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RNA Book releases for: September 2024

Christmas Ever After

Jaimie Admans

Boldwood

2nd Sep 24

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but Franca Andrews has never felt more miserable. With business far from bustling, she needs a Christmas miracle to keep her beloved nutcracker shop open… But there’s one man standing in her way – expert snow globe maker Raff Dardenne.

Dardenne Snow Globes have a magical reputation for bringing lovers together, a myth that Raff continues to exploit, much to Franca’s annoyance! But this Christmas, their shops are pitted against each other and only one gets to stay on Ever After Street. Franca doesn’t know how her handmade nutcrackers are ever going to compete with Raff’s magical snow globes, especially at the most magical time of the year!

Franca’s determined to prove Raff’s business is built on lies. But when disaster strikes, and she’s left unable to make anything, she needs help. It’s just very frustrating that the only person offering is her gorgeous, annoying, nemesis himself!

As these two enemies get to know each other, Franca discovers another side to Raff – kind, caring and funny. But unless she can prove that his magical snow globes can’t really match true lovers together, she’s going to lose everything…

But maybe it’s not too late for them to put aside their differences and find some Christmas magic of their own?

Buy online: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D2ZJP35V

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A Second Chance

Emily E K Murdoch

Dragonblade

2nd Sep 24

John Chance, Marquess of Aylesbury, has most unfortunately run out of second chances.

That’s why he’s turning up at a house party in search of a wealthy wife. Anyone will do. The Aylesbury coffers are empty, and his older brother has given him a second chance to set gambling aside and find some respectability. John doesn’t expect Miss Florence Bailey to be there.

Florence Bailey. The woman he courted two years ago. The woman he kissed passionately and felt—felt…

The woman he should have proposed to…and ran away from. Florence Bailey is a wallflower, and proud of it. Hating every moment of the house party, she watches the Marquess of Aylesbury arrive with shock and a strange, ridiculous idea.

It would never work—John had already proven he couldn’t be trusted. But a second chance could be the healing of her heart, and Florence is determined to try—try—to trust him.

As long as John can keep it quiet that he’s only wooing Florence for her money, this second chance could be just what he needs…

Continue the highly anticipated Chance family drama, with four brothers and just as many problems. Tropes include: black sheep, wallflower, second chance romance, and of course, Emily E K Murdoch’s tried and true method of sizzling, joyful romance.

This full length novel is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series that can be read in any order.

Read in Kindle Unlimited!

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

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The Best is Yet to come

Jessica Redland

Boldwood Books

3rd Sep 24

After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma – helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter’s farms alongside setting up an alpaca-walking business. But working together isn’t as easy as Emma expected and Emma finds herself broken-hearted and having to start over yet again.

When Oliver, Rosie and the team at Willowdale Hall welcome Emma with open arms, she can’t believe her luck. But starting a new business in a new place is a daunting prospect, especially when it comes with unexpected obstacles. Even though things are not going to plan just yet, the best is yet to come for Emma, if she can just take a leap of faith and follow her heart…

Buy online: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0CRKDMH6R

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 THE SILKEN KNOT

  Liz Harris

Heywood Press

4th Sep 24

Dinan, 1947. When Iris married Pierre, a man she’d never met till they stood before the priest, they weren’t to know that two people they believed to be friends of Pierre were conspiring to make the marriage fail.

Buy online: https://Amazon

A Christmas in Prague

Helga Jensen

Hera Books

5th Sep 24

What if a last wish could mean a new love?

When Olivia’s beloved Aunt Grace passes, she leaves everything to her niece, with one condition: Travel to Prague and deliver a message to Grace’s long-lost true love, Marek.

The trouble is, Olivia’s world is getting smaller. Since her husband left her one heartbreaking Christmas Eve, she has found even getting into town a challenge, let alone travelling by herself to a different country.

But this is one adventure she has to take, if she is to honour Grace.

The snowy, magical city of Prague slowly starts to awaken her festive spirit, and as Marek’s nephew, Tomas, shows her around the gorgeous Christmas markets, Olivia begins to feel she can truly live again.

Grace never had her chance at love, but might Olivia’s secret Christmas wish come true and grant her a second chance at romance?

A heartwarming, uplifting second-chance romance perfect for fans of Milly Johnson and Julie Caplin.

