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It was in the middle of a snowstorm when Tiggy arrived at the remote house on Bodmin Moor. She was alone, her partner tragically dead in an accident, and Julia, her dearest friend, welcomed her into her warm and chaotic family.

Siblings Billa and Ed share their beautiful, grand old childhood home in rural Cornwall. Their lives are uncomplicated. With family and friends nearby and their free-and-easy living arrangements, life seems as content as can be. But when postcards start arriving from a sinister figure they thought belonged well and truly in their pasts, old memories are stirred. Why is he contacting them now? And what has he been hiding all these years?

It was Felix who named it The Birdcage, the tall house in Bristol where Miss Pidgeon lived with her tenant, the beautiful and talented actress Angel, and Angel's daughter, Lizzie. It was Felix whom they all adored and who was so in love with Angel, but while Lizzie longed for a father, Felix had other commitments: to his insecure, possessive wife Marina and to their son Piers, both living at beautiful, mellow Michaelgarth, the family home on the edge of Exmoor.

Sweeping powers of description transport her listeners to another time and place. Rosanna Ley, author of best-selling The Villa and Return to Mandalay. Some memories can be forgotten.... Others won't ever go away. For renowned actor Sir Mungo, his quiet home village in Devon provides the perfect retreat. Close by are his brother and his wife, and the rural location makes his home the ideal getaway for his old friends in London.

Det er helligtrekonger og tid til at tage hul på et nyt år på det gamle idylliske kloster Chi-meur i det smukke, barske Cornwall. Klosterets altmuligmand Clem og hans fireårige søn Jakey gør klar til at pakke julepynten ned, og Clems mor Dossie er kommet for at hjælpe dem. Clem kæmper stadig med sorgen over sin kones død og arbejder hårdt på at skabe et godt nyt liv for sig selv og sin lille søn i klosterets portnerbolig. Heldigvis er de omgivet af varme, gode mennesker, der står klar til at hjælpe og støtte. Men den trygge base i klosteret er truet, da en pengebegærlig ejendomsspekulant fatter interesse for den smukke, historiske klosterbygning. Vil Clem og den fasttømrede venneflok, som i den grad er afhængig af hinanden, endnu være sammen til næste jul? Og hvad vil de have lært om den sande betydning af familien og om at have et sted, man virkelig hører til?

Matt’s mother kept all his childhood memories in a small box, amongst the many photos of Matt as a child. But something about those photos has always puzzled Matt. Is that really him? Why does he not remember those clothes and toys? And where, in the photos, is his sister Imogen? Imogen, meanwhile, is living with her husband and their baby in a rented cottage. Ever since her childhood she has loved the Summer House, a charming folly in the grounds of a beautiful and ancient house on Exmoor, and now they have the chance of buying it.

"Huset i Buckley Street" er endnu en medrivende roman fra Marcia Willetts kompetente hånd. I Max’ hus i Salcombe, en lille by ved den engelske sydkyst, krydses spor fra fortiden og baner vej for nye muligheder. Cara er blevet enke og bor midlertidigt hos sin bror, Max. Hun lærer nye mennesker at kende og reflekterer over sit liv. Cosmo er ligeledes i Salcombe på fransk visit og har mødt Amy, en pige fra byen. Men er han ærlig om sin fortid, og det han har efterladt sig i London?

"Tilbage til Cornwall" er ny fortælling fra Marcia Willets hånd i hendes populære række af romaner, der udspiller sig i det sydvestlige England. Neds hus ved kajen i en lille corniske fiskerby er samlingspunkt for venner og familie. Efterhånden, som folk kommer til, og gamle venner mødes, afsløres hemmeligheder, relationer presses og prøves - og romantikken blomstrer. Huset ved kajen byder sine gæster varmt velkommen - og giver dem måske også modet til at give sig ud på nye veje.

After the death of her father, El moves into his home just outside Tavistock in Devon. Fresh out of university and dangling on the precipice of adulthood, she questions what it is she really wants from life. Although her childhood friend, Will, is there to help her through her grief she soon realises there were things her father was hiding from her.

ET GLÆDELIGT GENSYN MED FAMILIEN CHADWICK

Det smukke landsted The Keep i Devon har altid været en varm og tryg rede for familien Chadwick, ikke mindst når livet har budt på udfordringer. Det gælder også for de nuværende beboere.

Lulu og hendes lille søn, Oliver, er taget til The Keep, mens hun forsøger at finde mening i et kuldsejlet ægteskab. Freddie har været i tjeneste som flådepræst. Også han er taknemmelig for at blive taget godt imod på The Keep, mens han skal beslutte, hvad der nu skal ske.