16 must-read fiction books like The Locked-Away Life by Drew Davies

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The Locked-Away Life

By: Drew Davies

4.06

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone has secrets… But are they saving you or destroying you? Esther has shut away herself in…

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1. A Spring Affair

By: Milly Johnson

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

When Lou Winter picks up an old, dog-eared magazine in the dentist's waiting room and spots an arti… read more

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2. Sisterhood

By: Cathy Kelly

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

As the waves crash on to a wild Atlantic beach, Lou is at a crossroads. For the first time ever, ju… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke Up

By: Laura Pearson

4.20

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Brand new from the #1 bestselling author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont comes a powerful story … read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The World Outside My Window

By: Clare Swatman

3.97

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

Laura is watching the world go by without her. Unable to leave her house since suffering a trauma, … read more

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  • fiction
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5. The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne

By: Freya North

4.25

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

When your present meets your past, what do you take with you – and what do you leave behind? Ea… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Missing Pieces

By: Laura Pearson

4.14

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

What if the one thing that kept you together was breaking you apart? All Linda wants to do is sl… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. The Last Days of You and Me

By: Debbie Howells

4.17

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

They didn’t know – when Winter gave way to Spring that year – that their lives were all about to ch… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. The Vanishing of Margaret Small

By: Neil Alexander

4.22

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Margaret Small: 75, plain spoken and a Cilla Black super fan. Shortly after the death of her i… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. A Single Act of Kindness

By: Samantha Tonge

4.31

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Tilda Wright… Tilda has done everything she can to make her life neat, protected, tidy. No lon… read more

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  • contemporary
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10. Our Stolen Child

By: Melissa Wiesner

4.42

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

I grip my husband’s hand tight. The doctor is frowning. “Mr and Mrs Marcello… I’m so sorry.” She te… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. The Affair

By: Claire Allan

4.06

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

The brand-new psychological thriller from Claire Allan, perfect for fans of K L Slater and Claire D… read more

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12. A Parting of the Ways: A moving drama about motherhood, friendship and lies

By: Rachel Crowther

3.85

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

An “intelligently written and thought-provoking” novel of two women, an abandoned baby, a long-ago … read more

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13. Memories of You

By: Brooke Harris

4.15

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

The sound of corks popping and distant cheers of ‘Happy New Year!’ wake me. I crack my eyes open an… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Finding Edith Pinsent (Netta Wilde #2)

By: Hazel Ward

4.58

Format: None pages, None

Two women. Two Timelines. One heart-wrenching story. Open your arms, touch the sky, and think of m… read more

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15. Buttercups in the Basement

By: Jane Harvey

4.24

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

Hummingbird House holds many secrets... Follow Betty's story in this, book two of The Hummingbir… read more

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  • fiction
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16. The House of Many Lives (The House of Many Lives #1)

By: L.K. Wilde

4.35

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Love can take you by surprise when you make a house a home...Kate is stuck in a rut. She works a de… read more

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17. Sam Bloom: Heartache & Birdsong

By: Bradley Trevor Greive

4.32

Format: 208 pages, ebook

The follow-up to the ABIA award-winning, international bestselling sensation Penguin Bloom The h… read more

Similar categories in Bradley Trevor Greive's Sam Bloom: Heartache & Birdsong book and Drew Davies's The Locked-Away Life

  • audiobook
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18. Being Netta Wilde: uplifting and inspiring women's fiction (The Netta Wilde Series Book 1)

By: Hazel Ward

4.36

Format: None pages, None

A lonely woman. A single decision. A second chance at happiness. Ever wished you could be who yo… read more

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19. The Landlord of Hummingbird House

By: Jane Harvey

4.20

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

When April moves into Hummingbird House, she is intrigued by her mysterious landlord, Dai. With… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Waiting for a Bright New Future

By: Sally Jenkins

4.30

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Can you learn to live again at fifty-five? Stuart Borefield has spent his life putting others be… read more

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  • fiction
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21. A Gift Called Hope

By: Eva Jordan

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

"A beautiful, poignant read . . . straight from the heart . . . heart breaking and heart-warming in… read more

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22. Nobody's Wife

By: Laura Pearson

3.78

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Of the four of them, only three remained. And there was no going backwards from there.’ Emily a… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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23. The Three Loves of Sebastian Cooper

By: Zoë Folbigg

4.09

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

As friends and family gather for the funeral of charming and charismatic Seb Cooper, three women si… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. On the Bright Side

By: Nell Carter

3.94

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

'Warm and wise' Julie Cohen 'Just loved' Susan Lewis 'Sage, heartfelt and real' Beth Morrey There's… read more

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25. Saving Geraldine Corcoran (Netta Wilde, #3)

By: Hazel Ward

4.61

Format: None pages, None

One shameful secret. One hidden letter. Two unlikely guardian angels. Geraldine Wilde has been a… read more

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26. The Locked-Away Life

By: Drew Davies

4.06

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone has secrets… But are they saving you or destroying you? Esther has shut away herself in… read more

Similar categories in Drew Davies's The Locked-Away Life book and Drew Davies's The Locked-Away Life

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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27. Searching for Sandra

By: Jane Harvey

4.15

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

Make yourself at home in Hummingbird House with this heart-warming new novel. In 1968, the summer … read more

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28. Kerry Tucker Learns to Live: A completely heartbreaking feel-good novel about life, loss and taking chances

By: Louise Voss

3.84

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Moved me to tears.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Absolutely captivating.’ Bookworm86‘I was immediatel… read more

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29. Jane's Away

By: Clare Hawken

4.41

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

Every marriage has its little secrets. But some secrets are bigger than others ... Roger Kurmud… read more

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30. The Legacy of Eve

By: Natasha Boydell

4.17

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

"Absolutely brilliant . . . had me hooked . . . heart-wrenching." --Goodreads reviewer, five stars … read more

Similar categories in Natasha Boydell's The Legacy of Eve book and Drew Davies's The Locked-Away Life

  • audiobook
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31. The Book of Beginnings

By: Sally Page

4.23

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Keeper of Stories, comes the next uplifting story … read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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Cathy Kelly

4.08

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The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke Up

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4.20

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4.25

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4.14

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3.68

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Beth Moran

4.36

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4.03

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