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La Vida Loca
“I once read that life was a book. It is a true statement. The next part was that if you don’t travel, you stay on the first page, so while you’re young you should embrace life and travel the world. That part is the bit I have a problem with. Just because you don’t travel doesn’t mean you’re living any less of a life. You’re just rewriting your story, which is what you do when you travel too. No one’s stories have set endings. That’s the wonderful thing about life. We are the ones to write the story we live in.”
A trip abroad offers an opportunity for Isabelle Torres to find herself with her two best friends, Danielle Roane and Catherine Peters, before they go off to university.
The group of guys and girls they end up with are all wonderful, and it is a holiday filled with excitement, romance and many fun times and trips which are sure to change their life for the better.
From secret trips to city breaks, the ten teens were set on finding themselves, but instead manage to find friendships that are bound to last forever.
What can Izzy say – they really are living La Vida Loca.
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Kit and the Wolf
From Queensland, Australia, comes new author Anne Marks with a compelling romance novel, set in Canada, with many unusual and intriguing twists and turns throughout.
Kit’s whole life was on the verge of changing forever. Snowed in, alone, with wolf packs nearby, she sensed the imminent danger she was in. But even in her wildest dreams, she would never have guessed how a lone wolf would impact her life.
Was friendship with a man she knew little about, enough foundation for marriage, or was there more? The realization shocked her, but not as much as the hidden secrets contained within a box in the store room of her childhood home. How does the reason for these secrets change her life? Will she find the answers to her myriad of questions regarding the mystery surrounding her family and their lives?
This is a moving story filled with love, loss, courage, intrigue, compassion and confusion as Kit is pulled by unexpected emotions she doesn’t fully understand. It is a mesmerizing tale of a young woman with fears of abandonment ingrained into her from childhood, of being torn between the love of two very different men, of forbidden kisses and of the inner conflicts created.
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Keys to the Heart
Born during WWII the heroine experiences the love of her life at a young age. Her aim is to become a famous concert pianist but there are trials, disappointments as well as success.
Emotional and financial problems scar her adult life, but her heart frequently dictates her subsequent response, with more than one disappointed male admirer. Her life abroad proves exciting followed by another major relationship on her return to England. Will she finally find lasting happiness in her career and love life?
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Keeper of the Red Shawl
This romantic novel begins in the Victorian Era and is based on the eventful life of my grandmother, Frances. It tells the tale of the four men who helped or hindered her path to freedom. Fate was unkind to Frances, but throughout her life, she battled forward fighting convention and the class system.
The story starts when her well-to-do, but aged, parents marry her off at the age of 17 to Jack, a cold-hearted widower with a young son.
Respectfully she did as she was told but this was her first mistake. She became the brunt of his sarcasm and abuse in the bedroom.
Fortunately, Jack soon met with a suspicious end!
Then, along came a dashingly handsome James…
But wait, there’s someone else watching this particular saga unfold, patiently biding his time!
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Jo
Jo, the spontaneous and headstrong protagonist of the story, is a strikingly attractive divorcee, but she’s not strong enough to withstand the advances of Steve, a shameless womaniser who seduces her whilst she’s on holiday at his brother’s country hotel in South Africa with her husband-to-be.Years later, Jo rashly accepts a lift in a stranger’s car only to discover the male driver is not a stranger after all…Steve is meanwhile debt-ridden and forced to make a run for it. His twin brother, Bob, single and too busy running the hotel to form a stable relationship, chances to meet Jo while investigating Steve’s disappearance.All too quickly, Jo falls for Bob’s charms, unaware of the consequences…JO is a fast-moving, feel-good, heart-warming story with twists and turns, strong characterisation and a generous dose of romance!‘Lifted my spirits!’ — J. Bromet (UK)‘Clever and funny plot.’ — M. Torriani (CAN)‘A winner!’ — T. Zeitvogel (USA)
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Jackson Is Missing
A regency romance in three parts. Part One finds Ella, virtually penniless and homeless. A chance meeting with the postman sends her off in search of a family she did not know she had. She makes new friends and finds herself hiding an unknown gentleman who has two bullets lodged in him.
Part Two rekindles an old romance and tells of a mother’s cruelty to her son, which has disastrous consequences. Old gossip rears its ugly head.
Part Three brings the characters from Part One and Part Two together and Ella finally finds herself a husband.
