Salting the Wound

Severn House
Available now
£19.99
ISBN 9780727868299

Charlotte Honeyman jilts her long time swain and on the spur of the moment marries a stranger. Sea captain, Nick Thornton threatens to take revenge. Her vivacious younger sister, Marianne, goes on board Thornton's ship, where she meets with an accident. Nick regards Marianne as the perfect tool with which to get his own back, but in the process he falls in love, and they marry. Scandal erupts when it becomes apparent that Marianne is pregnant, and her sister throws her out. Marianne has no way of proving they are married before news arrives that Nick is shipwrecked, presumed drowned.

Hearts of Gold

HEARTS OF GOLD
April 1st 2009
Severn House. UK
Cost £18.99
ISBN: 978-0727867612

1890 Western Australia. Sarette Maitland is orphaned when her father dies from a snake bite on the goldfields. She is rescued by wealthy adventurer, John Kern, and takes the place in his heart of his own dead daughter. Several years later he sends her to England, to learn the manners society expects of a beautiful young woman. Sarette finds herself in the care of Magnus, John's heir. When he learns that Sarette has been left a considerable fortune by his uncle, both his honesty and his heart are put to the test.

THE EARL AND THE HOYDEN

By Mary Nichols

Paperback published by Mills and Boon

January 2009

ISBN:978 0 263 86758 9

A plain hoyden he had called her.

Miss Charlotte Cartwright has never forgotten Roland Temple's contemptuous rejection of her hand in marriage. And she's not about to forgive either - even if Roland, the new Earl of Amerleigh, is older, wiser and ten times as handsome!

Roland has returned home from the wars to find much has changed - including his spitfire of a neighbour. He's soon determined to right the wrongs of the past - and this time the hoyden will be his bride!

'The Earl and the Hoyden is a wonderfully written and brilliantly told Regency by a superb writer of historical romances. Charming, witty, smart and inpossible to put down, in The Earl and the Hoyden, Mary Nichols brings together and independent Regency miss and a dashing hero in an unforgettable story.' reviewed by cataromance.com

WITHOUT REPROACH

WITHOUT REPROACH - Janet Woods
Romantic suspense
Severn House UK Ltd £18.99
ISBN 978 0 7278 6704 9
October 1st 2008

The death of Charlie Parker in a car accident exposes a web of deceit and changes the lives of three women. Lauren discovers that her marriage was not all it seemed. Having cared for her difficult mother-in-law, she now finds herself providing for Charlie's teenage daughter, a girl neither of the older women knew about. Kate is expecting a child, the result of an assault on her. The three women rent an isolated cottage in Dorset to escape the media fallout. There they learn to reconcile their differences and rely on each other. Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Theo Ransom is investigating the affairs of Charlie and his partner-in-crime, who has fled abroad. Theo and Lauren are attracted to each other, which complicates matters because it jeopardizes his job. A huge drug deal is involved, and the women are drawn into danger.

IN LOVE AND WAR

MARY NICHOLS

Pub: Chivers

Large Print hardback

May 2008

ISBN: 978 1 405 64442 6

Married to an inveterate gambler who was prepared to dispose of her life in order to pay his debts, Louise Oakingham had fled - only to find herself torn between a husband she despised and a man she doubted. Was Captain Paul Fourier, home on leave from the Peninsular campaign, her jailer or her saviour? Why, when he insisted that she accompany him to Lisbon, had he then left her alone in a strange city? It was ironic that the safest place for her at that moment was in the middle of a war, and in deciding to go after the Captain, Louise began to understand just why women followed their men into battle...

THE LOVEDAY SECRETS

The Loveday Secrets is published in hardback by Headline on 1st May 2008


A family as tempestuous as the Lovedays has many dangerous secrets...
When long-lost cousin and ne'er-do-well Tristan Loveday returns to Cornwall, his presence sends shockwaves around the family. Rristan holds the key to more than one secret that could destroy everything the Lovedays hold dear. And he has a deadly score to settle with a member of the family whom he believes betrayed him.

It seems as if everyone has something to hide, even Adam Loveday's wife Senara. Now a respected member of the community, she fears a shadow from her past could bring about her downfall. Unless he overcomes his demons, Adam's twin brother St John risks losing all he owns, and in London cousin Georganna is hiding a scandalous secret.

As tensions rise and lies are uncovered, the cracks begin to show. And before the summer is over, lives will be irrevocably changed for ever...

A magnificient read, bursting with intrigue, tragedy, passion and suspense, The Loveday Secrets is Kate Tremayne's most entralling novel yet.

For more information on the Lovedays and my writing world check out the Loveday blog
click here

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FAMILY MATTERS by Sue Moorcroft

A helicopter crash. And one secret after another is spilled.

Diane Jenner’s isolated world is rocked when she discovers her husband has been enjoying a double life. Perhaps Diane’s parents were right to oppose her marriage to Gareth 25 years ago over his impoverished background – it’s money that’s at the root of every one of Gareth’s betrayals.

James North has money but he knows it doesn’t buy him happiness because the lifestyle of his wife, Valerie, the pilot of the helicopter, has caused James problems for years. He’s desperate for her to be more stable for the sake of their fragile daughter, Tamzin.

And Diane’s daughter, Bryony, needs a father to rely on.

Which is more important? Money or family?

FAMILY MATTERS by Sue Moorcroft (Robert Hale ISBN 978-0-7090-8523-2

ADAM LOVEDAY reissue

All titles in the highly acclaimed Loveday Series have been available in bookshops throughout the nine years of their publication. ADAM LOVEDAY the first in the series has just been reissued by Headline with this fabulous new cover. ISBN 9780755346202.

Lose yourself in the lives of the Lovedays. The series follows on from ADAM LOVEDAY with THE LOVEDAY FORTUNES, THE LOVEDAY TRIALS, THE LOVEDAY SCANDALS, THE LOVEDAY HONOUR, THE LOVEDAY PRIDE, THE LOVEDAY LOYALTY, THE LOVEDAY REVENGE with THE LOVEDAY SECRETS to be published later this year.

If you love romance, fesity heroines and swashbuckling, wild-blooded heroes, romance, intense emotional drama and atmospheric historical settings it has been praised as an unputdownable series. with memorable characters that transcend time. Rich in passion and intrigue the series tells of the lives of three sets of cousins. The rivalry between the adventurer Adam and his wastrel elder twin St John to win the love of the seductress Meriel, sister to an unscrupulous and vengeful smuggler, and be the heir of their father's boatyard and estate of Trevowan: the rakehell Japhet who finds redemption in the love of the redoubtable Gwendolyn only to be arrested for highway robbery and transported to Botany Bay. Thomas, the rebel, who strives to rescue his father's failing London bank and still achieve success as a playwright.

