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'The Last Summer is meticulously researched and beautifully told .
. . a wonderfully satisfying read: love, passion, drama, violence,
menace and peril, and characters you fall in love with . . .
Happily, this is the start of a series so your longing for more
will be fulfilled.' - Santa Montefiore Summer on St Kilda - a wild,
remote Scottish island. Two strangers from drastically different
worlds meet . . . Wild-spirited Effie Gillies has lived all her
life on the small island of St Kilda but when Lord Sholto, heir to
the Earl of Dumfries, visits, the attraction between them is
instant. For one glorious week she guides the handsome young
visitor around the isle, falling in love for the first time - until
a storm hits and her world falls apart. Three months later, St
Kilda falls silent as the islanders are evacuated for a better life
on the mainland. With her friends and family scattered, Effie is
surprised to be offered a position working on the Earl's estate.
Sholto is back in her life but their differences now seem
insurmountable, even as the simmering tension between them grows.
And when a shocking discovery is made back on St Kilda, all her
dreams for this bright new life are threatened by the dark secrets
Effie and her friends thought they had left behind. Opposites
attract in this epic and spellbinding novel, which transports us
from the untamed beauty of St Kilda to the glamour and intrigues of
high society in the 1930s. The Last Summer is the first book in The
Wild Isle series by Sunday Times bestseller Karen Swan, inspired by
the true history of St Kilda and its small island community. 'The
most exciting, enchanting and evocative story of forbidden love
I've ever read. I truly loved it and am waiting feverishly for the
second instalment' - Cathy Bramley 'Powerful writing and a
wonderful premise make this a novel you'll simultaneously want to
savour and race through. I loved it and can't wait for the next in
the series!' - Jill Mansell 'A delicious romantic tale of wild
1930s Scotland . . . perfect for everyone dreaming of summer' -
Rachel Hore
Bristol - 1953 It's Coronation Year. A new beginning in the
aftermath of war, but there are still battles to be fought and
secrets to be kept. Charlotte Hennessey-White copes with the
shortcomings of her marriage and throws herself into helping
refugees unwelcome by some and exploited by others. Edna Burbage
has three beautiful children and considers herself lucky until the
advent of a deadly twentieth century disease makes her think
otherwise. Polly Chandler still hopes for a better life, but there
are too many obstacles standing in her way. These three women lived
through a war, can they now cope with the demands of peace? Praise
for Lizzie Lane: 'A gripping saga and a storyline that will keep
you hooked' Rosie Goodwin 'The Tobacco Girls is another
heartwarming tale of love and friendship and a must-read for all
saga fans.' Jean Fullerton 'Lizzie Lane opens the door to a past of
factory girls, redolent with life-affirming friendship, drama, and
choices that are as relevant today as they were then.' Catrin
Collier 'If you want an exciting, authentic historical saga then
look no further than Lizzie Lane.' Fenella J Miller
THE EARL AND THE CORSAIR COUNTESS 1767 - The Straits of Gibraltar
Lady Katherine Kinloch, the notorious sea captain, refuses to let
anyone jeopardise her hard-won freedom; she survived captivity
once, but she couldn't do it again. Reluctantly returning to
England to claim her family's endangered estate for the sake of her
daughter, Katherine unknowingly rescues celebrated naval captain
James Warre...a powerful, virile man who represents the rigid
society she despises. Regretting his role in her past, James is
determined to be more than a ruthless, cold naval officer and will
add his support to her fight for her inheritance. Katherine and her
seduction are rapidly becoming his obsession. And the scorching
attraction between them masks a secret that could force the two of
them apart forever!
In a publishing career that spanned less than a decade, Jane Austen
revolutionised the literary romance, using it as a stage from which
to address issues of gender politics and class-consciousness rarely
expressed in her day. The novels included in this beautiful
leatherbound collection - Sense and Sensibility, Pride and
Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and
Lady Susan - represent all of Austen's mature work as a novelist,
and provide the reader with an introduction to the world she and
her memorable characters inhabited.
The exciting conclusion to theFitzwilliam Darcy, Gentlemantrilogy
recounts the climactic events of Jane Austen's Pride and
Prejudicefrom its enigmatic hero's point of view. One of the most
beloved romantic heroes in all of literature, Fitzwilliam Darcy
remains an enigma even to Jane Austen's most devoted fans. No
longer. With this concluding volume in the Fitzwilliam Darcy,
Gentlemantrilogy, novelist and Austen aficionado Pamela Aidan at
last gives readers the man in full. These Three Remainfollows a
humbled Darcy on the journey of self-discovery, after Elizabeth
Bennet's rejection of his marriage proposal, in which he endeavours
to grow into the kind of gentleman he desires to become. Happily, a
chance meeting with Elizabeth during a tour of his estate in
Derbyshire offers Darcy a new opportunity to press his suit, but
his newfound strengths are put to the test by an old nemesis,
George Wickham. Vividly capturing the colourful historical and
political milieu of the Regency era, Aidan writes in a style
evocative of her literary progenitor, but with a wit and humour
very much her own. While staying faithful to the people and events
in Austen's original, she adds her own fascinating cast of
characters, weaving a rich tapestry out of Darcy's past and present
that will beguile his admirers anew.
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