They say the pleasure of love lasts a moment and the pain of love lasts forever. The Honourable Dilianna Wescott could well believe the later. She has loved Lord Nicholas, the Marquis of Rushton, now a widowed misogamist, since she was in leading strings. So when he asks her to play the role of his inamorata for a Season to keep matchmaking mamas and milk-toast chits at bay, she agrees, but only on the condition that he grant her a favor in return. But soon, circumstances beyond their customary control force both of them to consider carrying the marriage banns, either with each other or another, and quickly. Nicholas and Dilly are doggedly determined to dodge duty, but forces beyond their ken conspire to cripple their burgeoning relationship. So begins the knotty entanglement of temptations, trials, and triumph. Could Darling Dilly's final favor be their saving grace, proving to them once and for all that the pleasure of love can truly last a lifetime?

'You're a terrible daughter, you've always been a terrible daughter, the very worst that any loving mother has ever had to endure. I want no more of your pathetic cards, letters or telephone calls; I do not wish to hear from you EVER!...AM I CLEAR?' Without waiting for a reply, the blonde rose to her feet, turned on her heel and walked out of the bar and into a waiting car. The brunette sat very, very still for a few moments then, pulling herself together she hailed a waiter and asked him to call her a cab. Lucinda StClair had never felt more unwanted, unloved or alone. Of course, Lucinda was no stranger to these feelings...why would she be? This had been her life's pattern from her earliest memories but Lucinda was an optimist, she had always dreamed of loving and being loved. Lucinda is constantly searching for the love that she feels is waiting for her just around the corner.

The bad news? Morgan Daniel’s wolf is out of control. The good news? There’s a treatment. She just has to get a potion from a lizard shifter witch—without looking into the witch’s eyes. Easy, right? But when the witch puts a spell on her younger brother, Morgan has to do the witch's bidding to save him. Fortunately Morgan isn’t alone. She has Jackson to lean on, a few witches coming into their powers, a secret warlock, and the always mysterious Chief Okema. What could possibly go wrong?

One is no fun. Broken-hearted beauty Dilly Gently is an impossible romantic. She just knows her soul mate is out there - somewhere . . . Two is double trouble. Her best friend Nell doesn't believe in soul mates. But she does believe in fun. And her dashing twin brother Flipper is just the man to show Dilly a good time. Three is definitely a crowd. Dilly would rather be sharing soulful glances with gorgeous blond Magnus. But Nell has plans for him herself. It's all building up to some delicious four play . . .

This special 2-for-1 collection features two classic Joanna Trollope novels: The Other Family and A Village Affair. The Other Family: Chrissie, in the twenty-three years she'd been together with Richie, had always believed that he loved her. He loved their three daughters and their house in Highgate and their happy, lively existence. But if she really was the love of his life, why had he never given her the one thing that would have made her life perfect? Then suddenly Richie is no longer there, and without him Chrissie's carefully constructed life is in jeopardy.The one big fact she had always tried to keep from her daughters threatens to overwhelm them all. For Richie had still been married to his first wife, the one with a son that he had abandoned in Newcastle. And now, with Richie gone and the practicalities of wills and money to be sorted out, it is finally time for the two families to face each other ... A Village Affair: The Grey House is the answer to everything in Alice Jordan's perfect life. It seems to be the ultimate achievement of her outwardly happy marriage – a loyal, if dull husband, three children, two cars and now the house. So why does she feel as if something crucial is missing? As Alice and her family settle themselves into village life the something missing becomes something huge and then breaks, scandalizing the village, opening up old wounds. But because of it, Alice begins to feel that there is hope and humour, understanding and compassion in the new life she must build for herself.

In this vivid account of nearly 100 years of passionate life, Shivaun Gannon takes us through eras, countries, and changing fortunes with her enchanted storytelling. Born into a large, spirited Irish nationalist family, Shivaun spent her childhood in "the garden of Ireland," speaking Gaelic, cycling in the Wicklow Mountains and swimming in the Irish sea, as electricity, motorcars and wireless radios made their first appearances. A young woman when WWII broke out, she describes with heartbreaking and powerful clarity the parties, near misses and losses wrought on Ireland through the personal lens of her deeply involved family of doctors, nurses, motorcycle dispatchers, aeronautical engineers, and her own marriage and early family life in the midst of war. Post WWII, the Gannons made the difficult decision to emigrate, sight unseen, to Canada - leaving behind deep, proud Irish family roots to begin life anew with six children in Winnipeg. There, harsh winters, poverty, as well as opportunity, incredible resilience and family bonds take the Gannons on a rollicking journey full of music, invention, faith and strength.

Hardworking widow Dilly Carey has struggled out of poverty to make a successful life for herself. Surrounded by her children and grandchildren, Dilly should be content, but she is still troubled by the one secret she must never share. Olivia, the daughter Dilly gave away at birth, cannot find out the real truth about her parentage. It's time for Dilly to make her peace with the choice that she was forced to make. As Dilly finds the strength and courage to visit her son's grave on the battlefields of the Great War, will she also find a way to a new happiness - and a new love?

Teddi Whitehall longed to escape from her hectic life as a New York model, and a summer in the wilds of Canada with her best friend's family sounded perfect. But arrogant rancher Kingston Devereaux seemed intent on making her feel anything but welcome. Teddi knew King was convinced she was nothing but a glamorous playgirl. She also knew that the truth wasn't about to change his mind. So why did she feel so alive when he was near? Giving her heart to a man who despised her was bad enough. But why did she have to go and fall in love with her best friend's brother?

THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME is about a young woman who is a nobody from nowhere. She re-invents herself, marries a princely man. and lives an extravagant life, overcoming tough hurdles. This is a story about having the guts to overcome, the ability to re-identify yourself, a story about love and death, loss and redemption. Ultimately it is a story about the brilliant and enduring strength of women’s friendships.

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