My Daring Duchess: A Once Upon a Rogue Novel, Book FourWhen a lady bent on ruining rogues and a duke set on revenge attempt to
derail each other’s plans, passion erupts into a love for the ages.After
being left brokenhearted by a duplicitous rake, Anne Adair no longer
desires a husband—she wants justice. She’s traded in her foolish dream
of happily-ever-after for the much more sensible one of thwarting the
blackhearted lords who prey on innocent debutantes. But her first
mission proves rather complicated when the dashing, devilish Duke of
Kilmartin comes to the aid of her target.Simon Sedgewick, the
newly titled Duke of Kilmartin, never thought he would return to
England, let alone attend a ball full of simpering lords. But when his
oldest friend’s reputation is being smeared and Simon discovers that the
perpetrator is none other than his enemy’s granddaughter, his
long-festering desire for vengeance flares to life. The moment
Simon spies Miss Anne Adair across the glittering ballroom, he knows
that the ravishing beauty is the perfect instrument for the retribution
he thought lost to him. He does not know, however, that Anne has devised
a scheme of her own. And soon, these two wary hearts will discover that
the best laid plans are no match for love. Views: 21
Told from dual perspectives that span two books, this moving andemotionally-driven love story will leave readers breathless and reeling inequal measure. It begins. Lilly Goodridge always wantedto be an actress, but fame is an unwanted side effect she's desperate to escape- along with the City of Angels and her enigmatic boyfriend. So she takes atiny film role across the pond in a quiet seaside town where nobody can findher. Except for Tom. Down on his luck, Tom might not be the greatest tour guideof Hollywood Hills, but he loves living in America, even if America doesn'tquite love him back. With no choice, he takes on a job he never wanted: in search of an actress he doesn't know, but knows he has to catch. Views: 21
It is the 1970s and Ralph, an up-and-coming composer, is visiting Edmund Greenslay at his riverside home in Putney to discuss a collaboration. Through the house's colourful rooms and unruly garden flits nine-year-old Daphne – dark, teasing, slippery as mercury, more sprite than boy or girl. From the moment their worlds collide, Ralph is consumed by an obsession to make Daphne his.But Ralph is twenty-five and Daphne is only a child, and even in the bohemian abandon of 1970s London their fast-burgeoning relationship must be kept a secret. It is not until years later that Daphne is forced to confrontthe truth of her own childhood – and an act of violence that has lain hidden for decades.Putney is a bold, thought-provoking novel about the moral lines we tread, the stories we tell ourselves and the memories that play themselves out again and again, like snatches of song. Views: 21
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 MAN BOOKER PRIZE
An eerie, watery reimagining of the Oedipus myth set on the canals of Oxford, from the author of *Fen*
The dictionary doesn’t contain every word. Gretel, a lexicographer by trade, knows this better than most. She grew up on a houseboat with her mother, wandering the canals of Oxford and speaking a private language of their own invention. Her mother disappeared when Gretel was a teen, abandoning her to foster care, and Gretel has tried to move on, spending her days updating dictionary entries.
One phone call from her mother is all it takes for the past to come rushing back. To find her, Gretel will have to recover buried memories of her final, fateful winter on the canals. A runaway boy had found community and shelter with them, and all three were haunted by their past and stalked by an ominous creature lurking in the canal: the bonak. Everything and nothing at once, the bonak was Gretel’s name for the thing she feared most. And now that she’s searching for her mother, she’ll have to face it.
In this electrifying reinterpretation of a classical myth, Daisy Johnson explores questions of fate and free will, gender fluidity, and fractured family relationships. Everything Under―a debut novel whose surreal, watery landscape will resonate with fans of Fen―is a daring, moving story that will leave you unsettled and unstrung.
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