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This is a story of six people: Grace Teape, her orphaned niece, Lily, and young lover, sculptor Johnny Cochrane; Grace's…
brother, photographer Oliver Cary, his journalist wife Melissa and blind son, Sebastian. 1995.
Kelly knew that, although Barney would always love her, his restless soul would not allow him to stay, but she…
could never have envisaged how his leaving would alter her life. Alone once more, Kelly finds herself remembering the past, particularly what happened in the autumn of 1877. 1999.
Each character tells his or her side of the story about Jane leaving her husband, Oliver, in San Diego, and…
taking along their teenaged daughter, Rebecca. Driving east toward Jane's brother Joley's place, Jane and Rebecca follow directions that Joley posts along the way. Later Sam enters the picture, and Oliver uses his oceanographic research skills to track his family down. Some strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. 1992.
Following the shattering and all too public tragedy in her life, Antonia Weston has come to the sleepy market town…
of Amberwood seeking peace and anonymity. But that peace is soon threatened by a series of disturbing incidents - incidents that eerily echo of a past she is trying to forget. Includes violence and strong language. 2006.
A story that crosses the ocean from Ireland to America, and features Jack Kane, the charming but ruthless titan of…
New York’s most powerful publishing empire, who battles the darkness of his soul while fighting to help his people. Samantha Harte is the woman Jack loves, whose grace, light, and well-bred exterior conceal a past too shocking to reveal. Contains the books “Cloth of heaven” and “Ashes and lace”. 2008.
The story of a lifelong female friendship, set in the fascinating art world of Sweden between 1900 and 1940, just…
as modern art and the beginnings of the Scandinavian mid-century modern design movement were inspiring a creative revolution across northern Europe. Loosely based on the lives of celebrated artists Carl Larsson and Anders Zorn, Ashenburg transports us behind both the public and domestic scenes--and canvasses--of these larger-than-life men to reveal the lesser-known but equally astounding and rich stories of the women who married them: restlessly creative artist-in-her-own-right Sofie Olsson, and fiercely private and intelligent curator Cecilia Vogt. 2018.
Haunted by visions of her recently departed mother, Simran is unable to move on. Grappling with the growing estrangement of…
her sister and daughter as well as the disintegration of her marriage, she wonders how her life has come to this. As the life she has carefully constructed unravels, she is forced to confront one of her most painful childhood memories--her parents sending her younger brother away from home. As the ghosts from the past clamour for attention, the only way to put them to rest may be for Simran to dig deeper into her family history and close the circle that was left open when her family was torn apart. 2017.
Makedde (Mak) is haunted by insomnia and violent nightmares. Leaving Australia, she returns to Vancouver, resumes her studies in forensic…
psychology, begins therapy, and thinks her life is finally back to normal. One day Mak notices a young student has stopped attending classes. Later, she is reported missing. Then another student goes missing. So begins the downward spiral of this gripping psychological suspense story. 2002.
Brodie Nicol returns to New Zealand to visit her friend Una. While driving to Una's home, Brodie is caught in…
a snowstorm and seeks refuge at a nearby farmhouse - only to find that the farm is being looked after by her ex-fiance, Guthrie. Clearly Una had planned a little matchmaking. But what Una doesn't know is why Brodie had ended her engagement to Guthrie two years ago. 1995.
After a 10-year prison term for killing a man he'd found molesting a girl, all Tom Jericho wants is a…
quiet life. But the State Governor offers him a deal: the notorious Crane Gang are planning something big, and the governor wants to know what it is. Jericho has befriended the youngest of the Crane boys in the pen and, with Lee now being transported across the desert, all Jericho has to do is help him escape, infiltrate the gang, and uncover the plan. Before he knows it, Jericho is in Mexico. 2013.
This book is for those who are buying (or thinking of buying) their first slow cooker, as well as for…
the expert. It contains over 100 recipes for soups, meat, poultry and game, fish, vegetables, puddings and desserts. 1995.
Geordie Sharp, a sergeant in the SAS, is struggling to pick up the threads of his army career. Wounded in…
the Gulf War, he returns to Hereford to find his home life in tatters. As he trains with Northern Ireland Troop, a murder in his family fires him to personal hatred of the IRA. 1996.
Where was Emily Greatheart? The pretty young lady from Denver who had gone to Arizona to meet her dead fiance's…
mother had vanished. Only a bloodstained jacket was found in an abandoned spring buggy hired from the Pike's Crossing livery stable. Strong language. 2007.
Jonathan Meriweather finds himself plucked from his peaceful university life, and catapulted into a strange new world where beasts walk…
and talk as men, and where Clothahump, turtle and wizard, stretches his powers of sorcery to their limit, reaching to another universe, seeking help to combat the force of evil emanating from the dreaded Greendowns. Jonathan becomes part of a strange fellowship, fighting with sword and song, a spell-singer. 1984. (Spellsinger ; 1)
Second volume of Dirk Bogarde's autobiography, covering the time between his experiences at an army camp at Catterick to his…
role as van Aschenback in the film "Death in Venice". Since 1947 he has starred in more than 60 films, especially during the 50s and 60s. In more recent years, he has become known as a writer. Sequel to “A Postillion struck by lightning”. 1978.
An auctioneer, Dorothy Patterson, discovers 96 "eggs" created by Fabergé for the Russian Czarina Alexandra. Dorothy becomes involved with numerous…
fanatics desperate to acquire the jewels. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1982.