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A young woman with little interest in games takes up a job in Frankfurt at a famous gaming company, naively set on reinvention. On her morning commute, in the familiar clutches of tedium and self-loathing, she encounters a nice-eyed stranger who returns her forgotten umbrella and finds herself catapulted into a dizzying, year-long whirlwind of obsession – not just with this endlessly attractive spectre, but also with the feverish karaoke trips from which she draws the ultimate solace.

With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France—a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.

Pollyanna, an expert at her favorite "Glad Game" of always looking at the bright side in her numerous trials, is one of the most popular and enduring characters in all of children's literature. As Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsville to live with her strict and dutiful maiden aunt, she exclaims, "Oh, Aunt Polly, I don't know how to be glad enough that you let me come to live with you!"

“Delightful. . . funny and poignant.” --People With a kick like the best hot sauce, this is the laugh-out-loud story of a girl determined to keep up with her aging, crazy-as-a-fox mother "If you ever pined for a mother who would take a hunting falcon as her wingman to a parent-teacher...

She was a bewitching young girl, that pretty Polly Marsh, and she knew it. She also knew that beauty could be her passport into the castles where she had always known she belonged. So she set her sights on a duke and joined the firm of Westerman’s as a stenographer. Surely one of that noble family would notice her, and then all her dreams would come true! The trouble with pretty Polly Marsh was that she just didn’t know her place.

From the queen of setting and author of The Coastguard's House Darling Island comes the next instalment in the tale of Jane Le Romancer and her adventure with a house swap by the sea. For Jane, everything is looking on the rather lovely side of rosy. Her new beau Oscar is proving to be fabulous and her once beige life is no longer quite as small – in fact, it’s growing every which way she turns. As Jane settles nicely into her relationship with Oscar and falls not only in love with him but with Darling Island too, she wonders what the next few months will bring. She starts to ponder ...

The complete One Day in Lovely Bay Collection by Polly Babbington author of The Boat House Pretty Beach. This boxed set collection includes all three contemporary romance author Polly Babbington's One Nice Day books. One Nice Day in Lovely Bay One Sweet Day in Lovely bay One Perfect Day in Lovely Bay Gorgeous, small-town women's fiction and swoon-worthy escapist romance set in a beautiful British seaside town. If you're looking for a happy ever after with fabulous characters, settle in and say hello to LOVELY BAY. 'Not just a romance book, a Polly Babbington romance book.' Cally de Pfeffer ...

Three gorgeous trilogies from Polly Babbington with NINE full-size small-town contemporary romance books all with a guaranteed happily ever after. The Old Sugar Wharf Pretty Beach trilogy. Pretty Beach Posies trilogy. The Pretty Beach Thing trilogy. The Old Sugar Wharf Pretty Beach trilogy Phoebe Tillington has spent years waiting. Way too many years. And so when she arrives in our favourite little town, she decides that she will never wait for anything or anyone ever again. As we watch her land in delightful Pretty Beach and the town wraps her up in its charms we ooh and ahh and wonder ...

A lovely old shop, a beautiful island and perhaps one big happily ever after… Since Emmy Bardot moved to Darling Island to open The Old Ticket Office she has finally ended up in her happy place. In the utterly gorgeous old shop by the sea, her new life is panning out really rather well indeed, thank you very much. Living the shopkeeper dream she settles into life on the island quite nicely as the weather cools down and her business hots up. Despite the secret she’s still keeping she’s over the moon with how her decision to take a chance is turning out. It just so happens though that ...

One long summer. One gorgeous old shop. One second chance at love. Get ready to be swept away to Darling Island, the sparkling little place perched on the edge of the English coast where the old ferry crosses a glittering sea, sunshine shimmers, and love is most definitely in the air. From contemporary romance author, Polly Babbington comes the loveliest romantic treat to get lost in at any time of the year. Emmy is all sorts of okay with her life, but that’s about as good as it gets if she's really honest with herself. One day on a trip to Darling Island in search of the perfect birthday...

When a bookshop enters the Pollyverse you know it’s going to be a small-town, meet cute, bookworm’s dream… think book ladders, crammed shelves, piles of books forever, reading lamps and overstuffed curl-up-and-dream chairs. Say hello to The Bookshop in Pretty Beach. Starting over was never part of Daisy’s plan… but neither was working in her eccentric uncle’s dusty old maritime chandler building in the heart of Pretty Beach—let alone turning it into the cosy bookshop she’s always dreamed about. With a tight budget, a cast iron work ethic and a past chock full of setbacks, ...

