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A Christmas treat from bestselling author Tilly BagshaweChristmas is not the time to get your heart broken…Dumped by the love of her life and in need of some time to recover, screenwriter Laura Tiverton retreats to the idyllic village of Fittlescombe where she used to spend time as a girl. Maybe lending her expertise to the annual nativity play will be just what she needs.Village heart-throb and the nativity’s leading man, Gabe Baxter, has always been jealous of Laura. And now she’s back –...
| Автор | Тилли Бэгшоу |
Written as an act of revenge against the 17 year-old who came between her and Jean-Paul Sartre, She Came to Stay is Simone de Beauvoir’s first novel – a lacerating study of a young, naive couple in love and the usurping woman who comes between them.‘It is impossible to talk about faithfulness and unfaithfulness where we are concerned. You and I are simply one. Neither of us can be described without the other.’It was unthinkable that Pierre and Francoise should ever tire of each other. And yet,...
| Автор | Simone Beauvoir de |
A deal with her husband!Olympia has no choice. She must beg Nik Cozakis to reconsider a marriage of convenience, if her mother is to get the medical treatment she needs. Nik agrees, but on his terms: in return for a generous allowance, Olympia must bear him a son and heir.Finally, Nik has both vengeance and his fiancé within his reach. Ten years ago, Nik broke their engagement because Olympia had betrayed him with his best friend. Now he is about to realise how mistaken he was… when he discovers...
| Автор | Линн Грэхем |
Don't ask. Don't tell. Stay alive.A member of the elite Hawk force that protects the City of Elantra, Kaylin Neya has sacrificed much to earn the respect of the winged Aerians and immortal Barrani she works alongside. But the mean streets she escaped as a child aren't the ones she's vowed to give her life guarding. Those were much darker…Kaylin's moved on with her life… and is keeping silent about the shameful things she's done to stay alive. But when the city's oracles warn of brewing unrest in...
| Автор | Michelle Sagara |
Passion and peril in the court of Elizabeth I…Henrietta Raemon, illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII, longs to go to court to be closer to her half-sister, the Queen. Fiercely independent, the last thing on Etta’s mind is marriage – until newly ennobled merchant Baron Somerville leaves her no choice!But the attractions of court turn perilous when Etta’s resemblance to Elizabeth makes her some powerful enemies. Her husband is there to protect her, if only Etta can conquer her pride…and surrender!
| Автор | Juliet Landon |
I Heart series book 2. Celebs, sunshine and beautiful boys…enough to lead a girl astray?Angela Clark can’t believe her luck… she’s an English girl living in New York with a dream job at hip magazine The Look and a sexy boyfriend.Her latest assignment takes her to Hollywood to interview hot actor and fellow Brit James Jacobs.Thrown in at the deep end she heads west with best friend Jenny dreaming of Rodeo Drive and Malibu beach.Soon Angela discovers that celebrity life in Hollywood is not all...
| Автор | Lindsey Kelk |
Two unforgettable fan-favorite novels from the biggest stars of paranormal romance.The Nymph KingGena ShowalterFemales young and old, beautiful and plain crave Valerian's touch. None can resist his blatant sensuality and potent allure—until he steals Shaye Holling from a Florida beach and holds her prisoner in his underwater kingdom. Now Valerian must fight for the privilege of claiming her as his own. Because there's one thing Shaye doesn't know…when a nymph discovers his true mate, she's his...
| Автор | Gena Showalter |
Sometimes you have to lose your way to find yourselfDr. Dylan Michels has worked hard for a perfect life, so when her longtime boyfriend, Cooper, gets down on one knee, it should be the most perfect moment of all. Then why does she say no?For too many years, Dylan's been living for her sister, who never got the chance to grow up. But her attempt to be the perfect daughter, perfect partner and perfect doctor hasn't been enough to silence the haunting guilt Dylan feels over her sister's death—and...
| Автор | Jamie Raintree |
She was still his wife!Frankie thought she'd seen the last of her husband, Santino Vitale—until he breezed back into her life with some earth-shattering news. Their marriage wasn't annulled, and now he intended to claim the wedding night they'd never had!He had it all worked out. Within three weeks Frankie would have paid her dues and be free to leave Santino, file for divorce and forget all about him forever.But Santino hadn't reckoned on falling for Frankie all over again—or that now she could...
| Автор | Линн Грэхем |
The deeper the darkness, the brighter the light For more than a decade minister Analiese Wagner has felt privileged to lead her parishioners along a well-lit path. Her commitment has never been seriously tested until the frigid night she encounters a homeless family huddling in the churchyard. Offering them shelter in a vacant parish house apartment and taking teenage Shiloh Fowler–a girl desperate to rescue her parents–under her wing, she tests the loyalty and faith of her congregation.Isaiah...
| Автор | Emilie Richards |
IN SAFE KEEPINGLaura Prentiss will do whatever it takes to save her father–even come out of witness protection. Ever since turning in evidence that put her dangerous ex behind bars, she's had a killer on her trail. It'll take someone extraordinary to keep her safe now–someone like former navy SEAL Griffin Devaney. Griffin blames himself for the ambush that took his teammates' lives, and he's determined that nothing will ever happen to someone under his protection again. But as the connection...
| Автор | Debra Cowan |
Ocean views, rolling acres and a legacy of ritualistic murderAmerican Declan Meyers suddenly owns a crumbling Welsh estate with a deadly history. It's a bequest from the father he never knew–the man his mother ran from for years. But while Stonecliff could be the answer to Declan's money problems, he'll never be able to sell it with a parapsychologist poking around, fuelling ghostly rumors.Dr. Carly Evans is determined to investigate the paranormal energy that radiates from Stonecliff like a...
