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When the Doctor and Donna visit London's Technology Museum for a glimpse into the future, things don't go to plan. The most brilliant IT brain in the country can't use her computer. More worrying, the exhibits are attacking the visitors, while outside, people seem to be losing control of the technology that runs their lives. Is it all down to simple human stupidity, or is something more sinister going on?

They live 500 miles apart. Yet their lives are about to collide. Lissa loves her job as a nurse, but recently she's been doing a better job of looking after other people than looking after herself. After a traumatic incident at work leaves her feeling overwhelmed, she agrees to swap lives with someone in a quiet village in Scotland. Cormac is restless. Just out of the army, he's desperately in need of distraction and there's precious little of it in Kirrinfief. Maybe three months in London is just what he needs.

Mirren’s beloved great-aunt Violet is seriously ill. Her one Christmas wish is to be reunited with a long-lost hand-illustrated book from her childhood, a challenge Mirren gladly accepts to give Violet some much-needed festive cheer. With no sign of the cherished volume online, Mirren falls into the fascinating world of rare books. From London to snowy Hay-on-Wye and Edinburgh’s cobbled streets, she chases leads from bookshop to bookshop—and bumps into mysterious, charming Theo, who, unbeknownst to her, is searching for the same book for reasons of his own…

Nina Redmond is a librarian with a gift for finding the perfect books for her readers. But can she write her own happy ever after?

Gertie MacIntyre bor på en lille, afsidesliggende ø mellem det nordligste Skotland og Norge. Fællesskabsfølelsen på øen er stærk, og alle beboerne i de små hvidkalkede huse kender hinanden. Gertie elsker at komme i den lokale strikkeklub, som danner ramme om hygge, latter og trøst i livets svære tider.Da Gertie bliver forelsket i Callum Frost, ejeren af det lokale flyselskab, samler hun mod til sig og takker ja til et job som stewardesse på det lille 16-personers fly, der flyver mellem de omkringliggende øer.

Gertie Mooney a toujours eu la tête dans les nuages. Depuis son plus jeune âge, elle se demande à quoi ressemblerait sa vie si elle avait le courage de quitter son village natal au nord de l'Écosse. Mais à trente ans, Gertie vit toujours dans le cottage familial avec sa mère et sa grand-mère, où les habituées de leur cercle de tricot viennent tous les jours s'adonner à leur passion de la pelote. Le jour où elle voit une annonce pour un appartement au centre-ville, elle tente sa chance et tombe sur Morag, une amie d'école devenue pilote de ligne, qui convoite aussi le logement.

Janey Carter has a lot to be grateful for - a home by the sea in Carso that she renovated herself, a job as an audiologist that she loves, two great kids, and a network of kind and supportive friends. But since her husband left, her confidence has taken a nosedive. And then, out of the blue, her grumpy 30-year-old daughter announces she's moving back home. Janey loves Essie dearly but they only just made it out alive from her adolescence. And this really is going to cramp her soon-to-be-rediscovered dating style.

Mirren Sutherland stumbled into a career as an antiquarian book hunter after finding a priceless antique book in her great aunt’s attic. Now, as Christmas approaches, she’s been hired by Jamie McPherson, the surprisingly young and handsome laird of a Highland clan whose ancestral holdings include a vast crumbling castle. Family lore suggests that the McPherson family’s collection includes a rare book so valuable that it could save the entire estate—if they only knew where it was. Jamie needs Mirren to help him track down this treasure, which he believes is hidden in his own home.

Lorna nasceu e foi criada na ilha escocesa de Mure, um lugar tranquilo onde todos ajudam uns aos outros e existe um forte senso de comunidade. Quando o médico local precisa se aposentar, parece impossível arranjar alguém para ficar em seu lugar. Longe dali, em um campo de refugiados, Saif é o único médico presente quando um menino sofre um corte feio na mão. Ele quer ficar longe de problemas, mas a ética profissional e a compaixão o levam a se voluntariar para tratar o machucado.

Flora MacKenzie tem certeza de que ter fugido de Mure, a pacata ilha escocesa onde cresceu, para a cidade grande foi uma escolha certeira. Mas quando um novo cliente do escritório exige a presença de Flora em Mure, ela é obrigada a conviver de novo com seus irmãos (todos fortes, rústicos e aparentemente incapazes de executar tarefas domésticas básicas) e seu pai.

Als das Londoner Kaufhaus, in dem Carmen gearbeitet hat, kurz vor Weihnachten seine Pforten schließt, zieht sie widerstrebend zu ihrer Schwester nach Edinburgh. Sie soll dort eine kleine Buchhandlung übernehmen. Der Laden hat jedoch schon bessere Tage gesehen, es droht der Verkauf – wenn nicht ein Wunder geschieht. Carmen will schon alles hinwerfen, doch dann lässt sie sich bezaubern: von den verschneiten Straßen der Stadt, vom Charme der altmodischen Buchhandlung – und von dem attraktiven Star-Autor, der dort plötzlich auftaucht.

