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Kate Hardy is the award-winning author of more than 100 books for Harlequin Mills & Boon and the Georgina Drake cozy crime series for Storm. Her novel 'Breakfast at Giovanni's' won the RNA Romance Prize in 2008, 'Bound by a Baby' won the RNA RoNA Rose in 2014 and ‘A Will, A Wish, A Wedding’ won the RNA Liberta Books Shorter Fiction award in 2021. She's been shortlisted six more times for the award, as well as for two Romantic Times awards.

She lives in Norwich in the east of England with her husband, two grown-up children, springer spaniels Archie and Dexter, and too many books to count. She's a bit of a nerd who loves cinema, live music, the theatre, ballet, history and cooking, and adores anything Italian. She loves doing research, partic
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Kate Hardy I'm currently revising my Christmas book - let's just say it involves posh afternoon tea, men posing naked for a charity calendar, a water fight... oh…moreI'm currently revising my Christmas book - let's just say it involves posh afternoon tea, men posing naked for a charity calendar, a water fight... oh, and you'll need tissues because it's one of my weepies! :)(less)
Kate Hardy For 'Bachelor at Her Bidding', I was one of a group of authors whose heroes take part in a bachelor auction. But what they offer and what happens next…moreFor 'Bachelor at Her Bidding', I was one of a group of authors whose heroes take part in a bachelor auction. But what they offer and what happens next was totally up to us! I'd been toying with the idea of 'the way to a man's heart is through his stomach' and how you'd win a girl's heart through food - and that morphed into (my working title) 'how to win a girl in ten cakes'. (I thoroughly enjoyed doing the research!)(less)
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The Body at the Airfield by Kate Hardy
"Bert does it again - finding a body where there shouldn't be one. Yet as the story unfolds, difficult topics underneath the oral family histories also come to the surface. I appreciate how Ms. Hardy didn't shy away from what likely did happen but she" Read more of this review »
The Body at the Airfield by Kate Hardy
"This is the second installment I've read from author Kate Hardy's long-running mystery series featuring sleuth Georgina Drake. As with that earlier read ("The Body at the Roman Baths") the author's love of heritage sites and historical research reall" Read more of this review »
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"I never get tired of a new georginia drake adventure it like a pair of comfortable slippers its safe and loved. I did feel however this might be setting the scene for a change of direction with less interaction with ghosts. An enjoyable who done it w" Read more of this review »
The Body at the Airfield by Kate Hardy
"This is the 9th book in the Georgina Drake Mystery series. It was a finely plotted story involving, as is usual in this series, an older cold case and present day issues. Both revolve around a WWII US airfield which is now a museum. The main investig" Read more of this review »
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Heartbreak for the Irish Midwife by Seána Tinley
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Thoroughly enjoyed this - although it's the third in a series, it can be read as a standalone. (I would however recommend the entire series as an excellent read.)

Catholic Maisie trains as a midwife in London, and Presbyterian Alex Lowe trains as a do
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Changing Times at Calico House by Maisie Thomas
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Thoroughly enjoyed this one, about a woman who works as a mannequin in a fashion salon in 1920s Manchester - until she breaks her ankle badly and can't walk gracefully again, plus her family circumstances change. But Kate is resourceful, and when she ...more
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A Case of Fear and Favour by Sally     Smith
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Gabriel Ward, KC, goes to the library and discovers the librarian dying and a rare book missing; William Waring charges Gabriel with the task of solving the murder, and has to allow Gabriel to allow Constable Ward to solve the case. The two main susp
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The Curse of the Saltmarsh Girl by Clare Marchant
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The Curse of the Saltmarsh Girl is a fantastic dual time-line story, alternating between Angel in the present day and Margery in the seventeenth century.

Set in the village of Saltmarsh, Norfolk, it's a very atmospheric tale - the setting is beautifu
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Murder in the Vineyard by Liz Fielding
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Fourth instalment of the delightful Maybridge series. Abby is such a lovely character, warm and kind; the supporting cast give you a warm, friendly village community. And I *loved* the addition of Scout the dog!

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The Housekeeper’s War by Elaine Johns
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Set in Falmouth, during WW2.

Eileen Bentley's sailor husband Gerald is missing, presumed dead. She moves from London to Falmouth to become her policeman brother-in-law's housekeeper. She'd worked as a firewatcher during the Blitz in London and does th
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