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It Was Almost Perfect
Dublin, a cosmopolitan city full of beautiful streets with secrets hidden around every corner. This book follows the lives of four women who, despite different backgrounds and social circles, are connected by the same desire for love and fulfilment. This dynamic cast of characters embarks on a journey of self-discovery triggered by chance encounters which will change their lives forever. These random encounters add additional layers to the magical realism in this story of discovery, lust, love, pain, and forgiveness that helps not just the characters in the book, but the reader too, see the “happily ever after” from a different perspective.
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In Rio You Love a Little More
Arriving in Rio de Janeiro shaken to the core yet cautiously optimistic, Randall, a stubble-obsessed, gym-groomed Singaporean in his early thirties, is fleeing the emotional fallout from a tragic misadventure whilst wrestling with numbness over the end of a romantic relationship.
When he befriends two locals Marcelo and Felipe – both alluringly attractive in their own ways but could hardly be more different in temperament and their ability to speak English, he finds himself having to navigate behavioural and cultural chasms in the name of friendship, sex and possibly love. What follows is a barrage of secrets and unforeseen developments threatening to consume them.
Taking place over the course of Carnival, a time to drink, dance, flirt and make love, this light-hearted, quirky story of identity and redemption also doubles up as a love letter to Rio, brimful of all things Brazilian from gastronomic and musical emblems to unblinking observations of what makes this popular travel destination at once lyrical and intoxicating.
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In God's Footprint
Ridge Mason’s world was just a remote and secluded corner of Northwest Tennessee that lay barricaded between a mighty river and a beautiful lake. Yet it knew no boundaries. Only moments after taking his first breath, Ridge suffered the most devastating loss a child could ever experience – the death of his mother. Yet it presented no barriers to him. His father and uncle, by contributing equally to his rearing, made sure of that.
As a young man, Ridge’s life on the enchanting body of water had become so rich and colourful that he thought he could never be torn from it. But when the beautiful and alluring Madelyn Fleming entered his world, it was suddenly turned upside down. The unusual and complicated situation this created, forced Ridge to abandon the only place on Earth where he ever wanted to live, in order to save the one he loved. Fearing he would never be able to return home again, Ridge was almost torn apart by his insatiable love for Madelyn and the lake that never stopped beckoning him. When it appeared that only a miracle could appease the two opposing forces, that’s exactly what happened.
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If Time Were Not a Moving Thing
Set in the glamorous world of opera, the book charts the tempestuous and passionate relationship between the world-famous soprano, Marie Nyman, and Arabella Cooper, a young pianist and aspiring conductor. Marie is married and deeply in the closet, Arabella out and proud. Can Marie overcome her fears and acknowledge the love of her life, as Arabella’s career takes off? Two beautiful women battle their demons in locations as diverse as New York, London, Vienna, and Munich.
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Hush
In the gripping novel titled Hush, the protagonist grapples with the weight of her mistakes, realizing that even the smallest misstep can have far-reaching consequences. For her, it’s not just a mere error; it has a name—a crime that threatens to cast a lifelong shadow, and worst of all, it means letting down the people she holds dear.Like a precarious row of dominoes, her entire life’s work teeters on the edge, vulnerable to the slightest nudge. The haunting fear of being unloved and becoming a source of disgrace forces her to abandon logic, plunging her into the clutches of a mysterious man who offers a dubious solution.Unaware of the profound upheaval this decision will unleash upon her existence, she embraces the man’s proposition in a desperate bid to salvage her future. Little does she know that her choice will upend her life, hurling her heart into the heart of a cyclone fuelled by tumultuous emotions.
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How To Save You From You
Delve into the captivating lives of Jenna, Dan, and Helga, as they navigate their own personal struggles amidst a backdrop of mysteries, secrets, and lies. Jenna, an agony aunt who provides solace to others, finds herself grappling with her own inner demons. She seeks comfort in the simple pleasures of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and chamomile tea, sometimes indulging in both simultaneously.
Dan, an ambitious journalist hungry for recognition, stops at nothing to make a name for himself. However, as he delves deeper into Jenna’s past and present, he discovers that the truths he once believed to be clear-cut are far more complex and elusive.
Meanwhile, Helga yearns to recapture her youth, but her grandchildren’s concerns weigh heavily on her. She confronts the harsh reality that people often judge based solely on appearances, and her desires clash with the expectations placed upon her.
Within the pages of How to Save You from You, a web of interconnected lives unravels, revealing the interplay between past and present, fame and anonymity. Jenna, haunted by the repercussions of her widely acclaimed book, How to Save You from You, realizes that her newfound fame has unforeseen consequences, threatening to shape her future in unexpected ways.
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