A Shower of Roses by Tom Milton (4 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Eva, a pediatric nurse, was happily working in a New York hospital when she fell in love with Marek, a Polish exile. They are married and living in London in the spring of 1981, and as Marek tries to liberate his homeland from Russia he draws Eva into a world of political intrigue where her love for him is severely tested.

Genre: Literary Fiction

Deluded by Rainbows: the misadventures of a mother's daughter (The Misadventure Trilogy Book 3) by Stella King Price verified 6 hours ago

Deluded by Rainbows is the story of a 'wronged' mother and her daughter's reckless ambition to live a 'better' life, regardless of consequences, both moral and criminal. Above EVERYTHING else, Bree was determined -- with an ill-fated and diabolically unrestrained ruthlessness... NOT to be her mother! A tangled web of blind aspiration, deceit, love, lust, betrayal, hate, horror, depravity and death... all mixed up in the paradoxical facets of human nature and basic instinct... AND what happens beyond death. The Misadventure Trilogy by Stella King, comprises: Book 1: Don't Cry Sunday Girl: the misadventure of a vicar's daughter. Book 2: A Descent from Virtue: the misadventure of a goody two shoes. Book 3: Deluded by Rainbows: the misadventures of a mother's daughter. Deluded by Rainbows was originally published in an abridged version, titled 'Mother's Daughter: the bitterest pills' and then as 'The Pursuit of Happiness: the misadventures of a mother's daughter'.

Genre: Literary Fiction

Bauhinia Star by Robert Blain (57 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

What do you do when your wife kicks you out of your home and you've got nowhere to live? Well, if your name's Matthew Swain, you live on a boat. It doesn't matter that you don't know anything about the sea or that the person who sold you the craft is dodgy boat dealer Garry Jones. What could possibly go wrong? Matthew Swain is a devoted father of three, deeply in love with his wife and owner of a struggling English tuition centre in Hong Kong. His world is shattered when he tragically loses his eldest daughter. His life becomes further unhinged when he discovers his wife is having an affair with an ophthalmologist. Swain is forced to find somewhere new to live and out of sheer desperation comes up with the idea of living on a boat in the local marina. While fighting his inner demons, Swain is also confronts external challenges as the boat almost sinks (twice) and almost blows up (once). Despite the urging of his companions, an immoral boat dealer and a Filipina domestic helper, to loosen up and make a fresh start he unswervingly tries to piece his damaged family back to together. But unable to consummate his grief for his lost daughter and at the mercy of his capricious wife, Swain is pushed to breaking point until - at the brink of insanity - something has to give.

Genre: Literary Fiction