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Londra, ai giorni nostri. Muore la moglie di un potente e chiacchierato banchiere ma, un anno dopo il decesso, i figli della signora affermano di averne visto il fantasma aggirarsi per la villa. E' realtà? E' un incubo? C'è qualcosa di torbido nella faccenda? Toccherà a Ernest Devon, un ex poliziotto di Scotland Yard ora investigatore privato ed al suo amico Roni, risolvere l'intricato caso, che si sviluppa tra ricatti, sospetti ed un efferato omicidio. Sullo sfondo si snoda la personale vicenda sentimentale del protagonista, che difende con tenera ostinazione il suo impossibile amore per la ex moglie.

Cordelia Honeyfield has been sent to the seaside "for her health" - and the last thing she wants is the meddling nonsense of a country doctor. Her wild spirit is frowned upon by the town, and familial embarrassment now means she's stuck at the beach in a brisk March wind, waiting to meet this doctor as she promised her father. Dr. Timothy Walsingham is about to meet a new elderly patient - a Miss Honeyfield whose letters have had him in stitches. As he waits by the sand, a beautiful woman catches his eye.

Mónica Valentini è una ragazza di 24 anni che dopo aver subito un terribile incidente si trasforma in un fantasma. Trovandosi in un limbo tra la vita e l`aldilà, un arcangelo le consegna un ciondolo perché possa apparire mortale, ad una sola condizione: dovrà compiere una missione, che però Mónica non rispetterà fino in fondo, finendo per innamorarsi di Christopher, un ragazzo di 27 anni, che la farà sentire come se fosse ancora viva.

Bo Carmichael thought Echo Valley, New Hampshire, was in her rear view mirror. Circumstances lead her straight back. Now, the one-time aspiring doctor is raising a son she never planned on having and toiling away as a hairdresser to pay the bills. When her boss hands her a plum assignment - preparing the family of a leading presidential candidate for a photo shoot - Bo unwittingly stumbles into a scandalous encounter between the happily-married senator and his exquisite female staffer.

A Christmas Surprise: Lord Robert, the Viscount of Marchwood, throws a Christmas Ball every year, and this year his daughter, Lady Audrey, has just turned 18. With the Marchwood family fortune all but gone, Lord Robert is keen to secure her a prosperous match. But when a handsome, masked stranger threatens to steal Audrey's heart, will it prove to be a good or bad Christmas surprise?

When teacher Leo Tyndale moves to the small English town of Sandercombe after five years in India, he does not expect that his time at the local school will be a long one. But a brief encounter with the beautiful, and fiercely independent Hestia Royce, soon has him changing his mind. His feelings for her grow, though she is reluctant, and soon the rumours about their supposed relationship swirl around Sandercombe.

Mary Wilson MacPherson has always been adept at putting the past behind her: her father's death, her sister's disappearance, and her complicated relationships with childhood friends Tom and Will. But that changes when, traveling to North Africa on business for her husband, Mary meets a handsome and mysterious French-Tunisian businessman who holds a package her husband has purchased - a package which has drawn the interest not only of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, but the Nazis as well.

The last thing the Duke of Greystone wants is a wife, until the Lady Jane Blackmore seeks out his quiet corner of Earl Braxton's ballroom. But there she stands, attempting to shut out the rest of the world by simply closing her eyes, but the duke understands better than most that life is never that simple.

A teenage girl struggles to survive coming of age in an abusive home in the rural American West. Niki is a 14-year-old girl with a horrific secret and a bottomless rage threatening to destroy her.

Beautiful, fair-haired Helene Ambel was the hit of the London season, the epitome of a refined young heiress. But she preferred books, horses, and intellectual pursuits to the dances, parties, and simpering, overdressed, foolish men she could not take seriously. Helene was hungry for adventure. She found it by helping her friends Juliet and Nicholas, who wanted to marry.

They met, scandalously, in her bedroom at midnight, and shared a daring escape from France. Now, in London, the cynical and mocking Sir Nicholas Thomas is high-spirited Roberta Rushforth's hired protector and seeming suitor in an elaborate masquerade. The social whirl exposes her to the schemes of her jealous former suitor and a notorious French count - and leaves her breathless in Sir Nicholas' arms.

A young woman recounts her love/hate relationship with her attractive Canadian cousin.

Love Mother Love Daughter is a twisted and compelling tale of a mother and daughter who are both under the spell of a bewitching gypsy flamenco guitarist, Romero. He steals their unsuspecting hearts and uses them to satisfy his deepest desires - and the power he craves. These two powerful females come to worship, adore and hate, him for the evil eternal triangle he has forced upon their lives.

No heavy breathing, no verbal threats and yet the mysterious, oppressive silence on the telephone line is equally as frightening to Tessa. She knows that somehow these calls are linked to her past...perhaps to her daughter, Suzanne, and the dark secret which surrounds her birth. At least in Russell Davidson Tessa has found a friend she can trust, but the unexpected reappearance of his brother Richard is very disquieting. And she badly needs Detective Inspector Philip Anthony's professional assistance.

London, 1605: A new king sits upon the throne of England, but not everyone is pleased with this Protestant monarch. A group of conspirators scheme to overthrow him and restore Catholic rule; by igniting an explosion directly beneath Parliament! For their plot to succeed, these traitors need the perfect assassin; a man named Guy Fawkes.

L. Frank Baum is the famed author of the Wizard of Oz series. In this short story, he brings us the tale of young Mary-Marie who sets out on an adventure to become a good witch. But first she is given a series of tasks to complete.

When a successful painter gives up his passion to paint at the height of his popularity, an old friend of his decides to pay a visit and find out why. Originally published in 1908.

When purple-haired Mayla Strong slumps into the back pew of her mother's church, she has only one goal - to get Mama off her back. But Pastor Paul's message pierces her soul, and before she knows, it she's strutting down the aisle in front of the bug-eyed congregation, lip stud and all. Baptized on the spot, Mayla comes out of the water knowing one thing for certain: Life will never be the same

Maya and Dane's intense marriage burned out within three years. Since the divorce, Maya has thrown herself into her career, working long hours and neglecting her own needs. The more she tells herself she's an independent and successful woman who doesn't want Dane to care for her, the more she is drawn to him and the secret place they call "the clinic". After a particularly difficult week at work, Maya is more than ready for a carefree vacation. When work threatens her time off, though, she escapes to the clinic to play doctor with Dane and her favorite nurse.

In the Metfield of the 1930s, you could do all of your shopping without leaving the village, have a choice of pubs and "spend happy evenings helping to dig potatoes and listening to the old boys". If this sounds too idyllic to be true, Evelyn Whiting's charming memoir of growing up in this Suffolk community is quick to remind us that making a living from the land was hard and tedious work in those days. There was no electricity and water came from the sky, or from the pond.