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1920s Liverpool is the beautifully portrayed setting for The Sisters O'Donnell - a delightful saga about three young Irish women building new lives for themselves, from best-selling author Lyn Andrews. Perfect for fans of Anne Baker, Dilly Court and Nadine Dorries. Throughout County Tipperary the three sisters were known as the Sisters O'Donnell. They all have red hair but little else in common. Together they move to Liverpool in the 1920s to make a new life for themselves - although each sister intends to go about it in her own sweet way.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES What if America had a royal family? If you can't get enough of Harry and Meghan or Kate and William, meet American princesses Beatrice and Samantha. Crazy Rich Asians meets The Crown. Perfect for fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue and The Royal We! Two...

A HELLO SUNSHINE x REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice--inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the...

An Amazon Kindle “TOP NEW RELEASE”… Hamburg, November 1962—While the young Beatles pound out rock ’n’ roll at the Star-Club, a sudden bar fight erupts that masks a daring robbery, drawing rookie reporter Bonnie Bell into the city’s dark underworld. Teaming up with the Beatles, she discovers they know more than music about the city’s secrets, forging a friendship that will change her life forever. Readers say: “Loved this story!” “These mysteries are extremely enjoyable and hilarious…” “A delightful bit of fun!”—Amazon Reviewer NEW from the author of A Cozy ...

The gilded adventures of Ramses the Damned, iconic creation of the legendary bestselling author, continue in this breathtakingly suspenseful tale of a titanic supernatural power unleashed on the eve of war. A pharaoh made immortal by a mysterious and powerful elixir, Ramses the Great became...

Amy Tan takes us deep into the illicit world of 1912 Shanghai, where beautiful courtesans mercilessly compete for the patronage of wealthy gentlemen. For the women, the contest is deadly serious, a perilous game of economic survival that, if played well, can set them up for life as mistresses of the rich and prominent. There is no room for error, however: Erotic power is hard to achieve and harder to maintain, especially in the loftiest social circles. Enter veteran seducer, Magic Gourd, formerly one of Shanghai’s “Top Ten Beauties” and now the advisor and attendant of Violet, an aspiring but inexperienced courtesan.

Lawman business concerning two train robbers brings Stone to a booming mining town in Colorado. His first night here he learns first handed that there is something very sinister going on. An individual dressed as a man of the cloth and riding a white horse has killed three men for no apparent reason. Stone witnesses with his own eyes as the enigmatic "Preacher Man" makes his latest escape. When Stone wraps up what Uncle Sam sent him here to do, he is going to make his best effort to catch "The Deadly Preacher Man."

Welcome to the Lives of Five Naughty Wives! The long-awaited parody of the TV series is here, naughtier and nastier than the series…Delicious Housewives is the hottest book ever by #1 Best-Selling International Author Tamarias Tyree. Secrets, mystery-suspense and sexual shenanigans! One critic called it a “trashy, fun read!” ~ Names and personalities have been changed/altered in keeping with the parody, but the novel and its characters are still fun and sexy like their TV counterparts. These hot ladies enjoy lots of sexual adventures and an assortment of misadventures including ...

EXTRACT: "To demonstrate her support in front of the press, she gave her husband a final kiss on the lips. But as George pulled on his white leather helmet and lowered his racing goggles she whispered to him, "Go on, Georgie, show me you aren’t the coward I think you are." Speed is a drug. Like many other passions and desires, it can ruin lives. A Fatal Addiction tells the story of two families' with widely different backgrounds. Frank Cartland was born as the motoring age began. His family had been village blacksmiths' for many generations. From a humble and often harsh childhood, he ...

Unravel the Twisted Humor and Heartache in 'Father Time' Dive into the darkly comedic world of 'Father Time', penned by the talented Torthell Robinson. Here, protagonist Trevor Russell grapples with the ghosts of a tumultuous Black American childhood, only to find that his emerging literary success brings with it a host of new demons. As Trevor's estranged father resurfaces to seek forgiveness, and as Trevor faces impending fatherhood himself sans matrimonial bliss, his life spirals into chaos. Plagued by writer's block and overwhelmed by familial tensions, he flees back to his roots in ...

An "immensely satisfying” story (The Guardian) of family, war, art, and betrayal set around an ancient, ancestral home in the Tuscan countryside from the bestselling, award-winning author of Property. When Jan Vidor, an American writer and academic, rents an apartment in a Tuscan villa for the...

Set in the 1950's, this epic, Warholian novel presents a brilliant and wholly original take on the years leading up to the Kennedy assassination. Where were you when you first heard President Kennedy had been shot? This is a question most people can answer, even if the answer is "I wasn't born...

Brant has always had trouble with the ladies... ...becoming the Wizard's Apprentice is helping...a lot! Working at Burke and Dunne to pay for college, Brant had always considered the curiosity shop a fun place where he could unwind. Following the death of one of it's owners, though, things get somewhat more complicated. Dutch Dunne, the surviving owner, seems to want Brant to be his apprentice...The Wizard's Apprentice. Is the old codger full of it? Brant thought the downhill slide to dementia was accelerating for his beloved boss, but that was before weird things started to happen to him. ...

In Letter From a Stranger, Barbara Taylor Bradford delivers a lush and evocative new novel of family secrets and betrayals that stretch from the streets of World War II Berlin to the winding alleys of Istanbul to the present day. Justine Nolan is a documentary film maker who lost her beloved...

Red, White, & Royal Blue meets The West Wing in Jasper Sanchez’s electric and insightful #ownvoices YA debut, chronicling a transmasculine student’s foray into a no-holds-barred student body president election against the wishes of his politician father. Optics can make or break an election...

The young, nine-year-old boy Malcolm accidentally discovers a magical portal under his bed while hiding from his parents. The portal leads him to a fantastical place filled with odd creatures; Some friendly... some not so much. Trapped in this strange foreign land, can Malcolm ever return to Earth? Follow the adventure of our wanderer as he travels through the new world in hopes to return home. Note to parents: This book is free of gore and foul language.

A woman alone and a charismatic private detective are caught up in a dangerous quest to discover her true identity in this thrilling historical adventure romance set in 19th century Victoria, from a bestselling Australian author. 1898, Geelong, Victoria. Stella Truehart is all alone in the world...

Being summoned to the home of a woman she despises, has upset the Dowager Duchess of Ashby's well-ordered life. Curiosity drives her to accept and find the house in chaos. Lady Honoria Huntington, also known as the notorious Lady Secrets, a much-hated gossip writer, has been murdered is a decidedly grisly way. Blythe Armstrong and her "nephew" Owen Kennedy take on the herculean task of finding the killer, among the hundreds of members of the ton who she has worked to destroy with her poison pen. Meanwhile, Owen must contend with his headstrong sister, who has turned his world on it's head.

Unas feels life escaping from him. His heir sons having prematurely died, he summons high dignitaries in order to proclaim his successor. A page of the Old Kingdom is being turned, the VIth dynasty emerges. Egypt is thriving, peace is reigning, floods are plentiful and harvests are filling the silos. But events are going to disrupt this serenity, dragging the country into a period of fright and misery. Between grandeur and decadence, Egypt will have to find a new way... A novel Ebook Kindle - Translated from French - Revised edition Also available in printed edition 224 pages 6x9in

Orphaned twelve-year-old Tigg is the Bandicoot Bushranger, the youngest bushranger on the Ballarat goldfields in 1859. When a robbery goes wrong, Tigg must flee in disguise as one of the tens of thousands of Chinese men and boys braving heat, thirst, starvation and murderous attacks on the long road from Robe in South Australia to the goldfields in Victoria.