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An Absolute Scandal

by: Penny Vincenzi

Penny Vincenzi, queen of the blockbuster, is back. What do you do when you lose everything? It was one of the biggest scandals of the 80s. Lloyds. It started with just a few requests for money from various Names. And then the demands got bigger. And bigger. Until thousands of people found their...

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Restoration

Restoration

by: Rose Tremain

Set in 17th century England and featuring Charles II, this novel contrasts the richness and gaiety of the court with the excitement of scientific discovery and the magnetism of art and the intellect.

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Acting Up

by: Melissa Nathan

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large ego must be in want of a woman to cut him down to size...When journalist Jasmin Field lands the coveted role of Elizabeth Bennet in a one-off fundraising adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" she discovers that the...

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Cousin Kate

by: Georgette Heyer

Kate Malvern, rescued from penury by her aunt Minerva, hardly knows what to expect at Staplewood - the grand household is so very different from a life spent following the drum in the Peninsular! But surely, other households are more homelike! Kate's uncle lives in one wing, handsome, moody...

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Wicked Pleasures

by: Penny Vincenzi

All families have secrets. This family hid a secret which would tear it apart. Sexy, glamorous and fun, WICKED PLEASURES is the story of a brother and two sisters who find out that they all have different fathers: none of them Alexander, Earl of Catherham, who was married to their mother for...

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All You Need is Love

by: Carole Matthews

This is a romantic comedy set in Liverpool about Sally Freeman - a twenty-something single mum and superwoman - and her bid to make her world a better place. Hopelessly in love with her is Johnny - an artist with not a penny to his name - and Spencer Knight - a rich city slicker with a Porsche...

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Eating Blackbirds

by: Lorraine Jenkin

Sixteen and with a new born daughter, Georgia's been kicked out of her city squat. But she'd rather suffer her Uncle God's supermarket shampoo and recycled tea-bags then go home to her mum and be reminded of the incident. After a lifetime's scrimping and saving, early retirement looms for...

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Glitz

by: Louise Bagshawe

All's fair in love and war - especially when there's a trust fund at stake...Haughty, social climber Juno, her ditzy, style-free sister Athena and their cousins, IT girl Diana and wannabe actress Venus are accustomed to living the high life, thanks to a trust fund set up by their super-rich,...

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The Devil You Know

by: Louise Bagshawe

Three heads are better than one...What do a feisty New Yorker, an LA rock chick and a dreamy English public school girl have in common? On paper, not a lot. But even though they live thousands of miles apart and have never met, Rose Fiorello, Poppy Allen and Daisy Markham have the strongest of...

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The Truth About Love

by: Jane Elizabeth Varley

Sally seems to have everything: a marriage to Edward; a much-loved baby son; and a dream house. Yet beneath an apparently content exterior, Sally struggles with the legacy of Edward's past: his ex-wife, his resentful step-daughter - and Edward's mixed feelings about the family he left behind....