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Orphan Marisa was raised by the wealthy Santangeli family. Their only demand is that she marry their son… Italian billionaire and renowned playboy Lorenzo Santangeli is expecting his money’s worth from his innocent wife on their wedding night. But Marisa flees; how can she share the marital bed with the man who married her solely to produce an heir? Lorenzo vows to fetch his virgin bride home – you do not say no to a Santangeli!Once she’s back she’ll be his completely – and he is determined to enjoy every minute of it…

A stunning debut from a Australian writer – the story of a treasure hunt through a vast New York bookshop.At eighteen, Rosemary arrives in New York from Tasmania with little more than her love of books and an eagerness to explore the city she's read so much about. The moment she steps into the Arcade bookstore, she knows she has found a home. The gruff owner, Mr. Pike, gives her a job sorting through huge piles of books and helping the rest of the staff – a group as odd and idiosyncratic as the characters in a Dickens novel.There's Pearl, the loving, motherly transsexual who runs the cash register; Oscar, who shares his extensive, eclectic knowledge with Rosemary, but furiously rejects her attempts at a more personal relationship; and Arthur Pick, who supervises the art section and demonstrates a particular interest in photography books featuring naked men. The store manager Walter Geist is an albino, a lonely figure even within the world of the Arcade. When Walter's eyesight begins to fail, Rosemary becomes his assistant. And so it is Rosemary who first reads the letter from someone seeking to ‘place’ a lost manuscript by Herman Melville. Mentioned in Melville's personal correspondence but never published, the work is of inestimable value, and proof of its existence brings the simmering ambitions and rivalries of the Arcade staff to a boiling point.Based on actual documents the author found while doing research on Melville, ‘The Secret of Lost Things’ is at once a literary adventure that captures the excitement of discovering a long-lost manuscript, and an evocative portrait of life in a bookshop.

Playing a very dangerous game… Josie Dalton’s heart pounds in her chest as she approaches the imposing penthouse of formidable Russian Prince Kasimir Xendzov. She might have agreed to marry him to save her sister, but the icy glitter in Kasimir’s unflinching eyes warns that he’s not a man to be played with.The final piece of the puzzle has fallen into place and revenge is at Kasimir’s fingertips; the champagne’s on ice and his new wife waits in the bedroom – victory has never been sweeter. But Josie’s purity tests the one thing Kasimir never knew he had – honour.‘Full of genuinely loveable characters, Jennie Lucas always leaves me wanting more!’ – Lindsey, 47, Dumfries