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For years, Jenny and sister Kim suffered horrendous physical and sexual abuse at the hands of their father. They survived in part because of their closeness and their determination to be there for each other. Both sisters left home at the earliest opportunity to escape but before long, Jenny...

A captivating love story from the 100-million-copy bestselling Queen of Romance, first published in 1942, and available now for the first time in eBook.

Friday's child is loving and giving. Juliet had devoted her life to the care of crippled and deprived children. But when she left London to work in the South of France, the phrase was to take on a deeper meaning. For Julia's new life was to bring her too much love, and too much pain, when she fell in...

Set in the 1930s, this stand-alone sequel to MARY'S CHILD follows the fortunes of Chrissie Ballantyne and her family, which she is determined to hold together, despite her husband facing bankruptcy and the rapid approach of World War II.

Minerva Lane is buzzing with gossip. Widow Lizzie Gallimore has married her handsome lodger Jack McShane. And Lizzie's daughter Ruby is delighted to have a father figure in her life, even though her affection for him upsters her childhood sweetheart, and her brother Joe. Then a traumatic event...

An innocent indiscretion threatens a young girl's chance for happiness and love! Rich, handsome, sophisticated Alan Rivers sweeps Paula off her feet. His charming declarations of love, his fervant promises of marriage throw the pretty, inexperienced girl into a sweet delirium of unreasoning love....

Sandra was the kind of girl men found irresistible. Hugh Lancaster, the famous artist for whom she posed, deserted his wife and was driven to suicide. Michael Hunt, the only man she had ever loved, married her and risked ruining both their lives because of her past. And then there was Victor...

It is six months since the death of her fiancé Christopher, but Helen still feels the world contains very little that is worth living for. She thinks of herself as a one-man girl - until she meets Peter Farrington, the very image of Christopher - and realizes she can love again. But Helen stills...

Patricia Moreland has always longed to go China, to experience at first hand the exotic, mysterious Orient. When her old friend Sheila Mason suggests that she accompany her on a trip to Shang Tao, Pat is delighted. Little does she suspect what China has in store for her. Within days of her arrival...

Nicola Boyd had everything a young woman could possibly ask for. She had beauty, charm - and she was a capable business woman in charge of a thriving beauty salon. But best of all, she was loved by Denis Avon, the dashing young actor who was the heart-throb of every girl in the neighbourhood....

When a girl is in love with a man and her love is not returned life can be very miserable. When that man loves another the pressures on the girl can be well-nigh unbearable. This is the unfortunate position of Lucie Reed young Matron at a boy's private school. She is passionately in love with...

Anna is trapped in an unhappy marriage. Then she meets Gary Forrester, a brilliant young engineer. Suddenly Cairo becomes an enchanted playground, and Anna finds happiness. But she will need all her courage to leave her husband...

A young girl discovers the love of a lifetime -- and the cruelty of fate. After her car broke down Judy fell in love with the man who gave her a ride back to town, who called himself "Dickon", and then disappeared only to discover that he is her cousin's husband while she is working as a secretary for her.

Toni Kenyon was young and pretty and passionately fond of all that life had to offer, but at this particular moment it seemed to offer nothing but unhappiness. For her best friend Helena had become engaged to the most wonderful man Toni had ever met. Nicholas Brendon; but Toni knew she was marrying...