Charlotte Arkendale knew all there was to know about men. After all shed made a career out of steering marriage-minded women away from untrustworthy members of the opposite sex. Yet nothing could have prepared her for Baxter St. Ives
- an arresting stranger too daring too determined too dangerous to be her new man-of-affairs. Still perhaps he was the perfect person to help Charlotte investigate the recent murder of one of her clients. So she gave him a chance never realising that Baxter a gifted scientist would soon conduct a risky exploration into the alchemy of desire with Charlotte as his subject. But even as he sets out to seduce Charlotte a twisted killer lies in wait ready to part the lovers.. .or see them joined together forever
- in death.

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Indulgent & sensual outrageous & taboo but always highly erotic this new collection of Black Lace stories takes the illicit & daring rendezvous with a lover (or lovers) as its theme. Popular Black Lace authors like Portia Da Costa & Janine Ashbless contribute saucy tales as do a number of brand new passionate & edgy voices from the US. Packed with a broad & thrilling range of women's sexual fantasies. ...

March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy
- or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher still a major in the military police is sent in undercover. The county sheriff is a former U.S. Marine
- & a stunningly beautiful woman. Her investigation is going nowhere. Is the Pentagon stonewalling her? Or doesnt she really want to find the killer? The adrenaline-pumping high-voltage action in The Affair is set just six months before the opening of Killing Floor & it marks a turning point in Reachers career. If he does what the army wants will he be able to live with himself? & if he doesnt will the army be able to live with him? Is this his last case in uniform? Winner of CWA Best unabridged Crime Audiobook 2012.

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And then there were eight
- Understandably Lord Burford had some misgivings about hosting another house party at Alderley his beautiful
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Charles Henstock rector of Thrush Green has difficulty living up to his predecessor when he moves to the parish of Lulling. He faces opposition from the fearsome Mrs Thurgood & her arty daughter Janet. Everyone in the district seems to be having their share of problems not least Albert Piggott who dreads the return of his wife Nelly. Meanwhile Kit Armitage returns to set elderly hearts fluttering. Could there be wedding bells in Thrush Green? ...

Welcome to the bizarre & dangerous world of Victorian London a city teetering on the edge of revolution. Its people are ushering in a new era of technology dazzled each day by new inventions. Airships soar in the skies over the city whilst ground trains rumble through the streets & clockwork automations are programmed to carry out menial tasks in the offices of lawyers policemen & journalists. But beneath this shiny veneer of progress lurks a sinister side. For this is also a world where lycanthropy is a rampant disease that plagues the dirty whorehouses of Whitechapel where poltergeist infestations create havoc in old country seats where cadavers can rise from the dead & where nobody ever goes near the Natural History Museum. ...

Sunday Times & New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton returns with another exciting thrilling & addictive adventure for her vampire hunting heroine Anita Blake. Had everyone bitten tonight caught this? The other bites had not looked like vampire bites. They'd been zombie or human looking. Was this infection something that vampires & shapeshifters could catch? If it was then it was something new. Some zombies are raised. Others must be put down. Just ask me Anita Blake Vampire Hunter. Before now I figured I could handle them. Before now I had never heard of any of them causing human beings to perish in agony. But that's all changed. Micah's estranged father lies dying rotting away inside from some strange ailment that has his doctor's whispering about 'zombie disease'. I make my living from zombies
- but these aren't the kind I know so well. These creatures hunt in daylight & are as fast & strong as vampires. If they bite you you become just like them. & round & round it goes... Where will it stop? Even I don't know.
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There is currently an epidemic of 'affluenza' throughout the world
- an obsessive envious keeping-up-with-the-Joneses
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This guidebook is aimed at people who want to know & understand more about buying & collecting art; whod like to build their confidence when making choices about investing in individual pieces & building a collection of a number works in a variety of media. This is a practical guide that will give potential buyers a better understanding of the art world
- how it operates & how to navigate its jargon & often idiosyncratic practices & more specifically where to look for affordable art. By explaining the culture & practicalities of the art world & by exploring different methods of buying art this book will demystify the process for the novice collector. It will also help them to analyse their likes & dislikes in considering a purchase & how to build a collection that will be a good investment. Affordable Contemporary Art will be a map for collectors to find & buy art that they love for the right price & build a collection thats more than the sum of its parts. Aimed at those new to collecting contemporary art this book is also useful for people interested in working in galleries or auction houses for artists & for students of studio art.
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In a timely & eye-opening book Rodric Braithwaite examines the Russian experience in that most recent war in Afghanistan (after Alexander's conquests & the many British imperial wars & skirmishes). Largely basing his account on Russian sources & interviews he shows the war through the eyes of the Russians themselves
- politicians officers soldiers advisers journalists women. As former ambassador to Moscow Rodric Braithwaite brings unique insights to the Soviet war in Afghanistan. The story has been distorted not only by Cold War propaganda but also by the myths of the nineteenth century Great Game. It moves from the high politics of the Kremlin to the lonely Russian conscripts in isolated mountain outposts. The parallels with Afghanistan today speak for themselves. A superb achievement of narrative history sensitive writing & exciting fresh research": so wrote Simon Sebag Montefiore about Rodric Braithwaite's bestseller " Moscow 1941". But those words & many others of praise that were given it could equally apply to his new book."
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