The series takes in the vast tapestry of the late eighteenth century: smuggling, sea-battles, the French Revolution, the London theatrical and criminal underworld, privateering on the high sea, highwaymen, dark deeds, incomparable love and emotional intensity and suspence.

The Loveday series is available at all good bookshops or can be ordered p&p free direct from Headline by calling 01235 400 414

Edge of Regret Janet Woods

EDGE OF REGRET
JANET WOODS
Publisher: Severn House
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780727866264
March 1st 2008

In Victorian Edinburgh, Kenna Mackenzie is cheated out of her inheritance by her brother-in-law. When she refuses to marry Rory Challenor – the Scottish Laird picked out for her – the stubborn Kenna finds herself on the streets with only the clothes she stands up in. She survives for a while, but as winter sets in she is destitute, and succumbs to an illness that threatens her life.

A widowed English doctor rescues her – but Dominic Sterne considers Kenna to be a street woman, despite his growing feelings towards her. When he leaves to take up a new position in the South of England, Kenna is broken-hearted.

When Kenna returns home, it’s to discover she has no choice but to accept the laird’s proposal. Although the man has a certain charisma, she discovers he has family problems as well as entanglements.

In the meantime, Dominic has realized his mistake and has returned to Edinburgh to look for Kenna . . .

For more information on Janet Woods novels, including jacket art and reviews visit:
Website: http;//members.iinet.net.au/~woods
Blog: janwoods.blogspot.com

DEAR REBEL

MARY NICHOLS

Pub: Chivers

Large Print hardback

December 2007

ISBN: 978 1 405 64230 9

Like many men in his position, Lord Carthorne was more concerned with protecting his property, the lovely manor of Waterlea, in the Fens of East Anglia, than to take sides in the escalating war between Charles I and his Parliament. So he had no hesitation about using the childhood betrothal of his daughter, Alys, to Cromwell's captain, Sir Garret Hartswood, to get out of trouble. This was an enormous shock to Alys, who had forgotten the betrothal, and was a fervent Cavalier to boot! There seemed no escape from Garret's relentless determination to honour the agreement...

Edmund Bertram's Diary
A retelling of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park


Amanda Grange


Hardback


ISBN: 978 0 7090 8464 8




Synopsis

Edmund Bertram's well ordered life at Mansfield Park is turned upside down by the arrival of the bewitching Miss Crawford. She brings the excitement of the fashionable world to the countryside, quickly captivating him with her beauty and her wit. But she is not all she seems to be, and if Edmund is to find the happiness he deserves he will need the help of all his friends, not least the gentle Fanny Price.

Available to order from Amazon UK by clicking here or from Amazon US by clicking here or from Hale books by clicking here

To read an extract, please visit my website by clicking here

The Loveday Revenge is published in paperback by Headline on 1st November.

ISBN 978 0 7553 3351 6

It is the eighth book in the highly acclaimed Loveday historical drama series.

Can this be the end for the Lovedays?

Wild blood courses through the Loveday veins, as romance and danger continue to colour their lives.
Blighted by a series of tragedies, the Loveday family is on the edge of ruin. It would seem these cruel events have been instigated by Harry Sawle - an evil and corrupt smuggler who has sworn to destroy them. If the family is to survive, the time has come for brothers Adam and St John Loveday to exact revenge.
Meanwhile their stepbrother, Richard Allbright, returns from the war with France, with sinister consequences. And in Australia vengeance is also on Japhet Loveday's mind. He must triumph over his adversaries or fail to achieve his dream of returning to England with pride and honour...

'A fast-moving and exciting read' Historial Novels Review
'This sweeping saga has the lot: colour, intensity and pace' Northern Echo
'Rich in drama and passion, with the atmosphere and flavour of eighteeth-century Cornwall' North Cornwall Advertiser

Available at all bookshops. Amazon or with free P&P and UK delivery from Headline. Phone 01235 400 414.

The Coal Gatherer

THE COAL GATHERER
Janet Woods
Severn House Ltd
ISBN: 987-0-7278-6546-5
Hardcover
Price: £18.99
Aug 30th 07




This is an engrossing saga set in the North East of Victorian England. As the sixth of Mary Ingram’s surviving children, Calandra - known as Callie - determines from an early age that she will not follow in her beloved mother’s footsteps. Married into a fisherman’s family near Hartlepool, Mary’s life is one of hard work, unrelenting poverty and narrow horizons.

One day, whilst gathering sea coal at the water’s edge, Callie meet Patricia Lazurus and her brother James. Though their backgrounds are very different - the Lazurus children’s great-uncle, with whom they are staying, is a lawyer - a friendship is forged that will last for ever. When Great-Uncle Harold offers Callie the post of companion to Patricia, it is the first step in her journey to a better life...and lasting love.

Murder at the Laurels

Murder at The Laurels

by Lesley Cookman

Accent Press

ISBN 9781905170845


The second in the Libby Sarjeant series. Fran
Castle's aunt dies in a nursing home, and no-one
except Fran thinks it's murder. She enlists Libby's
help, and together they uncover sinister events in the
past which provide a multiplicity of motives.

Reviews

"With fascinating characters and an intriguing
plot this is a real page turner" - Katie Fforde

"Take it on a plane with you, and annoy
fellow-pasengers by laughing out loud" - Judith Cutler
in Shots Magazine

To find out more, visit Lesley Cookman's website by clicking here

Past Chances - Bernardine Kennedy


ISBN 978-0-7553-3537-4


Publisher Headline


Hardback May 3rd 2007

Paperback October 18th 2007


In her compelling new novel, Bernardine Kennedy brilliantly conveys how the damage caused in the past can cause one's life to spiral out of control. Eleanor Rivington has always felt like an outsider. Abandoned by her mother and brought up in fear of her father, she's desperate to leave home and live like other girls in London in the seventies. When a barman from work invites her to share a flat with him and two of his friends, it is her chance to break free. But when Eleanor confronts her father the terrible tragedy that follows haunts her forever. And, despite the support of her new friends, Eleanor's life seems destined for further disappointment!

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Katie Fforde - Going Dutch


ISBN 978-1-846-05089-3


Published by Century


7th June





Two women live together on a Dutch barge and discover new lives and love.


Reviews
Cosmopolitan
A fairytale-like, gently witty read ... Heart-warming - made for
sunny days in the park

Sunday Times
Delicious ... gorgeous humour and the lightest of touches

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Amanda Grange - Captain Wentworth's Diary


ISBN-13: 978-0709082811


Publisher: Robert Hale


June 30 2007




Amanda Grange continues her series of much-loved Jane Austen retellings with "Captain Wentworth's Diary". It is 1806, and the Napoleonic wars are ravaging Europe. Frederick Wentworth, a brilliant young man with a flourishing career in the navy, is spending his shore leave in Somerset, where he meets and falls in love with Anne Elliot. The two become engaged, but Anne's godmother persuades Anne to change her mind, leaving Wentworth to go back to sea a bitter and disappointed man. Eight years pass, and peace is declared. Wentworth is no longer a young man with his way to make in the world, but a seasoned captain with a fortune at his disposal. He is ready to marry anyone with a little beauty who pays a few compliments to the navy - or so he says - until he sees Anne. Anne's bloom has faded, yet she has the same sensibilities and superior mind she had eight years earlier, and before he knows it, he is falling in love with her all over again. Can there be a happy outcome for them this time around, or have they lost their chance of love forever?


