Elizabeth Cooke

Violet, The Swelling Tide -- the third and final volume in The Rose Trilogy -- provides adventure, intrigue and surprise. Love, lust, and retribution are rampant. Still set on the East End of Long Island, the characters undergo mysterious events and final confrontations, as water surges across the flat landmass that is Long Island, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to Long Island Sound, with lethal force.

Violet, The Swelling Tide -- the third and final volume in The Rose Trilogy -- provides adventure, intrigue and surprise. Love, lust, and retribution are rampant. Still set on the East End of Long Island, the characters undergo mysterious events and final confrontations, as water surges across the flat landmass that is Long Island, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to Long Island Sound, with lethal force.

Return to the statley environs of Rutherford Park and the embattled Cavendish family--from the author of The Wild Dark Flowers. The rain fell softly on the day that she was to be married...Sometimes the longing for the old untouched days at Rutherford would return to her; the innocence of it all, the feeling that England would never change... Charlotte Cavendish has been dreaming of her old home at Rutherford Park. It is April 1917; she is nineteen years old. And everywhere there is change. The war still rages on the Continent, where her brother fights for the Royal Flying Corps. Her parents' marriage is in jeopardy, with her mother falling for a charming American in London. But not all is grim. Charlotte is marrying Preston, the blinded soldier whom she nursed back to health. Her parents couldn't be happier about this. The young man hails from a well-established and wealthy family in Kent, and he's solid and respectable. They hope he's the one to tame their notoriously headstrong daughter. But as time passes, Charlotte slowly comes to the realization that she is not truly happy. And for a reason she is only just beginning to understand. A reason she dare not reveal to the family--or the world...

Snow had fallen in the night, and now the great house, standing at the head of the valley, seemed like a five-hundred-year old ship sailing in a white ocean... For the Cavendish family, Rutherford Park is much more than a place to call home. It is a way of life marked by rigid rules and lavish rewards, governed by unspoken desires... Lady of the house Octavia Cavendish lives like a bird in a gilded cage. With her family's fortune, her husband, William, has made significant additions to the estate, but he too feels bound--by the obligations of his title as well as his vows. Their son, Harry, is expected to follow in his footsteps, but the boy has dreams of his own, like pursuing the new adventure of aerial flight. Meanwhile, below stairs, a housemaid named Emily holds a secret that could undo the Cavendish name. On Christmas Eve 1913, Octavia catches a glimpse of her husband in an intimate moment with his beautiful and scandalous distant cousin. She then spies the housemaid Emily out in the snow, walking toward the river, about to make her own secret known to the world. As the clouds of war gather on the horizon, an epic tale of longing and betrayal is about to unfold at Rutherford Park...

In a world of spectacle, one boy's truth could bring the house down. London, 1789. After a fire consumes the Theatre Royal, master showman Joseph Eliot is desperate to rebuild. His answer comes in the form of a strange, silent boy - his skin marked with tiger-like stripes - and a plan to turn curiosity into spectacle. As the boy is thrust into the limelight alongside a live tiger, audiences are captivated. But behind the applause, dark questions stir. Where did the boy come from? Why does he never speak? And what secret binds him to a powerful man with influence - and a motive to see him disappear? As the city whispers and danger mounts, someone is arrested for a crime they may not have committed. Rebecca must uncover the truth before the curtain falls - for the boy, for Joseph, and for herself... A vivid historical tale of wonder, love, and the fine line between performance and exploitation, The Tyger Striped Boy blends the theatrical heart of The Greatest Showman with the soulful mystery of Life of Pi.

Join the forest friends at bedtime. Only one is ready for bed, so where will the others rest their sleepy heads? The perfect bedtime read for little ones. Beautiful, shaped tabs and sturdy pages will delight parents and children.

Join the farm friends at bedtime. Only one is ready for bed, so where will the others rest their sleepy heads? A delightful board book with tabbed animal shapes. Sturdy and colourful - the perfect bedtime read for little ones.

A clear and concise introduction to the land law of England and Wales written in the Clarendon style: as a letter to a friend, with a minimum of footnotes and statutory material. It explains the origins of land law in the feudal system, its transformation by the legislation of 1925, and the modern regime in which registration is the key to the validity and enforceability of interests in land. Elizabeth Cooke introduces the building blocks of land law, namely property rights in land, and explains how they have evolved by a mixture of design and accident. The book explores the unique role of the trust in English law, and the many complications that can arise where ownership of land is shared (whether concurrently or consecutively). Throughout the book the themes of management of complexity in land law, and the tension between dynamic and static security, are examined. The law of mortgages, leases, easements and covenants is explained. The third edition has been updated with important developments in land law, including recent decisions of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, and reform proposals by the Law Commission. Written in an accessible style, this book is an essential read for all those coming to the subject for the first time.

Shadow Box is the passionate story of a woman, who as she matures, breaks out of the enclosing case with a glass pane that has displayed her as a sexual object. It describes her expanding awareness, as mores change and women gain newfound self acceptance and strength. Today, there is not only the glass ceiling of power for a woman to shatter, but the glass box of gender equality to smash, a different dynamic, resulting in the shadow box of sexual submission and repression lying in pieces before her and a life to be truly lived.

Shadow Box is the passionate story of a woman, who as she matures, breaks out of the enclosing case with a glass pane that has displayed her as a sexual object. It describes her expanding awareness, as mores change and women gain newfound self acceptance and strength. Today, there is not only the glass ceiling of power for a woman to shatter, but the glass box of gender equality to smash, a different dynamic, resulting in the shadow box of sexual submission and repression lying in pieces before her and a life to be truly lived.

This is the poignant story of the bond created between a ninety-two-year-old widow who lives alone and an eleven-year-old toy poodle, with one good eye, who is a graduate of a puppy mill. Told in the little dogs voice, it depicts the love and solace they find together and the value of adopting an aging pet to share ones golden years.