Come Here and Kiss Me

Come Here and Kiss Me

M. Robinson

M. Robinson

Expensive. Powerful. And entirely f*cked up. That sums up the pretentious - but elite - circle I grew up in. As much as I hate it, this life has its perks. If I want it, it's mine. It's as simple as that. Until she showed up; she's a tempting little vixen I'm not allowed to have. One intense night changed it all between us, threatening to shatter everything we know. She came up with a lie. I came up with a cover. Because the truth is... I can't keep my hands off her and one night would never be enough.
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After the Fire

After the Fire

Charlotte Rixon

Charlotte Rixon

'Rixon has done it again. She's queen of the tragic romance.' - Laura Pearson***This is the story of girl meets boy. And then everything goes wrong . . .Ever since they first met at university, Beth and Nick have circled in and out of one another's lives: supporting each other through grief, marriage, divorce, career crises and family dramas. Fourteen years ago, when they were on the cusp of adulthood, they both survived a devastating fire that sent their lives in different directions. And they've been running ever since: from the pain, from the memories, and most devastatingly of all, from the guilt. But no matter how hard they try, there's something else they can't run from. The inescapable, terrifying truth: they're in love with each other. But how can they move forward, when neither of them can stop looking back?'Compelling, authentic and heartfelt.' -...
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Anomia

Anomia

Jade Wallace

Jade Wallace

In Euphoria, a small, fictional southern Ontario town that feels displaced in time and space, an affluent but isolated couple have vanished from their suburban home. Their estranged friend, Fir, a local video store employee, is the only person who notices their disappearance. When the police refuse to help, Fir recruits Fain, who moonlights as a security guard, and they set off on a seemingly hopeless search for the lost lovers. Their chance at an answer, if they can ever find it, lies on the wooded edge of Euphoria, where Slip, an elderly trailer park resident, finds a scattering of bones that cannot be identified. Distrusting everyone, Slip undertakes a would-be solitary quest to discover the bones' identity. Yet secretly, Limn and Mal, two bored, true crime-loving teenagers from the trailer park, are dogging Slip. Determined to bring justice to the dead, Limn and Mal will instead bring the lives of all seven characters into fraught and tangled confrontation. Beneath the...
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Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime

Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime

Leonie Swann

Leonie Swann

This highly anticipated follow-up to The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp finds Agnes and her octogenarian friends face-to-face with a killer after winning a trip to a beautiful hotel in the seaside town of CornwallThe year is rapidly drawing to an end, Hettie the tortoise is hibernating and Agnes, Charlie, Marshall, and the other elderly residents of Sunset Hall are going stir-crazy at home. They’ve had enough of the broken boiler, draughty bedrooms, and Christmas jingles on the radio. And to top it all off, another series of murders is rocking the hamlet of Duck End. It seems like every villager and his dog is trying to make up for all of the thwarted murders of the past thirty years.Most unpleasant! The residents of Sunset Hall don’t want anything to do with the criminal activities. So when Edwina manages to slip onto Marshall’s computer in an unobserved moment and promptly wins a stay in an exclusive coastal hotel in Cornwall, the...
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The Duchess' Desperate Deal

The Duchess' Desperate Deal

Lavinia Glen

Lavinia Glen

To save her home, she must make a daring deal. But if her deception is discovered, it would destroy everything she holds dear. Life as she knew it is ending for Hannah, the young Duchess of Stanhope. Her elderly husband is dying, and without a son to inherit the dukedom, her beloved home is about to fall into the hands of his despicable nephew. A disaster for everyone who depends on the estate. But when her husband asks her to get pregnant by Gabriel Sinclair, the Earl of Brentworth and the duke's bastard son, she balks at the idea. What decent woman would accept such a proposition? Only a desperate one. Gabriel Sinclair's life has been a lie overshadowed by strife. Yet he's shocked to learn the Duke of Stanhope is his real father, and scandalized when the duke asks him to get his wife with child. An honorable man would refuse. The duke is persuasive, but by far the greatest temptation is the duchess herself. A woman he's admired...
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