At eighteen, Emma Kenward runs away from her dull Sloane home to try her luck as a painter in Tuscany. Waspish, idealistic and far too clever for her own good, she is at the awkward age when women choose their futures - and their identities....

Knotshead is a school catering for the children of the rich, famous, liberal - and deluded. With its progressive curriculum, complacent staff and beautiful grounds, it looks like Paradise. But the clever, the odd and the bookish are relentlessly persecuted as pupils make their own rules in a bubble of privilege and prejudice....

This gripping, moving and hiliarious novel introduces seven characters, each of whom has a profound effect on each other s lives. Each must choose between probity and self-interest in love and work. Some compromise themselves completely; others oscillate between vice and virtue. Others are redeemed by twists of fate....

Rich or poor, five people, seemingly very different, find their lives in the capital connected in undreamed-of ways....

When Polly and Theo Noble book the Casa Luna, near Cortona, for their summer holiday they plan a civilised Anglo-American house-party with Theo\"s brother Daniel, Daniel\"s girlfriend Ellen, and Polly\"s old schoolfriend Hemani in an idyllic Tuscan setting....

When Hannah is invited into the First-Class carriage of the London to Penzance train by Jinni, she walks into a spider\"s web. Now a poor young single mother, Hannah once escaped Cornwall to go to university. But once she married Jake and had his child, her dreams were crushed into bitter disillusion....

Quentin and Lottie Bredin, like many modern couples, can\"t afford to divorce. Having lost their jobs in the recession, they can\"t afford to go on living in London; instead, they must downsize and move their three children to a house in a remote part of Devon....

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The Sand Between My Toes is a collection of poems inspired by moments, memories, people, friendships, emotions, places travelled to, and time spent in nature. This is Ailsa's fourth poetry book, and it presents the continuation of her journey through the pages of her thoughts and her imagination. This book is a woven tapestry of her soul. ...

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Mist seeps over the horizon,covering the bay as it movescloser to shore.The wind whispers throughthe trees,bringingvoices from the past.—Ailsa CraigAilsa Craig is blessed to have experienced much love and adventure in her lifetime....

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Lucas Jameson has given up on women. In his opinion, they're only good for one thing, and one thing only. That's one of the reasons he became a park ranger. The other reason was to get away from the big city and his ex-girlfriend. He's not the type to take orders from anyone, especially a woman....

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The Bringiers were among Louisiana's most prominent families during most of the 19th century....