Gorgeous, slow burn romance you'll adore. If you love small-town women's fiction and swoon-worthy escapist romance set in a beautiful British seaside town, say hello to Pretty Beach. With the wind in her sails and loving both her new relationship and the trajectory of her life, Darby Lovell is on the up, up, up. When things begin to shift her perspective in just about every corner of her existence, she is one very happy bunny as she goes about her life in her beautiful old tumbledown house in the Old Town of Pretty Beach. We catch up with her as she embraces to the max all that she has ...

Snuggle up with Polly Babbington as she weaves her romance wand and plops us smack bang into the middle of a magical winter in Pretty Beach. Where snowflakes fall, wood burner fires crackle and Pretty Beach is cosseted in a gorgeous sparkly layer of beautiful white snow. We observe from the sidelines as Phoebe Tillington’s journey with the Old Sugar Wharf continues and she pours her heart and soul into every little facet of her life - her business, her relationship and the lovely little community she has suddenly found herself part of. As her business starts to gather speed, snow begins ...

The first THREE full-size books from Polly Babbington's Lovely Bay series. The Summer Hotel Lovely Bay Wildflowers at The Summer Hotel Lovely Bay Seashells at The Summer Hotel Lovely Bay Welcome to LOVELY BAY - a heartwarming, feel-good, small-town story with romance, community and friendship set in a to-die-for British seaside town perched just off the English south coast. Sweet, small-town romantic women's fiction you'll adore. ♥ Nina Lavendar is ready for something to happen in her life; she just isn’t quite sure what. So when something a bit different lands in her lap and she sends ...

Gorgeous, small-town women's fiction and swoon-worthy escapist romance set in a beautiful British seaside town. If you're looking for a happy ever after with divine characters, settle in and say hello to LOVELY BAY. Cally de Pfeffer has spent a long, long, long time caring for just about everyone in her life. Unfortunately, though, no one has ever done quite the same for her. As she makes it through the other side of a sad situation, all she really wants is one nice day. Not a lot to ask for, actually, is it? That doesn’t happen, though, and when she finds herself more or less homeless, ...

'The perfect romantic tale, to warm your heart. The strong female characters will make you smile, the cosy small-town setting will make you swoon and the feel-good escapism will whisk you far away to Pretty Beach. LOVED every gorgeous word of it!' Ali Patterson. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Phoebe Tillington is embracing her new life in Pretty Beach with gusto. After years of waiting for someone else to press go on her existence she’s suddenly got so much life on her hands she’s feeling all the feels for all the lovely things. With the delightful Jamie by her side and a new baby on the way, we ...

Perfect for fans of Rachel Hanna and Pamela Kelley. Escape to the beautiful British coast and fall in love with the small town of Darling Island. If you love meet-cute stories about friendship, small towns, and community, you'll adore Darling Island - the cutest English place to escape to by the sea. ♥ ♥ ♥ For Lucie Peachtree, things are definitely on the up and island life is giving her all the things. After a horrible break up, she found herself catapulted to coastal living in the form of the Old Coast Guard’s House sitting right by the sea. Then, when she was least expecting it, ...

🌸 Welcome back to Pretty Beach, the gorgeous, small-town world where sea breezes carry secrets, bunting flutters across cobbled lanes and second chances come wrapped in cups of tea and kindness. 🌸 When Darby Lovell hit her forties, she didn’t expect to start over. She thought her life had already been written. But then one quiet evening, she opens her laptop, films a little slice of her real life by the sea and accidentally changes everything. 🌸 In Much Love from Pretty Beach, Darby finds herself at the centre of a whirlwind she never planned. Between juggling family, work, and ...

The first NINE books from the popular Pretty Beach series. ‘Polly Babbington creates utterly magical books.’ The delightfully romantic and heartwarming tale of a new life in Pretty Beach, get ready to completely lose yourself in a cosy, old house and sweet love story on the coast. A sweeping, sparkly blue beach town surrounded by water, crisscrossed with sweet old laneways, filled with wonderful characters and overlooked by a quaint old blue and white lighthouse. 'Polly just keeps giving such fantastic stories with amazing characters. I just can’t wait for the next book.' G. Harry, ...

‘Polly’s writing is like being wrapped up in an emotional hug. There’s nothing better than getting cosy with a Babbington book.’ S Quinn. ♥ ♥ ♥ Lotta Button is embracing the transformation that has happened in her life since she arrived in Pretty Beach. With a new job, a gorgeous new partner, and something else very nice indeed waiting for her in the wings, we head back to the best little town by the sea to see how she’s faring. As flowers bloom every which way she turns, Lotta cosies on up with her books in the library room in Pretty Beach to the Breakers, loving being ...