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The Accidental Husband
by Jane GreenJane Green's The Accidental Husband is a powerful story about two women connected by an earth-shattering secret.Maggie and Sylvie are perfect strangers: two very different women, living very different lives on opposite coasts. But they share more in common than they could ever imagine.Both women have beautiful children on the verge of flying the nest, the home they worked hard to build and always longed for, and a handsome and devoted husband they can't believe belongs to them. Both women think their lives are seamlessly secure, but they couldn't be more wrong . . .For each is about to discover a secret that will shake their world to the very core, throwing into doubt everything they ever thought they knew, and bringing Maggie and Sylvie together in the most unexpected way.Praise for Jane Green:'A heartbreaking tale of love and family, truly compelling' Closer'Compulsively readable. I raced through it' Daily Mail'Green is women's fiction royalty . . . a compelling family drama' GlamourJane Green's internationally best-selling novels, including The Other Woman, Jemima J., Babyville, Girl Friday (published as Dune Road in the USA), Life Swap (Swapping Lives), Spellbound (To Have and to Hold), The Beach House, Second Chance, Straight Talking, Mr. Maybe, Bookends, The Love Verb and The Patchwork Marriage (Another Piece of My Heart) are incredibly moving and extremely relatable. The Accidental Husband is Jane's fourteenth novel. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and their blended family of six children.
An Accidental Light
by Elizabeth DiamondI’ve seen her a thousand times. Running through the blue shadows in the rain. Stopped by a screech of brakes and my voice shouting. Stopped by the sudden boom of my heart. On a quiet road just outside London, in the blue half-light of dusk, a car accident will change the lives of two families forever.Jack Philips is a happily married policeman with two small daughters, but the accident forces him to reassess everything he loves – and to confront long-buried secrets. For Lisa Jenkins, the devastation seems almost unbearable. Until she discovers an inner strength she never knew she had – and the courage to change her life completely. This heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting debut novel explores the ripple effects of a single moment of tragedy – the journey from guilt to peace, from vengeance to forgiveness, from grief to hope – and even, ultimately, to joy.
The Accidental Love Letter: The heartwarming new novel from bestselling author Olivia Beirne
by Olivia BeirneThe funny, uplifting second novel from Olivia Beirne for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Zoë Folbigg and Marian Keyes.What would you do if you received a love letter that wasn't meant for you? Bea used to feel confident, outgoing and fun, but she's not sure where that person went. Over the last few months, she's found herself becoming reclusive and withdrawn. And despite living with her two best friends, she's never felt lonelier. To make things worse, she's become so dependent on her daily routine, she's started to slip out of everyone else's.But when a mysterious battered envelope covered in stars lands on her doormat, Bea wonders if she could find the courage to open it. It isn't addressed to her, but it could be... if you squinted...Readers LOVE Olivia Beirne... 'Olivia writes with great warmth and wit - a fantastically funny debut' Emma Cooper, author of The Songs of Us'It was a proper feel-good, heart-warming, very natural and relatable story which I thoroughly enjoyed reading' Kim Nash (kimthebookworm)'A gorgeous life-affirming read that will make you laugh and cry' Hayley's Book Blog
The Accidental Malay
by Karina Robles BahrinWinner of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize‘Slick, sharp . . . a joy to read’ Tash AwJasmine Leong is the heiress apparent to Phoenix, her family’s billion-ringgit company known especially for its pork snacks. When her grandmother, the great Madame Leong, unexpectedly passes away, Jasmine discovers she is actually a Malay Muslim and this newfound identity threatens to upend her life and ambitions.Finding herself at the centre of a political controversy, and caught between two men who love her, The Accidental Malay examines the human cost of a country’s racial policies and paints a portrait of a woman unwilling to accept the fate history has designated for her.'A novel both generous and scathing; both honest and nuanced; both grounded in human emotion and engaged with history and politics' Preeta Samarasan, author of Evening Is the Whole Day
An Accidental Man
by Iris MurdochThis is the story of the comic, relentless struggle for survival of Austin Gibson Grey, the accidental man. Austin is one of those people who thrives through the destruction of others. The others, in Austin's case, include his successful elder brother, Matthew, and the women who, one after the other, are convinced that they can 'save' him. In this role we meet Dorina, Austin's estranged wife, Mitzi, his alcoholic landlady, and a selection of other women who involve themselves in Austin's fate, with hilarious and appalling results.
