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White Rural Rage

The Threat to American Democracy

by Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman ...

Narrated by Ray Porter ...

Unabridged

11 hours 2 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens—who are also the least likely to defend its core principles“This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump.”—David Corn, New York Times bestselling author of American PsychosisWhite rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens—who are also the least likely to defend its core principles“This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump.”—David Corn, New York Times bestselling author of American PsychosisWhite rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway
... Read more
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Three Tenant Families

by James Agee ...

Narrated by Lloyd James ...

Unabridged

15 hours 14 min

A landmark work of American photojournalism “renowned for its fusion of social conscience and artistic radicality” (New York Times)In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when Let Us Now Praise Famous ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

A landmark work of American photojournalism “renowned for its fusion of social conscience and artistic radicality” (New York Times)In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when Let Us Now Praise Famous
... Read more
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Murder at Church Lodge

A completely gripping British cozy mystery

by Greg Mosse ...

Narrated by Polly Edsell ...

Series series A Maisie Cooper Mystery
Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

PRE-ORDER NOW! A gripping British cosy crime mystery with a mysterious death and a village full of secrets...MAISIE COOPER IS NO DETECTIVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.BUT SHE MIGHT JUST SOLVE A MURDER...Maisie left the picture-perfect village of Framlington years ago. But when her brother asks for her help out of the blue she soon finds herself back among the windy lanes and open green fields. But it's ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

PRE-ORDER NOW! A gripping British cosy crime mystery with a mysterious death and a village full of secrets...MAISIE COOPER IS NO DETECTIVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.BUT SHE MIGHT JUST SOLVE A MURDER...Maisie left the picture-perfect village of Framlington years ago. But when her brother asks for her help out of the blue she soon finds herself back among the windy lanes and open green fields. But it's
... Read more
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Cider With Rosie

by Laurie Lee ...

Narrated by Laurie Lee ...

Unabridged

7 hours 49 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The classic evocative tale of an idyllic childhood in the English countrysideCider with Rosie is a wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie Lee depicts a world that is both immediate and real ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Brought to you by Penguin.The classic evocative tale of an idyllic childhood in the English countrysideCider with Rosie is a wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie Lee depicts a world that is both immediate and real
... Read more
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All Over But the Shoutin'

by Rick Bragg ...

Narrated by Rick Bragg ...

Abridged

2 hours 41 min

This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton mills or the penitentiary, and instead became a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times. It is the story of Bragg's father, a hard-drinking man with a murderous temper and the ... Read more

$11.00 CAD

This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton mills or the penitentiary, and instead became a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times. It is the story of Bragg's father, a hard-drinking man with a murderous temper and the
... Read more
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Wastelands

The True Story of Farm Country on Trial

by Corban Addison ...

Narrated by Rob Shapiro ...

Unabridged

16 hours 16 min

"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written." —From the Foreword by John GrishamThe once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written." —From the Foreword by John GrishamThe once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard
... Read more
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The Lost Flock

Rare Wool, Wild Isles and One Woman’s Journey to Save Scotland’s Original Sheep

by Jane Cooper ...

Narrated by Jane Cooper ...

Unabridged

7 hours 17 min

The Lost Flock is the story of the remarkable and rare little horned sheep, known as Orkney Boreray, and the wool-obsessed woman who moved to one of Scotland’s wildest islands to save them.It was Jane Cooper’s passion for knitting that led her to discover the world of rare-breed sheep and their wool. Through this, Jane uncovered the ‘Orkney Borerary’ – a unique group within the UK’s rarest breed ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

The Lost Flock is the story of the remarkable and rare little horned sheep, known as Orkney Boreray, and the wool-obsessed woman who moved to one of Scotland’s wildest islands to save them.It was Jane Cooper’s passion for knitting that led her to discover the world of rare-breed sheep and their wool. Through this, Jane uncovered the ‘Orkney Borerary’ – a unique group within the UK’s rarest breed
... Read more
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Noche de bodas

by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ...

Narrated by Rafael Baena Zapatero ...

Series series Narrativa breve de Blasco Ibáñez
Unabridged

50 min

Un joven cura de pueblo sufre una verdadera crisis vital cuando, al salir del seminario, despierta el deseo en él y debe enfrentarse a la fuerza de sus sentimientos y al peso de las decisiones que tomó para salir de la miseria. Un retrato humano acerca de la fuerza de la pasión, y una aproximación muy naturalista al mundo rural del que proviene el protagonista. "Noche de bodas" es uno de los ... Read more

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Un joven cura de pueblo sufre una verdadera crisis vital cuando, al salir del seminario, despierta el deseo en él y debe enfrentarse a la fuerza de sus sentimientos y al peso de las decisiones que tomó para salir de la miseria. Un retrato humano acerca de la fuerza de la pasión, y una aproximación muy naturalista al mundo rural del que proviene el protagonista. "Noche de bodas" es uno de los
... Read more
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Til Death Do Us Bard

A heart-warming tale of marriage, magic, and monster-slaying

by Rose Black ...

