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Will You into My Will
He looked at me and the time stopped.‘Are you okay?’ his date asked, catching him stare vacantly at my direction.‘Yeah,’ he replied, reluctantly pulling his eyes away from me. ‘I just feel weird, like I have been here before right at this table, having this same lunch and looking at…’It was unnatural. The connection we had from the very beginning.Like there was an unearthly power at play. As though, our very paths had collided for a purpose and we were destined to meet.‘Hi, my name is Will’ he said.I still lay my head on the ground and watch the clouds float by sometimes; thinking of an emerald pair of green eyes, like satin curtains falling into a black void. Re-living in my head that beautiful summer day when Brandon and I walked hand in hand across the lavender fields with our best friends. ‘Look into my eyes you’ll see what you mean to me.’ The song that played on the radio when Will drove on the highway, on a never-ending road; to a ‘forever’ that I imagined would always be mine.
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Wilderness, Runaround, and Black Heart
Wilderness:When a young, naive lawyer becomes entangled in a complicated relationship with a farmer’s wife, the ensuing betrayal culminates in an unforeseen and shocking murder.Runaround:An estranged husband finds himself on the run, his young son in tow, urged on by the boy’s mother and a seemingly benevolent stranger. Their journey becomes an unpredictable escapade with unforeseen twists.Blackheart:A tale of obsession unfolds as an older man unexpectedly crosses paths with a stunning young woman. What starts as innocent infatuation spirals into an ending that neither could have anticipated.
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Whymes of Wubbish for Gwoan-Ups
These remarkably silly rhymes will make you laugh, just right to dip into when you have a few minutes to spare!
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Who Am I?
Your 20s are meant to be those years of your life where you discover who you are. My name is Sam, and this is my story. It’s much like yours, no doubt – trying to figure out a career, practising for my driving test, making time for friends and family… except then my whole life got turned on its head and I realised that there was so much more to me, so much that was just waiting to be discovered. This is the story of how I met a woman, how she unravelled a side of me I never even knew existed – a physical, adventurous, reckless self. This is the story of how I fell in love for the first time and how I struggled to share my new life with my friends and family. This is the story of how I frantically sought an answer to the question we’ve all asked ourselves… Who am I?
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What’s Beyond the Garden Gate
The book is a mystery concerning a man who did not have control of his life, and due to twists of fate encounters an explosion of deception, false imprisonment, drama, intrigue, strong women, sadness, his own weaknesses, sex, friendship and love.
The story ends with a remarkable twist.
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What We Can Be
CEO Amelie Rochfield knows what it takes to succeed. She has spent years learning how to navigate the social intricacies needed to succeed in London and how to hold onto that delicate balance between control and chaos. However, Nathaniel Brooks, the most important person in her life, is about to shift the balance. Can he show her what she has been missing out on, or will she allow fear to stop her seeing exactly what they can be?
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What Just Happened?
We all think we know everything there is to know about our Kings and Queens. Henry VIII had six wives, William the Conqueror invaded England in 1066 and Queen Victoria was “not amused”. But how much do we really know about the monarchy? What did our kings and queens actually achieve? What impact have they had on our everyday lives? What were they like as living, breathing, people?
Crowning Glory wipes away the cobwebs of fuddy-duddy facts and breathes new life into this surprisingly addictive aspect of history. It challenges our basic understanding of the subject by introducing readers to a colourful cast of characters and revealing little-known insights.
This book reminds us that, behind the formality of the crown, are real human beings. Like you and me, they have known success, failure, sorrow and laughter. The lives of our kings and queens are so much more vivid than boring, old dates, figures and facts.
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Weekend Pipeline to Love and Romance
Betty McDowell, a masterful Project Manager at Flow-Soft Corporation in Albany, NY, is deeply immersed in the development and upgrade of the company’s pipeline management software. Seizing the chance for change, she takes on a six-month stint in Miami, Florida, to oversee the software’s implementation at Miami-Dade Pipeline Corporation – and to bask in the healing sunshine, leaving Albany’s winter behind. In Miami, her professionalism shines, as she dedicates herself to steering the project to success, with no room for distractions – especially of the romantic kind, after a recent heartbreak.David Baffa, the proprietor of MDP, brings an unexpected element to the task at hand. As the software project progresses smoothly, a parallel plot of office intrigue unfurls, drawing Betty into its complexity. Compelled to navigate this maze while managing her burgeoning feelings for David, she faces a week charged with tension and challenge. It is this crucible of stress that might just forge a new, brave path ahead for both Betty and David.
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Waiting For Alfie
As he looked up, he saw a sailor in uniform with a hat that had a white star above the peak. He tried to make sense of it in the darkness, but it was futile. However, he did notice the same sailor had a long, jagged scar on his right cheek. Holding out his weather-beaten hand to steady him, the sailor watched as he staggered; observing everything around him, it was then that he realised he was one of only a few saved that night…
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Velvet
Peter Berger was born in Munich and raised with strong moral principles. However, he always considered himself different, and soon learned that he had to hide his predatory nature. But even living a double life, he was determined to acquire the status of which he always dreamed.
He graduated with distinction from the University of Munich in medicine, became a close friend of Chancellor Adolf Hitler, and built a successful career. In his personal life, he marries the woman he considers suitable, from a wealthy family, with whom he has three children.
During the war, he became known as Captain Velvet, due to his velvety, mesmerizing voice, which was an excellent tool in carrying out his work. Peter thought his life was perfect, until the moment when, as he was sorting out the Jews, as they got off the train at Auschwitz, his gaze was fixed on Kathryn and her whole world suddenly seemed to make no sense.
Peter fell in love for the first time and with a Jewish woman. He knew they had no future and that if the SS found out he was holding her prisoner in his house, forcing her to have a relationship with him, he would be considered a traitor and there was only one price to pay for such a betrayal: death.
But the end of the war is imminent, and Peter has to put an end to his relationship with Kay and he only knows one way to do it…
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Valerie
Valerie is the sequel to the book One Chance published in 2019. A young mother, Valerie had abandoned her infant daughter and left her with her parents. June, her daughter, now a grown woman had struggled with her decision to get in touch with her mother, many years had passed and much water under the bridge. There would be joy and sadness in their meeting, all would not be rosy all of the time and many skeletons would be peeping out of the closet. June had been oblivious to the many times her mother had tried to contact her through the years. Birthday cards, Christmas presents, all returned unopened by her grandmother who’d held a grudge against her only daughter that could be seen in her eyes on the odd occasion her name would be mentioned. She’d felt that void in her life that only a mother can fill, her grandparents had been so good to her and she’d loved them dearly and missed them still. Valerie, a story that will make you laugh and make you cry.
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Under the Carob Tree
Step into the captivating world of Cyprus, a tranquil island during the serene mid-1930s, where the lives of two extraordinary sisters and a talented young man unfold against a backdrop of freedom, love, and ambition.In this quietly passionate love story, the sisters embark on their personal battles for freedom and love, defying societal expectations and ancient traditions. Their journey intertwines with that of a young man from the remote mountains of Marathasa, who yearns for recognition and happiness in a world that often overlooks him.As the story unfolds, a family steeped in self-importance and propriety grapples with the upheaval caused by their daughter’s rebellion against age-old customs. Amidst the complexities of human relationships, the island itself reveals its captivating beauty – its land, sea, mountains, and its people, forgotten by the outside world.But this idyllic slumber is about to be shattered as Cyprus awakens to the turbulent waters of violent protest and international politics. As the island finds itself at the crossroads of historical events, the characters are swept up in a wave of change, testing their resilience and challenging their deepest desires.
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