A heartbreaking and moving true story of two sisters separated at birth, and their journey towards finding each other, celebrating the true meaning of family.Helen Edwards grew up in a pit village in Tyneside in the post-war years, with her gran, aunties and uncles living nearby. She felt safe with them, but they could not protect her from her neglectful mother and violent father. Behind closed doors, she suffered years of abuse. Sometimes she talked to an imaginar...

If you can't change the cards you're dealt, change how you play your hand!Max Dauntless - Us Against the World, is the third instalment of the series. Luke Sanders and Tessa Winters return. Following the Duke's death and his clan's downfall at the hands of the vigilante, as the town's gangs battle fiercely, the sinister crime lord, Mr Big, and his ruthless gang, Chaos Dawn, rapidly seize the town of Arlingston. Dominating the criminal underworld, the crime lord governs Arlingston w...

Tough times make tough people.Max Dauntless - Some Kinda Hero, is the second instalment of the series. Luke Sanders and Tessa Winters return. The armies of the night had unleashed their nightmare, their barbaric riots having torn through the beleaguered town of Arlingston, leaving devastation in their wake. Lives have been lost, leaving behind a desolate landscape of shattered dreams and broken hearts. Nonetheless, the survivors persevere, resolved to rebuild.Despite uncove...

Damaged people are dangerous; they know how to survive and make hell feel like home.Max Dauntless - The Midnight Assassin, is the fourth instalment of the series. Luke Sanders and Tessa Winters return. The sinister crime lord, Mr Big, grows more powerful, his wicked influence on Arlingston intensifying as the courageous teenagers, Luke, and Tessa, fight his malevolent operations, from Chaos Dawn to the corrupt police officers.The mission to track down a bomb-making terroris...

I don't know how I'm going to win ... I just know I'm not going to lose...Max Dauntless - The Fight Back Begins plunges readers into the perilous town of Arlingston, nestled in the north of England. It's the early nineties, and for Luke Sanders and Tessa Winters, the teenagers who are living through it, survival is a daily fight. Luke, a tenacious orphan with a rebellious streak, was driven by a desperate need to uncover who had murdered his father. Tessa, embodying the quintessent...

Civility cracks under true chaos.Max Dauntless - Destroyer of the Underworld, is the fifth and final instalment of the series. Luke Sanders and Tessa Winters return. Doggedly, Luke vows to bring Tessa home. With Luke wrestling with his affections, he and Tessa are close to finally uncovering the truths they've always desperately sought.All the while, the ruthless crime lord, Mr Big, alongside his barbaric thugs, Chaos Dawn, and loyal followers, unleash their devastating pla...

In this New York Times bestseller, investigative journalist Lee Smith uses his unprecedented access to expose the deep state operation against President Donald J. Trump -- and the American people.The Plot Against the President tells the story of how Congressman Devin Nunes, while leading the House Intelligence Committee, uncovered the operation to bring down the commander-in-chief. While popular opinion holds that Russia subverted democratic processes during the 20...

"A thought-provoking multinational tale . . . [that] will challenge your crime solving skills and teach you lots about the Scottish Highlands." — The St. Augustine RecordFrom a writer who's been praised for her "intelligence, heart, wit" (Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls), The Ice House follows the beleaguered MacKinnons as they weather the possible loss of the family business, a serious medical diagnosis, and ...

"The best novel so far by a writer whose growth has been steady and sure . . . . [Oral History] tells the story of the Cantrell family and the odd curse that its members believe to have hung over them. It is a tale that begins in the late 19th century with Granny Younger, the midwife, and continues well into the 20th century through several generations of Cantrells; it is also a tale deeply rooted in the folk culture of the Appalachians, a tale that in the best tradition of folklore contai...

"A spirited Southern family saga" from the acclaimed author of The Ice House: "Fans of Fannie Flagg will enjoy this novel" ( The Plain Dealer ).Once enlivened by the trade in Palm Sunday palms and moonshine, Utina, Florida, hasn't seen economic growth in decades, and no family is more emblematic of the local reality than the Bravos. Deserted by the patriarch years ago, the Bravos are held together in equ...

**"Smith's latest is as delicious as a slice of key lime pie – and gone just as fast." ―People"It's very different and it's very special and it's very good! I loved it." —Dolly Parton**A driving force in literature, Lee Smith returns with a road trip novel, a story full of hope and humor about not going away quietly—at any age.Herb’s charmed life with his dear wife Susan in their Key West house is coming undone. Susan, in her 70s, now needs...

"A tour de force."LOS ANGELES TIMESIvy Rowe may not have much education, but her thoughts are classic, and her experiences are fascinating. Born near the turn of the century in the Virginia Mountains, Ivy's story is told completely through letters she is forever writing, and that you will forever want to read...."Few readers will be dry-eyed as they watch this extraordinary woman disappear around that last bend in the road."CHICAGO TRIBUNE