An absorbing memoir of convent life, dodging bombs in London in WWII, adventures in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, emigration to Canada, then the US, and subsequent retirement in Canada.
Desperate to save her home from foreclosure, suburban housewife, Veronica Bennett, attempts a con-job while balancing inattentive husband, delinquent teen and celebrity lover. Sexy, funny, touchingly poignant, Bridget Jones meets Bridges of Madison County in the San Fernando Valley.
Dandelion's arrival is like an exploding bomb in the life of Robert "Bobcat" Catterick. He doesn't want a foster sister - especially one who looks strange and tells his classmates that her real mother is a captured princess. Could, though, there be more to Dandelion than Bobcat first realized? Suggested level: primary
An absorbing memoir of convent life, dodging bombs in London in WWII, adventures in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, emigration to Canada, then the US, and subsequent retirement in Canada.
What happens when you marry for neither love nor money? 1700, London: a city so crowded and unregulated that anyone, should they so desire, could slip away - disappear down a back street and become someone else. After the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Aurora Eversedge is left without a dowry and agrees to marry a much older man who claims to be wealthy, though in poor health. On their wedding night, Edward Francis confesses that, in fact, he is penniless but that his health is robust - also that his proposal of marriage carried an ulterior motive: he wants Aurora to act as a spy for him. Edward's father had left his fortune to his sworn enemy, Josiah Deede. Edward suspects that Josiah murdered his father and is determined to regain his inheritance and bring Josiah Deede to justice. Aurora's first assignment is to make the acquaintance of Josiah's daughter, Celia, and son, Jos, at a Covent Garden theatre. "Vice and Virtue" is full of acute observation of social life that characterizes Jane Austen's work - the sort of book Jane Austen would have written if she wrote mysteries.
Lost and alone, Jo searches for any part of her life she can control. But what happens when you go too far? Will she manage to pull back before it's too late?"--Page 4 of cover.
Harry Pritchard is bullied at school, bored at home, and hardly delighted when his mother volunteers him to visit a severely disabled patient of hers. She says it'll do him good, but how can it end the bullying or help him in any way? Well, Harry is in for some big surprises.
A tale alight with fun adventure and strong visuals. From chocolate smugglers, diamond thieves, police helicopter chases, and a heavy dose of amateur sleuthing, Bennett knows how to please her readers.
Poppy Love and her partner, Zack are both students of Miss Johnson at the Blue Horizon Dance Studio and have attained awards in many competitions. In this book Poppy and Zack dance in their final London performance of Bugsy Malone and Poppy applies for a place at Burne Hall, the prestigious full-time dance school.
Annabel and Lucy are not looking forward to the long summer holiday. That is, until Sebastian appears. Brought up in America by his aunt and uncle it's his first time in England. His arrival has the impact of a bombshell on the boy-free zone.
After the death of her father, Catriona goes to stay with long-lost relations in Drumwithie Castle. Handsome 21-year-old Jamie calls her Cat, for the faerie cat associated with the Other World who roams the Scottish hills. He believes that Cat was meant to come here so that all the castle's secrets would be revealed - most of all, what it is the ghost girl who visits the tower wants to tell them?
What do you get when you mix a rescue mission, a 50-year-old motorbike, an 11-year-old boy, and his weird, witchy grandma? Zack Mosel's parents are settling business in far-off Slovodnia, so Zack has no choice but to spend his summer with "Mag the Hag," his eccentric grandmother. But before the summer can get too boring, Zack finds out his parents have gone missing, and he and Mag take it into their own hands to unravel the mystery surrounding their disappearance. What follows is an adventure that will take Mag and Zack across Europe, facing wilderness, danger, new friends, enemies, and excitement--all while traveling on the seat of a pretty extraordinary motorbike.
15-year-old Erik loves dancing, but when he wants to audition for the Royal Ballet School, he has to make some tough decisions. He has to leave the football team and let his friends down and his Dad has his own ambitions for him.
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