A tremendous first novel from an exciting young author.Feted for its electric chaos, the city of Bombay also accommodates pockets of calm. In one such enclave, Mohan, a middle-aged letter writer – the last of a dying profession – sits under a banyan tree in Fort, furnishing missives for village migrants, disenchanted lovers, and when pickings are slim, filling in money order forms. But Mohan's tru…
A tipsy confession of infidelity during their engagement hadn’t been the best start to Sarah’s marriage.It had taken Paul O’Brian five years to propose, and even then he’d made only occasional guest appearances in Sarah’s bed – so how could he complain? Now, five years and one child later, Paul had decided it was time to cut their losses. What had happened to them? Weren’t they once the perfect co…
The first year of the rest of her life?A tipsy confession of infidelity during their engagement hadn’t been the best start to Sarah’s marriage. It had taken Paul O’Brian five years to propose, and even then he’d made only occasional guest appearances in Sarah’s bed – so how could he complain?Now, five years and one child later, Paul had decided it was time to cut their losses. What had happened to…
The Vengeful One: Part of the Love…Maybe ebook short story collection.When a pharmacist discovers her boyfriend's infidelity, she uses her expertise to cook up a Valentine's Day surprise he'll never be able to forget…***This is a short story, which you can also buy as part of the Love…Maybe Eshort Collection***
The Riftwar Saga continues…This ebook contains Silverthorn and A Darkness at Sethanon, books two and three of the Rift War Saga by Raymond E. Feist.For nearly a year peace reigned in the enchanted kingdom of Rillanon. But new challenges awaited Arutha, the Prince of Krondor, when Jimmy the Hand – the youngest thief in the Guild of Mockers – came upon a sinister Nighthawk poised to assassinate him.…
HE'D KIDNAPPED A PRINCESS!How dare he! And how dare her body betray her so recklessly at Prince Kardal Khan's heated touch? How dare she feel cared for in her captor's tender embrace?All the lonely princess had ever wanted was someone to love her…but falling for the sexy sheik who'd stolen her as his slave was out of the question!HE'S RESCUED HIS WIFEHe might be the Prince of the City of Thieves, …
From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the second volume of her collected short stories.Lessing is unrivalled in her ability to capture the complexities of relationships, and the stories in this wonderful collection have lost none of their original power.Two marriages, both middle class, liberal and ‘rather literary’, share a shocking flaw, a secret ‘cancer’. A young, beauti…
The final short story collection that completes the extraordinary literary voyage of Harold Brodkey, a modern master of short fiction; his most forceful and incisive collection of all.In this collection, Harold Brodkey displays all his remarkable gifts – his exquisite authorial control, his unerring attentiveness to the subtle dynamics of sexual power, and his remarkable ability to depict the peri…
A cold night's silent majesty hides a bitter secret…Though she is deeply loved by her parents, the fact that Lydia Brand is adopted has always made her different from her close-knit Amish community. But as Christmas approaches and she begins to search for answers about her biological parents, more questions surface. Soon it seems that the deaths of two women in her small town may not be coincidenc…
Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Buchan and Katie Fforde, this is a warm novel about women, relationships and why it’s never too late to change.Lou is married to a man who no longer loves her. It’s time to move on, to begin a new business venture and to start her life over.To celebrate her new-found freedom, she travels to India, where, in front of the Taj Mahal, she befriends Ali after taking each o…
The essential read for Spring – the story of a remarkable woman who discovers that her success, prestige and wealth cannot help when tragedy strikes.At forty-seven, Stephanie Jardine is at the apex of her career and her life, running the American branch of Jardine’s, the prestigious Crown Jewellers of London. Having fully come to terms with her long widowhood, Stevie now draws emotional strength a…
“Blackmail is such an ugly word, Miss Lister. It is essential that I marry you. So let us call it a bargain. ”When an ancient law requires all unmarried ladies to wed or surrender half their wealth, the village of Fortune’s Folly becomes a heaven for fortune hunters – and Miss Alice Lister is a prize to be won! Maid-turned-heiress Alice has fought hard for a modicum of respectability.Now the insuf…
From USA TODAY bestselling author Christie Ridgway comes a sparkling new series set in the California mountains, where Hollywood glamour meets rustic charm, and the sparks fly among the unlikeliest of couples…Poppy Walker has a plan to restore the family resort, and she's sticking to it. So when a good-looking guy with plenty of cash rents one of her half-repaired vacation cabins, she figures he's…
*Now also published as The Villa on the Riviera*The French Riviera is the setting for this absorbing tale of family intrigue, scandal and romance, against the glamorous background of 1930s artists and aristocracy.Polly Smith is struggling to make a living as an artist when her friend and patron, Oliver, invites her to his father’s house in the south of France. Thrilled to escape cold, wet London, …
A woman disappears. She leaves behind an incendiary diary chronicling her journey of sexual awakening. To all who knew her she was the Good Wife: happy, devoted, content. But the diary reveals a secret self – a woman who has desires her husband cannot fulfill.She has been leading a double life – and tasted for the first time the intoxicating power of knowing what she wants and how to get it. The o…