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In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Mac and Anna appear to have the perfect marriage, but their relationship is cracking under the strain of infertility. Anna cannot surrender her dream of having a child, and Mac doesn't know how much longer he can cope with her pain and disappointment.Georgie and her sister-in-law Louise have made The Reading Rooms bookshop a success, but Georgie has not been so lucky in her love life. Then one day Liam walks into The Reading Rooms and Georgie finds herself at a turning point.As do Mac and Anna, when finally the hurt and frustration sets Mac on a path that will have unforeseen consequences for them all.

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.During the hazy Newcastle summer, Nick's grandfather Geordie lies dying. A proud and resilient man, he has long outlived his peers but not the memories of his youth. As Nick watches, Geordie starts to relive the horrors surrounding his brother's death in the painful days before his own.Meanwhile at Lob's Hill, on the other side of the city, Nick and his pregnant wife Fran are failing to keep the peace in their increasingly fractious home. Looking after two-year-old Jasper is an exhausting business, made more so by the resentments of stepchildren Gareth and Miranda. In an attempt to unite the family, Fran organizes the children into decorating the living room. Gradually, as the old wallpaper is peeled away, a vigorous and obscene drawing of an Edwardian family is uncovered. The portrait is an exercise in hate: it reveals the history of their home, casting a terrifying shadow over the… Read More

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.On the outside, Faith Madison is the very picture of a sophisticated New Yorker. Slim, blond, stylish, Faith has a life many would envy. Overcoming a childhood marked by tragedy, married to a successful investment banker and having raised two grown daughters, Faith has enjoyed her role as mother and wife, and the good life that emanates from their bustling Manhattan townhouse. But every step of the way, Faith has carried within her a secret she could divulge to no one. And with it, she has kept an even more painful secret from herself.For Faith, it is the sudden death of her stepfather - a man who, like her husband Alex, always remained just beyond her reach - that will touch off a journey of change and revelation. At the funeral, painful memories flood back - and an old friend re-enters Faith's life. Faith is greeting mourners when she hears a voice behind her and a single word that… Read More

In very good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights of books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.My boyfriend died when I was twenty.-one. His body was left lying broken in the highway out of Delhi while the sun rose in the desert to the east. I wasn't there, I never saw it. But plenty of others saw, in the trucks that passed by without stopping, and from the roadside dhaba where he'd been drinking all night.Then they wrote about him in the paper. Twelve lines buried in the middle pages, one line standing out, the last one, in which a cop he'd never met said to the reporter, He was known to us, he was a bad character.This is the story of Idha, a young woman who finds escape from the arranged marriage and security that her middle-class world has to offer through the chance encounter with a charismatic, dangerous young man. She is quickly exposed to the thrilling, often illicit pleasures that both the city, Delhi, and her body can hold. But as the affair continues, and… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The women begin as strangers: Katie, the vibrant rock star who must choose between saving her own life and the life of her unborn child; Hannah, the selfless housewife who finds herself abandoned by her friends just when she needs them most; Faye, the wealthy executive who thought she'd already survived the greatest fight of her life...and Rita, whose own past cannot stay hidden for long.Before the summer ends, these women will form a lasting bond. It will be a season when old hurts are finally healed and love becomes rekindled as life begins anew...

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.For Kieran it's his Irish roots, for Michael it's Kieran's girlfriend, for Kieran's girlfriend it's God. Some infatuations are so explosive it takes years for the dust to settle.1982, and the summer is oppressive, the future uncertain, Thatcher inescapable. Twin brothers Michael and Kieran gasping for air in the middle of an eccentric family that only outsiders find enchanting - are visiting their grandparents in County Cork. The questions and entanglements born of that stifling trip are to shape the rest of their lives. Returning to Britain, the brother's don't know whether to call themselves English or Irish. Twenty years later, a fiery young woman doesn't know which of them to call Dad.

