Secrets

The truth is not revealed just like that, but its individual grains are scattered in some laconisms, which are brief wherefore that catch it. Science is unable to understand the essence of the extraordinary, which often goes beyond its research approach, and religion is silent about the true causes of the mysterious and incomprehensible. However, everything has meaning and explanation. See below.

The summer of 1920 brings illicit liaisons to stately home Deverell Hall. Lords, ladies, butler and maids all succumb to the spirit of the roaring 1920s as sex and scandal take over.

From the author of bestselling Mischief titles ‘Kinky’ and ‘Game’, Justine Elyot’s ‘Secrets and Lords’ is a historical erotic novel that will seduce anyone who loves period drama Downton Abbey and delight fans of The Great Gatsby.Lord Deverell\'s new wife has the house in thrall to her theatrical glamour.

His womanising son, Sir Charles, has his eye on anything female that moves while his beautiful daughter, Mary, is feeling more than a little restless. And why does his younger son, Sir Thomas, spend so much time in the company of the second footman?Into this simmering tension comes new parlour maid, Edie, with a secret of her own – a secret that could blow the Deverell family dynamic to smithereens.

‘Essential reading for Jodi Picoult fans’ Daily MailA past that won’t stay buried…Returning home, Maggie hides herself away, too afraid to see Keith, the boy she grew up with, played with as a child – and recently learnt is her half-brother.Keith nearly lost his life in the fire and the emotional and physical wounds he carries have changed him forever.

With childhood innocence gone, Maggie and Keith must learn to come to terms with their new lives, but trying to move forward will have deadly consequences…Praise for Diane Chamberlain ‘Fans of Jodi Picoult will delight in this finely tuned family drama, with beautifully drawn characters and a string of twists that will keep you guessing right up to the end.\' – Stylist‘A marvellously gifted author.

Every book she writes is a gem’ – Literary Times’Essential reading for Jodi Picoult fans’ Daily Mail’So full of unexpected twists you\'ll find yourself wanting to finish it in one sitting. Fans of Jodi Picoult\'s style will love how Diane Chamberlain writes.

Everyone assumes Rosa Lee Altman lived a life without passion. But buried secrets are meant to be revealed.

And no one is prepared for what they discover beneath Rosa Lee\'s overgrown roses–or how her legacy will change their lives with love.The oncebeautiful Altman home sits empty, its gardens overgrown, its windows boarded up–an old lady, now silent, surrounded by what passes for progress in Clifton Creek, Texas.

But if some of the townsfolk have their way, this lovely reminder of times past will be sold off to the highest bidder.When a group of community members with little in common is chosen to decide the fate of «the old Altman place,» they soon learn that this home is more than bricks and mortar.

It\'s also a place that harbors a love so strong, it still has the power to change the entire town.

When eccentric Rowena Carstairs leaves her sizable estate to an illegitimate grandson who was given up for adoption at birth, Savannah attorney Meredith Hunter is obliged to track him down.Her search takes her to the wilds of Scotland, where she is shocked to discover that the man is none other than infamous corporate raider Grant Gallagher.

Despite her reluctance to deal with such a ruthless man, Meredith knows she has no choice but to fulfill her client\'s wishes.Although he\'s indifferent to the inheritance, Grant is increasingly curious about the family he never knew he had and his grandmother\'s motives.

And about Meredith, who\'s not the kind of woman he ever imagined he\'d be attracted to.

The «First Lady of the West,» #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller delivers the stunning finale of her acclaimed series set in Parable, Montana—where love awaits.Self-made tycoon Landry Sutton heads to Hangman Bend’s Ranch to sell his land to his brother Zane.

Though he’s got cowboy in his blood, Landry plans to return to city life before the dust even settles on his boots. Of course, he didn’t count on falling for Big Sky country…or Ria Manning.

Ria’s starting to settle into country life herself…until she has a close encounter of the terrifying kind with a buffalo. Turns out the peeping monster belongs to the cowboy next door—and he has her running even more scared than his bison.