The Accidental Medium: The dead have a lot to say in this first book in a hilarious crime series
by Tracy WhitwellThe Accidental Medium is the first book in a hilarious series from Tracy Whitwell featuring Tanz, the accidental medium who, with the help of the dead, is about to become an unwilling crime-solver.Tanz is a wine-loving, straight-talking, once-successful TV actress from Gateshead, whose career has shrivelled like an antique walnut. She is still grieving for her friend Frank, who died in a car crash three years ago, and she has to find a normal job in London to fund her cocktail habit. When she starts work in a ‘new age’ shop, Tanz suddenly discovers that the voices she’s hearing in her head are real, not the first signs of madness, and that she can give people ‘messages’ from beyond the grave. Alarmed, she confronts her little mam and discovers she is from a long line of psychic mediums. Despite an exciting new avenue of life opening up to Tanz, darkness isn’t far away and all too soon there’s murder in the air.
The Accidental Mistress: A Rouge Regency Romance
by Tracy Anne WarrenTo escape an arranged marriage, spirited Lily Bainbridge has staged her own death and, disguised as a boy, fled to London and a life of freedom. Yet her plans to masquerade as an independent widow are thwarted by an encounter with Ethan Andarton, a powerful and dangerously attractive marquis who wants to make her his mistress. But Lily is afraid that if she gives the Marquis of Vessey her innocence, he'll steal her heart.Part two of Tracy Anne Warren's Mistress trilogy. Other titles in this series are: My Fair Mistress and His Favourite Mistress.Rouge Romance - your first stop for romance books
The Accidental Mistress: The Wedding Challenge (Mills And Boon Cherish Ser.)
by Sophie WestonA glamorous girl on Dom's arm will get him the publicity to fund his next expedition. And supermodel Jemima Dare is just the woman! Jemima needs a double…. She can't possibly work, but she can't afford to break her contract. So she turns to her capable sister Izzy!
Accidental Mistress (Mills And Boon Vintage 90s Modern Ser. #1909)
by Cathy WilliamsFROM HERE TO PATERNITY The bachelor and the baby! Lisa hadn't planned to fall in love. If only she hadn't accepted an invitation to be Angus Hamilton's guest and found herself in a different world, seduced by glamour, a jet-set-life-style… and Angus! She'd become an accidental mistress-and now she was accidentally pregnant!
An Accidental Mom (Accidental Moms #3)
by Loree LoughLily London had been crushed when Max Sheridan left town to marry someone else. Years later, her heart leaped when he returned to Amarillo, Texas, to take over his mother' s diner.
The Accidental Mother
by Rowan ColemanPerfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Marian Keyes and Sophie Kinsella, this is a funny, warm-hearted novel from the author of The Memory Book, which was featured in the Richard & Judy book club 2014'I immediately read The Memory Book and it's WONDERFUL ... I'm so happy because she's written other books and its so lovely to find a writer you love who has a backlist' Marian KeyesSophie Mills has worked her Manolo Blahniks off to reach the near-top of her profession. And she's very happy with her priorities in life - her job, her neurotic cat Artemis and her passion for shoes. After all, relationships only get in the way. And as for children? She hasn't even begun to think about them yet. Until one day an unexpected visitor brings news of a strange inheritance and Sophie is suddenly, out of the blue, in sole charge of two children under the age of six. But motherhood can't be all that hard, can it? Within twenty-four hours, her make-up is smeared all over the bathroom, Artemis has taken up residence on top of her wardrobe, and Sophie is in despair. And all her unconventional mother can suggest is Dr Roberts' Complete Dog Training and Care Manual.Determined to rise to the challenge, Sophie soon realises that she'll need more than a business plan to cope with all this...