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Julie Cohen - All Work and No Play...

9780263853902

Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon

June 2007

Workaholic Jane decides to seduce a hot male
model, not knowing he's really her computer geek friend.

Reviews
Romance Reader at Heart
Lots of fun...A witty book with a deeper meaning buried underneath
the comedy! (Top Pick)

Romance Junkies
A delectably sexy story about overcoming inner demons and finding
out what matters most in life.


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Danielle Shaw - SUNFLOWER MORNING


ISBN: 978-0-7090-8303-0


Publisher: Robert Hale

June 2007


Likening herself to a modern-day Jane Eyre, Catherine Wickham arrives at Whycham Hall, where her aunt is house-keeper. Delighted to spend the Easter vacation helping Aunt Em prepare the hall for its new owner, property developer Roderick Marchant, Catherine is displeased to discover Rod's intentions to alter the Whycham Estate beyond all recognition. Informed that she is a direct descendant of the original owners of Whycham Hall, Catherine resolves to halt Rod's plans for good. Unfortunately, she hasn't bargained on Rod's determined girlfriend Francesca. Forced to spend time in Rod's company, Catherine is left with two choices: leave Whycham le Cley forever or hide her love for Rod as she fights to save her beloved village from property developers.

For more information, visit Danielle's website by clicking here

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Kate Walker - The Sicilian's Red-Hot Revenge

ISBN: 0263853276

Publisher - Harlequin Mills & Boon

1st June 2007

They shared one night of passionate lovemaking.
Then in the cold light of day, her secret tore them apart.

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Joanna Maitland - BRIDE OF THE SOLWAY

ISBN 978 0 263 19764 8

Publisher: Mills & Boon

June 2007

Kidnapping, adventure and passion on the Scottish Borders.

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Liz Fielding - Reunited: Marriage in a Million


9780263196450

To the outside world Belle has everything. She also has a secret...


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Liz Fielding - The Valentine Bride


9780263194609 - Large print


June


How can she begin again when her whole life has been a lie?


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Elizabeth Beacon - An Innocent Courtesan


978 0 263 85178 6


Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon


1st June 2007


A neglected Regency wife transforms herself into
a courtesan to seduce her errant husband



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Sue Moorcroft - A Place to Call Home


978-1842625446

Publisher: Magna Large Print


17 June 07


Life is a lot easier if you don't lose your job
and get turfed out of your home, then find out
you haven't enough money for another.

Also available in paperback:

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THE LOVEDAY REVENGE

Published by in hardback by Headline
3rd May 2007

Can this be the end of the Loveday family?
Wild blood courses through the Loveday veins, as romance and danger continue to colour their lives.
Blighted by a series of tragedies, the Loveday family is on the edge of ruin. It would seem these cruel events have been instigated by Harry Sawle – an evil and corrupt smuggler who has sworn to destroy them. If the family is to survive, the time has come for brothers Adam and St John to exact their revenge.
Meanwhile their stepbrother, Richard Allbright, returns from the war with France, with sinister consequences. And in Australia vengeance is also on Japhet Loveday’s mind. He must triumph over his adversaries or fail to achieve his dream of returning to England with pride and honour…

‘A fast-moving and exciting read’ Historical Novels Review

‘This sweeping saga has the lot: colour, intensity and pace’ Northern Echo

‘Rich in drama and passion, with the atmosphere and flavour of eighteenth-century Cornwall’ North Cornwall Advertiser

Read an extract on my website click here

The Needle in the Blood
by Sarah Bower

Publisher: Snowbooks

Publication date: 1st May 2007

Paperback original RRP £7.99

ISBN: 9781905005390






January 1067. Charismatic Bishop Odo of Bayeux commissions a wall hanging, on a scale never seen before, to celebrate his role in the conquest of Britain by his brother William, Duke of Normandy. What he cannot anticipate is how this will change his life even more than the invasion itself. His life becomes entangled with those of the women who embroider the hanging, especially that of Gytha, once a waiting woman to the mistress of the fallen Saxon king and Odo's sworn enemy. Against either of their intentions, they fall in passionately in love, brining Odo into conflict with his king and his God. Odo's friends mistrust Gytha's hold over him, and his enemies exploit it. Friends and family become enemies, enemies become lovers. Nothing in life or in the hanging is what it seems. 'The Needle in the Blood' is a powerful tale of sex, lies and embroidery in a land devastated by conquest.

'Truly compelling...vivid, intriguing and masterfully portrayed' Susan Fletcher, author of 'Eve Green', winner of the 2004 Whitbread First Novel Award

'The author is brilliant at evoking all the senses, from the stench of blood on the battlefield, the taste of someone’s perfumed skin, the rasp of a needle against the finger.' Sally Zigmond, 'The Historical Novels Review'

'The Bayeux Tapestry will never look the same again.' Patricia Duncker, author of 'Hallucinating Foucault'

About the author:
Sarah Bower works as Literature Development Officer for Norfolk and teaches creative writing at the University of East Anglia. She was UK Editor of the Historical Novels Review for two years and remains a regular contributor. 'The Needle in the Blood' is her first novel.

Find out more about Sarah Bower on her website by clicking here

'The Needle in the Blood' can be purchased from Amazon or all good bookshops.

Mr Darcy's Diary by Amanda Grange

Paperback



Experience the magic of Pride and Prejudice through Mr Darcy's eyes.




Reviews:
"Absolutely fascinating. Amanda Grange seems to have really got under Darcy's skin and retells the story, in diary form, with great feeling and sensitivity." - Historical Novel Society

"A gift to a new generation of Darcy fans and a treat for existing fans as well." - Austenblog

Available from bookshops or from Amazon UK by clicking here and from Amazon US by clicking here

Also available: Mr Knightley's Diary. To order from Amazon UK click here

Captain Wentworth's Diary will be out in June. To pre-order from Amazon UK click here

For more details, visit Amanda Grange's website by clicking here

The Yorkshire Pudding Club

Milly Johnson

Published by Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 978-1-4165-2590-5

Release date: Mon, March 5th 2007

Paperback, RRP £6.99


Elizabeth, Helen and Janey have been best friends ever since Ms Ramsay forced them to sit together in her Latin class. Now, as the big 4-0 looms, Helen’s baby hunger reaches fever pitch and the others just can ’t refuse her the one favour she has ever asked them. Picnicking on a giant chalk fertility symbol, however, the others realise they may have agreed to a lot more than a favour! There follows a year which turns life upside down for them all when all three Yorkshire women find themselves in the Pudding Club.

