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Master of sharp observation in her beautifully crafted works of women’s fiction, Barbara Lorna Hudson explores myriad relationships in Makeover. After a turbulent early life and two abusive marriages, divorcee Lucille Brown has battled hard to find her feet. Now all she asks is a second chance. When Oxford don, Walter, arrives in her life, the sexual chemistry is tangible, yet the gulf between them seems impassable. But harsh lessons and new opportunities await them both.
Jane Lambert thinks she may have made a mistake putting her work ahead of love and family for so long. She's left wondering what to do with her life now that she has retired. Taking note of the sentiment from one of her retirement cards Retirement is NOT the end. It's a NEW BEGINNING she decides it's about time she looked for love again, and places a lonely hearts advertisement. Jane embarks on her new life, suffering disappointments and learning hard truths about herself, while never losing her gift for self mockery or her eye for the absurd. Timed Out is a contemporary "coming-of-age" novel about different kinds of love and the search for a meaningful life."
This work offers an interpretation of the case of the second Earl of Castlehaven, who was convicted of abetting the rape of his wife and of committing sodomy with his servants. He also stood accused of inverting the natural order of his household.
Ambushed on her way back to the city of Anestra, Queen Katelin takes refuge in the Manniswood. She learns of a plot to steal her throne, and finds both allies and enemies in her struggle to control the Kingdom. But other events overtake her personal struggles, events which threaten to change the Western Coast for ever.
“It has been a while since I have read a book as richly sown with beauty . . . A remarkable work, remarkable for the precision and vitality of its perceptions and for the successful intricacy of its prose.” —James Wood, The New Yorker A visionary novel by "one of the most talented writers of his generation"—The Times Literary Supplement Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Based on real events, The Quickening Maze won over UK critics and readers alike with its rapturous prose and vivid exploration of poetry and madness. Historically accurate yet brilliantly imagined, this is the debut publication of this elegant and riveting novel in the United States. In 1837, after years of struggl...
A teenage fantasy adventure in an imaginary medieval world about how we respond when an evil god sends a plague
Livi Starling is convinced she's destined for something great. She just doesn't know what it is yet. It's not her talent for animal noises, her inability to tell the truth, her desire for a mother or the fact that her only friend is a quiet Jesus-Freak who collects banana stickers.