Accidental Nanny (Mills And Boon Vintage 90s Modern Ser. #2)
by Lindsay ArmstrongNANNY WANTED Outback Cattle Station - Father and Daughter in Need of Love How could Chessie prove to Raefe Stevenson that she wasn't spoiled? The handsome Outback cattle rancher needed a nanny for her small daughter, Jess, and suddenly Chessie saw her chance… .
The Accidental New Yorker (The Accidental Socialite #2)
by Stephanie WahlstromPaige Crawford, former accidental socialite, has managed to shed her Z-list celebrity status and pull her life into a semblance of normalcy. But more importantly, she's close to proving to her family and herself that she can make it on her own . . . That is, until she's laid off from her job and left with no choice but to leave London behind for good.She hops on a plane headed home to Canada, only to decide to give herself one more chance to make it before hers becomes a life of "I told you so's." So instead of walking onto her connecting flight, she leaves JFK Airport and steps into the wilds of New York City, where she soon learns her misadventures have only just begun.And while she juggles writing a popular blog, locating a missing male model, and a sexy new boss who reminds her a little too much of home, Paige is about to learn that "making it" has nothing to do with where you end up, but everything to do with how you get there.Sharp, witty and entertaining, Paige's adventures are perfect for fans of Lucy Diamond, Tracey Bloom, Sophie Ranald and Samantha Tonge
The Accidental Newlywed Game: What happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas . . . (Boots and Bouquets)
by Jaci BurtonIf you love Holly Martin, Sarah Morgan and Jill Shalvis, you'll love Jaci Burton!'Always sexy, romantic and charming' JILL SHALVIS'The characters leap off the page and the romance sparkles' Romantic Times.............................................A wedding mistake? Or a marriage for keeps?Wedding planner Honor Bellini is glad to see a familiar face when she runs into her sister's ex-fiancé, Owen Stone, in Las Vegas during business trip. That is until a night of drinking leads to them waking up in bed together - and a marriage certificate from a wedding that neither of them can recall. Owen suggests an immediate annulment and Honor agrees, but when they spend the day together, their chemistry is overwhelming. Plus, Honor has a flash of memory of their steamy wedding night, and she definitely likes what she remembers. They decide to wait and head back to Oklahoma determined not to tell anyone at home what happened in Vegas. The problem is, Honor and Owen can't seem to stay away from each other. This huge secret has the potential to hurt someone they both care about. But could this accidental marriage be turning into love?.............................................Want more Jaci Burton? Check out the rest of her sizzling and romantic series!Boots and Bouquets Hope Brotherhood by FirePlay-By-Play
Accidental Orientalists: Modern Italian Travelers in Ottoman Lands (Transnational Italian Cultures #2)
by Barbara SpackmanHonorable mention in the MLA's Howard R. Marraro Prize 2017 This book identifies a strand of what it calls “Accidental Orientalism” in narratives by Italians who found themselves in Ottoman Egypt and Anatolia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through historical accident and who wrote about their experiences in Italian, English, and French. Among them are young woman, Amalia Nizzoli, who learned Arabic, conversed the inhabitants of an Ottoman-Egpytian harem, and wrote a memoir in Italian; a young man, Giovanni Finati, who converted to Islam, passed as Albanian in Muhammad Ali’s Egypt, and published his memoir in English; a strongman turned antiquarian, Giovanni Belzoni, whose narrative account in English documents the looting of antiquities by Europeans in Egypt ; a princess and patriot, Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso, who lived in exile in Anatolia and wrote in French condemning the Ottoman harem and proposing social reforms in in the Ottoman empire; and an early twentieth century anarchist and anti-colonialist, Leda Rafanelli, who converted to Islam, wrote prolifically, and posed before the camera in an Orient of her own fashioning. Crossing class, gender, dress, and religious boundaries as they move about the Mediterranean basin, their accounts variously reconfigure, reconsolidate, and often destabilize the imagined East-West divide. Ranging widely on an affective spectrum from Islamophobia to Islamophilia, their narratives are the occasion for the book’s reflection on the practices of cultural cross-dressing, conversion to Islam, and passing and posing as Muslim on the part of Italians who had themselves the object of an Orientalization on the part of Northern Europeans, and whose language had long been the lingua franca of the Mediterranean.
