Fiction - English

Irresistibly exuberant short stories…Mrs Gilliatt celebrates life with intelligence, wit and kindness. Aware of the idiosyncrasy of every soul, she shares the philosophy of one of her dashing old folk: ‘Everyone’s eccentric when you get to know them, thank goodness’.

In India, in 1575, Thomas Coryat, English surgeon and rationalist, searches for a cure for his dying wife. With him is his boyhood friend, Frog, a lustful priest seeking to save the souls of those he loathes. Confronting them is an alien world: the exotic, violent India of the Mogul Empires, a world of peasants and lords, courts and villages, warriors and travelling players, warlords and princesses.

A SPARROW FALLS: From the trenches of France, General Sean Courtney comes back to fame, fortune and a seat in government. Mark Anders, the courageous young South African whom he has come to regard as his own son, returns to nothing, his grandfather murdered, his property seized by an unknown company. At the bottom of the mystery is Sean’s son Dirk, the jealous, violent and power crazed genius whose all-consuming hatred can only end in blood…
THE DIAMOND HUNTERS: The Van Der Byl diamond company, willed by bequest to the founder’s son, Benedict, his sister Tracey and their estranged foster-brother, Johnny Lance, turns to be a bequest not of love, but of hatred. For it is couched in such terms as to offer Benedict the instruction to ‘destroy Johnny’, something he is only too willing to do.

Lucy Baker walks away from her high-flying legal career when she successfully defends yet another heinous criminal. Almost a year after her life-changing decision, Lucy has never been happier. Leaving New York City for the suburbs, tending her garden and her dog, Lucy is making future plans with her fiancé, Jonathan St. Clair — and getting acquainted with her neighbors, including the handsome, exasperating one next door, Wylie Wilson. But when FBI special agents confront Lucy with shocking revelations about her fiancé’s secret double life, everything about her husband-to-be is cast in suspicion. Recovering from a freak accident that has left her with a heightened sense of intuition, and getting closer than she ever dreamed to Wylie, Lucy must determine who to trust — and fast, before someone breaks down her defenses and targets her….

Josie and Cooper were one of those couples everyone envied: gorgeous, successful, and so deeply devoted. Even though Josie tended to work too hard, putting in long hours to lift her fledgling company off the ground, and Cooper could be wild and unpredictable, the two complimented one another. It seemed their love would last forever.
But sometimes love just isn’t enough. When a tragic accident leaves Josie and Cooper with two young children to care for, their bond will be tested. Now the pressures of their commanding careers are compounded by the needs of the children, and they find themselves drifting further and further apart. They will have to work to find the way back to each other, to the incredible passion that was once at the center of lives-and still burns deep in their hearts.

Bounty hunter Dev Shannon doesn’t go looking for trouble. It’s usually there when he wakes up in the morning…

The Good
This time, Shannon had his work cut out for him when the wife of an old friend disappears, and his buddy ends up facing a murder rap. Dev agrees to look for the missing woman, never imaging what he’ll find along the way.

The Bad
Aside from doing favors, Dev has paying clients to please. One case has him tracking a divorcee who’s swiped her ex-hubby’s pride and joy—a pint sized pooch that ends up getting Dev into big trouble. If that’s not enough, he has to hit the high seas to recover an eighty-foot yacht that some disgruntled dock boys have taken for a joyride…to Costa Rica.

The Deadly
Between trying to help his friend and tying up loose ends on his others jobs, Dev’s got plenty on his plate. He knows he’ll get his man—or woman—no matter how long it takes. But before things can start falling into place, someone starts shooting—at Dev. Looks like his lousy week is about to a hell of a lot worse…

When we left Suzanne Vale at the end of Carrie Fisher’s bestselling Postcards from the Edge, she had survived drug abuse, rehab, and Hollywood celebrity. The Best Awful takes Suzanne back to the edge with a new set of troubles — not the least of which is that her studio executive husband turned out to be gay and has left her for a man.
Lonely for a man herself, Suzanne decides that her medication is cramping her style, and she goes off her meds — with disastrous results. The “manic” side of the illness convinces her it would be a good idea to get a tattoo, cut off her hair, and head to Mexico with a burly ex-con and a stash of OxyContin. As she wakes up in Tijuana, the “depressive” side kicks in, leading Suzanne through a series of surreal psychotic episodes before landing her in a mental hospital. With the help of her movie star mom, a circle of friends, and even her ex-husband, she begins the long journey back to sanity.

There’s Becky, a plump, sexy chef, with an overworked husband, an adorable baby girl…and the mother-in-law from hell. There’s Kelly, a twenty-four-seven event planner who is charting her baby’s every move on a spreadsheet, while hoping that her husband will pull his finger out, and finally find a job. And then there’s the beautiful Ayinde, who is happily married to Philadelphia’s most prominent baketball star, until the combination of new baby and infidelity threatens their marriage. By turns moving, funny, and inspiring, Little Earthquakes is a great big delicious read from a prodigiously talented author.

In Anna Quindlen’s fourth novel, a baby is abandoned on the porch of Lydia Blessing’s estate. The baby is found by the ex-con handyman, Skip Cuddy, and Lydia decides to help him keep the baby. The baby, named Faith, becomes the catalyst for the softening of the rigid Lydia as she re-examines her life and the start of a new life for Skip. This is a sentimental novel with few surprises. The Denver Post says of Blessings, “Quindlen’s writing is wonderfully nuanced, and Blessings is an engaging and moving story.”

From The Very First Day That They Move To Oddlode Valley, It’s Inevitable That Young Teacher Mo Stillitoe, Recently Separated Socialite Diana Lampeter And Cool, Retired Dressage Diva Anke Brakespear Will Find Their Lives Entangled. Despite Differing Backgrounds, The Women Are On A Relocation Collision Course.