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Poppy Alexander

Battle of the Bookshops, The Paperback

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Gripping narrative fiction
Riveting bookshop drama
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A charming literarythemed novel about a young woman determined to save her greataunts beloved bookshop from extinction by the shiny new competitionwhich also happens to be run by the handsome son of her familys rivals.The cute, seaside town of Portneath has been the home of Capelthornes Books for nearly a hundred yearsThe shop, in the heart of a high street that stretches crookedly down the hill from the castle to the sea, may be a tad rundown these days, but to Jules Capelthorne, the wonky, dusty world of literary treasures is full of precious childhood memories. When her greataunt Florence gets too frail to run it alone, Jules ditches her junior publishing job in London and comes home to make the bookshops hundredth birthday a celebration to remember.Jules quickly discovers things are worse than she ever imagined The bookshop is close to bankruptcy, unlikely to make it to its own centenary celebration, and the lease on the building is up for renewal. With a sixfigure sum needed, the future looks bleak.To make matters worse, the owner of the property is the insufferable Roman Montbeau, from the posh, local family who owns half of Portneath. The Montbeaus and Capelthornes have feuded for years, and Roman has clearly not improved since he tormented Jules as a child. Fresh from a highflying career in New York, he is on a mission to shake things up, andunforgivablyproves his point about Capelthornes being a relic of the past by opening a new bookshop directly oppositea...

SKU: M9780063340671
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Binding: Paperback;354 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; Classification: FA; Weight: 386 g; Dimensions: 133 x 203 x 22

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