Alison May - Free Library Land Online - Mystery

Summer Night Dreams

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:00:23 +0300

Previously published as Midsummer Dreams.

Believe in magic. Follow your dreams. What could possibly go wrong?

Emily relies on her father. They live together and work together and, since her mother died, she's become very used to being Daddy's one and only princess, so whatever she was expecting him to bring home from his latest overseas conference it wasn't a brand new fiancée.

When home no longer offers the security she craves, Emily resolves to find a man she can truly depend on. Fortunately, her boyfriend, Dominic, is nothing if not reliable. There's no reason at all that he couldn't be her happy ever after.

Except... Emily's best friend, Helen, has loved Dominic for a decade. Can she accept that he will never be hers?

And what about Alex, Helen's devil-may-care housemate? He's impulsive, unreliable, and passionate – everything Emily is sure she doesn't want.

At her father's...

Much Ado About Sweet Nothing

Sat, 09 Nov 2013 19:28:21 +0200

Would you risk everything for love? Independent, straight-talking Trix Allen wouldn’t. She’s been in love once before and ended up with nothing. Now safely single, Trix is as far away from the saccharine-sweet world of hearts and flowers as it’s possible to be. Ben Messina is the man who broke Trix’s heart. Now he’s successful the only thing rational Ben and free-spirited Trix see eye-to-eye on is the fact that falling in love isn’t part of the plan. But when Ben’s brother sets out to win the heart of Trix’s best friend, romance is very much in the air. Will Trix gamble everything on love and risk ending up with zero once again?

All That Was Lost

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:28:21 +0200

In 1967 Patience Bickersleigh is a teenager who discovers a talent for telling people what they want to hear. Fifty years later she is Patrice Leigh, a nationally celebrated medium. But cracks are forming in the carefully constructed barriers that keep her real history at bay. Leo is the journalist hired to write Patrice's biography. Struggling to reconcile the demands of his family, his grief for his lost son, and his need to understand his own background, Leo becomes more and more frustrated at Patrice's refusal to open up. Because behind closed doors, Patrice is hiding more than one secret. And it seems that now, her past is finally catching up with her.

Holly's Christmas Kiss

Sat, 09 Nov 2013 19:28:21 +0200

Happy Holidays? Not for Michelle…
Holly Michelle Jolly hates Christmas and she has a good reason to. Apart from her ridiculously festive name which made her the brunt of jokes at school, tragic and unfortunate events have a habit of happening to her around the holiday season. And this year is no different. After the flight to her once-in-a-lifetime holiday destination is cancelled, Michelle faces the prospect of a cold and lonely Christmas. That is, until she meets Sean Munro. Sean loves Christmas, and he wants to share the magic with Michelle. With Sean’s help, can Michelle experience her first happy Christmas, or will their meeting just result in another year of memories that she’d rather forget? Learn to love Christmas all over again with this fun romance that’s guaranteed to get you cracking out the Baileys and Quality Street early!