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The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne

Thu, 16 May 2024 16:10:43 +0300

When your present meets your past, what do you take with you – and what do you leave behind?

Eadie Browne is an odd child with unusual parents, living in a strange house neighbouring the local cemetery. Bullied at school – but protected by her two best friends Celeste and Josh, and her many imaginary friends lying six feet under next door – Eadie muddles her way through.

Arriving in Manchester as a student in the late 1980s, Eadie confronts a busy, gritty Victorian metropolis a far cry from the small Garden City she's left behind. Soon enough she experiences a novel freedom she never imagined and it's seductive. She can be who she wants to be, do as she pleases, and no one back home needs to know. As Manchester embraces the dizzying, colourful euphoria of Rave counterculture, Eadie is swept along, blithely ignoring danger and reality. Until, one night, her past comes hurtling at her with ramifications which will continue into her adult life.

Now, as the new Millennium beckons, Eadie is turning 30 with a marriage in tatters. She must travel back to where she once lived for a funeral she can't quite comprehend. As she journeys from the North to the South, from the present to the past, Eadie contemplates all that was then – and all that is now – in this moving love letter to youth.

Little Wing

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:40:20 +0200

Pillow Talk

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:49:05 +0200

The McCabe Girls Complete Collection

Mon, 16 Nov 2015 23:49:07 +0200

Available for the first time as an ebook bundle, four novels following the fun and fortunes of the McCabe sisters - and of course the incomparable Uncle Django. Includes an extract from The Way Back Home CAT is in for the ride of her life. Fleeing from a messy break-up, she lands a job reporting on the Tour de France and quickly realises it's not all about bikes. With sex, drugs, large bulges and larger egos, as the spectacle unfolds, Cat's life mirrors the peaks and perils of the race. FEN has waited ages for a man – and then two have turned up at once! Torn between a handsome publisher and a rugged landscape architect, Fen finds herself falling for both of them in a haze of sex, art and severe indecision. PIP makes a living clowning for children's parties and hospital wards, so when she meets a sophisticated high-flying exec, it seems like they have nothing in common. But it seems that opposites often attract... In HOME TRUTHS, Freya North reunites her popular McCabe girls......

The Turning Point

Mon, 16 Nov 2015 23:49:08 +0200

Everyone deserves a new beginning. But sometimes fate isn't on your side...Over one short weekend, when musician Scott and children's author Frankie meet by chance, a profound connection is made. Their homes are thousands of miles apart: Frankie and her children live by the coast of North Norfolk while Scott's roots lie deep in the mountains of British Columbia. Against all advice, they decide to see where this might go.Over oceans and time zones, they make sacrifices and take risks, discovering along the way new truths about love and family. For the first time in a long while, it seems life could be very good. But fate has a twist in store, one that could destroy all that was hoped for.Poignant, engrossing and moving, The Turning Point is a novel about the importance of seizing happiness and trusting that love will always find a way.

Rumours

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:49:06 +0200

Everybody's talking - but what's really going on?Rumour has it that Stella Hutton landed her new job thanks to family connections. She's guarded about her past and private about her new life.Over in Long Dansbury, there's always a rumour circulating about Xander -- but the eligible bachelor shrugs off village gossip.Then a rumour starts that Longbridge Hall is up for sale. Home to the eccentric Fortescues, it has dominated Long Dansbury lives for centuries.Stella is summoned to sell the estate. But Xander grew up there. His secrets and memories are not for sale. He'll do anything to stand in Stella's way. Anything but fall in love.

Sally

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:49:08 +0200

She’s bored of nice – it’s time to be naughty. Sally Lomax is 25 and bored of being homely and predictable, so she’s decided to give the boot to being conventional and reinvent herself as a femme fatale. This is all well and good, but she’s going to need someone to practice on. Along comes Richard; suave, single and fiercely independent. She's determined to be the one great erotic heroine of his life. He's going to be her dream affair – no strings, no scone baking, just sex and sensuality. Until, that is, a New Year masked ball unmasks more than was intended…

Polly

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:49:07 +0200

NEW on ebook for the first time with NEW author afterword.He’s out of sight, she’s out of her mind. Polly Fenton is about to embark on a year-long teachers’ exchange to America. Swapping cottage pie for corn dogs is one thing, but trading lives with her American counterpart, Jen, is quite another. The minute Polly’s feet touch down Stateside, she’s swept off them altogether. When she meets Chip Jonson, the school athletic trainer, all thoughts of home suddenly disappear. Spanning three terms and two countries, this is a sparky and sassy story of New England and Old England, fidelity and flirtation, receiving one’s comeuppance – and making amends.

