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  • To Win Her Hand
    Melissa Addey
    They’ve been engaged since they were children, so he sees no need to woo her. She wants a love match and is determined to find an alternative suitor. Perhaps a Christmas trapped together in snowy London will change both their minds. Lord Comerford has returned from the navy to claim his title, but ton life appears shallow after active service and the woman he has been promised ...
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    12,77 €

  • The Viscount’s Pearl
    Melissa Addey
    He’s a carefree rake who wants a marriage of convenience.She’s an awkward spinster who doesn’t want to marry at all. Fate has other plans in store for them both. Laurence enjoys his dalliances with the married ladies of society, and thinks marriage is only a matter of convenience. He’s on the lookout for a practical woman accustomed to society. Frances is an odd and awkward you...
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    11,18 €

  • Lady for a Season
    Melissa Addey
    A young duke declared mad. His nurse masquerading as a lady. One social season in which to marry him off. What could possibly go wrong?When foundling Maggie takes a job caring for Edward, she knows him only as a young man declared mad and kept privately under the care of a physician to avoid any scandal for his family.But Edward is the heir to the Duke of Buckingham and when hi...
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    11,26 €

  • The Colosseum Series
    Melissa Addey
    The gladiatorial Games didn’t just happen. They had to be made.Rome, 80 AD. They called it the Flavian Amphitheatre. We call it the Colosseum. It showcased brutal gladiatorial combats, exotic wild animal hunts, naval battles and the re-enactment of extraordinary mythological adventures. But someone had to make the Games happen, from sourcing celebrity gladiators and dangerous a...
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    31,67 €

  • The Flight of Birds
    Melissa Addey
    A dangerous emperor brings darkness close to homeRome, 83 AD. Marcus and Althea are married at last and dreaming of a peaceful life in the country, far away from their jobs managing the gore of the gladiatorial Games. But before they can leave Rome Emperor Domitian has three final tasks for them to complete, and his erratic behaviour is beginning to frighten them. Is he just st...
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    13,86 €

  • On Bloodied Ground
    Melissa Addey
    Below the Colosseum’s arena lies a dark labyrinth. And a darker secret.Rome, 82AD. Domitian is the new Emperor. At his command, a vast labyrinth is being built below the arena floor. Lit only by burning torches, echoing with the roars of wild animals, this is a place for men, women and beasts with a taste for blood. But all scribe Althea wants is to win Marcus’ heart and leave ...
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    16,06 €

  • The Forbidden City Series
    Melissa Addey
    Chosen for imperial service, some concubines rise to power. Others fall to madness.18th century China. All girls aged thirteen to sixteen must attend the Imperial Daughters’ Draft, so that the Emperor can have the first choice of every woman in his empire as a possible concubine. Once chosen, some rise to power. Some even forge friendships. But for some concubines, there are wh...
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    32,82 €

  • The Storytelling Entrepreneur
    Melissa Addey
    Storytelling in business works. It enhances memory, enthusiasm and commitment in listeners. But where do you get the stories from and when should you use them? The Storytelling Entrepreneur was developed during workshops and one-to-ones held by business consultant and author Melissa Addey with real-life entrepreneurs at the British Library’s Business & IP Centre. It includes:Ho...
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    12,91 €

  • The Moroccan Empire Series
    Melissa Addey
    Why did a Muslim emperor pick the son of a Christian slave as his heir? 11th century Morocco and Spain. A vast Muslim empire is rising as the lives of four women weave together to tell a story of war and love, magic and faith.Hela was born with the gift of healing, but is now bound by an impossible vow. Berber woman Kella is searching for adventure, but growing fearful for the ...
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    32,85 €

  • Do Not Awaken Love
    Melissa Addey
    A Spanish nun. A Muslim warlord. The destiny of an empire held between them. 11th century Northern Spain. Isabella has been a nun in the Christian kingdom of Galicia since she was a child, a gifted herbalist leading a quiet and spiritual life, devoted to God. But on a rare journey outside of the convent, she is taken by Viking raiders and sold to Morocco as a slave. Cruelly tre...
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    16,05 €

  • A String of Silver Beads
    Melissa Addey
    A woman seeking adventure. A bitter rivalry. The birth of an empire.11th century North Africa. Kella is a Berber girl disguised as a boy, travelling the trade routes and beating all comers in the camel races. When her true identity is revealed, she is sent home to the family desert camp to be taught women’s skills. Bored with her restrictive life, Kella yearns for her freedom a...
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    16,06 €

  • Beneath the Waves
    Melissa Addey
    Rome, 80AD. The Emperor orders the Colosseum to be flooded. There must be vast battles, spectacular props and epic storytelling. Marcus, manager of the amphitheatre, must face the dangers, mistakes and emotions of the watery depths. His scribe Althea is discovering that careless words may be dangerous, but that desires must be spoken out loud. As the backstage team of the amphi...
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    16,02 €

