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The Sex Lives of Married Women

Marriage, motherhood, sex: excellent!
Madeleine Gray
A sexy, funny, surprising tale of female friendship, bedrooms and marriage.

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Wild Dark Shore

From the New York Times bestselling author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves, a novel about a family living alone on a remote island, when a mysterious woman washes up on shore.

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Orbital

Life on our planet as you've never seen it before

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