![]() And she can’t resist cursing her enemy with the “kiss of hate”. Now she has not only one unconscious Jacobite rebel at her mercy, but two. Martha Wantage wears every reason she hates the Scots on her body-in the scars from a violent, fiery attack that killed her family. It’s just a matter of time before Jack is turned over to the Crown as a traitor, but Fraser’s attempt to rescue his friend is met with the blunt end of a candlestick. But when a kindly English family takes Jack in to be cared for by the governess and healer at their Derbyshire estate, Fraser can only watch helplessly. ![]() Stranded in the heart of England after Bonnie Prince Charlie’s hasty retreat, highlander Fraser Lachlan has sworn to stay by his injured friend’s side. ![]() A passion that burns away centuries of hate… ![]()
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This massive hardcover collection reprints Neil Gaiman's seminal, award-winning The Sandman: Overture, plus The Sandman: Dream Hunters and his two acclaimed stories featuring Morpheus's sister Death. ![]() ![]() ![]() Chris is joined by Claire Harman, author of a new biography, All Sorts of Lives, which takes a fresh look at Mansfield's life through ten of her most pivotal stories, the short-story writer and novelist Lucy Caldwell and Dr Chris Mourant. Gerald Crich is partly based on Mansfields husband. Mansfield died one hundred years ago this month, aged just 34 years old, and in this programme Chris Power explores her turbulent life, and legacy, through her innovative contribution to Modernism and the short story. 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All of the details of its day-to-day operation are handled by benevolent hyperspace AIs called Minds, leaving its inhabitants free to pursue whatever pleasures they crave. The Culture is a cozy interstellar society in which everything is plentiful, no one is exploited, and very little is forbidden or even impossible. His latest SF effort, Look To Windward, takes us back to the Culture, the space opera utopia introduced over a decade ago in Consider Phlebas and expanded with three sequels since. He's produced at least one book every year since The Wasp Factory came out in 1984, alternating between "mainstream" fiction (as just plain Iain Banks) and SF (as Iain M. Scotland's Iain Menzies Banks is a prolific fellow with a literary double life. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1955, she also began writing under her married name Rosamunde Pilcher, by 1965 she her own name to all of her novels. She published a further ten novels under that name. In 1949, her first book, a romance novel, was published by Mills & Boon, under the pseudonym Jane Fraser. Her son, Robin Pilcher, is also a novelist. ![]() They had two daughters and two sons, and fourteen grandchildren. They moved to Dundee, Scotland, where she remained until her death in 2019. On 7 December 1946, she married Graham Hope Pilcher, a war hero and jute industry executive who died in March 2009. From 1943 through 1946, Pilcher served with the Women's Naval Service. She began writing when she was seven and published her first short story when she was 18. Clare's Polwithen and Howell's School Llandaff before going on to Miss Kerr-Sanders' Secretarial College. Just before her birth her father was posted in Burma, her mother remained in England. Rosamunde Scott was born on 22 September 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK, daughter of Helen and Charles Scott, a British commander. ![]() ![]() Nurture Your BOOKS™ is a global company that provides Book PR, Promotion, Publicity, and Marketing Services for authors (primarily indie) and publishi Nurture Your BOOKS™ is a global company that provides Book PR, Promotion, Publicity, and Marketing Services for authors (primarily indie) and publishing companies. Please check out our sister group YA LGBT Books if you are under 18.more ![]() NOTE: Due to the adult content in this group, you must be at least 18 to join. The email process for requests to join isn't reliable so if you haven't been admitted within 24 hours, PM Stacey Jo directly with your request to join. Click the join button on the group's home page. Do not use the Goodreads mobile app to join. 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I pray for and with siblings who have gone from this life, even before being born into our family. ![]() Father, I pray for siblings who suffer hurt from the family, siblings who do not know your mercy and love, siblings who do not turn to the Church as mother, siblings who are estranged. Inspire me to always consider how we can stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, and encouraging one another. Our affection suggests this the charity of Christ demands it. Make us generous and tireless in forgiving one another for offenses, quarrels, injustices, and neglect. Through my siblings, you invite me to grow in closeness, care, and respect. Thank you for teaching me through them: Teach us to relate to others, to listen and share, to be patient and show respect, to help one another. Father, I thank you for the gift of my siblings. ![]() Thanks “Team Word On □.” Praise God! Here, here to all Priests, Prophets and Kings…. 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