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.It is 1918, a year when the War will end, but an even greater killer will arise.On the bloody fields of the Western Front and the battle-scarred desert plains of the Middle East, Tom and Matthew Duffy are facing the enemy. Even as they are trapped on the front lines, they must also find the courage to fight for the women they love when all hope is lost.Back in Australia, George Macintosh is outraged by the stipulations of his father's will that provides for his despised nephew, and is determined to eliminate any threats to his power. And in a sacred cave in the far Outback, old Wallarie forsees a tide of unspeakable death sweeping through his homeland.As all nations come to terms with the devastating consequences of the Great War, a new world will be born. But not everyone will live to see it.Beyond the Horizon continue the much-loved saga of the Duffy's and Macintoshes, told with Peter… Read More

In good condition - has markings from use - has slight yellowing to page ends - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.It is 1667 and the mighty naval war between the Dutch and the English still rages. Sir Francis Courteney and his son Hal, in their fighting caravel, are on patrol off Southern Africa, lying in wait for a galleon of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient laden with spices, timber and gold.

In good condition - has markings from use - has slight yellowing to front page - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.In the tradition of her bestselling novel, Red Dust, Blue Skies tells the inspirational story of a young woman battling to save the family farm no matter what it takes...Amanda Greenfield dreams of employing all the skills she's learnt at college to help her father turn their farm, Kyleena, from a debt-ridden, run-down basket case into a thriving enterprise.Then tragedy strikes and, wearied by the long struggle to keep Kyleena a going concern, Amanda's father decides to sell up so they can get on with their lives away from the vagaries of drought and fluctuating stock prices and crop yields.Desolate at the idea of losing the farm that;s been in the family for generations, Amanda summons all her strength, grit and determination to save Kyleena. And things are just starting to look up for her in both life and love when Amanda comes face to face with… Read More

In very good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Sergeant Mark Bayley was a flying ace before he was shot down over German lines in 1918. As he falls in love with German nurse Karolina, things look perfect - even for his motherless son John, whom Karolina adopts.As long as Karolina lives there is harmony, but after her death, their son Max finds himself seduced by the German Fatherland. The brothers will fight on opposite sides of the coming war...

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.1970 was indeed the year that shaped Maddy's destiny. It was the year she went to NADA, and it was the year she met Alex...Alex Rainford has it all. He's sexy, charismatic and adored by fans the world over. But he is not all he seems. What spectre from the past is driving him ever closer to evil? And who will fall under his spell along the way?Madeleine Frances, beautiful stage and screen actress. Years before she escaped Alex's fatal charm, but now she is forced to confront him once again...and reveal her devastating secret.Susannah Wright, the finest classical actress of her generation. Not even her awesome talent can save her from Alex's dangerous charisma.Imogen McLaughlin, the promising young actress whose biggest career break could be her greatest downfall. She wants Alex Rainford - but she doesn't know that he has the power to destroy her...Centre Stage is a tantalising glimpse into… Read More

Large print - in good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Originally published in 1929, this is the remarkably assured tale of an elderly Jewish businessman who has sold his soul.Born into poverty on the Black Sea, David Golder has clawed his way to fabulous wealth by speculating on gold and oil. As he works in his magnificent Parisian apartment, his wife and beloved daughter, Joyce, spend his money at their villa in Biarritz. But Golder's security is fragile. For years he has defended his business interests from cut-throat competitors. Now his health is beginning to show the strain. As his body betrays him, so too do his wife and child, leaving him to decide to pursue revenge or altruism?A page-turningly chilling and brilliant portrait of the frenzied capitalism of the 1920s and a universal parable about the mirage of wealth.

In very good condition - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The year is 1803, and married couple Balloch and Sorcha are living a peaceful life in their rural village in the Scottish Highlands. Content with their croft and what little they possess in material wealth, they lack only one thing - a child to call their own. Little do they know that this future child - along with the encroaching English army - will soon change everything.The family, including their adopted son, Angus, and his wife, Heather, together with their own children - Connor, Cameron, Anna and Calum - are ultimately driven from their ancestral home. Together, they must make a new life for themselves in Glasgow, where there is no place for farmers and the streets are teeming with desperation and poverty.As their lives unfold, Connor, Cameron, Anna and Calum each find themselves on their own unique paths, all of which draw them far across the sea to the likes of America, India and China. There, the… Read More

