Love's Shadow by Ada Leverson - Bringing out the varieties of love

Ada Leverson was a British writer, who is well-known for her work as a novelist. She began writing during the 1890s and has contributed many novels that were equally compared with great writers at her time.

Love's Shadow is part of The Bloomsbury Group -- a new library of books from the early twentieth-century. It is the first novel written by Ada Leverson in which Edith and Bruce Ottley live in a very small white flat in Knightsbridge. Even though they are considered to be one of the respectable couples in Edwardian London, Edith is beginning to feel a little bored with ghastly Bruce Ottley, who is pompous and vain.

But things started to change for Edith as excitement comes in the form of the impressive and glamorous Hyacinth Verney, who is in love with the elusive and showy Cedric Reeve. He, in his turn, is fascinated and infatuated with an enigmatic widow some ten years older than him, Mrs. Raymond, who contempt his attentions and insists him to marry Hyacinth. But, Hyacinth is loved by her guardian Lord Cannon, who is unhappily married to the redoubtable and self deluding Lady Cannon.

In the meanwhile, Lord Selsey -- uncle of Cedric, gets attracted by Mrs. Raymond and marries her. On hearing this, Cedric changes his mind and marries Hyacinth, but still has a secret feel and love over Mrs. Raymond. In the meanwhile, Bruce, who is furious at Hyacinth's marriage, is doubted by Edith, thinking that he has love over Hyacinth. Soon, things get messed up in everyone’s life for a meantime and finally end in a desired manner.

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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - An adventure novel

Suzanne Collins is an American author and cartoon writer. She began her career in 1991 as a writer for children's Television shows and has worked on several television shows.

Catching Fire is the second book in the Hunger Games Trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. According to the story, every year in Panem -- a country located in modern-day North America, the Capitol holds a tournament that is broadcasted in television in which two teen tributes from each of the surrounding districts will fight a gruesome battle to the death. The game is called as Hunger Games and in this game, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark -- the tributes from poor District Twelve, threatening the Gamemakers to commit suicide at the end of the game, which permitted them both to win.

After winning the game, Katniss and Peeta planned to start a victory tour, which covers most of the districts of the company. In the meanwhile, the sinister President Snow surprises her with a visit and informs her that when she defied the Capitol, she started a chain reaction and has created talk of rebellion in the districts. He also blackmail to kill her best friend -- Gale, if she can’t prove to everyone in Panem that her act was not one of defiance, but that she was instead driven by an extreme love for Peeta.

During her campaign in the victory tour, Katniss faces more problems and blackmails, which made her to decide that she will devote herself in protecting Peeta from their competitors. Can Katniss and Peeta once again win the death game?

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Covet - Battle between the spirits (A Novel of the Fallen Angels by J. R. Ward)

J. R. Ward is an American author, well-known for her contemporary romance. She began writing as a child, collecting her thoughts in diaries as well as inventing short stories.

Covet is the first novel in the 'Fallen Angels' series written by J R Ward, in which romance and redemption kick off between angels and demons as the final outcome is determined by seven battles for seven souls. The only thing that stands between those souls and damnation is Jim Heron -- a man, who has lived a life of sin and killing. As Jim is a former military killer, he has seen too much of the world.

Suddenly everything changes, when a freak accident kills him and he is brought back as a fallen angel with a mission, to save seven souls, each from one of the seven deadly sins in order to keep all that is good in the world. His first soul is Vin Di Peitro, who has spent all of his adult life working and became an incredibly successful business man, yet he never satisfied with what he has got.

On one night, Vin catches a glimpse of Marie-Terese across a crowded dance floor and from that second, Vin falls in love with Marie-Terese. Soon, Marie-Terese also experiences the same feel over Vin, which eventually ends in love. But a terrifying evil hanging over him since the Team Hell is cheating and trying to push Vin over the line and so, Vin Di Peitro must work with Jim to save his soul. Can Jim save the seven innocent souls?

In short, Covet A Novel of the Fallen Angels is all about the battle between the spirits of heaven and hell.

Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole – A Book of Magic, Sorcery & Sensuality

Kresley Cole is a well-known author of paranormal and historical romance novels. Before stepping into writing profession, Kresley Cole was a competitive athlete, coach and graduate student. Now she lives with her husband in Florida.

“Kiss of a Demon King” is a thrilling romantic novel written by Kresley Cole where she plots out the tale of a demon king trapped by an enchantress for her licentious purposes. Rydstrom Woede, the rage demon king has been fighting and searching for a way to kill Omort -- a deathless sorcerer that had defeated Rydstrom and taken the Castle of Tornin. Rydstrom is in search of a special sword, by which he can kill Omort and take back his rightful place on the throne.

Rydstrom takes his journey in search of the solution to kill Omort, which leads him to Sabine -- the Queen of Illusions and Omart’s sister. Sabine captures Rydstrom, since her goal is to get him to mate with her and impregnate her with his child, so that their child would be the key to unlock the Well of Souls that is housed within the Castle of Tornin as predicted by an oracle. She makes a deal that Rydstrom will get the clue about the sword only if he seduces her.

Rydstrom escapes imprisonment by tricking Sabine, stating that he would marry her and turns the tables on her. But soon, they both understand each other and take on the mission to find the sword for killing Omort. Will Rydstrom defeats Omort and take back his kingdom?

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The House at Midnight by Lucie Whitehouse - A spooky, romantic novel

Lucie Whitehouse is a British author, who lives in London. She has read classics at Oxford University.

The House at Midnight is the first novel written by Lucie Whitehouse. The plot is primarily about the relationships between tight-knit group of university friends -- Joanna (the narrator), Lucas, Danny, Michael, Martha, Rachel, and Greg. Lucas inherits Stoneborough Manor -- the mysterious old house, after the suicide of his art-dealer uncle. Soon, Lucas invites his friends (including Joanna) to Stoneborough Manor, where he decides to propose Joanna.

When Lucas proposes his love to Joanna, she showed some positive signs for his love, as she has the same feel over Lucas. Soon, Joanna finds herself in a romantic relationship with Lucas and he decides to move in with his parasitic friend Danny. In the meanwhile, Rachel, who has a job in fashion, has turned up with a hunky new boyfriend -- Greg. On one night, things get trickier when Joanna sees Rachel and Greg, lying in a compromising position on the floor and pleasuring each other.

When Joanna spends her time with Lucas in Stoneborough Manor, she discovers that the house is having a strange effect on Lucas. She also doubts that Lucas becomes haunted by the death of his uncle and got pre-occupied by cine films of his uncle's friends at Stoneborough thirty years earlier. Moreover, Joanna feels that the mocking eyes of the frescoed immortals are following her every move and suspects that the house is haunted by bad spirits or ghosts. Can Joanna save Lucas from this spooky house?

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Airman by Eoin Colfer - Born to fly

Eoin Colfer is an Irish author and comedian. He is most famous as the creator of the Artemis Fowl series and has also achieved success with other books.

“Airman” is a historical adventure novel written by Eoin Colfer. The story is set in the 19th century. The plot begins with the Paris World’s Fair of 1878, which Declan Broekhart and his wife, who is pregnant are attending. During their ride in air balloon along with Victor Vigny, Conor Broekhart is born, flying over Paris. Conor and his family reside on the Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast, which are ruled by King Nicholas Trudeau -- progressive leader who is helping the islands adapt to the industrialized world.

Conor spends his days with his tutor -- Victor Vigny, studying the science of flight. At one stage, Conor saves Isabella (Nicholas' daughter) from a fire accident, which awarded him the appreciation from the king for his bravery. From that day, he started to explore the castle with the king's daughter, Princess Isabella. Things started to change worse, when the head of the island's guards -- Marshall Bonvilain plans to overthrow Nicholas and take control of the Saltees.

When Conor comes to know about Bonvilain evil plans, he tries to expose it to the king, but Bonvilain succeeds him by killing King Nicholas and Victor and brands Conor as a traitor for the king’s death. So, Conor is thrown into jail on the prison island of Little Saltee. Is this the end of Conor? Will Bonvilain take over the Saltees?