  • From the Ashes
    Melissa Addey
    Rome, 80AD. A gigantic new amphitheatre is being built... The Emperor has plans for gladiatorial Games on a scale no-one has ever seen before. But the Games don’t just happen. They must be made. And Marcus, the man in charge of creating them, has just lost everything he held dear when Pompeii disappeared under the searing wrath of Vesuvius. Now it will fall to Althea, the slav...
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    12,26 €

  • The Garden of Perfect Brightness
    Melissa Addey
    China’s most beautiful garden. The man who built it. The woman who had to leave it.18th century China. Giuseppe Castiglione, a promising and ambitious Italian painter, is recruited by the Jesuits to serve the Emperor of China. Tasked with turning a country estate into an imperial wonderland, Giuseppe enters the Garden of Perfect Brightness and meets Niuhuru, concubine to a mino...
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    16,10 €

  • From the Ashes
    Melissa Addey
    Rome, 80AD. A gigantic new amphitheatre is being built. The Emperor has plans for gladiatorial Games on a scale no-one has ever seen before. But the Games don’t just happen. They must be made. And Marcus, the man in charge of creating them, has just lost everything he held dear when Pompeii disappeared under the searing wrath of Vesuvius. Now it will fall to Althea, the slave w...
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    15,96 €

  • The Consorts
    Melissa Addey
    China, 1700s. Lady Qing has spent the past seven years languishing inside the high red walls of the Forbidden City. Classed as an Honoured Lady, a lowly-ranked concubine, Qing is neglected by the Emperor, passed over for more ambitious women. But when a new concubine, Lady Ying, arrives, Qing’s world is turned upside down. As the highest position at court becomes available and ...
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    9,35 €

  • The Cold Palace
    Melissa Addey
    Chosen against her will. Elevated to Empress. Accused of madness. 18th century China. Ula Nara is a happy sixteen-year-old, in love and betrothed. But before she can be married, she must attend the Imperial Daughters’ Draft. Chosen as a bride to the heir to the throne, Ula Nara now faces a lifetime of regret inside the walls of the Forbidden City.Determined to make her pain wo...
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    16,22 €

  • The Cup
    Melissa Addey
    A gifted healer. An impossible vow. An empire’s destiny.11th century North Africa. Hela has powers too strong for a child - both to feel the pain of those around her and to heal them. But when she is given a mysterious cup by a slave woman, its powers overtake her life, forcing her into a vow she cannot hope to keep. Trapped by her vow, Hela loses one chance after another to lo...
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    10,44 €

  • Kameko and the Monkey-King
    Melissa Addey
    When her mother falls ill, brave Kameko sets off on a journey to bring back the jewel from the Monkey-King's crown, known for its healing properties. Along the way she is helped by both people and kindly divinities, but will the Monkey-King give up his jewel so easily? Exquisitely illustrated by Claire Loescher with lino prints that bring a fairytale Japan to life, Kameko a...
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    9,63 €

  • Merchandise for Authors
    Melissa Addey
    Creating your own author 'swag', or merchandise can bring in income and engage your readers as well as giving you the creative edge at literary events and festivals. Bands and film-makers always create merchandise for their creative works, now it’s time for authors to use merchandise to market their works too.In this book you’ll find: 5 things merchandise should do f...
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    7,25 €

  • The Happy Commuter
    Melissa Addey
    Commuting is bad for you. Really bad for you. If you commute for more than 45 minutes a day in each direction, you are more likely to be overweight, suffer from anxiety, stress, depression and social isolation. You are more likely to sleep badly and be exhausted, have high blood sugar (which could lead to diabetes), high blood pressure and cholesterol (which could lead to heart...
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    11,77 €

  • The Fragrant Concubine
    Melissa Addey
    Kidnapped. Blackmailed. Now, she must choose the future of the empire.18th century Kashgar. Hidligh has only ever wanted safety and a full belly. On the street and living hand-to-mouth, the beautiful young woman is rapidly running out of any option but prostitution. So when she’s abducted by a Muslim noblewoman, she has little choice but to agree to the deal she’s offered: pose...
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    19,24 €

  • 100 Things to do while Breastfeeding
    Melissa Addey
    Did you know that the average mother could spend over 700 hours per child breastfeeding? This little book contains one hundred ideas for things to do while breastfeeding - from bonding with your baby to following your dreams. The ideas help you to: • Bond with your baby • Feel good: mind, body and soul • Lose the 'baby brain' • Make time for your older children • Stay in touch...
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    11,82 €