David Armitage
- husband father & failure
- has lived the life of an unsuccessful screenwriter for eleven years. When one of

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Trouble & secrets When Emily Beauregard applies for the position of innkeeper on Jonas Tallents Devonshire estate nothing can prepare him for the trouble that follows. Little does he realise that Em has an agenda of her own: to discover her familys treasure guided by a cryptic rhyme. Orphaned near penniless the treasure is her & her siblings future but solving the rhyme is no easy task. Passion & danger Only once she accepts Jonas as her lover & enlists his aid do they start to unravel the clues. But someone else has the Colyton treasure in their sights & the closer Em & Jonas draw to her familys legacy the greater the danger
- & the passion between them
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WELCOME TO PARADISE Only the rich are invited...only the strongest survive Fame. Money. Success. Lori wants them Aurora is being destroyed by them & Stevie's got them at her best friend's expense. These three women are drawn unwittingly to the shores of Temptation Island all looking for their own truth. But they discover a secret so shocking there's no turning back. It's wicked it's sensational. Are you ready to be told? But the glittering waters drown dark secrets. The island promises the one thing money can't buy
- & the price is devastating...
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From Doris Lessing winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature the second volume of her collected short stories. Lessing is unrivalled in her ability to capture the complexities of relationships & the stories in this wonderful collection have lost none of their original power. Two marriages both middle class liberal & rather literary share a shocking flaw a secret cancer. A young beautiful woman from a working-class family is courted by a very eligible very upmarket man. An ageing actress falls in love for the first time but can only express her feelings through her stage performances because her happily married lover is unobtainable. A dedicated lifelong rationalist is tempted after the death of his father by the comforts of religious belief. In this magnificent collection of stories which spans four decades Lessings unique gift for observation her wit her compassion & remarkable ability to illuminate human life are all remarkably displayed. ...

Temptation on His Terms Amidst growing threats to their highprofile family studio boss Dex Hunter takes custody of his little brother
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Zoey needs a break after some serious excitement. Sadly the House of Night school for vampyres doesn't feature breaks on its curriculum
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When Jenny Humphrey confessed to a crime she didnt commit
- starting the Miller Farm fire
- she thought her time was up at elite

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Secrets of a deadly nature He might be known for his effortless charm but Guardian Jackson Foss is hiding a terrible secret. For months he has battled the emergence of his dark nature
- deadly urges that threaten to consume him. Those cravings intensify when he meets Arianna Wells. The human hes assigned to protect is smart perceptive; she doesnt seem like a dangerous temptress. Yet she awakens in him an unstoppable need that if left unchecked will brand him a traitor...punishable by death. But soon their bond is her only hope. As stalking her in the shadows is a merciless enemy
- one who will stop at nothing to claim her completely...

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In a world of sorcery & seduction the night brings out the beautiful the damned & the desired. Here Riley Jenson is on her own
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In Kenyas Happy Valley no one paid too much attention to the privileged colonial set as they farmed their estates partied until dawn & indulged in extra-marital affairs. Not until Josslyn Hay Earl of Erroll was shot dead at the wheel of his Buick in the early hours of 24 January 1941. Some said the good-looking womaniser had it coming. He was a philanderer who could have had any number of enemies who wanted revenge. Ageing Jock Delves Broughton stood trial for Errolls murder but was acquitted & the mystery remained unsolved
- until now. American heiress Alice de Janze had been conducting a clandestine affair with Joss for years. Married into French aristocracy her stunning beauty was to prove a fatal lure to men of adventure. Previously tried by a French court for shooting one of her lovers scandal followed her wherever she went. She arrived in Kenya as a newly married Countess in the 1920s but by 1941 she had turned forty & the years of partying had taken their toll. Pushed aside by Erroll for younger lovers Alice was thrown into desperation resulting in Errols murder & her own tragic demise. The Temptress not only solves the mystery of Josslyn Hays murder with the utmost conviction
- it eloquently paints a portrait of a volatile captivating woman.

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