Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels from Starter to Advanced this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Is it coincidence or is he losing his mind? While researching a new programme John a successful television producer comes across a story about a ghostly hitch-hiker. Soon he realises that the story of the Lady in White bears many similarities to part of his own life. Returning to London from a holiday in Ireland John begins to ask himself some uncomfortable questions. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book. ...

HIS LADY IN WAITING In her long years at the convent waiting for her betrothed Lady Isobel de Turenne has built the Comte d Aveyron into a fantasy
- a man who will rescue protect & love her... But when the Comte finally returns to claim his bride Isobel finds instead a man of contradictions
- one who masks dark secrets with desire. Wary of a mans touch but desperate to grasp her new freedom Isobel must decide ifi??its solely duty forcing the Comte to marry or whether he is truly her longedfor champion. Knights of Champagne Three swordsmen for three ladies

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This is the tragic story of Lady Jane Grey who was Queen of England for nine days in July 1553. Jane grew up watching her cousins in training as heirs to the throne little imagining that by a twist of fate she would one day be crowned. But this is Tudor England where nobody plays fair & even a queen isnt safe from those who wish her harm. ...

This is a fresh young fiction look for Dick King-Smith's timeless classics Lady Lollipop & Clever Lollipop". Lollipop is no ordinary pig. According to her young owner Johnny Skinner she's the cleverest pig in the whole kingdom. When people stare into Lollipop's bright intelligent eyes it seems to change them for the better. But will Lollipop win over spoilt Princess Penelope
- & the King & Queen? Lady Lollipop & Clever Lollipop make a classic pair from the much-loved Dick King-Smith the man who brought pigs to fame with " The Sheep-Pig" (filmed as " Babe")."
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Hugh Dunne the Earl of Briarly needs a wife
- so his sister hands him a list of the very best young ladies on the market. & then
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Despite the tremendous shock of the Battle of Kadesh Ramses has not managed to bring the formidable Hittite might to its knees. Rather than continue the struggle he decides to engage in negotiation. But more important than anything to Ramses is the love he bears the Great Royal Consort & he decides to offer Nefertari the most fabulous of gifts: at Abu Simbel two temples will be built
- symbols of their eternal love. Meanwhile shadows are gathering from Nubia to the sovereigns own capital of Pi-Ramses & Ramses must come face to face with Moses the childhood friend whom he had lost sight of for so many years: Moses who has returned to Egypt to demand the exodus of the Hebrew people.
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Impetuous beauty Lady Jacinda Knight is the daughter of a notorious woman. Her mother
- Georgiana the Duchess of Hawkscliffe
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Jack Lester had every reason to hide the news of his recently acquired fortune: he wanted an attractive capable bride who would accept him for himself not for his newfound riches. An impossible task given the debutantes he had seen over the past few seasons! Yet it was essential that he make his choice before the society matrons discovered the Lester family were no longer as poor as church mice. He had to convince Sophie the woman of his dreams to marry him as poor Jack Lester. For if he told her the truth how could he be certain of her motives? ...

Including a BRAND NEW exclusive sequel short story to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a 3 million copy bestseller this new edition of Lady of Hay brings Barbara Erskine's eerie atmospheric & utterly compelling story to a new generation. In London high-flying journalist Jo Clifford is planning to debunk past-life regression in a hard-hitting magazine piece. But her scepticism is shaken when she undergoes hypnosis & finds herself reliving the experiences of Matilda Lady of Hay a noblewoman during the reign of King John. As she learns of Matilda's unhappy marriage her love for the handsome Richard de Clare & the brutal threats of death at the hands of King John it becomes clear that Jo's past & present are hopelessly entwined & that eight hundred years on a story of secret passion & unspeakable treachery is about to begin again... Celebrating the 25th anniversary of a much-loved bestseller this new edition of Lady of Hay brings Barbara Erskine's eerie atmospheric & utterly compelling story to a new generation. ...

Impatient to find his bride-to-be yet appalled by the damsels of the ton Charles St Austell seeks refuge in his castle
- & discovers
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