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Virus: A Love Story
Dean loves her madly from the moment he sees her. When the guy she is with starts pushing her around, Dean has to get involved. It’s quick and it’s violent. Later, languishing in a police cell, he wonders if he has ruined his life, and hardly dares hope he will ever see her again. But he does, and a dangerous love grows. Half a world away, something else is growing. A new pandemic. One that will make coronavirus look like a picnic.
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Two Funky Felines
Jupiter and Aphrodite are two splendiferous cats! Married for some years, they live with Rob and Emma. There’s no doubt who’re the bosses in the household but our heroes allow their human parents to think of themselves as owners. Little do these mere humans credit the intelligence, wit and cunning of their pets. Jupiter is a wily, battle-scarred tabby and white from the wrong side of the tracks – his wife a beautiful prize-winning British Blue. Theirs is a union of true love. A shrewd operator in her own right, Aphrodite has a soft spot for goldfinches, the cheeky chappies Human Mummy adores. It takes all her deftness and cunning to save the little birds from Jupiter’s renowned hunting prowess, while hiding this role from her husband. After all, Jupiter would think her, well, just a little mad!
Follow these funky felines in their rib-tickling, nigh-on-human, daredevil escapades: “Come on, Aph, we’re going to pay the puppy farm a visit.” “Oh, be careful, dear! We don’t want to get into any difficulties, do we?” “No, we don’t, but I’m going to sneak into their office and get a compliments slip. Then we can take it to the police. If they investigate, they’ll find out the truth of what’s going on.”
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Toerags in Orange Caftans
Frank and Neil are two odd characters for whom life at the start was tough. Separated by one floor at birth, their friendship over the years grew to form an unbreakable bond.
From humble beginnings to stratospheric success, they rode the crest of a wave never once stopping to see what lied ahead. Aston Martins and trophy wives filled this idyllic existence until one day it was all taken away.
Blindsided by circumstances beyond their control, the world as they knew it then, changed. Plunged into a twilight existence, seldom seen by few, their once spectacular reign fades ever further into the abyss where anarchy rules.
Never had there been two individuals so unequipped to deal with life – in the gutter. And as their journey begins in earnest, a wealth of bizarre situations begins to unfold.
Then just when you think it couldn’t possibly get any stranger, enter a host of oddball characters in this most unusual of tales.
Scottish gangster, psychopaths and orangutans all add flavour to this rib-aching plight of two men’s struggle to survive.
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Time for Action
Fran Banks lives a unique and active life as the owner and CEO of Sentinel Security Systems. Because she was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to prison, she now has a strong internal drive to assist in bringing offenders to justice. Time in prison and the struggle to clear her name compelled her to acquire many talents that a normal accountant does not need. Some unknown force seems to draw her into a chain of events that requires her help to solve the latest mystery. Fortunately, Fran has the help of several trusted friends, each with their own special skills, to bring this thriller to a conclusion. This latest mystery will also draw you into the story and make you not want to put this book down.
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The Stony Stage
Peter travels the world with his guitar and harmonica, searching for a sense of belonging in a remote and mysterious place called Belonging Sun. Along the way, he encounters obstacles that test his determination and resourcefulness. But he remains determined to fulfil his principle: that progress comes from taking action and not just waiting. Join Peter on his journey to find belonging in this inspiring tale of self-discovery.
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The Yoga School
Ellie is a quirky, successful girl enjoying life in Dublin with her boyfriend, Alex. Alex is a director in her office who is driven, good-looking and a real catch in her mother’s eyes. In her precious spare time, Ellie loves to do yoga and even teaches it in an old people’s home, where her nana was a resident before she passed away. The future seems rosy for Ellie until a series of events turns her life upside down. Grab a cuppa, pop your feet up and join Ellie on her journey to happiness.
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The Yellow House, Susceptible to Broken Windows
Where to begin… Take a moment to breathe. The door isn’t yellow, I know. “It’s infuriating.” We know it’s infuriating, Paul, but we’ve only just arrived. “I haven’t even been given any directions. How am I going to find her office?” It’s unlikely that you will. He hasn’t even crossed the threshold and the complaining has begun. What will he say to her yellow stripe, to the cannon on the roof and the politics found in the halls? It’s hard to imagine but it won’t be hard for long. Open the door and you’ll feel the love. Paul might cringe time and time again, but we hope you’ll feel differently. The mind boggles, the stomach reels and the knees quake, come and feel for yourself. Madam President welcomes you with open arms.
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The White Bookshelf
The White Bookshelf is in the study of an Oxford Professor of Anthropology. It plays a significant role in the life of the whole family, but especially for his daughter Alice. The family is loving and supportive through all the trials of life. Alice moves with her husband, another anthropologist, to Australia. They enjoy great happiness as their family grows, and they learn to adjust to living in both Oxford and Queensland. They meet many interesting people and form close and lifelong friendships with their foreign colleagues. They travel to Canada, Australia, and England together and suffer illnesses and tragedies. Her friendships offer support throughout all the difficulties. The children of the three families are dubbed the ‘anthropological cousins’. They intermarry and live on three different continents. The final part of the book deals with Alice as a widow and tells how, unexpectedly, she meets a man through her university colleagues who offers her another chance of happiness and a new life following her father’s example of running charities.
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The Watcher
A footloose young graduate replies to a job advertisement and quickly finds himself swept into the world of counter-espionage. His journey through the system eventually places him in a series of difficult and complex situations as he struggles to find his place in this complex and tangled world, where things are rarely as they seem. We follow his journey, which is sometimes humorous and sometimes deadly serious, as he finds out about himself and journeys through the world of subterfuge and treachery. The author has applied a blowtorch to the world of “spookery” in a humorous and insightful exposure of the deep state.
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The Top Storey
Keelyn O’Reilly’s world is thrown into chaos when his daughter makes a life decision that threatens to bring shame to his family. He’ll do whatever it takes to protect his reputation and preserve his traditional views.
Lana O’Reilly is shocked to discover the oppressive influence of apartheid South Africa’s bigotry on her community. When her father’s narrow-mindedness clashes with her own values, she must choose between conforming to his expectations or standing up for what she believes in.
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The Therapeutic Charity Shop
Greg had experienced a lot of personal problems in recent months, but he soon forgot about them when he met all the quirky characters at his local charity shop.
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The Stones of the Trobriands
It is February 1942. Singapore had fallen. In the seismic shockwave that follows, John Fullwood is preparing to abandon his rubber plantation on Bougainville Island before the Japanese arrive. He is loading his boat when an unexpected visitor flies in, the Civil Administrator of Papua New Guinea, Leonard Murray. He brings bad news. The army has ordered the plantation and everything in it to be destroyed to stop it falling into enemy hands. Even worse, Murray brings information about a stricken plane flying over Losuia Village in the Trobriand Group.
On board is Fullwood’s youngest daughter Maria, a nurse recently evacuated from Singapore. An intercepted radio transmission suggests Maria had been captured by the Japanese. John Fullwood enlists Murray’s help. He intends to impersonate his wife’s German cousin, Baron Eric von Waly and go behind enemy lines to secure Maria’s release through diplomatic channels. On the way he must deal with a near death-experience from snakebite, a tsunami and sailing into a spider’s web of savagery and intrigue ruled over by the sadistic Colonel Haruki Saito, the Butcher of Nanking. He will also dine with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on the eve of the Battle of the Coral Sea, and above all he will fall in love.
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