January 1069. Less than three years have passed since Hastings & the death of the usurper, Harold Godwineson. In the depths of winter, two thousand Normans march to subdue the troublesome province of Northumbria. Tancred a Dinant, an ambitious & oath-sworn knight & a proud leader of men, is among them, hungry for battle, for silver & for l&.

But at Durham the Normans are ambushed in the streets by English rebels. In the battle that ensues, their army is slaughtered almost to a man. Badly wounded, Tancred barely escapes with his life. His lord is among those slain.

Soon the enemy are on the march, led by the dispossessed prince Eadgar, the last of the ancient Saxon line, who is determined to seize the realm he believes is his. Yet even as Tancred seeks vengeance for his lord



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Endowed with rank, wealth & elegance, Sylvester, Duke of Salford, posts into Wiltshire to discover if the Honorable Phoebe Marlow will meet his exacting requirements for a bride. If he does not expect to meet a tongue-tied stripling wanting both manners & conduct, then he is intrigued indeed when his visit causes Phoebe to flee her home. They meet again on the road to London, where her carriage has come to grief in the snow. Yet Phoebe, already caught in one imbroglio, now knows she soon could be well deep in another.. . ...

Sylvie Bartram lives alone with Mr Jackson the dog & her eccentric composer father who invents strange & wonderful musical instruments. One day she returns from school to find a message left in toothpaste on the bathroom mirror; her father has been kidnapped. Later that night, the house is visited by a terrifying apparition
- a half-man/half-creature who is searching for something & will not rest until he has found it...

Sylvie uncovers an underground world of magic & evil, & with help from her friends, she must hold off a power that threatens the lives of all beings in the world. The Songman is at large, & is determined to steal music & use it for his own evil ends...

An exhilarating & magical story that will appeal to all readers aged 9-14.




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Sylvie Bartram lives alone with Mr Jackson the dog & her eccentric composer father who invents strange & wonderful musical instruments. One day she returns from school to find a message left in toothpaste on the bathroom mirror; her father has been kidnapped. Later that night, the house is visited by a terrifying apparition
- a half-man/half-creature who is searching for something & will not rest until he has found it...

Sylvie uncovers an underground world of magic & evil, & with help from her friends, she must hold off a power that threatens the lives of all beings in the world. The Songman is at large, & is determined to steal music & use it for his own evil ends...

An exhilarating & magical story that will appeal to all readers aged 9-14.




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When Detective Catrin Price returns to Cardiff after 12 years of self-imposed exile she is determined to lay to rest the ghosts of her unhappy past. Then her ex-boyfriend Rhys, once a promising young policeman but now a washed-up junkie, is found dead on one of her first nights on patrol. The official verdict is an accidental overdose, but Cat is convinced that there is something more to his death, something that will explain why the man who saved her life was so unwilling to save his own.

Rhys had always been haunted by the mysterious disappearance of Owen Face, the troubled lead singer of rock band Seerl&, who was last seen at a notorious suicide spot. No body was ever found & when Cat joins forces with one of Rhys

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When Detective Catrin Price returns to Cardiff after 12 years of self-imposed exile she is determined to lay to rest the ghosts of her unhappy past. Then her ex-boyfriend Rhys, once a promising young policeman but now a washed-up junkie, is found dead on one of her first nights on patrol. The official verdict is an accidental overdose, but Cat is convinced that there is something more to his death, something that will explain why the man who saved her life was so unwilling to save his own.

Rhys had always been haunted by the mysterious disappearance of Owen Face, the troubled lead singer of rock band Seerl&, who was last seen at a notorious suicide spot. No body was ever found & when Cat joins forces with one of Rhys

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Kate is a vibrant, sensual creature, brimming with needs. Her husband Daniel is a cheating rat, driving her crazy with his infidelities. The one thing she can rely on is her music, & she plays the viola like a wild goddess. When the orchestra she's a part of embarks on a tour of Europe, joined by a dominitrix diva & a bass singer whose voice is so low he is known as the human vibrator, Katie is soon experiencing life to its hedonistic limits.
While she is carefully recording each passionate encounter in her journal, another member of the orchestra is writing down his. Intrigue begins when the tow books are inadvertently switched. & if the truth gets out, they'll never play a concerto in their home town again!
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