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Mending Fences (Mills &  Boon Love Inspired)
Mending Fences (Mills & Boon Love Inspired)
Jenna Mindel
¥31.10
Laura Toivo's never been a success at love. The high-powered exec has always been better at dealing with clients than family or friends. When she's called home to Michigan to care for her ailing mother, she finds herself in uncertain territory. Then handsome widower Jack Stahl moves in next door. Jack has realized that life is too short and wants to focus on his kids and his faith, not a woman who's as career-hungry as he used to be. Can Jack show Laura that life is all about connections, and that love is the greatest of God's gifts?
The Borgia Bride
The Borgia Bride
Jeanne Kalogridis
¥100.85
This sweeping historical novel tells the dramatic tale of that most intriguing of Renaissance women, Lucrezia Borgia. Incest. Poison. Betrayal. Three wedding presents for the Borgia bride… Italy 1492 Pope Alexander VI is elected. And so begins the Borgia reign of terror. Alexander murders, bribes and betrays to establish his dynasty. No one is immune. Rome is a hotbed of accusation and conspiracy. Every day, the River Tiber is full of new bodies. Sancha de Aragon, daughter of King Alfonso II of Naples, arrives in Rome newly wed to Alexander’s youngest son, Jofre. Their marriage protects Naples against the ambitions of the French King Louis and gains Spanish support for the Borgias. But Rome is very different to her beloved Naples. The debauchery of the Borgia inner-circle is notorious: every lust is indulged and every indiscretion overlooked. Sancha is no innocent: she possesses an indomitable spirit which allows her to survive in the snake-pit, but her ancestors once rivalled the Borgias in cruelty and Sancha’s greatest fear is that blood will out. Lucrezia Borgia’s vicious jealously stings Sancha at first, but gradually the two young women develop a cautious friendship. Lucrezia, adored by her father but used ruthlessly as a political tool, seems deceptively innocent and sympathetic, and their bond strengthens when Lucrezia is married to Sancha’s treasured brother, Alfonso. But when Sancha falls in love with Cesare Borgia, her husband’s enigmatic older brother, she has no idea of how bizarre and internecine are the family's true ties. Alexander is rather more than an indulgent father; Lucrezia not the innocent she appears; and Cesare’s ambition burns wildly. The only safe relationship with the Borgias is none at all: as Sancha, her brother and Naples are soon to discover…
A Love for Food: Recipes and Notes for Cooking and Eating Well
A Love for Food: Recipes and Notes for Cooking and Eating Well
Daylesford Organic Ltd
¥221.12
The ultimate in delicious, fresh food from the company who are dedicated to growing, producing and cooking real food. The Daylesford recipe for delicious eating is simple - organic produce of the utmost quality. Ingredients from local producers, seasonal crops, humanely-reared meat and a simplified supply chain guarantees food that’s fresh, ethically-produced and, most importantly, full of flavour. This beautiful book will help you make Daylesford's award-winning recipes at home, showing you how to live healthily and simply throughout the food calendar year. With everything – from seven-seed sourdough bread to quintessentially English spiced apple cake, as well as delicious meat and game dishes, including Daylesford’s favourite rabbit, cider and mustard pie – the principles of good wholesome food and seasonality lie behind each carefully crafted dish. Mark every season, with ideas on how to use a glut of vegetables from your garden, tasty jams and relishes to stock your winter larder and mouth-watering fruit confections for the summer months. This is the essential cookery book for organic food lovers everywhere.
The Pike: Gabriele d’Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War
The Pike: Gabriele d’Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
¥88.39
WINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION WINNER OF THE 2013 DUFF COOPER PRIZE WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2014 WINNER OF THE 2013 COSTA BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR The story of Gabriele D’Annunzio, poet, daredevil – and Fascist. In September 1919 Gabriele D’Annunzio, successful poet and occasional politician, declared himself Commandante of the city of Fiume in modern day Croatia. His intention – to establish a utopia based on his fascist and artistic ideals. It was the dramatic pinnacle to an outrageous career. Lucy Hughes-Hallett charts the controversial life of D’Annunzio, the debauched artist who became a national hero. His evolution from idealist Romantic to radical right-wing revolutionary is a political parable. Through his ideological journey, culminating in the failure of the Fiume endeavour, we witness the political turbulence of early 20th century Europe and the emergence of fascism. In ‘The Pike’, Hughes-Hallett addresses the cult of nationalism and the origins of political extremism – and at the centre of the book stands the charismatic D’Annunzio: a figure as deplorable as he is fascinating.
