Orion
The Somnambulist
This assured debut novel tells the story of Phoebe Turner, a young girl who lives in the East End of…
The Traitor’s Emblem
This story, based on fact, opens in 1940 with the captain of a patrol boat in the Straits of Gibraltar…
Perhaps Tomorrow
Life has not been easy for Mattie Maguire. Since her husband died, she has struggled to keep the family’s business…
Greek Beasts and Heroes: The Fire Breather
This is the sixth volume in the series, giving us nine more tales from ancient Greece. First of all, we…
An Heir for Burracombe
Lilian hits the jackpot again with her Coronation Street look-alike romp in Devon, starting the day after the 1953 Coronation.…
The Alchemist and the Angel
Jan is apprentice to his uncle, an alchemist, living in Venice in 1583. After losing his parents to the plague,…
Greek Beasts and Heroes: The Flying Horse
These little story books for ages 7-9 are very visual with bright colourful pictures and largish print. As the storyteller,…
Greek Beasts and Heroes: The Harp of Death
The eighth volume of this series contains tales of devotion and tragedy, trickery and punishment in seven more Greek myths.…
Greek Beasts and Heroes: The Silver Chariot
This is the seventh in the series, keeping the same format as before. The reader is told the story of…
The House of Dust and Dreams
Evadne Timberlake first sees her husband Hugh’s dilapidated family house in the Cretan village of Panagia Sta Perivola in the…
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