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  Divided by Witchcraft - Inspired...

  Karen Perkins

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  A PENDLE WITCH SHORT STORY 
  Inspired by the treacherous true events surrounding the Pendle Witch Trials, Divided by Witchcraft is a gripping historical short story, written with honesty and "audacious humour". Perfect for fans of Katherine Clements, Stacey Halls and Rowan Coleman. 
      
  "The queen of this era, bar none" – Timothy Smith, amazon reviewer   
  Lancashire, 1612: Fourteen-year-old Grace Sowerbutts is at a dangerous crossroads, caught between the righteous might of the local Pendle Protestants, the fury of their Catholic neighbours, and the insidious threat of witchcraft. 
      
  Inspired by the true story of the Samlesbury Witches 
      
  Desperate to do the right thing, Grace's family is torn apart as the local Jesuit priest in hiding – Father Christopher Southworth of Samlesbury Hall – uses her to further his personal vendetta against his nephew's widow, Jane Southworth. 
      
  Jane's crime?   
  To reject his Catholic faith and join her parish church.   
  Therefore, she must be a witch.    
  Now all he has to do is prove it...     
  What readers are saying about Karen Perkins:   
  "I love your books!" - Rowan Coleman, author of The Girl at the Window and The Vanished Bride   
  "Great book!" - Kathleen McGurl, author of The Forgotten Gift   
  "Ms Perkins is a true artist of the spoken word" – JJ Toner, author of Black Orchestra   
  "Fantastically creepy ghost story" – Lee Franklin, author of Berserker and Nang Tani  
  "Karen Perkins is an excellent author and puts you right inside the Yorkshire Dales" – Mike McManus, Amazon reviewer  
  "Fantastic, atmospheric, tantalising, and edge of your seat read" – Jus, Amazon reviewer

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  To Love and to Cherish

  Leigh Greenwood

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  When Laurie Spencer said 'I do,' she never realized she'd be trading one pair of shackles for another - until her husband's unexpected death leaves her with an opportunity to escape her controlling family for good. Determined to be independent, Laurie approaches sexy rancher Jared Smith with an offer she hopes he can't refuse. When unconsciously sensual Laurie offers a partnership, and she throws herself in as part of the deal, Jared's not sure he'll be able to respect the terms of their agreement and keep his eyes - and his hands to himself. There's something about Laurie that awakens every protective instinct Jared has...and when all hell breaks loose, there's nothing and no one who'll be able to keep this cowboy from her side.

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  The Colour of Milk - A Novel

  Nell Leyshon

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  A “truly wonderful” exploration of power dynamics between servant and employer is a “slender, beautiful novel with as much heart as a book twice its size.” —San Francisco Chronicle 
   
  “this is my book and i am writing it by my own hand.” 
   
  Mary and her three sisters rise every day to farmwork that threatens to suppress their own awakening desires, whether it’s Violet’s pull toward womanhood or Beatrice’s affinity for the Scriptures. But it’s their abusive father who stands to deliver the most harm. Only Mary dares to stand up to him. When he sends her to work for the local vicar and his invalid wife, he deals her the only blow she may not survive. 
   
  Within walking distance of her family farm, the vicarage is a world away, a curious, unsettling place. Teeming with the sexuality of the vicar’s young son and the manipulations of another servant, it is also a place of books and learning–a source of endless joy. Yet as Mary soon discovers, such precious knowledge comes at a devastating price. 
   
  “The unflinching, observant, and thoroughly persuasive voice of the narrator, a shrewd, illiterate farm girl, makes this slim novel striking.” —The Atlantic 
   
  “Compelling . . . [A] literary jewel crafted by an accomplished writer.” —Booklist 
   
  “At once lyric and brutal.” —Library Journal 
   
  “Nell Leyshon has beautifully captured a voice that haunts, long after the last word has been read.” —Kathleen Grissom, New York Times bestselling author of The Kitchen House 
   
  “A devastating story told with great skill and economy.” —Penelope Lively, author of Family Album  
   
  “Charming, Brontë-esque, compelling, special and hard to forget.” —Marian Keyes, author of Anybody Out There?

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  Above The Fold

  Peter Yeldham

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  ‘Peter Yeldham’s historical fiction pedigree is one of the best in the country.’ - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 
  Luke Elliott and Claudia Marsden have fallen in love at a perilous time. The Second World War is raging in the Pacific, barbed wire and gun emplacements are strung along Sydney's northern beaches in preparation for invasion. As the war moves closer, their ‘sextet’ of loyal school friends is splintering as individual career dreams are pursued. Luke yearns to be a writer, but a start in journalism is proving challenging. The war’s end unexpectedly provides Luke’s big break, but the pursuit of his dream will keep him away from Australia and Claudia, with surprising consequences for them both. 
  “Above The Fold is a big-hearted novel that explicitly examines notions of love and loyalty … Anyone who enjoys reading about post-war Australian history and the attitudes that informed much of it, will be delighted.” - GABRIELLE LORD, AUTHOR OF DISHONOUR 
  “Written with meticulous detail, this is an engaging story spanning a tumultuous period in Australian history.” 
  - NICOLE ALEXANDER, AUTHOR OF THE GREAT PLAINS

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  The Last Of The Mohicans

  James Fenimore Cooper

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  Set during the French and Indian War, "The Last of The Mohicans" is one of James Fenimore Cooper's most enduring works, part of his Leatherstocking Tales series. The novel follows Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye, and his Mohican companions Chingachgook and Uncas as they navigate the dangers of a war-torn wilderness. Their journey intertwines with the fates of two British sisters, Alice and Cora Munro, leading to thrilling adventures, battles, and acts of heroism. Through rich and vivid descriptions of the American frontier, Cooper explores complex themes of cultural conflict, love, loyalty, and identity.

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  The Romanov Cross

  Robert Masello

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  Army epidemiologist Frank Slater is facing a court-martial, but after his punishment is mysteriously lifted, he is offered a job no one else wants-to travel to a small island off the coast of Alaska and investigate a potentially lethal phenomenon. The permafrost has begun to melt, exposing bodies from a colony that was wiped out by the dreaded Spanish flu of 1918. Frank must determine if the thawed remains still carry the deadly virus in their frozen flesh and, if so, ensure that it doesn't come back to life. Frank and his handpicked team arrive by helicopter, prepared to exhume history. The colony, it transpires, was once settled by a sect devoted to the mad Russian monk Rasputin, but there is even more hiding in the past than Frank's team is aware of. Any hope of success hinges on their willingness to accept the fact that even their cutting-edge science has its limits, and that the ancient wisdom of the Inuit people who once inhabited this eerie land is as essential as any serum. Frank soon finds himself in a brutal race against time. With a young, strong-willed Inuit woman by his side, he  must put a deadly genie back in the bottle before all of humanity pays the price.

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