"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who among us is fairest of all?" she said. Bianca straighted up and listened, as if the mirror might answer. ...

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Anyone raised in a Judeo-Christian environment will be familiar with the story of Ruth, the Moabite princess who married an Isrea...

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“This is how it feels when you realize your child is missing: The pit of your stomach freezes fast, while your legs go to jelly”… T...

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Fla-men-co - a style of dancing that is strongly rhythmic and involves vigorous actions, as clapping the hands and stamping the feet...

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Detective Constable Evan Evans and his new bride, Bronwen, are settling into married life in their little cottage above the village of Llanfair when they meet the daugh...

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On a cold, bleak winter day Josie Tyrell receives the one phone call that we all hope we never get: her boyfriend, Michael ...

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Through strange circumstaces, Brandon Vale a convicted theif, is "helped" to escape from prison. He is handed a cell phone and pushed thru a gate by a ...

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Thirtysomething lifelong friends, Mattie and Jane, have been in love with the same man since college. Being the more dazzling of the two, Jane win...

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Welcome to the world of blogging. Anonymous Lawyer, hiring partner for a large California law firm, is making a bid for chairman of the firm and has found blogging to be the perfect vent for the frustrations that he is dealing with ...

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In Louise Welsh’s debut novel, The Cutting Room, Rilke, an auctioneer, is an unlikely detective as he combs the streets...

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