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Livvy is 31, clever, beautiful, successful and rich. She lives with James until his fatal weakness threatens her happiness. With nothing left, having lost James, her job and her flat, she turns to Fraser, the Scottish editor whose love for her has always been unrequited. She begins a new life.
Discover the amazing true story of Maria Mitchell, America’s first professional female astronomer. Every evening, from the time she was a child, Maria Mitchell stood on her rooftop with her telescope and swept the sky. And then one night she saw something unusual—a comet no one had ever seen before! Miss Mitchell’s extraordinary discovery made her famous the world over and paved the way for her to become America’s first professional female astronomer. Gorgeously illustrated by Diana Sudyka, this moving picture book about a girl from humble beginnings who became a star in the field of astronomy is sure to inspire budding scientists everywhere.
Three lives converge...Charles, a respected professor of History, is writing a book on a Victorian crime of passion. Lotte is unhappily married to Gordon, a bully of a man who has reduced her self esteem to an almost irretrievable low. She stays for the sake of the children, but when she finds out he has been having an affair that is no longer reason enough. Annie Taylor has been newly promoted to Detective Inspector, but has had to move from the Met to the provinces in order to get the job. She is under pressure to perform, her team are antagonistic, her personal life a mess. Then a student disappears, Claire Thompson, one of Charles' tutorial group, a loner who has problems dealing with reality. DI Taylor heads the investigation and Charles finds himself in the frame for abduction. As he tries to prove the wrongful conviction of the protagonist of his book, Charles finds himself having to prove his own innocence. One person holds the key...As Lotte strives to become her own woman and Annie Taylor struggles to prove who she is, the answer is found in a silent voice, a voice that speaks from the grave.
The death of Jack Dowie leaves his estate in debt and his sister, Kate, as sole heir. To save the estate and prevent Jack's best friend, Rory, from being forced out of his sheepfarm in the grounds, Kate must finally ditch her husband and admit her feelings for Rory.
In India in 1857, the beloved wife of a British colonel dies during a native riot, an incident that spawns one hundred years of hatred, revenge, and violence and leads to a tragic romance.
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