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Elaine Crowley's warm and moving novel depicts in all its rich beauty the magic of Ireland - through the interwoven fortunes of two families, one aristrocratic, one poor. And in all its tragic grief, the devastation of the village as it falls under the shadow of the Famine.Katy O'Donnell is engaged to be married when the novel opens. But on the eve of her wedding she meets and falls in love with the best friend of her husband-to-be Jamsie O'Hara is very handsome, bold, and within hours of their meeting, determined to have Katy. Katy's mother and Father Bolger the priest, unite in their horrified pleas to stop her, for the O'Haras are hard-drinking, wild men from the bog, not much given to holding down a steady job. But Katy and Jamsie are in the grip of a grand passion; they sweep aside all objections and get married.The fluctuations of their love, the births of their six children,… Read More

Large print - in good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The Piper family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives - even destroy them.Set on stormy Cape Breton Island off Nova Scotia, this multigenerational saga chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters. Theirs is a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love.

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.If trouble strikes, there really is no place like home...When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips and strong opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has reinvented herself as the ideal politician's wife. Now, her job is staying twenty pounds thinner than she was 30 years ago and tending to her senator husband.Until Richard's extra-marital affair makes headlines. Humiliated, Sylvia agrees to stand by his side to confront the press. Then she makes for the beloved family beach house in Connecticut to face some difficult decisions.Her two daughters are at a similar crossroads in their lives. Diana, an ER physician, has the career, the family, the perfect home. But she is conducting her own secret affair. Meanwhile, Lizzie is rebuilding her life after a stint in rehab - but trouble always seems to know just where to find her.Inviting her daughters to… Read More

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.With a wife he loves and an exciting London-based career, architect Charles Waterston's life seems in perfect balance. Nothing in his comfortable existence prepares him for the sudden end to his ten-year marriage - or his unwanted transfer to his firm's New York office. With nothing left to lose, Charlie takes a leave of absence from his job to drive through New England, hoping to make peace with himself.Christmas is approaching when Charlie leaves New York, heading to Vermont to ski. But a sudden, blinding snowstorm strands him in a small Massachusetts town. There, as if by chance, Charlie meets an elderly widow who offers to rent him her most precious possession: a remote, exquisite lakeside chateau. Hidden deep in the woods, it once belonged to a woman who lived and died there two centuries before. Her name was Sarah Ferguson. And from the moment Charlie sets foot inside the chateau's… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.When World War II is declared, wealthy banker Henry Granville moves his family away from the dangers of bomb-torn London to Hartley Hall in Surrey. But even away from the city, life at home remains turbulent.Eldest daughter, Rosie, lives nearby with her two children, but her marriage is far from happy, and the temptations that come with her husband's absence lead to regret and heartache. Juliet, on the other hand, faces the greatest tragedy a woman can experience, without the support of the only man she ever loved, Daniel Lawrence.Desparate to forget her past, Juliet becomes a Red Cross nurse, braving the carnage of the Blitz. Fifteen-year-old Louise gets fatefully involved with East End refugee Jack, while Amanda and little Charlotte strive to help with food rationing by keeping stock. Only their mother, Liza, seems unable to lose her regrets at the loss of their privileged… Read More

Large print - in good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.When Cilla's beloved Aunt Lil died, it was a most unpleasant shock, when the terms of the old lady's will were revealed. Instead of the two girls sharing equally in a large fortune, everything - well, almost everything - was to go to Cilla. And not only that, for there were certain conditions as well. One was that Cilla should travel to the Seychelles; another that her affairs - and her money - were to be in the hands of two trustees. And worst of all, one of those trustees was to be the arrogant, argumentative Theo Randall, with whom Cilla had crossed swords the moment they met. What had Aunt Lil in mind?

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.What is it like to stake everything on a relationship based only on letters?Laila is desperate to escape life in the longhouse in her Malaysian village. Desperate enough to travel alone to Australia to marry Jim, a fruit-picker living in Renmark, South Australia.Jim hasn't had much luck with women - they've always given him a hard time. He pins his hopes on Laila changing all that. Marital bliss, a new life.But when Laila and Jim finally meet, they each discover the reality of the other, and things don't go as planned.