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3801) A Child of Secrets
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She will uncover truths about herself that had previously been hidden…
Lily Clare is the adopted daughter of the rector of Hewinghall. She has never been able to resist taking in waifs and strays. She brings home hungry cats, broken-winged birds, and one day, a filthy girl she finds starving and exhausted in the Hewinghall woods: Jess Henefer.
Lily is fiercely protective of Jess, protecting her from the servants' hostility and providing her...
3802) Whisper's Tale II
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Whisper must make it to the Baron of Thess but finds one obstruction after another. The son of the Baron is nothing more than a pleasure seeking fool, angered and ready to kill Whisper. John her new apprentice must also be protected from his Lordship's wraith. All the other Rovers are gone. Now Her Majesty's agents have caught up with Whisper bringing death everywhere they go.
3803) A Daughter's Choice
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Heartache and hardship in London's East End, from the bestselling author of The Orphans of Halfpenny Street
Kathy Cole, is a determined young woman. She refuses to stay at home with her bitter, drunken father and is instead determined to do her bit for the men in the Great War by training to be a nurse.
While in training, she meets up with a face from the past - Tom O'Rourke - now a doctor with many responsibilities. He doesn't initially take...
3804) The Evacuee Christmas
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A heart-warming story of friendship and family during the first Christmas of World War Two. Autumn 1939 and London prepares to evacuate its young. In No 5 Jubilee Street, Bermondsey, ten-year-old Connie is determined to show her parents that she's a brave girl and can look after her twin brother, Jessie. She won't cry, not while anyone's watching. In the crisp Yorkshire Dales, Connie and Jessie are billeted to a rambling vicarage. Kindly but chaotic,...
3805) Ancient Deception
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He left Hawaii to improve his prospects. He could be returning in a coffin… San Francisco, 1870. Kaleo Manolo hopes to strengthen his ties to California. So the Hawaiian super-surfer and accomplished sugar merchant has come to town to meet his recently revealed father: a powerful Washington Senator and successful importer. But the handsome businessman's plans take a dangerous turn when he rescues a mysterious woman from an attack on the street…...
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The brand new instalment in Fenella J. Miller's bestselling Goodwill House series.
July 1940
With Hitler's bombs getting closer, WAAF Diane Forsyth is determined to face the oncoming danger and do her duty to support the brave RAF pilots who risk their lives as they take to the skies.
And there's one pilot in particular Di hopes remains safe - Squadron Leader Freddie Hanover. But with a romance between them growing, Di and Freddie know their duty...
3807) The Collaborator
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An enthralling story of heroism, passion, and betrayal based on astonishing true events set in the darkest days of World War II in Budapest. For readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Alice Network and My Name is Eva.
Budapest, 1944: The Germans have invaded. Jewish journalist Miklos Nagy risks his life and confronts the dreaded Adolf Eichmann in an attempt save thousands of Hungarian Jews from the death camps. But no one could have foreseen the...
3808) The Competition
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Six female painters in Renaissance Italy fight to create a work of art inside a Florentine church as they juggle the drama of their personal lives.
In a studiolo behind a church, six women gather to perform an act that is, at once, restorative, powerful, and illegal. They paint. Under the tutelage of Leonardo da Vinci, these six show talent and drive equal to that of any man, but in Renaissance Florence they must hide their skills or risk the scorn...
3809) True Love Knot
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Caregivers are described as angels on earth. Newlywed, Gabby King, pursues this role as she cares for her husband, now in a coma after being trampled by a bull. With hope vanishing that he will recover, to escape her painful reality, she falls from grace after an intimate night with her former lover, Richard, whose ambition is to run for Texas governor. Her one night with Richard becomes problematic when she discovers she's pregnant wrecking her plan...
3810) The Family
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The follow-up novel to the hugely successful debut.
THE STREET In this dank corner of town, you have to keep your friends close and your enemies closer - even if those enemies are your family. Jimmy Wild saunters around the streets of Campbell Road, and among the people he used to terrorise. Even though the years have passed, he's still a tyrant. The sight of his lanky frame is enough to terrify the inhabitants of this close-knit community, who reside...
