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Louisa Silverton is the daughter of a wealthy American businessman, brought up to believe a healthy profit is the only route to happiness. With the family company over-leveraged and in need of a capital injection, she travels to England to find a rich husband. The Honourable Miss Sarah Davenport has no time for romance. The family estate of Kenilborough is mired in debt and only she can save it. Unconventional and outspoken, Sarah is dismayed that somebody as intelligent and attractive as Louisa is willing to sacrifice herself for financial gain. As Louisa pursues her campaign, Sarah realises her objections to the project run deeper than mere principles. At the same time, Louisa finds herself captivated by Sarah's independent spirit. Yet to indulge their unexpected passion would surely mean the ruin of both their families. Bound by duty, will they ever be free to follow their hearts?

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Ernie just wants to have a solitary pint at her local pub and forget about her past as one of the most promising young mages in England. But when an old enemy returns, she must restore the memories she suppressed and reclaim her powers.

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Susan Mottram lives an idyllic existence until her eighteenth birthday, when her father's sudden death plunges the family into penury. To support her mother and younger sister, Susan takes employment as a teacher at a remote Yorkshire boarding school, Matterdale Hall, owned by the radical Dr. Claybourn and his penny-pinching wife. Susan soon discovers that all is not as it seems. Why is little Mary so silent? What really happened to Susan's predecessor? Is anyone safe in the school's draughty halls? Through a life-changing meeting with the beautiful and mysterious Cassandra, Susan begins to uncover the truth about Matterdale Hall, and discovers the cruelty, and love, that can lie within the human heart.

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When the whole world is drowning, who can you trust to pull you safely to shore? The coming years bring no salvation. In the UK, people flee the flooded coasts only to find drinking water rationed in the barren cities. Two girls in a Portsmouth care home find temporary solace in each other despite their differences – Mia is a withdrawn orphan and Lily a volatile tomboy rejected by her family. However, their friendship soon becomes too intense to last and they drift apart, finding their separate ways out of the sinking city. Years later, their paths collide in London at a meeting for Weather Underwater, a group of activists fighting the eco-fascist Ebbtide Party in power. The reunion forces both women to make terrible choices – with devastating consequences.

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