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The Adventures of Gorg
Gorg the caveboy is comfortable living with his family in the Stone Age – well, as comfortable as you can be when you have to watch out for Three-Toed Snarkles! His body and brain work really well to make sure he doesn’t get kicked out of his clan and to keep him out of danger. He is even the best burper for miles around! But one day, catastrophe strikes and Gorg finds himself in the busy 21st century! How is he going to cope in this new world? Will being able to whittle a spear help him when faced with a sleepover?
By reading this book, you will not only find out the answers to these questions but it will get you thinking about your own “caveman brain”. Gorg’s adventures in the modern world might even give you some helpful hints about how to manage sad memories, the Internet and missing out on party invites. There is also some stuff for the brains of parents!
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True Love at Last
Ellie has her 21st birthday party and invites her friends and a fellow that she hopes to get together with. When she looks for him she sees that he has gone off with another woman. Although she is intoxicated she goes to her car very angry and drives wildly out of town. The near-fatal accident leaves her deep in debt. The story relates her struggles with love of the man who saved her life and the love of the man she thought she wanted. Her adventures take her from the city to the outback town of Roxby Downs and back to the city and her eventual marriage.
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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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Young Love's Legacy
The setting is wartime Yorkshire, England 1944. It is an engaging story of innocent young love, as Jack Potter, a 17-year-old career-driven young man falls fast and hard for Maggie Swinton, a caring and beautiful 16-year-old young woman who comes to work at his place of employment. An immediate and profound attraction is forged between Maggie and Jack and, as they explore their emerging strong feelings and love blossoms, the story sensitively reveals that age is no barrier to great love.
As the story unfolds, Jack and Maggie’s love deepens, but they must deal with the struggles and heartache of wartime separation as Jack leaves his Maggie to serve his country. Will absence ‘make the heart grow fonder’ or will it be a case of ‘out of sight, out of mind’? After all, they are so very young. Surprise events take the reader on a journey of discovery with these two endearing characters and their families. A heart-warming tale of first love and its immense potential to overcome all odds.
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Love Hurts
Jane Forebright has what she considers a normal, middle-class existence in suburban Oxfordshire. During her university studies she befriends the local Lady Eleanor Palmain and her world is suddenly turned upside down when she meets Andrew, Elle's brother, a retired, injured soldier. One night of passion sees her thrust into an unfamiliar world when she becomes pregnant with Andrew's child and he is called back to Afghanistan for a dangerous secret mission. Jane assumes the life of a Lady and tries to adjust to the fact she may never see Andrew again as she waits out her pregnancy. Unknown to her, he is still alive and starting to 'turn native' in Afghanistan. Love Hurts shows us that love will always prevail, but not always in the way we wish for...
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Beneath a Crescent Moon
This sweeping historical romance follows Mallory Irving, a talented musician who becomes entangled in a forbidden affair that spans centuries and clashes between cultures. When Mallory and Harriet cross paths in modern day Toronto, their connection defies logic and time itself.
Harriet finds herself drawn into Mallory’s mystical world as his concert tour heads for the Middle East, the setting of Mallory’s intricate past life at the height of the Crusades. There, Harriet witnesses the reincarnation of Mallory’s epic love with an alluring Arab peasant girl named Yasmina, which ended in tragedy centuries ago. As violence rocks Mallory’s concert and tragedy strikes once more, Harriet must uncover the truth of Mallory’s tortured soul and their shared destiny before history repeats itself.
Their journey through time reveals a poignant truth: love transcends the ages, and the echoes of history reverberate in the depths of the human heart. This novel is a mesmerising blend of historical richness and emotional depth, a story that captures the enduring essence of human connection across the sands of time.
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Love in Saint Tropez
Love in Saint Tropez is a captivating narrative of self-discovery, resilience, and renewal, woven with threads of love and hope. It delves deep into the soul’s journey, revealing the profound truth that, despite life’s tumultuous ebbs and flows, we possess the innate strength to rise anew. At the heart of this enlightening tale is Ana, a mirror to our own experiences, embodying the universal quest for meaning and belonging.
Confronted with the timeless question of life’s unyielding constant, Ana embarks on a transformative journey back to the enchanting locales of her heritage: Saint Tropez and London. These places, rich in familial legacy and moments of profound inspiration, become the backdrop against which she rediscovers her capacity to love, shedding the restrictive chains of her history. With courage and an open heart, Ana ventures down the road of self-discovery, a journey poised to alter the course of her life in the most beautiful and unexpected ways.
“Travels record stamps in passports, photo galleries in folders, magnets on refrigerators… Love in Saint Tropez is a story about the journey in which we discover ourselves and ‘stamp’ them in our personal passport of life. It is about the knowing that we are ready to stand up and rise in life and that there is no thing so precious as a personal passport that we filled with missed chances, new opportunities and remained eternally in love with life.”