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Étrange série de meurtres aux abords des salles de concert...
Un promeneur découvre le cadavre d'un jeune homme près d'une salle de concert située dans la banlieue sud de Limoges. L'autopsie ne révèle rien de particulier si ce n'est un étrange tatouage au henné à la base du cou. Quelques semaines plus tard on découvre un nouveau cadavre près d'une autre salle de concert.
Qu'est-ce qui pousse le tueur à choisir ces lieux, des scènes...
3812) Last Summer in Ireland
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Can she unlock the secrets of her past? Deirdre Weston, a London journalist, returns to her family home in Armagh to come to terms with the death of her mother. Faced with painful memories of her own past, Deirdre despairs of the task she has set herself. In her deepest need she encounters Deara, the handmaiden of the Lady Merdaine from the capital of ancient Ulster. During her stay, Deirdre unearths what happened in Deara's fifth-century life, a...
3813) Primary Inversion
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The first book in the Skolian Empire saga by the Nebula Award—winning author.
Soz Valdoria, a bioengineered fighter pilot-and first in line for the military command of her people-has found refuge with her squad on the sanctuary planet of Delos. It offers a respite from the war that rages between her Skolian people and their enemies, the Traders. Looking for rest and relaxation, they must still be on their guard for the Trader soldiers who also...
3814) My Sweet Valentine
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An emotional portrayal of the lives of four women as Valentine's day approaches, in 1941 wartime London
'Life brought enough problems and upsets for young hearts, especially young female hearts, without them having to carry the added burden of the war...'
Tilly is passionately in love with the dashing American journalist, Drew. But he is harbouring a secret that threatens their burgeoning love. At the same time, Dulcie's brother Rick walks back...
3815) Ella Endures
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The strength and perseverance that made American women what they are today is brought to light in an emotional and heart-wrenching tale in Ella Endures, Book 2 of the Daughters of Evolution Series.
Sara Dewberry's oldest daughter, Ella, married Dr. John Ellington in the Roaring 20s. Prohibition was a joke and gangsters were rampant. Then, the Great Depression hit. The Ellington’s recovered, but not without scars. Orphanages and poorhouses were...
3816) Harvest of Stars
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The virtual persona of a long-dead visionary entrepreneur threatens to incite a revolution from space that could topple Earth's powerful and repressive religious-technological dictatorship in this ingenious science fiction classic In the future, individual freedom is a thing of the past. North America is a police state controlled by the Avantist government, a despotic, techno-religious ruling order that promises an impending transcendence for the...
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Isabelle et Laure, alléchées par l'odeur d'un scoop gigantesque, se trouvent attirées du cté d'Étables et de Binic. Mais leur reportage va vite se transformer en une course effrénée contre la mort. Vont-elles la gagner ? Pas si sûr. Sortez vos mouchoirs et venez frissonner avec LSD, au rythme d'une enquête exprès. Et haletante.
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Amoureux de la Bretagne et du Trégor depuis toujours, il y a exercé comme vétérinaire...
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Remontée aux sources de la malédiction, Adriana se lance avec courage et détermination dans une lutte sans pitié, forte des incroyables pouvoirs désormais les siens. De puissants soutiens se lèvent pour l'appuyer et la guider à travers les méandres du mal, tous unis pour détruire la Bête. Lutte éternelle du bien contre le mal, de l'obscurité contre la lumière, les forces en présence vont s'affronter jusqu'au dénouement final. Mais l'aventure...
3819) Whisper's Tale
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When your already a legend where do you go? Whisper and the Rovers have to face their greatest challenge but are their best years already behind them when they start? Facing the Queen and her band of disloyal Baron's Whisper must face down an insurrection, magic, and what may be worse a young apprentice.
3820) The Heiress in Kent
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A royal mystery that has intrigued generations on two continents is finally revealed! Amid the turbulence of a worldwide financial cataclysm threatening the British Government, a handsome Scotland Yard detective uncovers a secret plot to topple Queen Victoria from her throne! Based on a true story, this fast-paced book is set among the glitz and glamour of 19th century London, New York City and the fledgling 1860 presidential campaign of Abraham Lincoln....
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