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Fourteen-year-old Marie Anne Lawson, youngest daughter of a prosperous Northumbrian family, was running away from a sight she would rather not have witnessed when she stumbled and fell, injuring her ankle. She was discovered by a local man who, because of a disfigurement, was known as ‘the branded man’. Already fearful of him by reputation, his sudden appearance frightened her into unconsciousness. When she came to, she was back at The Manor and confined to bed for an indefinite period.  Marie Anne’s mother, with no love and little sympathy, awaited her recovery with impatience, for she had already planned to dispatch her wayward daughter to London, where her Aunt Martha would supervise the development of her natural ability for the piano, the only talent her mother believed her daughter possessed. Marie Anne was already resentful at the enforced exile, and Aunt Martha’s frosty reception caused her to wonder if one domination would now be replaced by another. Only the friendship of her Aunt’s companion, Sarah Foggerty, prevented her from plunging into despair – that and the encouragement she received from her music tutor on her daily visits to the Academy. Why, then, did his sudden disappearance make it necessary for her to return to Northumberland, this time into the care of her beloved grandfather?  Many twists and turns of fate awaited Marie Anne over the years, with Sarah Foggerty playing a part in her destiny – but neither she nor Marie Anne could have foreseen the consequences of their timely friendship.  Set at the turn of the century in the wilds of Northumberland and in the slums of the East End of London, The Branded Man is the gripping story of Marie Anne, Sarah Foggerty and the mysterious man who was to influence both their lives.

L'homme au masque

Etrange fille que cette Kirsten au double profil, l'un pur et séduisant comme celui d'une madone, l'autre maudit, défiguré par ce "mauvail oeil" qui fait craindre à tout le village que la "loucheuse" ne lui porte malheur... Quel sort pèse donc sur elle pour qu'elle soit toujours écartelée entre deux sentiments? Entre l'amour et le dégoût pour son enfant, fruit d'un viol. Entre deux hommes aussi. Konrad, le "taureau suédois", maître du Prieuré où elle est employée comme nourrice (étrange nourrice), et le doux et beau Colum, cordier à la demeure et ennemi juré de Konrad. Un jour viendra où l'amour triomphera de la malédiction - où Kirsten n'aura plus peur. Mais à l'amour il faudra payer le plus tendre, le plus déchirant des tributs...

L'éveil à l'amour

The blind years

Dissimulé derrière les bottes de foin, Davie, stupéfait, contemplait un spectacle incroyable : à quelques pas de là, le Maître enlaçait passionnément Molly. Et elle souriait, heureuse, abandonnée dans ses bras répondant avec ardeur à son désir. Davie savait que ce qu'il venait de surprendre là bouleverserait sa vie. Plus jamais les choses ne seraient pareilles. Plus jamais il n'accepterait e se plier à l'autorité du Maître. Il lui faudrait quitter cette ferme où il avait grandi, abandonner ce pays qui était le sien et enfouir au plus profond de son cœur son amour secret, à jamais blessé. Car dans la puritaine Angleterre du règne de Victoria, que vaut la parole d'un simple paysan contre celle du Maître tout-puissant.

La maison des flammes

Solage of skin

Tilly Trotter isn't like the other girls in the villages of County Durham. Tall and coltish, she's not afraid of taking on 'man's work' to help out the grandparents who raised her. There's an unusual beauty to her too - a beauty that's envied by the local women and lusted after by the men.But for all the attention Tilly only loves one man, farmer Simon Bentwood, and she's heartbroken to discover that he's betrothed to another. But there are even harder times ahead for Tilly. A spurned suitor takes a terrible revenge. Idle gossip brands her a witch. A betrayal forces her into the cruel drudgery of the local mine and puts her life in danger. But Tilly refuses to let her spirit be broken - determined that all this will serve only to make her stronger..

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