Smouldering Fire
By: D.E. Stevenson
3.89
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
Iain stood for a few minutes on the little bridge that crossed the burn and looked at the house—he …
Want to Read $ 2.99"She had always suffered from a curious fear of what was going to happen round the next corner. Even when life went smoothly and nothing occurred to justify her vague apprehensions, they did not altogether disperse. She had tried to face these fears and conquer them, but she could never do so entirely, she could only strain forward into the darkness of the future, expecting and fearing the unknown. She was brave in the face of dangers she could see, but she could not arm herself against shadows. These fears were her weakness."-D.E. Stevenson, Smouldering Fire
"She had always suffered from a curious fear of what was going to happen round the next corner. Even when life went smoothly and nothing occurred to justify her vague apprehensions, they did not altogether disperse. She had tried to face these fears and conquer them, but she could never do so entirely, she could only strain forward into the darkness of the future, expecting and fearing the unknown. She was brave in the face of dangers she could see, but she could not arm herself against shadows. These fears were her weakness."-D.E. Stevenson, Smouldering Fire
"She had always suffered from a curious fear of what was going to happen round the next corner. Even when life went smoothly and nothing occurred to justify her vague apprehensions, they did not altogether disperse. She had tried to face these fears and conquer them, but she could never do so entirely, she could only strain forward into the darkness of the future, expecting and fearing the unknown. She was brave in the face of dangers she could see, but she could not arm herself against shadows. These fears were her weakness."-D.E. Stevenson, Smouldering Fire
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1. Jane and Prudence
By: Barbara Pym
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
If Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates seem an unlikely pair to be walking together at an Oxford reun… read more
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- fiction
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2. Thornyhold
By: Mary Stewart
3.99
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The story is about a lonely child who is made to see the world through her cousin's unusual eyes. W… read more
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3. A Winter Away
By: Elizabeth Fair
4.02
Format: None pages,
"My last secretary was thirty-five," old M. said gloomily, "and no more sense than a child of ten. … read more
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4. The Ivy Tree
By: Mary Stewart
4.03
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
A TRICK OF COLORING... HER WALK... THE WAY SHE SMILED... An English June in the Roman Wall countrys… read more
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5. Summer Pudding
By: Noel Streatfeild , Susan Scarlett
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
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- romance
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6. Winter in Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #2)
By: Miss Read
3.70
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
In the follow-up to Thrush Green, the arrival of a stranger in the village stirs ripples of specula… read more
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- historical fiction
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7. Sylvester
By: Georgette Heyer , Joan Wolf
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Endowed with rank, wealth and elegance, Sylvester, Duke of Salford, posts into Wiltshire to discove… read more
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8. Quartet in Autumn
By: Barbara Pym
3.90
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more
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9. Wild Strawberries (Barsetshire, #2)
By: Angela Thirkell
3.69
Format: 227 pages, Paperback
Action in Thirkells second Barsetshire novel centres around the extended family of the Leslies of R… read more
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- romance
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"What does Mrs Preston want to go abroad for?' asked Mr Leslie. 'I think her doctor wanted her to, Father,' said Agnes. 'Doctors!' said Mr Leslie, wiping the whole of the Royal College of Physicians o…"-Angela Thirkell, Wild Strawberries (Barsetshire, #2)
"...And of course they'll get their milk from us, because Gooch's milk in the village really can't be trusted. I do hope, Henry, the vicarage drains are all right if Martin is to go there, because the…"-Angela Thirkell, Wild Strawberries (Barsetshire, #2)
"Perhaps as one gets older one takes one's joys altruistically,"said John, in turn thinking aloud. "I must say though I sometimes wish I could get it selfishly, just for myself, as Gay used to give me…"-Angela Thirkell, Wild Strawberries (Barsetshire, #2)
"Henry, you mustn’t mind. It is really a kindness to have him.’ ‘Well, I do mind, Emily,’ said Mr Leslie, getting up. ‘Kindness is one thing and your family is another. You treat this house as if it w…"-Angela Thirkell, Wild Strawberries (Barsetshire, #2)
10. The Magic Summer
By: Noel Streatfeild
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
An adventurous summer with four children visiting their eccentric great aunt in the Irish countrysi… read more
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11. To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant, #4)
By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
