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The Flower Girls

Identical twins Lily and
Rose Flowers aren't from
a rich family, but they
lead a comfortable life
in 1920s Rotherhithe with
their mum and dad. The
twins are the apple of
their parents' eye, and
each other's best friend
- they always know what
the other is thinking.
Feisty Rose has a more
rebellious nature than
her sister, but it's
never before interfered
with their closeness.
However, Rose's secret
dissatisfaction with her
humdrum lifestyle reaches
a head when she meets the
rich and handsome Rodger.
To the shock of the
Flowers family, she
elopes with him to Gretna
Green. Once Rose has the
money and glamour she's
always craved, nothing
will persuade her to
contact her family again;
not even her father's
death. And then, in the
wake of the Wall Street
Crash of 1929,
everything changes. With
her charmed life in
shreds and with no one
left to turn to, Rose is
determined to build
bridges those she has
hurt the most. But can
forgiveness be sought so
easily - and can she ever
truly escape her troubled
past?

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The Duke

Driven to uncover the
truth about the
mysterious death of the
woman he loved, the Duke
of Hawkscliffe will go to
any lengths to unmask a
murderer. Even if it
means jeopardising his
reputation by engaging in
a scandalous affair with
London's most provocative
courtesan - the desirable
but aloof Belinda
Hamilton. Bel has used
her intelligence and wit
to charm the city's
titled gentlemen while
struggling to put the
pieces of her life back
together. She needs a
protector, so she
accepts Hawkcliffe's
invitation to become his
mistress in name only. He
asks nothing of her body,
but seeks her help in
snaring the same man who
shattered her virtue.
Together they tempt the
unforgiving wrath of
Society - until their
risky charade turns into
a dangerous attraction,
and Bel must make a
devastating decision that
could ruin her last
chance at love

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Scandal In The Regency
Ballroom

No Place for a Lady Miss
Bree Mallory hopes no one
in Society will discover
that she once drove the
stage from London to
Newbury...or that she
returned unchaperoned
with the rakishly
attractive Max Dysart,
Earl of Penrith! Yet,
while beautiful Bree has
no interest in marriage,
Max's kisses are
powerfully persuasive...
Not Quite a Lady The
wealthy and exquisite
heiress Miss Lily France
is determined to trade
her vulgar new money for
marriage to a man with a
respected title. Then she
meets the untitled and
unsuitable Jack Lovell.
His calm strength and
deep grey eyes are an
irresistible
combination-but he is the
one man she cannot buy!

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Blue Evening Gone

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.

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Third Time Lucky

A story which begins in
Tooting in 1951. Evie
Smith has two daughters
by a married lover, who
leaves her when she
becomes pregnant again.
Five years later Evie
gets together with a
mysterious man, but a
fire robs her of him.
Then an encounter with a
police officer provides a
chance of happiness.

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Harvest Of The Sun 3 Retallick
Saga

It is 1846: the ship was
bound for Australia.
Aboard were Josh
Retallick and Miriam
Thackeray, prisoners
destined for the convict
settlements... until the
random hand of fate
wrecked their vessel on
the Skeleton Coast of
South West Africa. Far
from the brooding Bodmin
Moor, Josh and Miriam
are strangers in a
strange and hostile land,
an alien world of
Bushmen and Heroes, of
foraging Boers and greedy
traders, of ivory tusks
and smuggled guns.

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Second Chance

Barbara's first chance
comes in 1945. A
barrister's daughter,
she runs away to marry
her sailor sweetheart in
secret, ignoring her
parent's disapproval.
When the marriage falls
violently apart, she
returns home and tries to
rebuild her life. Then a
second chance of
happiness comes her way.

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Lord Roworth?s Reward -
Rothschild Trilogy 2

Love can entrap the most
guarded of hearts! The
distinguished Viscount
Roworth can only hope his
clandestine activities on
behalf of the British
Army will restore his
family fortune and gain
him entry into Brussels'
high society. But the
only fly in the ointment
is the young woman with
whom necessity has forced
the penurious peer to
share lodgings. The
lovely, fiercely
independent Miss Fanny
Ingram seems to care not
a whit for matters of
rank and social standing.
And although good sense
tells Roworth he must
resist her uncommon
charms, nothing can
protect his heart against
the slings and arrows of
Cupid's unerring aim!