The Way Back Home

Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:49:08 +0200

The gripping and poignant new bestseller from Freya North. One summer, something happened that changed everything forever...Growing up in an artists' commune in Derbyshire, Oriana Taylor has freedom at her fingertips in a house full of extraordinary characters. Her closest friends, brothers Malachy and Jed, share their childhood with her. There, in the rambling old house and tangled grounds, their dreams and desires take wing unchecked. But too much freedom comes at a price. Something happens the summer they are fifteen. And now, having been gone nearly twenty years, Oriana is back. This is their story.**

Review

'Brimming with emotional drama and packing a huge twist, this story will keep you guessing until the very end' Heat 'A lovely read that keeps you anticipating a twist that is nicely unexpected...I couldn't put it down' Sarah Broadhurst, Lovereading.co.uk 'A very telling and enjoyable take on contemporary life' Woman and Home 'If you like emotional family dramas with a twist you'll love this' Daily Express 'Freya North has given us another poignant tale - you won't be able to put this one down' OK 'An intriguing tale that keeps you absorbed from cover to cover.' Candis Magazine 'A brilliant new book' Fabulous magazine

About the Author

Freya North is the author of 12 bestselling novels which have been translated into many languages. She was born in London but lives in rural Hertfordshire with her family and other animals, where she writes from a stable in her back garden. A passionate reader since childhood, Freya was originally inspired by Mary Wesley, Rose Tremain and Barbara Trapido - fiction with strong female leads and original, sometimes eccentric, characters. In 2012 she set up, and now runs, the Hertford Children's Book Festival. She is also a judge for the CPRE Rural Living Awards.To connect with Freya and hear about events, unique competitions and sneak previews of what she's writing, join her on Facebook, Twitter or her website.

Home Truths

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:49:09 +0200

Freya North reunites her popular McCabe girls – sisters Cat, Fen and Pip – in her sexy, funny new novel.

Family matters. Doesn’t it? Our mother ran off with a cowboy from Denver when we were small. Raised by their loving and eccentric uncle Django, the McCabe sisters assume their mid-thirties would be a time of stability and happiness. However, Cat, the youngest, is home from abroad to begin a new phase of her life – but it’s proving more difficult than she thought. Fen is determined to be a better mother to her baby daughter than her own was to her – though her love life is suffering as a result . Pip, the eldest, loves looking after her stepson, her husband, her uncle and her sisters – even if her own needs are sidelined. At Django's 75th birthday party secrets are revealed that throw the amily into chaos. Can heart and home ever be reconciled for the McCabes? After all, what does it mean if suddenly your sisters aren’t quite your sisters?

Chances

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:18:38 +0200

Chloe

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:18:38 +0200

NEW on ebook for the first time with NEW author afterword.She wanted a man in her life. Now she has four. It was her godmother’s last wish… How could she possibly say no? When Chloë Cadwallader’s beloved godmother Jocelyn dies, she leaves her a letter instructing her to give up her job (rubbish) and her boyfriend (ditto) to travel the four countries of the United Kingdom during the four seasons of the year. Clutching a letter marked ‘Wales’, Chloë ventures to a farm deep in the Black Mountains where she comes across the best looking man she’s ever laid eyes on. And as the seasons unfold, so too does Chloë’s journey. From Abergavenny to St Ives, from the Giant’s Causeway to the shores of Loch Lomond, join her as she discovers love, lust, life – and, just possibly, a man for all seasons.

Love Rules

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:49:06 +0200

An intelligent, sexy novel about best friends, about settling down and about throwing it all away...

When you fall in love do you follow your heart or use your head? Thea Luckmore believes in love – the magic spark of true, old-fashioned, romantic love. She's determined only ever to fall head over heels, or rather, heart over head. Alice Heggarty, her best friend, is always falling in lust – with dashing rogues who invariably break her heart. As yet another disastrous relationship ends, Alice makes a decision. It's time to marry and she knows just the man. For Thea, Saul Mundy promises to be the perfect fit and Thea finds herself falling in love and loving it. But though newly wed Alice encourages Thea to settle down and conform, she finds that she's not as keen as she thought on playing by the rules. Alice starts to break them left, right and centre... At the same time, Thea's world, in which love reigns supreme, is shaken to core. When it comes to love, should you listen to your head, your heart, or your best friend?