Marie-Claire has a nice Left Bank apartment and a routine. Sunday is library day, and even there she has her habits. She... More > like to fill her water bottle in the loo, and read the illicit scribblings on the wall. One catches her attention and she writes her phone number beneath it. She can think of nothing else. Will the scribbler phone? (Loose Ends) What do you do when you have a terrible thirst, and a longing to see your love? You fight your way through anything, through a Delhi rush hour if necessary... knowing that at the end of the journey all thirsts will be assuaged, and all hunger stilled. (Thirst for Sasha) Loose Ends and Thirst for Sasha are two of the short stories from this collection by Emilie Connes. The stories all explore the depths of human emotions and the complexity of relationships. < Less

Marie-Claire has a nice Left Bank apartment and a routine. Sunday is library day, and even there she has her habits. She... More > like to fill her water bottle in the loo, and read the illicit scribblings on the wall. One catches her attention and she writes her phone number beneath it. She can think of nothing else. Will the scribbler phone? (Loose Ends) What do you do when you have a terrible thirst, and a longing to see your love? You fight your way through anything, through a Delhi rush hour if necessary... knowing that at the end of the journey all thirsts will be assuaged, and all hunger stilled. (Thirst for Sasha) Loose Ends and Thirst for Sasha are two of the short stories from this collection by Emilie Connes. The stories all explore the depths of human emotions and the complexity of relationships. < Less

Believing that local landowners are not treating their tenants fairly, Miss Alexandra Grantham of Grantham Place becomes... More > Lady Robin Hood, stealing from the rich in order to help the poor. This leads her into a series of rollicking adventures, but everything changes when the Duke of Stanford unmasks her… and proceeds to turn Alexandra into the newest darling of fashionable London Society. < Less

In a wager with the Earl of Fenmore, young Anthony Hamilton gambles away both his estate – and his sister, Diana, who is... More > obliged to move to Fenmore Park to act as a governess to the Earl’s twin nephews, and as a companion to Lady Fenmore, the Earl’s mother. The forceful Earl is intrigued by Diana, but tries to resist his attraction to her, as he is wary of committing himself to any woman. Diana later inherits a legacy and journeys to Bath where she is re-united with Sir Max Sinclair, a friend from her girlhood. She also encounters a mysterious gentleman, a vibrant heiress and a long-lost love. The scene is set for an interesting Season in Bath, especially when the Earl of Fenmore follows Diana there… < Less

When a distant aunt leaves Angie Wilson a small inheritance, she believes it'll be the key to the realisation of her dearest... More > dream - to produce the romantic novel that she's always longed to write. But romantic fiction very seldom runs according to plan, and before she knows it Angie finds herself caught in a trap of her own imagining. On the one hand, she's rapidly falling for the intriguing on-line persona of the mysterious writer 'Victor Veritate', but on the other hand she finds herself drawn to her excruciatingly attractive trust fund manager, Guy Carstairs. Luckily for her, she doesn't stand alone: she can call on the collective wisdom of her wacky housemates whose advice serves to deflate the sometimes over-romanticised notions of our wannabe author. < Less