Das perfekte Hörbuch für den Sommer: Jenny Colgans neuer gefühlvoller Frauenroman zum Mitfiebern, Schwelgen und Genießen! Kleine Häuschen in Hellblau oder Zitronengelb, unberührte Natur überall – als Marissa Rossi auf der zauberhaften Insel vor der Küste Cornwalls ankommt, nimmt sie das alles kaum wahr. Seit dem Tod ihres geliebten Großvaters steht sie neben sich. Selbst das Kochen köstlicher italienischer Gerichte, sonst ihre Leidenschaft, ist ihr jetzt zu viel. Hier, am Ende der Welt, will sie sich neu erfinden.

Um balneário tranquilo, uma loja abandonada, um apartamento pequeno. É isso que espera Polly Waterford quando ela chega à Cornualha, na Inglaterra, fugindo de um relacionamento tóxico. Para manter os pensamentos longe dos problemas, Polly se dedica a seu passatempo favorito: fazer pão. Enquanto amassa, estica e esmurra a massa, extravasa todas as emoções e prepara fornadas cada vez mais gostosas. Assim, o hobby se transforma em paixão e logo ela começa a operar sua magia usando frutos secos, sementes, chocolate e o mel local, cortesia de um lindo e charmoso apicultor.

I Londons pulserende byliv har kærligheden trange kår. Så langt øjet rækker er der kun kvinder, kvinder, kvinder! Hvor er alle de dejlige mænd henne? Katie er glad for ikke at leve i en verden domineret af mænd. Men der kunne dog godt være lidt flere drømmeprinser. I London er der flere end 25 000 kvinder end mænd, og statistisk set er der større sandsynlighed for at blive ramt af lynet end Amors pil, så det er ikke ligefrem, fordi den store kærlighed tegner sig klart i horisonten.

Nina Redmond é uma bibliotecária que passa os dias unindo alegremente livros e pessoas. Mas, quando a biblioteca pública em que trabalha fecha as portas, Nina não tem ideia do que fazer. Então, um anúncio de classificados chama sua atenção: uma van que ela pode transformar em uma livraria volante, para dirigir pela Escócia e, com o poder da literatura, transformar vidas em cada lugar por que passar. Usando toda a sua coragem e suas economias, Nina larga tudo e vai começar do zero em um vilarejo nas Terras Altas.

Maggie Adair’s first year as a teacher at Downey House was a surprising success. After making the leap from an inner-city school in Glasgow, she’s learned to appreciate the mellower pace of the girls’ boarding school by the sea. Now engaged to her longtime boyfriend, sweet and steady Stan, Maggie’s just got to stop thinking about David McDonald, her colleague at the boys’ school down the road. Well, hasn’t she? Can Maggie take a leaf out of the Well Behaved Teacher’s exercise book and stick to her plan for a small but elegant wedding and settled life of matrimony?

Flora MacKenzie er bekymret for sin bror Fintan. Han er stadig i sorg over at have mistet sin livspartner Coltan, og Flora tager en rask beslutning for at hjælpe ham på fode igen. Den gamle ruin af et hotel var Coltans hjertesag, og med en smule hjælp fra Flora kan Fintan måske forvandle hotellet til en hyggelig oase med god mad og knitrende ild i pejsen.

Olivia and Anthony are planning a very extravagant wedding at the newest hotel on the tiny Scottish island of Mure. They're flying in chefs, musicians and something called a living flower wall...and no one is even allowed to think the word bridezilla. Flora is trying—and failing—not to let Olivia and Anthony's wedding distract her from planning her own big day with Joel. But the couple have wildly different ideas about how to celebrate and somehow, just when their relationship should be plain sailing, everything is suddenly very hard indeed.

De Londres à Manhattan, partez passer des fêtes gourmandes et enneigées à Londres grâce au dernier tome du Cupcake Café ! Depuis sa plus tendre enfance, Izzy a toujours raffolé des fêtes de Noël, quand Londres scintille de guirlandes colorées et que flotte dans l'air un doux parfum de gingembre et de cannelle... Mais cette année, le Cupcake Café ne lui laisse guère le temps de flâner dans les rues enneigées de la capitale anglaise. A l'approche des fêtes, les commandes se multiplient !

On the little Scottish island of Mure—halfway between Scotland and Norway—Flora MacKenzie and her fiancé Joel are planning the smallest of “sweetheart weddings,” a high summer celebration surrounded only by those very dearest to them. Not everyone on the island is happy about being excluded, though. The temperature rises even further when beautiful Olivia MacDonald—who left Mure ten years ago for bigger and brighter things—returns with a wedding planner in tow.