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When Amy consults her doctor about her increasing mood swings, she is advised to keep a diary as an outlet for her bursts of irritation. And her life obligingly becomes eventful enough to provide interesting reading. But it is the tantalising allusions to Amy's past - so at odds with her appearance as the stereotypical retired schoolmistress - that intrigues, delights, and eventually reveals a woman of surprising qualities.

Jess Penhaligon is on her way to Devon to receive an award for her botanical painting. Hosting her will be Kate, who gladly welcomes her into her home. Jess's own family fell apart several years ago, so she is grateful for Kate's friendliness - and her close unit of extended family and friends, who embrace Jess just as warmly. As this group begins reminiscing on their pasts and sharing their stories with Jess, it becomes apparent that her family history may be linked with theirs.

The Keep that beautiful, ancient family home where the Chadwick family had lived for generations is still a haven from the heartbreaks and storms of life. Jolyon Chadwick, a famous television presenter, takes his new girlfriend Henrietta home to meet his extended family and also to meet Marie, the mother who deserted him and his father many years ago, now reappeared and seeming to want forgiveness. Jolyon, however, is not in the mood for forgiveness.

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?

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?

"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.

Tag med Marcia Willett til det skønne sydvestlige England, hvor fortidens hemmeligheder trækker dybe spor til nutiden. Da advokaten Martin Haynes dør uventet, flytter hans datter, El, ind i hans hus. Hun skal nu stå på helt egne ben, og sammen med sin barndomsven Will forsøger hun at bearbejde tabet af sin far. Det går dog snart op for hende, at hendes far ikke var den, hun troede... Julia, Martins hemmelige kæreste igennem fem år, prøver også at klare sig igennem sorgen uden at afsløre deres forhold.

Fresh out of university and right on the precipice of adulthood, El is trying her best to figure out what it is she really wants from life. This is complicated by the fact that she is also dealing with the loss of her father, Martin. After his sudden death, El inherits and moves into his home just outside Tavistock, in the Devon countryside. Her stepbrother and sort-of friend, Will, comes to help her through her grief and to go through her father’s belongings.

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.