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	Woman I Was Before, The by Kerry Fisher (Goodreads Author), Emma Spurgin Hussey (Goodreads Author) (Reading) 3.89 avg rating — 11,157 ratings — published 2019 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer at the Cornish Cafe by Phillipa Ashley (Goodreads Author), Emma Spurgin Hussey (Goodreads Author) (Reading) 4.05 avg rating — 4,360 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Child, The by Kerry Fisher (Goodreads Author), Emma Spurgin Hussey (Goodreads Author) (Reader) 4.16 avg rating — 3,484 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas at the Cornish Cafe (The Penwith Trilogy #2) by Phillipa Ashley (Goodreads Author), Emma Spurgin Hussey (Goodreads Author) (Reading) 4.10 avg rating — 3,389 ratings — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global by Laura Spinney, Emma Spurgin Hussey (Goodreads Author) (narrator), William Collins (publisher) 4.17 avg rating — 3,108 ratings — published 2025 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rome Apartment: The Italian Escape, Book 1 by Kerry Fisher (Goodreads Author), Emma Spurgin Hussey (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.04 avg rating — 2,947 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confetti at the Cornish Cafe (The Penwith Trilogy #3) by Phillipa Ashley (Goodreads Author), Emma Spurgin Hussey (Goodreads Author) (Reading) 4.20 avg rating — 2,589 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost King: The Search for Richard III by Philippa Langley, Michael Jones, Emma Spurgin Hussey (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.85 avg rating — 2,535 ratings — published 2013 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mother I Could Have Been by Kerry Fisher (Goodreads Author), Emma Spurgin Hussey (Goodreads Author) (Reading) 4.15 avg rating — 2,214 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Churchill Barriers 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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