Old Sins, Long Shadows


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Of all the mistakes Conrad Quintano has made, driving Damian away is the one that haunts him the most. He hates the fact that’s he’s hurt the man he loves more than anything. For the sake of the twins, though, Conrad and Damian parent as a united front, a challenge that grows more and more difficult with each passing year. And with Conrad in his weakened state after his kidnapping, it grows more difficult than ever to be around the one man he can’t have. But an old enemy’s mission to create a dangerous new breed of vampire threatens the twins’ lives, and it’s now more important than ever that the estranged lovers put the past behind them, or everything they hold dear might be ripped apart. Each story in the Children of Night series is a standalone story and can be enjoyed in any order. Series Order: Book #1: In the Dark Book #2: Old Sins, Long Shadows Book #3: Now Comes the Night Book #4: Ashes of the Day Book #5: Fallen Embers Book #6: To Curse the Darkness




Old Sins, Long Shadows


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An unwilling outlaw who of necessity called a bordello his residence, Douglas MacMillan flees Scotland to make a new home and a new start in British North America. Farmer's daughter Morag Green, young, beautiful and innocent, dreams of a dashing prince charming, while she resembles a character in one of the romances she fancies reading. Will the "princess" be able to find happiness with the rogue, or will the long shadows from old sins—both his and those of others—stretch across the Atlantic and destroy all hope for their love?




OLD SINS CAST LONG SHADOWS


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Lady Casterton is found strangled in her bedroom shortly after seven when her housekeeper went to discover why her employer had not appeared for dinner. From an examination of the body, it was clear that she had been killed a little after six at the very earliest. Suspicion naturally fell onto her nephew, her inheritor, with whom relations had been strained in recent weeks. He would have looked like a prime suspect, were it not for the testimony of the housekeeper. But then the nephew turns up dead in a locked room. The question for John Handful is, who murdered the murderer?




Old sins cast long shadows (A DI Frank Lyle Novella)


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It would be advisable to read A Winter Murderland before buying this book. Although he is already emotionally raw from almost dying in the line of duty and having to confront a painful aspect of his past, DS Thomas Fox is soon to be faced with yet another shocking revelation. This time it's personal as it threatens to blow Thomas' life irrevocably apart and change the dynamics of the relationships he has with those he loves forever. As Thomas and his boyfriend, James Lyle, reel from the fallout they are forced to revisit the past where an emotionally devastating blow to Dr Barry Fox and his wife, Sylvia led the future Ashbeck District Coroner to make an irreversible choice This volume also contains New life of hope, the official DI Frank Lyle Christmas story 2014.




The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs


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Lists the meaning and origin of more than 1,700 traditional and contemporary English proverbs.




Long Shadows


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For many years, Robert Farrance has lived the respectable life of a man of property, and nobody knows that his present prosperity is founded upon his earlier life as a ruthless and determined bandit. When a figure from his past comes, appealing for his help, Farrance realizes that he owes a debt of honour to his former comrade and sets out to help the man secure his rights. Along the way, he helps break up a gang of coiners but triumph looks to turn to tragedy when Robert Farrance stands to lose all that he holds most precious.




The Long Shadow


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When Violet Wellingham woke up that morning and realized that she had lost not only the husband she adored, but everything else that had made life worth living, she found it quite impossible to believe that she was not still in the middle of a nightmare.




The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs


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This unique and thoroughly revised collection contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English, drawing on the resources of the Oxford Languages team for the most up-to-date research. Lively and compelling, it is filled with favourites - old and new - with a strong emphasis on meanings of proverbs catalogued.




A Dictionary of Proverbs


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This unique and authoritative dictionary contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English and uses research from the Oxford English Corpus, the world's largest language databank. This edition has been revised and fully updated and includes numerous entirely new entries. It also features expanded coverage of foreign language proverbs currently in use in English. With an emphasis on examples of usage, including the earliest written evidence of its use, this A-Z guide provides a thorough - and fascinating - history for every entry. Arranged in A-Z format and with a useful thematic index, A Dictionary of Proverbs is ideal for browsing and perfectly suited for quick reference. Look up your old favourites, learn punchy new expressions to get your point across, and find the answer to that crossword clue. Seeing is believing: find proverbs relevant to every aspect of life in this entertaining and informative collection.




Old Sins


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The past is never far behind you . . . Old sins have a nasty way of catching up with you, as Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone discovers in this gripping historical mystery, which takes him back to a difficult case in his early days as a police officer. Full of unexpected twists, this is a must-read for fans of Downton Abbey and Jacqueline Winspear. 1929. The discovery of the bodies of two retired policemen, Walter Cole and Hayden Paul, sounds warning bells to DCI Henry Johnstone. Both men were experiencing financial difficulties, and their deaths were staged to look like suicides. Hayden left a note containing two words: old sins. And when Henry attends his sister's Halloween party, he is approached by a flamenco dancer who leaves a note with the name of another man. Could this be a grim warning? Henry is forced on a painful journey back to an old case he worked on with Cole and Paul. Is someone playing a deadly game with Henry, and is he about to pay for his past mistakes? With Detective Sergeant Mickey Hitchens by his side and his family at risk, Henry must catch a dangerous killer bent on revenge - before the killer catches him . . .