For Helen, pregnancy is a dream come true - but the more her baby grows inside her, the more she can see her outwardly perfect marriage crumbling before her eyes.

For career-woman Janey, pregnancy is a nightmare. And just how could it have happened considering that she and husband George were always so careful over contraception?

But it is frightening most of all for fierce, single Elizabeth, who not only doubts she will ever love the child she is carrying, but must also deal with the return of John Silkstone, the gentle giant she pushed away years before, when he got too close…

The Yorkshire Pudding Club is on sale from bookshops, supermarkets and for Amazon - click here

Click here to visit Milly's Blog.

The Gentle Wind's Caress

Anne Whitfield

Robert Hale

ISBN 0709082282

Hardback

18.99 UK pounds

BLURB
1876 - On the death of her mother and sister, Isabelle Gibson must fend for herself and her brother in a privately-run workhouse. To escape a life of drudgery and near-rape at the hands of the matron’s son, Neville Peacock, Isabelle agrees to marry Farrell, a moorland farmer she has never met. But Farrell is a drunkard and a bully in constant feud with his landlord, Ethan Harrington. When Farrell bungles a robbery and deserts her, Isabelle and Ethan are thrown together as she struggles to run the farm. Both are married and must hide their growing love. Despite the secrecy, Isabelle draws strength from Ethan and his best friend, Hamish MacGregor, as she faces the return of her long lost father and Neville Peacock. And when Farrell returns to claim his wife, tragedy strikes, changing all their lives forever.

The Gentle Wind's Caress is on sale from bookshops, or can be bought from Amazon by clicking here

Duty's Destiny

BROKEN JOURNEY

Janet Woods

Severn House Ltd

ISBN: 0-7278-6495-5

HardcoverPrice: £18.99

Feb 28th 07

Jilly Turner's wartime childhood in rural Dorset is far from idyllic, but her one consolation through the difficult times is Alec, an evacuee from London with whom she strikes up a deep and abiding friendship. But when Alec is orphaned and sent to Australia, Jilly is left alone with her wayward mother and her depressed father. Struggling to cope with life, Jilly finds herself pregnant and alone at seventeen, and is left with no choice but to give up the beautiful baby boy she loves so much. Does Alec, returning from Australia a successful man, hold the key to Jilly's future happiness? Always friends, even when apart, Jilly knows his love for her can withstand the truth of her shameful past, but will she ever stop grieving for the son she gave away?

Visit Janet’s website by clicking here

BROKEN JOURNEY can be purchased from the publisher or Amazon

Monday, January 15, 2007

Bright Day Dawning

Anna Jacobs

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

ISBN: 978-0340840757



Gwynna had fallen from grace once, bearing a stillborn child out of wedlock. Determined to have a respectable future, she finds a position for herself as a nursemaid at Hungerton House.

But just as she begins to find her feet, the secrets of her past are revealed. She is swiftly dismissed but not before she becomes the target of a lascivious groom. And even after she leaves, she is pursued by Hungerton himself, an evil old man who wishes to send her back to the gutters.
She returns home to Hedderby and the family who have befriended her. They have their own problems after an arson attack has destroyed their pub and music hall. Gwynna finds herself attracted to a talented carpenter, who was also once employed by Hungerton. His former employer will stop at nothing, however, to bring him back to the estate.
Will money buy revenge and destroy two lives, or will the young lovers find a way to achieve their dreams?

For more details, visit Anna Jacobs's website by clicking here

Sunday, January 14, 2007

THE CONVICT’S WOMAN

Janet Woods

Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 0-7432-9506-4

Hardcover version

January 2nd 07



Framed for a crime he didn’t commit and sentenced to seven years’ transportation, former stable lad Seb Cornish returns to his Dorset home with a fortune in gold, and old scores to settle. Above all, he seeks revenge against the young girl who unwittingly betrayed him all those years before.

Amanda Lapsly is now a beautiful young woman, but impoverished and without protection. Her vulnerability attracts Seb. To obtain the vengeance he seeks, he must win her trust - and her hand in marriage.

But Amanda has already been promised to a man she scorns. Can she survive the harsh justice of a man she thwarted, and learn to love the man she betrayed?

More of Janet’s publications can be found by clicking here and can be purchased from Amazon.

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Stormcrow Castle by Amanda Grange

Pub: Robert Hale Ltd

Hardback

January 31st 2007








A Gothic romance in the tradition of Jane Eyre - perfect to curl up by the fire with on a long winter evening

On visiting Stormcrow Castle, Helena Carlisle is disturbed to find that her aunt, the housekeeper, has disappeared. She takes on the role of the new housekeeper and it is not long before strange incidents begin to unnerve her. The castle's owner Simon, Lord Torkrow, frequents the graveyard at night; the portrait gallery conceals a secret room; identities are hidden at a masked ball; and the key to the attic is missing.

As the secrets unravel, Helena finds herself drawn into a world where nothing is as it seems and she must fight for her chance of love, and to survive.

On sale from any bok shop in the UK, or from Amazon by clicking here
or to borrow from local libraries

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Daughters of the Grail

Elizabeth Chadwick

ISBN 075153899X
Pub;isher: Sphere
RRP:£6.99
Release date 7th December

The Da Vinci Code meets Labyrinth in 13th Century France.

Thirteenth century France. Bridget has grown up mastering the mystical gifts of her ancestor, Mary Magdalene, whose unbroken female lineage has kept a legacy of wisdom alive for a thousand years. But the all-powerful Catholic Church has sworn to destroy Bridget for using her healing talents and supernatural abilities. Bridget's duty to continue the bloodline leads her into the arms of Raoul de Montvallant - a Catholic. But when the Church's savage religious intolerance causes Raoul to turn rebel, a terrible vengeance is exacted by Simon de Montfort, the unstoppable Catholic leader of a crusade against peaceful 'heretics'. As war rages on, it is the children of these passionate souls, Magda and Dominic, who must strive to preserve the ancient knowledge for future generations - and find the love and courage to endure...

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A Mother's Love

Rosie Harris

ISBN 978-0-434-01615-0
Publisher: Heinemann

RRP: £18.99
Release date: 7-12-06


When the truth lies buried in the past...Finding herself pregnant, Julia Winter is forced to leave home rather than bring shame on her family. Reduced to living in the slums of Liverpool, she eventually finds work in a respectable hotel where Eunice Hawkins, the manager's wife, is also expecting. For a while, Julia dares to hope for a better life for herself and her unborn child. But soon tragedy strikes - Julia's baby is stillborn at the same time as Eunice gives birth to a healthy baby girl, Amanda. Although heartbroken at the death of her own baby, Julia helps to look after Amanda. However, Paul and Eunice Hawkins hide a secret too terrible to reveal and it is only after their untimely deaths and teenage Amanda's sudden disappearance that Julia finds out the truth. And just when she might have a chance of happiness at last, she is faced with the hardest decision of all...