Better Than Chocolate (Life in Icicle Falls, Book 1)
Better Than Chocolate (Life in Icicle Falls, Book 1)
Sheila Roberts
¥9.71
The best treat of all… Sweet Dreams Chocolate Company has been in the Sterling family for generations. But now it looks as if they’re about to lose their beloved shop to the bank. How can the town of Icicle Falls possibly cope without ? the famous Sterling treats? It won’t be easy for Samantha Sterling to save her company, though… Its fate is in the hands of her arch-enemy, Blake Preston, the bank manager with devastating good looks. Which is enough to make her want to eat the entire shop’s contents in one sitting. Yet maybe Blake’s about to convince her that (believe it or not) there’s something even better than chocolate. Welcome to Icicle Falls, the town that will warm your heart. 'Sheila Roberts makes me laugh. I read her books & come away hopeful and happy.' - bestselling romance author Debbie Macomber
On a Snowy Night: The Christmas Basket / The Snow Bride
On a Snowy Night: The Christmas Basket / The Snow Bride
Debbie Macomber
¥58.86
THE CHRISTMAS BASKET More than ten years ago, high-school sweethearts Noelle McDowell and Thomas Sutton planned to elope—but then he jilted her. This Christmas, Noelle is home to celebrate the holidays, and she and Thom discover they are still in love. Now only the decades-old rivalry between their mothers stands in the way of a second chance together. THE SNOW BRIDE It's a month before Christmas and Jenna Campbell is flying to Alaska to marry a man she met on the Internet—until her seatmate takes it upon himself to change her plans. Which is how Jenna ends up stranded in tiny Snowbound, Alaska, alone with Reid Jamison (plus a bunch of eccentric old men and a few grizzly bears). And then there's a blizzard… Maybe she'll be a Christmas bride after all!
The Father of Her Son (Mills &  Boon Superromance)
The Father of Her Son (Mills & Boon Superromance)
Kathleen Pickering
¥31.10
News anchor Evan McKenna knows a good thing when he sees it. And Kelly Sullivan and her son Matt definitely fall into that category. If Evan had his way, he’d be part of their little family. Only Kelly is proving resistant to his charms. He knows an attraction this strong is more than one-sided so something else is keeping them apart. Despite his best efforts, he can’t convince her to tell him. Then Kelly’s past becomes a major news story which puts Matt’s safety in jeopardy. Evan is willing to do anything to protect them. For the first time, his career takes a back seat to something more important—family and a future with Kelly. Now he has to prove it to her.
Abandoned: The true story of a little girl who didn’t belong
Abandoned: The true story of a little girl who didn’t belong
Anya Peters
¥45.62
Separated from her real mother at birth, Anya grew up in terror of her drunken bullying uncle. Beaten, humiliated and sexually abused by him from the age of six, she thought her life couldn't get worse. But one day it did. "I was used to Daddy screaming 'whore's child' at me, over and over again. But I couldn't get used to what he made me do." Anya was too terrified to tell anybody about what her uncle did to her. But then he got careless and started abusing her in front of the other children. When her brothers started calling her a 'whore', Anya cracked and all her terrible secrets came pouring out. Anya had always coped because there was one woman who loved her deeply, her 'Mummy'. But this time love was not enough. One morning 'Mummy' just left. Determined to make a new life, Anya buried her feelings and tried to move on. But when she ended up homeless, living in her car, she knew she had to face her past if she was ever going to find happiness and security again. Top 10 Sunday Times Bestseller, Abandoned is Anya's inspirational story of her fight to find love, acceptance and a place to belong.
