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Wrapped Up In You
by Carole MatthewsA Christmas fling, or has Janie found the real thing?Thirty-something hairdresser Janie Johnson's single status is a constant source of gossip for her friends and clients. So after too many nights in with her cat, a blind date disaster and news that her ex is getting married, Janie realises it's time to do something dramatic with her life. It's time for an adventure!Leaving winter behind, Janie takes the plunge and books an exotic trip to Africa. Her friends think she's mad and Janie thinks they may very well be right . . . but then she falls head over heels for her tour guide - and fully fledged Maasai Warrior - Dominic. But can Janie now face spending a snowy Christmas back home without him?Packed with unforgettable characters, romance and laughter, Wrapped Up In You is your very own perfect Christmas Carole!
The Atrocity Archives: Book 1 in The Laundry Files (Laundry Files #1)
by Charles StrossNEVER VOLUNTEER FOR ACTIVE DUTY . . .Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob's under a desk restoring lost data. His world was dull and safe - but then he went and got Noticed.Now, Bob is up to his neck in spycraft, parallel universes, dimension-hopping terrorists, monstrous elder gods and the end of the world. Only one thing is certain: it will take more than a full system reboot to sort this mess out . . .This is the first novel in the Laundry Files.
The Fledgling Handbook: House of Night 12 (House of Night)
by P. C. CastMerry meet, fledgling. I trust this guide will serve you well...Every vampyre fledgling who arrives at the House of Night receives a copy of The Fledgling Handbook 101, and now, fans can have one, too, with this gorgeous must-have edition. Inside you'll find original stories, the complete vampyre history, inside info into rituals, vamp biology, and the Change, and much more.
Passion Unleashed: Number 3 in series (Demonica Novel #3)
by Larissa IoneForbidden Temptations. Fatal Desires.Serena Kelley is an archaeologist and treasure hunter - and a woman with a secret. Since she was seven, she's been a keeper of a powerful charm that grants her health and immortality . . . as long as she stays a virgin. But Serena isn't all that innocent. And when a dangerously handsome stranger brings her to the brink of ecstasy, she wonders if she's finally met the one man she cannot resist.Wraith is a Seminus demon with a death wish. But when an old enemy poisons him, he must find Serena and persuade her to give him the only known antidote in the universe - her charm. Yet, as she begins to surrender to his seductions and Wraith senses the cure is within his grasp, he realises a horrible truth: he's falling for the woman whose life he must take in order to save his own.
Sin Undone: Number 5 in series (Demonica Novel #5)
by Larissa IoneHer touch is deadly. His hunger can't be denied.As the only female Seminus demon ever born, master assassin Sinead Donnelly is used to being treated like an outcast. She spent decades enslaved and now vows she'll die before she'll relinquish her freedom again. Then Sin's innate ability to kill her enemies goes awry: She creates a lethal new werewolf virus that sparks a firestorm of panic and violence. Half-werewolf, half-vampire Conall Dearghul is charged with bringing in Sin to face punishment for the plague. And she's no stranger: He's bound to her by blood and the one sexual encounter they shared has left him hungering for her raw sensuality. Worse, Sin is the underworld's most wanted and Con soon learns he's the only one who can help her . . . and that saving her life might mean sacrificing his own.
Breathing On Glass
by Jennifer CryerRhea - dark, intense and brilliant - and her golden, voluptuous sister Amber are not alike, but they are bound tighter than most: by love, by the loss of their father, and by the man who stands between them. Lewis is Amber's husband and the ferociously driven director of the biotech lab where Rhea is a rising star.In search of funding, academic advancement and in alchemical pursuit of the perfect stem cell - their Holy Grail in one flawlessly reproducing genetic blueprint - Rhea and Lewis inhabit a rarefied world. Putting their trust in science, they are blinkered against the fatal human element: sex and envy, treachery and error. Amber, however, desperate for a child and embarking on fertility treatment, must confront precisely this flawed physicality, and a Faustian pact is forged. As the three are increasingly drawn into a transgressive relationship, the result is a series of betrayals that none, finally, will be able to forgive. Breathing on Glass is both coolly analytical and erotically subversive in its exploration of passion and power intertwined, and breeds a whole DNA sequence of cautionary tales: on weakness, temptation, ambition and the limits of science.
In The Silence Of The Snow
by Jessica BlairFrench-born Marie Gabin forms a friendship with Veronica Attwood in their final two years at school, but this is tested when Marie is forced to disclose a secret to her friend. In the shadow of this revelation, the girls grow up on a country estate in North Yorkshire. The First World War takes its toll when Marie loses the man she loves and Veronica's husband suffers injuries which eventually leave her a widow, but she finds consolation in her love for the land. Returning to France, Marie marries her childhood sweetheart, but once again life brings involvement in war for the two friends. Loving their Yorkshire land, Veronica and her daughters enlist in the Land Army. When a bomber squadron arrives on a newly constructed airfield on part of the estate, relationships are formed. Elise joins the RAF and is recruited into the SOE. But secrets will out. On a mission to France, Elise faces dangers she did not expect as she searches for Marie and the truth - a truth that will have an outcome she never envisaged.
