Fairlight Books

21/08/2025

Happy publication day to Jenna Warren’s The Hometown Bookshop! This cosy summer read is set in a bookshop and follows two MCs as they develop a friendship and begin to realise that there may be more to life than they originally thought!

Actress Charlotte has it all: a starring role in a West End show, a glittering social life and an equally high-flying boyfriend. But when her perfect existence abruptly falls apart, she retreats to her hometown on the North Yorkshire coast, finding a summer job in the local bookshop.

Greg, the grumpy, old-fashioned manager of Seaswept Books, is alarmed by Charlotte’s attempts to revitalise the tired-looking bookshop. But when she discovers his secret passion for amateur dramatics, an unlikely friendship blossoms.

As Charlotte begins to question whether her showbiz life was really all that dreamy, and as Greg ventures beyond his comfort zone – with a little help from handsome librarian Nick – can both of them find the courage to start a new chapter?

Now available in all good book shops!

14/08/2025

Check out our new by Wayne Exton! 🍋

'The Lemon King' is an inspiring story about , , and the importance of finding and doing what you love.

https://www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/short_stories/the-lemon-king/

14/08/2025

Only 1 week to go! ✨ Hometown Bookshop hits shelves in all your favourite bookstores next week – including The Book Corner in Saltburn, proudly owned by the author herself. 📚💛

09/08/2025

Happy National Book Lovers Day! 📚💗

What book will you be reading today?

27/06/2025

To celebrate pride month, we’ve gathered all of the Fairlight titles that feature characters, explore themes, or were written by authors who fall under the LGBTQ+ umbrella. We hope you love them as much as we do! 🏳️‍🌈❤️🏳️‍⚧️

15/06/2025

Happy Father's Day from the Fairlight Team!

08/06/2025

This week we’re discounting The House of Marvellous Books by Fiona Vigo Marshall! A bookish novel set in a repurposed library and following a floundering publishing house, this is the perfect weekend read!

Tucked away in a near-derelict library in the centre of London, The House of Marvellous Books is a publishing house on the brink of financial disaster. A young junior editor charts the descent of the House in his logbook as it lurches from one failure to the next.

02/06/2025

If you're interested in climate fiction written by a scientist then look no further!

The Fish by Joanne Stubbs is a climate fiction novel following 3 narratives in a near future almost dystopian world where fish have begun walking on land....

A few decades into the twenty-first century, in their permanently flooded garden in Cornwall, Cathy and her wife Ephie give up on their vegetable patch and plant a rice paddy instead. Thousands of miles away, expat Margaret is struggling to adjust to life in Kuala Lumpur, now a coastal city. In New Zealand, two teenagers marvel at the extreme storms hitting their island.

But they are not the only ones adapting to the changing climate. The starfish on Cathy’s kitchen window are just the start. As more and more sea creatures leave the oceans and invade the land, the new normal becomes increasingly hard to accept.

The Ebook is 99p until 8 June on Amazon, Google, and Kobo!

19/05/2025

In case you missed the news Fairlight Books will be publishing Allan Radcliffe's second novel this coming November! Blurred Faces is a story of q***r romance, confronting the mistakes of the past and second chances.

Read the full article on our website with the link in our bio!

18/04/2025

We hope you all are having a lovely long weekend this Easter break and if you are looking for something to read we’ve got you covered! These e-books are all 99p or free on Amazon for the weekend 🥳

BRAVER:
Told with warmth, compassion and gentle humour, Braver is an uplifting story about the strength that can be drawn from friendship and community.

OTHER NAMES, OTHER PLACES:
Growing up in London with Tunisian parents, wayward Nessie finds herself caught between cultures. Her life is further complicated by the charismatic Mrs Brown, who befriends her parents and then betrays them. Years later, still struggling with her old patterns of self-sabotage, Nessie begins to wonder: what really happened between her parents and Mrs Brown?

THE MASK OF MERRYVALE MANOR:
On the cusp of the 1960s, Ben moves into the ancestral home of his aunt and uncle and quickly learns to appreciate his new life of languid opulence. Until five years later, when a woman’s body is found on the estate. As a murder investigation begins, Ben is placed on a collision course with his family and sees their power in a harsh new light.

BECOMING DELILAH:
On a windswept island off Cape Cod, Delilah moves into a cottage by the shore. The islanders watch the newcomer closely, and their gossip intensifies with every visit from Alan, the married man paying for Delilah’s keep. But when Delilah meets her next-door neighbour, the reclusive Anton, sparks fly and old secrets begin to surface.

Discount ends 22nd April!

03/03/2025

We've interviewed Douglas Bruton about his latest novel Woman in Blue which published 20th February! Check out our Q&A on our website (link in bio) to learn a little more about Douglas's methods and thoughts behind this experimental novel.

28/02/2025

If you've been eyeing Dirty Geese now is your chance to get a free e-book copy!

Don't miss your chance and head over to Amazon for your copy 🕵🏾

When Chief Whip Esme Kanha learns of the sudden death of the Minister for Personal Information, she bitterly regrets missing his desperate calls the previous evening. Unconvinced by the verdict of su***de, and suspicious that corrupt colleagues played some part in the man’s death, she decides to investigate – but she must tread carefully in a near-future world dominated by technology, where ‘what can see watches, what can hear listens, and what can be followed is tracked’.

Meanwhile, Big Tech executive Henri Lauvaux arrives in London. His mission: to ensure the new minister, Harry Colbey, will not prove as problematic as the last. As the West inexorably slides towards an Orwellian ‘Big Brother’ future, Harry Colbey and Esme Kanha join forces in a deadly cat-and-mouse game against political corruption – at great cost to themselves.

When Chief Whip Esme Kanha learns of the sudden death of the Minister for Personal Information, she bitterly regrets missing his desperate calls the previous evening. Unconvinced by the verdict of su***de, and suspicious that corrupt colleagues played some part in the man's death, she decides ...