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Beijing intellectual Chen Zhen volunteers to live in a remote settlement on the border of Inner and Outer Mongolia, where he discovers life of apparent idyllic simplicity amongst the nomads and the wild wolves who roam the plains. But when members of the People's Republic swarm in from the cities to bring modernity and productivity to the grasslands, the peace of Chen's solitary existence is shattered, and the delicate balance between humans and wolves is disrupted. Only time will tell whether...

This work is set inIreland, 1912. Now in her fifties and a grandmother, Rose Hamilton has much to be thankful for in the steady love of her husband John and their relative prosperity. But she is concerned for her children: Sarah, recently widowed, is burdened with grief and worried by signs of trade union discontent in the Sinton family mills. Sam, married to cold, selfish Martha, is struggling to bring up his six children. Only Hannah, happily married and living in England, causes Rose no worry...

Kilbackie on the Isle of Skye weaves its way in the lives of Donny, Angus and Katherine with devastating results. The island exists deep within their souls, they have been hewn out of its volcanic rock and moulded by its wind and rain. Returning from WW1 Angus seeks answers to the countless questions that fill his mind. He finds intellectual satisfaction in Sir Hugh Hollister's library at Shottenden Park where he works as a stockman. His family's subsistence living on Skye and unquestioning beli...

Mills & Boon are excited to present The Anne Mather Collection - the complete works by this classic author made available to download for the very first time! These books span six decades of a phenomenal writing career, and every story is available to read unedited and untouched from their original release. She won't play by the rules... and he won't play her game! Morgan Kane arrives on Pulpit Island in the Caribbean with strict instructions: collect his boss's daughter and bring he...

Mills & Boon are excited to present The Anne Mather Collection - the complete works by this classic author made available to download for the very first time! These books span six decades of a phenomenal writing career, and every story is available to read unedited and untouched from their original release. The best remedy - is in his bed! When Sara's hopes of being a famous dancer are shattered by an ankle injury, it feels like the end of the world. Perhaps th...

'This will be a battle of wits, madam.' Alex Arrandale, Earl of Davenport, is used to getting what he wants. So when he visits Diana Grensham, governess and joint guardian to his wards, and asks her to vacate his property, he is stunned when she refuses! Diana is determined not to bow to Alex's demands. Her whole life she has believed she is unlovable and worthless, but now, as she and Alex engage in a battle of wills, Diana's confidence blooms. And soon she finds herself tempted to make a few d...

Convenient Cinderella Bride by Joss Wood Billionaire playboy Jonas Halstead has exactly ninety days to marry – or be cut off from his family's hotel dynasty. What he needs is a practical, like-minded woman who isn't looking to be swept off her feet… a woman like Katrina Morrison. This is a marriage of convenience but can they ignore the sparks flying between them? Expecting the Rancher’s Baby? by Kristi Gold Houston Ca...

"She married an impostor. Will she fall for the real thing? His identity, his life, was stolen by a devious thief. Now Will Sanders is taking back what's rightfully his. Starting with Megan Sanders. Duped into marriage by Will's double, she understandably has mixed feelings about staying with the real Will. But all the Lone Star billionaire wants is Megan in his bed. Is his 'wife' ready to love the man she did not marry? "

In The Caseroom, Edinburgh is at the heart of Britain's print industry and St Leonards and Canonmills ring with the clamour of print works. Determined to follow her father and older brothers into the print trade, Iza Ross enters the caseroom of Ballantynes' Pauls works in Causewayside as a callow thirteen-year old.Set in the thick of workers' lives in Edinburgh's thriving print industry, The Caseroom follows Iza into the arcane world of the caseroom where she learns the intricacies of a highly-s...

Chrissie Reid, a young battered wife living on a small Orkney island in 1906 finally turns on her husband, Jack. After a particularly brutal attack, she is driven to offering him poison. With no memory of that night, she believes she has killed him, especially when she finds evidence of a body buried in the byre. In spite of her guilt at having taken another life, Chrissie eventually finds love again. Her strength, determination and love for her fellow islanders carry her through fourteen yea...