Narrated by Owen Findlay ...

Unabridged

12 hours 26 min

Legends & Lattes meets Kings of the Wyld in this sweet, queer, light fantasy, in which a grumpy ex-adventurer must come out of retirement to save the kingdom... after he saves his sunshiny bard husband.Marriage isn't always sunshine and unicorns... sometimes it's monsters and necromancy.It's been almost a year since Logan 'The Bear' Theaker hung up his axe and settled down with his sunshiny bard ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Legends & Lattes meets Kings of the Wyld in this sweet, queer, light fantasy, in which a grumpy ex-adventurer must come out of retirement to save the kingdom... after he saves his sunshiny bard husband.Marriage isn't always sunshine and unicorns... sometimes it's monsters and necromancy.It's been almost a year since Logan 'The Bear' Theaker hung up his axe and settled down with his sunshiny bard
... Read more
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American Fire

Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land

by Monica Hesse ...

Narrated by Tanya Eby ...

Unabridged

7 hours 27 min

Shocked by a five-month arson spree that left rural Virginia reeling, Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse drove down to Accomack County to cover the trial of Charlie Smith, who pled guilty to sixty-seven counts of arson. But Charlie wasn't lighting fires alone: he had an accomplice, his girlfriend Tonya Bundick. Through her depiction of the dangerous shift that happened in their passionate ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Shocked by a five-month arson spree that left rural Virginia reeling, Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse drove down to Accomack County to cover the trial of Charlie Smith, who pled guilty to sixty-seven counts of arson. But Charlie wasn't lighting fires alone: he had an accomplice, his girlfriend Tonya Bundick. Through her depiction of the dangerous shift that happened in their passionate
... Read more
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La mestra i la Bèstia

by Imma Monsó, Imma Monsó ...

Narrated by Imma Monsó ...

Unabridged

11 hours 11 min

El subtil retrat d'una noia que aprèn a llegir entre línies la història del seu país. Una novel·la plena d'intel·ligència i humor. Setembre de 1962. Una jove mestra de vocació dubtosa i escassa capacitat de comunicació oral arriba a la seva primera plaça en una escola del Pirineu ribagorçà. Ella volia un poble, una feina i una casa des d'on veure caure la neu. Darrere deixa una infantesa marcada ... Read more

$31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

El subtil retrat d'una noia que aprèn a llegir entre línies la història del seu país. Una novel·la plena d'intel·ligència i humor. Setembre de 1962. Una jove mestra de vocació dubtosa i escassa capacitat de comunicació oral arriba a la seva primera plaça en una escola del Pirineu ribagorçà. Ella volia un poble, una feina i una casa des d'on veure caure la neu. Darrere deixa una infantesa marcada
... Read more
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Second Chances at Mermaids Point

A warm, escapist, feel-good read from Sarah Bennett

by Sarah Bennett ...

Narrated by Annabelle Indge ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Mermaids Point
Unabridged

7 hours 38 min

‘Sarah Bennett is back, and better than ever!’ Rachel BurtonWhen her dreams of young love were cruelly shattered, Nerissa Morgan found it hard to move on.Now, at forty-three, everyone around her is enjoying life while she’s just going through the motions. With her boss retiring and rumours of a new doctor coming in to take over the practice she manages, change is coming, whether she’s ready for it ... Read more

$35.03 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

‘Sarah Bennett is back, and better than ever!’ Rachel BurtonWhen her dreams of young love were cruelly shattered, Nerissa Morgan found it hard to move on.Now, at forty-three, everyone around her is enjoying life while she’s just going through the motions. With her boss retiring and rumours of a new doctor coming in to take over the practice she manages, change is coming, whether she’s ready for it
... Read more
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The Chief Shepherdess

Lessons in Life, Love and Farming

by Zoe Colville ...

Narrated by Zoe Colville ...

Unabridged

6 hours 41 min

**Brought to you by Penguin."I grab the motionless lamb, which is frighteningly slippery, and scramble on my feet, swinging its little body around to help it breathe. I see its chest move, then it sneezes and starts breathing. It's stunned by its delivery experience. As am I. I'm high on adrenaline. Tears are streaming down my face. I pop the lamb down on the ground and start frantically rubbing ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

**Brought to you by Penguin."I grab the motionless lamb, which is frighteningly slippery, and scramble on my feet, swinging its little body around to help it breathe. I see its chest move, then it sneezes and starts breathing. It's stunned by its delivery experience. As am I. I'm high on adrenaline. Tears are streaming down my face. I pop the lamb down on the ground and start frantically rubbing
... Read more
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The Crazies

The Cattleman, the Wind Prospector, and a War Out West

by Amy Gamerman ...

