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        Author's Website - GLADYS DOBSON                 Romance

A tale of love, lust and passionate desire, authentically set in late 1940's class-conscious Britain. Innocent, naive teenager, June Armstrong is determined to rise above her working class roots and succeed as a top dress designer. Her sexuality is dramatically awakened by war hero, and socially advantaged, Major Arthur Rogers (retired), twenty years her senior. The relationship, sealed by a gift of a locket containing a diamond for an engagement ring, is to be kept secret until June is eighteen. Various events, involving his family, job prospects and unforeseen factors to do with affairs of the heart, prove to be a challenge to their relationship.

Arthur's 'ladies man' brother, Charles, is also in love with June but ruins his chances when he sexually assaults her. June becomes the catalyst for his remarkable redemption. She finds herself falling in love with the "new Charlie" when Arthur is abroad on business. Out of love for his brother and June, Charles withdraws from the blossoming relationship and returns to the Royal Navy.

But first Charles helps June gain employment as a trainee designer. Her boss and mentor - dynamic, sexy entrepreneur, Robert Watson - realises June's potential and sweeps her along on a tidal wave of ambition. He has plans for a totally new business and she is to be his lynch pin. June is mesmerised by both Watson's charisma and his renowned erotic sexuality (which she inadvertently witnesses in the stock room).

Robert Watson's ability to draw out June's creative genius eventually creates a bond, dangerous but thrilling, which he ruthlessly exploits - to the full!

    $15.95 - Paperback - 320 Pages  

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Review
Gladys Hobson is a very skilful writer. Without ever resorting to crudity or four-letter words, the author makes the nature of Alice's problems brutally plain. And she describes in detail how Alice goes about solving them. --Michael Allen-Grumpy Old Bookman

WOW, I don't say that often, Ms. Hobson's writing is quite good indeed. There's such a wistful, genuine quality to her style that it's hard bot to be drawn in right away. Unpretentious--so nice to see that in writing once in a great while. Very unique, and veery charming. --Andrew L O'Hara-Jimston Journal

      $14.95 - Paperback - 243 Pages 

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This book includes some great story lines. It really involves you in one man s struggle with society versus his urges. The book outlines the lives of Paul and Nick: they are priests that find themselves in love. There is the struggle with their faith, their parishioners, and themselves that keeps you intrigued all the way through. The conflict with them is their commitment to their vocation versus the commitment to one another. The title encompassed a young girl who is involved with the priest and his life and struggle. She is the one factor that you just can t seem to figure into the equation and what she is really up to. The story unfolds in a great way with small doses that leads up to a great ending; you find yourself wanting to know more about the characters and what is going to happen to them in the end. This is certainly a good inner look into the vocation of a priest. It has lot of knowledgeable information that makes it seem well researched for sure. I enjoyed all the references to the church officers and traditions and the inner workings of a church and how up to date and real to life it seemed it could be. There were many interesting subplots and storylines that kept you interested and intertwined all the characters in a way that all came out in the end --Angelia

            $7.99 - E-book                

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When Angels Lie is a tale of love, hate, lust and betrayal, a dramatic and romantic story involving taboo love within the Anglican Church. The Reverend Paul Stringer intends keeping his love affair with his rural dean secret, but did not bargain for his ‘angel’ secretary, Angela, falling in love with him. Nor did he expect his charismatic lady organist to play such a powerful role in his life. The story is set within country parishes coping with the tensions of challenging situations and controversial changes. Dedicated and sensitive leadership is called for. But dramatic events, involving powerful and memorable characters, threaten both the relationship with his partner, and all that has been achieved during his ministry.

  -  $16.95 - Paperback - 340 Pages  

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          Author's Website - DEANNA JEWEL                

Is it possible for souls  to travel through time and reunite  more than one hundred years later?  Does the soul continually search until somehow it finally finds the one true soul mate, even through time? Anything is possible when one believes in soul

     $21.58 - 293 Pages                  

         Author's Website - REBECCA THEIN                 Romance 

 Misty is a renowned San Francisco mural artist, finding herself trapped in despair and feeling alone in the big city. It is not until she finally decides to visit her mentor and dear friend that her outlook begins to brighten.

The grip of sadness is releasing its hold on her, as a new love steps out of the shadows of a long time friendship. The only problem is this lover possesses the key to a secret that he cannot keep hidden forever. He can only pray it will not destroy their relationship.

       - $12.95..- 304 Pages             

      Author's Website - JEAN HARRINGTON           Historical Romance 

 Western Ireland, 1665: Following in the footsteps of her pirate great-grandmother, Grace Omalley defies the law of the land and takes matters into her own hands, risking her life...her  love... in a dangerous game.

Owen O'Donnell views the secret "Deer Stalker"  as a Robin Hood to the starving villagers. Only, Lord Rushmount has vowed to stop the poacher, one way or another. As suspicions grow, and Owen learns the truth, he fears he won't be able to keep Grace from harm's way.

Grace knows the perils that faces them all, but cannot pull back, and continues her acts of defiance, all the while maddening one man...thrilling another.

  . $12.95 -Paperback - 271 Pages   

Author's Website - JEAN HARRINGTON                 Historical Romance (sequel) 

 Stalked by a lecherous tyrant, Owen and Grace flee their beloved Ireland   in pursuit of freedom and happiness. Their nemesis, Lord Rushmount, follows them into England and across the Atlantic to the New World where he attempts to destroy their lives and their love.  Will he succeed or will they?