All her life, Emma has shared a special affinity with dogs, communicated with them in an extraordinary way. A bond it seemed her son would share when an aging husky took on the role of his protector. But it's been six months since Shane last had a dog in his life. With each day that passes, Emma grows increasingly anxious. While she doesn't understand why, she knows it has something to do with the lack of a dog as Shane's guardian. She certainly didn't expect Shane's absentee father to return and solve the problem.
A collection of thirteen mixed genre short stories based on the well-known Magpie Rhyme. One for sorrow Two for joy Three for a girl And four for a boy Five for silver Six for gold Seven for a secret never to be told Eight for a wish Nine for a kiss Ten a surprise you should not miss Eleven for health Twelve for wealth Thirteen beware of the devil himself.
She'd saved his life... Rafe Hawk refuses to accept the inheritance, of a large English estate, and the title that goes with it, after his birth father's death because the man chose duty over the woman he loved and their son. And when he finds himself temporarily living at Kinsale Hall, he's not prepared to trust anyone associated with the place, including Trudi Delaney and her daughter. So why, when he looks into their eyes, does he suddenly remember a woman who vanished without a trace after saving his life one stormy night ten years earlier? Now he could destroy hers. Something more than the handsome American's instant dislike of her, disturbs Trudi Delaney. Why, when he'd come to design some chalets for her, does he spend so much of his time in areas of Kinsale Hall off-limits to visitors? Trudi, who is still plagued with nightmares of her entrapment in a brutal five year marriage where she was held a prisoner of her cruel and psychotic husband, has been a single parent for more a decade. Eleven years after the night she and an unidentified man barely escaped with their lives, Trudi is still unable to remember the hours she spent with this stranger-the hours in which her beautiful daughter was conceived. Now, more than a decade later, she is confronted by another stranger. Will this one destroy everything she holds dear?
DUTY CALLS She'd saved his life... Rafe Hawk refuses to accept the inheritance, of a large English estate, and the title that goes with it, after his birth father's death because the man chose duty over the woman he loved and their son. And when he finds himself temporarily living at Kinsale Hall, he's not prepared to trust anyone associated with the place, including Trudi Delaney and her daughter. So why, when he looks into their eyes, does he suddenly remember a woman who vanished without a trace after saving his life one stormy night ten years earlier? Now he could destroy hers. Something more than the handsome American's instant dislike of her, disturbs Trudi Delaney. Why, when he'd come to design some chalets for her, does he spend so much of his time in areas of Kinsale Hall off-limits to visitors? Trudi, who is still plagued with nightmares of her entrapment in a brutal five year marriage where she was held a prisoner of her cruel and psychotic husband, has been a single parent for more a decade. Eleven years after the night she and an unidentified man barely escaped with their lives, Trudi is still unable to remember the hours she spent with this stranger-the hours in which her beautiful daughter was conceived. Now, more than a decade later, she is confronted by another stranger. Will this one destroy everything she holds dear?
Gina Williams has a secret and prays it is buried with her childhood persecutor, Em Kouvaris, as discovery will ruin her reputation as a famous children's author. She soon discovers the son, Ben Kouvaris, new owner of her publishing company, has uncovered her past and is making demands. Will he ruin her career if she doesn't comply? Ben Kouvaris is blown away by the unknown beauty at his estranged mother's funeral, and when his father demands he marry, immediately, to secure the family business, he knows just who he wants as his temporary bride. But can Ben persuade Gina to trust him?
Julian Fanshaw answers a call for help from his life-long friend Lord Worth to help keep his friend's widowed sister, Deborah, safe from her increasingly vindictive neighbours. It doesn't take long to realise him or Freddie long to realise the Grangers aren't using her as a long-promised act of revenge against them; but are playing a deeper and far more sinister game of their own. Deborah Stavely is determined to overcome the increasing harassment from her neighbour without calling on her brother for help. So she is not pleased when Freddie intervenes and involves his friend, Julian Fanshaw. Circumstances demand Julian and Deborah learn to work together and Julian dares to dream that he might gain the love of the only person he's ever given his heart to. But will Deborah live long enough to discover that by releasing everything she values, she will gain everything her heart desires?
When plunged into a world of spies, agents and espionage during the Peninsula wars, Honor, Lady Beaumont, flees for her life when the French capture her husband at Salamanca, and relies on his batman to arrange her safe passage back to England. Viscount Charles Vidal is ordered by Robert Dumas, the First Lord of the Admiralty, to travel to Spain and escort the only woman he's ever loved, Lord Devlin Beaumont's widow back home before the French discover her whereabouts. Their journey is fraught by danger, least of all knowing whether they are surrounded by friends or foe. Will they survive long enough to explore the possibility of a future together or will whispers of treason be enough to see Honor dispatched to Tyburn first?
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