She wants a home where the buffalo don’t roam, and the men don’t either. Could Landry’s homecoming be her heart’s undoing?“Miller has created unforgettable characters and woven a many-faceted yet coherent and lovingly told tale.

Playboy Tyler Douglas loved everything about women–how they looked, the way they smelled, how they felt and tasted…. But after a recent embarrassing encounter, he was afraid to have anything to do with them.

Until Tina Deluca, with her sweet innocent face and curvaceous body, walked into his life. He couldn\'t resist the shy virgin, especially when she offered to help him get over his «problem» with a sensual course in Lovemaking 101.

They tried to take it slowly, but soon touching turned to kissing, and kissing turned to tasting…and Tyler realized he was in over his head. Was he finally ready to offer his heart–and his body–to love?.

The high price of buried secrets Khalis Tannous has spent years ruthlessly eradicating every hint of corruption and scandal from his life – even shunning his own family. When Grace Turner arrives at Khalis’s private Mediterranean island to view his family’s stolen collection of priceless art, even he isn’t blind to her beauty.Yet he recognises the shadows in her eyes – she too has her secrets. Grace can foresee the cost of giving in to temptation, but is helpless to resist Khalis’s slow, determined seduction. But will she risk everything she has for a night in his bed?

Love Is The Greatest AdventureIt was the trip of a lifetime and hairstylist Ginna Walker was going to take full advantage. She\'d forget all her worries back home and concentrate only on the sun, the sand…and her whirlwind romance with Zachary Stone, a man so gorgeous, Ginna had to keep pinching herself to be sure she wasn\'t dreaming.

And yet, even after two whole weeks spent in each other\'s arms, Ginna sensed Zach had secrets he was not yet ready to share. Secrets that could seriously change the nature of their relationship.

Well, Ginna was sure that whatever they were, she could handle them.Famous last words….

After the glitter settles…Tina Sharma and Dev Arjun’s whirlwind romance made them Bollywood royalty, but beneath the glitz and glamour there’s trouble – Tina is about to demand a divorce!But Dev won’t give in without a fight, so he proposes a deal: play the dutiful wife for two months, then he’ll let her go. Tina is furious! He clearly regrets their shotgun wedding, so why stay together a day longer? But it isn’t the days she should be worried about…As Dev turns up the heat Tina might just find herself wishing for a lifetime of pleasure with her devilishly delicious husband!‘Exotic and exciting, the Bollywood setting is sensational!’ – Christine, Sales Assistant, MacclesfieldDiscover more at www.millsandboon.co.uk/susannacarr

She\'d walked away betrayed, brokenhearted…and pregnant. A year later, desperate to protect her infant son, frightened senseless by the bullets lodged in her bedroom wall, Nikki Walker was back in Joe Galtero\'s life.

Back in his house. And hell-bent on staying out of his bed.

It was a scandal that still dominated headlines: murder, embezzlement and a missing executive – Joe\'s prime suspect and Nikki\'s father.Torn between duty and honor, Joe had lost Nikki, his badge…and three months with a son he didn\'t know he had.

Now, with the threats against Nikki increasing, Officer Galtero raised the stakes. He would settle for nothing less than family – even if it meant losing his badge and his heart all over again.

SAUNDERS SOUND-OFFWHERE ARE THEY NOW?SAUNDERS UNIVERSITY KEEPS TRACK OF ITS NOTABLE ALUMNICassidy MaxwellAt Saunders, Cassidy had it all: brains, beauty and the attention of every man on campus–including the secret crush who was also a professor! Now she\'s living the glamorous life in jolly old England as the U.S.

Ambassador\'s right-hand woman. We just wonder where she disappeared to at the end of senior year…Eric BarnesWhen brilliant Eric Barnes left Saunders, he didn\'t let a lost love get in the way of a successful career.

But he\'s never been able to fully shed the memory of the only woman who\'d captured his heart. Maybe it\'s time to travel across the world to rediscover her….

