback-pre-order

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Hot Mother

Nancy Peach

Hera

25th Jul 24

Penny Baker is winning at life. Sort of.

Her work is demanding, her kids are demanding and her husband seems to be undergoing some weird midlife crisis but she is juggling it all – with the added delights of the menopause.

But when the charity she works for is thrown into crisis and her mother’s dementia advances, the strain starts to show.

Can she navigate it all and still somehow keep a smile on her – flushed – face?

A witty, relatable story of motherhood, menopause and managing the heck out of it all.

Buy online: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hot-Mother-relatable-motherhood-menopause/dp/1804367354/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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The Wicked Lady

Elena Collins

Boldwood Books

31st Jul 24

1648 – Hertfordshire

Thirteen-year-old Katherine Ferrers is in despair at being betrothed to arch-Royalist Thomas Fanshawe whose family are hellbent on plundering her family’s fortune to champion the exiled Charles. As her unhappy marriage stretches before her, her only comfort is her beloved childhood home The Cell. But as the years pass and Kate grows restless, a new passion, a new love and a dangerous calling threaten to upend everything she’s ever known.

Present Day – Hertfordshire

Charlie Wolfe jumps at the chance to help his uncle renovate a tumbledown cottage overlooking Nomansland Common. Number One Constable’s Cottages was once the home of the man charged with ridding the common of the highwaymen who terrorised travellers. But it’s the story of The Wicked Lady, the notorious female highway robber, that captures Charlie’s imagination, and some long winters’ nights he’s sure he can the hoofbeats of her horse echoing across time.

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