When a strikingly handsome young photographer mysteriously disappears, it's up to Inspector Alan Gr… read more
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12. Impact of Evidence
By: Carol Carnac
4.11
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
Near St. Brynneys in the Welsh border country, isolated by heavy snow and flooding from the thaw, a… read more
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- mystery
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13. Death of an Author
By: E.C.R. Lorac
3.99
Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition
'I hate murders and I hate murderers, but I must admit that the discovery of a bearded corpse would… read more
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14. Babbacombe's
By: Susan Scarlett
4.00
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
"I thought we were allowed to sit. I mean I thought it was the Shop Act or something that we had to… read more
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15. Sally-Ann
By: Susan Scarlett
3.97
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
The Marchioness's face changed. ... She turned to Ann. "What is your name, dear?" "Ann." "Wou… read more
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16. Clothes-Pegs
By: Susan Scarlett
3.86
Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition
Annabel Brown has taken a job in the sewing room at Bertna's, a high-end dressmaker, to help her fa… read more
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17. Susan Settles Down
By: Molly Clavering
4.05
Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition
Young Susan Parsons has just moved, with her unmarried brother Oliver, to a newly-inherited propert… read more
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- romance
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18. Family Gathering
By: Elizabeth Cadell
4.17
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
Natalie Rome, timid and retiring, discovers that a new life at forty is not, after all, as difficul… read more
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19. Jane's Parlour
By: O. Douglas
4.27
Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition
A domestic tale of country gentlefolk, between the Wars, and their families, friends and acquaintan… read more
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20. The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee (44 Scotland Street, #17)
By: Alexander McCall Smith
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
The latest installment in the warm and welcoming 44 Scotland Street series finds all our favorite r… read more
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21. The Day of Small Things
By: O. Douglas
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
This book is a sequel to the earlier novel, The Proper Place, concerning an aristocratic Scottish f… read more
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22. The Man in the Dark
By: Susan Scarlett
4.07
Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition
"Yes, and then I'll go over Miss Kay's rooms with either you or the housekeeper." "There is no hou… read more
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23. The Proper Place
By: O. Douglas
4.33
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
The Proper Place is delightful reading and is Miss O. Douglas at her best. The story deals with the… read more
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- historical fiction
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24. Out of the Rain
By: Elizabeth Cadell
4.08
Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition
Into the ordered life of thirty-three-year-old Edward Netherford comes the Brockman family loud, br… read more
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25. Near Neighbours
By: Molly Clavering
4.23
Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition
Miss Dorothea Balfour was nearer seventy than sixty, but there was something childlike about her . … read more
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26. Mrs. Lorimer's Quiet Summer
By: Molly Clavering
4.13
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
The two were friends and had been for many years before Miss Douglas, a little battered by war expe… read more
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27. Smouldering Fire
By: D.E. Stevenson
3.89
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
Iain stood for a few minutes on the little bridge that crossed the burn and looked at the house—he … read more
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- romance
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- scotland
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
"She had always suffered from a curious fear of what was going to happen round the next corner. Even when life went smoothly and nothing occurred to justify her vague apprehensions, they did not altog…"-D.E. Stevenson, Smouldering Fire
28. Love Comes Home
By: Molly Clavering
3.73
Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition
Jane Cranstoun is having a lovely time with friends in England (and has just been proposed to by th… read more
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29. Much Dithering
By: Dorothy Lambert
3.77
Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition
The most striking thing about Much Dithering was its peacefulness. The few people who saw it from c… read more
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30. The Winds from Further West
By: Alexander McCall Smith
4.24
Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition
Almost everything starts in a small way. Often it is a very small and apparently insignificant even… read more
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