Lara Jean keeps all her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her, one for every boy shes ever loved.

When she writes,

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Abandoned as a baby, Joanna was brought up by the cruel farmer who found her, & put to work on his land as soon as she could walk. Despite such hardship, Jo still keeps her spirits up, strengthened by the knowledge that she was discovered in a luxurious blue velvet cloak ...

21 BC. After the turbulence of civil war, Augustus Caesar now rules Rome. 

Yet his authority is fragile, holding

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When their mother dies of pneumonia, worn down by poverty & hard work, young Ellie Jay & her sister Dora are left alone in the world. Their hard-drinking, womanising father has abandoned them, & they cannot afford the rent on their East End tenement. This saga is set in London. ...

On 28 November 2004, banker & father-of-two Alistair Wilson was shot three times on his doorstep in a killing more commonly associated with inner city gang wars than a sleepy seaside town in the Scottish Highlands. All these years later, the question remains: why? Who would wish to kill this respectable husband & family man in such a brutal fashion? Was it simply a tragic case of mistaken identity, or did someone have reason to end Alistair's life? & what was the significance of the envelope handed to him before he was fatally wounded? Over the years, lines of enquiry have been investigated & dismissed, gossip has spread, theories offered & rumours debated at length. & yet, so long after Alistair's death, no arrest has ever been made & precious few motives have been made public. In this gripping true crime investigation, Peter Bleksley, top ex-undercover cop & The Chief on Channel 4's Hunted, strives to uncover the truth & hunt down Alistair's killer. He travels to... ...

With Britons facing what has become known as the Bore War
- nothing much seems to have happened yet
- Maisie Dobbs is asked

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When laundress Mercy Seaton's chance meeting with Peter Lisburne at the annual Torquay regatta leads to a whirlwind proposal,

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Add a personalised touch to your crafts with this charming To From Stamper Set.



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Carmel Duffy is the eldest child of a brutal & abusive marriage, & she can't wait to leave home. She's equally determined to have no husband or family of her own
- what she wants more then anything is to be a nurse. As soon as she turns eighteen, she heads for Birmingham & begins her training. However, her resolve is tested when Dr Paul Connolly comes onto her ward. Gradually he wins her heart, & they agree to marry, both certain they want no children. Bur World War Two's years of courage & devastation will change everything. Carmel will find that the future is very different form the one she thought she wanted for so long...
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Keep your favourite picture from your big day & have it on show with this gorgeous " To have & to hold" Photo Frame.

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