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After five long years of endless warfare, Red Cross nurse Kitty Pattison has seen her share of heartbreak and loss. And now, with her beloved fiancé Dr Michael McCarthy recuperating from a head injury across the ocean in Canada, and her dear friends Trixie and Jo scattered to the four corners of the war effort, it’s harder than ever to battle through the heavy-hearted moments that mark the passing days. But as she tends to the lost and wounded, Kitty finds a resilience of spirit within herself she never thought imaginable

The final installment in The Red Cross Orphans series from the Globe & Mail bestselling author! When the war is over, what will remain? With six hard years of war behind her, former nurse Kitty McCarthy should be facing a bright future. But her husband Michael shatters her peace in an instant...

Wanted: someone nice, normal and trustworthy to housesit a beautiful cottage in the Lake District while the owner is away on a business trip. Must like dogs. Wanting to escape from crap bosses and useless boyfriends, Becky jumps at the chance of the perfect escape - rest, relaxation and dog-sitting a very cute pooch called Bella! But looking after Bella comes with a catch, namely gorgeous, brooding, Chris Hemsworth-worthy Ash James, who claims Bella is his dog and will stop at nothing to get her back!

Autumn thought she had everything: a stud of a boyfriend, a promising PA job at a PR firm, a savvy best friend and a soon-to-be-completed journalism diploma. But her world shifts when she discovers a life-shattering secret. Then, when she meets a sexy stranger, Autumn is thrown into a luxurious world powered by high flyers, fantasies and carnal desires. Does this new world hold the key to her fulfilment?

Gordon and Maxine's dreams of a blissful life of gardening, pub lunches and quiet retirement in the charming market town of Little Woodford are ruined when three very demanding members of their family come home. First up is daughter Abi and her unassuming partner Marcus. Abi is determined to move back to Little Woodford and only the perfect house will do. What could be better than parking with Mum and Dad, while she drives local estate agents and builders mad? Then comes Judith, Maxine's high-flying sister. A crisis has driven her, sobbing, to Little Woodford.

Penguinpig is best-selling story about a little girl who reads of an exciting creature known as a penguinpig on the Internet. Filled with delight and intrigue, she decides that she must go and find one.

Faelin twins Diello and Cynthe, children of a Fae mother and a human father, found their lives changed forever the day their parents were brutally murdered by a goblin horde. They discovered that their parents' cautious ways hid a lifetime of secrets, including Eirian, a magical sword buried on their farm. Now their little sister has been taken by someone who wants that sword and the ultimate power that comes with it.

When they discover their younger sister is missing, their home burned, and their parents murdered, they seek revenge on their goblin enemies... Their father's last words lead them to Eirian, a powerful sword that will take them to their missing sister, if they can keep it out of the hands of their enemies.

Jeanette is the manager of a probation hostel that houses high risk offenders released on license. At 3am one morning, she receives a call telling her a resident has been murdered. Her whole team, along with the eight convicted murderers, are now all suspects in a crime no one saw committed.

As an overworked NHS psychiatrist, Dr Clancy Mclean is used to dealing with mental illness. But she is stressed - trying to balance her career and the needs of her only child, Rowan. And she has her work cut out trying to keep her patients well. She knows two of them are psychotic and becoming overwhelmed by their voices. If they act on them it could prove disastrous. Rowan is troubled. Her boyfriend is abusive but she doesn’t want to end the relationship - she’s too scared of being lonely. Can she find someone else to keep her company?

Everyone has an opinion. Everyone has a secret.  

After five long years of endless warfare, Red Cross nurse Kitty Pattison has seen her share of heartbreak and loss. And now, with her beloved fiancé Dr Michael McCarthy recuperating from a head injury across the ocean in Canada, and her dear friends Trixie and Jo scattered to the four corners of the war effort, it’s harder than ever to battle through the heavy-hearted moments that mark the passing days. But as she tends to the lost and wounded, Kitty finds a resilience of spirit within herself she never thought imaginable.

Summer is approaching in the market town of Little Woodford, which can only mean one thing: the town fete! But the winds of change are blowing through the sleepy town high street and trouble is on the horizon... Two hot properties have come up for sale: The Talbot, Little Woodford's much-loved local pub and The Reeve House, a beautiful country manor cut off from the rest of the town and closed to the community. A 'for sale' sign means new members of the community, and gossip begins to fly about an offer on the Reeve House.

Orphan Kitty Pattison is young, naïve and ready to do her bit for the war effort when she volunteers with the Red Cross and pledges to help those most in need. It’s one of the most nerve-wracking moments of her life, but then she meets fellow volunteers Joan Norfolk and Trixie Dunn, and a bond of friendship is forged in the fire of life on the wards during the Blitz.

The Wicked Queen isn't beaten yet! Using devilish trickery, she escapes from exile with Narvig the Knobbly Gnome of the North and seeks revenge on the Princess. But just when all seems lost! Join Narvig as he rushes to rescue the Princess and her "Pwince".

The Princess is really very worried about her husband, who has the Pony pox. He is starting to get much worse galloping around the palace and eating straw! But the world famous doctor Zala tells them it's an evil spell cast by the 'Pwince's wicked stepmother'. Join the Princess and her companions as they set out to break the spell.

The Princess lives in a beautiful palace and has everything she could possibly need. But the palace is rather boring, and she seeks mischief and adventure by hiding from the servants and getting as mucky as possible. One day she falls through a small door in the palace wall, meets a shepherd boy, and her adventures really begin!

Daisy Silverman has always been obsessed with His Royal Highness, Prince Charles. When the underachieving 30-something cleaning lady wins a million dollars, she follows her lifelong dream to go to London. Once there, she meets Prince Charles - the real Prince Charles. Through a series of misunderstandings, the royal family doesn't realize that Daisy's Jewish or that she's spent her life up to the elbows in the wrong kind of toilet water.

All the stories in this book either fed into or grew out of the year I spent as crimewriter-in-residence on the St. Peter's Riverside Sculpture Project in Sunderland, 1993-94. At the time it seemed as though it had to be one of the strangest jobs in the country; retrospect assures me that I was too cautious in my judgment, and it was in fact the strangest job in the known universe.

Mage Fire is the thrilling conclusion to The Faelin Chronicles series about a twin boy and girl, the children of a Fae mother and a human father, who discover a new destiny after their parents are murdered. They learn that their parents' cautious ways hid a lifetime of secrets, including Eirian, a magical sword that was buried on their farm. Their little sister has been taken by someone who wants that sword, and the ultimate power that comes with it.