The City of London in the 1990s is a dark adrenaline-charged square mile deep in recession where sex is just another commodity & keeping ones integrity is a daily struggle. Gavin Blake is riding high. Hes up to his neck in money sex & sleaze but hes young & handsome & hes making a lot of money. Carta Graham wants nothing more than to forget her life as a high-flying lawyer so shes buried herself in a fund-raising project for the City Church of St Benets. When she meets Gavin she thinks the only thing they share is a temporary sexual attraction but shes wrong. They are about to change each others lives forever. For Gavin comes to see that in order to survive he must escape from the harrowing world he inhabits. His fight for freedom will be hard & fierce but Carta searching for her own freedom from the past is with him every step of the way... ...

Seven months into her pregnancy Rachel discovers that her husband is in love with another woman. The fact that this woman has a neck as long as an arm & a nose as long as a thumb is no consolation. Food sometimes is though since Rachel is a cookery writer & between trying to win Mark back & wishing him dead she offers us some of her favourite recipes. HEARTBURN is a roller coaster of love betrayal loss &
- most satisfyingly
- revenge. This is Nora Ephrons (screenwriter of WHEN HARRY MET SALLY & SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE) roman a clef: I always thought during the pain of the marriage that one day it would make a funny book she once said
- & it is!


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If you or someone you love suffers from heartburn you know that it can be very disruptive to your daily life. Most heartburn sufferers say it stops them from enjoying food. Others say it keeps them from getting a good nights sleep it makes it hard to concentrate at work & it interferes with family activities. Sound familiar? Dont worry. Heartburn is a pain but it can be helped. Heartburn & Reflux For Dummies" is the plain-English guide to relief for you if youve been recently diagnosed with heartburn or reflux if you suspect you may suffer from it or if youre concerned about your loved ones. This comprehensive book shows you how to recognize symptoms get an accurate diagnosis & work with a physician to receive the most effective treatment available. In this book youll see how to: get your symptoms under control; find the right physician; reduce stress & fine-tune your diet; avoid medicines that trigger upset; & decide if surgery is right for you. This friendly guide explains what the various forms of reflux are as all too often reflux is either self-treated or mistreated & followed by serious complications. Theres detailed information on building a comfortable lifestyle by reducing stress improving your diet controlling portions & timing your meals to minimize heartburn & reflux. Plus this sensitive guide even covers heartburn in infants children & the elderly. With the help of this book youll also discover: how to heal the esophagus of inflammation or injury as well as manage or prevent complications; the latest information on prescription medications & side effects; healthy habits to adopt to reduce your pain triggers; helpful home remedies & alternative medicine; the special risks & remedies for heartburn during pregnancy; & the side effects & complications associated with surgery. Complete with a catalog of heartburn medicines & a list of reliable Web sites for people with digestive disorders " Heartburn & Reflux For Dummies" is your one-stop guide to stopping the hurt starting to heal & enjoying food again!" ...

Four gorgeous girls are telling very ugly stories. First Emily Aria Hanna & Spencer claimed they found a dead body in the woods behind Spencers house only to have it vanish without a trace. Then when the same woods went up in flames they swore they saw someone whos supposed to be dead rise from the ashes. & even after all that the pretty little liars are still playing with fire. Call me heartless but its about time someone shut these liars up for good. After all nobody likes a girl who cries wolf-least of all me... ...

