The Hidden series is set in a Midlands town in England as the 1980's come to an end.Florence has left nursing to become the private investigator of her dreams but, after working for a year with Arthur Renishaw and seeing the reality of life as a PI, happily she accepts her position as office manager in Renishaw Private Investigation Services. Florence may not be undertaking surveillance or actively investigating, but by listening to people in her unobtrusive way, she helps: Corinna...

At 72, Jacqueline James thought she had seen it all, until an online connection swept her into a whirlwind of affection, devotion, and deceit. Love Letters From Abu Dhabi is a raw, unforgettable memoir that exposes the emotional and psychological toll of falling in love with a digital illusion. Through heartfelt letters, poetic reflection, and painful honesty, Jacqueline takes readers behind the screen, where manipulation masquerades as romance, and hope battles heartbreak. This is not jus...

Its a miserable rainy day in late 1995. The discovery of a malignant tumour in her right breast is the beginning of a ten year roller-coaster ride of despair, bravery, determination. Back in her biology teaching job after successful mastectomy and chemotherapy, all was well with the world and she was more than happy. Then, out of the blue, a new opportunity presented itself by way of a local election candidate calling to canvass her political leanings. She was so impressed she joined the l...

It's 1988 in England, and Florence has decided to retire from her longtime nursing career. Fancying herself a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, she takes a job as assistant in a one-man private investigator's office. Tired of answering the phone and filing, she's desperate to solve a real case. The opportunity finally arrives when her friend Andrea suspects her husband, Geoffrey, is having an affair.Florence works diligently to get to the bottom of Geoffrey's strange behaviour and disapp...

Marriage is a commitment to a person as a result of a covenant made. Most of us know of couples who have been physically separated for a prolonged period because of a job or study or immigration laws, yet remained faithful to each other. We know that there are many married people who live together yet are unfaithful to each other. Whats the difference? Commitment. Commitment is a decision to reach a destination at the start of the journey. You know that you will not allow anything to distr...

The story of one family’s journey north during the Great Migration starts with a little girl in South Carolina who finds a rope under a tree one summer. She has no idea the rope will become part of her family’s history. But for three generations, that rope is passed down, used for everything from jump rope games to tying suitcases onto a car for the big move north to New York City, and even for a family reunion where that first little girl is now a grandmother.Newbery Honor–winning...

**Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s LiteratureA Coretta Scott King Honor Winner!**Melanin Sun has a lot to say. But sometimes it?s hard to speak his mind, so he fills up notebooks with his thoughts instead. He writes about his mom a lot? they?re about as close as they can be, because they have no other family. So when she suddenly tells him she?s gay, his world is turned upside down. And if that weren?t hard enough for him to accept,...

In this moving picture book from multi-award winning author Jacqueline Woodson, a young girl and her grandmother prepare for a very special day--the one day a month they get to visit the girl's father in prison. "Only on visiting day is there chicken frying in the kitchen at 6 a.m, and Grandma in her Sunday dress, humming soft and low." As the little girl and her grandmother get ready, her father, who adores her, is getting ready, too, and readers get to join the community of families who ...

With no desire to live in a world void of all human life, Faye sets a goal of making it home to die. Then she encounters Dodge and two young boys, who ignite a spark long lost in her: the will to live.Following radio calls, they discover they are not alone and decide to join a growing camp of survivors. But another discovery threatens their new-found safety and the rules begin to change. As they desperately try to find a safe haven and figure out their place in this new world, Faye...

In just forty-eight hours, a brutal and mysterious virus sweeps across the nation, claiming millions of lives. But this is just the beginning. Soon, the terrifying truth emerges: the United States is under attack—an unprecedented blitzkrieg of biological, conventional, and nuclear warfare. No town is safe, and the identity of the enemy remains unknown.Shelby Doyle lives in the small town of Hawthorne with her sons. When the attacks occur, she quickly realizes nowhere is safe. Hawth...

After surviving a terror attack that took her husband, Lucy is trying to rebuild her life for her two teenage children. She makes the decision to move them all to an off-grid mountain community.Away from the insanity their life had become, their temporary solution becomes a permanent way of living. Lucy believes she is giving her kids the perfect life, and a way of living that they truly want.Until the day her son, Vincent, decides to leave without saying a word.Luc...

‘Oh My God!!… Had me gripped instantly… A MUST read!’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A devoted wife and motherBella has the perfect life with her husband Jack and their two children – until the ex who stalked her years ago is released from prison.A tragic past that haunts herNow Bella is convinced he’s back to hurt her, and sees him everywhere – but no one else can see that anything is wrong.One last chance to put it ...