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All These Lonely People by Gervase Phinn - A heartwarming story

Gervase Phinn is an English author and lecturer. Gervase is not only a bestselling author for Penguin, but also he is a successful children’s author published by Puffin as he has published many books for children. He lives with his family near Doncaster.

“All These Lonely People”, written by Gervase Phinn is part of the Quick Reads series, which contains exciting, short, fast-paced books. The story revolves around few characters, their life styles and their activities. Also the story reveals the ups and downs that happen in everyday life in a truly heartwarming manner. In this story, Father McKenzie still manages to see the good in everyone, even though there are huge problems for him to worry about. Not being a perfect man in all aspects, Father McKenzie carries on valiantly doing his best.

Although there are not much regular attendees for Father McKenzie in the church, Miss Rigby and a little boy -- Matthew visits the church regularly, who finds comfort in the church. Moreover, Father McKenzie is often met by a young man, who is seeking for advice since his mind is terribly disturbed right from the day he discovered that he was adoped child by a couple.

Everyday, Father McKenzie meets different people in the church who seek him for advice and blessings. But his job is made more difficult by his nosy housekeeper and the gossips from the shop down the road. What sort of problems does Father McKenzie face? Will he continue in seeing the good side of the people?

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Don't Bargain with the Devil by Sabrina Jeffries - A Thriller romance

Sabrina Jeffries is one of the best-selling American authors of romance novels. At the age of twelve, she began making up her own stories. She has written many novels under many series, which has fetched a long-lasting name in her field.

“Don't Bargain with the Devil” is a thriller-romantic novel under the series, "School of Heiresses" written by Sabrina Jeffries where she plots out the romantic war between an energetic gorgeous-looking girl and a mysterious magician. According to the story, Lucinda Seton aka Lucy is an outspoken, energetic, kind-hearted girl who is searching for her place and trying to find where she belongs. Moreover, she has recently had her heart broken by a man, whom she thought that she could marry, but it was not so.

After this disappointment, she decides to work as a teacher in Mrs. Harris’s school, where she got graduated. But the post will only be temporary, since she has to return to London for the Season with her father -- Colonel Seton, and her stepmother -- Lady Kerr. During her service in that school, she came to know about the plans of Diego Montalvo -- a mysterious and handsome magician in buying the property next to the school as he wishes to convert it into a pleasure garden.

On hearing this, Lucy tries to defend the school, without knowing that Diego’s mission is only to find the lost granddaughter of wealthy Spanish marques for which he’ll be rewarded with Arboleda -- a family property of Don Carlos. Moreover, Diego has promised his father, that he will regain all the properties that were ravaged during the war. At one stage, Lucy gets a chance to meet Diego which kindles out an unrevealed love over each other, but both stood keen over their missions. Can Diego able to find the lost heiress? Will Lucy join hands with Diego in his mission?

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Ransom My Heart by Meg Cabot - An Enjoyable Medieval Romance Novel

Meg Cabot is an American author of romantic comedies, who has written and published over fifty books. She currently resides in Key West, Florida.

Ransom My Heart is a romance novel written by Mia Thermopolis with the help from Meg Cabot. According to the story, in the year 1291, Finnula Crais -- the adventurous daughter of the village miller has five sisters, and a brother named Robert.

One day, her sister Mellana Crais, the beauty of the family is in need of money for her dowry as she is pregnant out of wedlock. So, the sisters come up with a rather unusual plan, which involves Finnula, who has to find a wealthy man, to capture him for ransom in order to obtain the money that Mellana needs. Finnula decides to kidnap Hugo Fitzstephan, a young earl who has returned from the Crusades with quite a large fortune. When Hugo is asked his name by Finnula, he hides his true identity by conveying a fake name to her.

Soon, Finnula who has decided never to marry again after her first husband died before their wedding night, finds herself fighting her attraction for Hugo. Moreover, Hugo is also attracted by Finnula’s character and charming beauty that makes him to stay with her as a hostage, even though he gets many chances to escape from her.

