Secrets to hide…Journalist Emily Hyslop is covering a wedding in Sicily and it’s clear there’s a mystery behind the union of the Corretti and Battaglia families. Then Emily meets the sexiest man she's ever encountered… Does she have to leave Sicily once the wedding is over? *PA Ella is ready to handle whatever devilish Santo Corretti throws at her. But there’s real darkness in her boss's eyes this morning – scandal is circling Santo's family. All he wants is a little TLC. Except, Ella's heart is not a toy for his amusement! *Careful Taylor Carmichael knew her encounter with playboy Luca Corretti, a bottle of chilled champagne and a skintight dress was a bad idea, worse still the paparazzi caught it all on camera. Taylor is fuming. Luca could have stopped the press…
Royal Fairy Tale – Fact or Fiction?Princess Carlotta Santina has been living out of the spotlight since giving birth to her illegitimate son. Now she's arriving at Prince Rodriguez's Spanish palace for their forthcoming nuptials… but does the prince know his bride comes with an unexpected bonus?* Anna Constantinides has been publicly jilted and, worse still, her private jet has crash-landed stranding her with billionaire hotel magnate Leo Jackson! How long will it take wickedly sexy Leo to undress buttoned-up heiress Anna?*Ordinary Allegra Jackson and Prince Alessandro Santina have created a royal fairy tale. But delicious Prince Alessandro has always avoided settling down and Allegra has the family from hell. Is everything as it seems regarding the engagement of the year?
Secrets of the Santina Royals!Heiress Angelina Carpenter chose freedom when she fled a marriage to Sheikh Taj Ahmad. Now working as a nanny, Angelina runs straight into him! And the ruthless sheikh has no intention of letting his runaway bride get away again…* Santina's rebellious princess Sophia was outraged at the announcement of an arranged marriage for her and boldly stowed away on the Maharaja of Naipur's private jet! But did the charismatic maharaja and Sophia spend a wild night together before their arrival in Mumbai?* Ella Jackson caused a stir at her sister's engagement party when she tossed a glass of vintage champagne over Sheikh Hassan Al Abbas. What happened later is unknown but Miss Jackson was seen leaving the Sheikh's opulent suite the morning after the party…and is now pregnant!
Three classic Richard Sharpe adventuresRichard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1811It is 1810 and the French are making yet another attempt to invade Portugal. Facing them is a wasted land, stripped of food by Wellington’s orders, and Captain Richard Sharpe.Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811In the winter of 1811, the war seems lost. Spain has fallen to the French, except for Cadiz, now the Spanish capital and itself under siege. Inside the city walls an intricate diplomatic dance is taking place and Richard Sharpe faces more than one enemy.Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro , May 1811Richard Sharpe and his men, quartered in a crumbling Portuguese fort, are attacked by an elite French unit, led by an old enemy of Sharpe’s, and suffer heavy losses.
Before you follow the path into your family’s history, beware of the secrets you may find…The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author.Ruth has returned to Edinburgh after many years of exile, left rootless by the end of her marriage, career and now the death of her father, from whom she had long been estranged. She is faced with the daunting task of clearing his house, believing he had removed all traces of her mother. Yet hidden away in a barely used top-floor room, she finds he had secretly kept a cupboard full of her possessions. Sifting through the ancient papers, Ruth discovers the diary and letters written by her ancestor from the eighteenth century, Thomas Erskine.As the youngest son of a noble family now living in genteel poverty, Thomas always knew he would have to make his own way in the world. Unable to follow his brothers to university, instead he joins first the navy and then the army, rising through the ranks, travelling the world. When he is finally able to study law, his extraordinary experiences and abilities propel him to the very top and he becomes Lord Chancellor. Yet he has made a powerful enemy on his voyages, who will hound him and his family to the death – and beyond.Ruth becomes ever more aware of Thomas as she is gripped by his story, and slowly senses that not only is his presence with her, but so is his enemy’s. Ruth will have to draw upon new friends and old in what becomes a battle for her very survival – and discover an inner power beyond anything she has imagined.
The unputdownable multi-million copy bestseller charting the rags to riches story of Emma HarteWith new Foreword from Fern Britton.A WOMAN'S AMBITION… In the brooding moors above a humble Yorkshire village stood Fairley Hall. There, Emma Harte, its oppressed but resourceful servant girl, acquired a shrewd determination. There, she honed her skills, discovered the meaning of treachery, learned to survive, to become a woman, and vowed to make her mark on the world.A JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME… In the wake of tragedy she rose from poverty to magnificent wealth as the iron-willed force behind a thriving international enterprise. As one of the richest women in the world Emma Harte has almost everything she fought so hard to achieve-save for the dream of love, and for the passion of the one man she could never have.A DREAM FULFILLED-AND AVENGED. Through two marriages, two devastating wars, and generations of secrets, Emma's unparalleled success has come with a price. As greed, envy, and revenge consume those closest to her, the brilliant matriarch now finds herself poised to outwit her enemies, and to face the betrayals of the past with the same ingenious resolve that forged her empire.
Building the story begun in The Hobbit and continuing the adventures of The Fellowship of the Ring, this is the second part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring the definitive text, hyperlinked footnotes and page references, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; and at the Falls of Rauros, Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs.Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin – alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.JRR Tolkien’s great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.
A lost legacy puts one of England’s great families in mortal peril …Lazen Castle, home to the much-envied Lazender family, is a house under siege. The heir is abroad, pursuing his own adventures, so the family estates fall under the control of his sister, Campion. Meanwhile, The Fallen Angels, a powerful and dangerous secret society in Europe, need the Lazender fortune to bring their rebellion to England.Surrounded by deceit, Campion draws ever closer to a subtle trap that has been laid for her, her only hope being Gypsy – her brother’s aloof horse-master, whose loyalties have always been uncertain.In this powerful blend of passion, adventure and intrigue, the second chronicle of the great Lazender family comes to life.
Добрая и поучительная, а так же забавная, милая и просто замечательная сказка о механическом человечке, который разбил свою душу и чуть не уничтожил новый год.
В сказке описана жизнь современного ребенка. Который загружен родительскими идеями. Ребенок старается, но при этом чувствует предательство, но пока не понимает, что предательство он чувствует по отношению к себе, идя на поводу у чужих желаний, не стараясь отстоять свою точку зрения. Мама девочки – подсознательно пытается закрыть свой гештальт. В конце, сказки, есть надежда, что и мама и дочь пересмотрят свои глубокие чувства, грызущие каждую по-своему. От автора: "Спутники – бывают не только у планет, но и у каждого человека. Какие-то из них учат, а какие-то согревают".