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This is Lilian’s story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls. During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace – it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.‘When Lilian Tull came to Tate & Lyle shortly after …
This is Lilian’s story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls. During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace – it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.‘When Lilian Tull came to Tate & Lyle shortly after …
Книга повествует о взятии Константинополя турками-османами в 1453 году. Судьбы героев тесно переплетаются с историческими событиями того времени. Благодаря их усилиям после падения Византии врагу не достаётся золото царя Крёза, а центр православия перемещается в Москву.
Семнадцатилетняя Арабелла, оставшись одна после смерти отца, вынуждена выйти замуж за его компаньона. После замужества юная девушка оказывается в Париже — столице социального неравенства и порока. Когда от приставаний пьяных мастеровых ее спасает пожилой старьевщик, она искренне верит, что, наконец, обрела друга. Однако Арабелла еще не знает границы своей доверчивости. У всех происходящих событий …
Scotland, 1890Lillian Desalles has no business trespassing in Iain Darroch's family stronghold. By rights, the American beauty shouldn't even be able to see him. Cursed to wander the Highlands for all time, Iain appears to other mortals as a specter. Yet to Lily, he's every inch a man. And the desires that have been dormant for over a century come crashing back to life at her touch.Lily needs to c…
1767–1770 годы, угольные шахты Шотландии, порты Лондона, табачные плантации Америки. Простой шахтер Макэш по прозвищу Мак и аристократка Лиззи Хэллим. Что у них может быть общего? Тем не менее они постоянно сталкиваются на жизненном пути, поочередно спасая друг друга от смертельных опасностей, сближаются, влюбляются и в итоге вместе обретают вожделенную свободу, к которой шли разными путями.
Gordon McLaughlin has never forgotten the beautiful Annabelle, or the forbidden kiss they shared.But the innocent girl he once knew has become Edinburgh’s wanton black widow. What is the truth behind Lady Annabelle’s shocking reputation? A chance meeting with the handsome Highlander re-ignites long-buried passions, but destitute Annabelle cannot afford the luxury of love.They plan an illicit midni…
It’s 1983 and best friends Vicky and Lucy swear that they will always be there for each other, that they’ll never let anyone come between them. But fast forward 4 years and life on the Canterbury Estate has gotten very messy.Lucy has fallen for local policeman’s son, Jimmy. And Vicky is madly in love with Paddy, the charming but ruthless local bad boy. The boys are bitter enemies and determined to…
It’s 1983 and best friends Vicky and Lucy swear that they will always be there for each other, that they’ll never let anyone come between them. But fast forward 4 years and life on the Canterbury Estate has gotten very messy.Lucy has fallen for local policeman’s son, Jimmy. And Vicky is madly in love with Paddy, the charming but ruthless local bad boy. The boys are bitter enemies and determined to…
Dog Soldiers can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 2 of 3.Dog Soldiers tells the story of two brave young ‘dog soldiers’ (Army bomb dog handlers), killed in action in Afghanistan with their dogs by their side, through the inspirational words of their mothers.Lance Corporal Kenneth Rowe and Lance Corporal Liam Tasker were both dog lovers from boy…
НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНОВЛЕННУЮ ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВОМ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНОВЛЕННУЮ ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВОМ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ. Для захвата мир…
Scotland, 1306 Violet of Caladan refuses to be any man’s prize, though her father insists she marry a warrior who can protect their land from a vicious killer. Highlander Finn Mac Néill has answered her father’s call for a champion to hunt the murderer, but it is Violet who catches the seductive warrior’s eye.She cannot long resist Finn’s sensual pursuit, blaming a faulty love potion for her heate…
Михаил Гиголашвили (р. 1954) – прозаик и филолог, автор романов «Иудея», «Толмач», «Чёртово колесо» (выбор читателей премии «Большая книга»), «Захват Московии» (шорт-лист премии НОС). «Тайный год» – об одном из самых таинственных периодов русской истории, когда Иван Грозный оставил престол и затворился на год в Александровой слободе. Это не традиционный «костюмный» роман, скорее – психодрама с эле…
Including: A Hastry BetrothalRobert, Viscount Sandford, only agreed to a pretend betrothal to protect Harriet Cordell. Now a dramatic series of events, including Harriet’s sudden kidnap, may force Robert to admit that their hasty betrothal may need to become a far more permanent arrangement!Including: The Count’s CharadeDiscovering a wounded Frenchman, Grace Dovercourt makes the dangerous decision…
Dog Soldiers can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 3 of 3.Dog Soldiers tells the story of two brave young ‘dog soldiers’ (Army bomb dog handlers), killed in action in Afghanistan with their dogs by their side, through the inspirational words of their mothers.Lance Corporal Kenneth Rowe and Lance Corporal Liam Tasker were both dog lovers from boy…