Diary of a Married Call Girl
Diary of a Married Call Girl
Tracy Quan
¥44.65
The witty, sexy sequel to Tracy Quan’s bestselling ‘Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl’. Like everyone, Nancy finds that as life goes on, she has to adapt. She’s learning to hone her respectable image as the wife of investment banker Matt, cooking fashionable meals and taking his shirts to the cleaners, while turning a few tricks on the side. Volume is down, but the sex is kinkier. And she finds herself pulled into the discreet subculture of the married call girl. Some women’s husband’s know what they do, some don’t, and some ‘know, but don’t know.’ Nancy’s is in the dark, although her best friend Allison’s increasing presence in the media spotlight threatens to expose Nancy’s secret. Meanwhile, Matt wants a baby, but Nancy isn’t so sure. Motherhood could end her career for good – and what will it do to her body? Will Nancy have to give up her career to save her marriage? What if she becomes the frumpy wife her clients often come to her to escape? Fans of Quan’s first Nancy Chan novel, readers of Candace Bushnell’s ‘4 Blondes’, and anyone who enjoys a walk on the wild side will love this revealing romp.
Falling out of Heaven
Falling out of Heaven
John Lynch
¥88.39
Hauntingly told and emotionally charged, this is an immense story of consuming addiction and the betrayal of trust. Gabriel O'Rourke seemingly has everything: a loving wife, an adoring young son, a worthwhile job. He is rooted in a community, is part of a family, has a home. Yet, gradually, his world slowly pulls apart, until Gabriel finds himself homeless and destitute, living out of rubbish skips on the street. In a psychotic haze he is admitted into a secure unit, his body addled by alcohol, his mind broken. Here, by confronting the blighting reality of his own alcoholism, Gabriel is forced finally to unearth the muddled spectre of the past: the black betrayals by those around him, his traumatic relationship with his father, and the true darkness of some obsessions. Learning to navigate a landscape pockmarked with trauma to undergo a journey of painstaking absolution and halting reconstruction, Gabriel understands that only by untangling the mistakes of the past can he hope to reclaim his future.
Across The Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories
Across The Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories
Garth Nix
¥56.11
Must-have short story collection by Garth Nix, containing thirteen stories all introduced by the author himself. ACROSS THE WALL brings together an eclectic mix of Garth Nix’s writing spanning several years. The opening story is the 2005 World Book Day novella and Old Kingdom story NICHOLAS SAYRE AND THE CREATURE IN THE CASE, winner of two prestigious Aurealis Awards. The rest of the collection includes two tales inspired by Arthurian legend, a war story, a western, a traditional tale with a twist and a hilarious choose-your-own-adventure spoof. The volume is introduced by the author himself and, even better, so is each story – giving context, anecdotes and a generous dollop of Nix’s own wry humour. Plus! A final bonus section of frequently asked questions for which Garth Nix supplies vital answers.
Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice
J. A. Jance
¥74.65
New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance brings her two best-loved series characters together as Beaumont and Brady investigate a pair of cases that cross state lines Seattle investigator J.P. Beaumont is working a series of murders in which six young women have been wrapped in tarps, doused with gasoline and set on fire. Their charred remains have been scattered around various dump sites, creating a grisly pattern of death across western Washington. At the same time, thousands of miles away in the Arizona desert, Cochise County sheriff Joanna Brady is looking into a homicide in which the elderly caretaker of an ATV park was run over and left to die. All the man has left behind is his dog, who is the improbable witness to some kind of turf warfare – or something more sinister. But, here, as the threads of their two seemingly seperate cases wind together, Beaumont and Brady must put aside echoes of their shared past as they are once again drawn into an orbit of deception. Except this time it’s not just their own lives that are in danger but those of the people closest to them as well.