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Maureen Lee - 3 Book
Collection

Details: A beautiful
collection of three books
from the Sunday Times
Bestselling Author. Au
Revoir Liverpool -
Liverpool, 1937. Jessica
is married to a mean,
patronising man who she
has stayed with purely
for the sake of her two
young children. But when
an unexpected glass of
champagne is offered to
her in a Liverpool hotel,
the consequences turn
out to be shattering.
After the War is Over -
Liverpool, 1945. Three
women, strong friends,
return home from the war
trying to fit back into
their old lives after
they've been demobbed.
They've been thrown
together by the war and
shared all sorts of good
and bad times. Now their
old lives seem dull in
comparison, but not for
long... Flora and Grace -
1944. It is spring, late
morning, when Flora's
life changes for ever.
She finds herself alone
on a train platform, a
baby boy given to her by
a stranger cradled
against her. And although
everything looks exactly
as it had done moments
before, nothing will
ever be the same again.
Ideal for: The ideal
collection for those that
enjoy Maureen Lee's
incredible work. This
paperback collection
measures: 17.5 x 11.2 x
6.6cm.

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A Sparkle Of Salt

As the 20th century
matures, the years bring
fresh problems for the
Lowrie family, first
introduced to readers in
The Shimmer Of The
Herring. James, rejected
by his betrayed and
embittered wife Stella,
has to fight hard to keep
his beloved steam
drifter, the Fidelity,
while his sister Bethany
struggles, inch by
painful inch, to gain
the financial
independence she craves.
Innes Lowrie, the
youngest of the family,
is busy raising his
ever-increasing brood. As
the years go by, James
and Bethany find
themselves battling over
her beloved son, Adam:
Bethany wants him to find
a life far from Buckie -
and away from the danger
of discovering the dark
family secrets: James,
father of three
daughters, sees Adam as
the natural successor to
the Fidelity and a
fisherman's life. Adam,
meanwhile, is more
interested in Etta
Mulholland, Innes's
foster daughter. But the
day must come when he has
to choose between
pleasing his mother or
following the man he
knows as his uncle.

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The Betrayal Of Grace Mulcahy

Details: Interior
betrayals, Venetian
binds; this warm wise and
affecting novel unravels
the secrets we keep from
those we love. Grace and
Michael's marriage and
life together have all
signs of being successful
and fulfiled; a daugher;
rewarding jobs; plenty of
friends. But when Grace
discovers that Miriam,
her interior design
business partner, is
embezzling her, the
seeds are sown for Graces
dilemma. When confronted
with her betrayal,
Miriam begs Grace not to
tell anyone in order to
preserve Miriams
marriage.If the truth
gets out it will fall
apart. Grace agrees to
keep quiet;a decision
that leads to
complications and
misunderstandings that
put strain on all of the
business and family
relationships. By the
time she notices how
close things are to
crumbling, it is too
late to piece together
the ties that bind her
and those she loves?
Ideal for: Fans of
contemporary fiction
books. This paperback
book has 471 pages and
measures: 17.7 x 11 x 3cm

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Escape By Moonlight

Details: 1939. The de
Lacey family of Nayton
Manor believe they are
ready for the changes war
will bring. Elizabeth,
the eldest daughter, is
due to return home from
her grandparents' farm in
France and is expected to
marry the dashing Captain
Max Coburn. But when
Grandpere suffers a
stroke, her future is
changed. Instead of
returning home to
Norfolk, Elizabeth
chooses to stay and help
her grandparents. Max is
also stationed in France
- but will this help
their courtship, or will
the war threaten to
separate them for ever?
Meanwhile, in the
village of Nayton, Lucy
Storey dutifully cares
for her father the
stationmaster, running
their home in the little
cottage by the railway.
Her long hard days are
brightened by meetings
with the handsome Jack de
Lacey, who brings a
brief escape from her
daily routine. As their
friendship grows, can
they overcome the class
prejudices set in their
way, or will the jealous
signalman Frank Lambert
succeed in destroying
their romance? For all at
Nayton, war becomes a
time of risk and danger,
of secrets and betrayal,
and of finding love in
the most unexpected
places. Ideal for: Fans
of historical and
contemporary fiction
books. This paperback
book has 414 pages and
measures: 19.7 x 12.8 x
2.7cm

