Engl&, 1911. The Reverend Albert Canning, a vicar with a passion for spiritualism, leads a happy existence with his naive wife Hester in a sleepy Berkshire village. As summer dawns, their quiet lives are changed for ever by two new arrivals. First comes Cat, the new maid: a free-spirited & disaffected young woman sent down from London after entanglements with the law. Cat quickly finds a place for herself in the secret underbelly of local society as she plots her escape. Then comes Robin Durrant, a leading expert in the occult, enticed by tales of elemental beings in the water meadows nearby. A young man of magnetic charm & beauty, Robin soon becomes an object of fascination & desire. During a long spell of oppressive summer heat, the rectory at Cold Ash Holt becomes charged with ambition, love & jealousy; a mixture of emotions so powerful that it leads, ultimately, to murder. ...

1917. The Lotus Hotel offers sanctuary for its exclusively female clientele, attracting the cream of Londons society.



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Books Modern Romance Books Greta James is adrift. Literally. Just after the sudden death of her mother
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She won her freedom. Now someone wants her silenced. After serving nine years of a life sentence for the manslaughter of a former beauty queen, Shona Pickton returns to her home town of Felixstowe, exonerated after an appeal quashed her conviction. She has always protested her innocence – despite being tried & convicted by the media long before her trial. Determined to clear her name, Shona insists that one man can corroborate her story: well-known police informer Karl Cuskie, her alibi for the night Cassandra Norton died. But then Cuskie is found dead, throwing the reopened case wide open. Terrified for her life, Shona turns to police specialist Dr Cora Lael, whose insight might reveal Norton & Cuskie’s murderer. But Cora is torn: should she help Shona behind the back of DS Rob Minshull & her police colleagues? & when a trail of corruption leads to the heart of South Suffolk CID, can Cora unmask the killer before they come for Shona? A fast-paced, atmospheric, utterly gri... ...

For Navy SEAL Lieutenant Tom Paoletti an enforced medical leave of absence is the last thing he needs. As the leader of the Troubleshooters, an elite special ops unit, not only is Tom used to injury but he thrives on danger. With his hands tied, Tom heads home to New Engl&, thinking that Dr Kelly Ashton, the 'sweet girl from next door' from his youth, might soften the blow. But everything changes when he catches a terrifying glimpse of an international terrorist in his hometown, though his superiors are quick to dismiss his warnings as paranoid delusions brought on by his near-fatal head injury. Tom can't take the chance that 'the merchant' may be planning a terrorist attack on US soil. Convinced that the danger is very real, tom pulls together a makeshift counterterrorist team but in conditions like these, can Tom be any match for the Merchant? ...

Family comedy-drama starring Joan Allen as Terry Wolfmeyer, an affluent & sharp-witted suburban Detroit wife & mother who goes from a paragon of sweetness to a volcano of rage in the wake of her husband's desertion; he has apparently jetted off to Swe ...

Family comedy-drama starring Joan Allen as Terry Wolfmeyer, an affluent & sharp-witted suburban Detroit wife & mother who goes from a paragon of sweetness to a volcano of rage in the wake of her husband's desertion; he has apparently jetted off to Sweden with his Swedish secretary. Barely holding it together for her four daughters, Terry fitfully adjusts to his absence, while trying to avoid romantic involvement with her neighbour Denny Davies (Kevin Costner), a retired baseball player & radio personality who shares her love of the all-day cocktail hour. ...

Behavioral economist & New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely returns to offer a much-needed take on the irrational decisions that influence our dating lives, our workplace experiences, & our general behaviour, up close & personal. In The Upside of Irrationality, behavioral economist Dan Ariely will explore the many ways in which our behaviour often leads us astray in terms of our romantic relationships, our experiences in the workplace, & our temptations to cheat. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms & other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities. Among the topics Dan explores are: * What we think will make us happy & what really makes us happy; * How we learn to love the ones we are with; * Why online dating doesn't work, & how we can improve on it; * Why learning more about people make us like them less; * Why large bonuses can make CEOs less productive; * How to really motivate people at work; * Why bad directions can help us; * How we fall in love with our ideas; * How we are motivated by revenge; & * What motivates us to cheat. Drawing on the same experimental methods that made Predictably Irrational such a hit, Dan will emphasize the important role that irrationality plays in our day-to-day decisionmaking-not just in our financial marketplace, but in the most hidden aspects of our lives. ...

Thousands of backyard poultry keepers are springing up all over the country, experiencing afresh the joys of their first hen, their first egg, their first happy chuckle in the morning garden. Keeping poultry in the city brings with it not only joys but responsibilities. The Urban Hen is the perfect companion for the city poultry keeper & shows you how to maintain a happy, healthy garden or backyard flock in towns & cities everywhere. In this book you'll discover how to: ï ½ Find the best poultry for the small garden
- & how to house them properly ï ½ Feed your birds, tune in to their daily needs & enjoy your own eggs ï ½ Avoid annoying the neighbours by showing that it is possible to keep poultry without attracting unwelcome pests ï ½ Recognise healthy happy birds & learn their daily routine ï ½ Recognise poorly hens
- & how to treat them or get help ï ½ Incubate & care for fertilised eggs & raise chicks

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This ultimate city gardener's guide to growing, harvesting & cooking

Includes:: lots of fantastic tips & more

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