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To purge the anger from an ancient Welsh demonic god that he had helped release, and to soothe a moody, troubled soldier, Gwyn Griffiths draws on the strength of his namesake and ancestor in Welsh magic, Gwydion Gwyn.

Threatened with the loss of his private place in the attic of his crowded home, a young boy determines to keep it at all costs.

In a dingy one-room apartment in London, old Princess Karukhina lies dead amid the squalor in which she lived. She had fled from Russia in the days of the Revolution, and had lived in obscurity and poverty with the one member of her family who remained alive, her grandson, Ivan. Now death brings her to the attention of Inspector Nightingale and Sergeant Beddoes of Scotland Yard. Very soon the Inspector begins to realize that the Princess did not die of natural causes. Her grandson is unaccountably missing, and the trunkful of magnificent jewels that she kept under her bed is empty. As Inspector Nightingale pursues his investigation he uncovers theft, double-dealing, and murder - and the tradition that contributed to the dignity of a royal family.

Anastasia continues the perilous process of growing up as her thirteenth year involves her in conquering the art of rope climbing, playing Cupid for a recently widowered uncle, and surviving a crush on her gym teacher.

t was to be the start of a new life. For Alita, agreeing to run her friend Karen's farm secretarial agency in the Australian outback was the first step away from her past. She hoped to forget her regrettable marriage and perhaps find that not all men were brutish like her ex-husband, Steve. Yet as Karen's engagement party it was Alita's past experience that caused her to behave badly when she met Tagg Laskin. At least she'd never see him again, she told herself comfortingly. Then she learned that he owned the property, Mundoo Run, where she was to live and run the business!

A Magic Place combines the charm of the other Rainwood family novels with a strong thread of mystery. It is the story of Frances Barbury, sensitive, artistic but not without her share of Grandmother Mirabel Rainwood's pride and courage. Frankie's chosen career was the stage, but when it became apparent she had neither the toughness nor, perhaps, a strong enough talent for success, a long break from London seemed a good idea. Nicholas, her brother, a writer and critic, knew just the right opening. The charming Mrs. Falkland had enlisted his help in finding a secretary-companion for her invalid husband who had dropped out of the literary world years ago. They lived now in a beautiful but remote part of Wales. Frankie loved the country. She also took an immediate liking to both kind Mr. Falkland in his wheelchair and his much younger seemingly fragile second wife, Caroline. The only disturbing element was Rolf, son of Mr. Falkland's first marriage. Why was Rolf barely on polite speaking terms with his step-mother? Why was he so suspicious of Frankie's motives in coming to Riverdale? At times he seemed to trust her and be grateful that his father had found so congenial a companion, at other times he shut her out. There was a strong attraction between Rolf and Frankie, but she could not understand the guard he put up against the world. With his unjust dismissal of her their relationship seemed to have reached a bitter ending. Yet Mr. Falkland, the father to whom Rolf was so devoted, had not failed her. His legacy finally proved to be more than money: it was one of happiness.

By mistake, an unconventional lady receives a perfectly behaved factory-made child in the mail. To escape being returned, he must learn "normal" child behavior.

Jenny Bertram's delight on inheriting her great-aunt's cottage is somewhat dimmed by the hostility of her next-door neighbour, Dr Geoffrey Alderney. The warm-hearted and lively Jenny is then suddenly called upon to perform a number of selfless acts when an old scandal involving Great-Aunt Henrietta comes to light and she becomes the innocent victim of malicious incidents. Is the culprit Wanda Petrie, the cool and sophisticated pharmacist, or Mrs Wantage, Geoffrey Alderney's antagonistic house-keeper - or even the embittered young doctor himself? A good neighbour is a pearl indeed, as both Dr Alderney and Jenny begin to realize.

After the man in the closed, empty shop gives James a box of nothing, he finds himself in the Dump, a bizarre world filled with strangely altered rubbish and large intelligent rats.

Nicobobinus and his friend Rosie go in search of the Land of Dragons and find more adventure than they'd bargained for.

While Isabella and her family were with King Charles II in exile, she was jilted, and has set her mind against any marriage. Instead, she wants the lovely Clare, her younger sister, to restore the family fortunes with a wealthy husband. When they visit London for the coronation festivities she decides it is the ideal time for Clare to attract eligible suitors, such as Jason Marlowe, but he appears to be destined for their cousin Frances. Meanwhile, men who are far from eligible have to be deterred. Clare, however, is unwilling to be sacrificed, especially as she has her own ideas of who will be the best husband for her. This brings Isabella into unexpected danger as she attempts to save Clare from an improvident move. Marina Oliver has published over sixty novels and several non-fiction books. Most of her historical novels, twentieth-century sagas, contemporary romances and crime books are now available as e-books.