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Staying On

When, after serving in
World War II, her
grandson Joe Scott
refuses to return to
Barrneuk, the small farm
his family has managed
for three generations on
the Clyde island of Bute,
Celia Scott is furious.
Celia kept the farm going
after the premature death
of her husband and has
had to keep running it
into her old age, as
well as raising her three
grandchildren after their
mother died and their
father, heartbroken,
left the island. She and
her granddaughter Jenny
have had a hard time
maintaining it during the
war, with a little help
from Iain, her oldest
grandson. Iain was to
have inherited the farm,
but after he was crippled
in a rail accident in
1939 Joe became the
natural successor. Now,
his refusal to take on
Barrneuk has thrown the
family into turmoil,
ruining each family
member's plans for the
future. Celia's first
instinct is to let the
farm go but Jenny has
other ideas and so she
must convince Iain that
he can take on the
inheritance that is
rightly his.

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Lights Out Till Dawn

Before World War II has
even been officially
declared, ten-year-old
Hazel Morgan and her
eight-year-old brother
Peter are evacuated,
leaving London for the
safety of the Sussex
countryside. With her
children gone and her
husband John in the army,
Rene Morgan misses her
family terribly. When she
learns that John has
become a prisoner of war,
she has to take on the
highly dangerous job of
firewatcher. Meanwhile,
Hazel and Peter are
desperate to go back
home. Returning to the
city, they are overjoyed
to be reunited with their
mother and Gran. But
their father is still far
away and the worst of the
war is yet to come. As
the air raids increase,
the Morgans must face the
terror of the Blitz
together.

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Kate Of Clyve Shore

Living in poverty in the
Kentish marshes, young
Kate dreams of a life of
abundance and riches in
the castle that towers
over her village. So when
the beautiful Lady Evelyn
descends, requesting
Kate to be her personal
maidservant at the
castle, it looks like
the first stage of a
dream come true. But
there are blackhearted
men to contend with,
evil in thought and deed,
and they have a
sophistication well
beyond that of anyone
Kate has encountered
before. And when her one
true love, Tom the
fisherman, returns from
sailing the seven seas,
it is to a very different
Kate from the one he left
behind.

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Bargain Bride

Young Charlotte Mortimer
loves her job teaching
the poor children in the
local school and she is
happy with her steadfast
fianc? Luke. Then, one
day, a terrible mining
explosion rocks the town
and suddenly everything
Charlotte thinks she
knows is thrown into
doubt. The arrival of
wealthy businessman
Justin Weatherby
complicates things
further. Charlotte must
marry him to save the
school she loves even if
it means sacrificing
everything else that is
dear to her. There are
secrets and lies at every
turn to challenge her;
will she ever make it as
a bargain bride? And can
she ever love the austere
man who has married her
and saved her beloved
school from certain
destruction?

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The Shoemakers Wife

The majestic and haunting
beauty of the Italian
Alps is the setting of
the first meeting of
Enza, a practical
beauty, and Ciro, a
strapping mountain boy,
who meet as teenagers,
despite growing up in
villages just a few miles
apart. At the turn of the
last century, when Ciro
catches the local priest
in a scandal, he is
banished from his village
and sent to hide in
America as an apprentice
to a shoemaker in Little
Italy. Without
explanation, he leaves a
bereft Enza behind. Soon,
Enza's family faces
disaster and she, too,
is forced to go to
America with her father
to secure their future.
Unbeknownst to one
another, they both build
fledgling lives in
America, Ciro masters
shoemaking and Enza takes
a factory job in Hoboken
until fate intervenes and
reunites them. But it is
too late: Ciro has
volunteered to serve in
World War I and Enza,
determined to forge a
life without him, begins
her impressive career as
a seamstress at the
Metropolitan Opera House
that will sweep her into
the glamorous salons of
Manhattan and into the
life of the international
singing sensation,
Enrico Caruso. From the
stately mansions of
Carnegie Hill, to the
cobblestone streets of
Little Italy, over the
perilous cliffs of
northern Italy, to the
white-capped lakes of
northern Minnesota,
these star-crossed lovers
meet and separate,
until, finally, the
power of their love
changes both of their
lives forever. Lush and
evocative, told in
tantalizing detail and
enriched with lovable,
unforgettable characters,
The Shoemaker's Wife is
a portrait of the times,
the places and the people
who defined the immigrant
experience, claiming
their portion of the
American dream with
ambition and resolve,
cutting it to fit their
needs like the finest
Italian silk. This
riveting historical epic
of love and family, war
and loss, risk and
destiny is the novel
Adriana Trigiani was born
to write, one inspired
by her own family history
and the love of tradition
that has propelled her
body of bestselling
novels to international
acclaim. Like Lucia,
Lucia, The Shoemaker's
Wife defines an era with
clarity and splendor,
with operatic scope and a
vivid cast of characters
who will live on in the
imaginations of readers
for years to come.