Narrated by Anna Sale ...

Unabridged

17 hours 56 min

“Yellowstone meets Matlock” (Tom Clavin) in this dazzling tale of land lust and the American West, chronicling the rise and fall of a wind farm that triggers a 21st century range war between a struggling fifth-generation rancher and the billionaires next door.Most locals in Big Timber, Montana, learn to live with the wind. Rick Jarrett sought his fortune in it. Like his pioneer ancestors who ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

“Yellowstone meets Matlock” (Tom Clavin) in this dazzling tale of land lust and the American West, chronicling the rise and fall of a wind farm that triggers a 21st century range war between a struggling fifth-generation rancher and the billionaires next door.Most locals in Big Timber, Montana, learn to live with the wind. Rick Jarrett sought his fortune in it. Like his pioneer ancestors who
... Read more
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Tusind tønder land

by Jane Smiley ...

Narrated by Ellen Fonnesbech-Sandberg ...

Unabridged

13 hours 28 min

"Tusind tønder land" er amerikanske Jane Smileys baske, hjertegribende og Pulitzer-belønnede roman om gårdejeren Larry Cook og hans tre døtre.Larry er ubestridt amtets mægtigste og mest ansete mand. Hans farm, der ligger midt på tusind tønder land, blev grundlagt af Larrys oldefar, og i sit livs efterår vil Larry overdrage den smukke farm til sine tre døtre, der hver kan få sin del af jorden.De to ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

"Tusind tønder land" er amerikanske Jane Smileys baske, hjertegribende og Pulitzer-belønnede roman om gårdejeren Larry Cook og hans tre døtre.Larry er ubestridt amtets mægtigste og mest ansete mand. Hans farm, der ligger midt på tusind tønder land, blev grundlagt af Larrys oldefar, og i sit livs efterår vil Larry overdrage den smukke farm til sine tre døtre, der hver kan få sin del af jorden.De to
... Read more
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The Farmer’s Friend

an outback medical drama from the bestselling author of The Opal Miner's Daughter, The Desert Midwife and The Homestead Girls

by Fiona McArthur ...

Narrated by Caroline Lee ...

Unabridged

10 hours 41 min

'Heat and dust, love and hope - Fiona McArthur captures the resilience of rural communities.' FIONA LOWE------------They'd bought a stock and feed store called, of all things, The Farmer's Friend.Gracie could tell Jed thought it a great name. 'Farmers stick together. I like it.'NEW BEGINNINGSJed and Gracie's move to Featherwood brings big dreams and open hearts, despite the drought around them. ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

'Heat and dust, love and hope - Fiona McArthur captures the resilience of rural communities.' FIONA LOWE------------They'd bought a stock and feed store called, of all things, The Farmer's Friend.Gracie could tell Jed thought it a great name. 'Farmers stick together. I like it.'NEW BEGINNINGSJed and Gracie's move to Featherwood brings big dreams and open hearts, despite the drought around them.
... Read more
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The Mailman

My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home

by Stephen Starring Grant ...

Narrated by Stephen Starring Grant ...

Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

The triumphant New York Times bestseller!“Warm and oddly patriotic...A working-class hero is something to be.” —Dwight Garner, The New York TimesAn uproarious and “utterly charming” (The Washington Post) memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working for the post office saved his life, taught him who he was, gave him purpose, and educated him deeply abo... ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

The triumphant New York Times bestseller!“Warm and oddly patriotic...A working-class hero is something to be.” —Dwight Garner, The New York TimesAn uproarious and “utterly charming” (The Washington Post) memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working for the post office saved his life, taught him who he was, gave him purpose, and educated him deeply abo...
... Read more
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The Golden Oldies' Book Club

The feel-good novel from MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh

by Judy Leigh ...

Narrated by Phyllida Nash ...

Unabridged

10 hours 52 min

From MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh'Judy’s done it again. Every woman over a certain age should read this wonderful book' Jennifer BohnetDeep in the Somerset countryside, the Combe Pomeroy village library hosts a monthly book club.Ruth the librarian fears she’s too old to find love, but a discussion about Lady Chatterley’s Lover makes her think again.Aurora doesn’t feel seventy-two and longs ... Read more

$35.03 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

From MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh'Judy’s done it again. Every woman over a certain age should read this wonderful book' Jennifer BohnetDeep in the Somerset countryside, the Combe Pomeroy village library hosts a monthly book club.Ruth the librarian fears she’s too old to find love, but a discussion about Lady Chatterley’s Lover makes her think again.Aurora doesn’t feel seventy-two and longs
... Read more
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Back in the Day

The deeply affecting, first ever memoir by beloved national treasure Melvyn Bragg

by Melvyn Bragg ...

Narrated by Melvyn Bragg ...

