After a genealogical procedure, Alison Gibbs is ready to carry on with her normal love life. Her husband, Jerry, is the man of her dreams, but it seems that he is no longer interested in her. He had to go too long without her love.Alison believes he is seeing another woman. She is devastated. How could her Jerry seek solace in the arms of another woman? She is heartbroken when she finds out that her husband is at a guesthouse with another woman for a weekend. Phillip, her neighbour...

Wessel Bruwer verbreek sy verhouding met sy liefde, Mandie, toe sy nie met hom wil trou nie en sy 'n oop verhouding wil hê. Hy verhuis terug na Suid-Afrika en werk as vlieënier by Meyer Industries in George. Pauline Niemand Marx, die suksesvolle eiendomsagent se lewe kom tot stilstand toe haar man haar los vir 'n jong kind. Haar hart is gebreek. Na 'n suksesvolle noodlanding, wat sy vanuit haar vriendin se kantoor aanskou het, ontmoet Pauline vir Wessel en daar is onmiddell...

Don't miss THE SHRINE, the brand new Detective's Daughter mystery - available nowFrom the number one bestseller of The Detective's Daughter.For forty years, someone has got away with murder...Forty years ago, seventeen-year-old Cassie Baker took a shortcut home from a small Cotswolds village, and was never seen again.Twenty years later, Cotswolds police found Cassie's remains while searching for anot...

Money, Murder & Shady HeirsMurder strikes again in the small town of Berry Cove. Dana Sweet, part time mystery riddles blogger who has inherited the Cozy Cupcakes Café from her late grandmother, is once again drawn into a strange murder with a bizarre twist.While catering Chocolate Cream cupcakes for an engagement party for a wealthy and most despised tycoon, Dana Sweet literally stumbles on a body in the grand kitchen—the groom to be, or the groom that was. With an endless...

Soldier of fortune Sean Killian had faced many terrors, but nothing made him more wary than his latest assignment-protecting Susannah Anderson. Killian's past had left him hardened-full of secrets and nightmares. Yet there was something about Susannah that threatened to penetrate his tough shell.Susannah had her own obstacles to overcome, but with Killian at her side, they didn't seem as daunting. She knew he was a man who would protect her from any harm. Yet even as desire rose be...

Some loves are meant to be. Others are awkward. Get ready for the second type in this "laugh-out-loud" (Bustle) romance about missed connections and trying to find—and keep—"The One." Written by a former real-life couple!The summer before college, Hannah swears she’s finally going to find The One. And for five perfect minutes, she does. She just wishes she’d caught his name.For Sam, the summer is off to a bad start. But after five minutes with some...

In The Matchmakers, a young widow with two small sons feels very fortunate that her widowed father was there to help her care for the boys and make the adjustment since her husband's death. But now, a bit smothered by his caregiving, she feels ready to go on but is concerned about how to get him to step back a pace. A friend suggests a fine older widow in the church, who might divert his attention.The older widow has a son who appears rather distant, seemingly self-absorbed. The you...

John Merrick had lived for more than twenty years imprisoned in a body that condemned him to a miserable life in the workhouse and to humiliation as a circus sideshow freak.But beneath that tragic exterior, within that enormous and deformed head, thrived the soul of a poet, the heart of a dreamer, the longings of a man. Merrick was doomed to suffer forever—until the kind Dr. Treves gave him the first real home in the London Hospital and the town's most beautiful and esteemed actres...

"An enthralling and luminous play" about the nineteenth-century man whose physical deformity doomed him to the life of an outcast: "haunting [and] splendid" ( The New York Times).The Elephant Man is based on the life of John Merrick, who lived in London during the latter part of the nineteenth century. A horribly deformed young man, a freak attraction in traveling side shows, is found abandoned and helpless and is admitted for observation to White...

A classic short story of love, revenge, and appetite from New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky.Daphne Raydor has an insatiable appetite. Overweight as she is, she always assumed she would never know love. But meeting Jerry changes everything. Her appetite decreases. Her self-worth skyrockets. Then her mother comes to visit. And everything changes again. But Daphne refuses to go back to her old life, and now her appetite is for revenge......

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Rennie walked into the house. He took one step and stopped dead in his tracks. The house was empty! Everything was gone. Kara and the kids were gone too. Kara has left Rennie for another man. "You're never home," Kara tells him. Rennie is a truck driver. It's the only way he knows to make a living. Rennie knows he hasn't been the best husband. He also knows...

After spending years within the sterile walls of the hospital focusing on her career, Muriel feels out of place when a friend arranges a date with an older man. Having nothing in common with this man of means and with little experience with intimacy, Muriel wonders if she may have stumbled into something more than a casual fling. Excerpt: “Look at the mountains,” she exclaimed, in awe of the majestic peaks. “They are beautiful, and they are even more beautiful up close. We’ll go sometime. ...