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Second Lieutenant Tennyson "Ted" Drake, until recently a barracks schoolmaster, is on a shadowy reconnaissance trip deep in the Ardennes forest. But when the German panzers burst across the border, Drake's commanding officer is killed, leaving Drake in a place he should not be, with no orders, just a bloodstained notebook filled with code - and a mysterious sketch of a raven. As the Allied defences crumble before the onslaught of the Blitzkrieg, Drake must stay alive long enough to discover the raven’s secret - and stop its catastrophic consequences on the outcome of the war…

Royalist John Blackavise, defeated both in battle and in spirit, returns home with little hope—until he finds himself captivated by the courageous, intelligent and beautiful Mary Florida. Unfortunately for Blackavise Mary is trapped in a loveless marriage. Until the sudden, violent death of her husband changes everything... Can the forthright Blackavise overcome defeat, espionage, bastardy and hatred and find his way to the woman of his urgent dreams?

Hugh Malahide wearily returns home from King Charles’s lost cause to find a young man dying on his doorstep. This is Tom, the ostracised black-sheep brother of Isabella Fentiman. But Tom repays Mahalide’s generosity in nursing him back to health by betraying him, stealing the Fentiman jewels, and placing Isabella in jeopardy. Armed only with grim determination and a charm-the-birds smile, Malahide sets about seduction, burglary and defying fate, hoping to right all wrongs and win the beautiful Isabella.

1979: Tettenhall College for Boys was a private school near Wolverhampton. Posh though it appeared, it was a school with a dark secret. Bullying and abuse were rife, and not just among the pupils. The headmaster was a sadistic Irishman who wheeled his slipper and cane with abandon. Our class of 11- and 12-year-old boys all lived in constant fear of his abuse. As a child, you are taught to trust and respect your parents, teachers, policemen, and priests. But no one ever tells you what to do when you know in your heart they can’t be trusted.