Anna Cordell

Julian Jessop is tired of hiding the loneliness he feels. So he begins The Authenticity Project - a small green notebook containing the truth about his life. Leaving the notebook in his neighbourhood café, Julian never expects Monica, the owner, to track him down after finding it. Or that she'll be inspired to write down her own story. Little do they realize the impact it has on the lives of all those who discover the notebook..

From the beginning of their lives, the Olivier sisters stood out: emancipated, strikingly beautiful, markedly determined and alarmingly 'wild'. Rupert Brooke was said to be in love with all four of them. In this intimate biography, Sarah Watling brings the sisters in from the margins, tracing lives that span colonial Jamaica, the bucolic life of Victorian progressives, the frantic optimism of Edwardian Cambridge, the bleakness of two world wars, and a host of evolving philosophies for life over the course of the 20th century.

Following the death of her mother, Becky begins the task of sorting her empty flat. Starting with the letters piling up on the doormat, she finds an envelope post-marked from Cornwall - a desperate plea from her mother's elderly cousin to help save her beloved home. Becky arrives at Chynalls to find the beautiful old house crumbling into the ground and Olivia stuck in hospital until her home is made habitable. As Becci peels back the layers of paint, plaster and grime, she uncovers secrets buried for more than 70 years - from a time when Olivia was young, the Second World War was raging and danger and romance lurked round every corner.

The Cotswolds: the perfect retreat for a stressed-out teacher. And Lucy has found just the right cottage for a bargain rent. With her West Highland terrier Hamish at her side, Lucy plans to relax and read up on the women of nearby Bletchley Park. But the villagers of Little Maudley have other ideas and she finds herself caught up in the campaign to turn a dilapidated telephone box into a volunteer-run library...

Frustrated that she spends all her time as either a mum to a football-obsessed teenager or a wife to a workaholic husband, Hannah wants something for herself. When the chance comes to take over the Post Office in Little Maudley, a charming Cotswold village, Hannah grabs it with both hands.

But village life is not so picture-perfect after all: Hannah finds herself an outsider in this tight-knit community where the height of your hedge is a gossip-worthy subject. Even her idea to introduce a small bookshop to the Post Office causes a stir. At least Ben seems to have found his place as he joins the local football team, coached by ex-professional Jake Lovatt. But a shocking secret from their past threatens to uproot the new life they've made for themselves, and has drastic consequences . . .