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The second volume of Doris Lessing’s ‘Collected African Stories’, and a classic work from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.‘As for these stories – when I write one, it is as if I open a gate into a landscape which is always there. Time has nothing to do with it. A certain kind of pulse starts beating, and I recognise it: it is time I wrote another story from that landscape, external and internal at the same time, which was once the Old Chief’s Country.’ Doris Lessing, from the PrefaceThis much-acclaimed collection of stories vividly evokes both the grandeur of Africa and the glare of its sun and the wide open space, as well as the great, irresolvable tensions between whites and blacks. Tales of poor white farmers and their lonely wives, of storm air thick with locusts, of ants and pomegranate trees, black servants and the year of hunger in a native village – all combine to present a powerful image of a continent which seems incorruptible in spite of all the people who plough, mine and plunder it to make their living. In Doris Lessing’s own words, ‘Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape.’

What’s the answer to a slow burn?A super-hot fling!High-flying US lawyer Teague Hamilton has always been way out of free-spirited Frankie’s league, but she’s never hidden her desire to break down all of blue-blooded Teague’s barriers and corrupt him entirely! When he accepts her proposal of a naughty-but-nice fling she’s as surprised as he is. But will their hot two weeks be enough to quench a desire that’s been burning for ten long years?

He took her virginity for revenge! Multi-millionaire Vincenzo Valentini believed Cara Brosnan played a role in his sister’s downfall. He sought her out to make her pay. He seduced her, revealed his identity – and cruelly discarded her. Now he’ll take her to the altar!But Cara has done no wrong. She’s shocked and mortified that she gave her virginity so willingly to the ruthless Vincenzo. To make matters worse, she’s just discovered she’s expecting – and now the dark-hearted Italian is claiming her once more, this time as his bride!