Brown Owl's Guide to Life

Kate Harrison



ISBN: 0752880977

Orion Paperback

RRP:£6.99

Release date: December 14


Fun and nostalgia for ex-brownies everywhere as four former Pixies ask whether growing up means growing out of your dreams...


HEAT, 27 May
"Nostalgic and funny."

IMAGE, June issue
"Funny and touching"


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The Scarlet Lion

Elizabeth Chadwick



ISBN 0316728314
Publisher: Sphere

RRP: £18.99
Release date: 6th December



Following early beginnings as a knight in the English royal household and a champion of the tourneys, William Marshal's prowess and loyalty have been rewarded by the hand in marriage of Isabelle de Clare, heiress to great estates in England, Normandy and Ireland. Now a powerful magnate, William has weathered the difficult years of King Richard's absence on crusade and is currently serving him on campaign in Normandy while Isabelle governs their estates. All the stability William and Isabelle have enjoyed with their young and growing family comes crashing down as Richard dies and his brother John becomes King. Rebellion is stirring throughout the Angevin domains and although John has created William Earl of Pembroke, the friction between the two men leads William and Isabelle to distance themselves in Ireland. The situation escalates, with John holding their sons as hostages and seizing their English lands. The conflict between remaining loyal and rebelling over injustices committed, threatens to tear apart William and Isabelle's marriage and their family...

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The Valentine Bride

Liz Fielding


ISBN: 0 273 19287 3

Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon (hardback)


Sparks fly when Louise tells Max what she wants in return for working for him

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The Power of Dreams

Rosie Harris


ISBN 978-0-099-48182-9
Publisher: Arrow
RRP: £5.99
Release date: 7-12-06



Synopsis
When all hope is gone, are dreams enough...? After losing both her parents, sixteen-year-old Merrion Roberts is left to bring up her baby sister. Unable to cope alone, she teams up with Rhonda Rees, a trained milliner, who also has a young baby. They share rooms in notorious Tiger Bay in Cardiff, struggling to make ends meet. In time, though, they are able to open up a little shop and it seems as if life is looking up for both young women. But fate soon intervenes and they are reduced to living in even greater squalor, barely able to eke out enough money to support themselves let alone their two children. Meanwhile, Merrion's brother and her childhood sweetheart have both gone to sea and she has almost given up hope of ever seeing them alive again...

From the Publisher
The dramatic new saga set in Wales from Willaim Heinemann and Arrow's rising star

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More Than A Promise

Janet Woods

ISBN:1845595688

ISIS audio

£36.94 - Dec 1st


Booklist
Woods' enchanting story is filled with multidimentional characters and is a poignant glimpse into the class-ordained hardships of Edwardian society.

Synopsis
County Kilkenny, 1900. Erin Maguire is born into poverty, the illegitimate daughter of a local landowner. Her mother is downtrodden and abused by her hard-drinking husband and bullying sons; Erin's only hope for escape from a life of hardship is her beautiful singing voice. When she wins a scholarship to the local school, her musical talent is nurtured by one of the teachers who encourages her dream - to become a singer...






Millionaire Dad: Wife Needed

Natasha Oakley


ISBN: 0-373-19844-2

Publisher: Silhouette Romance


Date: December 2006


Award-winning journalist re-evaluates her life .. and helps a single dad bond with his deaf child.






Blind Date Marriage

Fiona Harper


ISBN: 978-0-263-84941-7
Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon
RRP: £2.80




Can this blind date lead to an appointment at the altar?
Serena - loves everything in life, except for blind dates! She's turned
her back on her unconventional upbringing, and her deepest wish is to find
the man to spend the rest of her life with...
Jake - is a highly successful and focused businessman. He's worked hard to
escape his roots, and now lives by one rules: never get married!
A romantic candlelit restaurant, a dozen red roses, champagne on ice...the
scene is set for the perfect blind date!


Winner of the Joan Hessayon New Writers' Award 2006.
The judges said:
"This very contemporary short novel is funny and charming and has real
heart. The hero is an original, with his two distinct personae. You're on
his side right from the cracking first page...there were some fabulous one
liners that turned us green with envy."


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Set against the harsh and gritty background in the Industrial Revolution, this is a story of poverty and star-crossed love, of sexual exploitation and deceit, of greed, murder and revenge. Luther Dearne has made a fortune wheeling and dealing with the wealthy ironmasters of South Riding - and by cheating the Swedish shippers who bring their iron to sell in England. Rich, powerful and apparently above the law, he has everything his heart desires - except children. When one day a woman turns up in the tavern with an orphaned little girl for sale, Luther does not hesitate, he buys her. Little does he know what he has done for this child, Lissie, with her great beauty and mysterious origins, whom his wife hates at first sight, will prove to be both his greatest joy, his deepest heartache and eventually his undoing.

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Saturday, October 07, 2006

Love Potions

Christina Jones


Publisher: Piatkus


ISBN:0749937351


When aroma therapist Sukie Ambrose starts using her cottage garden as inspiration - and raw ingredients - for her products, she thinks she's just hit on a good way of saving money while offering her clients a way of de-stressing and relaxation. However, Sukie lives in a village where strange things have been known to happen...She discovers that her new improved lotions and potions are making her massages distinctly magical - and producing more star-crossed lovers than Shakespeare could ever dream of...

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here

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Duty's Destiny

DUTY’S DESTINY

Wendy Soliman
Publisher: Robert Hale
Hardback
Publication Date: 29 September 2006
ISBN 0 7090 8138 3

Felix, Viscount Western, is infuriated to discover his father’s shipping line is being used to smuggle ex-slaves out of The Indies and is determined to put a stop to the evil trade.

The man masterminding the scheme has a daughter, Saskia Eden, whom Felix is convinced is acting as her father’s go-between. Before he even meets her, Felix is determined to dislike any woman cold-hearted enough to involve herself with such an iniquitous business. He travels incognito to the village at the centre of the smuggling ring, but gets far more than he’d bargained for.

After all, he hadn’t anticipated that his true identity would become known any more than he’d expected to fall in love.

Buy the book on Amazon, or it can be borrowed from UK libraries.

