Wonderboy

10 best books like Wonderboy (Fiona Gibson): House Broken, Infinity + One, Tick Tock, The Heart of the Garden, The Orphan Daughter, Four Bridesmaids and a White Wedding, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse, A Year of Being Single, Swallowtail Summer, Summer with the Country Village Vet

House Broken
AuthorSonja Yoerg
ISBN0451472136
In this compelling and poignant debut novel, a woman skilled at caring for animals must learn to mend the broken relationships in her family.…
 
For veterinarian Geneva Novak, animals can be easier to understand than people. They’re also easier to forgive. But when her mother, Helen,...
Infinity + One
AuthorAmy Harmon
ISBN1499535392
When two unlikely allies become two unwitting outlaws, will two unforgettable lovers defy unbeatable odds?

Bonnie Rae Shelby is a superstar. She’s rich. She’s beautiful. She’s impossibly famous. And Bonnie Rae Shelby wants to die.

Finn Clyde is a nobody. He’s broken....
Tick Tock
AuthorJames Patterson
A bomb set in one of New York's busiest places is discovered before it explodes. But relief turns to terror when the police realize it is just a warning of greater devastation to come. The city calls on Detective Michael Bennett, pulling him away from a seaside vacation with his ten adopted children and...
The Heart of the Garden
AuthorVictoria Connelly
ISBN1612187048
Morton Hall, with its beautiful, ruined grounds and its reclusive mistress, Emilia Morton, is full of mysteries. For freelance editor Anne Marie, the wild garden has become a serene and secret refuge from her loveless marriage. The only other regular visitor is Cape, the hall’s part-time gardener,...
The Orphan Daughter
AuthorCari Noga
ISBN1543674763
At forty-five, Jane McArdle has experienced her share of life’s twists and turns. Yet she’s shaken by the sudden death of her estranged half sister and the news that she’s now the guardian of her orphaned niece, Lucy.

Still nurturing unresolved grief from a marriage bookended by loss,...
Four Bridesmaids and a White Wedding
AuthorFiona Collins
Don’t tell the bride!

Rose, Sal and JoJo have been looking forward to their best friend Wendy’s hen party for ages. A relaxing spa break is the perfect way to escape their crazy careers, grumpy husbands and stroppy children – even if the groom’s straight-laced sister, Tamsin, is coming...
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse
AuthorCharlie Mackesy
ISBN1529105102
The Sunday Times Bestseller and New York Times Bestseller.

'You will not be able to buy a more beautiful book for Christmas for somebody you love' Chris Evans

A book of hope for uncertain times.

Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their...
A Year of Being Single
AuthorFiona Collins
BEST FRIENDS IMOGEN, FRANKIE AND GRACE DECIDE TO TEST WHETHER THE GRASS REALLY IS GREENER ON THE SINGLE SIDE OF THE FENCE…IMOGEN is supposed to be on the most romantic weekend of her life and instead she’s quickly realised that her current boyfriend definitely isn’t ‘The One’ and actually...
Swallowtail Summer
AuthorErica James
It was the summer it all ended . . . It was the summer a new story began. Linston End has been the summer home to three families for several decades. The memories of their time there are ingrained in their hearts: picnics on the river, gin and tonics in the pavilion at dusk, hours spent seeking out the local...
Summer with the Country Village Vet
AuthorZara Stoneley
When Lucy Jacobs is made redundant from her inner-city teaching job she fears her career is over. Teaching is all Lucy knows and she's determined to get back in the classroom as fast as she can.Except the only job on offer is at an idyllic village school in the middle of nowhere – Lucy's idea of hell. Where...
The Newcomer
AuthorFern Britton
ISBN0008225214
She arrived in the village on the spring tide and hoped to be at the heart of it, knowing its secrets and weathering its storms.

It was to be a new beginning…

It’s springtime in the Cornish village of Pendruggan and as the community comes together to say a fond farewell to parish vicar,...
The Butterfly Summer
AuthorHarriet Evans
ISBN1472221346
What magic is this?

You follow the hidden creek towards a long-forgotten house.

They call it Keepsake, a place full of wonder ... and danger. Locked inside the crumbling elegance of its walls lies the story of the Butterfly Summer, a story you've been waiting all your life to hear.

This...
The Bookshop on Rosemary Lane
AuthorEllen Berry
**Take a trip to the Yorkshire village of Burley Bridge, where a very special little cookbook shop is about to open its doors…**

In the beginning…

Kitty Cartwright has always solved her problems in the kitchen. Her cookbooks are her life, and there isn’t an issue that ‘Cooking...
The Book Club
AuthorKate McCabe
ISBN1842232819
Looking for a way to pass the cold winter nights – and take her mind off her lying ex – Marian Hunt decides to start a book club. And pretty soon, it begins to take off …

Christy Grimes thinks the book club will help his beloved wife in her recovery from a stroke, but little does he know the effect...
Is There Still Sex in the City?
AuthorCandace Bushnell
ISBN0802147267
Twenty years after her sharp, seminal first book Sex and the City reshaped the landscape of pop culture and dating with its fly on the wall look at the mating rituals of the Manhattan elite, the trailblazing Candace Bushnell delivers a new book on the wilds and lows of sex and dating after fifty.

