Elizabeth Deravenel finds herself at the crossroads of love and duty as she runs one of the most powerful business dynasties in history.
Talking books
- Author:BRADFORD, Barbara TaylorSummary:
- Author:MORRISSEY, DiSummary:
It's 1963 and Sally Mitchell, the well-bred daughter of a wealthy New Zealand sheep farmer, is on her way to England with her friend Pru. When the young women stop over in Sydney their plans go awry. Sally impulsively takes a job...
- Author:GAMES, AlexSummary:
Stories behind our most intriguing words and phrases - their meanings, origins and variations throughout history.
- Author:Child, Lee.Summary:
When a man is killed by being thrown from a helicopter high over the California desert, loner Jack Reacher discovers that someone is targeting his old friends and teammates and launches a personal campaign to end the conspiracy before...
- Author:Gow, MichaelSummary:
Three Australian families set out separately on their annual holidays but are driven together by a storm. Their journey becomes a theatrical metaphor for a spiritual quest, with the purpose of gaining self-knowledge and a new...
- Author:DICKINSON, MercySummary:
Mercy Dickinson sees life with a sharpness and clarity very few of us possess. What started out as a carefree life soon became tumultuous and filled with obstacles and frustrations. Before Mercy was eight she had lost her sight to...
- Author:COLFER, EoinSummary:
Only an ancient time-spell separates the demons from mankind - and Artemis Fowl must prevent it from unravelling. If he fails, all of mankind will be wiped from the face of the Earth.
- Author:SHELDON, SidneySummary:
In New York, Denver, Paris and Berlin, four people have died separately in apparent accidents. The widows of two of the dead find themselves under ruthless attack. Meanwhile, an international Think Tank is on the verge of a discovery...
- Author:MCCULLOUGH, ColleenSummary:
Mark Antony, famous warrior and legendary lover, expects that he will be Julius Caesar's successor. But when Caesar is murdered, his eighteen-year-old nephew, Octavian, is named his heir. No one, least of all Antony, expects...
- Author:NEALE, KittySummary:
Sally Jones has a happy family life - that is until her Grandmother has a stroke and the family must move in to look after her. Stressed by the lack of privacy, Sally soon starts to have doubts about the strength of her marriage. An...
- Author:BYRNE, LornaSummary:
Angels in my hair is the autobiography of a modern day mystic, an Irish woman with powers of the saints of old. Lorna Byrne sees and communicates with angels and spirits - here, she recounts the many amazing experiences she has had...
- Author:Keyes, MarianSummary:
Unlike the rest of her family in Ireland, Maggie Walsh has always done the right thing - that is until the day she leaves her husband and takes refuge with her friend Emily, a screenwriter in Los Angeles - a city where even the palm...
- Author:MCCULLOUGH, ColleenSummary:
For twenty-one-year-old Harriet Purcell life irrevocably changes the moment she steps out the door of her respectable suburban home for the very last time. Ignoring her father's protests that 'only fools, Bohemians and tarts...
- Author:O'Farrell, MaggieSummary:
Alice Raikes remembers a tragic love affair as she lies in a coma. Meanwhile, Alice's family gathers at her bedside
- Author:Armstrong, LindsaySummary:
Chessie Valentine was no spoiled rich kid, and it was the last straw when Raefe Stevenson treated her that way! Discovering he needed a nanny for his daughter, Chessie knew this was her chance to make him see her differently.
- Author:SHREVE, AnitaSummary:
Gathering to attend a wedding in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts, seven former classmates find the reunion marked by the death of a spouse, a traumatic past event, a shocking secret, and health issues.
- Author:WEALE, AnneSummary:
Warm linguid, and sparkling sunny days made for a perfect setting. A perfect setting for romance, when she met the handsome, enigmatic stranger who lived on a yacht.
- Author:EVANS, GeraldineSummary:
When Sir Rufus Seward is found dead, a wood chisel protruding from his back, DI Joe Rafferty receives a panicky call from his younger brother, Mickey, who fears he is in the frame for the murder.
- Author:FRENCH, JackieSummary:
As three teenaged girls seek to make a difference in the ongoing struggles of World War I, they find that the war will impact them in ways they could never have imagined.
- Author:Harris, RosieSummary:
Julia leaves home when she discovers she is pregnant. She finds work in a hotel. Eunice, wife of the manager, is also expecting. Julia's baby is stillborn but Eunice has a healthy baby girl, Amanda. Although heartbroken at the...