Father and Child Reunion Part 1 (36 Hours, Book 16)
Father and Child Reunion Part 1 (36 Hours, Book 16)
Christine Flynn
¥14.62
36 Hours Serial As a devastating summer storm hits Grand Springs, Colorado, the next thirty-six hours will change the town and its residents forever…. Father and Child Reunion Part 1 Eve Stuart thought a trip home for her brother Hal's wedding would be fun–and short enough to avoid seeing Rio Redtree. But that was before a storm cut power all over town, her brother's bride went missing and Eve's mother, Olivia, was tragically killed. Now Rio, an investigative reporter, is the only one with a lead on her mother's case. Eve's willing to answer his questions, as long as they don't involve her daughter, Molly. Six years ago, Rio made it clear he never wanted a child. How can Eve trust him to do the right thing if he finds out the truth about Molly? The story continues in Father and Child Reunion Parts 2 and 3.
The Last Straw (DCI Warren Jones, Book 1)
The Last Straw (DCI Warren Jones, Book 1)
Paul Gitsham
¥39.24
When Professor Alan Tunbridge is discovered in his office with his throat slashed, the suspects start queuing up. The brilliant but unpleasant microbiologist had a genius for making enemies.For Warren Jones, newly appointed Detective Chief Inspector to the Middlesbury force, a high-profile murder is the ideal opportunity. He's determined to run a thorough and professional investigation but political pressure to resolve the case quickly and tensions in the office and at home make life anything but easy. Everything seems to point to one vengeful man but the financial potential of the professor's pioneering research takes the inquiry in an intriguing and, for Jones and his team, dangerous direction. More DCI Warren Jones books by Paul Gitsham: No Smoke Without Fire Blood is Thicker Than Water Silent as the Grave Praise for Paul Gitsham:"A wonderfully classy crime novel. Fluent writing style, great pace to the action. What's not to like? I'll be reading number 2 as quickly as I can download it. Highly recommended. Crime Writing at its very best" - Kate Rhodes, author of Crossbones Yard and the Alice Quentin series
A Voice in the Dark (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
A Voice in the Dark (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Jenna Ryan
¥31.10
Scarred Noah didn’t show his face, until he saved FBI agent Angel from the killer who ruined his own life. Now Angel’s had a glimpse into Noah’s world and she wants more. Can Angel bring him out of the shadows and convince him to help her solve the case?
Becoming a Cavanaugh (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Becoming a Cavanaugh (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Marie Ferrarella
¥31.10
Someone is murdering the city’s elite. Hot-shot detective Kyle is on the case – and he’s falling hard for new partner Jaren. But their growing attraction must be pushed aside as they decipher the psychopath’s code. Until the threat gets a little too close to home…
Cavanaugh Pride (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Cavanaugh Pride (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Marie Ferrarella
¥25.60
Julianne prided herself on never needing anyone. Yet ever since the detective teamed up with fellow cop Frank she found herself opening up. Taciturn Frank didn’t want her invading his territory. But both were helpless to resist their simmering attraction…
Mountain Investigation (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Mountain Investigation (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Jessica Andersen
¥31.10
FBI agent Gray had an agenda and it didn’t include protecting a beautiful loner in the wilds of Colorado. Mariah’s now his unwilling partner in uncovering a deadly terrorist plot. Could hiding out together turn their investigation much more intimate?
Natural-Born Protector (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Natural-Born Protector (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Carla Cassidy
¥31.10
Gorgeous Hank is all that stands between Melody and the wrath of her sister’s killer. The brave widower and single dad makes a perfect bodyguard but could he also be boyfriend material?
Profile Durango (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Profile Durango (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Carla Cassidy
¥31.10
The last time FBI agent Tom had seen Callie, she was the target of a hit man and he'd been assigned to keep her safe, but he hadn't kept his distance. Now Callie's in danger. And Tom's playing protector again – yet can he avoid their still-simmering attraction…?
Secret Delivery (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Secret Delivery (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Delores Fossen
¥31.10
When Alana disappeared, Sheriff Jack raised her son, the baby he’d helped deliver, as his own. Now she’s back, Jack vows he won’t let her claim his child. But with a dangerous killer hot on her trail, he can’t help but want to keep her safe…in his arms!