Buy online: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Prague-gorgeously-festive-romance/dp/180436732X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=186EWVPZXEKXP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vSuiqO9Knk239hVnyVnTVcI5DTpnOJ8k2x0LxICCLibhHeiQ_r3hAOVqfnGqMAPhyOYA2yC5AtmlN4_KmGYrGpEEeXIs9EKCuBstl16c-GexOltrOZVCx0l5_fxbEPSfVICTErUzerm1-7FR8JuKlZoLmM7x-74O53kMH1H8dQ49CNFSxqJf1CH0Z4maBQ0PaKyzOKzr7HCV4Mpk12YiFA.Xc5K-iPaDWSAE_9ARwf9T9LKGGTEVZwOmXRAkiO336c&dib_tag=se&keywords=a+christmas+in+prague&qid=1722528734&sprefix=a+Christmas+in%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-1

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The Three of Us

Vivien Brown

Bloodhound Books

10th Sep 24

Molly loves Jack, but so does Carly. While working away from home, it’s easy for Jack to have a fling with Carly. Fiancee Molly will never find out. It’s not the first secret he’s kept. For Carly, no man has ever lived up to Jack, so when he returns years later, will their spark reignite? A classic love triangle, but one in which only one woman knows the other exists. Two’s company, three’s a crowd, but is all really fair in love and war…?

Buy online: https://amzn.eu/d/bpCMzuB

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The Tanglewood Bookshop

Lilac Mills

Canelo

12th Sep 24

A fun, festive cosy romance. A rural book shop. A chance to start over. But can she make her dream a reality?

Buy online: https://geni.us/TheTanglewoodBookshop

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Breaking Free

Jenny Worstall

Dragonblade Publishing

13th Sep 24

A sparkling romance set in Regency Bath…

Strong-willed, vivacious and impulsive, Selina Templeton is determined to break free from the narrow confines of her life. She is happiest when eavesdropping at doors, or standing on the roof of Number 1 Royal Crescent dreaming of how she could change the world. Perhaps she might reform the prisons, or abolish slavery?

George Fitzgerald is a good friend of Selina’s brother, Henry. Clever and gentle, he is training to be a medical doctor, and is happiest in the company of his beloved horse, Trigger. He has worshipped Selina from afar for many a year, too shy to declare himself. Will he ever pluck up the courage?

When George and Selina are seated next to each other at a dinner party, hopes for the perfect romance to blossom are high – but despite an initial physical attraction, Selina judges George to be both dull and conceited. What could she possibly have in common with someone this tedious? And George persists in his belief that he has no hope of capturing the heart of the goddess-like Selina.

Will love find a way to break through, before a mysterious enemy takes his revenge?

Buy online: https://amzn.to/3XqI7Pn

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A French Country Escape

Jennifer Bohnet

Boldwood Books

16th Sep 24

A fresh start in the beautiful Brittany countryside is what dreams are made of…Buying and relocating to the Château du Cheval in rural France has fulfilled one of Peter and Ingrid Chevalier’s lifelong ambitions.

Buy online: https://www.boldwoodbooks.com/our-books/

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Bella’s Countryside Christmas

Claire Huston

Claire Huston/ Goldcrest Books

18th Sep 24

Fleeing her heartache and horrendous job, Bella stumbles upon a December wedding in the beautiful village of Haileybrook and the spirit of the season moves her to act as a fake date to handsome stranger Jack.

Jack and Bella hit it off, but Bella has to leave in a hurry and their magical evening soon becomes nothing more than a blissful memory.

A year later, Bella is returning to Haileybrook, seeking a fresh start and a quieter life. With a new job close to her cosy cottage home, a peaceful Christmas is surely only days away.

But it’s not long before family surprises, small-town feuds and romantic drama disrupt Bella’s plans, and she has to wonder if being alone is what she really wants for Christmas …

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

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The Seaside Girls Under Fire

Tracy Baines

Boldwood

22nd Sep 24

Cleethorpes, September 1940

Singer Jessie Delaney has finally got her big break in London’s West End and is determined to make the most of her golden opportunity, even with the start of the Blitz.

Lonely, and lacking the guidance of friends and family, Jessie hopes that seasoned performer Adele Bailey will help her find her feet. But, when fame beckons, friendships are tested and loyalties divided.

Meanwhile, back in Cleethorpes, Frances Randolph is busy running the Palace Theatre whilst her husband serves his King and Country, and Ginny Thompson returns home to Sheffield to care for her sick but abusive father.

Will Jessie make the right choices as she navigates her way to the top – and can Ginny and Frances find their way back to the limelight?

Buy online: https://amzn.to/46WTTDH

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Doris Flies Solo

M W Arnold

The Wild Rose Press

23rd Sep 24

Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Doris Johnson is sent on a solo trip, escorting a British General on a secret mission to Scotland, vital to the success of D-Day, the forthcoming invasion of Nazi occupied France.

Her natural inquisitiveness means her life is in put in great danger and she’ll need more than her superb flying skills to survive.

Doris has to trust her own instincts, and those of the new friends she makes, so that everyone comes through their adventures in one piece. Not everything is as it seems, sometimes by design, as she faces whatever is thrown at her with a determined smile and the spirit to stand fast for what is good and right.

