Avery Publishing: 13 books

The sky was already darkening by the time they arrived, the low sun glittering in the Loch, and the thickening shadows gaining ground on them as they rode. Mary had been sitting in the saddle for some hours now, and her limbs were starting to ache as they crossed into the valley. From some distance...

It hadn't been long before the men returned to the house, her uncle foremost among them. He was bruised and battered, a line of blood running down his cheek. But he had an aura of triumph. The reason why soon became very clear. There's going to be a new guest in the house, a man, a member of the Raiders....

The walls of the castle were being battered now, and even if Janet wanted to escape, she would not be able to. She couldn’t take the risk of opening up the door again, in case the raiders spotted it, or she left some sign in the room of where she had gone. She ran her fingers along her father’s...

As she looked up from her prone position, the door, somehow closed, had opened, and she turned her head to see her mother, her sister, and her friends frozen, horrified, in the doorway. A man’s hand had reached down to her shoulder, and she grasped it eagerly, allowing herself to be raised to her...

For herself, Helena had no great ambitions to be married off like a chattel, or as a payment against the clawing advances of her father's creditors. She had long ago given up the idea that she might marry for love, and at 27 had all but abandoned any idea of being a wife at all. It was only the sudden...

The Duke pushed past the people waiting at the counter, ignoring their protests in his need to get out of the bank. He didn’t understand what was the matter with the man. Didn’t he know what a prestigious marriage could do for his business? Hadn’t Jenkins’ man told him that Mr Bradley had...

In a romance, it would have been a perfect match. She would be fiery and wild, and he would have been swept off his feet by her untamed nature. He would have been proud and masterful, and she would have made him gentle by her adoration. However, this was not the story and the marriage was the best...

At the dinner table, it became clear why the Duke had returned suddenly to his estates. It was the Dowager who first pointed out the large space above the fireplace, and the Duke shivered and looked away from the blank space on the wall.  “Miss Loveridge should be there.” The Dowager explained...

Despite being happy that she had seen off the hunter, and sent him back to Sir Peter’s fields, she couldn’t help but think about him again as she walked further away from the forest. There had been something interesting in his smile, and the quick way that he laughed when he was amused. She had...

Elizabeth shivered, uncertain what to do next. She knew that the Wycherleys prided themselves upon eccentricity, and that Daniel would be another in their mould, but she had not expected quite so much. She wanted a Duke to be a Duke, not a labourer or a village Artisan. Daniel had certainly been brought...

WARNING: This ebook contains mature content and language that is intended for adult audiences only She had heard rumours from several of her wealthy friends that the new maid whom she had hired was known for her sexual promiscuity and that she had embarked on several scandalous affairs with...

“The Steps They Took” is the story of a man haunted by suspicion, plagued with resentment, and feeling victimized by life, whose vindictiveness toward his philandering wife backfires, leaving him separated from his children, seared by loneliness, and facing dire legal consequences. He meets Suze,...

The church in the Western world is in decline. Sean Devine reflects on the church's 2000-year history to understand what it has become and what it should be. It is not the church's structures, programmes or core theology that needs to change - it just needs to be more like Jesus. The church must be...