When Emilia Cruz agreed to accompany her sister to a boating party, she had no idea that the darling of the literary world would be in assistance—or that he would take such pleasure in disparaging the deliciously sinful serial she writes under a pseudonym. No one save her sister knows she's the author and to be found out would mean certain scandal.Stuck on his long-awaited second book, Ruben Torres has begun to edit in secret a gossip paper whose literary reviews are as cruel as they are clever. The more he writes about the mysterious author of a popular serial, the more papers he sells...and the more he is determined to find out her identity before anyone else can. Views: 51
Demure young beauty Carola Greton’s brother, Sir Peter, comes home from London with a very strange proposition for his sister. He asks her to pretend for a few days to be the wife of his friend, the Marquis of Broxburne! The reason for the charade is that the Marquis is in line for the post of Chairman of a new automobile Company founded by an American acquaintance, the multimillionaire Mr. Alton Westwood. Although eager to secure the position of Chairman, the Marquis is desperate to avoid Mr. Westwood’s attempts to marry him off to his daughter Mary-Lou – so he has told the American that he is already married. And that is where Carola comes in – playacting the part of the Marchioness of Broxburne for the duration of the Westwoods’ stay at Brox Hall. Thus begins a tangled web that leads to Carola pretending to be her brother’s cousin as well. It is a web that ties her in knots of anguish when she falls head over heels in love, but it seems that her own lies will ensure that this Divine love can never be fulfilled – Views: 51
Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her "straynge band of mysfits" have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a devious former friend demanding a trade-the dangerous device Jasper stole from him...for the life of the girl Jasper loves. One false move from Jasper and the strange clockwork collar around Mei's neck tightens. And tightens. Views: 51
Escape to the inter-war years in this emotional saga where opportunity can be found at the pool-side in your local lido... Perfect for fans of Pam Evans and Gill Paul Change is in the air... London, 1930s: When Natalie Flacker is dismissed from her prestigious job in PE she loses everything she so carefully built. Destruction of the war still echoes over her and now homeless, jobless and without prospects Natalie is forced to move in with her best friend Delphi's family. But connections can create opportunities and when Natalie is offered a summer job at a Lido, situated on the coast, she jumps at the chance. But is she up to the challenge of taking on a group of women who seems more disorganised than she believes possible? And as Natalie struggles to feel at home in her new life, she must also face the reality she's tried to avoid, as her friendship with Delphi begins to be rocked by love and a future that seems just out of reach... Spend your summer with the Lido Girls! Views: 51
Lord Frodham and his friend Sir James Overton lay a wager that they can dupe the snobbish, horse racing-obsessed Marquis of Ardsley into falling in love with some beauty of the lower orders.They can hardly believe their luck when by chance they rescue lovely young heiress Indira Rowlandson from her dead father's evil lawyer who is bent on marrying her off to a bankrupt stranger.Indira is set on joining a Convent to escape the unwanted attentions of men, whom she hates, but, agreeing to their plan out of gratitude, she finds herself among high Society at Ardsley Hall.And, finding that the imperious Marquis shares her passion for the mysteries of the Orient, in spite of herself she begins to fall in love. Views: 51
