As the clock chimed the turn of the twentieth century, Lilly Nelly Aphrodite took her first breath. Born to a cabaret dancer & soon orphaned in a scandalous double murder, Lilly finds refuge at a Catholic orphanage, coming under the wing of the, at times, severe Sister August, the first in a string of lost loves. There she meets Hanne Schmidt, a teen prostitute, & forms a bond that will last them through tumultuous love affairs, disastrous marriages, & destitution during the First World War & the subsequent economic collapse. As the century progresses, Lilly & Hanne move from the tawdry glamour of the tingle-tangle nightclubs to the shadow world of health films before Lilly finds success & stardom in the new medium of motion pictures & ultimately falls in love with a man whose fate could cost her everything she has worked for or help her discover her true self. Gripping & darkly seductive, The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite showcases all the glitter & splendour of the brief heyday of the Weimar Republic, & the rise of Hollywood to its golden age. As it foreshadows the horrors of the Second World War, the novel asks what price is paid when identity becomes unfixed & the social order is upended. The size of this book is 19.7cm in height & 12.8cm wide with 404 pages ...

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Adele Ford's clearest childhood memory is of her father telling her about the enigmatic Lydgate Widow, whose abandoned house dominates the village. But the stories end abruptly on the day Adele & her sister are orphaned, & they grow up with only each other to rely on. Adele finds work in an antiques shop but when a wrongful accusation robs her of her reputation, her future looks bleak. So it's not hard for Col Vincent, a successful businessman, to persuade Adele to marry him. Adele grows to love him
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All the Possibilities. Shelby Campbell is nothing like any woman ambitious Alan Mac Gregor has ever known, she's creative, compelling & unconventional. But can powerful & attractive Alan convince Shelby that their night of passion could become a life-time of love? One Man's Art. Withdrawn from the world, Grant Campbell's world is interrupted when Genvieve's car broke down, forced to take shelter with Grant. Their attraction is undeniable but can Genvieve bring light back into Grant's life? ...

Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2014, this is a Frankenstein tale for our time from one of the UK's brightest new literary talents. Vic returned from war tormented by his nightmares. His once happy marriage to Beth all but disintegrated. A machine promised salvation, purging him of all memory. Now the machines are gone, declared too controversial, the side-effects too harmful. But within Beth's flat is an ever-whirring black box. She knows that memories can be put back & that she can rebuild her husband piece by piece. A Frankenstein tale for the 21st century, The Machine is a story of the indelibility of memory, the human cost of science & the horrors of love. ...

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Three years & eleven months. Thats how long Lizzie Wells has been banged up inside Holloway prison, serving time for a crime she didn’t commit.

Six months. Thats how long it’s taken Lizzie to fall in love with her fellow inmate, Scar.

Now they are both finally free &, together, they are about to embark on a vengeful search to find those who framed Lizzie. It’s time to make them pay...

THE BUSINESS MAN. THE COPPER. THE MADAM.

Murder, loyalty, & vengeance collide in a gritty read perfect for fans of Martina Cole & Kimberley Chambers.

This paperback book has 292 pages & measures: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.2cm.









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Surviving a near fatal attack by a ghostly killer will leave its mark. Seventeen-year-old Rory Devereaux has painful scars & deadly new powers at her fingertips. But without her secret ghost-fighting squad she feels brutally alone. Shes lying to her boyfriend, failing in class &, worse still, Rory fears that a terrifying horror stalks the streets of London. ...