– Branko Rosic, bestselling author.
“Jovana’s Love in Saint Tropez is a story about the power of love and how it can transform our lives and relationships. It’s a reminder that sometimes we just need to take a chance and let love in. It’s a beautiful reminder that real love does exist.”
– Kosta Petrov, bestselling author.
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The Thai Girl
This is the true story of Anna, a Thai girl being raised in poverty in a poor area of Bangkok. This story is about real people and real events; it tells the tale of not only from rags to riches, but that of emotional trauma and how a beautiful child, and then woman, suffered throughout her life. Poverty such as Anna experienced is not an isolated event, it just happens to be one of which I became aware after meeting her and talking to her. As emails and messages flowed, the story of her life began to unravel.
At times, her recount of events is tragic; the feeling of despair and pain, merely because she was raised on the wrong side of the tracks, is as heartbreaking as it is pathetic. As her story began to unfold, it didn’t feel real, it felt as though it was an imaginary tale, based on imaginary people… but the account and people are very real. It defied credibility. This is the story of Anna… a Thai girl.
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Rachel
Rachel continues Margot’s riveting story from the first book of the trilogy. Now happily married to Matthew and reunited with her daughter Mary, Margot’s life seems complete – until her dear friend Rachel vanishes in the woods while picking mushrooms.
Margot races against time with Edward and Rachel’s father to track her whereabouts. But they discover the unthinkable – Rachel has already been smuggled onto a ship headed for France. Margot is determined to rescue Rachel from the unknown fate that awaits her, but will she and Edward unravel the mystery and bring Rachel home before it’s too late?
With the stakes raised higher than ever before, this next instalment will immerse readers deeper into the compulsively readable world and relationships established in the first captivating book. Propelled by suspense and laced with hope, Rachel delivers another compelling journey about fighting for the ones you love.
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Nottingham Lace
Solitude and loneliness are a natural part of life. It happens to everyone at some stage. It is not confined to the ‘social misfits’ or the ‘losers’ in society. Those perceived as successful, with abundant friends and progressive careers, they can succumb too. James was a case in point. He led an outwardly successful career, had several intimate romantic liaisons with beautiful women, but he faced a late middle-age crisis. The cumulative effect of those interludes from early childhood experiencing loneliness and despair and his naivety with the opposite sex were beginning to envelop him. Giving up became an attractive option.
He pondered whether his destiny was to resemble the beauty of an artistic piece of Nottingham Lace or the miserable deathly trap of a Spider’s Web. James had chosen a path from a heavily restricted list. After college, he joined the RAF and then became a musician. Through several romantic encounters and raw sensual intimacy, James begins to learn that relationships with women go much deeper than purely the lust and the physical.
A series of career transfers, failed relationships, lead to bouts of loneliness and solitude, driving him to the edge of sanity. At a crucial point, he was prevented from going over the edge in his darkest hour by his pet Alsatian.
Finally, his anguish is resolved by a tragic mishap. This brings him back on track to reality before it became too late to recognise his first and only true love.
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She Knew
It was the last straw. Sally couldn’t take this anymore, live with the consequences of her husband’s addiction, so she turned on her heels and walked away. Jenny smelt the betrayal on him as she greeted him at the door. This time she drew back, looked him straight in the eye and left. She was no longer prepared to put up with his unfaithfulness. Kate curled up on the settee and thought about David, her husband, her one true love who she had walked out on hoping to shock him into saving their marriage by stopping gambling. It had worked, he had stopped but David had found other arms to comfort him. These three girls form a lasting friendship, brought together by their charity shop work, a lasting intuitive friendship giving each other the support they needed. The shop and its customers and the community it inspired helped each of them in turn. “Alice? Who is Alice?” warbled Smokie on the piped music in the shop. Who indeed, you might ask. She is their favourite volunteer. She’s the lovable perfect grandma everyone wishes they had. But things are not quite as they seem…
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The Closest Thing to Crazy
The ultimate ‘It’s never too late’ story, showing that both adventure and romance can be there for the taking – irrespective of the age. This inspiring and charming tale tells of forty-something Eloise Callaghan, turning her back on a way-too-safe existence to travel to Argentina for tango lessons. It changes her life; and after surviving a kidnapping and a reckless Argentinian romance (and that’s just for starters), she finally realises that all this time the perfect man is back home. But will the planets align?
After all the books on the market about women of a certain age finding adventure in Mediterranean countries, The Closest Thing to Crazy switches the action to South America. Eloise’s journey into the unknown forces her to face her demons. And she finds it’s never too late to dive into the deep end, and never too late for love.
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