When love flies out the window married life can be hell. With an unplanned baby on the way a newly-wed daughter whose marriage is already in trouble a teenager who won't eat & doesn't think there's anything wrong with her & hiding secrets from each other Barry & Aimee are on a rocky road. When love flies in the window ex-wives can cause a lot of trouble. & Marianna is going to cause as much trouble as she possibly can to make sure that her former husband is not going to waltz down the aisle with his new love. Families in crisis passion tragedy & the healing powers of love
- Patricia Scanlan's brilliant & heart-warming new novel re-introduces us to the characters in Forgive & Forget" & " Happy Ever After" & brings their story to a triumphant conclusion."
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Love & Summer"
- a remarkable heart-rending novel by acclaimed writer William Trevor. " Lingers in the memory as a beautiful meditation
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Over the fifteen years Rosemary has been living in the region the more she realised she didn't know about the war; about the French during the Occupation the real role of the Resistance the level of collaboration the concentration camps in the Pyrenees & the treatment of Jews & other refugees. It is still very much a veiled history & most of the archives remain firmly closed. LOVE & WAR IN THE PYRENEES is a portrait of human tragedy heroism & cruelty that will create a picture of the period from a contemporary angle the history linked to sights that can still be visited & brought to life by letters interviews & encounters with people today including the historians currently trying to investigate what really happened. ...

Olivia Donatellis dream of a normal life was shattered when her son Anthony was diagnosed with autism at age three. He didnt speak. He hated to be touched. He almost never made eye contact. & just as Olivia was starting to realise that happiness & autism could coexist Anthony died. Now shes alone in a cottage on Nantucket separated from her husband desperate to understand the meaning of her sons short life when a chance encounter with another woman facing her own loss brings Anthony alive again for Olivia in a most unexpected way. In a piercing story about motherhood love & female friendship Lisa Genova offers us two unforgettable women on the verge of change who discover the small but exuberant voice that helps them both find the answers they need. ...

Unlucky in love Jo is dragged along to see a clairvoyant by her two coupled-up best friends & is told that theres only one boy for her. The trouble is the last time she saw him was in a past life when she worked as a governess to his younger brother. The clairvoyant tells her that as she is back in this life so is he & she must find him if she is ever to know true happiness & love. Jo doesnt believe a word of it
- but then a series of events begin to change her mind. Could her one true love really be out there? In her quest to find the One she visits psychics & cemeteries
- but will she even be able to recognize her soul-mate when she finds him? Or is she destined to continue looking for love for all of time?

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We are all aware of the benefits of eating seasonally & healthily & yet often this isn't something we consider when baking. Amber believes that cakes bakes & puddings shouldn't be made with refined white flour & white sugar. She develops recipes using fruit & honey to give sweetness & ancient flours such as buckwheat spelt & rye to give depth of flavour. Chapters are Seasonal Cakes; Puddings including baked fruit crumbles pies sponge & rice puddings; Tarts & Meringues; Small Bakes; Creams Custards & Compotes; & Herbal Teas. Enjoy baking a Spiced Carrot Cake with a crumbly topping; make Berry Good Fairy Cakes for the kids create a Coconut & Passionfruit Tart for a dinner party or try the healthy Mince Pies with an orange zest pastry. Baking is always indulgent & comforting but with Amber it can be nourishing too. ...

Etienne Argeneau can turn one human into a vampire in his lifetime
- an honour his kind usually reserved for their life mates to
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The twins are travelling to Transylvania! Olivia's really nervous because she's meeting her vampire family for the first time (there's a lot at stake). Plus it doesn't help that she'll be there for Valentine's Day & her new boyfriend Jackson the hot movie star doesn't seem bothered that he won't be with her. But it turns out it's Ivy who feels out of place despite being surrounded by vampires! & Olivia's been noticed by Prince Alex a smooth-talking handsome vampire with an eye for non-vamps. Could it be love at first bite? & what about Jackson?! Sink your teeth into Olivia & Ivy's sixth fright-time adventure. ...

Many if not most parents feel that their children may have missed out in some way during the early years. Offering a simple relatively trouble-free self-help method for putting that right is what parents were waiting for. This book is written in highly accessible language assures Oliver James. The method is explained as simply as possible illustrated with cases. Love Bombing is a very simple technique which helps most children from aged three to early teenage. Because so many parents are or have had periods of living very busy or miserable or complicated lives most of us need to reconnect with our children from time to time. Love Bombing does the job explains James. Originally he developed the method as part of his work presenting three series of parenting programmes on ITVs This Morning. The entry point for parents will be the particular kind of problem their child has. Each chapter will be about Love Bombing this specific difficulty illustrated with cases. Problems described include temper tantrums hyperactivy clinging or even shyness. Along the way the author brings in scientific evidence regarding the issue its causes & solutions. The method works equally well whatever nation you are in because the fundamental needs of children are the same everywhere says James. This book has a genuine international feel as the author has already been contacted by more than eighty mothers all over the world who have tried the method & have given positive feedback. ...