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May 1812

By M.M. Bennetts - Published 2009

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This novel is set in 1812 against the backdrop of fear and conspiracy that are rife in England and Europe, and are a consequence ...Read Review

Taming Poison Dragons

By Tim Murgatroyd - Published 2009

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This novel opens in 1196 with Yun Cai in exile on his family estates in western China. The once-famous poet has lost the love ...Read Review

Fallen Angel

By Mary Jo Putney - Published 1993 Published 2009

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Romance

This Regency romance set in Wales and London opens with the Demon Earl, Nicolas the Gypsy Earl of Aberdare, being confronted by the ...Read Review

Blood Royal

By Vanora Bennett - Published 2009

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Biographical Fiction

This first in a series is the story of Catherine de Valois, daughter of Charles, King of France. Brought up with her younger ...Read Review

Bone China

By Roma Tearne - Published 2008

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This novel, which starts during the Second World War, is one of love, violence and change for the ex-tea-planting de Silvia family. It ...Read Review

Her Every Pleasure

By Galen Foley - Published 2008 (UK)Published 2008 (US)

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Romance

Princess Sophia and Major Gabriel Knight are the main characters in the third part of Gaelen Foley’s Spice trilogy. Sophia has been ...Read Review

When the Heather Blooms

By Gwen Kirkwood - Published 2008

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Saga

This novel continues the Pringle family saga set within the farming community near Lockerbie in the Scottish Highlands. Every member of the clan ...Read Review

From Penvarris with Love

By Rosemary Aitken - Published 2008

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Romance

Spanning the First World War this romantic novel opens in Penzance in Cornwall in 1914. Maud and Belinda both work at Madame Raymond’s. ...Read Review