Other books that might interest you

• 

  To Catch a Husband

  Sophia Holloway

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Gloucestershire, 1813. Miss Mary Lound of Tapley End would be the first to say that she demonstrates more grace with a fishing rod in her hand than she might ever twirling in a ballroom. This was not, however, a problem until her ne'er-do-well brother sold the family estate, leaving Mary and her mother in very straitened circumstances. When the new owner, Sir Rowland Kempsey, takes up residence, Mary decides to direct her energies into recovering her beloved home by catching a husband. 
   
  Promisingly Sir Rowland thinks Miss Lound is a breath of fresh air. But with awkward attempts at flirtation, a duplicitous predator at large in the neighbourhood and the emergence of feelings that complicate her pragmatic goal, Mary discovers that landing the man she wants is more difficult than she had anticipated.

  Show book

• 

  The Cinnabar Dragon

  Jasmine Borschberg

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  At twelve, Li Hua is sold to a floating brothel, but destiny has other plans. Behind the walls of the Forbidden City, she evolves from concubine to spy. She navigates treachery, suppresses a rebellion, and engineers a bold escape with only a mastery of martial arts and a cinnabar dragon pendant imbued with the fatal poison known as GU.
   
  In modern-day San Francisco, Lu Carter, an adopted Chinese American and a medical engineer, is introduced to the mysteries of her family’s past when she receives an ancient chronicle. During a trip to Shanghai, she uncovers her birth mother’s dark history—imprisonment and debts owed to the wrong people. Upon her return, Lu is terminated from her job and faces a corporate espionage lawsuit after her invention is leaked. But the past and present soon collide.

  Show book

• 

  Emma - Volume Two

  Jane Austen

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  The second volume of this classic novel by Jane Austen wonderfully narrated by Penny Wyatt-Gold. Penny has the perfect voice to bring all the author's characters to life in a way that will enthrall and entertain.

  Show book

• 

  Rebel Falls - A Novel

  Tim Wendel

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  With Rebel Falls, Tim Wendel takes us to late summer of 1864. The Civil War rages on. Sherman is marching on Atlanta, while the armies of Grant and Lee battle across Virginia. In the North, war-weariness has made Lincoln's bid for reelection seem doubtful. As the fate of the nation  hangs in the balance, Confederate agents gather in Niagara Falls to plan one last maneuver to turn the tide of the conflict. 
   
   
   
  Rory Chase, a capable yet haunted young woman eager to contribute to the Union cause, accepts a mission from the Secretary of State to travel to Niagara Falls and prevent two rebel spies, John Yates Beall and Bennet Burley, from seizing the U.S.S. Michigan on Lake Erie and bombarding Buffalo, Cleveland, and other northern cities. To succeed, Rory must gain the rebel spies' trust and, with the help of the Underground Railroad network, foil their desperate gambit. But can she maintain the pretense of being a Confederate sympathizer long enough to unravel Beall and Burley's ingenious plot? 
   
   
   
  With actual events underpinning the tumultuous story in Rebel Falls, a forgotten chapter in the history of the Civil War is revealed. Far from frontlines, Wendel's exciting, character-driven narrative about a consequential struggle in the shadow of Niagara Falls' dramatic beauty is gripping from start to finish.

  Show book

• 

  Curious Bobby and the White...

  Richard Charles Angell

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Bobby loves to sit and watch the world go by from his favourite viewing place, that of Mrs Mason's church bench. Gifted with an eidetic memory and an overcurious mind, there is not much that passes his eye. When, one ordinary Saturday morning, a blonde-haired lady trips over on the street cobbles and causes somewhat of a stir amongst the shoppers, Bobby takes in all the details. He sees the precise actions of the gentleman, who rushes to her assistance, the grateful response of the fallen blonde and the covert and purposeful placing of a white envelope into the stand-alone carrier bag, a bag that belongs to the helpful gentleman. Aside from Bobby, no one else notices.
  
  Intrigued by what he has witnessed, Bobby decides to follow the carrier bag owner, who, oblivious to the fact that he now has a mysterious white envelope in his possession, makes his way through the town to the local Antiques and Assortments store. After much pondering and waiting, Bobby too enters the store, where he soon finds himself immersed in a world of seemingly every conceivable knick-knack but also a secret world of strange war memorabilia, striking images and personal testimonies. He has inadvertently entered the fascinating world of the eccentric Mr Nathan Katz.
  
  Guided by his overpowering curiosity, Bobby chooses to delve further into his surroundings, and thus the adventure begins.

  Show book

• 

  The Mistress of Windfell Manor

  Diane Allen

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Charlotte Booth loves her father and the home they share, which is set high up in the limestone escarpments of Crummockdale. But when a new businessman in the form of Joseph Dawson enters their lives, both Charlotte and her father decide he's the man for her and, within six months, Charlotte marries the dashing mill owner from Accrington.Then a young mill worker is found dead in the swollen River Ribble. With Joseph's business nearly bankrupt, it becomes apparent that all is not as it seems and Joseph is not the man he pretends to be. Heavily pregnant, penniless and heartbroken, Charlotte is forced to face the reality that life may never be the same again . . .

  Show book