British & Irish
epub |eng | 2018-03-06 | Author:Grace Burrowes

Chapter Thirteen Sherbourne pitched the damp towel onto the hamper and reached for the dressing gown his wife had spread over the fire screen. A new husband needed a few ...
( Category: Regency March 22,2018 )
mobi |eng | 2003-01-02 | Author:C.J.Sansom

CHAPTER 17 All at once Mark was shaking me awake; I must have fallen asleep lying there. 'Sir, Brother Guy is here.' The infirmarian stood looking down at me; hastily ...
( Category: Mystery March 22,2018 )
mobi |eng | 2004-01-02 | Author:C.J.Sansom

Chapter Twenty-four I SAID FAREWELL TO JOSEPH, promising I should have news for him tomorrow. As I rode down Cheapside to the Guildhall I wondered again what might be down ...
( Category: Mystery March 22,2018 )
epub |eng | 2011-09-01 | Author:Nick Spalding [Spalding, Nick]

It was only last week I was able to tell somebody about what happened during my second (and last) date with Laura McIntyre. Ryan tried his hardest to stop laughing ...
( Category: Romantic Comedy March 22,2018 )
azw3 |eng | 1932-12-31 | Author:Isherwood, Christopher [Isherwood, Christopher]

Chapter Ten Arthur looked up at me with eyes which were a little too innocent. —By the way, William —his tone was carefully casual—, do you happen to be doing ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 22,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Andrew Wilson

25 “I don’t know what was going on in there,” said Grenville, leading me out of the room and back down the stairs. “Perhaps it’s the alignment of the planets ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 21,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:William Makepeace Thackeray [Thackeray, William]

Major Sugarplums I suppose Amelia’s father and mother saw through the intentions of the Major, and were not ill-disposed to encourage him; for Dobbin visited their house daily, and stayed ...
( Category: Classics March 19,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Colm Tóibín [Tóibín, Colm]

*** They made up the beds for Larry and Paul in the small room upstairs while Lily took her leave of them, saying that she had not been able to ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 19,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Hardy Thomas [Thomas, Hardy]

CHAPTER XXXII NIGHT - HORSES TRAMPING THE village of Weatherbury was quiet as the graveyard in its midst, and the living were lying well nigh as still as the dead. ...
( Category: Classics March 19,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Anne Perry [Perry, Anne]

*** She awoke the next morning to stand shivering in her nightgown and drew open the curtains onto a glistening white world. The vicarage garden was surprisingly large and backed ...
( Category: Mystery March 19,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Simon Scarrow [Scarrow, Simon]

Chapter Nineteen By nightfall on the eve of the Legion's departure every vehicle had been checked for roadworthiness and all wheels freshly greased with tallow. Now they stood in long ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 19,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Simon Scarrow [Scarrow, Simon]

Chapter Twenty-Eight Work on the bridgehead fortifications continued at first light. A thin mist had risen from the Tamesis and wreathed the camp of the Second Legion in its clammy ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 19,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Simon Scarrow [Scarrow, Simon]

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE 'Batavians?' Figulus looked towards the crest of the ridge, as if expecting their pursuers to ride into sight at any moment. He turned back to his breathless centurion. ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 19,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Simon Scarrow [Scarrow, Simon]

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Macro felt a chill clamp round the back of his neck as he heard Cato's cry. Instantly, he turned and bellowed towards Balthus and his men. 'Stop! Cease ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 19,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Alexander McCall Smith [Smith, Alexander]

THERE WERE very few people in the cinema when Mma Ramotswe arrived. She chose a seat in the penultimate row, at the back. This gave her a good view of ...
( Category: Mystery March 19,2018 )