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Laura James has no idea when she falls in love with Adrian Fry in the summer of 1963 that their love will ask so much of them. Over the years, Laura’s best friends – including the eccentric Lola, photographer Tom and his exotic girlfriend Cressida – will all have their parts to play in the twists...

“So, I am nine years old and in year five at school and I am a weirdo. I know I am a weirdo ‘cos all the other kids at school tell me that a lot. The teachers don’t call me weirdo but they do get angry with me, a lot…… Dad and Mrs Wilkes argue sometimes and they both get very angry and me...

“A must-read for anyone interested in psychology and relationships” - Norma Patrick   Meeting Lydia explores the very relevant topics of childhood bullying, midlife crises, the pros and cons of internet relationships, and how the psychological effects of these affect the main character...

Harry Oysterman, fledgling Night Poet, is not impressed with his impressment into the British Army. Sent to fight the uprising American colonists, he soon finds himself embroiled in conflicts of a more personal nature. Can he outrun, if not outwit, the fearsome British dragoon Burnley Axelrod, whose...

It’s the 1960s and Miraucia is not ready for independence, but the Americans want one of its dependencies for its latest military base in the Indian Ocean. The British ensure this colony of theirs is granted independence without delay and even forcibly remove all the dependency’s inhabitants to...

Neighbours – we all have them and everyone has a story to tell about them. Have you ever had a disagreement with a neighbour? Have your neighbours woken you up shouting, slamming doors or revving a car at an anti-social hour? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions then this book is for you!

Twenty years have passed since Maggie settled with Jack in A Woman Undefeated. Now Jack wishes to return to Ireland for a nostalgic visit. Maggie is reluctant to make the trip, not wishing to invoke painful memories and concerned about leaving her now thriving business.However, putting her concerns...

Labyrinth: One classic film, fifty-five sonnets retells the cult classic film in the form of Shakespearean sonnets. It was inspired by A Corrigan’s love of the film and the fact that she wished the novelisation had been more poetic, and physically resembled the book in the film more closely. She...

An authentic historical novel about the harshness of life of missionaries in South America in the first half of the 20th century. Based on extensive research of the author’s grandparents.A vivid memoir which explores how the richness of our lives depends on the quality of our relationships. SS Orita....

Beth Jenkins is a young locum doctor and prides herself on helping her patients reframe the story of their lives – nudging them towards more optimistic narratives – but her own story is stuck. Her husband has had a stroke, disastrously altering his personality, and she’s trapped in a life of...

Clive Allan has drawn upon thirty years experience as a police officer and a profound knowledge of the Scottish Highlands in his crime thriller, The Drumbeater When skeletal remains are found buried on a beach near the remote Scottish village of Glendaig, the evidence points to murder, to a crime...

A sharp-eyed look at the mysteries of love and obsession. Wharton is the quintessential English town, home to a famous public school, sought after for its comfortable middle class values – and where three families live side by side, hiding their private terrors and desires... a teenage boy afraid...

While always informed by a lifetime's professional study of human psychology, this collection is unusual, the author thinks, in its final variety - humorous, sardonic but also at times dark and disquieting.

Losing his way in Farnwaar Forest, Ranger Taro Brook stumbles upon a startling discovery… As a band of hooded riders approach his settlement, Morusk of DunTreggan begins to suspect that things may not be all they seem… And in the land of Enntonia, Token ScriptScratcher, the Scribe of Bog-Mire...