Soon, Finnula and Hugo falls in love with each other and when Finnula decides to marry him, things started to change as she comes to know about his true identity. Moreover, she also learns that Hugo’s father was her first husband, who was also an earl. Will Finnula marry Hugo?

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Fire by Kristin Cashore - A Book of Adventure, Intrigue and Romance

Kristin Cashore is an American fantasy author, whose first book -- Graceling has been one of the best-selling books in 2008-2009. She is the winner of Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s literature.

Fire is the second book written by Kristin Cashore, which is a loosely-related companion to Graceling that has entirely new cast of characters. The plot opens with suspense, mentioning about a lady monster -- Fire, who has the ability to control the minds of everyone around her. Separated by the mountains, the kingdom of Dells, which is ruled by the King Nash, exists next to the land of Graceling, where human monsters are the inhabitants. These Human monsters look beautiful and possess some powers too.

Many human monsters in the past, especially Fire's cruel father -- Cansrel caused miseries to the people. After Cansrel's unexpected death, Fire is the only one left in her kind. She resides far out of the country where she feels safe. In the meantime, King Nash is clinging to the throne as his enemies from the north and south build armies to overthrow him. So Nash and his brother, Brigan decided to seek help from powerful human monsters in order to save their kingdom from the enemies.

Since, Fire is the last one remaining in her kind, the brothers unwillingly seek help from her as they had no choice. Initially, Nash and Brigan distrust Fire for the miseries that her father caused on the kingdom before his death, but later Nash falls in love with Fire. Can Fire save the kingdom from the enemies?

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The Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord (1940-45) by Sir Max Hastings

Sir Max Hastings is a British journalist and author, who often contributes articles to some publications.He has won many awards for his journalism and now he lives in Berkshire.

“The Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord” is a biographical book written by Sir Max Hastings, which spin on Churchill’s war leadership during the Second World War. It is a well-known fact that Winston Churchill was the greatest war leader that Britain ever had. In 1940, the nation moved behind him in a remarkable fashion.

Hastings has also pointed out that there was a deep divide between what Churchill expected from the British people and their army and what they were capable of delivering. In other words, the author has stated that inspite of all the rash impulses and wild judgments, Churchill was boasting up the war spirit too often in the minds of his countrymen.

In this book, the author has also mentioned about Churchill’s crucial victory when he became prime minister in May 1940 for the first time in order to keep Britain in the war as France collapsed under the German blitzkrieg and Churchill’s popularity was felt low by the nation in 1942 as some of his closest colleagues joined a protest to put an end to his role in directing the war machine. Moreover, the author has stated about the major events and disasters that occurred in Britain during the Second World War.

In short, The Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord is a book about Churchill’s greatest leadership qualities, which played a vital role during the Second World War.

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Herta Muller - The Nobel Prize winner for Literature 2009

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Buy The Defence of the Realm The Authorized History of MI5

Christopher Andrew is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, who has published a number of previous books on intelligence history. He is also a leading historian of Britain's intelligence agencies.

The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 is a history book written by Christopher Andrew, which marks the centenary of the Security Services and their role in twentieth-century British history, right from its establishment in 1909 to the present day. Actually, MI5 stands for ‘Military Intelligence (Department) 5’, which works to figure out a range of threats including terrorism, espionage and the production of weapons for mass destruction. Basically, this MI5 is a security intelligence agency for UK, which is responsible for protecting the UK citizens and their interests at home and overseas, and acts against the major threats to national security.

This book also throws new light on many events and periods in British history, which also includes the successful mission by MI5 in turning German agents during the Second World War and also has valuable information about the Profumo affair and its aftermath, and about a list of formerly unconfirmed Soviet contacts.

This book also reveals that headquarters of MI5 is at Thames House in London and also have eight regional offices around Great Britain. Moreover, the Security Service is organized into seven branches, each with specific areas of responsibility. In short, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 is a historical book that brings out the successful achievements made by the security intelligence agency and its documentary collections over the events that occurred, relating to security threats.