In childhood, Shauna O'Malley lived a nightmare of poverty and abuse, and when the ultimate tragedy happens, her short life is thrown into turmoil. Years spent in care with only one true friend she can rely on hardens the young girl, and when she reaches adulthood, Shauna decides that she has to have revenge. There is just one problem; the person in question is a notorious London gangster who takes no prisoners when he's cornered. Can Shauna avenge the man she blames for her tragic life, o...

Katie Eden is young, beautiful and a grade A student who has the world at her feet. At university, she gained the degree needed to secure a top position in the financial sector of city banking. Katie is loved by everyone around her and has many friends, but her kind heart sees that she always champions the underdog. Out of kindness, she befriends Simon Mason, a geeky loner, and she is totally unaware of how the relationship will affect her in the future. The vicious acts carried out by Sim...

As a young child, Shauna O'Malley is made to physically suffer at the hands of up-and-coming London gangster Davey Wiseman. When the man kills not only her mother but inadvertently her baby sister as well, Shauna is placed into care.Almost twenty-one years later, Shauna sets out for revenge. Her heart burns with vengeance, but her target is now a serious player and far more unscrupulous than she is. Initially, things go well, and Shauna almost succeeds, but after Davey is imprisoned...

After his father suffers a serious stroke, Nicky Stanton becomes the head of a notorious London crime Firm. Married to a stunningly beautiful woman named Diane, the couple seem the epitome of married bliss, but looks are definitely deceiving. The firm deals in anything illegal that makes money, from protection rackets to drugs and armed robbery, and is renowned for its high level of violence. Nicky Stanton is a great leader and boss, but he's always had the dream of stepping away from the ...

Two highly successful underworld bosses who both live by moral codes, but unlike the majority of society, those morals and principles are not for right or fairness but for their own immoral greed. You could presume to tar them both with the same brush, but that would be wrong. Their greed for money is where any similarity between them ends!Del Foster is a true East End gangster running his business out of a small terraced house in Bow, East London. Styling himself on Ronnie Kray, De...

In Holloway two brothers, Ritchie and Michael Spires are aspiring gangsters. Michael is kind and placid but Ritchie is nasty, self-centred and the driving force behind the brother's future success. In Barnet, best friends Sue Nelson and Ellie Evans are young, free, single and out for a good time. Ellie, like Michael, is sweet and kind whereas Sue is the mirror image of Ritchie but when the four meet it isn't a case of opposites attract. Within a year and after a pregnancy and a forced marr...

The Steel's are old school East Enders. Family matriarch Sandra, fiercely protects her brood and won't have a word said against any of her children. Kenny, the head of Steel Security and who with the help of his brothers Vic and Charlie, runs a successful business that manages the doors of some of Essex's biggest and most prestigious pubs and clubs. The baby of the family Michelle, is the apple of Kenny's eye and he will go to any lengths to keep her happy. His mother knows that her eldest...

From its origins in the poetic tradition and its refinement in the southern salons of the 16th century, to its 18th**-century theatrical heyday and patriotic revival in modern times, this book introduces Kunqu and its enduring role in shaping cultural life. As China's classical musical and theatrical tradition, Kunqu is essential to understanding the country's artistic heritage.**The rich body of drama and poetry associated with Kunqu has often been studied indepen...

The only grandchild of a Judge, Angela Canning Brown had been raised within a wealthy family and has lived a life of opulance. Always believing her father had died before she was born, Angela is shocked to learn on her twenty fifth birthday that he had been alive all along and living in London. His premature death two weeks before her birthday now saw her spiral into emotional turmoil. The further revelation that he was in fact an east end gang land crime boss shocks her to the core. Angel...

At the tender age of twenty-one, Sonny Higgins thinks he knows it all. He is arrogant, full of attitude and along with his fellow gang member, is destined for a life of crime. Arrested for a violent burglary, he is sent to prison for three years, and he swears to carry on where he left off once he is released. Forced to share a cell with Frankie West, a murderer who has two and a half years left to serve of a life sentence, Sonny's attitude starts to soften when he hears the story of why F...

Jessica Metcalf is the only child of Bob and Annie and was born and raised on Horton Road in the East End of London. She is beautiful, happy and has all the trappings that money can buy. Known as Jess to her friends and family but Mistress to her clients, she earns her living as a high-class prostitute and dominatrix. Business is going from strength to strength, she enjoys her work, and it's a lucrative career that has enabled her to purchase a swanky apartment in upmarket Kensington. Ever...

Billy Jacobs was no worse and no better than any other twenty year old. Not exactly lazy he still did little to find employment. Given an ultimatum by his girlfriend, Billy finds work in a local care home. There he befriends one of the residents and after taking up the offer to rent her home, dark and tragic secrets that have been hidden for over fifty years begin to emerge.Bell Lane in the beginning is humorous and heart warming but as the reader delves deeper a taboo subject that ...