Secrets and Sapphires


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Angel-in-training Ella helps an injured bunny in this third magical book of the whimsical new Angel Wings series! The first angel in Ella’s grade has earned her sapphire halo—and Ella’s friends aren’t far behind. But Ella still has several halo points to collect, and she doesn’t want to be the last to earn her sparkling halo. When a magical bunny with an injury is brought to the school, nasty angel Primrose jumps at the opportunity to care for it. But all Primrose really cares about is collecting more halo points than anyone else. It’s up to Ella to take responsibility for the bunny, a task that she doesn’t mind at all. Ella loves animals! But will she ever get enough halo points to earn a sapphire halo of her own?




Secrets and Sapphires


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Originally published in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster in 2013.




Garlic and Sapphires


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A funny, tell-all memoir from the New York Times' most controversial restaurant critic.




Secrets of the Gem Trade


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Finally the real truth about how master jewellers, gemmologists and major auction houses value diamonds and colored gemstones.




Sapphire Spell


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A brand-new adventure awaits Ellie, Summer and Jasmine in the Secret Kingdom! Queen Malice has taken over the Secret Kingdom and trapped King Merry in the dungeons at Thunder Castle! With the help of the water nymphs, Ellie, Summer and Jasmine must find the magical sapphire, but will the pesky Storm Sprites get there first?




Secrets & Sapphires


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DOWNTON ABBEY meets GOSSIP GIRL in this racy first instalment of an exciting new sequence One house, two worlds, dark secrets... The year is 1910. For the past decade, the Averley family has lived a life of luxury in India, but now they must return to Lord Averley's ancestral estate, the sprawling, majestically beautiful Somerton Court. As the household staff hastily prepare for the family's arrival, they receive shocking news: Lord Averley is bringing back a fiancée with three children of her own, and on top of that, there are rumours of a terrible scandal surrounding Lord Averley's resignation as Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. As the family settles in, tensions arise both upstairs and downstairs. Lady Ada must choose between her honour and her heart, Sebastian must fend off ruinous threats from a former servant (and lover...) and gentle housemaid Rose will find herself at the centre of a scandal so enormous it could destroy the Averleys' reputation forever. With plenty of scheming, scandal and sauciness, SECRETS & SAPPHIRES is a thrilling period-drama perfect for fans of Jilly Cooper and DOWNTON ABBEY.




Secrets of the Sapphire Sea


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Twelve year old Martha has run away from the children's home in search of a clue to her mysterious past. Desperate to evade capture, she hides aboard a fishing boat and her adventure begins. Martha arrives on Guillemot Island where she is welcomed into a curious new home at Pipistrelle House. As she makes new friends, Martha learns that Guillemot is a very strange place indeed. She settles into a new life, attending the local school, when an emergency unfolds during a residential aboard the school ship. With the help of her newfound friends, Martha must discover the truth about her past, and the fate of her long-lost family - but she soon finds herself plunged into a world of secrets and shadows! Who can she trust - and who is trying to hide the truth? One thing is certain, her life will never be the same again. Danger lurks on every corner and nothing is quite as it seems... This book is suitable for readers aged from 9 years to teens and adults who love mysterious adventure stories.




Singapore Sapphire


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Early twentieth-century Singapore is a place where a person can disappear, and Harriet Gordon hopes to make a new life for herself there, leaving her tragic memories behind her--but murder gets in the way. Singapore, 1910--Desperate for a fresh start, Harriet Gordon finds herself living with her brother, a reverend and headmaster of a school for boys, in Singapore at the height of colonial rule. Hoping to gain some financial independence, she advertises her services as a personal secretary. It is unfortunate that she should discover her first client, Sir Oswald Newbold--explorer, mine magnate and president of the exclusive Explorers and Geographers Club--dead with a knife in his throat. When Inspector Robert Curran is put on the case, he realizes that he has an unusual witness in Harriet. Harriet's keen eye for detail and strong sense of duty interests him, as does her distrust of the police and her traumatic past, which she is at pains to keep secret from the gossips of Singapore society. When another body is dragged from the canal, Harriet feels compelled to help with the case. She and Curran are soon drawn into a murderous web of treachery and deceit and find themselves face-to-face with a ruthless cabal that has no qualms about killing again to protect its secrets.




The Spider Sapphire Mystery


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Nancy Drew's latest involvement in a mystery begins in her home town and concerns a synthetic sapphire with a spider embedded in it, the strange disappearance of Ned Nickerson, and an African safari.




The Stolen Sapphire


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When an archaeologist's priceless jewel goes missing during a 1906 ocean liner voyage to Europe, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover which of the first-class passengers is the thief. Includes French glossary and historical information on travel and archaeology in the early twentieth century.