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ONE IS ONE AND ALL ALONE (A Detective Inspector David Webb Thriller) (affiliate link)
When DCI Bennett remarries after the death of his wife, his family struggle to understand his new choice of partner.
Una is a private, isolated woman, providing little in the way of companionship and preferring to live a very separate life to her husband.
Soon after the wedding, Bennett’s old friend from the force, DCI Webb, also begins to wonder about Una.
And as the two detectives work together on a series of violent shop raids, Bennett’s mood starts to sour.
When two members of the Bennett family become victims of murder, and the cold-hearted Una seems to be inexplicably tangled up in the crimes, Webb is forced to investigate whether she should be a suspect.
THE TWELVE APOSTLES (A Detective Inspector David Webb Thriller) (affiliate link)
When Verity Ryder witnesses the death of a clergyman with whom she has little connection, his final whispered words — The Twelve Apostles — seem highly mysterious.
For some reason, they seem to refer to her nephew, Adam, who Verity knows is involved with something beyond his control.
But any knowledge the clergyman might have had is lost for ever.
Chief Inspector Webb is called in to investigate.
And before long he unearths some human remains in the nearby wood.
They have clearly been there for a long time, but could they have anything to do with the clergyman’s death?
THE GOSPEL MAKERS (A Detective Inspector David Webb Thriller) (affiliate link)
The Revelationists, flocking to organize in rural Shillingham, are a secretive bunch.
They are taking over the village with their extreme religious mantra, and seem to be reaching a cult-like status.
Detective Chief Inspector David Webb is instinctively suspicious of the group, so when one of his police officers, Nina Petrie, offers to investigate undercover, he agrees.
But Detective Inspector Petrie soon finds herself being sucked in…
Could the apocalyptic message the sect is preaching be based on reality? Or are they using illegal means to dupe their followers?
When a wine merchant is found murdered in his hotel room the plot thickens.
And Webb’s attention quickly shifts to the discovery of the dead man.
A fortune. An air raid. A missing baby. A murdered lawyer who knew too much. A village with a deadly secret.
England 1952: Lawyer Toby Whitby’s poor eyesight stole his chance to serve his country during the war but now the war has come to him. When a lawyer in Toby’s office is murdered Toby is given the opportunity of a lifetime to prove his worth by taking over the dead man’s most important case.
The granddaughter of the Earl of Southwold was kidnapped from the village of Rose Hill during the war. The earl is on his deathbed and now it is up to Toby to find his heir.
As Toby meets the villagers of Rose Hill and learns about the Americans who were stationed there in 1944, he starts to suspect that his client is not telling him the whole truth about the missing child.
Someone Like You: A Small Town Military Romance (affiliate link)
A grumpy lumberjack
Former Army Ranger Harrison Wilkes isn’t actually a lumberjack, but he’s doing his best impression while hiding out in the mountains of East Tennessee. He needs to rest, recharge, and stay the hell away from people, while he wrestles with ghosts from his past and figures out his future. Neither includes a snowbound rescue of his favorite author.
A runaway writer
Ivy Blake is on a deadline. Her hero is MIA, and she’s desperate to find some peace, quiet, and inspiration to get her book—and her life—back on track. She doesn’t plan on driving off a mountain. Or the mysterious stranger who shows up to save her.
Who’s rescuing who?
When Winter Stormageddon traps them together, Ivy finds the inspiration she didn’t know she needed in her real-life hero. As more than the fireplace heats up his one-man cabin, they both find far more than they bargained for. This intuitive author just might have the answers Harrison’s looking for, but will their newfound connection survive past the storm?
Uncommon (Entitled Love Novellas Book 1) (affiliate link)
He’s about to learn that money can’t buy everything…
The Earl of Lansbury’s mother thinks it’s high time he was married. But playboy Edward is in no rush to tie himself to one woman, not even when one conveniently falls at his feet during a bridal photoshoot at his country seat, Lansbury Hall.
However, the Grace Kelly lookalike—complete with wedding dress—gives him ideas. Firstly: can he persuade her to act as his girlfriend and stop his mother’s nagging? And secondly: can he persuade her into his bed…?
But aspiring actress Natalie McClaire has good reason to be wary of men like Edward. Even if his offer, and the man himself, become increasingly hard to resist…
My Dear Miss Dupré (American Royalty Book #1) (affiliate link)
Willow Dupré never thought she would have to marry, but with her father’s unexpected retirement from running the prosperous Dupré sugar refinery, she is forced into a different future. The shareholders are unwilling to allow a female to take over the company without a man at her side, so her parents devise a plan–find Willow a spokesman king in order for her to become queen of the business empire.
Willow is presented with thirty potential suitors from the families of New York society’s elite group called the Four Hundred. She has six months to court the group and is told to to eliminate men each month to narrow her beaus until she chooses one to marry, ending the competition with a wedding. Willow reluctantly agrees, knowing she must do what is best for the business. She doesn’t expect to find anything other than a proxy . . . until she meets a gentleman who captures her attention, and she must discover for herself if his motives are pure.
The Hairy Bikers’ One Pot Wonders (affiliate link)
A wonder of a recipe collection celebrating the simple joys of one pot cooking
Life is complicated enough so why not let Si King and Dave Myers, AKA the Hairy Bikers, make it just that bit easier?
Whether it’s inspiration for supper after a hard day’s work or a slow roast feast for a weekend gathering, One Pot Wonders has it all. From rich and warming tray bakes to light but satisfying salads, these triple-tested recipes deliver on flavour and cut out the fuss.
This is Si and Dave’s most wonderful collection yet, with chapters on breakfasts and brunches, soups and salads, satisfying stews, quick one pot carbs, tarts and tray bakes, stovetop suppers, pies and pot roasts, and puds and cakes – this collection is a belter!
Enjoy savoury classics like Sausage and Bean tray bake and Showstopper Quiche, or the sweet delights of Rhubarb and Orange Crumble and Boozy Syllabub Trifle, there’s so much here to tickle the taste buds and get your cooking mojo back into the kitchen.
Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love: ‘You won’t find any other love story that is so beautiful’ Grazia (affiliate link)
The story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent appears before an Indian street artist known locally as PK and asks him to paint her portrait – it is an encounter that will change their lives irrevocably.
PK was not born in the city. He grew up in a small remote village on the edge of the jungle in East India, and his childhood as an untouchable was one of crushing hardship. He was forced to sit outside the classroom during school, would watch classmates wash themselves if they came into contact with him, and had stones thrown at him when he approached the village temple. According to the priests, PK dirtied everything that was pure and holy. But had PK not been an untouchable, his life would have turned out very differently.
Against the Wind & Savior in the Saddle: A 2-in-1 Collection (affiliate link)
Sarah Allen burned a lot of bridges when she left her hometown. But when her husband is murdered and his associates come looking for her and her daughter, Sarah has only one place left to go—Wind Canyon, Wyoming. She runs right into Jackson Raines, the man she spurned in high school, who has now become a successful ranch owner. She expects anger from him, but instead she gets mercy…
Jackson can tell Sarah and her daughter, Holly, are in trouble, and he can’t turn them away. He’s never forgotten the beautiful girl he could never have, and she’s more alluring now than she ever was in high school. So when Sarah’s enemies show up in Wind Canyon, Jackson is determined to protect Sarah and Holly, and prove to them that they’ve finally found their way home…
The Lost Bookshop (affiliate link)
‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.’
On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found…
For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.
But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems.
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