Lady Alexia Maccon soulless is at it again only this time the trouble in the air is not her fault. When a mad ghost threatens the queen Alexia is on the case following a trail that leads her deep into her husband's past. Top that off with a sister who has joined the suffragette movement (shocking!) Madame Lefoux's latest mechanical invention & a plague of zombie porcupines
- & Alexia barely has time to remember she just happens to be eight months pregnant. Will Alexia be able to figure out who is trying to kill Queen Victoria before it's too late? Is it the vampires again or is there a traitor lurking about in wolf's clothing? & do they really have to take up residence in Lord Akeldama's second best closet? *** Also available as a manga adaptation***
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Rich or poor five people seemingly very different find their lives in the capital connected in undreamed-of ways. There is Job the illegal mini-cab driver whose wife in Zimbabwe no longer answers his letters; Ian the idealistic supply teacher in exile from South Africa; Katie from New York jilted & miserable as a dogsbody at a political magazine & fifteen-year-old Anna trafficked into sexual slavery. Polly Noble an overworked human rights lawyer knows better than most how easy it is to fall through the cracks into the abyss. Yet when her au pair Iryna disappears Polly's own needs & beliefs drag her family into a world of danger deceit & terror. Riveting humane engaging HEARTS & MINDS is a novel that is both entertaining & prepared to ask the most serious questions about the way we live. ...

Life has never been so insane for Private Investigator Nikki James: a teenager is missing; a madman is kidnapping the wealthy; shes got a vampire to contend with; & her partner & best friend Jake is in the hospital dying. & just when it seems like nothing else could possibly go wrong for her Michael Kelly returns. The last thing Michael needs is a confrontation with Nikki
- especially when his control over his bloodlust is still so tenuous. But when a kidnapper steps up his agenda to murder they are suddenly forced into a partnership. Soon Michael discovers the biggest danger may not be from his need to taste Nikki but from his desire to make her a permanent part of his life
- a life that is sure to get her killed. Nikki is determined to make Michael see that life apart is worse than death. But before she can make him see the light a spectre from Michaels past rises that could destroy any hope she has of a future with him.

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He thinks he sees a flash of emotion in her eyes. Sympathy? Then its gone. Whatever you think this is going to be like she whispers its going to be worse. When beautiful serial killer Gretchen Lowell captured her last victim -- the man in charge of hunting her down -- she quickly established who was really in control of the investigation. So why after ten days of horrifying physical & mental torture did she release Detective Archie Sheridan from the brink of death & hand herself in? Two years on Archie now returns to lead the search for a new killer whose recent attacks on teenage girls have left the city of Portland reeling. Shadowed by vulnerable young reporter Susan Ward Archie knows that only one person can help him climb into the mind of this psychopath. But can Archie finally manage to confront the demons of his past without being consumed by them? Dark distressing & disturbing.. . Just pray you never meet Gretchen Val Mc Dermid What may be the creepiest serial killer ever created. This is an addictive read! Tess Gerritsen Move over Thomas Harris theres a new kid on the block.. . Compelling highly believable & very sexy Daily Mirror ...

Summer 1545. England is at war. Henry VIIIs invasion of France has gone badly wrong & a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel.. . Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. Asked to investigate claims of monstrous wrongs committed against his young ward Hugh Curteys by Sir Nicholas Hobbey Shardlake & his assistant Barak journey to Portsmouth. There Shardlake also intends to investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettiplace a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam. Once in Portsmouth Shardlake & Barak find themselves in a city preparing for war. The mysteries surrounding the Hobbey family & the events that destroyed Ellens family nineteen years before involve Shardlake in reunions both with an old friend & an old enemy close to the throne. Soon events will converge on board one of the kings great warships gathered in Portsmouth harbour waiting to sail out & confront the approaching French fleet... ...

It's Summer 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong & a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel.. . Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. Asked to investigate claims of 'monstrous wrongs' committed against his young ward Hugh Curteys by Sir Nicholas Hobbey Shardlake & his assistant Barak journey to Portsmouth. There Shardlake also intends to investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettiplace a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam. Once in Portsmouth Shardlake & Barak find themselves in a city preparing for war. The mysteries surrounding the Hobbey family & the events that destroyed Ellen's family nineteen years before involve Shardlake in reunions both with an old friend & an old enemy close to the throne. Soon events will converge on board one of the king's great warships gathered in Portsmouth harbour waiting to sail out & confront the approaching French fleet... ...