'What was she? Not a child, for she was seventeen, and taller than Kitty: not a girl, for she floated like a feather, and flew into trees like a bird; not a spirit - she was human to touch. But to-night she was all made of mischief and magic, remote form him, and yet calling him to here . . .' At thirty-two, her mother dead, Agatha Bodenham finds herself quite alone. She summons back to life the only friend she ever knew, Clarissa, the dream companion of her childhood. At first Clarissa comes by night, and then by day, gathering substance in the warmth of Agatha's obsessive love until it seems that others too can see her. See, but not touch, for Agatha has made her love child for herself alone. No man may approach her elfin creation of perfect beauty. If he does, the love which summoned her can spirit her away . . . The Love Child (1927) was Edith Olivier's first novel, acknowledged as a minor masterpiece: a perfectly imagined fable and a moving and perceptive portrayal of unfulfilled maternal love.

A desert king reunites with the woman he never forgot—and discovers a secret that unites them for life—in this royal romance. Sheikh Khaled, king of Biryal, was once a star rugby player in England. But when injury ended his athletic career, it also cut short his love affair with physical therapist Lucy Banks. Now, three years later, Lucy has arrived in Khaled’s desert kingdom with butterflies in her stomach—and a precious secret! Seeing Khaled in his sumptuous royal palace, Lucy is blown away by his magnificence. This stern and powerful ruler is not the man she once knew. She wants to run away from his overwhelming masculinity, but they’re inextricably bound forever . . . for he is the father of her son.

National Book Award winner Nikky Finney's fifth collection of poems articulates the Black American history into a new language of "docu-poetry."

Brilliantly evoking the changing attitudes of the time, The Love Child is a novel about love, family, separation, despair, and hope, full of tenderness and deep feeling. A young mother’s sacrifice. A child’s desperate search for the truth... London, 1917 When nineteen-year-old Alice Copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby. She simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. But all Alice can think about is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and she mourns the father, a young soldier, so beloved, who will never have the chance to know his daughter. Edith and Philip Burns, a childless couple, yearn for a child of their own. When they secretly adopt a baby girl, Irene, their life together must surely be complete. Irene grows up knowing that she is different from other children, but no one will tell her the full truth. Putting hopes of marriage and children behind her, Alice embarks upon a pioneering medical career, striving to make her way in a male-dominated world. Meanwhile, Irene struggles to define her own life, eventually leaving her Suffolk home to find work in London. As two extraordinary stories intertwine across two decades, will secrets long-buried at last come to light?

Living with a famous novelist… Will she be able to expose his secrets? There's no way she can tell him how she feels. Cathy has gone undercover as a nanny at popular novelist Pearce Tyrone's estate. Her real job, however, is as a gossip columnist. Exposing mysterious Pearce's private life to the public is her true goal. Could he really be this child's father? Is her mother really the famous actress Jodie Starling, just as the rumors say? But before she realizes it, she's charmed by Pearce's intelligence and unexpected kindness, and she falls hopelessly in love with him!

Lose yourself in this beautifully written, emotional and enthralling novel from much loved author Constance Heaven. It conjures up the glittering society and changing times of the 1870s in London and Russia so wonderfully, you'll feel as if you are there yourself! 'Heady romance with glittering background' -- SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Readable and atmospheric' -- DUBLIN TIMES 'Excellent! Difficult to put down' - ***** Reader review 'Exciting read' - ***** Reader review 'A great novel from a great writer' - ***** Reader review *************************************************************************** Louise Defour's life is idyllic: as the love-child of a British diplomat and Russian dancer, she wants for nothing. But when her parents are killed, she finds herself penniless and alone, and must travel to England to meet a half-sister who does not even know of her existence. There, she becomes part of the world of the mysterious Daniel and Christine Hunter - with a potentially destructive effect.

Makaeli Lovechild Hunt, a successful fashion designer, struggles with her own spirituality and bi-racial identity until a family emergency forces her to face her tumultuous past. In seven life-altering days, she discovers what forgiveness really means. Amidst crises painful enough to make her turn her back on God forever, she learns what it means to be God's lovechild.

Shy and awkward, ruthlessly ridiculed by other children and carelessly treated by adults, Claudia Fryar flees her hometown of Philadelphia after her father’s death. But years of shame and silent suffering as the love child of the respected—and married—Louis Harrison finally come to a raging boil when Harrison’s jealous widow cheats Claudia out of her inheritance. Twice-scorned, Claudia transforms herself into Peach Harrison: bold, beautiful…and sinister. Now a successful newscaster, Peach makes a triumphant return to Philadelphia, to the welcoming arms of those who once cast her aside. But as Peach puts her “big payback” scheme into action, she realizes that revenge comes with some serious costs of its own.

A lavish masquerade ball is no place for plain-Jane receptionist Carys Wells. Used to being unnoticed by the glitterati, Carys feels vulnerable and exposed by the searing gaze of a dark masked man. Little does she know he's the man she ran from two years ago, whose wicked touch is about to become her undoing once more…. Alessandro Mattani cannot remember Carys, but his body does—intimately. And the red-blooded Italian is determined to claim all that he believes is his….