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How to Party with an Infant by Kaui Hart Hemmings
epub |eng | | Author:Kaui Hart Hemmings

How do you unwind? My friend Annie unwinds with pot, though she isn’t comfortable telling anyone this. She has trouble talking with other mothers. She rolls her eyes at the ...
( Category: Women's Fiction November 27,2017 )
Best British Short Stories 2016 by Nicholas Royle
epub |eng | 2016-07-20 | Author:Nicholas Royle

‘You’re not going over to Elif again?’ the grandmother asked Memet’s dad. ‘And what if I am? She needs a friend in these times.’ ‘She has too many friends these ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies November 27,2017 )
The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood
epub |eng | | Author:Ann Hood

As she stood beneath the twinkling lights of a fake Eiffel Tower, Ava couldn’t help but wonder if her new role in her own life was to destroy things. Of ...
( Category: Women's Fiction November 27,2017 )
Veil of Roses by Laura Fitzgerald
epub |eng | 2006-12-26 | Author:Laura Fitzgerald

The weeks pass. One day after class, I invite Eva to join me for a coffee, but she tells me she has other plans, so I walk alone to Starbucks. ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 27,2017 )
Home by Larissa Behrendt
epub |eng | | Author:Larissa Behrendt

16 1943 THE STRONGEST MEMORY Bob Brecht had of his mother was a citrus scent, crisp and tart. Their family home had two large lemon trees in its back yard ...
( Category: Contemporary November 27,2017 )
What My Best Friend Did by Lucy Dawson
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Lucy Dawson [Dawson, Lucy]

I don’t remember who told her to go. I think he did. After the sound of her feet running down the stairs and the bang of the front door, when ...
( Category: Women's Fiction November 27,2017 )
Goodbye Sweetheart by Marion Halligan
epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-02-18 | Author:Marion Halligan

HELEN COMES HOME LATE The winter night had come suddenly. Fallen, yes, that was the word. There’d been almost no twilight, it seemed, and now it was dark. Helen didn’t ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 27,2017 )
Morgan's Law by Karly Lane
epub |eng | 2012-04-24 | Author:Karly Lane

Sarah wasn’t sure what to expect when she met Jack Nobel, Tash’s dad, but it was clear the man who arrived at the pub the next day had seen more ...
( Category: Contemporary November 27,2017 )
I See You by Clare Mackintosh
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2016-07-27 | Author:Clare Mackintosh [Mackintosh, Clare]

18 I’m still on my way back from the station when Simon phones from his sister’s. He must have been on the Tube when I called his mobile, he tells ...
( Category: Women's Fiction November 27,2017 )
The Goodbye Gift by Amanda Brooke
epub |eng | 2016-04-18 | Author:Amanda Brooke

17 The Accident When Anya returned to the ward to collect her things, she saw a man loitering behind a laundry cage and recognized him immediately. She had already told ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 27,2017 )
Three Loves by A. J. Cronin
epub |eng | | Author:A. J. Cronin [Cronin, A. J.]

Chapter Fourteen A month later she sat breakfasting in her new house – eating a slice of bread and butter to her cup of tea – by the light of ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 27,2017 )
Saving Sara (Redemption #1) by Nicola Marsh
epub |eng | 2016-05-30 | Author:Nicola Marsh [Marsh, Nicola]

Jake found her in the kitchen an hour later, freeze-dried herbs scattered on the bench, an empty pot on the stove, as she continued to replay Tam’s conversation in her ...
( Category: Women's Fiction November 27,2017 )
The Sea for Breakfast by Lillian Beckwith
epub |eng | | Author:Lillian Beckwith [Beckwith, Lillian]

Happy Band of Pilgrims? Bruach suffered from the misfortune of having no public hall and, though the education authorities were not averse to its use, some local demigod was always ...
( Category: Contemporary November 27,2017 )
Daughters of Castle Deverill by Santa Montefiore
epub |eng | | Author:Santa Montefiore [Montefiore, Santa]

Chapter 18 Charlotte awoke to find Harry’s side of the bed empty. She put her hand on his pillow. It was cold. He must have been up for a while. ...
( Category: Historical November 26,2017 )
08 Flashman In The Great Game by George MacDonald Fraser
azw |eng | 2010-10-19 | Author:George MacDonald Fraser

Flashman In The Great Game “Steady, all!” It was Wheeler, quieter now. “Riflemen - up to the parapet! Now hold your fire, until I give you the word! Steady, now!” ...
( Category: Humor & Satire November 26,2017 )

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