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Isabella Snowley knows full well that her family are on the brink of ruin, which is why she must try to stop her brother from getting himself killed in a silly duel. Tracking down the aloof Earl of Colbourne and asking him to withdraw made perfect sense when she formulated the plan. But standing in a dark street at four o'clock in the morning has quickly shown Bella her foolishness.

It is London 1915, and Great Britain is at war with Germany. Feelings are running high as the liner the Lusitania has just been sunk off the Irish coast and zeppelin raids have begun on London. Stylish lady detective Miss Isabel Hewitt is approached by a young convalescing soldier Captain Alex Fraser. He is anxious to trace his natural mother, as he was given away at birth. Isabel agrees to take on the case even though she suspects the mother may be a friend of hers.

Sir Edmund Northmere doesn't have a family. Not after they disowned him and stripped him of his earldom, leaving him miserable, alone, and without the protection of his name. But when celebrating his five and 20th birthday, he's in for a shock: a woman who plays the cards as well as he does. Which might have been useful, if their mutual kidnappers cared about cards. Locked in a bedroom with no way out and nothing to do but talk, Miss Molly Kimble is determined to ignore him. There's nothing Edmund likes more than a challenge.

Idyllic memories. A perfect childhood. A secret buried for 30 years. None of us could remember why we drifted apart. We spent our childhood marauding around our village in our little gang, coming of age, belonging, and getting into 'bother' as mum called it. But nothing bad ever really happened. Or did it? Children see things that adults don't. It's as simple as that. Innocuous or bizarre coincidences aren't really that. Mysterious goings on can't really be shrugged away. There was something else happening, something terrible, but the adults were too busy doing life to see.

Prince Éduard of Aviroux is hunting down the Great Whisperer, the spy helping the French nobility escape the guillotine, and he’s so close when thwarted by the delectable Giselle. In all his years, he has never seen a woman like her: resourceful, cunning, and ready for a fight. What he doesn't realize is that she's just the spy for whom he's looking. Now trapped on an island together with food running out fast, Giselle is attracting his notice for all the wrong reasons, and it surely won't be long before secrets, as well as clothes, start to fly.

London, 1915. Britain is still at war with Germany. Stylish lady detective Miss Isabel Hewitt has agreed to play the piano at a fundraising concert. The funds are for a small military hospital where her former manservant Clarke works as an orderly. But her rehearsal is interrupted when a Mrs. Peveril calls to ask Isabel to look into the suicide of her daughter Leah. The family hope the girl did not kill herself.

Alex Hollister was always one step ahead of the rumor mongers. As the reclusive A.H., she was a successful horse breeder, an unbeatable jockey, and a savvy businessman. As the fair Alexis, she was a demure and proper lady. Her life was exactly how she wanted it, and her plans were finally ready to be enacted. Everything was running smoothly until her temper landed her in a marriage with a man who didn't want her, a man who could ruin everything she had worked so hard to achieve.

Beatrix Manning, cousin to the beautiful Lady Cordelia, wants to be a famous novelist. Although she enjoys reading out her silly stories to the Literary Gathering of Dubious Merit, she has secretly been working on a book that she hopes will change her fortunes, but it requires a rewrite due to some unflattering caricatures of the Ton within the pages. Felix Drake, a budding publisher and printer intent on growing his business, is flattered and grateful when an old friend invites him to read to her wealthy friends.

Danny has a new phone and wants to play on it, but his mum sends him upstairs to clear his Great Gran's box room. Danny finds an old photograph of a girl about his age and some small paintings tied in a red ribbon. When he undoes the ribbon, the girl from the photograph appears in the room. Her name is Kitty. She asks him to play a game with the pictures, but he is rude to her, saying he'd rather play on his phone. Kitty is offended and whisks him back to 1886, where the paintings are all real people. The game is that he has to find the person to help him unlock time to get back home.

When Kate and Nathan receive a photo of four kidnapped models, the clock starts ticking for the detectives to save their lives before it’s too late. Kate has been on the Murder Team for a few months now, working run-of-the-mill cases with Nathan. But the memory of that first case, and it's disturbing details, still bothers her. Meanwhile, four models arrive at a shoot in a local abandoned mental asylum and are violently kidnapped. The next day, a photo of them lands on the desk of Kate and Nathan, with a chilling note.

When a local man is brutally murdered in his home library, Kate and Nathan are brought in to find the killer. But this was no ordinary library. Filled with books on the occult, it’s clear that they were after something. Something that was not in the library. Something that they’re willing to kill for. With the clock ticking, Kate and Nathan must find the killers or the item they were after, before they kill again.

We are delighted to present Ty Llun—Lake House—which is, once again, available. A beautiful 400-year-old waterfront property in an idyllic Welsh village, the property has plenty of character and comes complete with the spirit of a long dead witch. It’s the ideal place for a couple to move to, to start again, to try and forget the heartbreak of the past. And we are sure that, this time, she will leave you in peace.

It is spring 1916, and Great Britain is at war with Germany. On the home front, stylish lady detective Miss Isabel Hewitt has joined the Women's Emergency Corps. Her duties include driving a military ambulance. But she continues with her detective work. One morning, she is approached by a wealthy young woman Miss Jen-Eva Howard. This lady's fiancé, a journalist by the name of Giles Chichester, has been brutally murdered.

A man who wants to be alone, and a woman seeking shelter from the cold - and neither can hold out from temptation...Sir Moses of Wandorne is a miser...he is usually left alone: which is just how he likes it. But Chloe Vaughn is about to change all that. Accidentally stuck on the shores of the river that passes through the Wandorne estate, she seeks refuge from the storm and discovers a man who doesn't want to be found. Will Sir Moses decide to open his heart - and his bed - to a woman he barely knows? Can being beached with a Baronet give Chloe a night she will never forget?

Catastrophe with a Count: A man with nothing to lose, and a woman with everything to gain - and neither trusts the other an inch…. Emigrating with an Earl: A man accused of murder, and a woman desperate for protection - and neither is sure who is being rescued by whom…. Peril with a Prince: A prince hiding his identity, and a woman hiding hers – and sparks will fly when they have only each other to rely on….

Anabelle Weatherstone is up from the country for her first London Season. She soon earns the sobriquet "Belle of London". Major Lord Ashdon, a soldier returned to England to find a bride, remembers meeting the demure young lady. He's startled to discover that she's become the toast of the town! He's not certain he approves, but he is intrigued.

When Fitzwilliam finds Lizzy waiting in his carriage with a pistol aimed at him, they quickly discover they both have a mutual problem. Their sisters’ indiscretions are being used by someone to extort their families, so they decide to work together to learn who is blackmailing them. At first, they argue and have nothing in common, but he starts to see more to Lizzy than her fine eyes. Fitzwilliam is falling in love with her, but she resists his efforts because he objects to Jane’s seemingly shallow affections for Bingley.

When Lord David Cardiff stumbles across an abduction, he gallantly saves the lovely heiress. Thea Stafford is grateful, but her zany family takes a different view. Lord Cardiff is kidnapped at gunpoint with Thea Stafford as his unwilling companion. So begins the strangest adventure of the wounded military hero's career. A funny flight into love!

When Frankie’s brain is transplanted into a cybernetic body, she fights back against the system and sparks a revolution against the tyrannical corporations that rule the world.

Cursed. Cast out. Haunted by the anguished echoes of the ghosts of innocents. Tired of searching for allies, Thornbane takes the war to her enemies whose hunger isn't for land. They want something far more chilling. A secret whispered in screams that reverberate across the baronies. Even if she has to stand alone, she'll stand bravely in the face of the Sisters of Ash.