The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions.But as Christy struggles to find acceptance in her new home, some see her — and her one-room school — as a threat to their way of life. Her faith is challenged and her heart is torn between two strong men with conflicting views about how to care for the families of the Cove.Yearning to make a difference, will Christy’s determination and devotion be enough?

    Christina discovers a passion for horses and riding but finds herself part of a strange household, divided by emotional undercurrents and cruelty.

    But Donn longs for a wider kingdom. He deserts his bride, roams the world, fights in wars, is footloose - yet finds that he is homesick. Sixteen years later he returns to take up the threads of his old life, to learn to love his afflicted daughter, and to bring progress to the neglected green valley. Light comes, water flows, the land prospers. Then, on a night of innocent festivity, a monstrous crime is perpetrated. His kingdom violated, Donn dedicates himself to a terrible revenge that can only destroy the avenger as well as the hunted

     Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas and her Nightingales series, Jean Fullerton, Maggie Hope and Nadine Dorries. Jo spends each night shift "specialing" journalist Bill Francis. Then Bill's condition takes a turn for the worse, and the young pair are brought much closer together. Is this real love, or just a reaction to an intensely emotional situation? Meanwhile, Jo thinks that Senior Surgical Officer Richard "Red" Leland would make an ideal husband for her widowed Aunt Margaret, and sets out to play matchmaker. But will Red and Margaret appreciate Jo's intentions? Bill's father, General Francis, is also admitted to St Benedict's Hospital, and Margaret is persuaded to return to her former career as his private nurse. Can she protect his feelings as well as his health? The lives and emotions of these staff and patients become ever more intertwined, as they move in hospital circles. A moving romance and a fascinating insight into the everyday lives of nurses and doctors in the 1960s, with all of the trademark warmth and realism of a hospital story by Lucilla Andrews. Hospital Circles is the thirteenth novel by the bestselling hospital fiction author Lucilla Andrews. For the first time, Lucilla's novels are now available as ebooks. More at www.lucillaandrews.com

    covers the decline of socialism in america from 1912-1925

    Mama and Papa have gone abroad; New Nurse has declined to journey to the remote west of England; tutor and governess soon leave, and servants too. The children are alone in the musty, moldy halls. Thus far the style is mid-Victorian gothic, but quickly the breeze freshens... the children are free of rules, free of formalities, free to be themselves. To show them how to manage they have neighbors, Nancy and her younger brother Dick, who seem like "shy and beautiful beings from another world." The six stay together, playing on the beach, catching and cooking fish, picking berries, until the Richleighs' past life fades in a succession of strange and lovely days. But Tantamount remains: they have given it their allegiance, it has disclosed its terrible past (and present) as a smuggler's den and worse.

    This is the story of his reign, and of the famous plot which was almost successful in removing him.

    But Kane Boyden was a searcher, and he hadn't yet found what he was looking for...

    The cross-country hike that begins as a game turns out to be a life-and-death struggle for three teen-agers as they try to save a precious Roman artifact from being stolen from an archaeological dig near Hadrian's Wall.

    On her return trip to England, a young girl's life is threatened many times simply because she included a certain man in a farewell photo she took of the Madeira landscape.