Unabridged

11 hours 54 min

* AN OBSERVER AND DAILY MAIL "BOOKS OF 2022" PICK *Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world.In this captivating memoir, Melvyn Bragg recalls growing up in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton, from his early childhood during the war to the moment he had to decide between staying on or spreading his ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

* AN OBSERVER AND DAILY MAIL "BOOKS OF 2022" PICK *Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world.In this captivating memoir, Melvyn Bragg recalls growing up in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton, from his early childhood during the war to the moment he had to decide between staying on or spreading his
... Read more
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Stalked

A Harrowing True Story of Stalking, Strength and Survival in Rural Wales

by Amanda Hutton, Richard Burton ...

Narrated by Alison Campbell, Mark Meadows ...

Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

You can choose your house … but you can't choose your neighbours.This is the haunting true story of how one couple found themselves the targets of a relentless campaign of intimidation, harassment and violence – orchestrated by their unhinged neighbours.Amanda and Richard packed up their lives to live debt free and realise their dream of living in the countryside. Little did they know that their ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

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You can choose your house … but you can't choose your neighbours.This is the haunting true story of how one couple found themselves the targets of a relentless campaign of intimidation, harassment and violence – orchestrated by their unhinged neighbours.Amanda and Richard packed up their lives to live debt free and realise their dream of living in the countryside. Little did they know that their
... Read more
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The Third Rainbow Girl

The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia

by Emma Copley Eisenberg ...

Narrated by Emma Copley Eisenberg ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

A stunning, complex narrative about the fractured legacy of a decades-old double murder in rural West Virginia -- and the writer determined to put the pieces back together.In the early evening of June 25, 1980 in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, two middle-class outsiders named Vicki Durian, 26, and Nancy Santomero, 19, were murdered in an isolated clearing. They were hitchhiking to a festival ... Read more

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A stunning, complex narrative about the fractured legacy of a decades-old double murder in rural West Virginia -- and the writer determined to put the pieces back together.In the early evening of June 25, 1980 in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, two middle-class outsiders named Vicki Durian, 26, and Nancy Santomero, 19, were murdered in an isolated clearing. They were hitchhiking to a festival
... Read more
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Este libro es gay

by Juno Dawson ...

Narrated by Carmina Collado ...

Unabridged

6 hours 42 min

Mejor libro del año para Guardian, ganador del Garden State Teen Book Award 2018El libro de no ficción para jóvenes adultos más vendido sobre sexualidad y género!Lesbiana. Gay. Bisexual. Transgénero. Queer. Intersexual. Heterosexual. Curioses. Este libro es para todes, independientemente de su género o preferencia sexual. Este libro es para cualquiera que alguna vez se haya atrevido a preguntarse. ... Read more

$12.30 CAD

Mejor libro del año para Guardian, ganador del Garden State Teen Book Award 2018El libro de no ficción para jóvenes adultos más vendido sobre sexualidad y género!Lesbiana. Gay. Bisexual. Transgénero. Queer. Intersexual. Heterosexual. Curioses. Este libro es para todes, independientemente de su género o preferencia sexual. Este libro es para cualquiera que alguna vez se haya atrevido a preguntarse.
... Read more
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The Ballad of Ronan McCoy

by Colin Morgan ...

Narrated by Colin Morgan ...

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

The instant Sunday Times bestseller'A painfully optimistic book that does the favour of making you laugh as it breaks your heart' Kenneth Branagh'A tender, elegant novel about the beauty and importance of friendship…One of the most moving books I’ve read in some time' John Boyne***Brendan's best friend, his only friend, is Ronan McCoy. He knows things about Brendan that no one else does: about his ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

The instant Sunday Times bestseller'A painfully optimistic book that does the favour of making you laugh as it breaks your heart' Kenneth Branagh'A tender, elegant novel about the beauty and importance of friendship…One of the most moving books I’ve read in some time' John Boyne***Brendan's best friend, his only friend, is Ronan McCoy. He knows things about Brendan that no one else does: about his
... Read more
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Just for the Summer

Escape to the country for the perfect romantic read

by Fay Keenan ...

Narrated by Harriet Hare ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Willowbury
Unabridged

9 hours 33 min

A fresh start in a picture-perfect English town brings the hope of new friends, new adventures and even new romance in this heart-warming novel from TOP 100 BESTSELLER Fay KeenanWhen Kate Harris accepts the job of redecorating her brother Aidan’s house in the picturesque town of Willowbury, she knows it’s just a stop gap before she has to decide what to do with the rest of her life. While her ... Read more

$35.03 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A fresh start in a picture-perfect English town brings the hope of new friends, new adventures and even new romance in this heart-warming novel from TOP 100 BESTSELLER Fay KeenanWhen Kate Harris accepts the job of redecorating her brother Aidan’s house in the picturesque town of Willowbury, she knows it’s just a stop gap before she has to decide what to do with the rest of her life. While her
... Read more

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