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

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Not Your Child

Sheila Norton

Boldwood Books

23rd Sep 24

All it takes is one message for Gemma’s life to fall apart. Jack was supposed to be preparing for their new start in Australia, building their life together – and now he’s gone. Without a trace. Leaving their perfect world – all that their two-year-old daughter, Poppy, knows and cherishes – shattered. Crystal comes into Gemma’s life at the opportune moment. This new friend, who’s been through it before, who knows how it feels, wants to help, will do anything… and Poppy loves Crystal, so what could possibly go wrong?

Buy online: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Not-Your-Child-completely-heartbreaking-ebook/dp/B0CWC2NB15/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KEH3P1J12FJJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Z0MM3oSUaaS9t6jVlV5MIzBGpShNbRpNk1q3JdDQ_sLGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.IyZr2ISIHsiPnMNF9l5cCC6QE59CfFklXga1NltChw8&dib_tag=se&keywords=not+your+child+sheila+norton&qid=1725101709&sprefix=not+your++sheila+norton%2Caps%2C114&sr=8-1

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Whatever IT Takes

Joy Wood

Feedaread (online publisher)

24th Sep 24

WHATEVER IT TAKES
THE WIFE: Lorna lives with her husband in her dream home, loves socialising and has a passion for the finer things in life.

THE HUSBAND: Dan owns a successful accountancy business, enjoys golf and exercise, and loves Lorna deeply.
Life is good. Until new neighbours move in to the house next door.

Perry, a property developer is charismatic and friendly, with a beautiful young wife, Ingrid. They become friends, sharing intimate dinners, trips away and ultimately a holiday together in Greece. But all is not as friendly as it seems.

While there, a fatal accident occurs that changes their lives.

They don’t all return. But those that do, are hiding a huge secret . . . and there’s someone who will do whatever it takes to make sure that it never comes to the surface.

Buy online: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DC6XVCBN

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The Night Before Christmas

Nicola Knight

Bloodhound Books

24th Sep 24

What if a girl who hates Christmas meets a boy who hates Christmas? What if it’s Christmas Eve? What if he’s dressed as a giant penguin?

“Romantic, funny, and touching, Felicity’s story of falling in love with Christmas is wonderful. I loved every word. Better than a warm mince pie on a snowy day.” Stephanie Butland, bestselling author of Lost For Words and Found in a Bookshop

Book overview
Felicity Brooks hates Christmas. But when she meets a man dressed as a giant penguin on Christmas Eve, could it spell a change of heart, in this laugh-out-loud festive romance?

The ridiculous music. The excessive presents. The stupid Christmas jumpers. Felicity wants nothing more than to escape it all, and pounces on the chance to work shifts over the festive period, at an animal rescue centre. After all, it’s the only place that brings her true happiness.

But her evening is disturbed by a stranger, James, dressed as a penguin and cradling a weak kitten. As Felicity and James work together to nurse the sick feline back to health, it gives them the perfect excuse to bond over their mutual dislike of all things festive. And soon, sparks fly.

But their attraction is interrupted when Felicity’s ex-boyfriend Adam returns to declare his undying love.

And when she is let down by both men, Felicity decides to return to her childhood home for some peace. While there, she uncovers an array of family secrets, and even more about herself, which may just help her to make a choice between Adam and James.

Can the ex outwit the penguin and win Felicity’s heart this Christmas?

#theonewiththepenguin #nightbeforechristmas #christmas2024 #debut2024 #romcom

Buy online: https://geni.us/Night-BeforeChristmas?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3tldS0j6-LqJeW0npzEeq2DDyu0ddArswIqmdNSHJJq9JtO0c0e3oW53c_aem_FzIbgsDT8xCVEv8APrt5og&ai=

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New Beginnings in Sweetingfield

Sarah Shoesmith

Cosy Up Press

24th Sep 24

Ellie Carson has left her city job to move to an abandoned farm in Sweetingfield, only to discover that living the rural dream is a nightmare. Her cosy flat has been replaced by a fourth-hand caravan in a field, and her boyfriend has joined time and money, and run out.

Ellie is heartbroken and believes that she will never be able to trust anyone again, but she faces financial ruin if she can’t renovate a cottage on the farm in time for the summer holidays… and she can’t do that job alone. Can she trust her fellow villagers to help, and if she does, what about Dan, the villager known to his friends as The Player?

Dan is strikingly good looking and full of fun. Ellie assumes that he is shallower than a paddling pool, but is she so blinded by Dan’s looks that she fails to see the true beauty beneath?

Buy online: https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Beginnings-Sweetingfield-Sarah-Shoesmith-ebook/dp/B0D9DTM76X

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The Last Bookshop in Prague

Helen Parusel

Boldwood Books

25th Sep 24

Was she incredibly brave or incredibly stupid? Neither. Just a bookshop girl doing what she could against her country’s oppressors.

The banned books club was only the beginning; a place for the women of Prague to come together and share the tales the Germans wanted to silence.