The Accidental Prime Minister (PDF)
by Tom MclaughlinWhen Joe tells a local news reporter exactly what he would do if he were leader of the country, the video goes viral and Joe's speech becomes famous all over the world!Before long, people are calling for the current leader to resign and give someone else a go . . . and that's how an ordinary boy like Joe ended up with the most extraordinary job. Now the fun can really start . . . Hats for cats! Pet pigs for all! Banana shaped buses! Swimming pools on trains!A hilarious story of one boy's meteoric rise to power!
The Accidental Prince (Mills And Boon Historical Ser. #4)
by Michelle WillinghamHIS RUNAWAY PRINCESS Princess Serena of Badenstein intends to flee – from her violent father and from the man to whom she’s been pledged in a political marriage of convenience. Karl von Lohenberg is without a country, a title – and a bride if he lets Serena get away.
The Accidental Princess (Mills And Boon Historical Ser. #11)
by Michelle WillinghamFrom dutiful debutante… Lieutenant Michael Thorpe is a forbidden temptation for Lady Hannah Chesterfield. Etiquette demands Hannah ignore the shivers of desire his wicked gaze provokes, but he’s the only man to recognise her restless spirit, and her unawakened body is clamouring for his touch… …to passionate princess!
Accidental Reunion (Mills And Boon Medical Ser.)
by Carol MarinelliDr. Declan Haversham hasn't seen Lila Bailey since she left him standing at a bus stop in his boxer shorts eight years ago! When once he had laughed at the idea, now he discovers that is scatty, impulsive Lila has become a successful emergency nurse.
The Accidental Romeo: The Accidental Romeo (Bayside Hospital Heartbreakers! #2)
by Carol MarinelliHe’s just too irresistible!
An Accidental Seduction (Mills And Boon Modern Ser. #1)
by Michelle WillinghamEmily Barrow once dreamed that she could marry Stephen Chesterfield, the Earl of Whitmore, and be saved from her dreary life. Then Stephen's father sent him away, leaving Emily broken-hearted. . .
The Accidental Socialite (The Accidental Socialite #1)
by Stephanie Wahlstrom'It was 3am and all I wanted was a cheeseburger . . .' Paige Crawford is the Accidental Socialite. Escaping small town Canada to make it in London, she's thrust into the limelight after an unfortunate incident involving a famous footballer, a nightclub and some really great shoes. Being instantly elevated to tabloid celebrity status isn't exactly a picnic, particularly when trying to juggle her new job in fashion, a catalogue of dating disasters and a nagging feeling that maybe London won't be as easy to conquer as she'd thought . . . If you love books by Tracy Bloom, Anna Bell, Rosie Blake or Sophie Kinsella, hold on to your Choos - the Accidental Socialite is romantic comedy at its best! Based on the adventures of a real-life London socialite, this is an all-access pass to life in the VIP area.
The Accidental Sorcerer: Book 1 of the Rogue Agent Novels (Rogue Agent #1)
by K. E. MillsHe's blown up a factory, lost his job, and there's a chance that he's not really a Third Grade wizard after all. Career disaster strikes again. Luckily, an influential friend manages to get him a posting. So it's off to New Ottosland to be the new Court Wizard for King Lional. His back-up, an ensorcelled bird with a mysterious past, seems dubious. But it's New Ottosland, or nothing.Unfortunately, King Lional isn't the vain, self-centred young man he appeared to be. With a Princess in danger, a bird-brained back-up, and a kingdom to save, Gerald soon suspects he might be out of his depth. And if he can't keep this job, how can he become the wizard he was destined to be ...