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Comfort reading
Coming HomeComing Home by Rosamunde Pilcher
Buy new: £5.06 / Used from: £0.01
A lovely, warm, enthralling saga. My favourite Rosamund Pilcher.
The Shell SeekersThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
Buy new: £5.35 / Used from: £0.01
Another engrossing saga with a wonderful cast of characters.
RidersRiders by Jilly Cooper
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £1.67
Big and juicy, funny and bitchy. Completely over the top!
RivalsRivals by Jilly Cooper
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £3.51
I like this even better than Riders. Riveting fluff.
Light a Penny CandleLight a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy
Buy new: £5.10 / Used from: £0.01
A wonderful Irish story - one of Binchy's best.
Those Who ServeThose Who Serve by Marcia Willett
Buy used from: £0.01
An absorbing tale of Naval wives in the 1960's
Last Chance SaloonLast Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
Buy new: £4.69 / Used from: £0.01
A bit O.T.T. at times, but great fun.
Blackthorn WinterBlackthorn Winter by Sarah Challis
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01
Village secrets.
The Camomile Lawn (Black Swan)The Camomile Lawn (Black Swan) by Mary Wesley
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WW2 life in Cornwall and London. Intruiging and perhaps a bit saucy for some!
The Last Chronicle of Fairacre: "Changes at Fairacre", "Farewell to Fairacre", "Peaceful Retirement": Changes at Fairacre, Farewell to Fairacre and A Peaceful RetirementThe Last Chronicle of Fairacre: "Changes at Fairacre", "Farewell to Fairacre", "Peaceful Retirement": Changes at Fairacre, Farewell to Fairacre and A Peaceful Retirement by Miss Read
Buy used from: £67.77
The ultimate comfort book, gently humorous rural life, for when you are jaded by modern living..
Persuasion (Penguin Classics)Persuasion (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: £4.19 / Used from: £0.01
My favourite Jane Austen...to restore your faith in romance.
Living DangerouslyLiving Dangerously by Katie Fforde
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A favourite Katie Fforde. I prefer these earlier ones...
P.S. I Love YouP.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
Buy used from: £1.42
Weepy, but ultimately comforting.
The Way HomeThe Way Home by Alexandra Raife
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Fabulous Scottish saga
A Sense of BelongingA Sense of Belonging by Erica James
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Her books are always amusing and enjoyable.
Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth)Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth) by M.C. Beaton
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I love the all too human, lazy P.C. Macbeth.
Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsley Mystery (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsley Mystery (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery) by Dorothy L Sayers
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01
Perhaps not everyone's idea of comfort reading, but I love Sayers' 1930's crime novels.
Written On GlassWritten On Glass by Judith Lennox
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Wonderful, juicy post WW2 novel.
Out Of LoveOut Of Love by Victoria Clayton
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Lovely and quirky.
Clouds Among the StarsClouds Among the Stars by Victoria Clayton
Buy used from: £0.26
Another funny and wonderful book by Victoria Clayton.
MoonshineMoonshine by Victoria Clayton
Buy used from: £1.52
And yet another!
A Summerstoke AffairA Summerstoke Affair by Caroline Kington
Buy used from: £8.92
A recent discovery - a bit like Jilly Cooper crossed with Joanna Trollope. Now there's a hybrid!
The Rector's WifeThe Rector's Wife by Joanna Trollope
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An enthralling read, like all her books.
Bird in the Tree (The Eliot Chronicles)Bird in the Tree (The Eliot Chronicles) by Elizabeth Goudge
Buy used from: £24.98
The first of a beautifully written trilogy. Gentle, moral, magical and uplifting.
The Little White HorseThe Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £0.01
Last on my list, but my all-time favourite childhood book. Magic in every way.