Michael Gallagher is an Irish seaman fighting with the Royal Navy. He comes ashore in Liverpool when his ship needs repairs & meets lovely young Stella Bennett on the quayside searching for her lost kitten. The young couple fall in love & want to marry but the Bennetts have other plans for Stella & when she gives birth to a baby Ginny Michael is dismayed by the child's ginger hair & convinced she is not his. He returns to Ireland leaving the slovenly Granny Bennett to rear Ginny. The child accepts her lot expecting little from life but knowing that in order to escape from the slums she must attend school. Granny Bennett prefers Ginny to skivvy for her but when a sympathetic teacher comes into her life Ginny decides she must better herself & the obvious way to do so is to find her father...A Kiss & a Promise is classic Katie Flynn full of warmth & passion & sure to please the many fans of the beloved saga writer. ...

Half term may be over but the chaos has just begun. Mr Logan has run off & eloped with Miss Sharkreve leaving the Lower Sixth with a new housemistress
- the tyrannical catty Mrs Dicks. & with the rules getting tighter at St Cecilia's the students are getting way more creative in finding ways to break them
- especially as they're all feeling a bit frisky. Tally broken hearted & on the rebound sets her sights on safe bet Rando while Alice & Tristan decide to take their relationship to the next level. Things between Dylan & Jasper are seriously heating up
- could she finally have found a guy who won't disappoint her? As tensions reach an explosive high a pool party at Rando's country estate should be just the thing to cool everyone down. Or will it push the temperature up a notch?


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Ruby is looking for love-- but her kiss is deadly! A serial killer is on the loose & it appears to be a woman--her target adulterous businessmen. After picking them up in bars she brutally tortures her victims before decapitating them. Meanwhile Hong Kong detective Johnny Mann is still struggling to deal with his dead fathers legacy of corruption & triad involvement. His nemesis CK Leung is determined to bring Johnny into the triad fold & has now deployed the most dangerous weapon--his daughter Victoria--beautiful but deadly. Falling into a downward spiral Johnny is on the verge of destroying everything he holds dear while Ruby continues her terrifying murder spree. Johnny needs to pull himself together fast because Ruby is getting nearer & is closing in for the kill! A nerve-shredding thriller that will grip fans of James Patterson & Karen Rose ...

KISS has released thirty-seven records & sold 80 million albums worldwide. Gene Simmons has also acted in films & on television has written & produced albums for other recording artists has managed the recording career of among others Liza Minelli & was founder & president of his own recording label Simmons Records/RCA. He also launched his film & TV producing career with Detroit Rock City for New Line Cinema. Gene Simmons lives in Beverley Hills California & was recently the rock star teacher on Channel 4's Rock School. Here for the first time Gene Simmons the notorious mainman of the explosive rock & roll group KISS tells his story. Delivered in Gene's own honest outrageous & uncensored voice he tells of his early beginnings in Israel of his arrival in New York at the age of eight his first taste of 1950s pop culture & his developing thirst for fame fun & girls. Undoubtedly one of the most infamous rock & roll legends alive Gene tells the never before revealed story of KISS's reign as the biggest & most popular band in the world. Finally the real story of the man behind the make-up. ...

With tight breeches & loose morals the horse trials circuit is a hell-for-leather chase across the magnificent parkland of England's finest country estates. Flirtation is compulsory sport; love is a professional hazard. Silver-tongued charmer Rory Midwinter is quite at home in this hedge-jumping bed-hopping world of competitive weekend house parties. Having been born into the saddle & with a rock star owner as patron he has no intention of settling down. Only his long-term groom Faith has other ideas. Tash & Hugo Beauchamp are the undisputed golden couple of British three-day eventing but their mettle is put to the test by the arrival of The Devil on Horseback brooding Kiwi rider Lough Strachan. Lough holds the key to Hugo's darkest secret & he intends to use it to access his greatest rival's beautiful wife. ...

A Kiss Before You Go is a profound & personal autobiographical work a collection of Dannys illustrated journal pages chronicling his journey to recovery after the loss of his wife in a tragic accident. This heartfelt tale pairs beautiful illustrations with intimate contemplative text. ...

From the sugar-white sands of the Bahamas to Australias Coral Sea; Sunday Times bestseller Tasmina Perry travels the world & turns up the heat in her most spectacular novel yet... On the luxurious private island of Angel Cay four privileged students toast the end of their exams but one dark night will change their perfect lives for ever. As the friends move into their glamorous careers
- fashion music politics
- each tries to put the past behind them. But no matter how high their stars climb they cannot escape the dreadful truth. & when the consequences of that fateful night finally catch up with them for one of the four there is a terrible price to be paid...

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Hot erotica from Portia da Costa
- grande dame of Black Lace Jay Bentley is a man with issues. Haunted by physical & psychological
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In Kiss Kiss you will find eleven devious shocking stories from the master of the unpredictable Roald Dahl. What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover gave her as a parting gift? What happens when a priceless piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain? Can a wronged woman take revenge on her dead husband? In these dark disturbing stories Roald Dahl explores the sinister side of human nature: the cunning sly selfish part of each of us that leads us into the territory of the unexpected & unsettling. Stylish macabre & haunting these tales will leave you with a delicious feeling of unease. Roald Dahl is one of the few writers I know whose work can accurately be described as addictive". (Irish Times). Roald Dahl the brilliant & worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory James & the Giant Peach Matilda & many more classics for children also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed & were most recently the inspiration for the West End play Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today." ...

Penguin Audiobooks presents a brand new recording of Roald Dahls Kiss Kiss" a dark collection of devious shocking stories for adults from the master of the unpredictable. It is complete unabridged & brought to life by all-star cast including Derek Jacobi Adrian Scarborough & Juliet Stevenson. What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover gave her as a parting gift? What happens when a priceless piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain? Can a wronged woman take revenge on her dead husband? In these dark disturbing stories Roald Dahl explores the sinister side of human nature: the cunning sly selfish part of each of us that leads us into the territory of the unexpected & unsettling. Stylish macabre & haunting these tales will leave you with a delicious feeling of unease. The stories are: " The Landlady" " William & Mary" " The Way Up To Heaven" " Parsons Pleasure" " Mrs Bixby & the Colonels Coat" " Royal Jelly" " Georgy Porgy" " Genesis & Catastrophe" " Edward the Conqueror" & " Pig The Champion of the World". Further Dahl short story volumes publishing in September 2012: " Over To You" " Someone Like You" & " Switch Bitch" recorded with high-profile readers including Derek Jacobi Cillian Murphy Richard E Grant Julian Rhind-Tutt Juliet Stevenson Richard Griffiths Rik Mayall with many more to be announced. It is also published in paperback ebook & as digital audiobooks." ...