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At the age of fourteen Lady Margaret de la Roche is presented at court as a New Year’s Day gift for King Henry VIII and Queen Catherine of Aragon. In her role as a maid of honour she develops a great admiration for the virtuous queen. But her loyalty is tested when the king falls in love with the fascinating Anne Boleyn. As her life at court becomes increasingly perilous, she must find a way to be a faithful servant of the queen and a true subject of the king. “The Tudor Lady in Waiting” tells the story of the dangers and intrigues of the Tudor court in the reign of Henry VIII.

Everyone could use a little luck! Do you think you have life figured out, as Ethan and Alice did? They believed they had their futures planned until reality got in the way. But little did they know that fate had something else in store for them. Sailing to Saint-Pierre Martinique in 1902, Ethan and Alice's paths finally cross, and their lives are forever changed. The lush tropical setting of Saint-Pierre becomes the backdrop for an incredible adventure filled with beauty, mystery, deceit, romance, and danger. As they explore the island paradise, they soon realize that all is not as it seems.

Kate Nolan is a successful magazine editor with a loving husband, James, and a five-year-old son, Max. Her life couldn't be more perfect...but one day she receives a phone call from James, which changes everything. Clearly distressed, James tells Kate to meet him at midnight outside the beach café once owned by her long-dead grandmother in the seaside town of Seahaven, where they both grew up. A strange request, made even more sinister by the fact that in recent weeks Seahaven has become prey to a serial killer who is targeting the local children.

Deadish is a delightful blend of dark humor and absurdism that celebrates the medical world while poking fun at hospital bureaucracy. Rife with silly office politics, medical misadventures, and stories told after one too many drinks, you'll follow the lives of Ashley and Chris, two junior surgeons at Serenity Hospital, as they struggle with domineering management, awkward patient encounters, and unintentionally amusing events that make you want to laugh out loud.

A beautiful novel with strong female characters, a horrible husband, an incorrigible ex and an adorably decent man. A story about stressful lives and new beginnings, with a delicious mash up of mystery, drama and romance, set in the gorgeous Northumberland scenery. Charlotte is a young lawyer living in London, with the world at her feet. She has a luxury flat, a sports car and plenty of money, yet she is unhappy and the job that she used to love now gives her panic attacks.

'Look at me, Nora,' he said softly; and neither of them thought it strange that he should use her Christian name. She turned and looked at him, and what he read in her eyes robbed him for the moment of speech. Then he asked, in a whisper: 'Are you glad I came? Did you expect me?' In this timeless tale of forbidden love and sacrifice, the beautiful Nora Connor captures the heart of the distinguished Duke Percival at a glittering summer ball.

In this enchanting tale of love, faith, and self-discovery, beautiful Clare Castlemaine's privileged English world crumbles when her father's death leaves her penniless. Forced to seek refuge with her mother's Irish relatives in Dublin, Clare finds herself swept into the warm embrace of the charismatic Blake family–and an Ireland on the brink of transformation.

In this gripping adventure, Laura, a young woman trapped in a recurring year-long cycle (a little like Groundhog Day), meets an older woman living an isolated, hippyish lifestyle on the edge of a field near Stonehenge, England. As their relationship deepens, Margaret, reveals that her husband died in mysterious circumstances years ago. Laura realises that because of the lack of closure, Margaret is still grieving for him. A few years after his death, Margaret's money and savings were stolen, and the culprit disappeared to South Africa.

Love can conquer all, in these fun, romantic comedies, with Hollyfield Stables the rural setting for deception, disasters and discoveries. Ella didn't choose her stepsisters. Nor is she keen on her stepmother. But somehow, the four of them have to try to get along, if only for the sake of the horses and the riding school. Fate, however, has something else in store.

Jiddy Vardy is a survivor. Rescued at birth, she grows up in Robin Hood's Bay, a community which harbours a dangerous secret that could get you killed. Always the outsider, with her dark skin and hair, at sixteen Jiddy is clever, brave and headstrong, soon risking her life and freedom to play her part in the Bay's clandestine activities. Then, just as romance blossoms and Jiddy finally feels like she belongs, figures from the past threaten to tear her world apart, and she has to decide where her loyalties truly lie.

Gilly was more than happy to accompany her sister, Angie, on a coach trip to the Loire valley. Angie was going through a humiliating divorce and Gilly was going to offer her some moral support. She didn't always get on with her sister, but was sure she could put up with her for a week, if only to get a break from her domineering husband, Charles. The change of scene would do them all good. But she hadn't expected to find herself travelling on a coach full of pensioners.

After escaping her stressful life in London and ditching her job as a solicitor in a prestigious city centre law firm, Charlotte has settled in Warkworth, a small village on the beautiful Northumberland coast. Her relationship with Liam is going well; she is in the process of opening up her own legal practice on the high street and is looking forward to being her own boss.

Waltho Williams has no idea what he’s letting himself in for when he opens the doors to his beautiful French home, La Maison du Paradis. But with dwindling funds, a cookery school seems like the perfect business plan… Divorcée caterer Caroline needs to be able stand on her own two feet. While warm-hearted Fran hopes to help her beloved husband fulfil his lifelong dream. And for food journalist Sally it’s a PR opportunity – until a certain celebrity chef gets under skin… But will the eclectic group be a recipe for success, or will the mismatched relationships sink like a souffle?

Summer 1944: Stranded behind enemy lines in France, eighteen-year-old Katrinka Badeau escapes German deserters with the help of Major Willoughby Nye. Once an employee on her father’s merchant ship, Nye is now part of an undercover Jedburgh operation, working for the Allies. When he offers her a job on his team, she accepts. Her work throws her together with Sergeant Wolfe Farr, the team’s tough-talking radio operator, and they embark on an intense love affair.

Divorced, jobless, and nearing forty, Caroline is staying with her mother and working for free at Grey Lodge, her mother's rural bed-and-breakfast, until she finds herself a more permanent job and somewhere to live. But when grumpy vet, Grant Dalton, checks in as a guest, her entire world turns upside down.

Tack shop owner, Vanessa, has a non-existent love life (though not through lack of trying), but when rugged American, Hank Raymond Jefferson, starts work at Hollyfield Stables and Stud for the summer, she thinks she has found the man of her dreams.

Imagine Cinderella, the two ugly sisters, and a domineering stepmother transported to a stable yard, and the day-to-day running of a riding school. Add a film crew, one drop-dead-gorgeous actor, and a determined film producer, and you have the setting for Green Wellies and Wax Jackets – a humorous romp through the world of show jumping and equestrian activities.

The battle for the fate of Earth has only begun as Detective Inspector Dave Barnes and his team must fight against a malevolent AI hell-bent on dominating multiple worlds.