The Book Of Murder
by Guillermo MartinezArt imitates life. Or does it? One sleepy Sunday morning in Buenos Aires, the protagonist of Martinez's brilliant new mystery finds himself unexpectedly tangled up in the story of Luciana, a former authors' assistant whom he has not seen for at least ten years, and Kloster, a rival writer - only far more successful; bestselling, in fact. What he discovers will make him question everything he had always believed - taken for granted - about chance and calculation, cause and effect.Luciana is desperate. In the decade since she last had anything to do with either of the writers, nearly all her close family have died, in highly unusual circumstances. And Luciana or her sister could be next. Luciana's convinced that her one-time employer Kloster is behind the deaths, punishing her for her part in the break-up of his marriage in a murderous frenzy of revenge worthy of one of his own prodigiously successful crime novels. But which comes first, murder or novel? Clever and gripping, THE BOOK OF MURDER is a chilling crime story in which the line between fact and fiction suddenly seems blurred.
The Winter Journey: The Morland Dynasty, Book 20 (Morland Dynasty #20)
by Cynthia Harrod-EaglesIn 1851 the fortunes of the Morland family are more buoyant than they have been for years. Morland Place is recovering under Benjamin's steady hands - happy at last with Sibella. Charlotte, now Duchess of Southport, is shortly to give birth to hersecond child and on the point of opening her modern hospital for the poor. Cavendish's engagement to the ethereally beautiful but slightly silly Miss Phipps causes a stir in the drawing rooms of Mayfair and his wedding causes his family some misgivings. Then the storms in Europe spill in to Britain when the army is forced to defend Turkey against the Tsar. Within weeks Cavendish is in the Crimea and disappears in the Charge of the Light Brigade. Another moving and beautifully portrayed episode in the riveting Morland saga.
Gunpowder Plot: Gunpowder Plot (Putting on a Play #2)
by Tony Bradman Tom BradmanCecil, the spymaster and his assistant, Jack, fear there is a plot to kill King James I, they just don't know who is behind it! But when Lord Monteagle receives a mysterious letter, Cecil thinks he knows how to find the plotters!
Stop Bullying Me!: Stop Bullying Me! (Putting on a Play #1)
by Jenny PowellHarry loves to learn everything from geography to maths but Louis thinks this makes Harry a geek. Louis and his gang begin to bully Harry every day. What can Harry do to stop the bullies?
The Chief's Bride: The Chief's Bride: An African Folktale (library Ebo (Putting on a Play #2)
by Jenny PowellThe Great Chief in a neighbouring village is in search of a wife. Sundai wishes one of his daughters to marry the chief and his eldest, Maiba is determined to become his bride. But the chief wants to be sure the woman he marries is good and kind, so he is not all he seems...
The Great Fire of London: The Great Fire Of London (Putting on a Play #1)
by Tony Bradman Tom BradmanWhen Will's father's bakery goes up in flames, Wills knows he must do all he can to stop the fire. But will his efforts be in vain or can he save London? The play is set in 1666, during the Great Fire of London.
No Wobbly Teeth: All About Henry: No Wobbly Teeth (Start Reading: All About Henry)
by Anne RooneyAll of Henry's friends have wobbly teeth and Henry wants one too. But Henry's teeth just won't wobble. Then, at playtime the next day, Henry gets a big surprise!
Too Dirty!: All About Henry: Too Dirty! (Start Reading: All About Henry)
by Anne RooneyHenry and Axel, the dog, go for a walk in the park and they come back very dirty!
Where's my Sock?: All About Henry: Where's My Sock? (Start Reading: All About Henry)
by Anne RooneyHenry needs to go to school but he can't find his sock anywhere!
The Cowardly Lion: Animal School: The Cowardly Lion (Start Reading: Nana Knows Best)
by Joe HackettLatif the Lion is afraid of everything. How can his friends help him become a real lion?
The Frightened Frog: Animal School: The Frightened Frog (Start Reading: Nana Knows Best)
by Joe HackettFinlay the frog is no ordinary frog - he's frightened of water! Can any of his friends help him overcome his fear?
The Speedy Tortoise: Animal School: The Speedy Tortoise (Start Reading: Nana Knows Best)
by Joe HackettTessie the tortoise loves to race everywhere and it gets her into all sorts of scrapes!
The Spotless Pig: Animal School: The Spotless Pig (Start Reading: Nana Knows Best)
by Joe HackettPatty the pig doesn't like getting dirty. She won't join the cookery club or the art club, they are just too messy!
Boo-hoo, Baby!: Baby And Me: Boo-hoo Baby! (Start Reading: Pip's Pets)
by Claire LlewellynThe family are going to the farm. But the baby is scared of all the animals. Is there anything she won't cry about?
Go away, Baby!: Baby And Me: Go Away Baby! (Start Reading: Pip's Pets)
by Claire LlewellynTom is playing with his toys but his sister keeps interrupting him.
Goodnight, Baby!: Baby And Me: Goodnight Baby! (Start Reading: Pip's Pets)
by Claire LlewellynBaby is off to bed and says goodnight to Mum, the cat, the dog, the moon...
Is it for me?: Baby And Me: Is It For Me? (Start Reading: Pip's Pets)
by Claire LlewellynEverything the little boy wants is for his new born sister. Isn't there anything for him?
Joey the Juggler: Carlo's Circus: Joey The Juggler (Start Reading: Carlo's Circus #7)
by Penny DolanJoey needs somewhere to practice his tricks, but everywhere he goes he makes too much Hoopla and is in the way! Until, his practicing saves the day!