Sunday, September 03, 2006

SEA DUST (Ulverscroft Large Print)

Title: Sea Dust
Author: Margaret Muir
Publisher: Thorpe/Ulverscroft
ISBN: 1-84617-443-0
Format: Large Print
Publication date: 1 Sept 2006
A historical novel/sea story set in Whitby in 1856

Emma Quinlan desperately wants to get away from her cruel husband.
When she meets a French seaman on the windswept Whitby cliff top, she considers accepting a passage on his sailing ship.
But when the time comes to sail, there is no berth available and Emma has no alternative but to stow away.
When she is discovered, the Captain threatens to put her ashore, but foul weather prevents this happening.
Unbeknown to Emma, evil, in the guise of a seamen, has stalked her on board. Biding his time, he waits for the opportunity to strike.
As The Morning Star sails into Cape Town, disaster awaits.
Will the ship make it to Sydney?
Will Emma survive the journey?
"Confronting and real. Margaret Muir pulls no punches in portraying the dark side of family life and the lives of those bound by the sea. This story inspires the reader to begin their own sea-faring adventure. Dramatic from start to finish." Nicole Biber (random testimonial)
Sea Dust (Ulverscroft Large Print) is available from UK libraries and Amazon.co.uk
To read more, click here

Saturday, September 02, 2006

Spirit Willing, Flesh Weak

Spirit Willing, Flesh Weak

Julie Cohen
Little Black Dress Books
ISBN 0-7553-3481-7
Paperback
4 September, 2006

Rosie Fox is a liar. A really, really good liar. But when you’re a stage psychic who’s not actually psychic, you have to be.

But then one night, while pretending to commune with the dead relatives and pets of her audience, Rosie makes a startling prediction – which tragically comes true. Suddenly she’s trapped in a media frenzy, spearheaded by the impossibly handsome journalist Harry Blake, a man intent on kick-starting his stalled career by exposing Rosie as a fraud. When his interest in her goes from professional to personal, she thinks she can trust him not to blow her cover – but maybe she’s making a huge mistake.

A hilarious romantic comedy that only goes to show that the course of true love is never, ever predictable.

Read an extract at www.littleblackdressbooks.com

Read more about the book on www.julie-cohen.com

Buy the book on www.amazon.co.uk

THE LOVEDAY LOYALTY

THE LOVEDAY LOYALTY

By Kate Tremayne

Published in paperback by Headline 28th August 2006

ISBN 0 7553 2872 8


Synopsis

Edward Loveday always believed that loyalty would see his family through any crisis. But in the year since his tragic death they have been far from united.

The fierce family rivalry between his twin sons, Adam and St John, rages on with each man feeling betrayed by the other. Dangerously consumed by their sibling battle they are unable to see that their real enemy is not to be found in each other but rather in an outsider – Harry Sawle. Sawle, a cunning and violent smuggler, has long held a personal vendetta against the Lovedays and will use their feud to his own gain. Indeed he has already begun threatening their widowed cousin Hannah Rabson.

Meanwhile, in the new Australian penal colony, at least one Loveday remains loyal as the formally disgraced Japhet risks his life to protect Adam’s investments from a corrupt militia. But one man’s loyalty is not enough to save this family. Unless Adam and St John can find a way to heal their rift and unite, the Lovedays and their proud heritage could be destroyed.

Drama, scandal and romance combines to create this absorbing and passionate seventh book in the LOVEDAY series.

Reviews:
‘Thrilling family saga… A fast-moving and exciting read… leaves the reader breathless for the next book in the series.’ Historical Novels Review.

‘Guaranteed to appeal to those who have been entranced by Poldark’ Sussex Life

Check out my website www.katetremayne.com

Friday, September 01, 2006

To Have and to Hold by Anne Bennett Published by Harper

Title: To Have and to Hold
Author: Anne Bennett
Publisher: Harper (an imprint of Harper Collins)
ISBN: 13: 978 0 00 722600 9
10: 0 00 722600 4
Type: Paperback
Publication Date: Monday 4th September 2006

Synopsis
This is a stirring saga of a nurse who only wants to do her duty in World War Two - and who ends up having to make an agonising choice. Set in Ireland and Birmingham, this is the latest from emerging star of the genre Anne Bennett. Carmel Duffy is the eldest child of a brutal and abusive marriage, and she can't wait to leave home. She's equally determined to have no husband or children of her own - what she wants more than anything is to be a nurse. As soon as she turns eighteen, she heads for Birmingham and begins her training. With her beautiful auburn curls, she draws plenty of attention and her resolve to concentrate on her career is tested when Dr Paul Connolly comes onto her ward and into her life. Gradually he wins her heart, and they agree to marry, both certain that they want no children. They have valuable jobs to do - all the more so when World War Two looms. But those years will change everything: their relationship, their priorities, their very characters. Carmel will find that the future is very different to the one she thought she wanted for so long...

Available from all good bookshops, Tesco, Woolworth's, W H Smith, Asda or
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_b/202-7738104-7515801?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=anne+bennett&Go.x=15&Go.y=8

Also visit Anne's website at www.annebennett.co.uk
or Harpers website at www.harpercollins.uk

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Cinnamon Sky

Janet Woods

Severn House Publishers Ltd

ISBN: 0727864394







The Patterson sisters have lived in the Earl of Longhampton's house since they were orphaned as children. When the old Earl dies, the estate passes to one Kynan Trent, a London merchant and descendant of the despised Welsh branch of the family. The title is a surprise to him. He's even more surprised to find himself responsible for five lively and independent young women, the eldest of whom, Alexis, is determined to protect her family's right of way to Kynan's estate, and finds herself at loggerheads with the dangerously attractive new landlord. Meanwhile, her sisters embark on a search for the legendary treasure of their ancestors, believed to be hidden on the estate. If they can find the treasure, their fortunes - and their dowries - will be restored...

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To visit Janet Woods's website, click here

Friday, August 25, 2006

Chain Garden

Jane Jackson

Published by Robert Hale

ISBN: 0709080654


Synopsis
"The Chain Garden": linked circular beds bright with summer colour present a charming picture - unless you understand the coded language of flowers...Guilt-ridden at the number of men dying in her father's tin mine, Grace Damerel works hard to help the village's bereaved families, while caring for her frail mother and preparing for her brother's homecoming. The arrival in Treworthal of Edwin Philpotts, a former missionary, ignites a dramatic sequence of events that brings to light long-buried secrets. But, what is the reason for Edwin's return to Cornwall and how will Grace respond to his shocking confession?

