Sarah Rose
1) D-Day girls: the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II
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"The dramatic, inspiring story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to sabotage the Nazis, shore up the Resistance, and pave the way for Allied victory in World War II."--Provided by publisher.
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Describes the efforts of the British East India Company to acquire the secrets and seedlings to begin producing their own teas in the mid-nineteenth century and details the role of Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener and botanist who was disguised and sent in to smuggle tea plants out of China and transport them to the foothills of the Himalayas.
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Two real life femme fatales are profiled here. On the exterior, they presented themselves as sweet and caring. On the inside, however, lurked the heart of a killer...Carolyn Warmus murdered her lover's wife out of a jealous rage. Her case would attract national attraction and would lead to comparisons to the movie Fatal Attraction. Two television movies about her story have been produced, Belinda Van Krevel would be imprisoned to asking her boyfriend...
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Running for Love is a fun, inspiring tale of Jules Turnage, who emerges from her darkest place into her wildest adventure. At thirty-four, Jules finds herself back in college, competing in track and field and having her hormones explode through her body. She's instantly surrounded by superhot prospects for this opportunity to chase her dreams, and she is ready. Jules's new environment has her being touched, touching, and watching beautiful bodies...
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After yet another abrupt move, Annabelle finds herself in the small town of Burnwood. She knows it's only a matter of time before another move is sprung on her, but she dreads the thought of leaving after meeting the dark and mysterious Carter. Befriending the group of founding family kids, she discovers the shocking truth about her lineage. Annabelle faces her haunting past and unravels the mystery behind Carters behavior. Entranced by a new world...
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Strange incantations, death threats, curses, a towering dragon, a hidden garden located in a sea of burnt ashes, soul-grabbing owls with talons razor sharp, a secret world of dark-winged creatures tearing at the sky, and a screeching Prince ordering the dark-winged creatures to kill and destroy . . . This is the strange new world that ordinary Sarah, wife and mother, homemaker, school teacher, and part time children's pastor, finds herself in on a...
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Between the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars and the outbreak of the First World War, Europe underwent a transformation unparalleled in its history. No comparable degree of change had occurred on the Continent since the New Stone Age. Theodore Hamerow examines the innovations that challenged nineteenth-century Europe, using a perspective that transcends events that occurred within national boundaries. He brings together political, social, diplomatic,...
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Get in the way of ruthless people and it's gonna get you killed. Cady Grey is invisible. One of the 'perks' of being a wheelchair user. Sometimes it's better that way, 'specially when you're a sweary, spitty teenage girl who's main aim is getting through high-school in one piece.But then a sinister shell company wants to knock their school down and is prepared to stop at nothing. She and her friends are the only ones invested enough to care and smart...
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Cady is a girl who never gives up. But when she goes looking for Ed's lost package, will she risk their lives to get it back?
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Cady is invisible. One of the 'perks' of being in a wheelchair. Sometimes it's better that way. For example when you're a seventeen year old girl and all you want to do is get through sixth form in one piece. Cady Grey is the seventeen year old heroine of a new series of thrillers. Book one, The Wheels of Cady Grey is out...
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He's next in line to RULE the Irish Mafia. She's off limits, an outsider. But, when trouble lands her at his feet, he takes the opportunity to have what he truly wants-her.
Jack
She's the bane of my existence.
But, when trouble lands her at my feet, I take the opportunity to have what I truly want.
I offer her a deal. I'll help her, but the cost will be one night in my bed.
One night of submission.
One night to have her completely at my mercy.
I hope...