The Silent Touch of Shadows (45 page)

With her brother desperate to find her and the jea
l
ous Lady Reiko equally desperate to kill her, Ha
n
nah faces the greatest adventure of her life. And Kumashiro has to choose between love and honour …
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The Gilded Fan

How do you start a new life, leaving behind all you love?

It’s 1641, and when Midori Kumashiro, the orphaned daug
h
ter of a warlord, is told she has to leave Japan or die, she has no choice but to flee to England. Midori is trained in the arts of war, but is that enough to help her survive a journey, with a lecherous crew and an attra
c
tive captain she doesn’t trust?

Having come to Nagasaki to trade, the last thing Ca
p
tain Nico Noordholt wants is a female passenger, e
s
pecially a beautiful one. How can he protect her from his crew when he can’t keep his own eyes off her?

During their journey, Nico and Midori form a tentative bond, but they both have secrets that can change ev
e
rything. When they arrive in England, a civil war is brewing, and only by standing together can they hope to survive…

The Silver Locket

Margaret James

Winner of Catanetworks Reviewers’ Choice Award for Single Titles 2010

If life is cheap, how much is love worth?

It’s 1914 and young Rose Courtenay has a decision to make. Please her wealthy parents by marrying the man of their choice – or play her part in the war effort?

The chance to escape proves irresistible and Rose becomes a nurse. Working in France, she meets Lieutenant
 
Alex
 
Denham, a dark figure from her past. He’s
 
the last man in the world she’d get involved with – especially now he’s married.

But in wartime nothing is as it seems. Alex’s marriage is a sham and Rose is the only woman he’s ever wanted. As he recovers from his wounds, he sets out to win her trust. His
 
gift of a silver locket is a far cry from the luxuries she’s
 
left behind.

What value will she put on his love?

First novel in the trilogy
, followed by
The Golden Chain
(May 2011) and
The Penny Bangle
(May 2012)

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The Importance of being Emma

Juliet Archer

Darcy & Friends Series

Winner of The Big Red Reads Fiction Award 2011 and short listed for the 2009
 
Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance.
Mark Knightley – handsome, clever, rich – is used to women falling at his feet. Except Emma Woodhouse, who’s like part of the family – and the furniture. When their relationship changes dramatically, is it an ending or a new beginning?
Emma’s grown into a stunningly attractive young woman, full of ideas for modernising her family business.
Then Mark gets involved and the sparks begin to fly. It’s just like the old days, except that now he’s seeing her through totally new
 
eyes.

While Mark struggles to keep his feelings in check, Emma remains immune to the Knightley charm. She’s never forgotten that embarrassing moment when he discovered her teenage crush on him. He’s still pouring scorn on all her projects, especially her beautifully orchestrated campaign to find Mr Right for her ditzy PA. And finally, when the mysterious Flynn Churchill – the man of her dreams – turns up, how could she have eyes for anyone else?

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Love & Freedom

Sue Moorcroft

Short-listed for the Festival of Romance Award for Best R
o
mantic Read 2011.

New start, new love.

That’s what Honor Sontag needs after her life falls apart, lea
v
ing her reputation in tatters and her head all over the place. So she flees her native America and heads for Brig
h
ton, England.

Honor’s hoping for a much-deserved break and the chance to find the mother who abandoned her as a baby. What she gets is an entanglement with a mysterious male  whose family seems to have a finger in every pot in town.
Martyn Mayfair has sworn off women with strings attached, but is irresistibly drawn to Honor, the American who keeps popping up in his life. All he wants is an uncomplicated rel
a
tionship built on honesty, but Honor’s past threatens to u
n
dermine everything.  When secrets about her mother start to spill out ...

Honor has to make an agonising choice. Will she live up to her dutiful name and please others? Or will she
 
choose fre
e
dom?

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Turning the Tide

Christine Stovell

All’s fair in love and war?
Depends on who’s making the rules.

Harry Watling has spent the past five years keeping her
 
father’s boat yard afloat, despite its dying clientele. Now
 
all she wants to do is enjoy the peace and quiet of her
 
sleepy backwater.

So when property developer Matthew Corrigan
wants to
 
turn the boat yard into an upmarket housing complex for his exotic new restaurant, it’s like declaring war.

And the odds seem to be stacked in Matthew’s favour. He’s got the colourful locals on board, his hard-to-please girlfriend is warming to the idea and he has the means to force Harry’s hand.

Meanwhile, Harry has to fight not just his plans but also her feelings for the man himself.

Then a family secret from the past creates heartbreak for
 
Harry, and neither of them is prepared for what
 
happens
 
next …

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Please Don’t Stop the Music

Jane Lovering

Winner of the RONA Best Novel of the Year 2012

Winner of the RONA Best Romantic Comedy of the Year 2012

How much can you hide?

Jemima Hutton is determined to build a successful new life and keep her past a dark secret. Trouble is, her jewellery business looks set to fail – until enigmatic Ben Davies offers to stock her handmade belt buckles in his guitar shop and things start looking up, on all fronts.

But Ben has secrets too. When Jemima finds out he used to be the front man of hugely successful Indie rock band Willow Down, she wants to know more. Why did he desert the band on their US tour? Why is he now a semi-recluse?