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By Marilyn Kaye. 2012
Alice Henshaw thought she'd got over her first love, Jack. Even an invitation to his wedding doesn't get to her…
- well maybe just a little. But Alice has a new boyfriend now, and she's going to put the past behind her . . .Arriving for the weekend at the stunning Chateau near Paris where the wedding will be held, Alice and her best friend Lara, their boyfriends in tow, are all set for a romantic few days in the city of lovers.But weddings have a way of shining a light on relationship issues, and it isn't long before Alice is questioning her feelings for her boyfriend Cal, along with those for the bridegroom Jack . . . not to mention her growing unease with Jack's fiancee Nathalie.By Jessica Stirling. 1977
The third novel in the Stalker Trilogy, which began with The Spoiled Earth and The Hiring Fair, set in the…
Lanarkshire mining village of Blacklaw in the 1890s. Seventeen years have passed and the Lanarkshire mining village of Blacklaw has weathered both depression and the driving ambition of its coalmaster. But at last, falling wages have driven the miners to desperate rebellion...In Edinburgh, Drew Stalker has become Scotland's most eminent young advocate, with the highest honours within his grasp. Only scandal can bring him down - and scandal in the form of his bastard son is about to re-enter his life. His sister Mirrin faces a different threat to her hard-won respectability. As Tom Armstrong's eyesight fails and her farm's future become uncertain, Mirrin must draw on all her courage to survive.Praise for The Stalker Trilogy:'Family ties, family strengths and weaknesses, ambition, greed loyalty and love. . . the story is compelling.' Daily Telegraph'I would strongly recommend it to anyone with a taste for family sagas.' ScotsmanBy Tonya Hurley. 2012
Brooklyn teens Lucy, Cecilia and Agnes find themselves in the emergency room at Perpetual Help Hospital at the lowest point…
in their lives. Lucy, the superficial party girl; Cecilia, a drop out rock chick; and Agnes, a hopeless romantic. All rebels running from their lives and themselves, plagued by broken hearts and broken dreams.Enter Sebastian: mysterious, compelling, seductive. He brings the girls together and seems to provide each of them with what they long for ... and they begin to heal. But Sebastian is on the run - and soon the girls are hunted too ...A dark, contemporary rock 'n' roll retelling of three famous female martyrs - Agnes, Cecilia and Lucy - and their transformation from street deliquents to soul models.By Roisin Meaney. 2008
'Roisin Meaney is a skilful storyteller' Sheila O'FlanaganA warm, spell-binding tale of friendship, love and second chances from this Number…
One bestselling author.Behind the brightly coloured doors of Miller's Avenue live people with very complicated lives...When Yvonne in number 7 joins an online dating website, she's looking for something more than friendship but after a series of disastrous encounters, decides to shut down her account. Is she shutting out her only chance of finding love? While next door Dan, still reeling from his wife's desertion, signs up for a cookery course. As his lemon souffle rises, so does his interest in someone close to home ...Further along, Kathryn is struggling to keep her marriage together despite the best efforts of her interfering mother-in-law. As tension grows between the two women, Kathryn wonders if Grainne will finally succeed, as she realises that she may never give her husband Justin what he wants. As the drama unfolds along Millers Avenue, the inhabitants learn that the things you most yearn for can often be found on your own doorstep.By Jessica Stirling. 1981
Though the Great Depression has brought misery to many, Holly Beckman has a thriving art business, a devoted husband and…
a son she adores. Until the holiday in Monte Carlo where for the first time she experiences romance. Almost reluctantly, Holly falls in love with the charming American dancer Peter Freeman.Then two works of art she sold turn out to be forgeries, just as her scapegrace brother Ritchie returns to London after years abroad. Maury, Holly's trusted older brother, suspects that Ritchie is plotting once more to bring the Beckman family down.'She writes in bright colours with bold, confident strokes.' Glasgow HeraldBy Roline Crosby, Caroline Crosby, Jessica Stirling Writing As Ca. 1992
A compelling, beautifully-observed story of growing up, of anguish and friendship, true and false, set in London, Scotland and the…
