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BBC2’s major TV series THE LAST KINGDOM is based on Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling novels on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. The Last Kingdom is the first book in the series.Season 2 of the epic TV series premiers this March.Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria. Orphaned at ten, he is captured and adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. Yet Uhtred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred, King of Wessex, who rules over the only English kingdom to survive the Danish assault.The struggle between the English and the Danes and the strife between christianity and paganism is the background to Uhtred's growing up. He is left uncertain of his loyalties but a slaughter in a winter dawn propels him to the English side and he will become a man just as the Danes launch their fiercest attack yet on Alfred's kingdom. Marriage ties him further still to the West Saxon cause but when his wife and child vanish in the chaos of the Danish invasion, Uhtred is driven to face the greatest of the Viking chieftains in a battle beside the sea. There, in the horror of the shield-wall, he discovers his true allegiance.The Last Kingdom, like most of Bernard Cornwell's books, is firmly based on true history. It is the first novel of a series that tells the tale of Alfred the Great and his descendants and of the enemies they faced, Viking warriors like Ivar the Boneless and his feared brother, Ubba. Against their lives Bernard Cornwell has woven a story of divided loyalties, reluctant love and desperate heroism. In Uhtred, he has created one of his most interesting and heroic characters and in The Last Kingdom one of his most powerful and passionate novels.

An illicit encounter with the Spaniard…Heiress Elin Saunderson was instantly seduced by mysterious stranger Cortez. But after their sinful night together she was left alone…and pregnant! A year later, she learns that Cortez is the rightful successor to her adopted father’s fortune and penniless Elin finds herself at risk of losing everything – including her son!Cortez Ramos is set on claiming the secret Elin kept from him – but Elin proves as protective a mother as she is a tortuous temptation. His solution: demand a marriage of convenience which will legitimise his heir and return Elin to his bed!

Winning back his wifeThe envy of all of their friends, Gerard and Leah Woodward had the perfect marriage – at least on paper. But it all came to an end the night she learned the truth behind their vows. Devastated, Leah packed her bags and closed the door on that part of her life.The last thing Gerard expected was for his sweet, innocent wife to walk away from him. Now he’ll do whatever it takes to get her back – and he’s not above using deception. Gerard knows that once he has her back in his bed the passion they share will be far too strong for Leah to deny!