Melissa Jones

Maddie used to be a writer. Maddie used to be married, too. Now she is an English teacher at a smart sixth-form college, the mother of Pip, a troubled fourteen-year-old boy, and - by her own admission - the killer of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Benedict Fordham. Except the police can't find any trace of a body, the army doesn't have a reference for 'Robert Benedict Fordham', and Maddie thinks he's lied about everything he's ever told her. Gone for a Soldier is a subtle psychological mystery examining truth in a postmodern world. In her characteristically gripping, elegant prose, Melissa Jones interrogates extremes of deception and the inescapable vulnerability of losing your mind to the grasp of another, in a secret and terrifying descent into darkness and death.

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MacKenzie, Celeste and Alondra had to endure the pain, heartache, and sometimes betrayal, as they each battled the demons within, only to discover that their faith sometimes took them down a dark one-way road, that didn't always lead to a "happily ever after". True forgiveness doesn't always happen instantly. The book Whose Baby is a stunning depiction of what can happen when we don't take our past hurts and disappointments to Jesus and allow Him to heal us. The author, Melissa Jones skillfully takes the reader on a journey into the intertwined lives of her characters which results in a startling ending,

THE HOW-TO GUIDE CHRISTIAN COUPLES NEED TO ACHIEVE A SEX LIFE THAT CELEBRATES THEIR LOVE AND VALUES As a Christian couple seeking to improve your marriage, you and your spouse face the daunting challenge of finding sexual advice that's educational and instructive--but also appropriate for your faith. Good Loving walks that fine line by providing everything you need while staying true to your core beliefs. Other sex guides designed for religious couples offer little in the way of concrete techniques, but Good Loving's clear instruction eases you step by step into the practices that build a sexually satisfying marriage. Along the way, real-world stories from the author's years of counseling couples reveal how other Christians have conquered the same challenges you face. Follow the program in this helpful guide and you are sure to overcome hang-ups, break through obstacles, develop sexual skills, conquer shame, and build the trust and intimacy needed for a fulfilling and lasting marriage.

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Based on an episode in Henry James's life, the captivating story of a young heroine with ambitions and desires beyond her time. By the start of the Civil War, Emily Hudson has lost her entire family to consumption. Wholly dependent upon her puritanical uncle, Emily forms a close bond with her ailing cousin, William, an ambitious young writer. When a promising engagement is broken, William, obsessed by Emily's spirit and beauty, becomes her patron and takes her to England-only to manipulate and neglect her for the sake of his own creativity. There, Emily finally spurns her cousin's rules and sets out alone to pursue an artist's life in the eternal city of Rome. Reminiscent of the novels of Edith Wharton and the films of Merchant Ivory, Emily Hudson will resonate with anyone who has ever sought to be true to herself.

Dear Mr Cornford, It is with regret that I begin the task of writing to you about your niece, Emily. Her recent behaviour, which I have outlined to you in previous letters, compels me to request that she be formally removed from the school and returned to your care with immediate effect . . .' And so Emily Hudson, niece and ward, is dispatched into the care of her distant and cold uncle, to take residence at the family's Newport beach house at the outbreak of the Civil War. She is an orphan, the sole member of her family not claimed by consumption. In that first lonely summer, it is Emily's cousin William - himself an outsider - who is her saviour. Her spirit and vibrancy are at odds with the stilted climate of American society: a woman should be a paragon of virtue, definitely not an aspiring painter with no fortune to speak of. William's friendship offers Emily the chance to escape to London to pursue her dreams, but his patronage soon turns darker and more controlling. And as Emily's health falters, she turns to some rather unsuitable means to find the release she craves . . .

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" ... a remarkably well-done first effort." - Kirkus Reviews Cold In Earth is a stark, poetic and utterly terrifying first novel. Zoe is a mother, a television celebrity and a powerful career woman. Hers is a story that millions can only dream of. But when her baby dies, her guilt and grief plunge her into an inner landscape of dream and nightmare where the familiar becomes horrible, the unthinkable real. Her family find themselves powerless to help her as, one by one, they are drawn into a labyrinth at whose centre lies an unimaginable truth.