The Haynes Manual is one of publishing's most famous & enduring icons. More than 200 million copies have been sold, covering everything from Austin Allegros to Zombie Survival. Now Haynes is sending itself up in a fabulously amusing & brilliantly-observed new format. Haynes Explains are compact guides to four major stages of life: babies, teenagers, marriage & pensioners. Based on the classic 'stripdown & rebuild' outline, & using original Haynes lines drawings, these books are perfect gifts or stocking fillers. ' You'll often find a couple who've never considered divorce, but you'll rarely find one who've never considered murder.' The aim of Haynes Explains Marriage is to help you get the best value from your partnership. It can help you (a) decide what work must be done (b) tackle this work yourself, though you may choose to have much of it performed by external contractors such as the local pizza delivery company, the garage that sells just-on-the-right-side-of-crappy flowers, or (failing those) your local Relate counsellor. Sections include:* That New Car Smell (the honeymoon period). ' Honeymoon (n): the last holiday a man has before he starts working for a new boss.' * Depreciation (how endearing habits become annoying).* Pillow Torque (sex & romance). ' My wife is a sex object. Every time I ask her for sex, she objects.'* Crash Test Ratings (arguments & how to handle them).* Backseat Drivers (when the in-laws come to stay). ' It's important to retain a soft spot for your mother-in-law. About halfway down the garden between the shed & the compost heap is ideal.'* Aerodynamics & Drag (keeping the marriage fresh). ...

To save her family home, impulsive bookshop owner, Alexa Maria Mc Kenzie, casts a love spell, which conjures up an unexpected visitor
- her best friend's older brother
- the powerful man who once shattered her heart. Billionaire Nicholas Ryan doesn't believe in marriage, but in order to inherit his father's corporation, he needs a wife & needs one fast. When he discovers his sister's childhood friend is in dire financial straits, he's offers Alexa an interesting proposal...A marriage in name only
- the rules? Avoid entanglement. Keep things businesslike. Do not fall in love. The arrangement is only for a year so the rules shouldn't be that hard to follow... Except fate has a way of upsetting the best-laid plans...


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When Janko returns after fighting for the Double Monarchy in Galici (Poland), he is stationed in Hannelore's town in Austria, where she is a high school teacher. They meet & fall madly in love but her parents are against the marriage, because he is from Slovenia. ...

Details: Cameron Paradise, a stunningly beautiful twenty-four-year-old personal trainer, flees Hawaii & her champion-surfer
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' The donkey tied to the tent peg had a hard-on which was difficult to ignore. ' Hamar mabsoot, ' my new brother-in-law Ibraheem said cautiously & as I realised I recognised his words (the donkey's happy), so our embarrassment dissolved with a giggle.' ...

The attraction is instant between Megan & Ben but the only problem is that Ben is bound for Australia in just a week's time.

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If you have a Wild, Unruly, or Undisciplined Daugher, two Ladies of Genteel Birth offer to Bring Out said Daughter & Refine what may have seemed Unrefinable. We can make the Best of the Worst' When Amy & Effie Tribble, two charming but impoverished spinster sisters, lose out on an inheritance, they place this advertisement in The Morning Post & hire themselves out as professional chaperones. Vowing to prepare even the most difficult misses for marriage, the Tribble sisters will spend a London season on each client, educating them in their School for Manners. Miss Harriet Brown, daughter of a Methodist minister, is the embodiment of propriety & Christian charity
- too much so, perhaps, for her own good. The virtues Harriet possesses are far from fashionable but the Tribble sisters feel confident their new charge will attract a worthy vicar or two before the end of the season
- if first they can vanquish confirmed rake & gambler Lord Charles Marsham who seems perversely determined to woo Harriet! 17.6 x 11 x 1.4 cm, pages 186

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When Captain Merridene dies, his daughters Martha & Penelope are left penniless.

They take an unusual job offer – as

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Books Classic Romance Books A new life awaits... Martha & Penelope Merridene desperately need a fresh start. Their father is gone, they are left penniless, & the only way forward is to accept an unusual job offer in the distant town of Tapton. Jonas Wright, the mill owner there, requires a teacher for his daughters & some promising mill workers. The sisters aren't settled long before their lives are flipped upside down. Caught up in a riot, Penelope meets a disgruntled worker, Daniel Porter, whose family have been brought to starvation by a rival mill owner. & against her better judgement, Martha finds herself drawn to Ben Seaton, the father of one of her students. Amid the chaos, some romance might be just the respite the two sisters need
- but the course of true love never did run smooth. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781804367223 •†Author:   Anna Jacobs •†Publisher:   Canelo •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 336 •†Dimensions:†  12.9 x 19.8 x 2.5 cm
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Merrion Palmer has been Judge Guy Stockdales mistress for the last seven years & his wife & two grown-up sons know absolutely nothing about her. Up until now, Guy & Merrion have enjoyed a blissfully, uncomplicated relationship in stolen moments in Merrions flat, & to the rest of the world, Guy has played the part of model husb&, father & grandfather.

But now the time has come for things to change. Guy has become conscious of wasted years & he wants to share his relationship with Merrion with the world. He wants, dammit, to marry her. Yet he is quite unprepared for the storm that will follow...

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