Risking it all with a mysterious stranger... Kelley is a woman with a broken heart. She doesn't need another complication in her life & certainly not another man. Then she stumbles across Tom & is seduced by his rugged good looks & mysterious manner. Suddenly the things she thought she didn't want are exactly what she needs. Even as she is falling in love Kelley fights against demons from her past. Following Tom on a journey through her darkest erotic fantasies she must finally confront the truth about her desires. ...

Josh Lewsey is a household name in English rugby. He has been a World Cup winner part of the prestigious British Lions squad & a crucial member of the Wasps team one of the most successful UK premiership rugby sides of the last 10 years. Not content with just being a rugby player his life off the pitch has been equally impressive. He is a graduate in both Law & Physiology a former Army Officer & an avid adventurer. This fascinating & humorous autobiography follows the highs & the lows that inevitably come from being at the top of a professional sport. His refreshingly honest approach means that he offers real insight into the personalities & attitudes that make up the rugby world as well as the lessons that he has learnt along the way to reach the pinnacle of his game. ...

This beautiful & deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Haydens battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled & sexually abused child who with the help of Hayden was finally able to overcome her dark past & realise her full potential. Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse she never spoke never cried & was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation -- except her teacher Torey Hayden. With patience skill & abiding love she fought long & hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare -- & nurture the spark of genius she recognised trapped within Sheilas silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together -- an odyssey of hope courage & inspiring devotion that opened the heart & mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery & joy. ...

Buy now with one-click. Amazons business model is deceptively simple: make online shopping so easy & convenient that customers wont think twice. Yet Amazons success is largely down to CEO & founder Jeff Bezos a man described as both a happy-go-lucky mogul & a notorious micromanager. His high energy passionate approach to retailing has driven Amazon to the top. Jeff Bezos is smart. Originally a computer geek he had the vision to capitalise on the untapped online market for books. Hes also a calculating machine who creates deal-flow charts for every major decision from what business to create to how to choose a spouse. One Click" explores what makes Bezos Bezos. Through detailed research & interviews with Amazon employees competitors & observers Richard Brandt has deciphered how Bezos thinks what drives his actions & how he makes his business decisions. Amazon.com was waiting to be discovered. It took Bezos unique character & strategy to make it happen. Anyone in the business world can learn from his reinvention of the retail landscape." ...

A handsome & reclusive horse breeder Spencer Dumarque the fourth Duke of Morland has a reputation as the dashing Duke of Midnight." Each evening he selects one lady for a breathtaking midnight waltz. But none of the ladies of the ton catch his interest for long until Lady Amelia d' Orsay tries her luck. In an effort to get the Duke to forgive her brother's debts Amelia claims the duke's dance. But she is playing a dangerous game with a notorious rake... The first novel in Tessa Dare's delightful Stud Club trilogy. Other titles in this series are Twice Tempted by a Rogue & Three Nights with a Scoundrel. Rouge Romance
- your first stop for romance books"
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I can imagine you at forty she said a hint of malice in her voice. I can picture it right now. He smiled without opening his eyes. Go on then. 15th July 1988. Emma & Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways. So where will they be on this one day next year? & the year after that? & every year that follows? Twenty years two people ONE DAY. From the author of the massive bestseller STARTER FOR TEN. ...

She was only nine when her world fell apart. The struggle to understand took a lifetime. In 1960s Bristol Susan's family was like any other with its joys & frustrations & fierce loyalties. Then tragedy struck & left a legacy that was to last a lifetime. Susan was only nine when her mother died. A year later she was sent away to school. She didn't want to go & didn't understand why she had to. In her struggle to cope with an uncertain world
- a world where nothing seemed to make sense any more
- she pushed away the one person she loved best her father. It wasn't until adulthood beckoned that she realised that in order to turn their relationship around she had to learn to love
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- again.



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Binyavanga Wainaina tumbled through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. This world came to him as a chaos of loud & colourful sounds: the hair dryers at his mothers beauty parlour black mamba bicycle bells mechanics in Nairobi the music of Michael Jackson
- all punctuated by the infectious laughter of his brother & sister. He could fall in with their patterns but it would take him a while to carve out his own. In this vivid & compelling debut Wainaina takes us through his school days his failed attempt to study in South Africa a moving family reunion in Uganda & his travels around Kenya. The landscape in front of him always claims his main attention but he also evokes the shifting political scene that unsettles his views on family tribe & nationhood. Throughout reading is his refuge & his solace. & when in 2002 a writing prize comes through the door is opened for him to pursue the career that perhaps had been beckoning all along. Resolutely avoiding stereotype & cliche Wainaina paints every scene in One Day I Will Write About This Place with a highly distinctive & hugely memorable brush.
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From Catherine Alliott bestselling author of A Crowded Marriage" & " The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton" "comes One Day in May" a gorgeous rural romantic comedy about facing up to your past. " One day in May" Hatties life changes for ever... Hattie Carrington has good reason to be happy. Her antiques business is flourishing her teenage son is settled at school & shes enjoying a fling with a sexy younger man. But when work takes her back to the village of Little Crandon heartbreaking memories of her first love surface. It seems that the secret affair with married politician Dominic Forbes which changed the course of her life just wont go away. So when Hatties bumps into Dominic??i??i's widow & his gorgeous younger brother Hal her world are turned upside down. Though shes still trying to hide from her mistakes she knows that if shes ever to fall in love again she needs to be honest with others & herself. Can she admit what really happened with Dominic all those years ago? & if so is she ready for the consequences? Step into Alliott country with " One Day in May". Praise for Catherine Alliott: " Another charming tale of love & heartbreak from this wonderfully warm & witty author". (" Woman"). " Shes getting better & better. A complete pleasure to read". (" Daily Mail"). "A fun fast-paced page-turner". ("OK"). Catherine Alliott is the author of twelve bestselling novels: "A Crowded Marriage" "A Married Man" " Not That Kind of Girl" " Going Too Far" " The Old-Girl Network" " Olivias Luck" " Rosie Meadows Regrets..." " The Wedding Day" " The Real Thing" " The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton" " One Day in May" & "A Rural Affair". She lives with her family in Hertfordshire." ...

One day in May Hatties life changes for ever.. . Hattie Carrington has good reason to be happy. Her antiques business is flourishing her teenage son is settled at school & shes enjoying a fling with a sexy younger man. But when work takes her back to the village of Little Crandon heartbreaking memories of her first love surface. It seems that the secret affair with married politician Dominic Forbes which changed the course of her life just wont go away. So when Hatties bumps into Dominics widow & his gorgeous younger brother Hal her world is turned upside down. Though shes still trying to hide from her mistakes she knows that if shes ever to fall in love again she needs to be honest with others & herself. Can she admit what really happened with Dominic all those years ago? & if so is she ready for the consequences? ...