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No Such Thing as Luck: The only woman John Thornton ever loved has gone to London and forgotten all about him. Aching for what he lost, he doesn't have time to grieve because his cotton mill is on the brink of financial collapse. Margaret Hale has thrown away her only chance at love. She longs for what might have been, and wishes more than anything for one more chance to see John Thornton. When...

In 1822, the MacLean family is about to be hit with a tidal wave of economic, social, and political hardship. From their croft in western Scotland, they struggle to stay rooted and stay together, but Fate may have other ideas. THE KEENING is the story of their journey from home to the New World, and the drama that each of the MacLeans undergoes in adjusting to the new reality.

Delight in the absurd and wander among the fantastical in these speculative fiction short stories! Drawn from the imagination of a historical fiction author, these stories push the envelope of genre and mix and match tropes with a vengeance. This collection is a small sample of experimental shorts, ranging from historical adventure and earth magic to contemporary portal fantasy and time travel...

In Margo’s world, if you don’t pass your Sorting at 18 – or if you’re a Believer – you are recycled. Literally. Margo wants to marry Bane. But she’s a Believer. And she’s going to fail. But a chance to take on the system ups the stakes beyond mere survival. Now she has to break out of the Facility - or face the worst martyrdom of all. Conscious Dismantlement.

In Margo’s world, if you don’t pass your Sorting at 18 – or if you’re a Believer – you are recycled. Literally. Margo wants to marry Bane. But she’s a Believer. And she’s going to fail. But a chance to take on the system ups the stakes beyond mere survival. Now she has to break out of the Facility - or face the worst martyrdom of all. Conscious Dismantlement. This is the U.K. edition.

The future for Britain’s Princess Margaret represents a marked change from her past, but there is one memory she wants to erase. It haunts her, sometimes crowding out her other thoughts and rendering her breathless. Tessa Donovan, a detective in New York City, is the one person Margaret thinks can help, but Tessa doesn’t want to get involved. Can they get a happy ending like so many others have?

When Colonel Brandon asks Miss Margaret Dashwood for her advice, she never imagines that such a small matter will come to change her life completely - but the arrival of Miss Eliza Williams and her young son promises to do just that. Set some time after Jane Austen's 'Sense and Sensibility' & with an LGBT+ twist, this story was first published in Manifold Press's 'A Certain Persuasion' anthology.

Margaret has fallen in love with Richard Francis. She is married with three children and has a new lesbian relationship with a wealthy woman known as Diana. However, her liaison with Richard overrides everything else in her life at that time, partly because of their love of Spain and Wales. They embark on regular private get-togethers around both countries until one day complete disaster strikes.

Queen Margaret II of Scotland (1489-1541) has been all but forgotten in the story of the Tudor dynasty established by her father, Henry VII. After her husband, James IV of Scotland, was killed in the battle of Flodden Field in 1513, Margaret found herself fighting for her infant son, the future James V.

Kylee's dead. And now there's another ghost on campus. Except this time, she's haunting Margaret.