Peak District. The Haldanes were her mother's family. Not that Pauline had much to do with them after her mother Barbara deserted her husband and child. But the Haldanes had money, and money is power. So when, soon after the end of the First World War, her father goes broke, they are prepared to help - but at a price. Set in London, Scotland and the Peak District, The Haldanes is a compelling, beautifully-observed story of growing up, of anguish and friendship, true and false, during the Twenties when all the old values and rules are under attack. 'She writes in bright colours with bold, confident strokes' Glasgow HeraldBy Elizabeth Coldwell. 2012
A new erotic romance novella from best-selling author Elizabeth Coldwell.Heartbroken Lily has gone to house sit for her friend Amanda…
on the Dorset coast hoping to both solve her writer's block and get over Alex, her ex. What she isn't expecting is for Amanda's 21 year old son Ryan to show up with a summer fully of partying in mind. Surprise turns to lust, and Ryan makes it clear that she may be older but it makes him want her all the more. Can Lily stay away from her friend's son? And what will happen when her ex makes a sudden reappearance?By Beth Kery. 2012
Part One of an addictive eight-part serial novel for devotees of Fifty Shades of Grey and the Crossfire series. Ian…
Noble and Francesca Arno set the world ablaze in Because You Are Mine, an electrifying erotic romance by Beth Kery. Graduate student Francesca Arno has been commissioned to create a grand centrepiece painting for the lobby of billionaire Ian Noble's new skyscraper. It's at a cocktail party in her honour that she first meets him - and the attraction is immediate for Francesca. It's also bewildering. She's not used to such a wholesale sexual response to a stranger. Enigmatic, darkly intense, with a commanding presence, Ian completely unnerves her. And she likes it. For Ian, she's the kind of woman he can't resist - one that comes all too rarely: a true innocent. But he can sense in her a desire to open up, to experiment, to give herself to the fantasies of a man in control. The first kiss, the first caress, the first challenge for a woman who craves what she's never had - a man who gets what he wants...For more electrifying romance, don't miss the other titles captivating titles by Beth Kery, Glimmer, Glow, the One Night of Passion series, and her bestselling erotically charged The Affair.By Suzanne McLeod. 2012
Sometimes a bit of magical help might cost more than you bargained for ...London is hosting the Carnival Fantastique, and…
Genny's job has never been busier or more fulfilling. Only not everyone is so happy. Genny believed she'd cracked the fae's infertility curse ... but the fae are still barren. It's a devastating plight to which the mysterious Emperor may have the solution - if Genny can find him.She needs help. She turns to the vampire Malik al-Khan, only to find he's wrestling with his own demons and, when the police request Genny's assistance with a magical kidnap, her own problems multiply too. Is it all unconnected, or can the Emperor help her solve more than the fae's infertility? Soon Genny is hard on his trail, so it seems she'll have a chance to ask ... but will the answer cost more than she's willing to pay?By Sylvia Day. 2011
From the No. 1 international bestselling author of the Crossfire series, A Touch of Crimson is the first novel in…
Sylvia Day's sensationally sexy Renegade Angels series. If you fell for Gideon Cross, wait until you meet the men who really are out of this world...Adrian Mitchell is an angel of immense power and an insatiable desire for the one woman he can't have. The head of an elite unit of the Seraphim, his task is to punish the Fallen - angels who have become vampires - and command a restless pack of indentured lycans. Now, nearly two hundred years after losing the love of his life, Adrian has found his beloved Shadoe, her soul inhabiting a new body with no memory of him. Lindsay Gibson can't resist her fierce attraction to the seductive male who crosses her path. Swept into a dangerous world of tumultuous passion and preternatural conflict, Lindsay realises there's more at stake than her love and her life - both she and Adrian could lose their very souls...The thrilling Renegade Angels series continues with A Hunger So Wild...By W. S. Long. 2021
Enhanced humans were supposed to help explore the stars. But their existence threatened a fragile world, and so they were…
hunted on Terra, Luna, and Mars.Before the purge of all enhs on Terra, Sartre is sent to Luna, where he falls in love and fathers twins. When his existence and his children’s existence is endangered, he flees with other clones to a distant moon.When Madsen meets Sartre on a distant city-station, little does he know that their paths would intertwine. Although they share a mutual distrust of each other, they soon find out each other’s survival is dependent on the other, and their escape to a distant moon of Neptune may be the only chance to save their lives, and the lives of their loved ones.When feelings between Madsen and Sartre surface, can they learn to trust each other to see where things might lead?By Mercedes Ron. 2021
