This is Gladys’s story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls. During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace – it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.‘Gladys changed into her new uniform. The dungarees hung loosely on her boyish frame, the crotch resting somewhere down by her knees and t...

A young man is transformed into a barbarian fighter in this adventurous series from "one of the leading masters of epic fantasy" ( Publishers Weekly) .In this complete collection of the high fantasy Seventh Sword series by Aurora Award–winning author Dave Duncan, Wallie Smith must face a new destiny and save an unfamiliar world from evil forces.The Reluctant Swordsman: Wallie goes to the hospital and wakes up in the body of a barb...

Alex Hart's life is in tatters. Ruined romance. Broken up band. Everything is gone.Spitfire Junction is one of the hottest bands on the indie rock scene, but after a few 'problems' with their drummer, they need to replace him. Alex appears to be the perfect fit, and a fresh start with a chance to throw himself into an immediate UK tour is just what he needs.Johnny Scott's reputation precedes him. Bass playing, flirting, and never taking the same man to bed twice. That is un...

**Susan Duncan's bestselling memoir about starting again and risking everything to find the only thing you need.**At 44 Susan Duncan appeared to have it all. Editor of two of Australia's top selling women's magazines, a happy marriage, a jetsetting lifestyle covering stories from New York to Greenland, rubbing shoulders with Hollywood royalty, the world was her oyster. But when her beloved husband and brother die within three days of each other, her glittering life shatters. In shock, she ...

Whether you are early in your career, stepping into management, building executive presence, or looking for your next level of leadership, Chief Executive OfficeHER gives you the strategies, stories, and encouragement to connect your ambition to your achievement. This book is for women who are ready to lead with intention, who may be seeking career advice or personal development, or just looking for practical self-help in building their careers.This book is for women who want to:

A young couple battles forces determined to keep them apart in this high fantasy series by "one of the leading masters of epic fantasy" ( Publishers Weekly) .These four fantasy novels of love and adventure follow the exploits of childhood friends Inos and Rap as their feelings are tested by the direst of circumstances. But while abduction, magic, and imprisonment conspire to separate them, the two remain steadfast in their determination to be toge...

The Missing Bone is a story about a new dog who is adopted by an old lady who already has a dog and three little mischievous kittens who bully, torment and steal the new dog's bone, causing him to have sleepless days and nights until the older dog in the family helps him solve this problem by turning the tables on the kittens; thus, teaching them a valuable lesson.

The start of a BRAND NEW series detailing the epic adventures of Harald Hardrada - Prince. Mercenary. Exile.The lost throne of Norway must be won in foreign lands.1030 ADSome men are gifted a crown. Others have to fight to claim it.Exiled from Norway, Harald Sigurdsson, brother to murdered King Olaf, must battle mercilessly for survival in the lands of the Kievan Rus.His brother’s legacy gifts him a warband of hard...

The Aurora Award–winning novel of a remote far-future world caught in a cycle of destruction, from the author of the Seventh Sword saga.On the distant planet of Vernier, a single day lasts an eternity. Lifetimes pass before a region fully experiences dawn, midday, and dusk. With each new daybreak comes a new generation, with no memory of the catastrophes that occurred when the sun crawled across the sky—entire civilizations scorched into oblivion. Only Vernier's "a...

'The best book on Roman Britain I've read in ages' - TOM HOLLAND'A masterly evocation of the bloodiest year in British history' - ALICE ROBERTSAlmost 2000 years ago, Boudica led the greatest rebellion Britain has ever seen. Within the space of a single blood-soaked year, she united the tribes to deliver blow after devastating blow to the Roman regime, culminating in a brutal, decisive battle.Archaeo...

The music industry hasn't always been kind to Lennox Love. Spun into a web of lies and denial for the sake of his band, Lennox seeks comfort at the bottom of a bottle. Spiralling ever further out of control, he checks himself into rehab and turns his back on the toxic lifestyle that put him there.Now, fifteen years sober, Lennox prepares to take the world by storm on tour. Healthy and true to himself, he’s ready to face the music, until ghosts of his past life come back to haunt hi...

After a surveillance mission in Sevastopol goes badly wrong, Stratton finds himself doing penance at MI16, the government's clandestine organisation that creates weapons equipment for special forces and the secret service.But Sevastopol has started something. In the North Sea a team of hijackers take over the giant Morpheus oil platform. They are demanding two billion dollars. Inside twenty-four hours. Or the bodies will start falling.With the SBS overstretched and its survei...