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Her Heart’s Desire is another Dockerty saga based on Vivienne’s family tree, set in Victorian Merseyside in 1893. Eighteen year old Lily is spoilt and petted by her father. She spurns the love of Charlie, a twenty-one year old shipyard worker. A courtship from a boy with his lowly background would...

The King Mother is the second in the Niscerien Chronicles and follows on from the The King’s Mistress With the help of her brother, Eilana has achieved her ambitions. Having become the King’s Mistress then established her son on the throne in the first of the chronicles, Eilana is now King Mother....

Roger Conway is a daring liar who has invented a new identity for himself and bluffed his way into M16. He carries out an audacious mission for the ‘Disciples’, a secret cell of Oxbridge and Ivy League academics who are the masterminds behind the security services. Roger’s adventures in Cuba,...

Army Brat’ Benny Cohen has grown up in a military environment, dragged from posting to posting as his father rose through the ranks to that of Captain. Always failing to live up to the standards of a son of the ‘Officer Class’, Benny is deemed inadequate by his father, and even an embarrassment...

When Monique invites Thurston Ramblers to Chamonix, the club’s zealous president, Mrs Olive Lavinia Johnston (referred to as O.L. by Harry Birch, her bête noire) is delighted. Not so, Harry who prefers low-level, fine-weather walks to sweating up mountains. No-one expects him to sign up for Chamonix....

Taking a Chance traces the relationship between Imogen and her mother, Ada, culminating in Ada’s death when Imogen is fifty years old. Imogen’s reminiscences start with her discovery of Ada’s death, revealing her quirky coping philosophy as she does so. Incredibly intelligent but maybe ‘too...

“Some come to Strand-next-the-Sea to visit the stately homes, stroll along the promenade or paddle in the cool waters of the North Sea. Others come because they are drawn by the secrets of their past...” Boarding House Reach is a captivating novel about five individual characters who meet one...

Hannah is very excited when she finds out that her parents are finally going to let her have a puppy, but her excitement is soon dashed when Dad tells her that they are going to have to sell the woods at the bottom of their garden, to pay for repairs to the house.  Hannah is sure that there...

Set in Hong Kong at the time of the Cultural Revolution riots in 1967, Blue Lantern is a story of sex and police corruption. Mike Brodie a young police inspector from Glasgow is caught between two women. Helen is a talented and virtuous doctor, whom he can't match. Vanessa is a sordid temptress whom...

"Thou shalt not kill" is one of the deadly sins, isn't it? So why is Sarah Wenham preparing to end her husband Tom's life?

One spring afternoon a beautiful young woman living in London’s leafy suburbia is subjected to a vicious attack that results in the loss of her looks and self-esteem. She begins a quest to discover the reason for the assault and the identity of its perpetrator, and unwittingly becomes enmeshed in the dealings of a powerful, mysterious organisation.

**Fourth novel in the Heart of Stone Saga. ** **A stand alone title which follows on from the earlier trilogy: ‘Brandy Row’ (9781780882451),’Dawn To Deadly Nightshade’ (9781783060238) and ‘Legacy of Van Diemen’s Land’ (9781784623067). ** **A series rich in local detail...

The Secret Anatomy of Candles is a medico-legal mystery drama, written by a doctor, which is set predominantly in Durham City and the north east of England. Jasper Candle is a ruthless compensation lawyer who finds blame behind every misadventure. But when 3 year old Ollie dies because of the measles...

Dawn to Deadly Nightshade, the sequel to Brandy Row, is the second in a collection of West Country historical novels by Somerset author Shelagh Mazey.