ENAMÓRATE DE LOS HERMANOS DI BIANCO TUS MEJORES AMIGOS. TU MAYOR PERDICIÓN Descubre el final de la saga más romántica…
de Mercedes Ron Kamila Hamilton debe decidir entre los dos hermanos Di Bianco: Thiago o Taylor... Taylor o Thiago. Escoger a uno significa renunciar al otro, pero ¿cómo puede dejar atrás una parte de sí misma? THIAGO HACE QUE TOQUE EL CIELO CON LOS DEDOS TAYLOR SABE QUE JAMÁS VA A SOLTAR SU MANO Pero cuando Kami cree que por fin su corazón ha decidido, la pesadilla más real está a punto de comenzar. ¿ESTARÁN TAYLOR Y THIAGO A LA ALTURA? ¿PODRÁ EVITAR KAMI QUE EL AMOR ARRASE CON TODO? ¿QUÉ SUCEDERÁ CUANDO LA VIDA DECIDA POR ELLOS UNA VEZ MÁS? ENAMÓRATE DE LOS HERMANOS DI BIANCO Los lectores dicen...«La historia te atrapa desde el primer segundo» «Un triángulo amoroso que te vuelve loca... de amor» «Cuando crees que ya sabes lo que va a pasar, Mercedes Ron siempre te sorprende.» «Team Thiago o Team Taylor... no podrás escoger, como la protagonista.» «Cinco estrellas es poco para esta saga.» «Mercedes confirma con Dímelo que es una de las mejores autoras.» «La autora se ha superado con Dímelo.» «No solo tiene amor... el suspense también te deja sin respiración.» «Te deja con el cuerpo pidiendo más.»By Rebecca Shaw. 1997
A highly anticipated summer event for the village of Turnham Malpas doesn't quite go as planned...with consequences no one could…
have predicted.Craddock Fitch is a relative newcomer to the village of Turnham Malpas and is keen to make a splash by holding a village show - the best ever - in the grounds of his large house. Committee secretary and coordinator of the show Louise Bissett is the spoilt daughter of Sir Ron and Lady Sheila. Although a brilliant organiser, Louise is in deep personal trouble - and her growing obsession with the married rector can only end in tears.As the weeks roll by into summer, and nerves tighten in anticipation of the great day, romances heat up and then cool down, tempers flare and misunderstandings multiply...By Rebecca Shaw. 2006
A delightful slice of Turnham Malpas gossip, intrigue and conflict from the Sunday Times bestselling author.With the Rector Peter Harris…
and his family back from Africa, the villagers of Turnham Malpas heave huge sighs of relief - everything seems to be back to normal. But Peter has other ideas, and decides to return to Africa to fulfil his promise of working there for a year, leaving his family behind.The villagers are also missing Peter's guidance, especially when the store is the target of petty theft and violence. Everyone is relying on Peter's return to help restore harmony. But will he make it back before things get out of hand?By Nora Roberts. 2002
The first ten years of Seth Quinn's life were a prison of fear and neglect - until he was rescued…
by the Quinns: father Ray, and hot-blooded brothers Phillip, Ethan and Cameron. Now an adult and successful artist, Seth returns home to Chesapeake Bay, to the only family he has ever known. There he meets newcomer to the town Drusilla Whitcomb Banks, but while an attraction sparks, Seth realises that she is way out of his league. Added to which, her own history has taught her not to give her heart lightly. But Seth cannot ignore his feelings. And if he is ever to win a place in Dru's affections, he must finally face up to his own tragic past and the mother who sold him . . .By Alison McQueen. 2012
'gripping, emotional and beautifully written' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars'Beautiful, beautiful book. Loved it. Could not put it down. It gripped…
me from the first page. Great story. Evocative writing.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars Assam, 1925. Surrounded by the dramatic landscape of a tea plantation, sisters Mary and Serafina grow up in a world of contradiction and confusion. Born to a beautiful but naïve Indian mother and dynamic Scottish father, they are loved but hidden away. For these are children who cross two very different cultures, and are accepted by neither . . . When the shadow of war falls, the girls must face the truth and begin the search for somewhere to belong. It is a journey full of forbidden questions, heartbreak and determination. As the sisters grow up, they must risk everything and make choices with a legacy that will last a lifetime, and beyond.The Secret Children is a story of love, loss, family secrets and yearning to find a place to belong.By Nicola Yoon. 2021
