Nina is the peacemaker of the family
- dutiful daughter sister & wife. Richard is the baby of the family
- hes always been spoilt

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You are a remarkable woman & you deserve all the happiness contentment & love in the world. I for one know that I have never met anyone quite like you. When Rose Pritchard turns up on the doorstep of a Cumbrian B&B it is her last resort. She & her seven-year-old daughter Maddie have left everything behind. & they have come to the village of Millthwaite in search of the person who once offered Rose hope. Almost immediately Rose wonders if shes made a terrible mistake
- if shes chasing a dream
- but she knows in her heart that she cannot go back. Shes been given a second chance
- at life & love
- but will she have the courage to take it?



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It is a sharp slick sequel to zombie adventure debut Dearly Departed". Can the living coexist with the living dead? Thats the question that has New Victorian society fiercely divided ever since the mysterious plague known as " The Laz" hit the city of New London & turned thousands into walking corpses. But while some of these zombies are mindless monsters hungry for human flesh others can still think speak reason & control their ravenous new appetites. Just ask Nora Dearly who was nearly kidnapped by a band of sinister zombies but valiantly rescued by a dashing young man.. .who was sadly no longer breathing... Nora & her savior the young zombie soldier Bram Griswold fell hopelessly in love. But others feel only fear & loathing for the reanimated dead. Now as tensions grow between pro- & anti-zombie factions battle lines are being drawn in the streets. & though Bram is no longer in the New Victorian army he & his ex-commando zombie comrades are determined to help keep the peace. That means taking a dangerous stand between The Changed a radical group of sentient zombies fighting for survival & The Murder a masked squad of urban guerrillas hellbent on destroying the living dead. But zombies arent the only ones in danger: Their living allies are also in The Murders crosshairs & for one vengeful zealot Nora Dearly is the number one target. As paranoia prejudice & terrorist attacks threaten to plunge the city into full-scale war Noras scientist father & his team continue their desperate race to unlock the secrets of " The Laz" & find a cure. But their efforts may be doomed when a mysterious zombie appears bearing an entirely new strain of the illness-and the nation of New Victoria braces for a new wave of the apocalypse. Lia Habels spellbinding suspenseful sequel to " Dearly Departed" takes her imaginative mash-up of period romance futuristic thriller & zombie drama to a whole new level of innovative & irresistible storytelling." ...

This is a pacy bloodthirsty hugely entertaining teen zombie novel with an unconventional but tender love story at its heart. From the ruins of a cataclysmic ice-age a new society has emerged based on Victorian customs. Nora Dearly a feisty teenage girl & apparent orphan leaves her exclusive boarding school for the holidays to return home
- only to be dragged into the night by the living dead. Luckily for her this particular crack unit of zombies are good guys
- sent to protect her from the real nasties roaming the countryside & zeroing in on major cities to swell their ranks. Nora must find a way to defeat the evil undead with help from Bram a noble sweet & surprisingly hot zombie boy for whom she starts to fall...

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Miami's best-dressed serial killer is back & on the prowl at least he would be if he could shake off his permanent shadow. Ever since their paths first crossed Sergeant Doakes hasn't let Dexter Morgan out of his sight. Dexter may well be the Miami PD's blood-spatter analyst but Sgt. Doakes has a pretty good idea of how Dex likes to spend his free time & he's determined to catch him in the act. Dex hasn't killed in months & is getting twitchy. To throw Doakes off his scent he's spending more time with Rita his girlfriend. But no matter how many cosy nights they spend in front of the TV Doakes is still watching. Then a body turns up horribly mutilated & barely alive. To trap the torturer Doakes & Dexter will have to work together if they can trust each other. It's a devil's pact & one of them will have to be the bait... ...

Devastating conclusion to The Mercian Trilogy" as the vampires destiny is finally revealed. I am pestilence & plague war & turmoil. I am what you fear when the night is dark I am the shiver you feel in your spine when you least expect it. I am the dreams from which you awake full of dread. I am the dreams from which one day you fear you will never wake at all. I am death & you will know me soon enough. The sorcerer Wyndham is set to destroy Will before he can achieve his destiny but the bigger challenge facing the vampire Earl of Mercia is finding a way through the maze of prophecies laid down for him to a future that is good. As the barriers to the underworld fall around him only one thing is clear
- the choices will not be easy for Will or for Eloise..."
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While her best friend Brooklyn is focusing all of her energy on helping Lorelei hone her abilities Lorelei is dealing with the reality that Satans second in command has taken up residence inside her body. Oh & the fact that she has a crush on the Angel of Death. But what a beautiful death it is. If those werent bad enough something sinister has come to town & it wants nothing more than to hear Loreleis dying breath as it strangles it out of her. Thank goodness the gang has a supernatural champion. But what happens when the only being who can save them switches sides midstream? How can a group of misfits capture one of the most powerful beings ever created? & will they find out how to bring Jared back to them before its too late? ...

As a boy Charlie St Cloud narrowly survived a car crash that killed Sam his little brother. Years later still unable to recover from his loss Charlie has taken a job tending to the lawns & monuments in the New England cemetery where Sam is buried. When he meets Tess Carroll a captivating adventurous woman in training for a solo sailing trip around the globe they discover a beautiful & uncommon connection that after a violent storm at sea eventually forces them to choose between death & life past & present holding on & letting go. The Death & Life of Charlie St Cloud is a romantic & uplifting novel about second chances & the liberating power of love. ...

' Refreshingly romantic dangerously good fun hugely addictive' Joanne Harris author of Chocolat Charlie St. Cloud was a blessed boy destined to do good things in high places. But all that changed the night he survived the car crash that killed his little brother Sam. Years later Charlie is still trying to atone for his loss. He has stayed at home in his snug New England fishing village tending the lawns & monuments of the ancient cemetery where his brother is buried. You see Charlie is graced with an extraordinary gift: he can see talk to & even play catch with Sam's spirit. Theirs is a perfect magical world untroubled until Charlie meets Tess Carroll a captivating adventurous yachtswoman training for a solo trip around the world. Suddenly he is faced with a choice -- between death & life the past & the present holding on & letting go. The Death & Life of Charlie St. Cloud is a romantic & exhilarating novel about second chances & the liberating power of love. ' Heart-meltingly moving.' Glamour ' Sherwood makes you believe -- & that's miracle enough' Newsweek ...

In this classic text Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning & rebuilding & to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written. Throughout the post-war period planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on our urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the Garden City or Le Corbusiers Radiant City they have dreamt up ambitious projects based on self-contained neighbourhoods super-blocks rigid scientific plans & endless acres of grass. Yet they seldom stop to look at what actually works on the ground. The real vitality of cities argues Jacobs lies in their diversity architectural variety teeming street life & human scale. It is only when we appreciate such fundamental realities that we can hope to create cities that are safe interesting & economically viable as well as places that people want to live in. ...