Following the death of his parents in a car crash, eleven-year-old Alex Dove is torn from his life on a remote farm in Tasmania & sent to school in Engl&. When he returns to Australia twelve years later, the timeless beauty of the land & his encounter with a young woman whose own life has been marked by tragedy, persuade him to stay. They marry, & he finds himself drawn into the eccentric, often hilarious dynamics of island life.
Longing for children, the couple open their home to a disquieting guest, a teenage castaway, whose presence in their home begins to unravel their tenuously forged happiness.
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Following the death of his parents in a car crash, eleven-year-old Alex Dove is torn from his life on a remote farm in Tasmania & sent to school in Engl&. When he returns to Australia twelve years later, the timeless beauty of the land & his encounter with a young woman whose own life has been marked by tragedy, persuade him to stay. They marry, & he finds himself drawn into the eccentric, often hilarious dynamics of island life.
Longing for children, the couple open their home to a disquieting guest, a teenage castaway, whose presence in their home begins to unravel their tenuously forged happiness.
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To some I am Meredith Gentry, P.I. To others I am Princess Merry, heir to the throne of Faerie. & there are those who whisper that I am both of these & more.
My aunt, the Queen of Air & Darkness, no long distracted by her sadistic pastimes, now focusses unwaveringly on me. I spend each night with my immortal guards, but still no child has come of our decadent pleasures. But something IS happening to me. I appear to have awakened a force that's lain dormant for thousands of years & I haven't the damndest idea how or why...
It all began with the chalice. I dreamed it, & there it was
- cool & hard
- when I awoke. My guards know this ancient relic well
- its disappearance so many ages ago stripped them of their vital powers. & here it is with us now. My touch resonates with its force. A strange, dazzling magic now courses through my half-mortal half-Sidhe body. But while my guards cherish me for this unexpected gift, there are those who loathe me for it & would rather the Unseelie court suffer than have it ruled over by me, a mongrel queen. My enemies grow in number every day. If only they knew what I am capable of. But come to that, if only I did too.
This is the world of Meredith Gentry, a twilight world of gods, shapeshifters & immortal souls, a world full of sensuality, wild magic, treacherous deceits & latent powers about to be unleashed...





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To some I am Meredith Gentry, P.I. To others I am Princess Merry, heir to the throne of Faerie. & there are those who whisper that I am both of these & more.
My aunt, the Queen of Air & Darkness, no long distracted by her sadistic pastimes, now focusses unwaveringly on me. I spend each night with my immortal guards, but still no child has come of our decadent pleasures. But something IS happening to me. I appear to have awakened a force that's lain dormant for thousands of years & I haven't the damndest idea how or why...
It all began with the chalice. I dreamed it, & there it was
- cool & hard
- when I awoke. My guards know this ancient relic well
- its disappearance so many ages ago stripped them of their vital powers. & here it is with us now. My touch resonates with its force. A strange, dazzling magic now courses through my half-mortal half-Sidhe body. But while my guards cherish me for this unexpected gift, there are those who loathe me for it & would rather the Unseelie court suffer than have it ruled over by me, a mongrel queen. My enemies grow in number every day. If only they knew what I am capable of. But come to that, if only I did too.
This is the world of Meredith Gentry, a twilight world of gods, shapeshifters & immortal souls, a world full of sensuality, wild magic, treacherous deceits & latent powers about to be unleashed...





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From the enthralling gaze to the masterful kiss, the arts of the seducer are legendary & this anthology will draw you into a sinfully sensual world where the urge to seduce or be seduced is irresistible. Written by women at the cutting edge of erotica & given an evocative modern setting, each stylish story explores the timeless fantasy of giving in to temptation. Elegant, feminine & alluring, this collection will leave you longing to surrender over & over again. ...

Stanley & Rose live in Rawlinson Road, Islington, surrounded by younger, smarter families like the Orams. Encroached on by age & affluence, the only answer to their problems, in spite of everything, lies in their fierce & prickly devotion to each other ...

With safe seas, good roads, a common currency, & lots of interesting conquered territory, the Romans naturally invented tourism. They believed in a life of leisure
- fine for those who could afford it
- & some would set off on their travels for maybe five years at a time. As these ancient culture vultures descended on the sights, the tour guide was born to cater to their needs.. .

' Marcus, you must help me!' Stunned by a dramatic appeal from his otherwise cool mother-in-law, Falco cannot resist. His brother-in-law, Aulus, has been diverted from his route to Athens university by a man whose newly married daughter disappeared, with her husb&, while visiting the Olympic Games as part of an extended wedding trip. Suspecting a classic cover-up, Aulus enrols Falco's help in solving the case. & of course his mother-in-law hopes to hurry her son along to university by passing the case over to Falco.

Joining the rest of the married couple's tour group on the remains of their Grand Tour, Falco & Helena seize the opportunity to interview the owner/manager of ' Seven Sights Travel', as well as the other guests. Seemingly not getting very far, they can at least make the most of the splendid sights; but finally, on reaching Delphi, Falco & Helena unravel the mystery of the bride & groom.. .





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With safe seas, good roads, & provinces rich in heritage sites, Marcus Didius Falco's fellow countrymen have become voracious tourists. Greece, home of the ancient Olympic Games, is a favourite destination for Seven Sights Travel, a seedy company which provides escorted tours for wealthy travellers.

Falco & Helena hear that a young girl & a newly-wed woman, both Roman visitors, have been murdered at Olympia; the authorities will not investigate properly, so Falco steps in. After making himself unwelcome at the hidebound sanctuary, he soon finds himself up against Seven Sights, its absentee tour-guide & its mixed bunch of customers, some of whom have things to hide.

The search for culture is far from genteel
- & it can be very dangerous. Both the bridegroom & Helena's brother go missing in the birthplace of myth, as Falco & Helena struggle with a case that may contain worse features than any they have dealt with yet...




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See No Evil is the astonishing & controversial memoir from one of the CIA's top field officers of the past quarter century. ...

See No Evil is the astonishing & controversial memoir from one of the CIA's top field officers of the past quarter century. ...