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The blushing bride’s awakening… With her golden hair and dazzling emerald eyes, Lady Emily Carroll should have her pick of suitors. Instead, her crippling shyness has earned her the nickname ‘Ice Princess’.Nicholas, Duke of Manning, isn’t looking for a bride, but he won’t pass up a stolen kiss at a masked ball. With her blushes hidden, Emily lets her inhibitions go. Only to find herself betrothed!…
CAN HE AWAKEN THE DREAMS SHE THOUGHT LOST FOR EVER…?Harriet, Lady Brierley, is a respectable widow, determined to keep the secrets of her broken heart deeply buried. But when Benedict Poole returns – the very man who deserted her – Harriet’s safe world threatens to unravel.Believing Harriet left him for a wealthy lord, Benedict must fight to uncover the true consequences and tragedy of their affai…
‘Mendelsohn takes the classical costumes off figures like Virgil and Sappho, Homer and Horace … He writes about things so clearly they come to feel like some of the most important things you have ever been told. ’ Sebastian Barry Over the past three decades, Daniel Mendelsohn’s essays and reviews have earned him a reputation as ‘our most irresistible literary critic’ (New York Times). This strikin…
1945. Finally, peace has been declared. Cathie hardly dares believe that Alex, the fiancé she has not seen for nearly two years, is coming home. And, finally, life can begin again for Cathie and the orphaned baby in her care.But the Alex who returns is not the kind, loving man Cathie remembers. He’s cold, selfish, sometimes even frightening. So Cathie has a choice: stand by him, and try to contain…
Какой бы длинной не казалась жизнь, она всегда коротка. Времена не выбирают, но можно выбрать профессию, судьбу, любовь и оставаться верным своему выбору до конца.
The Governess and the SheikhDark-hearted Sheikh Prince Jamil al-Nazarri commands his kingdom effortlessly…less so his difficult little daughter! Exasperated, he hires an English governess, hoping she'll instil some discipline… Yet, Lady Cassandra is as innocently alluring as she is forbidden. Famous for his unshakable honour, the sheikh's resolve is about to be tested…as his feelings for Cassie ar…
The classic spy thriller of lethal computer-age intrigue and a maniac’s private cold war, featuring the same anonymous narrator and milieu of The IPCRESS File.The fourth of Deighton’s novels to be narrated by the unnamed employee of WOOC(P) is the thrilling story of an anti-communist espionage network owned by a Texan billionaire, General Midwinter, run from a vast computer complex known as the Br…
‘WHAT AM I TO HIM? A CONTRACT? A CONVENIENT SOLUTION?’Laura Townsend’s plan to reclaim her family’s merchandise backfires when she creeps into moneylender Philip Rathbone’s house and threatens him with a pistol – only to find him reclining naked in his bath!The last thing she expects to see is this guarded widower on her doorstep a couple of days later, armed with a very surprising proposal! A mar…
A brand new series from the bestselling author of A Christmas Promise. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn.For the ordinary people of Empire Street, life will never be the same again.Kitty Fisher has plenty on her plate to keep her busy. Since her mother died when she was just a child, she’s cooked, cleaned and scraped to make ends meet for her drunken father and her headstrong brothers.Rita Kennedy, …
He will expose her as the criminal he seeks, or seduce her as the woman he desires…An old maid—that's all Lady Christina McMorlan, daughter to the Duke of Forres, is to society now that she's past thirty. She hosts her father's parties and cares for her siblings, knowing she'll never have her own home and family.She has no time to pine, however. By night, she's The Lady, head of a notorious whiske…
RIORDAN BARRETT: LAST RAKE STANDING With his comrade rakes-in-arms succumbing to respectability, anyone might think that wicked Riordan Barrett is next. But such happy endings aren’t for him – the whole of society knows there isn’t a redeemable bone in his sinfully sexy body. Suddenly Riordan finds himself not only an Earl…but father to two young wards!His only experience is in the art of irrespon…
In his first book, the creator of the award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks to some of humanity’s most apocalyptic moments to understand the challenges of our future. Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons without destroying itself? Will human technology or capabilities ever peak or regress? Why, since the dawn of time, has it always seemed as tho…
Ben Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestselling author combines lessons both from history and modern organisational practice with practical and often surprising advice to help us build cultures that can weather both good and bad times. The times and circumstances in which people were raised often shape them – yet a few leaders have managed to sh…
Afrika asasepɔn no so nnipa dodow gu ahorow yiye wɔ kasa ne asetra ne sikasɛm ne amammerɛ mu. Yebetumi akyekyɛ Afrikafo kasa ahorow mu ayɛ no akuw atitiriw a edidi so yi: 1) Semitic-Hamitic; 2) kasa akuw dodow bi a ɛwɔ beae bi a efi Sahara atɔe fam kosi Nile nsu no atifi na kan no na wɔakyekyɛ mu sɛ "Sudanfo" kuw; kasa ho animdefo nnwuma a aba foforo no akyerɛ sɛ saa kasa ahorow yi nkyerɛ sɛ wɔbɛn…
Olugbe ti ile Afirika jẹ oniruuru pupọ mejeeji ni ede ati ọrọ-aje ati awọn ofin aṣa. Awọn ede ti awọn olugbe Afirika le pin si awọn ẹgbẹ akọkọ wọnyi: 1) Semitic-Hamitic; 2) nọmba kan ti awọn ẹgbẹ ede ti o wa ni ila kan lati iwọ-oorun ti Sahara si awọn orisun omi Nile ati ti a ti pin tẹlẹ gẹgẹbi ẹgbẹ "Sudanese"; Awọn iṣẹ tuntun ti awọn onimọ-ede ti fi idi rẹ mulẹ pe awọn ede wọnyi ko ṣe afihan isun…