Maddy Kiernan knows her situation is desperate. With her parents dead her brother Thomas is left as guardian to her & her sister Carmel & Thomas Maddy is all too aware only cares about himself. When his plans to marry the daughter of the Protestant canal agent backfire Thomas takes off to Liverpool leaving the girls to fend for themselves. Taking the momentous decision to follow their brother Maddy leaves for Liverpool. Within days the girls are destitute reduced to living in a cellar their money gone. Eventually Maddy finds work as a maid to an old lady becoming her unpaid companion & sole beneficiary of her will. But Maddy has to promise not to marry until the woman who has rescued her & her sister dies. When Maddy meets a young seaman she realises she may have to choose between love & that promise... ...

Harriet Swift thinks she has the perfect life
- a satisfying career her own flat & a new boyfriend who respects her need for her
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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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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. ...

Over five hundred years ago Esperettas soul was bound to her husbands by dark magic & when Velkan became a Dark-Hunter to her horror she became immortal as well. Now they must come together to fight an old enemy...and the passion that threatens to consume them once more. In Ride the Night Wind" by L.A. Banks dark dreams haunt Jose Ciponte dreams of a woman so beautiful he aches for her-and a deadly enemy who stalks them in the night. & now those dreams have become a reality... In " The Gift" by Susan Squires all Major Davis Ware wants to do is propose to the beautiful Emma Fairchild. Instead he is called back into battle & a desperate fate. & Emma will venture into hell itself to save him. In " The Forgotten One" by Ronda Thompson Lady Anne Baldwin longs to break free from her proper bonds. When she meets the mysterious Merrick whose eyes glow like a wolfs she may have found more than she bargained for." ...

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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