Chain Garden can be bought from any book shop in the UK, or online from Amazon or Signed Books

Thursday, August 24, 2006

The Twisting Vine by Margaret Muir

Title: The Twisting Vine
Author: Margaret Muir
Publisher: Robert Hale
ISBN: 0-7090-8132-4
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 31 August
A saga set in Yorkshire - 1896
With temptation thrown in her lap, Lucy Oldfield steals an expensive French doll from her dying mistress. After losing her job at Heaton Hall, she returns to the squalid streets of Leeds where she falls victim to the lies of a confidence trickster.
Alone, and with a son to support, Lucy has little to look forward to, until a chance meeting with a stranger on a train changes her fortune. When Lucy moves to the country to care for the ageing gentleman, she is provided with a cottage of her own. What more could she wish for? But the menacing torments of an itinerant worker, and the outbreak of war, turn her world upside down. Then a sudden death and an unexpected discovery sees her embarking on a voyage to India. Can fate have other cruel twists in store?
The Twisting Vine follows the fluctuating fortunes of Lucy and her son, James, over a period of twenty five years. Their lives are loosely connected by the unobtrusive presence of the porcelain-faced French Bru.
The doll’s apparel, which changes throughout the story, serves as an extended metaphor which parallels the ageing process.
Margaret Muir draws on her love of Yorkshire for its settings.
The Twisting Vine is her second novel published by Hale.
Links: To read an excerpt, click here
The Twisting Vine is available fromAmazon UK

Saturday, August 12, 2006

The Firefighter's Fiance by Kate Hardy

The Firefighter’s Fiance

Kate Hardy

Mills & Boon Medical

ISBN 0-263-84747-0

Paperback

4 August, 2006

From best friends to bride-to-be… Firefighter Kelsey Watson loves her firefighting job, she’s happily single, and she’s got a wonderful (and gorgeous) friend, colleague and housemate in paramadic Matt Fraser. But when a fire in a primary school affects Kelsey more than she admits, Matt helps her get to the root of her problem – and they discover their relationship isn’t what they thought…

Read an extract at www.katehardy.com

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Friday, August 04, 2006

Practically Perfect

Katie Fforde

Century

ISBN: 1844136752


Will Anna's grand designs prove just a pipe dream? Anna, a newly qualified interior designer, has decided it's time to put her money and her expertise where her mouth is. She's risked everything on buying a tiny but adorable cottage, so she can renovate it, sell it on, and prove to her family that she can earn her own living. Outside, the chocolate-box cottage is perfect, but inside all is chaos: with a ladder for a staircase, no downstairs flooring, candles the only form of lighting and a sleeping bag and camping mat for a bed, Anna's soon wondering whether she's bitten off more than she can chew. Her neighbour Chloe comes to the rescue, providing tea, wine and sympathy - and a recently rescued greyhound, Caroline. But, just as Anna's starting to believe she's found the perfect idyll, the good-looking yet impossible Rob Hunter arrives on the scene, putting up more obstacles than the Grand National. Can Anna get over all of life's hurdles?

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To find out more, visit Katie Fforde's website

A Dream to Share

June Francis

Publisher: Allison & Busby LTD; New Ed edition

ISBN: 0749082496


The Edwardian era is ending and in Chester a young maid, Emma, strives to keep her head above water, as poverty threatens to engulf her and her family. A chance meeting with another young servant, Alice, who is struggling to escape her violent and unhappy past, introduces Emma to the Waters household and the demanding young Victoria who is passionately involved in the embryonic Suffragette Movement. As Emma and Alice become closer, Emma learns of Alice's destructive and deranged ex-fiancé Bert, and it soon becomes apparent that the two girls lives may be linked in more ways than one. Just as she has found a love of her own, Emma is drawn into a dangerous situation, which threatens her newfound happiness.

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Old Scores

Bernardine Kennedy

Headline Book Publishing Ltd

ISBN: 0755322479






Synopsis
Maria Harman finds it hard to keep her intense and mixed-up emotions in check, when it comes to her family. For things are anything, but loving and harmonious in the Harman household. Her bullying and spiteful older brothers, Patrick and Joe, make her life as miserable as possible, encouraged by their mother, Finola, who believes her 'golden boys' can do no wrong. Maria is hardened to Finola's scorn and indifference, but deep down craves her mother's love and can't understand why her mother chose to adopt her in the first place. Her only solace comes from her warm-hearted, slow-witted brother, Eddie, and browbeaten father Sam. But, when the layers of deception that conceal Maria's true parentage are slowly broken away, the already dysfunctional family is thrown into chaos...

Find out more by visiting Bernardine Kennedy's website

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Thursday, August 03, 2006

Mr Knightley's Diary

Amanda Grange

ISBN - 10: 0 7090 8134 0

Hardback

A retelling of Jane Austen's Emma from Mr Knightley's point of view.





Available from your local bookshop (UK) or to order from Amazon by clicking here


For more details, see Amanda Grange's website


Also available Darcy's Diary
"Absolutely fascinating" - Historical Novel Society
"A treat" - Austenblog

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

The Corrigan Legacy

Anna Jacobs

Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd


ISBN: 0727863703






Maeve Corrigan, once a successful businesswoman and resolutely independent, is dying. Having no children of her own, she determines that she will bequeath her great wealth to one of several nephews or nieces, the offspring of her two estranged brothers. And so, she arranges to meet three of them: Kate, a young woman whose family lives the other side of the world, in Australia, and who is suffering from debilitating illness. Against her parents' wishes, she seizes the challenge laid down by her aunt, and travels to England. Mitch Corrigan is the son of Maeve's ruthless brother Des, a man who will trample over anyone to get his way, whose wife Judith has recently walked out on him. As Maeve's dying wish is revealed to each of these three people, a new future opens up before them, with the promise of a whole new family...

Reviews
Booklist, USA
"With great attention to period detail as well as psychological suspense, Jacobs' dramatic tale works on many levels."

For further details, visit Anna Jacobs' website

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Fortune's Daughter by Benita Brown

Daisy Belle, a gifted young singer from the grim backstreets of Tyneside, is devastated when her baby daughter Rose goes missing. Little does she know Rose has been stolen and given to a wealthy woman who, tricked into believing she's an orphan, adopts her and renames her Rosina. Worse still, it was all arranged by Daisy's ruthlessly ambitious agent, Jack Fiddler.
Years later, when tragedy strikes, Rosina runs away to join a theatrical troupe and her natural talent for singing soon wins the hearts of the crowds. But this brings her into direct competition with one of the northern music halls' established stars, Daisy Belle - and back into the path of Jack, who is determined to destroy her...


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Sunday, July 30, 2006

Goodnight Sweetheart by Annie Groves
HarperCollins (7 Aug 2006)
ISBN: 0007209630


Synopsis
This is a captivating saga set on the eve of WW2 in Liverpool, where life is about to change forever for one girl. As war breaks out so too does Molly Dearden! Molly is used to living in the shadow of her older sister, June. When their mother died when Molly was just seven years old, June helped their grief-stricken father look after her in their tiny home in the tight-knit Edge Hill district of Liverpool. But as her seventeenth birthday passes, Molly doesn't realise how much she is going to have to grow up. As the threat of a second world war looms, she must learn to protect herself, her family, and her heart. When hostilities finally break out, Molly finds the courage to enlist in the Women's Voluntary Service. There, she can help the war effort and finally stand on her own two feet. It's a terrifying time, but also some of the best days of her life, especially when she meets, and falls for Eddie. The pair live for the precious hours when Eddie is on leave from the Navy and excitedly plan their future together. But then tragedy strikes. Devastated, Molly can take no more. But then the terrible reality of war hits her home town and Molly must find the strength to protect those closest to her heart.

