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Jennifer Redmond, a disillusioned housewife, runs away to Scotland, where she meets gentle stranger, Angus Cameron. Whilst walking alone in the Highlands, she falls during a severe mountain storm and is seriously injured. Her ambitious, insincere womanising husband, Peter, persuades her to return...

Heart of Darkness and Lust for Life collide as the Cold War in Africa gets hot. Lara, the artist, loves both Oscar, a suave, older entrepreneur, and owner of the Tin Heart Gold Mine and Tim, a journalist seeking truth. This is a dramatic story, about vibrant, intriguing characters passionate about...

The Skyscar takes us on a thrilling quest through the afterlife. After death, a condemned soul may find itself in a new form: as a demon on one of the many hells. These dismal worlds are home to demonic overlords and other lurking horrors, all locked in a constant battle to gain power over the Skyscar,...

Forest of Fleeting Shadows takes young readers on a journey of discovery to Peridot, a fantasy realm where life is not ruled by a clock, but by nature and the changing of the seasons. The book follows two young witch sisters, Sapphire and Saffron, who become estranged after they fall in love with...

Set in the early nineties, Nigel J Borthwick's novel explores the intricacies of human nature. The story addresses big questions about the mysteries and nuances of life, especially the deeper aspects of the human soul and consciousness. It merges thought-provoking perceptions with philosophical concepts...

This remarkable novel is based on the diary of the author's great-grandmother Leonie Michel, born at the height of the 1848 revolution in Paris. Deadly illness and danger stalk her early life and her father, a doctor, faces ruin when he is prosecuted for treating patients with a revolutionary new...

Her Ladyship greets Miss Daisy with excitement. She’s due to retire and wants to have some fun. “Let’s drive round the world”, she declares. ‘Not with me’, thinks Miss Daisy, and a love-hate relationship between two very different personalities begins. Each year, Her Ladyship dreams up...

War and devastation made us. What is past is past and resulted in you, me and everybody else. We are all haunted by the ruptured history that created us. Steve lives a reasonably content and secure life in early retirement. He is dealing with the impending death of his mother, out-of-control garden...

Set in the imagined aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Saving Picasso is a spy story quite unlike any other. Barcelona, 1940. Franco is dead. The communists have emerged victorious from the Spanish Civil War and an uneasy peace resides over Europe. International Brigade veteran Richard Clare...

The novel follows Annie as she is moved from the family home to the large, prison like institution of Mandelstones, a place that becomes her world for much of the next quarter of a century. As she grows from a child to a woman, we see Annie experience adventure, abuse, friendship, love, rejection...

When Lieutenant Bob McDade witnesses an officer ordering the execution of villagers while on an operation to gather intelligence about the Viet Cong, he questions his role as a seasoned veteran. Conflicted, he argues with his commanding officer and is court martialled as a result. McDade is found...

The glacier on the virtually unclimbable peak of Mt Vogel in the southern alps of New Zealand has yielded a secret, a notebook which casts doubt on the achievement of Ernest Ashton a wealthy landowner who has for many years basked in the fame of being the first person to reach the summit. His son...

A man without a past and a woman without a future. This is the story of a friendship between a young musician, David, who has lost his memory in a car accident, and an older woman, Cathy, who is dying from Huntington's disease.

**An authentic and realistic crime novel due to author’s career as a police detective. ** **Sinister secrets from World War Two are revealed by the investigation. ** **Police detectives shown as real people rather than two-dimensional characters. ** When the nun is found...