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This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women. Through the variety and nuance in all these objects, Annabelle Hirsch has created a new history – teeming, unexpected, witty and always illuminating.

It’s the case that could make DS Alex Morrow’s career. A suburban home invaded in the dead of night and a vulnerable old man taken hostage. It’s a black and white case and it shouldn’t be hard to solve… The two strangers who forced their way into the house demanded millions the family didn’t have and shouted for a man nobody had heard of. It had to be a mistake, and a bad one at that. But Alex Morrow can’t be depended on and the bosses know it.

The last time that Maureen O'Donnell saw Ann Harris she was nursing a couple of broken ribs and reeking of alcohol at the women's shelter. Now Ann has turned up dead hundreds of miles away, in London. Eager to escape some family difficulties of her own, Maureen travels to London to determine the circumstances of Ann's brutal death. In the seedy underworld of criminal exiles and dangerous drug lords, Maureen tries to piece together the horror of Ann's last days - and to save herself from a similarly ugly fate.

Maureen O'Donnell is facing the darkest episode in her life. She owes more than she makes in a year in back taxes; Angus Farrell, the psychologist who murdered her boyfriend, is up for trial; and her abusive father has arrived back in Glasgow. On top of it all, she has become embroiled in someone else's family feud. Ella McGee, an elderly stallholder at the fleamarket where Maureen is selling illegally imported cigarettes, is bringing a case against her son in the small claims court.

Paddy Meehan has just started work on the Scottish Daily News when a toddler is abducted. Two eleven-year-old boys are arrested for his murder and Paddy is shocked to discover that one of them is her fiance's cousin, Callum. When the boy's name is reported in the media, Paddy's family believe that she is to blame. Shunned by those closest to her, she finds herself dangerously alone.

Paddy Meehan is trawling the city for a story that will get her off the terrible night shift to which she's been consigned by her male colleagues. And then a woman, bleeding from a vicious head wound, offers her £50 to leave her alone. The very next morning the woman is found dead. Only Paddy cares enough about what's really happened to pursue a dark and brutal truth that could make her career, or kill her.

Maureen O'Donnell is a psychiatric patient, stuck in an affair with Douglas, a shady therapist. She’s about to end it with him when she wakes up one morning to find him in her living room with his throat slit. Viewed by the police as both a suspect and a witness, even Maureen’s family suspects her. Panic-stricken, she retraces Douglas' last days, finding a trail of rape and deception at a psychiatric hospital where she’d been an inmate. The patients won't talk and staff are afraid. Then a second brutalised corpse is discovered and Maureen realises that her life is in danger.

A collection of four erotic stories with varied spanking themes includes 'Adult Education' by Elizabeth Coldwell: A life-long good girl, Amanda finally decides to rebel when she struggles with an adult maths class. Behaving in a way to make even the most rebellious teenager blush, it’s only a matter of time before her teacher, Andy, has to take measures to discipline her.

A collection of four erotic short stories with mixed and varied themes.Victoria Learns the Art of Pleasure - Angela Meadows Education at the Venus School for Young Ladies turns out to be more engaging than Victoria could ever have anticipated as she learns how to become the ideal wife. Struggling to accept her blossoming knowledge, her classmates happily help her out with her assignments.

A collection of four erotic stories with mixed and varied themes, including 'How to Make a Cherry Baby' by Jade Taylor: She loves giving oral, but hates receiving it. No man has ever made it enjoyable. Until Josh. One day, he makes her a very special cocktail... but this cocktail is more than just a drink. It's an adventure in to the world of taste... into the world of oral.

Glasgow, 1990. Paddy Meehan's relaxed Saturday in front of the TV is shattered when the police knock on her door. Terry Patterson has been found naked in a ditch, executed with a shot through his temple. He was her first love and her hero - the sort of journalist she'd always aspired to be.

Soft lips on smooth, supple skin, slender curves interlocking.... No wonder girl-on-girl action has never been more popular. From the US hit series the L Word to Sex In The City, sisters have been doing it for themselves.

A collection of erotic short stories, offering a fresh focus on erotic writing for women. Whatever your pleasure, you'll love what you find between the covers of Xcite books. Hot sex and fabulous fantasies await your delectation!

Here is a collection of erotic short stories, offering a fresh focus on erotic writing for women. Whatever your pleasure, you'll love what you hear. Hot sex and fabulous fantasies await your delectation!

A collection of four erotic stories with mixed and varied themes including BDSM, FF action, spanking and historical.All Right On The Night by Jo NationGeorge's bathroom is a temptation; as befits such a modern minimalist apartment this is more wet room than traditional haven of relaxation, but for a few minutes Fenella forgets her duties. The decision to drop her guard will prove a fateful one; in a short space of time she will understand both the nature of George's identity and the meaning of pain

A collection of erotic short stories, offering a fresh focus on erotic writing for women. Whatever your pleasure, you'll love what you find between the covers of Xcite books. Hot sex and fabulous fantasies await your delectation!

A collection of five erotic stories with mixed and varied themes. The Wardrobe Mistress by Joe Manx. She thinks she’s simply visiting her much-loved Aunt Polly to pick up some items of furniture before Polly emigrates to Australia. What she doesn’t expect is for her aunt to offer her advice on keeping her relationship hot and spicy. With Polly’s aid, she learns the secrets of dressing for pleasure, and armed with a “sexy equestrian” outfit, she sets out to give husband Matthew the ride of his life.

A collection of five erotic stories with mixed and varied themes, including 'Neighbourhood Watch' by Stephen Albrow: What was going on in that house across the street? Rachel had been watching the endless stream of men coming and going for days. Now it was time to find out what lay behind the closed door.

A collection of four erotic spanking stories, including 'Bodyguard' by Laurel Aspen: Film star Columbia Walker is nice as pie on screen but a bitch in real life. When she tries to get her bodyguard, Jon, to take the rap for her attempt at shoplifting, he realises it’s time she was reminded how to treat people nicely. But even Jon can’t foresee the effect her first proper spanking will have on her.

A collection of four erotic stories with mixed spanking themes, including 'Bottoms Up' by Kristina Wright: It was Shelley and Ethan’s fourth date. In her mind it was the sex date, and she had it all planned out. Dressing to kill and looking to skip dessert. But Ethan has other ideas and thinks she needs to be punished for thinking he would be so easily seduced. 'The Guardian Angel' by Carole Archer: Struggling to get over the loss of her husband, Sarah contemplates quickening her path to join him. Who will ever manage to complete her as he had with his firm hand?