![]() ![]() * Keep said duke far, far from her heart ( no matter how tempting) ![]() * Charm and seduce a wild duke ( without appearing to try) * Breathe, smile, and curtsy in impossibly tight gowns ( blast Lady Dorothea’s sylph-like figure) What could go wrong?Ĭharlene Beckett, the unacknowledged daughter of an earl and a courtesan, has just been offered a life-altering fortune to pose as her half-sister, Lady Dorothea, and win the duke’s proposal. Lust is prohibited and love is out of the question.įour ladies. James, the scandalously uncivilized Duke of Harland, requires a bride with a spotless reputation for a strictly business arrangement. How the Duke was Won by Lenora Bell, publisher Piatkus, is available NOW in ebook format and is due to be published in paperback this Thursday 26th May 2016. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Not only did the novel influence senior English officials such as Churchill, it also manufactured them. The predictions in the book are both chilling and accurate and caused Winston Churchill, who at the time was the First Lord of the Admiralty, to order the construction of multiple northern naval defence bases. The author has been quoted saying that it was “a story with a purpose” as the book challenged the British Admiralty’s preparedness for an invasion by Germany, which happened in the years following. Published in 1903, The Riddle of the Sands was not written to represent the social values and attitudes of society at the time but to challenge them and to command greater awareness to what the author felt was a major issue, the lack of naval presence on the northern English coast. Winter Snowstorm over Whitby, Paul Berriff ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My mother is always doing it and it makes Aunt Emily very cross.' 'My Aunt Emily doesn't approve of people getting engaged when they are married. ![]() It's not a state that lasts very long with pretty women.' There are very few unmarried ladies going about, you know. 'My inamorata, my Dulcinea must annul her marriage before she is at liberty to marry me.' There is such a thing as the Church of Rome, my dear young lady, which I belong to, and this Church must annul the marriage of my affianced ? do you say affianced?' But what has your marriage got to do with the Vatican, isn't that in Rome?' 'You know what it is with the Vatican, time is nothing to them, a thousand ages are like an evening gone. 'I don't imagine it will be very soon,' he said gaily. But why, I wondered, had he come away alone, without her? If I had such a fascinating fiancé I would follow him everywhere, I knew, like a faithful spaniel. ![]() ![]() With the widespread adoption of Machine Learning, it is possible to circumvent some of the limitations of regulation by code. This, of course, generates new problems related to the fact that no single party can affect the execution of that code. By transposing legal or contractual provisions into a blockchain-based “smart contract” with a guarantee of execution, these rules are automatically enforced by the underlying blockchain network and will, therefore, always execute as planned, regardless of the will of the parties. Blockchain technology comes with many newfound opportunities of turning law into code. ![]() Yet, regulation by code also comes with important limitations and drawbacks that might create new issues related to fairness and due process. ![]() This brings a variety benefits, mostly related to the ability to automate the law and to enforce rules and regulations a priori, i.e. Today, code is also used by the public sector as a regulatory mechanism. As put by Lessig, “Code is Law”, a form of regulation where private actors may embed their values into technological artifacts, effectively constraining our actions. ![]() ![]() Instead, they are governed by software and algorithms that regulate our interactions. And yet, their governance is very far from the values of democratic countries. 1We are spending increasing amounts of our lives interacting within platforms, whose user base belittle that of existing nation states. ![]() ![]() ![]() I look up but can’t see his expression in the rearview mirror. ![]() We’re alllllmost there,” Dad says in that voice he uses when he’s trying to lighten the mood. Shadows dance in the darkness stretched out in front of us. The car swerves violently around something in the road, and I crane my neck to see what it was. It isn’t a dream, but there’s no telling them that. Think of all that original wood! And those high ceilings! It’s a dream.” So of course there will be some work to do,” Dad says, loud enough so I can hear, but quiet enough not to wake my little brother, Jonah. “Our house was built in the late eighteen hundreds, you know. My parents keep saying this place is going to be everything we ever needed but didn’t know existed. Nineteen hours in a seat belt, four Twinkies, twenty-one old episodes of The Simpsons, and one cramped hotel later we finally get here . . . City lights fade to a blur in my tired eyes. Rain batters the windshield of our ancient minivan, the wipers furiously working to keep the glass clear. I don’t even think they’re listening to themselves or they wouldn’t have made me give up Florida. ![]() I begged them to change their minds, but they said Dad’s new job is important to him and that families should support each other-not make each other give up the things they love. We’re in the van already and it isn’t even light outside. I can’t believe they’re making me do this. