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Heartwarming Christmas Romance by Lynette Rees: perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan and Trisha Ashley. Thirty-year-old, Katie Doyle, moves in with her mad cap best friend, Stella, when her relationship with controlling Casanova, Richard Stillman goes pear-shaped. On a boozy night out she is about to encounter a younger man, who will change her life forever, but first she must implement a plan to wreak revenge on her ex, before she can get on track and move on with her life over the festive season.

When Clara's father, the local vicar, Reverend Albert Masters, passes away suddenly, the family are faced with moving from their home at the vicarage following Christmas that year. Not only that, but Clara is forced to seek employment to keep the family finances afloat. As someone who has taught for years at the Sunday School at St. Bartholomew's Church, she thinks it would be a good idea to try her luck at applying to become a governess. After all, she is used to teaching, well educated herself and she can play the pianoforte too.Lord Howard Stapleton has recently lost the only woman he's ...

Even the sins of the past can't stay buried forever... Detective Ruth Carter finds herself slap bang in the middle of a murder investigation regarding several murders in the local community. It soon becomes clear there's a link which draws Ruth's past and present together. Ruth's childhood friend Jenny was murdered thirty years ago, ripping her life to shreds and is one of the reasons she became a detective. Now it appears the same killer, who calls himself 'Prince Charming', is on the rampage once again. Ruth and her partner, Vince Conway have until midnight to catch the serial killer ...

Previously entitled: It Happened One Summer and At Her Boss's Request Sensual Romance by Lynette Rees: perfect for fans of Penny Jordan and Sarah Morgan. Sizzling seduction and tantalising temptation lie ahead... Sandy Perkins is grieving for a lost love when she encounters new boss, handsome, Matt Walker. Matt initially poses as an awkward customer at the charity shop where Sandy is manageress, instead of revealing himself to her as the new area manager. Her new boss’s devious behaviour irks her when she finally discovers the truth. But there's something dark and dangerous about Matt ...

A heartwarming saga from the best-selling author of The Workhouse Waif. Sixteen-year-old Lottie Perkins has an important decision to make.... Conditions at the match factory she works at are dire. The girls get treated badly by the management, and there is a severe risk to their health. But then a young journalist, Annie Besant, begins asking questions. Will Lottie and the other girls welcome her help, even when it could cost them their jobs - and their livelihoods...?

If you like books by Dilly Court and Val Wood, you'll love Lynette's heartwarming stories of courage over adversity. Spring, 1885 Archie is now twenty-one years old and has inherited his real father (Sir Richard Pomfrey's) estate as there is no other living heir. The story begins when Archie is awaiting a visit from Lucy, who herself has come into good fortune when the mystery of her birth mother is finally solved. It has been a rags to riches tale for both of them. Unfortunately, Archie has something pressing on his mind which requires an immediate answer from Lucy, but she has been asked ...

1884 - When Betsan Morgan’s mother succumbs to a devastating illness, she doesn't think her life could get much worse. But then her father moves in his new beau, an unserious flitty woman and coincidentally also the bargirl in the pub he works in, and she soon learns her house is no longer a home. All she can do is sit in the attic and stare at the portrait of her mother. Her new stepmother, Elinor, couldn’t even let them have the grace of keeping it in the hallway.

After the death of her father in a mining accident, Megan and her family had no choice but to move to the local workhouse. Separated from her mother and five siblings, young Megan must learn how to stand on her own two feet. But one day she meets a young boy who's stealing apples from the local market and together, they set out on a path to find a better life for themselves...

The brand-new Christmas novel from bestselling ebook author, Lynette Rees! As the first snow of winter falls in the graveyard, Cassandra finds herself in a heart breaking situation... It’s the approach to Christmas in the village of Wakeford and what should be the happiest time of the year is marred by the death of Lady Cassandra Bellingham’s husband, Oliver. The fate of her beloved family home, Marshfield Manor, is tossed to the wind as she discovers upon his death that he has frittered all the family fortune away. She must now summon up the strength to hold everything together; after ...

Enid Hardcastle has always had a hard life, but when her family can’t make ends meet and are moved to the workhouse, it feels like things can’t get any worse. But luckily for Enid, her friendship with local boy Jimmy gives her the strength. Also from the cold, hard streets of Merthyr, Jimmy has made his name as an entrepreneur, repairing boots and hand-delivering them to the fine people of the town. Enid has seen for herself that you can make a better life for yourself, so with Jimmy’s help, she sets about trying to save her family. But there are even darker places than the workhouse...

