The Winter Children is a haunting mystery from Lulu Taylor author of The Snow Angel Behind a selfless act of kindness lies dark intentions Olivia & Dan Felbeck are blissfully happy when their longed-for twins arrive after years of IVF At the same time they make the move to Renniston Hall a huge Elizabethan house that belongs to absent friends Living rent-free in a small part of the unmodernised house once a boarding school they can begin to enjoy the family life they've always wanted But there is a secret at the heart of their family one that Olivia does not yet know & the house too holds its darkness deep within it ...

An extraordinary woman A legendary queen In 1154 Eleanor of Aquitaine one of the most powerful women in Europe is crowned queen of England beside her young husband Henry II While Henry battles their enemies & lays his plans Eleanor is an adept acting ruler & mother to their growing brood of children But she yearns for more than this
- if only Henry would listen Instead Henry pushes Eleanor to the sidelines involving himself with a young mistress & denying Eleanor her rightful authority As matters reach a crisis Eleanor becomes caught up in a family rebellion & even a queen must face the consequences of treason Award-winning author Elizabeth Chadwick continues the fascinating story of a queen fighting for her rightful place in a world of divided loyalties & passionate betrayals
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Fox loves to play but his friends are worried about him It's nearly winter & it's time he started getting ready he needs a warm home a cosy bed & food to eat! Each animal knows just what Fox should do if only he would listen to them When winter finally comes Fox finds himself cold hungry & all alone 24 pages Knapman Timothy ...

From Bernard Cornwell the creator of the No 1 bestselling Sharpe novels In the Dark Ages a legendary warrior arises to unite a divided land Uther the High King of Britain is dead His only heir is the infant Mordred Yet each of the country's lesser kings seek to claim the crown for themselves While they squabble & spoil for war a host of Saxon armies gather preparing for invasion But no one has counted on the fearsome warlord Arthur Handed power by Merlin & pursuing a doomed romance with the beautiful Guinevere Arthur knows he will struggle to unite the country
- let alone hold back the Saxon enemy at the gates Yet destiny awaits him The first of Bernard Cornwell's Warlord Chronicles The Winter King is a brilliant retelling of the Arthurian legend combining myth history & thrilling battlefield action ' Of all the books I have written these are my favourites' Bernard Cornwell' Spellbinding realism' The Times
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Frank Machianno is the guy a late-middle-aged ex-surf bum who runs a bait shack on the San Diego waterfront That's when he's not juggling any of his other three part-time jobs or trying to get a quick set in on his long board He's a beloved fixture of the community a st&-up businessman a devoted father to his daughter Frank's also a hit man Well a retired hit man Back in the day when he was one of the most feared members of the West Coast mob he was known as Frankie Machine Years ago Frank consigned his mob ties to the past which is where he wants them to stay But a favour called in by the local boss is one Frank simply can't refuse & before he knows it he's sucked back into the treacherous currents of his former life Someone from his past wants him dead & he has to figure out who & why & he has to do it fast The problem is that the list of candidates is about the size of his local phone book & Frank's rapidly running out of time ...

When a mysterious stranger & his brown bear show up on the same day that Axel & Tess's father dies in an accident Axel fears he might be going crazy especially as only he can see them However the strange duo are quickly forgotten when Axel & Tess are shipped off to Finland to stay with grandparents that they've never met But when they arrive in Finland Axel is stunned when the stranger & his bear reappear More incredibly the stranger tells him that his parents are lost & need help Desperate to see his father again & actually meet his mother Axel follows the man & his bear disappearing deep into the frozen wilds of northern Finland When Tess realises that her brother has vanished she's distraught & so begins the frantic search across snow & ice into the dark forest But as the hours creep by & with no sign of Axel Tess begins to wonder if her brother has ventured onto a path that she cannot follow Delving into the timeless fantastical world of Nordic mysticism set against the harsh beauty of a frozen landscape The Winter Placeis an imaginative beautiful story of loss love & hope a story of family & of a brother & sister who find each other again ...

A compelling & gripping novel from Lulu Taylor the bestselling author of Her Frozen Heart & The Snow Rose 544 pages Taylor Lulu ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play When two German soldiers take a Norwegian war prisoner one cold winter s night during WW2 they are thankful to discover a house in the Scandinavian wilderness in which to find respite from the storm Yet as the night progresses they begin to question their choice of shelter; the house is not the cosy refuge it first seemed Actors Mats Reinhardt Frederik von Luttichau Espen Edvartsen Directors Reinert Kiil Language German Norwegian Subtitles English Dubbed Norwegian Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The year is 2307 AD The earth is frozen over & virtually uninhabitable The remaining humans live underground unable to survive the sub-arctic temperatures With no man power scientists bio-engineered Humanoids that possess great strength speed & tolerance to extreme cold A rogue humanoid named ASH-393 escapes from captivity & threatens to lead a humanoid rebellion against mankind Arizona Federation leader General Trajan sends an elite team of Spartan 7 soldiers to hunt down & terminate ASH Actors Branden Coles Arielle Holmes Paul Sidhu Directors Joey Curtis Format PALRegion Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

When Tess finds herself unexpectedly alone & back in Ribblemill the childhood village she thought she'd escaped she's sure she can survive a temporary stay But the ghosts of the past hover close by & Tess must face them if she's to discover whether home is where her heart has been all along 200 pages Field Kate ...