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1922:
Charlie is a chancer, with a taste for gin, ragtime and women.  Underneath
his veneer of assurance however, is a man with a terrible burden of
guilt.  Fuelled by his fatal addiction to opium, Charlie’s violent temper
soon inflicts devastating consequences on the three women who love him,
dragging each of them into a world they could never have imagined. 
Strains from an
Aeolian Harp
is the story of one woman’s enduring strength and of the
fragile bond between women in a society filled with prejudice and misogyny.

 

A Changing Girl

by
Betty Flack

A
Changing Girl is the gripping portrait of Kate Moriarty, a young woman finding
her way at a University still reeling from the recent disappearance of a
student. Carrying her own secrets, Kate tries to fit in, but quickly finds
herself drawn to Miriam, a friendless outsider, hell-bent on her own
destruction. Intrigued by the missing girl and her connection with Miriam, Kate
finds herself drawn into a dark and disturbing world where nothing is quite as
it appears. A serious thriller, by a serious new writer. Betty Flack's
A Changing Girl
is a coming out story with a difference.

 

The Mask of the
Highwaywoman

by
Niamh Murphy

 

Evelyn Thackeray, the
spirited daughter of a wealthy aristocrat, is en route to meet her future
husband, when a gang of vicious outlaws attacks her stagecoach. In spite of
Evelyn’s terror, she is intrigued by the leader of the gang, a beautiful
Highwaywoman called Bess. Increasingly entranced by Bess and the prospect of
adventure, Evelyn puts up little resistance when she is kidnapped. However, she
begins to suspect there is a lot more to her captor than she initially thought
and what started as a light-hearted escapade rapidly turns into a desperate
escape and a frantic struggle for survival
.

Niamh Murphy’s debut
novel is not just a swashbuckling lesbian romance, but also a gripping tale of
love and betrayal.

Crossing the Line

 

by
Toni James

 

Rachel
Ryder is training for the British Mountain Championships. After years of hard
work, she’s in the best shape of her life and a favourite to win the
Championship. So the last thing she needs is a broken arm and a distracting
encounter with a beautiful doctor. Matters become even more confusing when
Rachel’s treacherous ex-girlfriend arrives on the scene, determined to stop at
nothing to win her back.

 

With
the championships approaching and her heart in a storm, Rachel is forced to
choose between the woman she lost, the woman she has found and her opportunity
to realise the ambition of a lifetime.

 

The Lost Resort

by
Toni James

When
Eve Harper finds her lover in the arms of another woman, she’s forced to face
up to some uncomfortable truths; she’s single, the wrong side of forty and
she’s running out of wine!
There’s nothing else for it, but to sell
everything and take an extended holiday in Greece.
With her unruly
younger sister in tow, Eve embarks on a tumultuous journey of self-discovery
and en-route she meets Annie, a troubled teacher from England, Heidi, an
ambitious hotelier and JJ, a cute bartender, with an uncanny gift for
cocktails.  When she arrives at
The
Lost
Resort
, a women-only hotel on the Greek Island of Lesbos, Eve finds
her own slice of paradise and, with temperatures rising and passion in the air;
she wonders where it will all end. But this is only the beginning.  The
Lost Resort is the first in a series of funny, romantic novels set on the Greek
island of Lesbos. It is a story about friendship, family and the restorative
power of love.

 
 

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please visit
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or
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.

 

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