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2601) From A Distance
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Passion and tragedy rock the Harvey family. It is 1931 and Emilia and Alec's marriage is under strain. Prone to melancholy, and injured in a storm, Alec's misery draws him to seek solace with his brother's new wife. But when Perry Bosweld, a disabled army surgeon, re-enters Emilia's life, she finds that she is still attracted to him. Emilia's first duty is to her husband and to the farm, and she will not allow herself to swerve from this path… The...
2602) Down Stepney Way
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What will happen when the truth finally comes out?
Blackshirts march through the East End in 1930s London and the Jewish community is under threat of violence. In the midst of this, Jessie Warner discovers a family secret and turns to her mother for answers – but she is met with silence.
Over in Bethnal Green, Hannah Blake reluctantly joins the Blackshirts, forced by her cold-hearted mother to do so. Next-door neighbour Emmie Smith looks on,...
2603) A Different Kind of Love
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A soldier's love of regiment; a nurse's devotion to humanity… the final instalment of Sheelagh Kelly's unforgettable Kilmaster trilogy
The Great War is at its height, and while Probyn Kilmaster is proud to pass on his expertise to the raw recruits bound for France, he is unprepared for the carnage which he must lead them into.
Meanwhile in the Yorkshire pit village of Denaby Main, his wife, Grace, contends with bringing up their children alone....
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The secrets of the past can never be forgotten. An orphaned young woman is overjoyed to find a family she never knew existed, but has to come to terms with their troubled history. Since her parents died Clara O'Toole has lived with her grandmother, Bernie. When Bernie seeks an audience with a medium in the hope of reaching her son, Clara discovers her links to the Bennett family in Chester, and clues to the whereabouts of Bernie's long-lost daughter....
2605) Sunshine and Showers
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Now the war is over, is happiness within their reach? Two women are given opportunities for a positive future, but must choose between following their heads or their hearts. Patsy Doyle is glad of her new job as a live-in maid in for David Tanner and his wife, but the constant rows between the spouses make it difficult to settle. Patsy becomes an unwilling confidante – and keeper of more secrets than she'd care to know. Joy Kirk is busy planning...
2606) A Complicated Woman
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From an author praised for her "genuinely perceptive portrayals of human relationships," a historical family saga and sequel to Shoddy Prince (Irish Independent).
After twenty-two years' estrangement, Bright Maguire and Nat Prince are joyously reunited and plan to start a new life in Australia. Their daughter Oriel isn't thrilled by the return of her long-absent father, but can she put aside her feelings and accompany them?
After the horrors...
2607) In the Bleak Midwinter
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A heart-warming and nostalgic family saga set at the heart of wartime London at Christmas, from the bestselling author of A Wartime Christmas. Perfect for fans of Sheila Newberry and Rosie Goodwin.
1919. Two months after the Armistice that ended the Great War, life in London's East End is slowly returning to normal. But for 25-year-old Birdie Connor, the battle is only just beginning . .
Frank, Birdie's older brother, has been sent to prison for...
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Old secrets will threaten everything they hold dear...
When Henry Lett dies, he leaves a restaurant that is far from thriving. His nephew, Edwin, is loath to see the once-famous Letts pass out of the family's hands, and he persuades his aunt to sell her shares and give him a chance to get the restaurant back on its feet.
As Edwin prepares to marry Helen, the lovely young daughter of restaurant manager, William Goodridge, it seems everything has fallen...
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Finalist, Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society Novel-in-Progress ContestWhen blue collar workers confront a factory owner for stealing soup at a neighborhood meeting, millionaires start a war against the community's budding campaign for worker's rights. Teenaged Friends Paul Mäkinen, son of a truck mechanic, and Karen Ahlberg, daughter of a railroad engineer, have just begun leading the Shingle Creek Park Teen Council and its programs for kids. ...
2610) Return of the Vibrius
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A conflict that changes the world.
She'll risk her life for scientific freedom but what about her family and crew when the church threatens her with heresy? Janali, a repressed genius, secretly conducts forbidden scientific research. The months of ridicule about her "failed" experimental ship design appears over when miraculously the Vibrius is sighted returning home. The ship's arrival with its mysterious cargo puts Janali in a dangerous position...
