They shared a secret no one must ever know... When seventeen-year-old Ruth Davies' father is invalided out of the Great War the whole family has little choice but to move to the infamous Tiger Bay area of Cardiff. Not only faced with a life of adversity Ruth & her mother Caitlin also share a secret one that no one else must ever know. Ruth & Caitlin's wages are barely enough to put food on the table let alone pay the rent. & an increasingly neglected young Glynis runs wild. When Caitlin contracts tuberculosis & dies they have no option but to move into an even more squalid neighbourhood. But Ruth is still determined to keep their secret at all costs. That is until their father dies unexpectedly & an ever more desperate Ruth & Glynis find themselves living h&-to-mouth... ...

Becca thinks shes through with boys. That is until Squidge proposes his dare -- to kiss the next boy who comes onto the beach. The boy she picks has just arrived on holiday from London & is taken by surprise but very happy with such a welcome. When Becca stands back & sees him properly she realises that she quite fancies him too. However life is never that simple. Her parents marriage is on the rocks & Becca becomes increasingly stressed about what is going to happen to her. She questions everything to do with relationships & looks closely at what she wants from a boyfriend: is it escape companionship trust or someone to turn to? With the support of her friends she takes steps to discover what she truly values in her life. ...

Love Me Do tells the story of the Beatles by highlighting & then examining in detail fifty significant events in their amazing career. Taking a completely new approach to the band Paolo Hewitt creates one of the great Beatle biographies in time for the 50th anniversary of the release of the bands first single. Using huge amounts of research & personal insight Paolo Hewitt will take the reader on a rollercoaster ride from little-known moments such as the Beatles audition to be Billy Furys backing band the bands early recording of Thatll be the Day & George Harrison being deported from Hamburg to more famous moments such as the bands stint at The Cavern their 1969 rooftop gig & the making of the Sgt Pepper album. Beginning with the formation of the Beatles in the late 1950s & concluding with the bands reformation in 1996
- when Paul Mc Cartney George Harrison & Ringo Starr recorded & released two of John Lennons songs
- this book traces how the Beatles influenced their generation & countless others since.

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A NOVEL OF LOVE & DEATH IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER The words were gentle strokes drawing her awake. Hello. Hello there." She felt the light on her eyelids & knew that if she opened her eyes they would sting & she would have to shade them with her palm & let the light bleed through a crack. " Feel like talking?" A mans soft voice. & then her mind cleared enough to wonder: who was this man at her bedside? She tried to sigh but no breath came. Her eyes flew open in alarm. The Minus Eighty.. . Where millionaires browse the catalogue of icy women judging on beauty ratings & revival costs. Where a freezers gentle hum plays the background symphony for the worlds most expensive first dates. Where death is only the beginning. Love Minus Eighty is a disquieting vision of our romantic future as hopeful as it is horrifying by a Hugo Award-winning author." ...

Edward Monkton's surprisingly philosophical take on all aspects of love life & happiness have made Monkton's drawings stylish collectors' items & a mark of good taste year in year out. This is the latest offering from the bestselling author. He dreamt of a monkey whose SMILE lit up his soul like sunshine. He held out his heart to her so RADIANT so splendid & so new. She took him in her arms & felt truly perfectly at PEACE. A lyrical & beautiful story about finding true & enduring love. Deeply affecting in its honesty humour & simplicity. It might just be genius. ...

Like every woman Kate thought shed never meet the love of her life... Until she did. But are they destined to be together? Kate Miller has lived in New York for three long years. Now with her father ill its time to come home & face everything she left behind... Her friends: Zoe & Francesca bound to her forever as a result of one day when life changed for them all. Her family: her adored father & his much younger wife. The job: she abandoned on a glossy womens magazine. & the man she thought was the love of her life whose heart she has broken. What really happened before Kate left London? & can she pick up the pieces & allow herself to love life again? A modern day love story jam-packed with humour hurt hope & happiness
- so unputdownable youll cancel your Friday night out to keep reading.
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'I miss him with every breath & heartbeat. He should have been my happy ending. Instead he is the sad beginning to my story.' Olivia & Luca Felicone had known each other nearly all their lives but when they fell in love as teenagers & eloped to London they broke the hearts of those closest to them. Luca's parents run Marinella's restaurant the colourful hub of life in the otherwise bleak north-eastern seaside town of Watersford & his mother Angela has never forgiven Olivia for causing such a rift in her beloved family. On a freezing January night Olivia's life is shattered when she learns that Luca has been killed in a car accident on the M1. She is left with nothing & after suffering from weeks of overwhelming grief she abandons her job & returns North to where Luca has been buried in Watersford just to be close to him -- even though she knows she will not be welcome at Marinella's. Olivia's chance meeting with Luca's married twin brother Marc leads to the realization that he is experiencing a loss almost as painful as her own. Their desolation draws them into an affair which both know has no future but fills the space where Luca should be. It is a course of action that can only spiral out of control & when it does the consequences are both explosive & cruel. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE is a beautiful novel that portrays both the innocence of childhood & the dynamics of love & loss with deftness & sensitivity. It is above all a stunning debut from an author with a unique & natural narrative voice. ' Sad & lovely. I'm now having trouble finding a book good enough to fill the very deep hole she's left' Milly Johnson author of The Yorkshire Pudding Club ...

A Collection of Erotic Short Stories...with a Paranormal Twist... Black Lace has woven together the weird & wonderful characters creatures times &

Dimensions of so many imaginary realms & given them a unique erotic spin. & as you will discover the most distant shores & the furthest reaches of female sexual & romantic fantasy can never be underestimated. This collection will transport you to places where you will encounter sorcery vampirism shapeshifters & spirit lovers. Some of these stories may even take you back in time or to

Dimensions where sighs of passion mingle with cries of terror.



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In Hanky Park near Salford Harry & Sally Hardcastle grow up in a society preoccupied with grinding poverty exploited by bookies & pawnbrokers bullied by petty officials & living in constant fear of the dole queue & the Means Test. His love affair with a local girl ends in a shotgun marriage & disowned by his family Harry is tempted by crime. Sally meanwhile falls in love with Larry Meath a self-educated Marxist. But Larry is a sick man & there are other more powerful rivals for her affection. ...

In 1904 Texas Ranger Luke Palmer arrives in Brenham Texas with one goal--to capture the gang of outlaws led by Frank Comer. Undercover as a telephone repairman he uses his days on the range to search not realizing theres another pair of eyes watching him. Georgie Gail switchboard operator & birder heads out on a birding expedition but instead of sighting a painted bunting her opera glasses capture her telephone man armed & far away from telephone lines. Palmer is forced to take this alluring troublemaker into his confidence & unwittingly puts her in harms way. The closer he comes to the gang the further she works her way into his heart--and into trouble. Soon its more than just love thats on the line. ...