Falsely accused of a terrible crime, impetuous aristocrat Lord Dallas Acheson is forced to flee his native Scotland, leaving behind the only woman he has loved. Fate takes him to southern Africa where he sets off to trade and hunt,...
General Fiction
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Author:HARPER, BeverleySummary: -
Author:PILCHER, RosamundeSummary:A novel set in Scotland and revolving around a group of people whose lives will be profoundly affected by the party they are to attend in September. A wonderfully crafted story of people and Scotland by the author of "The shell...
- Author:Rhea, NicholasSummary:
Matthew and Evelyn have bought a new home - but paying the bills is not easy, so they have no alternative but to work harder than ever before. Life is hard but happy for the couple, until a chance encounter threatens to remove Matthew...
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Author:ANDREWS, VirginiaSummary:The fourth and final book in the series which began with `Flowers in the attic' - a compelling conclusion.
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Author:TROLLOPE, JoannaSummary:Meet the Boyd family and the empty nest - whilst Matthew and Rosa struggle to adapt to life on their own, Ben is preparing to leave the nest for the first time. Mother Edie is distraught, but father Russell is looking forward to...
- Author:JAMES, SianSummary:
Having returned home to deal with her mother's funeral, Kate Rivers is taking stock of her life. She has never married nor had the children she has always wanted. Being an unofficial step-mother to her lover's twin daughters...
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Author:SHREVE, AnitaSummary:It is a house on the beach. Honora doesn't mind renting-despite its age and all its flaws, the old house is the perfect place for a new marriage. She and Sexton throw themselves into fixing it up, just as they throw themselves into...
- Author:BINCHY, MaeveSummary:
Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather set up a catering business together in Dublin. A great story with the wonderful characters and Irish atmosphere that have made Maeve Binchy famous.
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Author:BERG, ElizabethSummary:When is a marriage worth saving, and when is it worth letting go? Tells the story from the point of view of a man who goes overnight from being a husband to becoming his wife's roommate, working through denial and pain toward...
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Author:MUNRO, AliceSummary:At the centre of Runaway are three stories connected into one marvellously rich, long narrative, about Juliet - who escapes from teaching at a girls' school into a wild and passionate love match; then returns to the home of her...
- Author:COOKSON, CatherineSummary:
When Fred suggests to his wife, Sally, that they should take a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads, she is filled with trepidation. A series of disasters threaten to ruin their holiday.
- Author:COOKSON, CatherineSummary:
Joseph Rooney, dustman, is looking for lodgings. Ma Howlett welcomes him but he feels strange and shy. Then he meets Nellie and suddenly things are not so bad.
- Author:Tarr, JudithSummary:
The Saxons have ruled England for five hundred years. Now William of Normandy, the bastard son of a duke and a druid mother, is poised to conquer England. To succeed he must accept the help and love of French noblewoman Mathilda, who...
- Author:Taylor, LindaSummary:
Cathy Gordon has made a discovery. Adopted at birth, she suddenly finds she has a grandfather. So, despite the protestations of her possessive boyfriend, she heads off to leafy Oxford to find Frank.
- Author:HILL, DavidSummary:
Slade's impression of Mallory Garner is that she's a snob who needs a swift kick. Once Slade gets to know her, he realises that despite her privileged background, Mallory isn't happy. In fact, Mallory is so unhappy that...
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Author:SILVEY, CraigSummary:Meet Eleanor Rigby: tiny, blind and left behind. Led by her zealous, overprotective guide dog, Warren, she courses constantly through the places she knows. Tired of the world, Eleanor can't shirk the feeling she's going...
- Author:THORNE, NicolaSummary:
Sequel to Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, following the fortunes of Hareton Earnshaw and Cathy Linton, and the passions and torment which resurface at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.
- Author:GRIMWOOD, KenSummary:
Examines a man's life not as it is lived, but as it is relived, coming back each time to the same point years earlier in time. Most people have one life, Jeff Winston has several.
- Author:SLOVO, GillianSummary:
There was probably only one person who could make Sarah Barcant, successful prosecutor, leave New York and return home to Smitsrivier, the small South African town she left years before. Ben, who is her lawyer, mentor and inspiration...
- Author:BEAUMAN, SallySummary:
April 1951. It has been twenty years since the death of Rebecca, the hauntingly beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter, and twenty years since Manderley, the de Winter family's estate, was destroyed by fire. But Rebecca's...
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