The child of a broken marriage, seventeen-year-old Tamsyn wasn't at all looking forward to going to Wales to visit the father she hardly knew—until she arrived there and met Hywel Benedict.Her first feelings of antagonism towards him soon changed into something so deep and violent that they threatened to overwhelm her completely, and it was clear that she affected him in some way -- but marriage? No, he said. He was too old for her, her father's contemporary, not hers. It would not be fair. And besides, there were -- other complications.Or did it all add up to the fact that he didn't really want her? Views: 19
BOOK 3 in the Wallace of the Secret Service series. Sir Leonard is not a man to desire fame or notoriety. His chronicler has been forced to fall back on office records and information supplied by various members of the secret service, to tell of the struggles of Wallace and his intelligence officers and their battles against the Soviet Union, terrorism and subversion in the British Empire, Nazi Germany and the tentacles of global organised crime. Views: 19
The Lady GamblesHer heart pounding beneath the bright lights of a London gambling club, Lady Caroline Copeland's eyes are scanning the crowd. She's drawn to a devilish-looking gentleman glowering at her from the back of the room. Caro's gambled her reputation to be here, and can't risk letting anyone close enough to expose her secret no matter how much her body craves to give in...The Lady ForfeitsLady Diana Copeland charges to London to tell her new guardian Lord Faulkner exactly what she thinks of his outrageous marriage demands! Surely this magnificent man with a naughty glint in his eye can't be the pompous old fool she was expecting? Inhaling deeply, Diana fights not to make the worst forfeit by agreeing to be the Lord's new Countess!The Lady ConfessesHaving run away from home to avoid an unwanted betrothal, Lady Elizabeth Copeland must keep her disguise as an elderly lady's companion at all times. Even when she's called upon to nurse... Views: 19
In one of the most celebrated debut novels of recent years, Ross Raisin tells the story of solitary young farmer, Sam Marsdyke, and his extraordinary battle with the world. Expelled from school and cut off from the town, mistrusted by his parents and avoided by city incomers, Marsdyke is a loner until he meets rebellious new neighbour Josephine. But what begins as a friendship and leads to thoughts of escape across the moors turns to something much, much darker with every step. Views: 19
Award-winning author Michael Malone's The Last Noel is a beautiful gift to American fiction. In a deeply touching tale, The Last Noel captures the exuberance and poignance of a lasting friendship between a man and a woman from very different backgrounds. Noni Tilden and Kaye King grow up and grow close as their lives come dramatically together through four decades of tumultuous change in a small southern town.The story begins in 1963 when Kaye first meets Noni on the eve of their seventh birthdays. On that Christmas Eve, Kaye climbs through her bedroom window to invite her to come sledding with him in a rare southern snowfall. Over the next thirty years on twelve days of Christmas, they meet to share the passion, the sacrifice and the romance of a lifetime. At once exquisitely written and tearfully joyful, The Last Noel is one of the great love stories of our time.A Book Sense 76 Top 10 Selection"Malone's latest novel reaffirms his brilliance in crafting carefully... Views: 19