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A DISSEMBLER by Fenella-Jane Miller



A DISSEMBLER
Fenella-Jane Miller
ISBN 709081316
Robert Hale Hardback
£18.99
August 2006

Marianne Devenish arrives in Great Bentley expecting to find her great-uncle in residence. Instead she finds The Earl of Wister, Theodolphus Rickham pretending to be Sir Theodore Devenish, a tulip of the ton, more interested in the cut of his coat than in politics.
Unable to stay in a bachelor establishment she moves to Frating Hall, with the permanently impecunious, Lord and Lady Grierson. She discovers, to her horror, that Charles, and his younger brother, Edward are involved with the local smugglers.
Theo's dissembling inevitably leads to misunderstandings and heartbreak and with her reputation in tatters Marianne flees to London. But she is ostracised by society and is obliged to find refuge at Drayton House, a small estate in Hertfordshire. But here her life turns into a nightmare.
Can Theo catch his spy, save Edward and Charles from the gallows and rescue the woman he loves before she is lost to him for ever?

Order at - http://www.amazon.co.uk
Find out more about Fenella-Jane's books at - www.fenellajanemiller.co.uk

Monday, July 03, 2006

The Viscount's Betrothal

The Viscount’s Betrothal
Louise Allen

Mills & Boon

0263 84658 4

Paperback and audio book - audio book read by Michael Praed

July 2006



What do you do when Polite Society considers you unmarriageable, yet your relatives insist on matchmaking? Escaping yet another embarrassing encounter, Decima Ross ends up stranded in a blizzard. To be rescued by Adam, Viscount Weston, is both an embarrassment and a delight – especially when he proves to find neither her height nor her freckles a barrier to passion. But Adam has compromised her and Decima is not prepared to find herself married off for the sake of propriety. By the time Adam has found his elusive love again they are enmeshed in a tangle of mismatched lovers and matchmaking mamas which takes all his considerable ingenuity to unravel.

Order on http://www.amazon.co.uk/ or http://www.millsandboon.co.uk/
Find more books by Louise at http://www.louiseallenregency.co.uk/

The Heart's Citadel

Anita Burgh

Paperback

Publisher: Orion

ISBN: 075287778X







Two families - bound by passion and betrayal...
Sequel to THE BROKEN GATE

It is 1913 and the world is on the brink of war. Yet on the estate of Cresswell Manor in Devon, the summer seems endless. Hannah, only daughter of the Cresswells, becomes involved with the suffragettes and dreams of falling in love; headstrong and spoiled Esmerelda deceives her husband for the strangest of reasons; Lettice longs for freedom from her brute of a husband; young Mortimer Cresswell appals his mother by falling in love with an estate worker's daughter, while his brother, Felix, causes heartbreak in his pursuit of pleasure. Caught up in their own lives, the Cresswells seem ignorant that war is looming, and that soon the world will alter beyond their wildest dreams - or fears...

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Sunday, July 02, 2006

The Greatest Knight

Elizabeth Chadwick

Time Warner Books

Published 3rd July 2006
ISBN 07515 3660 1

'I wish I could give it 6 stars, because I'm now questioning every other 5-star review I've ever written.'
Amazon reviewer Kelly Cannon Hess



Royal Protector. Loyal Servant. Forgotten Hero.
The Greatest Knight is the first of two stand alone novels about William Marshal, as great in the 13th century as Winston Churchill was in the 20th and for similar reasons if not on so global a scale. The First ever captain of the England Team (at jousting!). Saviour of England's queen, tutor to her eldest son. The only man ever to unhorse Richard the Lionheart. Courtier, lover, husband, father, politician with tough decisions to make, not least the balancing of honour and integrity against the drive of personal ambition. The Greatest Knight sets out to bring vividly to life this great man and the turbulent world in which he lived.

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Murder in Steeple Martin

Lesley Cookman

Publisher: Accent Press

ISBN: 1905170157







In the tradition of Paul Gallico's classic "Too Many Ghosts" with a touch of Caroline Graham's "Midsomer" series, and a hint of Katie Fforde's rural romance, this is a tale of engaging misfits and muddlers in a Kent village, whose theatrical endeavours rouse the long arm of the past with murderous consequences.

Artist Libby Sarjeant's fresh start in a picturesque Kent village includes an exciting new venture - the Oast House Theatre. She never expects it to include a new romance in the form of Ben, but who's complaining? She just isn't expecting ingredients three, four and five: mystery, intrigue, and the shadow of old murder...

First in a new series - watch out for more murder mysteries featuring middle aged actress come investigator, Libby Sarjeant.

Order at Amazon UK

or preorder at Amazon US
(US release date, October 2006)

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Star of the North
Anna Jacobs
Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 0340840749
Paperback
June 2006

Marjorie is the pretty one of the Preston sisters. So pretty that when a performer at her sister’s music room breaks her leg, Marjorie is asked to fill in as the assistant to the singer Denby Sinclair.He offers to take her with him, away from Lancashire and into London theatres. It seems as if her dreams will come true, but Denby is not what he seems. He has a dangerous secret, which, if it were to be revealed, would ruin her.


Marjorie, however, is reckless and will take any risk for a chance to work on the stage.And when disaster strikes, she is left alone and away from the North. Can she regain her heart’s desire and find happiness again? When it seems as if she has overcome her troubles, another danger arises in Hedderby, one that threatens her and her family.

Other books in this series are:
Pride of Lancashire (already published)
Bright Day Dawning (not yet published)
Heart of the Town (not yet published)

To read an excerpt, click here

'Star of the North' is available from Amazon UK or from any bookshop.

Kate Hardy
Mills & Boon
Modern Extra
ISBN 0-263-84992-9
Paperback
7 July, 2006


Barrister Leo Ballantyne and vintage clothes dealer Rose Carter are about as opposite as you can get. He thinks she’s a flake and a bad influence; she thinks he’s stuffy and humourless. And then they discover they’re both wrong…




Read an extract at www.katehardy.com

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Delicious
Julie Cohen
Mills & Boon
Modern Extra
ISBN 0-263-84990-2
Paperback
3 June, 2006



English teacher Elisabeth Read is dedicated to her students, dedicated to books, and hasn’t had fun outside of a classroom for too long to remember.Then celebrity chef Angus MacAllister walks into her school carrying a chicken.

read an excerpt on www.julie-cohen.com

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Gentlemen in Question
Melinda Hammond
Robert Hale Limited
ISBN 0-7090-8085-9
Hardback
Publication date: 30th June

In the closing months of 1792, the terror of the French Revolution forces Camille, the young Comte du Vivière, to flee his homeland and seek refuge with his relatives in England.For Madeleine, the arrival of her handsome French cousin marks a change in her so far uneventful existence and soon she finds herself cuaght up in a dangerous web of intrigue that also entangels Camille. But is he victim or villain?

Find out more at www.melindahammond.com

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