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  A Case of Desecration in the West

  Douglas Watt Watt

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  'All is secrecy. All is lies… Does anyone tell us the truth here?'
  
  Scotland, 1691. Hooded figures have been seen in the woods and the dead have been wrenched from their resting place under the cover of darkness and their graves desecrated. A body is found floating in the River Clyde and a Duchess is determined to find answers.
  
  John MacKenzie's latest case takes him and his loyal assistant Davie Scougall to Hamilton Palace to discover the truth behind the curious drowning of local woman Bethia Porterfield. The kirk and sheriff have pronounced a verdict of self-murder, but the Duchess is unconvinced, and every soul connected to the case is guarding secrets of their own.
  
  Despite mounting pressure to leave the West, MacKenzie and Scougall must navigate the murky waters of the Clyde, where nothing is as it seems, to uncover the truth – was Bethia's death an accident, a suicide, or part of something much more sinister?

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  The Shop Girls of Harpers - The...

  Rosie Clarke

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  The beginning of a brand new series from #1 bestselling author Rosie ClarkeWelcome to Harpers of Oxford Street. 
  London 1911 
  When Sally, Beth, Margaret and Rachel meet at a job interview for the wonderful new store in Oxford Street, they have no idea they will become lifelong friends. 
  When all four girls are lucky enough to be selected as sales staff their exciting new adventure begins. 
  Join them as they overcome heartbreak and grief, find love and happiness and remain united in their friendship, whatever life throws at them. 
  A heart-warming saga following the lives, loves and losses of the Harpers Girls.  Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries, Pam Howes and Dilly Court. 
  What readers are saying about The Shop Girls of Harpers: 
  ' Brilliant read. Wonderful characters that draw you into Harpers world. Thoroughly enjoyable' - Kitty Neale 
  'A lovely book to read and the first of a new series with characters that blend so well and a great story of friendship, family and love. Well worth 5*' - Reader Review 
  'A lovely read first in a new series, looking forward to the next. English saga writing at its best: wonderful characters, emotional, warm, lovely, highly recommend' - Reader Review 
  'Heart Warming, Compelling and Authentic, that features strong friendships, trials and tribulations of each woman, strong, relatable female characters, and a wonderfully enchanting location ' - Reader Review 
  'This book is brilliantly written and the descriptions are so well done that you feel like you are there in the book as a character. '- Reader Review 
  'I got sucked in immediately and could not put it down!'- Reader Review 
  'I can 100% guarantee that I will be reading more of Rosie's work in the future'- Reader Review

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  A Proper Marriage - A Novella

  Dorothy Love

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  From a hasty union begun in shame, a young man and woman struggle to build a lasting love. 
  Following a brief romance with George Mackenzie, Blue Gap, North Carolina’s most desirable suitor, Olivia Brooks finds herself abandoned and expecting a child. She is cast out of her father’s house and hastily weds George’s brother Luke, whom she has known since childhood. Luke hopes that giving his brother’s child a name will prove his own worth and provide a home for the woman he has long admired. 
  Determined to make a fresh start, they set off for Laurel Grove, Tennessee, but an accident on an icy mountain road forces them to take refuge with a Quaker family in Sweetbriar Creek. As Olivia and Luke recover from their injuries and await the birth of the child, they must confront their past mistakes and make peace with old hurts and betrayals if they are ever to forge a proper marriage.

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  News of the World - A Novel

  Paulette Jiles

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  Soon to be a Major Motion Picture 
  National Book Award Finalist—Fiction 
  In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. 
  In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence. 
  In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa raiders killed Johanna’s parents and sister; sparing the little girl, they raised her as one of their own. Recently rescued by the U.S. army, the ten-year-old has once again been torn away from the only home she knows. 
  Their 400-mile journey south through unsettled territory and unforgiving terrain proves difficult and at times dangerous. Johanna has forgotten the English language, tries to escape at every opportunity, throws away her shoes, and refuses to act “civilized.” Yet as the miles pass, the two lonely survivors tentatively begin to trust each other, forming a bond that marks the difference between life and death in this treacherous land. 
  Arriving in San Antonio, the reunion is neither happy nor welcome. The captain must hand Johanna over to an aunt and uncle she does not remember—strangers who regard her as an unwanted burden. A respectable man, Captain Kidd is faced with a terrible choice: abandon the girl to her fate or become—in the eyes of the law—a kidnapper himself. 
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  The Winter Serpent

  Maggie Davis

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  “A gritty story of a Scot’s lass . . . who will let no man break her pride . . . A historical work of great depth, texture and attention to detail” (AllReaders.com). Doireann is the proud daughter of a Scottish chieftan, her beauty renowned through the land of her father, and yet she chose to remain unbound and alone, free from submitting to the desires of any man. As the tides of war and pillage reach her homeland, she finds herself sold into the hands of the fearsome Viking pirate Thorsten, the wild leader of the frenzied Norse Bear Cult. She must survive the humiliation of being Thorsten’s woman, through pagan rituals and violent battles, as only her pride keeps her from submitting to his passion . . . 

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  High Country Justice

  Nick James

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  Wade Abbott is one and done—one look, one conversation, one weekend—and he knows who he wants. The only problem is that Mia Simpson is not free to return his affection. In fact, he suspects she's in an abusive marriage, but she never confirms that, and he has no choice but to mind his own business where she's concerned. Then two years after they first met and a year after he last heard from her, she shows up half-frozen, bruised and beaten on his doorstep, needing something only he can provide. He's determined to make it work, no matter the cost.

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