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Joan Makes History by Kate Grenville
epub |eng | 2008-12-31 | Author:Kate Grenville

I left Duncan not on a night of moon while stockmen snored and dreamed of wild exploits, but among quinces in syrup and bottled peas like pearls. Duncan and I ...
( Category: Contemporary December 27,2014 )
The Story of My Face by Kathy Page
epub |eng | 2011-04-10 | Author:Kathy Page

From the direction of the camp comes a ragged cheer, signalling the successful erection of the tent. ‘So –’ she says, frowning, bringing the conversation back to its starting-point, as ...
( Category: Contemporary December 27,2014 )
Sleepless Knights by Mark Williams
epub |eng | 2013-12-26 | Author:Mark Williams

III Geraint took the goblet back from me and held it up to the light. “Trouble is, Miss B, there’s no way of telling a Cup of Shame from an ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Ho Davies

ON HER NEXT NIGHT OFF Esther tells Arthur she’s going to the pictures, cycles to the bottom of the lane, then doubles back on foot, up the slope. She tells ...
( Category: Military December 27,2014 )
Thanks For Nothing, Nick Maxwell by Debbie Carbin
epub |eng | 2008-03-09 | Author:Debbie Carbin [Debbie Carbin]

Chapter Fourteen WHAT DID THAT mean? Does he love my baby? Does he want my baby? Is he going to smother me to death with a pillow one minute after ...
( Category: British & Irish December 27,2014 )
Dickens's England: Life in Victorian Times by Pritchard R. E
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-11-21 | Author:Pritchard, R. E. [Pritchard, R. E.]

IN THE HARVEST FIELDS Summer ends now; now, barbarous in beauty, the stooks arise Around; up above, what wind-walks! what lovely behaviour Of silk-sack clouds! has wilder, wilful-wavier Meal-drift moulded ...
( Category: British & Irish December 27,2014 )
Novels 03 The Wise Woman by Philippa Gregory
mobi |eng | 1992-01-02 | Author:Philippa Gregory

Chapter 17 Catherine was ill for many days, through the springtime weather of May when the sun rose clear and early, and the birds sang till dusk, till the end ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
Dangerous Dukes 01 - Zachary Black - Duke of Debauchery by Carole Mortimer
epub |eng | 2014-10-01 | Author:Carole Mortimer [Mortimer, Carole]

Chapter Nine ‘I demand to know where you are taking me,’ Georgianna insisted even as she accepted Hawksmere’s hand to aid her in climbing inside the ducal carriage. Hawksmere waited ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
The Gawain Legacy by Jon Mackley
mobi |eng | 2014-04-24 | Author:Jon Mackley

11 Panicking, Lara searched for a means of escape, but the men in the trench coats surrounded her. Her vision started to blacken with fear. Her coat clung to her ...
( Category: Crime December 27,2014 )
The Riders by Tim Winton
epub |eng | | Author:Tim Winton

Twenty-four ALONG THE DARK SHUTTERED WATERFRONT in the storm, Scully held the shivering child to him and saw Arthur ahead holding grimly to the luggage that bucked and swung in ...
( Category: Domestic Life December 27,2014 )
Post of Honour by R. F. Delderfield
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-06-25 | Author:R. F. Delderfield

II John Rudd was buried on one of those left-over days from late summer when the broad, steep street leading down to the church glowed in pale sunlight that suggested ...
( Category: Military December 27,2014 )
Fair and Tender Ladies by Chris Nickson
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-08-04 | Author:Chris Nickson [Chris Nickson]

EIGHTEEN He woke early, the way he always did, sliding out of bed without waking Lizzie or disturbing James on his pallet. He found bread and the remains of some ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
Treasure Island (Penguin Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
mobi |eng | 1999-12-01 | Author:Robert Louis Stevenson

CHAPTER XIX Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, ...
( Category: Sea Stories December 27,2014 )
The Rake's Bargain by Lucy Ashford
epub |eng | 2014-12-26 | Author:Lucy Ashford

Chapter Twelve Instead of riding straight on to the house, Beau took a track that led up to open pastureland, where he set his strong horse at a gallop until ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
The Ely Testament by Philip Gooden
epub |eng | 2011-09-30 | Author:Philip Gooden [Philip Gooden]

Summer, 1645 Anne had to tell someone. It was a secret, of course, but she could not keep it absolutely to herself. It was like a burden too heavy to ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )

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