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Eva Kershaw is happy living with her dear friend Alice, who has been like a mother to her. But Alice is dying and Eva is distressed by the unexpected arrival of Gus Blake, Alice's nephew.

A weak monarch was a disaster for any nation, but no country needed a firm hand more than Scotland, with its feuding clans and the ever-present threat of an English invasion.

At eighteen Cathie longs for more than a life as a settler in the Australian bush. She accepts her uncle's offer to send her to England, not realising he is using her to wreak revenge on his sister Liza.

Kate is stunned when she is fired for suspected embezzlement. Kate returns to Pretenses, the exquisite boutique run by her friend Margo and sister Laura. When persistent Bryon de Witt enters her life, the flames of passion begin to burn.

In 1845 Annie Gibson can finally leave Salem Street. Her dreams of an elegant dressmaking salon in Bilsden, have come true. She is taking her father and the family away from poverty and the Rows. Trouble follows with several men trying to win favour.

Searching the airfields of Kent for the mother of a young evacuee Sheila Calvert meets USAAF Lieutenant Todd Albany. Romance blossoms until the day Todd's plane fails to return from a mission.

Alexander the Third succeeded to the throne of Scotland at the age of seven. Guided by his mentor David de Lindsay, he grows towards kingship and manhood in a troubled land, aware already of the glory and heartache of being King of Scots.

An American youth in 1930s Mexico City, Harrison Shepherd works for artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera and their houseguest, Russian exile Lev Trotsky. Returning to the United States, Shepherd becomes a bestselling author, but his past associations raise suspicions during McCarthy's Communist witch hunt. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2009.

Against the backdrop of the changing seasons and the long green rides though dark forests, this sequel to the Crystal Cave tells the story of the boyhood of King Arthur from boyhood to his accession to the throne.

Seth, proud and beautiful, escaped from slavery but is haunted by its heritage - from the fires of the flesh to the heartbreaking challenges to the spirit. Set in rural Ohio several years after the Civil War, this profoundly affecting chronicle of slavery and its aftermath is Toni Morrison's greatest novel - a dazzling achievement and a spellbinding experience.