PJ Roscoe
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The second collection of faerie stories that teach children how to live in the world with positivity and love - or something will smell bad!
In the Faerie Perfume, after he receives faerie perfume as a reward for a good deed, people around Sam smile to recognize their favourite smells. But the perfume is picking up its aroma from the soul of the wearer, and when his grumpy father accidentally gets some on his own skin, the smell turns to a terrible...
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What would a parent do to save their child? Fight the dead? Defy the gods?
Helen Gunn moves to the Wirral Peninsula, England, with her estranged husband, Robert and their three-year-old daughter, Charlotte to try and save the marriage. Within days of moving into their new home, Charlotte begins talking to an invisible friend and strange shadows roam the house threatening the families' safety. Soon, Helen must face a parent's worst nightmare in order...
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A colorful murder mystery in which a spirited young woman plays amateur sleuth aboard a luxury cruise ship to South Africa After young Anne Beddingfeld witnesses an accidental death in a London tube station--and the bizarre behavior of a man in a brown suit who flees the scene--she becomes convinced that foul play is at work. A woman is found murdered the next day and the police show no interest in Anne's theory that the two incidents are connected....
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"Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers give the story an uncanny air, but one with a decidedly satirical twist. The story's unlikely heroine is Catherine Morland, a remarkably innocent seventeen-year-old woman from a country parsonage. While spending a few weeks in Bath with a family friend, Catherine meets and falls in love with Henry Tilney, who invites her to visit his family estate, Northanger...
6) Emma
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"Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich?Emma is also overly confident in her abilities as a matchmaker for the residents of Highbury in Jane Austen?s widely beloved classic novel. Although convinced that she herself will never marry, Emma makes finding the perfect partner for her new friend, Harriet Smith, her most pressing project. It is a well-meaning endeavor that leads both women into a complex tangle of intrigues, misunderstandings, and conflicts...
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Two sisters could hardly be more different. Elinor Dashwood, an architecture student, values discretion above all. Her impulsive sister Marianne displays her creativity everywhere as she dreams of going to art school. But when the family finds itself forced out of Norland Park, their beloved home for twenty years, their values are severely put to the test. Can Elinor remain stoic knowing that the man she likes has been ensnared by another girl? Will...
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Outcast. Betrayer. Chosen.
After five years of being a Fianna, Aisling O'Malley still has to prove herself every day. The sins of the father weigh heavily on her shoulders, and no matter what she does, her fellow warriors regard her as the undeserving one. It doesn't help that one of the four mythical treasures of Ireland has turned up under her nose, leaving her none the wiser. If by any chance the touted Spear of Lugh up for auction is indeed the...