Welcome to Mystery Junction–where danger and desire are just around the corner!He was a man of secrets, and enigmatic newcomer Jake Collins had the whole town talking.Yet one woman knew who he really was.

He\'d been Amy Thomas\'s first and only love, and he\'d vanished from her life without a trace. But the ex-Navy officer had left her with one precious secret of her own…their daughter.

Now, when the time had finally arrived to reveal the truth, Amy found her life suddenly jeopardized by skeletons of the past. And her only source of protection was Jake\'s strong embrace.

He was a man who\'d battled danger daily, who would win at any cost. But dare Amy trust in Jake\'s honor once more–allowing herself to succumb to him body and soul? For this time, she could be the one to pay the ultimate price.

If I die, it won\'t be an accident. At the time, Lilly Burkstrom brushed aside her ex-husband\'s words.

Then he dies– accidentally –in a convenience store robbery, and she starts to wonder. Turning to the police doesn\'t help.

They don\'t see the danger closing in on her, not even when someone breaks into her house and her ex-husband\'s apartment.Only Detective Jonathan Littledeer understands her fears, having lost his own family.

He\'s determined to keep the single mom safe. He\'s not going to let another «accident» claim Lilly or her daughter before he can bring the killer\'s guarded secrets to light.

Grace Becker needed to get a life…And thanks to \'80s night, one too many Flaming Togas and a game of Truth or Dare with her girlfriends, this woman who has let her Day-Timer rule her life has found excitement in spades. Rather than reveal the truth–she\'s done time for forgery–Grace opts for the Dare: giving her undies to a total stranger.

A smoking-hot, almost-half her-age stranger who\'s been making eye contact with her all night.Can life get any more peculiar? Well, it does when the hot stranger slips her his room key–along with a computer memory key linked to identity theft.

And when she\'s taken into custody by a sexy Secret Service agent. And when her knowledge of Eastern Bloc cuisine lands her an undercover assignment cooking for a Russian mob boss….

A Widow With A SecretThough Catie Hazard had never forgotten the youthful soldier to whom she had given her innocence years before, she had never expected to lay eyes on Anthony Sparhawk ever again. Especially not as an officer of an invading army!That he might recognize the country girl from his past, behind the refined widow she had become, was bad enough. But what would happen if the British major ever discovered the daughter she had kept so carefully hidden, with the emerald green eyes of a Sparhawk?

A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE–OR FOR KEEPS?Jenny Baker\'s return to bucolic Maple Mountain was propelled by her desire to mend her broken heart…and to repair a reputation shattered by big-city betrayal. Vowing to stay far away from men, she was surprised to develop an instant connection with her new boss, Dr. Greg Reid.After Jenny\'s discovery that her troubles had only begun in Maple Mountain, Greg was determined to help in any way he could–even if the only solution was to become the husband of his newest employee. Was this union of convenience just a temporary arrangement, or was it rooted in something more–true love?

Garden of Secrets…Evan Graham\'s assignment was simple: pose as a live-in gardener in order to prove Hannah James an unfit mother to help her father-in-law gain custody of her five-year-old son, Will. But the quietly beautiful widow was nothing like he\'d been led to believe. She awoke emotions Evan had never felt, and before long, his uncercover case took on a more personal angle….

Cookbook author Holly Llewellyn is the last person who should be labeled an «enemy of the state»–or is she? After all, her brother is a missing traitor, and with her ties to the president, the Secret Service isn\'t taking chances….So they send in agent David Goddard, undercover. But after one glance, David knows Holly isn\'t just an «assignment»–she\'s a woman who\'ll change his life.

FROM THE DARKEST OF SHADOWS…After a year wrongfully imprisoned in an asylum, Louisa Turnhill can’t believe it when Robert, Lord Fleetwood, arrives to rescue her. As her new guardian, he’s there to take Louisa to his London townhouse – and a different life. … TO THE DAZZLING WORLD OF THE TON Thrust into an unknown world of debutantes and balls, Louisa starts to put her trust in Robert. But his life is tainted with darkness too, and with Society’s eyes upon them will they ever be able to shake off the secrets that once lurked behind locked doors?

