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Maeve Binchy - Light a Penny Candle . . . Firefly
Summer . . . Circle of Friends
The Glass Lake . . . Tara Road . . . Scarlet Feather, and
others
These charming stories are usually set in small Irish villages.
Elizabeth Buchan - Perfect Love
British author, Buchan, skillfully handles the subject of adultery
when, after twenty years of marriage, a widower's younger wife
becomes romantically involved with the husband of his daughter.
Angela Huth - Wives of the Fishermen
Set in a Scottish fishing village, this novel focuses on the intricacies
of a long friendship between two women.
Cathy Kelly - Someone Like You
Three women meet while vacationing in Egypt and become close friends
after their return to Ireland.
Robin Pilcher - An Ocean Apart . . . Starting
Over
Fans of Rosamund Pilcher might enjoy her son Robin's two novels
set in rural Scotland.
Rebecca Shaw - The New Rector
Handsome new rector, Peter Harris, enters into the lives of the
inhabitants of the English village of Turnham Malpas.
Mary Sheepshanks - Picking Up the Pieces
A fifty-something widow in England transforms herself after the
death of her overbearing husband.
Emma Sinclair - Her Father's House
In this sweeping romantic novel, the lives of a British diplomat,
his French wife, and daughter are dramatically altered by the
events of the Second World War.
Alice Taylor - The Woman of the House . . . Across
the River
Irish author writes family fiction set in rural villages of Ireland.
Joanna Trollope - A Village Affair . . . Next
of Kin
This best-selling British author with a growing number of American
fans writes elegant contemporary novels often set in small towns
in England. The author also writes romantic historical fiction
under the pseudonym Caroline Harvey - The Brass
Dolphin, Legacy of Love, A Second Legacy.
Marcia Willett - A Week in Winter
An elderly Cornwall widow is opposed by her stepdaughter when
she decides to sell the family estate.
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