A gripping and heartwrenching novel of damage and survival, grief and unexpected solace, Marilyn and Me is a fascinating – and timely – insight into an extraordinary time and place. How do you translate the present, when you can't let go of the past? It is the winter of 1954 and in the rubble-strewn aftermath of the Korean war Marilyn Monroe has come to Seoul to perform to the US soldiers stationed there. Incongruous in her silk dress and flawless makeup, she sings of seduction and love, dazzling battle-scarred Americans and Koreans alike. Alice, the woman chosen to be Marilyn's translator, was once Kim Ae-sun, before her name was stolen from her – along with so much else – by the war. With her prematurely grey hair, her fraying lace gloves and the memories that will engulf her if she lets them, Alice works as a typist for the US military. It is a job that has enabled her to survive, and to forget. As they travel across the country, over the four days of Marilyn's tour, the two... Views: 203
From a recluse secluded in a castle......to his countess!Cloistered away in a castle since birth, Madelyn Aylmer must now fulfill her eccentric father's dying request: wed nobleman Jack Ransome! She has what Jack needs—land—and so he accepts their marriage of convenience and vows to introduce this sheltered innocent to society. But what Madelyn hadn't expected was the way her body reacts to Jack, especially to his promise of a union filled with unbridled passion!"A refreshingly different historical romance"— All About Romance on A Lady In Need of an Heir by Louise Allen Views: 203
Cold Feet Meets Carry on Camping in this camptastic debut novel, perfect for anyone who ever had to put up their tent in a gale... This is Part One is a series of four e-serial stories. Is friendship meant to last forever? Charlotte Mayfield hopes so. Especially as she's throwing some luxury glamping into the mix. After fifteen years of trying to be the perfect wife, maybe Charlotte's best friends from uni – Freya, Emily and Izzy – can still glimpse the woman she'd once set out to be. Freya is up for it. Could a powwow with her yesteryear besties helps her knock some sense into her useless husband? Emily's hiding her own crisis from her parents, colleagues and now, her mates. Can a weekend under canvas get her to open up? Izzy's back from a decade abroad with an unexpected addition, her nine-year-old daughter Flora. She's also keeping another big secret, one that's brought her home for good. Will a year of yurts mend two decades of hurts – or are some things, like shower blocks,... Views: 203
Vampires, Highlands, and Deadly Secrets.Stella and Alexandre travel to Scotland to unlock the mysteries of their existance while enemy vampire clans are going after them in a battle until death.BUY NOW to delve into the mystery world of Stella with this fast-paced mystery and emotion loaded novella by USA Today Best Selling author Penny BroJacquie.HEARTS AND MINDS TRILOGYCOLD MIND (Book #1)COLD HEART (Book #2)COLD EYES (Book #3) Views: 203
Heartbeat Echoes, A Romance Book by Brittany Yeats Views: 203
In 1939, with the world on the brink of war, one women faces a future more uncertain than she had ever imagined... Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Cathy Sharp. Georgie - when the man she has always loved is sent to France on a secret war office mission every knock of the door fills her with dread of it being the feared telegram boy... Beth - orphaned as a child, Beth is coming of age and determined to do her bit for the war effort. Caught up in a whirlwind romance, she marries only to become a war widow... and one expecting a baby who will never know his brave father. Can she find happiness again? Hetty - desperately trying to make her way back from Paris to her beloved family in England, a fateful and tragic encounter brings Hetty to Chateau de Faubourg where she joins the resistance and risks both her heart and her life fighting for charismatic resistance leader Stefan Lefarge... However dark the times, courage, determination and the power... Views: 203
"This man was shadow and night.He was Darkness."Homeless Aliette is saved from punishment for stealing by a mysterious knight. To stay alive, she's informed by this stranger that she must claim his child as her own. She should fear the dark knight's power, yet it's clear there's more good to this man than he's prepared to show. Can she break down the barriers of the tortured knight she calls Darkness? Views: 202
Amy Roecastle is beautiful. Selfish. And missing.Vanished without a trace in the middle of the night, she's taken her ferocious dog - and something else, too. Something deadly.Amy's best friend is lying to Inspector Singh, who has no leads and no idea. Cue Garvie Smith. Teenage slacker. Undeniable crime-solving genius.Garvie's one step ahead of the investigation. But there's nothing simple where Amy is involved. And this time Garvie's about to find himself in way over his head. Views: 202
