epub |eng | 2024-02-28 | Author:Ciccarello, D.J.

18 Give Her Credit The first few months were lean for the young newlyweds as they began to furnish their new apartment. They started with a sectional sofa and some ...

epub |eng | 2024-10-02 | Author:Mark Stanley [Stanley, Mark]

When Kemp woke, the world was a blur of pain and confusion. His head throbbed, each pulse sending fresh waves of agony through his body. He was no longer being ...

epub |eng | | Author:Carole Mortimer [Mortimer, Carole]

CHAPTER SEVEN “Any chance you are going to pull yourself out from the bottom of that decanter sometime in the near future?” the fair-haired Alaric Montrose, the Duke of Melborne, ...

epub |eng | | Author:Richmal Crompton [Crompton, Richmal]

Chapter Thirteen “WHAT are we going to do?” said Olivia. She looked away as she spoke, as if she dare not meet Stephen’s eyes. It was their first meeting since ...

epub |eng | | Author:Richmal Crompton [Crompton, Richmal]

Chapter Ten CHARLES MARLOWE stepped down from the train onto Penzance Station and looked about him. He was a thick-set shaggy sort of man, vaguely suggestive of a sheep dog, ...

epub |eng | 2017-04-10 | Author:Crompton, Richmal

Chapter Two I Cecily, very tall for her fifteen years, and loose-limbed like a young colt, sprawled upon the window-seat of the study reading a book, her head propped on ...

epub |eng | | Author:Richmal Crompton [Crompton, Richmal]

Chapter Thirteen HESTER moved to and fro about her bedroom, dusting and tidying mechanically. At first she simply hadn’t been able to believe it. It wasn’t that the man Humphrey ...

epub |eng | 2017-04-10 | Author:Richmal Crompton

About the Author Richmal Crompton Richmal Crompton (1890–1969) is best known for her thirty-eight books featuring William Brown, which were published between 1922 and 1970. Born in Lancashire, Crompton won ...

epub |eng | | Author:Richmal Crompton [Crompton, Richmal]

Chapter Thirteen SHE went slowly upstairs to her bedroom, opening Alan’s letter on the way. Alan—now in his first year at Oxford—was spending part of his vacation reading with a ...

epub |eng | | Author:Richmal Crompton [Richmal Crompton]

Chapter Nine A FLASH of blue and red crossed the path between the overhanging trees. “Twi – twi – twi.” Lavinia stopped abruptly and laid her hand on Colin’s arm. ...

epub |eng | 2017-04-10 | Author:Richmal Crompton

Chapter Fourteen They didn’t meet Richard, however. Richard had gone straight from the bus stop to Blenheim Villa. He found Miss Maple sitting alone in her overcrowded little sitting-room, knitting ...

azw, epub |eng | 2015-08-27 | Author:Richmal Crompton [Crompton, Richmal]

Chapter Eleven PIPPA hated being called Pippa. Facetious people, meeting her in the street, said “Pippa Passes,” or asked her if all were right with the world. Occasionally she tried ...

epub |eng | | Author:Richmal Crompton [Richmal Crompton]

Chapter Fourteen VICKY stood before the full-length mirror in her bedroom, giving the final touches to her toilet. She was going to a tea-party at Lady Sybil’s and she had ...

epub, azw |eng | 2015-08-27 | Author:Richmal Crompton [Crompton, Richmal]

Chapter Ten BIDDY sat on the window-sill of Doreen’s Chelsea flat, watching the seagulls as they swept the grey river below with flashes of white wings. “They’re lovely, aren’t they?” ...

epub |eng | 2014-11-08 | Author:Michael Kroft

CHAPTER 9 Unadulterated Evil Sunday evening was the week’s peak time for children playing outside. With the school week starting the next day and little on regular television to keep ...