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you follow her on social media, you’ve seen that hedgehog on her cover more than you’ve seen Grumpy Cat or the bad pun husky lately, which is a hell of a coup. ![]() To promote the new release of Meaty and her multi-state book tour, Irby has masterminded a series of Photoshopped images showing her book in the hands of such luminaries as Hillary Clinton, Bob Ross, and Michael Jordan. Sam Irby herself, though, is a publicist’s dream: wildly funny, wholly unabashed, relentlessly charming (even when being extremely gross there are whole essays in Meaty about bathroom stuff), and, it turns out, a book marketing innovator. Samantha Irby’s new book Meaty is a re-release of an essay collection published in 2013-not usually publicity gold, even for an author whose second collection We Are Never Meeting in Real Life was a New York Times bestseller. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s also already up for pre-order if you want to be sure to get it on your Kindle the moment it’s released. I’m on track to finish the first draft by the end of March, followed by multiple rounds of editing, before publishing in October. I’m really excited about this one, seeing what Addison, Jake, and the residents of Milverton get up to when they end up with another death! ![]() ![]() If TikTok is your jam, find me at But if not, I totally get that, and will still be focussing here on my mailing list for all the best stuff!Īnd now for 2023, the main goal is to publish Milverton Mysteries #2: Poison at Penshaw Hall. ![]() I am still regularly baffled by the platform, but I can’t get over how fast-paced, enthusiastic, and energetic it all is.
![]() ![]() Publication Dates: February 2016 – May 2017 ![]() Point of View: First Person, Single ( Riders), Alternating ( Seeker) Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Mythology, Romance, Adventure If he stands any chance of saving his friends and the girl he’s fallen for-not to mention all of humankind-he needs to convince the skeptical government officials the world is in imminent danger. Now-bound, bloodied, and drugged-Gideon is interrogated by the authorities about his role in a battle that has become an international incident. Over the coming weeks, he and the other horsemen-Conquest, Famine, and Death-are brought together by a beautiful but frustratingly secretive girl to help save humanity from an ancient evil on the emergence. ![]() ![]() He has become War, one of the legendary four horsemen of the apocalypse. His death has brought to life his real destiny. While recovering from the accident that most definitely killed him, Gideon finds himself with strange new powers and a bizarre cuff he can’t remove. Nothing but death can keep eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S. Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below: ![]() ![]() ![]() In the rest of the galaxy, patron species who uplift others to sentience require that the new client species serve them as indentured servants for thousands of generations. The Streaker discovers something of great interest to the entire galaxy, and unfortunately their message home is intercepted and read along the way - and the galaxy isn't a friendly place to humanity (and dolphins and chimps). The book follows the crew of the Streaker, a starship from Earth - but it isn't crewed by humans! Instead, its the first ship captained and crewed by dolphins, who humanity has 'uplifted' by helping to accelerate their evolution (along with chimps). It's also nice to take a break from modern sci-fi and read a book where humans are the unapologetic good guys fighting against the institution of galactic slavery. The story is gripping, funny, and full of interesting, novel ideas. Won both the Hugo and the Nebula in 1984 - so I'm certainly not the only one who loved it! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Relishing the task of reigniting Hattie's Christmas spirit, Dolly suggests they create a wish list of all the things the season can offer, and with the helpful hands of Wynbridge's resident handyman, Beamish, Hattie finds her frosty exterior is starting to thaw.Īs Wynbridge prepares for its most spectacular Christmas yet, will Hattie leave snowy England behind for life in a sunnier clime, or will she in fact realise that her heart's desire lies much closer to home? But for Hattie, whose Christmas cheer has long since run out, it'll take more than mince pies and mistletoe to open her heart to the season once more. Upon Hattie's arrival, holiday preparations are in full swing. ![]() Luckily, Hattie's long-time friend Dolly is on hand to help and invites Hattie to spend one last holiday in the small, festive town of Wynbridge, determined to give her a Christmas to remember. Even more so when her high-flying boyfriend announces he's landed his dream job in Abu Dhabi and asks her to move with him. ***The sparkling Christmas novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Heidi Swain!***Īfter being let go from her job in a swanky hotel just weeks before Christmas, Hattie is feeling lost. ![]() |
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