Merry Gentry is not your average private investigator. Half human, half faerie, she's caught in a struggle that threatens not only her life, but the lives of those she desires & holds dear. Her very existence & her rightful place on the throne of Faerie have long depended on her ability to produce an heir
- & now, after many failed attempts, the services of her royal guards have found her pregnant... It is a triumphant moment, but revelation follows revelation: for Merry carries two babies, & she knows thay they have more than one father...
And of course, there are those of her own flesh & blood who want Merry dead, but she is a fighter & wields a wild magic. & this is her world, where the magical & the mortal intertwine, where folklore, fantasy & erotically charged adventure collide...

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Merry Gentry is not your average private investigator. Half human, half faerie, she's caught in a struggle that threatens not only her life, but the lives of those she desires & holds dear. Her very existence & her rightful place on the throne of Faerie have long depended on her producing an heir
- & now, after many failed attempts, she is pregnant... A triumphant moment, but revelation follows revelation: for Merry carries twins, & they have more than one father...
There are those of her own flesh & blood who want Merry & her unborn children dead, but she is a fighter & wields a wild magic. & this is her world. This is where the magical & the mortal intertwine, where folklore, fantasy & erotically charged adventure collide...

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John, Susan, Titty & Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring & playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island holds more excitement in store. Two fierce Amazon Pirates, Nancy & Peggy, challenge them to war & a summer of battles & alliances ensues. ...

John, Susan, Titty & Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring & playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island holds more excitement in store. Two fierce Amazon Pirates, Nancy & Peggy, challenge them to war & a summer of battles & alliances ensues. ...

A master storyteller, sympathetically in touch with real children & their interests, has created characters who are accepted as friends by children everywhere, not to mention plots which are eminently plausible & unexpected.' SUNDAY TIMES, in an article listing Swallows & Amazons among '99 Best Books for Children. ...

The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline & Swamplandia!, their island home in the Florida Everglades & gator-wrestling theme park, is swiftly being encroached upon by a sophisticated competitor known as The World of Darkness. Ava, a resourceful but terrified twelve year old, must manage seventy gators & the vast, inscrutable landscape of her own grief. Her mother, Swamplandia! ...

Hull, autumn 2005 & private investigator Leo Rivers finds himself at the overheated heart of an inquiry into the savage killing of several young women. Approached by the mother of the chief suspect, he soon discovers not only that this suspect is not involved in the killings, but that several hitherto unconsidered & scarcely credible connections link the murders to a single perpetrator.

In pursuing his case, Rivers has to contend with an ambitious, career-minded Chief of Police, who will stop at nothing to make a name for himself, sacrificing not only Rivers but also his own colleagues along the way.

Set against a backdrop of the Humber & the long & violent destruction of Hull



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Hull, autumn 2005 & private investigator Leo Rivers finds himself at the overheated heart of an inquiry into the savage killing of several young women. Approached by the mother of the chief suspect, he soon discovers not only that this suspect is not involved in the killings, but that several hitherto unconsidered & scarcely credible connections link the murders to a single perpetrator.

In pursuing his case, Rivers has to contend with an ambitious, career-minded Chief of Police, who will stop at nothing to make a name for himself, sacrificing not only Rivers but also his own colleagues along the way.

Set against a backdrop of the Humber & the long & violent destruction of Hull



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Hull, autumn 2005 & private investigator Leo Rivers finds himself at the overheated heart of an inquiry into the savage killing of several young women. Approached by the mother of the chief suspect, he soon discovers not only that this suspect is not involved in the killings, but that several hitherto unconsidered & scarcely credible connections link the murders to a single perpetrator.

In pursuing his case, Rivers has to contend with an ambitious, career-minded Chief of Police, who will stop at nothing to make a name for himself, sacrificing not only Rivers but also his own colleagues along the way.

Set against a backdrop of the Humber & the long & violent destruction of Hull



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