Orphaned at the age of 10, Archie Ledbetter is forced to live with his uncle in his very grand house. Uncle Walter seems emotionless, exhibiting little feeling towards the young lad. If it wasn't for some of the staff at Huntington Hall, Archie's life would be a complete misery. There's a dark secret that Cook hints at as to why Archie's mother left her lavish lifestyle behind and ended up settling in the East End of London, scraping a living selling cakes and confectionery from the back of a barrow in the marketplace. Archie's never known his father and wonders who he is.

Ever since Jimmy was a boy, he’s known two things: the rough streets of Merthyr Tydfil and that one day he would marry Enid Hardcastle. But when Enid disappears without a word, his life takes a different turn. Determined to make something of himself, Jimmy pours his heart into his job at Mr Baxter's workshop, dreaming of the future he and Enid might one day share. Yet, just as his hard work begins to pay off, a man arrives claiming to be Mr Baxter’s illegitimate son, threatening Jimmy’s chance of inheriting the business he was promised.

A baby girl, just a few months old, is discovered wrapped up in a shawl on a wooden bench at Itchy Park, Spitalfields. It's a frosty December evening just before the Christmas of 1861. The infant is rescued by a lady called Bessie Harper. Bessie names the young child, Lucy, and in later years, deceives the child by telling her that her mother died years ago. Bessie has no idea who the child’s mother really is but clutched tightly in the baby's hand, she discovers a silver locket which has the name "Adella" inscribed on it and a lock of hair inside.

A heartwarming saga from the best-selling author of The Workhouse Waif. Eighteen-year-old seamstress Kathryn Flynn lives in Whitechapel, London, struggling to support her widowed mother and younger siblings. But when her work starts drying up and her mother falls ill, she is forced to consider desperate measures.... Then she meets 'Squire', an older city gentleman, who falls instantly in love with her and offers to take her under his wing. 'Squire' could give Kathryn the life she's always wanted...but is there something darker lurking beneath his kindness?

Seren James longs for a child, to fill the emptiness left by a husband who has little care for her. But as the years go by, Seren begins to fear that she is almost out of time to have the one thing she wants most. But when Seren meets Anwen, a local woman who offers help, there is a problem: Anwen is suspected by the locals of witchcraft. Is the cost of association too high for Seren to pay, or can her problems be solved another way?

When 12-year-old Ada Cooper's elder sister, Connie, goes mysteriously missing, Ada and her younger brother, Sam, are forced to fend for themselves. Connie's job at the match factory was the only thing keeping the family together, and when the rent man, Mr Winterbourne, threatens them with internment at the workhouse for non-payment, Ada and Sam must flee. A costermongering family come to their aid by providing Ada with a barrow of her own to sell fruit and veg by day and flowers outside the theatres by night.

Following a change of circumstance, Cassandra and her new husband are forced to live a meagre existance in Jem and Clyde's old cottage until Harry comes into good fortune quite by chance. Now the pair should have the chance to better themselves, but it doesn't quite work out that way. Heavily pregnant and alone, Cassie goes into labour at the cottage and it's touch and go whether the twins will survive. A new man appears on the scene who is described as a "rabble rouser" by Polly. But Cassie finds that her head turns towards the handsome, wilful young man, who acts as a voice for the people...

Heartwarming Christmas Romance by Lynette Rees: perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan and Trisha Ashley. It's on the approach to Christmas and office worker, Marsha Riley, wants to be anywhere other than where she is right now. She dislikes Christmas with a vengeance as the festive season was never the same after her father died when she was ten-years-old. To make matters worse, she has the young Bradley to contend with, who shadows her around the office like a puppy dog. However, all is about to change when she encounters the boss's eldest son, Jake Harrison. He's devilishly handsome and the ...

Previously entitled: The Sicilian's Proposition and The Sicilian's Secret Sensual Romance by Lynette Rees: perfect for fans of Penny Jordan and Sarah Morgan. Sparks ignite under a hot Sicilian Sun and flame under a festive London snow filled sky... Journalist Joanne Smith encounters Sicilian millionaire Dante Alphonso while conducting an interview for Life Today magazine. Dante has been well known to the media for years, where constant scorn has been thrown upon the playboy lifestyle of his younger years. He detests that reputation as he would much prefer to be known for his charity work ...

What Lies Ahead The loss lies where it falls... Cathy Morgan has recently suffered a breakdown, which causes her to take sick leave from her work as a ward sister. One morning, she is awoken by her husband Denzil, who has some distressing news for her. Someone she knows well has been murdered. Not only that, but there appears to be a connection with that murder and that of a young nurse called, Alison Marsh, who died some ten years ago. It’s Detective Sergeant Ruth Carter’s first day back in work after giving birth to her son, Jacob Not only is it her first day back on the job, but now ...