Shameful Secrets on Coronation Close
Lizzie Lane
War / World War II
There are no secrets that time does not reveal...Bristol 1937The year is 1937 and the country is still reeling from the abdication of King Edward the Eighth the year before. His brother, the Duke of York has become King George the Sixth and will be crowned in May. The country is on a high. Union Jacks are being dusted off and bunting is being made. Thelma, Jenny and residents of Coronation Close are all a buzz with planning the street parties and celebrations for the great day. But behind every door shameful secrets and sins linger on Coronation Close, just bubbling to expose themselves...
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Murder at Aldwych Station
Jim Eldridge
Historical / Historical Fiction / War
December 1940. With the Luftwaffe pounding the city nightly, Londoners seek refuge in underground stations. Aldwych has been taken out of service to provide shelter for the British Museum's priceless Elgin Marbles, as well as civilians escaping the bombing. When the body of a young man is discovered on the tracks, wearing evening dress but barefoot, Detective Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are on the case.Before long, more bodies are discovered, and Coburg's wife Rosa becomes a target for thebrutal killer. Caught up in a world of underground jazz clubs, abandoned tube stations and looters, Coburg and Lampson must track down the ruthless murderer before it's too late ...
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Fourth Planet from the Sun
Anthology
War / Military Fiction / History
Scanned, converted, re-formatted, proofed and eBook creation by Jerry
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[What Might Have Been 04] Alternate Americas
Anthology
War / Military Fiction / History
Fourteen of science fiction's most popular writers--including L. Sprague de Camp, Robert Silverberg, and Kim Stanley Robinson--offer their visions of an America that might have been.
"Report of the Special Committee on the Quality of Life" (Harry Turtledove)
"Ink from the New Moon" (A. A. Attanasio)
"Vinland the Dream" (Kim Stanley Robinson)
"If There Be Cause" (Sheila Finch)
"Isabella of Castile Answers Her Mail" (James Morrow)
"Let Time Shape" (George Zebrowski)
"Red Alert" (Jerry Oltion)
"Such a Deal" (Esther M. Friesner)
"Looking for the Fountain" (Robert Silverberg)
"The Round-Eyed Barbarians" (L. Sprague de Camp)
"Destination Indies" (Brad Linaweaver)
"Ship Full of Jews" (Barry N. Malzberg)
"The Karamazov Caper" (Gordon Eklund)
"The Sleeping Serpent" (Pamela Sargent)
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Secrets and Sins
Lizzie Lane
War / World War II
1913 Lydia Miller, daughter of a German doctor, is training to become a nurse when she first meets debonair Robert Ravening, the nephew of a Lord and a keen aviator and promptly falls in love. When the Great War begins in 1914, Robert enlists with the Royal Flying Corps and as a nurse, determined to help all she can, Lydia is sent to France. But her love affair with Robert has more than one consequence as secrets and sins are disclosed. Also being both British and German Lydia finds herself in No Man's Land, suspected by one and imprisoned by the other.Previously published as Home for Christmas Praise for Lizzie Lane:'A gripping saga and a storyline that will keep you hooked' Rosie Goodwin'The Tobacco Girls is another heartwarming tale of love and friendship and a must-read for all saga fans.' Jean Fullerton'Lizzie Lane opens the door to a past of factory girls, redolent with life-affirming friendship, drama, and...
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Seduction
Rex Clark
War / Military Fiction / History
What is the nature of evil: seductive and beautiful, or cruel and destructive? And who says what makes it evil in the first place?What is the nature of evil? Is it beautiful, seductive, hypnotic? Or is it simply a brutal force of nature, desiring nothing more than total destruction? And who's to say what makes it evil?
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