The war was not 'over by Christmas' after all and as 1915 begins, the Hunters begin to settle into wartime life. Diana, the eldest Hunter daughter, sees her fiance off to the Front but doesn't expect such coldness from her future mother-in-law. David's battalion is almost ready to be sent to the Front, but how will Beattie's fragile peace of mind endure? Below stairs, Ethel, the under housemaid, is tired of having her beaux go off to war so she deliberately...

"From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir comes a new World War II-set story of four women on the home front competing for a spot hosting a BBC wartime cookery program and a chance to better their lives. Two years into World War II, Britain is feeling her losses; the Nazis have won battles, the Blitz has destroyed cities, and U-boats have cut off the supply of food. In an effort to help housewives with food rationing, a BBC radio...

"She sees everything, but can never tell anyone... At a beautiful villa in the south of France, Hannah Carreras works as a maid. Under strict instructions never to speak to the guests, she blends into the background - but she sees everything. Including the mistress Summer, lounging by the pool awaiting the arrival of her married lover, Steve. When Steve finally shows at the villa - with his family unexpectedly in tow - Summer has vanished. Steve claims...

"After Kanna's dramatic confrontation with her father, life in Miss Kobayashi's household has gone back to normal -- or at least, what passes for normal in a house full of dragons. Tohru freshens up her routine, Lucoa reconsiders her role as a bystander, and Ilulu's biological clock runs wild. Meanwhile, Kobayashi's boss offers her a new opportunity that could transform her connection with the dragon world."-- cover page 4.

"The first book in a rollicking new historical-fantasy series that reinvents the French Revolution with vampires as the aristocrats, in a lively retelling of The Scarlet Pimpernel from the author of the beloved Invisible Library series. It is 1793 and the French Revolution is in full swing. Vampires are a normal part of society across Europe--usually rich and aristocratic, they have slaked the guillotines thirst in large numbers. The mysterious Scarlet...

Risking her immortal soul to win Mr. Benedict Ashbrooke's heart, housemaid Effie has 100 days -- and 10,000 stitches -- to make Mr. Ashbrooke fall in love and propose but finds her greatest obstacle the man with whom she made a devil's bargain whose overwhelmingly good intentions stand in her way.

Marion Shaw se crió en los suburbios, donde lo único que conoció fueron el anhelo y la carencia. A pesar de que lo que más anhela es abandonar la ciudad y todas sus miserias, no tiene ninguna esperanza de escapar hasta el día en que encuentra un anuncio muy peculiar en el periódico, en el cual se busca una criada de sangre. Aunque sabe muy poco sobre el lejano norte, donde los nobles viven a todo lujo y se beben la sangre de aquellos a su servicio,...

Phoebe and her sister Julia are eager for a summer getaway at High Head Lodge, the newly purchased estate of their cousin Regina. But Regina's odd friend, Olive, is far from friendly, and Regina's mother and brother-- bitter over the unequal distribution of her father's inheritance-- have descended on the house to confront Regina. Eva questions the loyalty and integrity of Miss Stanley, Lady Julia's new maid. When their hostess meets an untimely end--...

When Amelia Bedelia volunteers to fill in as director of a third-grade Thanksgiving play, she misunderstands everything from one girl's desire to play a big role to an opening night wish that she "break a leg," but all is well in the end.