| Автор | Dawn Brown |
Lucy is about to discover everything she believes to be true about her life…isn’t.After hitting her head, Lucy Sparks awakens in the hospital to a shocking revelation: the man she’s known and loved for years—the man she recently married—is not actually her husband. In fact, they broke up four years earlier and haven’t spoken since.The happily-ever-after she remembers in vivid detail is what her doctors call a false memory: recollections Lucy’s mind made up to fill in the blanks from the coma.Now...
| Автор | Karma Brown |
Multimillionaire Luke Griffin's playboy reputation is as large as his fortune and Kelsey's determined to hate him, even though she accepts the temporary job he's offering.But then Luke accidentally reads Kelsey's secret wish list, which includes a vacation and a steamy affair. Her simple dreams give Luke the chance to indulge his wildest one–he'll take her on a trip to his private resort in the Bahamas and bed her. However, he doesn't realize Kelsey's a virgin….
| Автор | Sandra Field |
The past never stays in the past… Megan is a girl from a modest Midwest background.Lauren is the daughter of a senator from an esteemed New England family.When they become roommates at an exclusive private college, this unlikely pair forge a strong friendship and come to share their most intimate secrets.As a last hurrah before graduation, Megan joins Lauren’s family on their private island off the coast of Maine for the summer. Late one night, something unspeakable happens. Something strong...
| Автор | Paula DeBoard Treick |
Strange accidents and unexplained deaths are commonplace. And everyone fears the dark in Barbara J. Hancock's Scarlet Falls.A secluded hamlet ablaze in autumn splendor, Scarlet Falls is a seemingly idyllic New England town…. But Trinity Chadwick knows better. The place is haunted to its very core. For Trinity there has been no escape from the specter of the girl in the blue dress. The child's laughter still rides on the tainted mist of the town's frigid lake. And tragedy always follows in its...
| Автор | Barbara Hancock J. |
Race to the altar—Maxie, Darcy and Polly areThe HUSBAND HuntersThe terms of the will: Maxie, Darcy and Polly have each been left a share of their godmother's estate—if they marry within a year and remain married for six months… .The hunter: Maxie is faced with paying her father's gambling debts. Her godmother's bequest could be the answer to her prayers… .The husband? Greek tycoon Angelos Petronides has waited three long years to bed Maxie, and mistakenly assumes she will be his the instant he...
| Автор | Линн Грэхем |
The sparky, funny sequel to Louisa Young’s acclaimed first novel of belly-dancing, motorbikes and single-parenthood.Angeline Gower, ex-bellydancer, ex-biker, single mother of a little girl who is not actually her child, is mired in problems again in this wonderful sequel.Her relationship with Harry, the lover turned cop, remains fraught, the lure of the glamorous but no good Eddie hasn’t gone away. And there is yet another element complicating things know – the seductive and mysterious Sa’id....
| Автор | Louisa Young |
DANGER STRIKES AT CHRISTMASTIMEProtecting Virginia by Shirlee McCoyWhen foster care worker Virginia Johnson inherits her abusive late husband's family home, she's desperate to sell it before Christmas. But a mysterious intruder doesn't want her in the house. Terrified, Virginia turns to her neighbor, Capitol K-9 Unit officer John Forrester, and his four-legged partner, to keep her alive to see the New Year.Guarding Abigail by Lenora WorthCapitol K-9 Unit officer Dylan Ralsey's new mission:...
| Автор | Lenora Worth |
Lisa Pennington will do anything to help her family–even if that means accepting an indecent proposal from the man who broke her heart! For five years Diego Raffacani has thought of nothing but Lisa–and revenge! He's sure that she will come to his bed, if only for her family's sake.But he soon realizes that he has underestimated her–and the strength of their passion. Now the only way to right the wrongs of the past is to make her his bride. But will Lisa yield to the Spaniard's seduction?
| Автор | Diana Hamilton |
A delightful collection of two short stories from bestselling author, Tilly Bagshawe. Welcome to Swell Valley…ONE CHRISTMAS MORNING is not the time to get your heart broken… Dumped by the love of her life and in need of some time to recover, screenwriter Laura Tiverton retreats to the idyllic village of Fittlescombe where she used to spend time as a girl. Maybe lending her expertise to the annual nativity play will be just what she needs. But with two gorgeous men on the horizon and a disastrous...
| Автор | Тилли Бэгшоу |
First published in 1967, this book consists of three short novellas on the theme of women's vulnerability – in the first, to the process of ageing, in the second to loneliness, and, in the third, to the growing indifference of a loved one.THE WOMAN DESTROYED is a collection of three stories, each an exquisite and passionate study of a woman trapped by circumstances, trying to rebuild her life.In the first story, ‘The Age of Discretion’, a successful scholar fast approaching middle age faces a...
| Автор | Simone Beauvoir de |
An Unlikely Threesome!Carlotta Wren has always dreamed of taking a vacation from her life as daughter to fugitive parents and mother to her younger brother, Wesley. So when she is temporarily suspended from her job at Neiman Marcus, the invitation from hunky body mover Cooper Craft to ride to Florida for some fun in the sun and a VIP body pickup seems like a good idea…And then Wesley tags along to elude an irate loan shark and to play chaperone… And then they’re greeted on arrival by three...
| Автор | Stephanie Bond |
Imprisoned in paradise!Women in uniform weren't Cristos Stephanides' thing, until he saw Betsy Miller, in her chauffeur's outfit at the wheel of his limousine. She’s the perfect distraction for the restless Greek before his convenient marriage.A wild, passionate night with a billionaire is completely out of character for shy Betsy, but when they are kidnapped and held captive on a Mediterranean island, the intensity of their situation spills over into the bedroom.Once they’ve regained their...
| Автор | Линн Грэхем |