The Most Marvellous Summer

Matilda had every quality that turned a man's head, but she had remained heart-whole and fancy-free despite a number of offers. Then she met eminent surgeon James Scott-Thurlow and fell in love at first sight. But James clearly did not feel the same way. How could he when he was already engaged to the glamorous Rhoda?

Matilda had every quality that turned a man's head, but she had remained heart-whole and fancy-free despite a number of offers. Then she met eminent surgeon James Scott-Thurlow and fell in love at first sight. But James clearly did not feel the same way. How could he when he was already engaged to the glamorous Rhoda?

The classic, wonderful romance of a beloved author comes to readers with fourdelightful novels. Reissue.

Uncertain Summer When her fiancé jilted her, Serena gave up all hope of ever getting married. She was determined to be sensible about the whole thing; that was, until Gijs suggested that she marry him. She liked Gijs and he was fond of her. Companionship seemed a good a basis for a marriage — who needed romance? But Gijs was in love and Serena couldn't work out who the lucky woman was... A Small Slice of Summer Letitia Marsden never trusted men. Then she met Dr Jason Mourik van Nie and he changed her mind. Learning to trust again wasn't easy for either of them. Letitia vowed there would be a happy ending. But then Jason got the wrong idea about one of her male friends... Could a chance meeting set it right? Surely fate wasn't going to let a simple misapprehension stand in the way of true love? The Most Marvellous Summer Matilda had beauty and generous nature — it was surprising that she was still single. Despite many offers, she remained fancy-free. Until she met James Scott-Thurlow — it was love at first sight! He was the only man she'd ever wanted to marry! But as luck would have it, James was already engaged — to the glamorous Rhoda. And it was clear he hadn't fallen for Matilda...

Marvellous Ways is eighty-nine years old and has lived alone in a remote Cornish creek for nearly all her life. Lately she's taken to spending her days sitting on a mooring stone by the river with a telescope. She's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees it. Drake is a young soldier left reeling by the Second World War. When his promise to fulfil a dying man's last wish sees him wash up in Marvellous' creek, broken in body and spirit, the old woman comes to his aid. A Year of Marvellous Ways is a glorious, life-affirming story about the magic in everyday life and the pull of the sea, the healing powers of storytelling and sloe gin, love and death and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heels.

Tucked away in a near-derelict library in the centre of London, The House of Marvellous Books is a publishing house on the brink of financial disaster. With assistant Ursula asleep at her desk, head publisher Gerard going health and safety mad, and chief editor Drusilla focused on finding a supposedly priceless but famously missing manuscript, there is hardly anyone left to steer the ship. Young Mortimer Blakeley-Smith, junior editor, charts the descent of the House in his logbook as it lurches from one failure to the next. Will mysterious Russian buyers, lurking in the wings, finally sink the ship? Or will Drusilla find the legendary Daybreak Manuscript and save the day?

Jack Vance is one of the most remarkable talents to ever grace the world of science fiction. His unique, stylish voice has been beloved by generations of readers. One of his enduring classics is hisThe Dying Earth series, fascinating, baroque tales set on a far-future Earth, under a giant red sun that is soon to go out forever. Rhialto the Marvellous contains three linked novellas about the adventures of the wizard Rhialto across the decadent landscape of the Dying Earth, under its swollen red sun. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.