We suggest an original method of student cheating evaluation based on the comparison of students’ grades in exams in class, home assignments and experimental homework. The data for the study is collected from the survey of 2012–2013 sophomores of the International College of Economics and Finance at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia.

At the end of the course in Statistics in addition to standard assignments (homework and exams) students were given experimental homework with a ban on cooperation among them. The violation of this rule was qualified as cheating.

The scale of cooperation is measured and then tested through the stochastic frontier technique; it reveals connection with the GPA level, students’ expectations of the cheaters’ share and students’ moral norms. We also find different behavioral patterns for high and low performing students as well as country specific context of student cheating behavior.

Many people need true friends and so do creatures from magic forests. Seven fairy tales will lift a lid on important secrets of friendship, help children find true friends and maintain friendships. “The Secrets Of Friendship” is children’s literature with elements of fantasy and adventure.

Following Cassandra Lorius’s best-selling Tantric Sex and 101 Nights of Tantric Ecstasy comes Tantric Quickies: The Fast Route to Lingering Pleasure, which demystifies tantric sex and shows you how the following of the basic principles can lead to sexual and personal fulfillment.Cassandra Lorius demystifies tantric sex and shows you how to fulfil your spiritual and sexual potential in this highly accessible book. Tantric Quickies shows you:how even the busiest people can find a way to bring the spirituality and intensity of tantric sex into their lives, and reach sexual nirvana.• how to liberate your sexual energy through easy-to-follow directions for relaxation, meaningful communication with your lover, foreplay, fantasy, arousal, delay tactics, using food and music in love-making and guaranteed methods for the lengthening of sexual pleasure.

‘The Daughters of Red Hill Hall …[has] all the intrigue, mystery, relationship drama and edge of your seat secret reveals any reader could want.’ – Books and BoardiesWhen Gemma discovers a pair of ancient duelling pistols encrusted with rubies in the basement of the local museum, she is immediately intrigued…On a fateful night in 1838 two sisters were found shot in the cellars of Red Hill Hall.

And when Gemma begins to delve deeper into their history she begins to realise that the secrets of that night are darker than anyone had ever imagined.As the shocking events of the past begin to unravel, Gemma’s own life starts to fall apart.

Loyalties are tested and suddenly it seems as if history is repeating itself, as Gemma learns that female friendships can be deadly…Perfect for fans of The Emerald Comb, The Pearl Locket, Rachel Hore and Kate Morton.What reviewers are saying about Kathleen McGurl’s The Daughters of Red Hill Hall‘Mystery, danger, intrigue and heart-pounding drama are deliciously interwoven’ – Julie (Goodreads)‘I devoured The Daughters of Red Hill Hall in two sittings…it showed off the many talents of Kathleen McGurl to perfection.

’ – Emma Crowley on Shaz’s Book Blog‘This book grabbed me from its opening pages’ – Being Anne…‘a great summer read!’ – A Home in the Country‘if you like historical mysteries, murder and romance, this is a must read for you.’ – Violet Fields (NetGalley)‘This is the first of Kathleen McGurl\'s books that I have read but it certainly won\'t be the last’ – Karen O’Hare (Goodreads)‘For fans of Katherine Webb or Kate Riordan’ – Sheila’s Review (Goodreads)‘McGurl focuses on the relationships and emotional turmoil… As always a spirited read.

An intense and thrilling teen mystery set on a tranquil island where all seems perfect…Daniel has dark secrets and a troubled past. So when his family move to the island of Wragge, a gentle backwater where local life remains undisturbed he feels he’s escaped.But outsiders aren’t always welcome and the more Daniel tries to conceal, the more he reveals about sinister goings on. Does this picture perfect community have something even greater to hide?An explosive thriller that tingles with brooding menace and ignites as the clues fall into place…

Casey tells the harrowing story of Connor, an eight year old boy from a broken home who comes to stay with her family.It’s a Saturday morning when Casey and Mike are asked to take in eight year old Connor – an emergency placement, just for a couple of days, following a violent incident at his now former care home.

