Publisher: JustinH
11 Complete Works of Harry Castlemon Elam Storm, The Wolfer Frank Among The Rancheros Frank on a Gun-Boat Frank on the Lower Mississippi Frank, the Young Naturalist George at the Fort Marcy The Blockade Runner Marcy The Refugee No Moss The Boy Trapper True To His Colors
Beautiful young Roxana Barclay cannot bear to see her wealthy widowed mother, Lady Barclay, marry a raffish fortune-seeker five years her junior. And so she flees to join her Dutch aunt and uncle, who are Missionaries, on their voyage to Bali in the East Indies. Matters are complicated further when Roxana discovers en route that her aunt is with child. Tragically her aunt dies of a fever after the difficult birth of her son, Karel, and then her grief-stricken uncle is found dead too, struck down Roxana is convinced by a Black Magic curse. Terrified of the colonial Dutch authorities, who would force Karel into an orphanage if they discovered his existence, Roxana entrusts him for safekeeping to a Balinese family. To her horror the repellent overweight Dutch Governor takes a predatory interest in her, making it clear that if she refuses to become his mistress he will have her imprisoned or she will be thrown of the Island of Bali. Which she become so attached to. Worse still the Governor introduces her to a dashing new arrival, Count Viktor van Haan, who also takes a keen interest in her and her beautiful wood carvings, which express so much of her and her attitude to life. But soon Roxana is surprised to find herself confiding in this handsome stranger and the Count is equally surprised to find that he has fallen in love!Show book
A tense tale of murder, betrayal, sexual abuse and revenge, and the corruption at the heart of the respectable establishment.Show book
When Marshal Buchanan put outlaw rachman in jail for the murder of his brother-in-law, Hank Carter, he knew the badman would seek revenge. Sure enough six months later, Rachman was out, riding back across the desert with his murderous companion Pedro Torres and aiming for a showdown with Buchanan.Show book
More than he bargained for Giancarlo Delucca has one aimto go global. Even if it means marrying the O'Connor heiress to secure the contract. Keelin O'Connor wants a place on the boardand no part in thiws business "arrangement"! Gianni may have vowed to seduce his wayward bride, but Keelin is fighting him every step down the aisle. Happily-ever-after was never part of the bargain, but Gianni finds himself intrigued by Keelin's feisty defiance. And suddenly he's determined to turn the beautiful Irish redhead's "I don't" into an "I do"! Welcome to The Chatsfield, Rome!Show book
This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - estimated 11970 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Postmaster's Daughter • The Message • The Silent Barrier • The Wings of the Morning • The Albert Gate Mystery • The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley • Number Seventeen • Cynthia's Chauffeur • His Unknown Wife • A Son of the Immortals • The Red Year: A Story of the Indian Mutiny • A Mysterious Disappearance • The Revellers • The Pillar of Light • The Stowaway Girl • The Great Mogul • The Bartlett Mystery • One Wonderful Night: A Romance of New York • The Day of Wrath: A Story of • The House 'Round the Corner • The King of Diamonds: A Tale of Mystery and Adventure • The Captain of the Kansas • The Late Tenant • The Wheel O' Fortune • The Stowmarket Mystery; Or, A Legacy of Hate • The Terms of Surrender • Flower of the Gorse •.etc.Show book
Left penniless and alone after her parents’ sudden deaths, beautiful young Alina Langley is desperate to earn some money to pay off their debts when, quite out of the blue, her friend the glamorous Denise Sedgewick, arrives at her home from London in a smart carriage.Now a famous Society beauty she has come to ask Alina for help. The man Denise loves has gone to Rome, upset after Denise deliberately made him jealous at a party and Denise is desperate to follow him and win him back.Her plan is to travel with her cousin, Lord Teverton, who is on a special Diplomatic mission for the Prime Minister, but her father will not let her go without a proper chaperone. Since there is no one else she can really trust, she persuades Alina to pretend to be her mother, Lady Langley.Dressed as a sophisticated woman of nearly forty when she is just twenty, Alina meets the unfriendly but handsome Lord Teverton, who is instantly entranced by her. The trouble is, so is the persistently amorous Prince Alberto Borghese, who pursues Alina with considerable determination and cunning.And when Lord Teverton comes not once but twice to her rescue, Alina realises that she has fallen completely in love with him, but how can she explain that she is not the woman of the world she pretends to be but a simple girl who has never before been kissed?Show book