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star Nicola Yoon is back…
with her eagerly anticipated third novel. With all the heart and hope of her last two books, this is an utterly unique romance. Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually. As Evie tries to understand why this is happening, she finds herself at La Brea Dance studio, learning to waltz, fox-trot, and tango with a boy named X. X is everything that Evie is not: adventurous, passionate, daring. His philosophy is to say yes to everything -- including entering a ballroom dance competition with a girl he's only just met. Falling for X is definitely not what Evie had in mind. If her visions of heartbreak have taught her anything, it's that no one escapes love unscathed. But as she and X dance around and toward each other, Evie is forced to question all she thought she knew about life and love. In the end, is love worth the risk? A New York Times BestsellerBy Beth O'Leary. 2021
Two exes reach a new level of awkward when forced to take a road trip together in this endearing and…
humorous novel by the author of the international bestseller The Flatshare.What if the end of the road is just the beginning?Four years ago, Dylan and Addie fell in love under the Provence sun. Wealthy Oxford student Dylan was staying at his friend Cherry&’s enormous French villa; wild child Addie was spending her summer as the on-site caretaker. Two years ago, their relationship officially ended. They haven&’t spoken since.Today, Dylan&’s and Addie&’s lives collide again. It&’s the day before Cherry&’s wedding, and Addie and Dylan crash cars at the start of the journey there. The car Dylan was driving is wrecked, and the wedding is in rural Scotland—he&’ll never get there on time by public transport.So, along with Dylan&’s best friend, Addie&’s sister, and a random guy on Facebook who needed a ride, they squeeze into a space-challenged Mini and set off across Britain. Cramped into the same space, Dylan and Addie are forced to confront the choices they made that tore them apart—and ask themselves whether that final decision was the right one after all.By Kim Fielding. 2021
Il silenzioso e magrolino Dylan Warner era il classico tipo che passava inosservato finché un’avventura di una notte non lo…
ha trasformato in un lupo mannaro. Ora, nonostante quel piccolo inconveniente peloso, vuole solo vivere una vita normale, anche se solitaria, facendo l’architetto. Cerca di tenere sotto controllo i suoi impulsi più selvaggi, ma dopo troppi episodi rischiosi in città, Dylan rinuncia alla vita cittadina e si trasferisce in campagna, dove avrà meno occasioni di fare del male a qualcuno. Acquista una nuova casa, derelitta ma promettente, circondata da un vecchio bosco di abeti destinati a diventare alberi di Natale e piena di sorprese. Per esempio, c’è il suo vicino Chris Nock, dall’aspetto un po’ rustico ma attraente, che si rivela un uomo molto più complesso di quanto appaia. E poi c’è lo spirito importuno che minaccia di distruggere ciò che Dylan e Chris stanno costruendo. E inoltre, come scopre l’amico artista di Dylan, Ery Phillips, c’è anche un bellissimo e misterioso uomo di nome Karl, che emerge all’improvviso dal laghetto di Dylan. L'amore non è qualcosa di semplice, soprattutto quando intervengono forze soprannaturali, e sia Dylan che Chris, e più tardi Ery e Karl, dovranno impegnarsi per creare relazioni durature.By Maisey Yates. 2021
New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates enthralls with this captivating novella, starring a Gold Valley fan favorite…He&’s witnessed all…
of Gold Valley&’s happy-ever-afters—is it finally time for this cowboy to claim his own? As owner of Gold Valley&’s bar, Laz Jenkins has had a ringside seat to all of the town&’s drama. He&’s poured drinks for, and given advice to, almost every cowboy in town—he knows everyone&’s secrets. But no one realizes he&’s hiding a secret of his own. Laz has been in love, for years, with his best friend, Jordan. Which means he&’s definitely not going to her wedding. But when Jordan shows up in his bar in her wedding dress, very much not married, suddenly all bets are off. Jordan appreciates the irony that she, a woman with insomnia, almost sleepwalked into a marriage she didn&’t want. But this runaway bride is facing the fact that she needs a new place to stay, and fast. When Laz offers support, and his house to sleep at, she agrees. Except suddenly she&’s not thinking of Laz as a friend, but as someone much more intense…and irresistible! He&’s always been totally off-limits, but is their chemistry fierce enough to burn through every one of their reservations?