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  In a Walled Garden - A glimpse...

  Catherine Wells

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  Little information survives on Catherine’s life. 
   
  She was born Amy Catherine Robbins in 1872. 
   
  In about 1892 she was a student in a biology cramming class where the teacher was H G Wells.  Though married he was quickly attracted to his student and within a short time they were living together in Woking, Surrey.  He then divorced his first wife and married Catherine in October 1895 at St Pancras registery office. 
     
  In the early years they were poor to the point that they could not afford to start a family.  When they did they had two children; Philip in 1901 and Frank two years later. 
   
  For much of her life she seemed to pursue other interests, being a mother, a gardener, running much of her husband’s business affairs and this seemed to leave little time for her own literary pursuits.  She published little during her lifetime apart from a few poems and some short stories.  Indeed her prodigiously talented husband even referred to her as ‘Jane’ and soon all around her did too, her writing life seemingly in another personality far, far away.   
   
  By the mid 20’s she was ill with cancer and succumbed to its advance in 1927. 
   
  Wells, although wayward and promiscuous during much of the marriage, now attempted to put his wife’s literary merits into book form and published ‘The Book of Catherine Wells’, a collection of short stories and poems.

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  The Woman Who Lived In A Shoe -...

  L. Frank Baum

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  Yes, her house did look like a shoe and she did have a LOT of children (actually they were all her grandchildren so don't judge her) and she often did not know what to do. But she was a prudent and loving lady who took all 16 of them in and they somehow managed to not just grow, but thrive and grow healthier on the little food she could afford. That and of course the spanking they all got to help them grow.  Perhaps it was the love that she gave them all with great abundance. She may be short on food and their beds may be cramped and their clothes patched and old, but there was never a lack of love for any of them in her 'shoe' home. 
  This story finally gives us the 'true' facts of how this all came about, both how she had so many children to care for and how her house gradually came to resemble a gigantic shoe. You know you want to know how this happened, don't you? I certainly did and am much happier now that it is all explained fully and neatly. Give it a listen!

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  Cherished by the Agent - A Small...

  Kennedy L. Mitchell

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  Grayson 
  I’m a hunted man, forced into witness protection after the man I put behind bars as an undercover DEA agent escapes federal custody. Nothing matters but lying low until he’s recaptured and I can return to normal life until I meet her. Confident, sexy as hell, and my new warden, I crave her the moment our eyes meet. Alone in a safe house on her long horn ranch force us together, turning the lonely days into hot nights that neither of us wants to end. 
  Anne 
  I can’t know anything about him or why he entered witness protection, though that doesn’t stop the immediate attraction to the mysterious man. Hard body covered in tattoos, soul-piercing blue eyes, and a filthy mouth. He’s everything I’ve fantasized about but never had.  
  Getting involved is reckless, putting both at risk. 
  An unknown threat trying to ruin her and dangerous men hunting him leave them vulnerable. 
  It will take both trusting each other to survive the dangers lurking in the shadows, waiting for their chance to strike. 
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  Cherished by the Agent is a dual POV, forced-proximity, opposites-attract standalone romantic suspense. Each book in the series can be listened to as a standalone but, due to character crossover, is best listened to in order starting with Book 1, Guarded by the Marshal. Due to mention of abuse, drugs, violence, and detailed adult scenes (Grayson is not a gentle man), this book is recommended for listeners 18+.

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  No Small Sin

  Genna Black

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  Beck Wolffbrandt is not good for me—he's not good period. 
   
   
   
  He is unhinged; without abandon. His darkness calls to the depraved parts of me, relieving me of all rational thought processes. 
   
   
   
  I can't help but want all the things he thinks he can't offer me. 
   
   
   
  My pursuit of him quickly morphs into a dangerous game I'm not sure either of us can win. 
   
   
   
  I'm willing to risk everything to show him what we could be. 
   
   
   
  Including my life. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Harley Merlin: Finch Merlin and...

  Bella Forrest

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  What’s a guy gotta do to appease an evil god? 
  It’s been a year since Katherine tried to take over the world, and Finch Merlin is itching to do something other than odd jobs for Erebus, God of Darkness. Erebus promises he’ll free Finch of his servitude after he completes one final task—finding the Fountain of Youth. 
  Finch has no idea why Erebus wants eternal youth, since the guy is already an immortal being. All the secrecy makes Finch uneasy, but he has no choice but to obey. 
  He knows he’ll get by with a little help from his friends, namely his old pal Garrett, who’s still dealing with the whole “being resurrected” thing. There’s also Ryann, Harley’s foster sister, now a regular at the San Diego Coven. Whenever she’s around, Finch feels butterflies in his stomach. Or maybe it’s just a bad case of indigestion. 
  Together, they’ll infiltrate the flashy world of the magical elite in search of a rare artifact, one that will help them capture a poltergeist—the angry ghost of famed adventurer Ponce de León. 
  Finch’s adventures have only just begun, with plenty of old and new friends… and foes.

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  Mrs Dalloway

  Virginia Woolf

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  First published in 1925, set 'one Wednesday in mid-June', Mrs Dalloway charts the lives of several characters across a day in London. While Clarissa Dalloway goes about preparing for a high-society party she is to host that evening, pondering on her childhood and marriage, nearby Septimus Warren Smith, a First World War veteran, is plagued with memories of the war and of his friend who never returned.
  Weaving a multitude of voices and eras into one, dressed in the most beautiful of language, Mrs Dalloway has earned its reputation as one of the most iconic novels of the twentieth century and great successes of Modernist fiction.
  This edition also contains 'Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street', the short story upon which the novel is modelled.

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