Set...
Beneath the Surface
AuthorSibel Hodge
ISBN1611099498
Dean Hudson didn’t look evil…so what could drive an ordinary boy to kill?

When the teenage son of Holly Gold’s school friend brutally murders his parents before killing himself, her sleepy home town is rocked by the sudden tragedy.

Appalled, Holly investigates. What could...
Casa Clara
AuthorKate McCabe
ISBN1842233556
Emma Frazer packs up her job in Dublin and flees to Fuengirola in southern Spain, where she finds refuge in a beautiful little hotel right on the beach - Casa Clara. Here she can escape the mounting pressure from her domineering elder sister Trish who is pushing her into a marriage she herself has grave...
If Only They Could Talk
AuthorJames Herriot
ISBN0330237837
When the newly qualified vet, James Herriot, arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby, he has no idea of the new friends he will meet or adventures that lie ahead. From the author whose books inspired the BBC series "All Creatures Great and Small", this first volume of unforgettable memoirs...
The Bad Mothers' Book Club
AuthorKeris Stainton
Since moving to the seaside for her husband's job (in Liverpool), Emma Chance's life is all about long walks on the beach (with the dog), early nights (with the kids), and Netflix (no chill). She's bored. And lonely.

When a school gate mum and almost-friend tells Emma about an exclusive book...
Leaving Clare
AuthorGeraldine O'Neill
ISBN1842233955
Growing up in the 1950s in Kilnagree, a small village in Co Clare, Rose lives a quiet life. Working part-time in the local pub while helping her grandmother at home, Rose’s only ambition is to marry a decent local lad in Kilnagree.

In Offaly, Rose’s pretty, precocious cousin Hannah is hiding...
Blackberry Picking at Jasmine Cottage
AuthorZara Stoneley
Return to the charming little village of Langtry Meadows and cosy up by the fire with this gorgeous romance that will warm your heart…

As the lazy days of summer ebb away and the hedgerows fill with rich, plump blackberries, Lucy Jacobs couldn't be happier. She's feeling more and more at home...
It's Not You It's Him
AuthorSophie Ranald
'Oh my gosh, this book is laugh-out-loud hilarious, I was cracking up the entire time! The jokes are great! The banter is awesome! I’m in love!' Crocklife, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

New Year’s Eve. The most overrated night of the year, right? I have to get through an evening of enforced fun, drink...
For Once in My Life
AuthorColleen Coleman
‘What an engaging story! I laughed out loud… Couldn’t put it down! You need to read this.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
Twenty-nine-year-old Lily Buckley planned to be happily married and in her dream job by now. Instead she’s been single since being left at the altar three years ago,...
Sarah Love
AuthorGeraldine O'Neill
ISBN1842234307
So excited to find this Eire postmarked book package in my postbox yesterday!
Thankyou to the author, Geraldine O'Neill for signing with lovely thoughts added to remind me of the Irish Fiction Fortnight contest where I discovered both author and novel. I am delighted! and anticipating more Ireland...
The Beach House
AuthorJane Green
ISBN0670018856
Nan Powell is a free-spirited, sixty-five-year-old widow who's not above skinny-dipping in her neighbors' pools when they're away and who dearly loves her Nantucket home. But when she discovers that the money she thought would last forever is dwindling, she realizes she must make drastic changes...
No-one Ever Has Sex at a Wedding
AuthorTracy Bloom
In Katy’s opinion, weddings should follow some basic rules:

1) No-one should ever have sex. Of course. The married couple has the rest of their lives for that, and the guests should be too busy partying.

2) If you are heavily pregnant (as Katy is) you should obviously not be invited...
The Husband Hour
AuthorJamie Brenner
ISBN0316394904
When a young widow's reclusive life in a charming beach town is interrupted by a surprise visitor, she is forced to reckon with dark secrets about her family, her late husband, and the past she tried to leave behind.

Lauren Adelman and her high school sweetheart, Rory Kincaid, are a golden...
The Information Officer
AuthorMark Mills
ISBN0007276885
Investigation
Mark Mills' books always provide a captivating murder mystery with surprises and intrigue weaved throughout a good plot. The Information Officer is based on Malta during the Second World War and the central character is the information officer, Max Chadwick. Max's job is to maintain...
Love You, Love You Not
AuthorJo Watson
The glorious new standalone office rom-com from the author of the ebook bestseller Love to Hate You . Perfect for fans of Joanna Bolouri, Cate Woods and Sally Thorne. There's a fine line between love and hate... Poppy Peterson is about to be evicted if she doesn't pay her rent. She used to be an actress...
Swimming Lessons
AuthorMary Alice Monroe
ISBN0778324621
It's been five years since the original turtle lady, old Miss Lovie Rutledge, passed away, but her legacy lives on with some special women, especially Toy and her daughter, young Little Lovie.

Toy Sooner kept her graveside vow to her beloved mentor. She left behind an abusive, dysfunctional...
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