A terrifying & dream-like new novel from one of our greatest contemporary writers. At a critical point in her career painter Angelika Rossdal suddenly moves to Kvaloya a small island deep in the Arctic Circle to dedicate herself to the solitary pursuit of her craft. With her she brings her young daughter Liv who grows up isolated & unable or unwilling to make friends her own age spending much of her time alone or with an elderly neighbour Kyrre Jonsson who beguiles her with old folk tales & stories about trolls mermaids & -- crucially for the events that unfold in the summer of her eighteenth year -- about the huldra " a wild spirit who appears in the form of an irresistibly beautiful girl to lure young men to their doom. Now twenty-eight Liv looks back on her life & particularly to that summer when two boys drowned under mysterious circumstances in the still moonlit waters off the shores of Kvaloya. Were the deaths accidental or were the boys as Kyrre believes lured to their deaths by a malevolent spirit? To begin with Liv dismisses the old mans stories as fantasy but as the summer continues & events take an even darker turn she comes to believe that something supernatural is happening on the isl&. But is it? Or is Liv a lonely girl who has spent her entire life in the shadow of her beautiful gifted mother slowly beginning to lose touch with reality? Set in the white nights of an Arctic summer the novel has the heightened hallucinogenic atmosphere of a dream but culminates in a moment of profound horror. Intensely imagined & exquisitely written A Summer of Drowning""is a play of dark & light of looking & seeing that will hold & haunt every reader. " From the Hardcover edition."" ...

A gorgeously warm funny & heartbreaking story about facing up to your past & finding out what
- & who
- you really want... Alice

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Who knows what might happen in a summer of love? Sian Bishop has left the hustle & bustle of the city behind & has thrown herself into a new life in the country. With her young son her picture-postcard garden & her small thriving business she's happy & very busy. She is not
- repeat not
- looking for love. & then one glorious summer evening Gus Beresford arrives. One-time explorer full-time heart-breaker Gus is ridiculously exciting wonderfully glamorous
- & Sian tells herself completely wrong for a romantically cautious single woman like her. But she & Gus have met before. & despite Sian's best intentions it isn't long before she's falling for him all over again...


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This is a brilliantly witty fairy tale with a mystery that is as surreal as it is sinister. One girl. One boy. One spell to be broken. Ondine de Groot is a normal fifteen-year-old who lives with her family in the European country of Brugel. She has a pet ferret called Shambles. But Shambles is no ordinary ferret... Hes Hamish Mc Phee a boy cursed by a witch. A witch who happens to be related to Ondine. When Shambles turns back into Hamish temporarily Ondine knows that she has to help him break the spell. He is the most gorgeous boy she has ever met & her one true love! He just cant remain a ferret forever. Can he? ...

In the summer of 1979 a tamed grizzly bear is tempted by the lure of freedom & the wild open sea.. . Meanwhile the sudden death of British diplomat Nicky Fleming has left his wife closed down with shock. Relocated from Cold-War-riven Germany to a remote Hebridean island Letty Fleming is haunted by the unthinkable -- was it an accident murder or suicide? & how can she ever begin to explain to her three children that their father may have betrayed his country? Struggling to find solace in a place she loves Letty begins to unravel the mystery of Nicky's death but her determination to protect the children from the truth blinds her to the demons they are already battling. As the family's secrets threaten to tear them apart it is only the strange but brilliant Jamie who manages to hold on to the one thing he knows for sure: his father has promised to return & Nicky Fleming was a man who never broke a promise.. . ...

Knitting & life. They're both about beginnings--and endings. That's why Lydia Goetz owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle's Blossom Street offers a class called Knit to Quit. It's for people who want to quit something--or someone!--and start a new phase of their lives. First to join is Phoebe Rylander who's trying to get over a man. Alix Turner & her husband want a baby so she has to quit smoking. & Bryan Hutchinson needs a way to deal with the stress of running his family's business. Then there's Lydia's friend Anne Marie Roche. She & her adopted daughter Ellen have finally settled into a secure & happy routine--when a stranger appears asking questions. Meanwhile Lydia & her husband Brad have their hands full with the angry defiant twelve-year-old who unexpectedly becomes their foster child.... But when your life--and your stitches--get snarled your friends can always" help!" ...

Eleanor of Aquitaine's story deserves to be legendary. She is an icon who has fascinated readers for over 800 years. But the real Eleanor remains elusive
- until now. Based on the most up-to-date research award-winning novelist Elizabeth Chadwick brings Eleanor's magnificent story to life as never before unveiling the real Eleanor. Young golden-haired & blue-eyed Eleanor has everything to look forward to as the heiress to wealthy Aquitaine. But when her beloved father dies suddenly in the summer of 1137 her childhood is over. Forced to marry the young prince Louis of France she barely adjusts before another death catapults them to being crowned King & Queen of France. Leaving everything behind Eleanor must face the complex & vivacious French court. She is only 13. Barely out of childhood & forced to deal with great scandals fraught relationships & forbidden love at every turn Eleanor finally sees what her future could hold if she could just seize the moment. Overflowing with scandal politics sex triumphs & tragedies The Summer Queen is the first novel in a stunning new trilogy.
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Store all of your important documents in this hard wearing home-file decorated with roses allowing it to sit nicely in any room of your home. With a metal handle secure locking system & concertinaed sections inside your papers & documents are sure to be kept safe tidy & tear free. ...

This fantastic pencil case with 4 pockets & a mirror in the front flap can easily double up a cosmetics bag. There are 3 zipped pockets in total one large two small & one standard mesh pocket to use for a variety of items. The outside of this pencil case is a wipe clean pale blue fabric decorated with pink roses & small white flowers whilst the inside is a contrasting pink. Approximate size of this case is 11 x 10.5 x 7 (widest point of base) cm. ...

Keep all of your jewellery & small items safe in this set of six drawers. With one large drawer two medium & three small there is sure to be a drawer just the right size for each one of your treasured possessions. The pink rose decoration means it will brighten up any room of your house & add a touch of summer to your days. ...