The Misplaced Affections of Charlotte Fforbes

The Misplaced Affections of Charlotte Fforbes

Author: Catherine Robertson

Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Published: 2013-07-05

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1775533018

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Tangled relationships, misunderstandings and truculent toddlers! When Charlotte Fforbes inadvertently falls in love with her boss, her usually cool self-control is tested to its limit. Thus far, Charlotte has carefully avoided love’s emotional tar pit, but suddenly she is in it up to her neck. Her first strategy is to ignore it – for one thing, boss Patrick is a husband and father. Then Charlotte is given a clue that Patrick’s marriage may not be as stable as believed, and that is enough to fan a spark of hope into an infatuation-fuelled inferno. Transformed from efficient PA into a woman whose reason has been muffled with duct-tape and locked in a cellar, she’ll now do anything to find a way into Patrick’s heart. Anything includes arranging to be nanny-for-a-month to the small children of Patrick and his wife and two other families at a Lake Como villa. Charlotte’s complete lack of child-minding experience daunts her the least. If she’s to win Patrick, she must also prevent his cousin’s wife being seduced by her charming, feckless ex, while fending off dogs, Gypsy gatecrashers and a large, vengeful ghost from Patrick’s past. But Charlotte’s biggest test will come when she is forced to question whether her affections have been entirely misplaced – and, if so, was this her last ever chance to feel love like this again?


The Hiding Places

The Hiding Places

Author: Catherine Robertson

Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Published: 2015-04-02

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 1775536432

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Rich in myth, mystery, warmth and wit — a touching novel about what it means to be alive. When April Turner’s small son is killed by a car, she decides she is no longer entitled to anything but the barest existence. Five years on, she has shed everything and everyone she loves, and expects to be this way for ever. Then a letter arrives from an English solicitor, informing April that she is the last surviving heir to Empyrean, a long-abandoned country house. At first, April resists. But with the letter comes a map full of tiny mysteries, and she is drawn all the way from New Zealand to the English countryside, and into a small but intriguing circle of people: musician Oran, who remains loyal to his faithless wife; Jack, who lives wild in the woods with a dog; and Sunny, Lady Day, approaching ninety but more vital than others half her age. Sunny knew Empyrean in its prime, and her stories bring the past to life. But will April be prepared to give up her principles and start coming alive again herself? Winner of the Nelson Public Libraries’ Award for NZ Fiction 2015


May Day

May Day

Author: Catherine Robertson

Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Published: 2015-03-27

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1775538257

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A lively, magical short story about making your own choices. Cadi has had enough of watching her brother and her boyfriend argue over what’s best for her. But, until now, she’s not had the courage to take charge of her own life. Tonight, though, is May Eve when, according to folklore, all manner of strange things are possible. When Cadi becomes lost in the bluebell woods and meets a man who lives there wild with his dog, she begins to believe it might be true. Spring promises new life and a fresh start, doesn’t it? But every choice has a consequence, and, for Cadi, perhaps death and danger wait nearby, too . . . If you liked this story, check out Catherine Robertson's intriguing novel THE HIDING PLACES.


The Angel in My Pocket

The Angel in My Pocket

Author: Sukey Forbes

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-05-19

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0143127578

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After losing her daughter Charlotte to a rare genetic disorder, life for Sukey Forbes is completely shattered. As devastated as she is, Forbes searches for ways to deal with her grief. She wants desperately to recover a full, meaningful life on the private island of Naushon where she and her family live. Forbes begins exploring her family's rich history of spiritual seekers, including her great-great-great grandfather, Ralph Waldo Emerson, who similarly lost a young child.


Forbes

Forbes

Author: Bertie Charles Forbes

Publisher:

Published: 1981-10

Total Pages: 1404

ISBN-13:

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This business magazine covers domestic and international business topics. Special issues include Annual Report on American Industry, Forbes 500, Stock Bargains, and Special Report on Multinationals.


Gabriel's Bay

Gabriel's Bay

Author: Catherine Robertson

Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Published: 2018-01-02

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0143771469

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A heart-warming, thoroughly entertaining novel about a whole community. Kerry Macfarlane has run away from his wedding-that-wasn’t. He lands in coastal Gabriel’s Bay, billed as ‘a well-appointed small town’ on its website (last updated two decades ago). Here Kerry hopes to prove he’s not a complete failure. Or, at least, to give his most convincing impression. But Gabriel’s Bay has its own problems – low employment, no tourists, and a daunting hill road between it and civilisation. And Kerry must also run the gauntlet of its inhabitants: Sidney, single mother deserted by a feckless ex; Mac, the straight-shooting doctor’s receptionist; a team of unruly nine-year-olds; a giant restaurateur; and the local progressive association, who’ll debate apostrophe placement until the crack of doom. Can Kerry win their respect, and perhaps even love? Will his brilliant plan to transform the town’s fortunes earn him a lasting welcome in Gabriel’s Bay?


Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle

Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle

Author: Clement King Shorter

Publisher: London, Hodder

Published: 1896

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13:

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This 1896 volume offers a glimpse of the lives of those close to Brontë, including her sisters, Emily and Anne.


Women Write Back

Women Write Back

Author: Stephanie Mathilde Hilger

Publisher: Rodopi

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 9042025786

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Women Write Back explores the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century women's responses to texts written by well-known Enlightment figures. Hilger investigates the authorial strategies employed by Karoline von Günderrode, Ellis Cornelia Knight, Julie de Krüdener, and Helen Maria Williams, whose works engage Voltaire's Mahomet, Johnson's Rasselas, Goethe's Werther, and Rousseau's Julie. The analysis of these women's texts sheds light on the literary culture of a period that deemed itself not only enlightened but also egalitarian.