And Casey’s instinct, as ever, is to say yes. With long term foster son Tyler off to football, and no particular plans for the weekend, even the fact that Connor arrives in what looks like a prison van doesn’t phase her – after all, challenging children are what she and Mike have trained for.

And how much trouble can he really be? He’s eight.A lot, as it turns out.

Connor is as streetwise as they come, and, hurt and angry, seems determined to cause trouble from the off. But despite the attitude, there’s something strangely endearing about their little visitor that makes Casey want to tease out the frightened child behind the swagger.

I’m Girl on the Net.You might know me from my blog.

This is some stuff I do with my life. Why did I write an erotic memoir? The most obvious answer is ‘because I’m a pervert’ – I like sex; I like talking about it, reading about it, doing it, watching other people do it, and hearing other people’s stories.

This is my story. Don’t read it if you’re going to be offended by whips, submission or lots of sex.

Who am I? Not telling. And if you think you know, please don’t spoil the secret…Praise for Girl on the Net This book is like Twilight, if Twilight was about sex instead of Vampires and didn\'t hate women.

– Martin Robbins, author of \'The Lay Scientist\' at the Guardian This is the thinking gentleman/woman\'s filth, and will equally delight and disgust you. It is a frank and honest, which are two of the best qualities for a memoir to be, in my opinion.

Explores all aspects of the most talked about secret society in the world, from its most famous members to its infamous history.For centuries the Freemasonry has been the subject of rumour and intrigue.

From its obscure origins to the suspicion that it exercises huge influence on government and multinational corporations, there has always been more than a whiff of controversy about the organisation.Unlocking the Masonic Code reveals the truth behind the myths, sifts the facts from the fiction, and unveils the mysterious rites and ceremonies.

Ian Gittins delves deep into the true origins of the society, its philosophy and practices, describes the rituals, and profiles a number of key figures. Along the way, he also shows where fact and fiction have fought, and fiction has won the battle.

Exclusive: The scandal that will rock The White House to the very coreBen McCoy is the Vice-Presidential candidate with the backing of the entire nation. His wife, Megan, is as close as she’ll ever be to living the American Dream – from inside The White House.

Until investigative reporter, James Emerson, comes looking for a story – and it seems the barricade masking ambition, sex and power-struggle rife in Washington D.C.

isn’t impenetrable after all…No matter how careful you are, secrets always leak out. Now, Megan has a choice, she can do as many First Lady’s have done before her, and stand by her man.

Or she can opt for full disclosure. With a scandal so sensational it will whip the press into a humiliating political frenzy Megan, for the first time, holds all the cards.

Home is where the heart is…Free spirit Rio Kinsella finds herself settled in the picture-postcard village of Lissamore on Ireland\'s West Coast. It\'s where she took her first step, had her first kiss and conceived her beloved son Finn.

But now Finn\'s spread his wings and flown the nest, what\'s to keep her here? An old flame and a new prospect may provide the answer…City girl Dervla is poles apart from her bohemian sister. A businesswoman with a quick mind, a hard heart and a nose for a good deal, she has no time for love.

But is there anywhere she can really call home? And will the arrival of a new client throw her glossy magazine life-style into disarray?Torn apart by a long-standing feud, the Kinsella sisters are reunited upon the death of their wayward father. But on clearing the family home, they discover a secret so intriguing it could change their lives forever…Welcome to blissfully unpredictable Lissamore.

It\'s guaranteed you\'ll never want to leave…Praise for Kate Thompson:‘Sublimely addictive’ MARIAN KEYES‘Warm, witty, sexy and compulsively readable’ CATHY KELLY‘Irresistible’ DEIRDRE PURCELL‘Kate Thompson has come up trumps with this rollercoaster of a story. There are twists and turns even the most avid reader won\'t spot.

Make sure you put some time aside, because once you start reading The Kinsella Sisters you won\'t want to put it down.’ RTE GUIDE‘Must-read blockbuster’ Irish Post.