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Girl in the Attic

Thirteenyearold Nathan is furious when Mum hauls him off to Cornwall for Christmas and then tells him they are to move there for good. He knows he must accept the fact that his dad has left them to live with another woman, but he is desperate to be back with him in London. He has never been separated from his best friend, Tom, either. Life, it seems to him, has become intolerably unfair.After a blazing row with his mum, Nathan runs away for the afternoon—only to discover, entirely by chance, a cottage, a garden by the sea, and an enchantingly beautiful girl who seems more miserable than he is himself.The girl in the attic. Who is she, and what is the family secret that haunts her life?Nathan suddenly realises that seeing the girl again and finding out about her have become an obsession. He lays a careful plan that enables him to return to the cottage, where he discovers her name—Rosalie—and that her problems put his own in the shade. He longs to help...
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The Chosen

The past never dies. It only sleeps, waiting to unleash a new cycle of bloodshed and terror. For The Inn is a breeding ground for unspeakable atrocities. And now the time has come for Vera to be initiated into its secret world of depravity and horror—whether she wants to or not!
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哦,香雪

This book contains 3 Ting Ning's novels, and June's Big Topic. These novels reflects the social values in the 70s and 80s, and created a number of characters, contains a wealth of philosophy of life. that is made all the more delightful by our elaborately produced bilingual texts and beautiful illustrations.《中国故事:哦,香雪(中英对照)》收录了中国当代作家铁凝的三篇作品:《哦,香雪》、《蝴蝶发笑》、《六月的话题》。三篇小说体现了七八十年代中国社会价值观的多元冲突,塑造了一个个生动的人物,蕴含丰富的人生哲理。
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Legend of the Paymaster's Gold

The Jackson family has moved into an old house on Commissioners Road near London, Ontario, and siblings Sam and Eadie discover that an exciting legend involves their new home. Their neighbour Ben tells them that a skirmish in the War of 1812 took place right in front of their house, and during this fight it is thought that an army paymaster lost a chest of gold that has never been recovered. Sam, Eadie, and Ben decide to "solve" the legend and find the lost gold. But almost 200 years have passed. How will they know where to look? What clues are there to follow? With the help of the Internet, Dave at the library, and some clever sleuthing with maps and a metal detector, they make some progress. But why are all the most likely places to find the gold made off-limits to them by grown-ups?
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Valentine's Dream: Love Changes EverythingSweet SensationMade in Heaven

Love Changes Everything by Sandra KittCarter Morrison is a changed man. Grace Haley never imagined that her late husband's best friend would turn into the improved man she now sees. And when he asks her for a little Valentine's Day advice, she'll discover a longing deep in her heart....Sweet Sensation by Carmen GreenNessie Claiborne only wants to make her firm's annual Valentine's Day charity extravaganza a success. But the moment she tries to work with handsome, sensible executive Craig DuPont, she finds her impractical ideas and his hidden longings are producing a love affair neither expected.Made in Heaven by Felicia MasonVal Sanders doesn't believe in romance or love at first sight. Then she receives a gift certificate for a dating service and meets Eric Fitzgerald, the sexy bachelor owner. Has Eros loosed an arrow...one headed straight for Val's heart?
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The Remaining

The first volume in D.J. Molles's bestselling series, now in a special edition with the bonus novella The Remaining: Faith. In a steel-and-lead encased bunker a Special Forces soldier wait on his final orders. On the surface a bacterium has turned 90% of the population into hyper-aggressive predators. Now Captain Lee Harden must leave the bunker and venture into the wasteland to rekindle a shattered America.This is the first novel D.J. Molles's bestselling series: Book 1: The RemainingBook 2: The Remaining: AftermathBook 3: The Remaining: RefugeesBook 4: The Remaining: Fractured Novella 1: The Remaining: TrustNovella 2: The Remaining: Faith **
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The Assassin the Djinn and the Hundred Year Wish

As a Djinn, the most powerful race of genies, Nicodemus Marsh is sent in to deal with a fiery Janey Duvall after she refuses to help the exiled demon prince get rid of the problems in a business endeavor in the east. Oozing with sex appeal, Nicodemus begins a seduction Janey can barely resist. After a very erotic encounter, Janey finds out she’s bound to Nicodemus, and has three wishes to make. The bargain? Three wishes, and in return, she’s his sexual slave for 100 years.
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