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1940 finds Adam Southey in a mood of bitter resentment: he cannot join up because he is lame. But at the school where he is teaching, the headmaster, Sam Cooke, is a brilliant scientist. And Adam suddenly finds that the battleground is not the only place to fight a war — for Dr. Cooke has developed a deadly secret weapon and enemy agents are after the plans. Adam and the doctor move to an engineering works in Scotland to build a working model of the weapon.

George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans – an ironic ‘deception’ given that "Adam Bede", her first novel, is written unashamedly from a feminist standpoint. The story centres on a pastoral love triangle. Two young men, carpenter Adam Bede and squire Captain Arthur Donnithorne, are both in love with the mercurial Hetty Sorrel. There’s a further love interest between Adam and beautiful lay preacher Dinah Morris. The setting is a country village in the north of England in the last years of the eighteenth century.

Meet Adam Brandon...acutely intelligent and master swordsman but gradually realizing that he isn’t yet ready for the future he had previously planned.Victim of a cruel deception, Camilla Edgerton-Foxe has a jaundiced view of the male sex and a tongue as sharp as her wits...but she also possesses an extraordinary talent. A peculiar encounter offers Adam the kind of employment for which he is uniquely suited and that will exercise his mind as well as his muscles. The fly in the ointment is that Miss Edgerton-Foxe comes with it...as does Rainham.

When your mother is named Honor, you have a lot to live up to. Adam is the oldest of Honor’s six sons. He has been in love with Mercy Coffey since he was barely a teen. But the five years difference in their age keeps her from taking him seriously. She married Langston Barns instead and Adam is forced to honor her choice.

Madeline Oxley has been ruined by a scandal through no fault of her own, and her future looks bleak. When a gentleman from her past requests that she set sail for the New World to become his wife, she jumps at the chance to become a mail order bride and marry the man she has loved since she was a girl.

Drama, suspense, heartache, catastrophe, fear.... none of us are exempt. But that makes us all eligible for discovery, amazement, fulfillment and love. How one man’s archeological discovery will defy your understanding of history, science and religion. The results could make you question your very existence! Join him and his family on a journey that may change your mind, challenge your heart and definitely leave you asking yourself ‘What if?’

Casting light onto the once hidden tragedy of the 1918 Chilwell, England ammunition factory explosion, The Silent Canary tells of the catastrophic incident that resulted in the largest loss of life from a single accidental explosion during World War I.

Entdecken die feurige und leidenschaftliche Welt von Unwiderstehlich (Lord Adam) vor der lebendigen Kulisse der Regentschaft!

In 1850s South Carolina, ladies with ambition and a penchant for wearing trousers are rare indeed. But that’s Charlotte Whitney all over. Not only does Charlie yearn to resurrect her late father’s newspaper, she wants to be its editor. That position, however, has been handed to Richmond newspaperman Adam Chase. Undeterred, Charlie convinces Adam to teach her the journalism trade. In doing so, she teaches him how to open his heart.

Will Forbes is now the Sheriff of Broken Spur. But what happens when the Sheriff needs a wife? When his Deputy places an ad for a mail order bride, Will considers doing the same thing for himself. But when he encounters the pretty new Scottish girl in town, he begins following a different path to find love. Little does he know that decision will throw obstacles in his way and test him to the limit. The path of true love never did run smooth but for Will Forbes, it places him and his Deputy in danger.

Montana Territory, 1875: For Amelia Cooper, arriving in Broken Spur to become a mail-order bride for ex-Deputy Sheriff Brad Garrett is a daunting experience. She has a new job as a schoolteacher and a new husband who is dealing with a life-changing injury. Amelia attempts to build a good, simple life for herself and Brad and finds that someone else in Broken Spur may need her support. Sam, a young boy in her class, seems to be having problems and Amelia feels duty-bound to help.