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The Lover's Path

A fictional love story,
The Lover's Path is
inspired by the true love
story of one of Venice's
most famous courtesans
Tullia d'Aragona. Set in
Venice in the 1500s,
this feminist epic is
narrated by Filamena
Ziani, a renowned singer
and composer, a woman of
independent means, and
the younger sister of the
most famous courtesan of
her times. In recounting
the tale of a forbidden
love affair of her youth,
Filamena brings to life
the romance and rich
sensuality of a
remarkable era in
Venetian history. Each
chapter of her tale
begins with a classic
love story, an
allegorical device common
to 16th-century
literature, which the
author has illustrated.
The book also contains
"actual" letters
exchanged between
Filamena and her lover,
a sampling of tarot cards
(Filamena has her cards
read in the story), and
a map.

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Eve Of The Isle

Details: January 1928,
the Isle of Dogs.
Following the mysterious
disappearance of her
sailor husband (missing,
presumed drowned), young
widow Eve Kumar struggles
to provide for herself
and her twin sons. But
her flower-selling
business is destroyed
overnight when the Thames
floods its banks,
wrecking Eve's ramshackle
riverside cottage and
forcing her to take
refuge with the lecherous
Harold Slygo and his
drunken wife. As Eve's
home life turns from bad
to worse, she is
befriended by a young
police constable,
Charlie Merritt, who
shares Eve's growing
suspicions that her
husband's death was no
accident. But Eve and
Charlie's investigations
are attracting unwelcome
attention - and when Eve
herself disappears,
Charlie realizes there
are those who would go to
any lengths to ensure the
truth remains buried.
Will he be able to save
the woman he has grown to
love? Ideal for: Fans of
contemporary and
historical fiction books.
This paperback book has
487 pages and measures:
17.7 x 11.1 x 3.1cm

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Lady Of Desire

Impetuous beauty Lady
Jacinda Knight is the
daughter of a notorious
woman. Her mother -
Georgiana, the Duchess
of Hawkscliffe - had
scandalised society with
her affairs and exploits,
earning her the moniker
of the Hawkscliffe
Harlot. All her life
Jacinda has been aware
that the eyes of the ton
are upon her - waiting
for her to reveal her
true colours and follow
in her disgraced mother's
footsteps. Now - faced
with the prospect of an
arranged and loveless
marriage - Jacinda may
well be about to prove
her critics right.
Running from her fate,
Jacinda finds herself
alone on a dangerous
street face-to-face with
Billy Blade, the
notorious leader of a
band of thieves. Jacinda
finds herself dangerously
attracted to the
handsome, mysterious
rogue and only just
escapes the experience
with her reputation
intact. But Billy is no
ordinary criminal. Years
before he had turned his
back on the privilege and
power of his tyrannical
father, the Earl of
Rackford. He regarded
giving up his wealth and
position a small price to
pay for the freedom he
currently enjoys. But
Jacinda makes him
contemplate the
unthinkable - returning
to the civilised world to
reclaim his title.

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No Mans Mistress - Mistress
Couplet Book 2

Lord Ferdinand Dudley is
accustomed to getting
what he wants - that is,
until he appears at the
door of Pinewood Manor,
attempting to claim his
rightful estate, and is
met by the bewitching
fury of Lady Viola
Thornhill She refuses to
relinquish the home she
calls her own. He refuses
to leave and so the
contest begins. Each day
under the same roof
brings immense
frustration - and
temptation. But Viola
knows it is a battle she
cannot afford to lose.
Marriage is out of the
question, and she will
be no man's mistress even
as Dudley's unnerving
presence threatens to
melt her resolve. Against
his better judgement,
Dudley is beguiled. This
maddening beauty has
stirred him as no woman
had before. And now he is
bound and determined to
make her his own.

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