2611) Shoddy Prince
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From an author praised for her "genuinely perceptive portrayals of human relationships," a historical romantic saga set in the years prior to WWI (Irish Independent).
Bright Maguire-poor, beautiful and kind-is the youngest member of a large Irish clan. Nat Prince is the illegitimate son of a prostitute, growing up on poverty-stricken streets.
When Bright brings Nat into the bosom of her loving family, things look better for the young man. But...
2612) Impossible Paradise
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Why survive if you're just going to be killed when you get back?
That isn't a question you ask yourself when you're wrecked at sea.
What you think about is the five things you need to do to survive.
Don't sink
Find fresh water
Find food
Figure out where you are
Navigate home
We did all that but we're likely dead anyway. - Captain Reinvo
Pioneer or Heretic? The world's future hangs in the balance. A short fantasy steampunk adventure fun for tweens...
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The unmissable new saga from bestselling author Lynda Page. It's the 1950s and Grundy's Travelling Fair arrives in town with a bang. When night falls, the local town is drawn to the Fair. But when the fairgoers head home, the Grundys are left behind. Hours are long and the work back-breaking. But family and friends hold things together. Gemma married into the lifestyle, her reliable husband Solomon making the work worthwhile. Solly's Dad Samson is...
2614) Timekeeper
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Raised by his grandfather, Leon was handed over the duty of preserving the family craft after the untimely death of his parents. His skill in creating timepieces was exceptional, yet there was always something missing.
When he receives an unexpected visitor in his modest shop, he plunges into a world of the unknown that is hidden from his current generation. Secrets of his family and the world around him unfold, as a terrible threat looms on the...
2615) Over Bethnal Green
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If they survive the war, will their marriage?
Jessie Warner has married Tom Smith and their baby is almost due. Settling down into their new home in Bethnal Green, Jessie looks forward to her new life – even though Tom is continually getting into mischief that borders on the downright criminal. When war begins and Tom is called up almost at once, Jessie is left to cope with the baby alone.
Meanwhile Jessie's twin, Hannah, has been recruited to...
2616) Family of the Empire
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The son of a Yorkshire coal miner seeks a new life with the British Army in the second novel of this historical family saga.
Born and raised in Yorkshire, England, Probyn Kilmaster wants more out of life than to follow his father down the pit. He has always admired his convention-defying Aunt Kit and, inspired by her, runs away to join the army. Though he is eager to see the world, war is brewing in South Africa, and his first foreign posting is unlike...
2617) A Sense of Duty
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There's a high price to pay for happiness... The first in an extraordinary saga trilogy from bestseller Sheelagh Kelly
While her brothers and sisters resign themselves to a life of drudgery, Katherine 'Kit' Kilmaster yearns for better things.
When she is tempted into dangerous situations with young men above her station, the family are scandalized. Kit revels in London Society, until an unexpected consequence of her free-and-easy lifestyle stops her...
2618) Gunboat Diplomacy
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Before Hr'ent Golramm became a legendary Enforcer for the Peacemaker Guild, he was a mere candidate. Granted, he was a particularly unusual candidate-only six Oogar had ever successfully graduated from the Peacemaker Academy on Ocono, and Hr'ent would be the seventh. Every candidate must pass a commissioning mission in order to graduate, though, and Hr'ent's is unsolvable.
The Pushtal of Vorrhurna were once one of the Mercenary Guild's 37 races....
2619) Daskada, The Legend
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At a time when Humans were just starting to venture forth into the Galactic Union as mercenaries, Martin Quincy survived long enough to do something no one else had-he retired. There was only one problem. He got bored. What does a "Legend" do when even the merc life gets boring? He starts his own company! Along with buddy Kal Turner, they marshaled their Torvasi and Andori troopers and began taking contracts.
A force for good, Quincy went about the...
2620) Enforcer
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Peacemakers. The Galactic Union's most capable enforcers and resolute negotiators, their name alone elicits fear and awe among the Union's citizenry.
In the entire history of the Galactic Union, Hr'ent Golramm would be only the seventh member of the Oogar race to earn a Peacemaker badge. But becoming a Peacemaker doesn't seem to be his destiny. He's not even sure he wants to be one.
Deputy Selector Hak-Chet, on the other hand, has even bigger plans...