For bookshop owner, Jana, doing the right thing was never a question. So when opportunity comes to help the resistance, she offers herself – and her bookshop. Using her window displays as covert signals and hiding secret codes in book marks, she’ll do all in her power to help.

But the arrival of two people in her bookshop will change everything: a young Jewish boy with nowhere else to turn, and a fascist police captain Jana can’t read at all. In a time where secrets are currency and stories can be fatal, will she know who to trust?

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

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The Last Bookshop In Prague

Helen Parusel

Boldwood Books

25th Sep 24

Was she incredibly brave or incredibly stupid? Neither. Just a bookshop girl doing what she could against her country’s oppressors.

The banned books club was only the beginning; a place for the women of Prague to come together and share the tales the Germans wanted to silence.

For bookshop owner, Jana, doing the right thing was never a question. So when opportunity comes to help the resistance, she offers herself – and her bookshop. Using her window displays as covert signals and hiding secret codes in book marks, she’ll do all in her power to help.

But the arrival of two people in her bookshop will change everything: a young Jewish boy with nowhere else to turn, and a fascist police captain Jana can’t read at all. In a time where secrets are currency and stories can be fatal, will she know who to trust?

A heart-wrenching and powerful story of courage, tenacity and love. Fans of Suzanne Goldring, Mandy Robotham and Debbie Rix will devour this unforgettable novel.

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

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The Woodhaerst Triangle: Book 1 of The Woodhaerst family drama trilogy

Patricia M Osborne

White Wings Books

25th Sep 24

‘When the past and present collide, how can she step into her future?’

All eighteen-year-old Rachel Webster has to worry about is keeping her mum and dad off her back. That is until she accidentally uncovers paperwork revealing she’s adopted.

That’s when things begin to spiral. A new revelation surfaces, the coil tightens, and Rachel’s entire world is under threat.

‘She’s dazzled by hope but has she opened Pandora’s box?’

Peggy Davies is happily married with two children and her life is almost complete. When a teenager makes contact out of the blue, she believes her prayers have been answered.

That is until her dream turns into a nightmare and her family is in danger of being destroyed.

A 1970s family drama centring around strong women, family, love, and friendship.

Perfect for Reading-Group Fiction

Read as a standalone or the first book in the trilogy

Buy online: https://mybook.to/Woodhaerst1

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Look Up, Handsome

Jack Strange

One More Chapter

26th Sep 24

Quinn wants to save his bookshop, the last thing he needs is to fall in love…

Hay-on-Wye’s only queer bookshop is always a hive of activity. So when it’s threatened with closure, its owner Quinn Oxford is determined to do whatever it takes to save his beloved shop.

That is until romantic novelist Noah Sage arrives in town. Gorgeous, brooding and clearly unhappy to be there, Noah is the distraction Quinn doesn’t need. Noah has a history with Hay and it’s one he’d rather not face. But when the snow leaves him stranded, he’s left with no choice.

Hay is a small town, meaning Quinn can’t help but bump into Noah wherever he goes. And as the two grow closer together, is it possible that Noah’s feelings towards Hay will thaw? Can Quinn have a real-life romance and save his beloved bookshop? Or will he need a Christmas miracle…

Buy online: https://www.waterstones.com/book/look-up-handsome/jack-strange/9780008659585

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The Christmas Market

Linda McEvoy

Bedford Square Publishers

26th Sep 24

Jas saw the light when her ex dumped her treasured vintage fabric all over the street. She’s back in her hometown with a plan to launch her hat-making business at the Christmas market in the beautiful Georgian square.

But the Ballyclane she returns to is not the one she left nine years ago. Her mother has a new man and Jas’s old room is a walk-in wardrobe now. Her beloved gran has died and the house Jas hoped to work from is a bonanza for property developers instead.

And no one is organising the Christmas market! There’s just enough time to manage that and keep her business plan on track. She certainly doesn’t have time for Niall, the smoky-eyed, posh boy builder, hell-bent on breaking her heart.

With a best friend hiding a secret, a childhood nemesis determined to take her down, and a beautiful French angel enchanting everybody, Jas struggles to get a grip on what’s real.

Still, she might find everything she needs at the market this Christmas if she can let herself truly believe…

Buy online: https://bedfordsquarepublishers.co.uk/book/the-christmas-market/

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The Ravenswood Witch

Jenni Keer

Boldwood Books

30th Sep 24

1885. A girl on the run collides with a gruff stranger and breaks her ankle. Taken to Ravenswood and offered sanctuary until her injuries have healed, all Marcus Greybourne asks in return is that she pretends to be his wife for a short time. But where is the real Luna Greybourne – a woman known locally as the Ravenswood Witch? Who is practising dark magic in the adjoining woods? And has the young woman escaped the noose only to succumb to a far worse fate?

Buy online: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CW1LGF6F

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