Books with author Elizabeth Fork

At the end of the war, Mrs. Midge stayed on. While the war lasted Mrs. Custance had accepted her as part of the war-effort; it was only in the past year or two that Mrs. Midge had been transferred to the category which Mrs. Custance described as “people we could manage without.”Elizabeth Fair’s rollicking second novel takes place in Little Mallin, where village life is largely dominated by preparations for the August Festival. Out of such ordinary material Fair weaves a tale of conflict, scheming, misunderstanding—and of course romance.Among the villagers are a vicar dreaming of ancient Greece; his wife, largely concerned with getting their daughter married off; the melancholic Colonel Ashford; the eccentric Eustace Templer and his nephew; not to mention Mrs. Midge and her delicate son. The author said the novel was meant for people who “prefer not to take life too seriously.” Compton Mackenzie said it was “in the best tradition of English humour.”Furrowed Middlebrow is delighted to make available, for the first time in over half a century, all six of Elizabeth Fair’s irresistible comedies of domestic life. These new editions all feature an introduction by Elizabeth Crawford.“Where she breaks with the Thirkell school is in her total absence of sentimentality and her detached and witty observation of her characters.”--The Sphere“A real success … will give pleasure to those for whom Trollope and Jane Austen remain the twin pillars of English fiction.”--John O’London’s Weekly

To hold the power of God in your hands.No questions. No rules. No consequences.Dystopian fiction with a twist of supernatural thriller. The end of times and the beginning of a world without God.A pura unum. The Pure One.The Pure One is God...and God is dying. His essence seeping away into the Others.One lonely girl with a rebellious spirit challenges the greatest power the world has ever known.The world held together by the power of The Pure One is beautiful, peaceful...pristine. It appears to operate seamlessly, lifting every being under its spell into a higher level of existence. The Others, the Average, the Lessers, and all other societies across the planet bow to His guidance and glory under His Goodness. Thanks be to The Pure One for His gifts. There is, however, a tiny whisper of darkness.In this perfect world there are some who experience a feeling of discomfort, as if a thin mask has been glued across the skin of their face and cannot be removed – ever. Ezzie, an independent, difficult girl, is naive enough to question the Teachings. When she ventures outside the boundaries of the Average, The Pure One takes notice and what was once an indestructible castle begins to crumble. As His power is drained into darkness, those who covet and those who are pure of heart become clear. The future of The Pure One, the future of Ezzie, and the future of their world, hangs in the balance. Get Part One of The Purist today and peer into the darkness and light that hides within us all.

Fourteen-year-old Suli must stop the most powerful witch her country has ever seen. If she fails, her country will starve, her animal friends could die, and wise women’s magic will be lost forever.Invited to fly to the Arctic with the wild geese, Suli jumps at the chance. But when she interrupts her journey to save a girl from being beaten, the leader of the wild geese advises her to return home to find the cause of a strange illness spreading among animals.If the cause is magical, only the wise women can stop it.Arta, the girl Suli rescued, insists on becoming Suli’s apprentice, even though the Prime Minister is rounding up wise women and putting them in camps. Reluctantly, Suli takes Arta with her. On the journey home, they stumble across the Prime Minister’s plans to take over the country. His use of witchcraft is draining all the magic from the land. Animals are dying. Wise women’s magic is being stolen, and Suli's teacher, Tala has mysteriously disappeared. It's up to Suli to decide what to do.Even with the help of her crow teacher and her animal allies, can Suli stop the Prime Minister and restore the magic to her land when her own magic has been stolen?The Cursed Amulet continues two years after the events in The Third Kind of Magic with Suli as the wise woman of Weatherstone. Praise for The Third Kind of Magic, Crow Magic Book One: The two things I dreamed of doing as a child were to fly and to talk to animals. This marvelous children’s book brought this reader back to that happiest of times when everything was possible and wishes could come true.—Ginny Rorby, winner of the ALA Schneider Family Book Award

Many people are mortified by their flirting skills and get flustered when dealing with people they're attracted to. This easy-to-follow manual to mastering the art of flirting offers indispensable advice on working the dating scene and reinvigorating your love life. Exploring key areas including listening and communication skills, body language and self-image, Flirting For Dummies provides readers with all the tools they need to boost their self-confidence and engage with people in a natural and charming way. Flirting For Dummies: Features black and white photographs to provide examples of flirting in action Gives advice on getting to grips with flirting basics and how to get noticed Covers how to develop a killer rapport with body language Provides advice on taking the next step Gives ‘Top Ten’ tips such as opening lines and flirting faux pas About the author Elizabeth Clark is a renowned flirting and charisma expert. She has featured on ITV's Des & Mel, BBC Breakfast, and in a host of radio shows and press articles. Elizabeth is the founder of Rapport Unlimited- a company specialising in presentation skills training and keynote speaking.

Divided by day and night and on the run from authorities, star-crossed young lovers unearth a sinister conspiracy in this compelling romantic thriller.Seventeen-year-old Soleil Le Coeur is a Smudge―a night dweller prohibited by law from going out during the day. When she fakes an injury in order to get access to and kidnap her newborn niece―a day dweller, or Ray―she sets in motion a fast-paced adventure that will bring her into conflict with the powerful lawmakers who order her world, and draw her together with the boy she was destined to fall in love with, but who is also a Ray. Set in a vivid alternate reality and peopled with complex, deeply human characters on both sides of the day-night divide, Elizabeth Fama's Plus One is a brilliantly imagined drama of individual liberty and civil rights, and a fast-paced romantic adventure story.

Fourteen-year-old Suli must stop the most powerful witch her country has ever seen. If she fails, her country will starve, her animal friends may die, and wise women’s magic will be lost forever.Invited to fly to the Arctic with the wild geese, Suli jumps at the chance . But when she interrupts her journey to save a girl from being beaten, the leader of the wild geese advises her to return home because a strange illness is spreading among animals.If the cause is magical, only the wise women can stop it.Arta, the girl Suli rescued, insists on becoming Suli’s apprentice, even though the Prime Minister is rounding up wise women and putting them in camps. Reluctantly, Suli takes Arta with her. On the journey back to Weatherstone, they learn they may have stumbled across the Prime Minister's plans to take over the country. He's using powerful witchcraft that threatens to drain all the magic from the country.Animals are dying. Wise women’s magic is disappearing, and Suli's teacher, Tala has mysteriously disappeared. The animals are begging Suli to help them, as the wise women always have.But even with the help of her crow teacher, a former witch, and her animal allies, how can Suli stop the Prime Minister and restore the magic to her land when her own magic is gone? Praise for The Third Kind of Magic, Crow Magic Book One: The two things I dreamed of doing as a child were to fly and to talk to animals. This marvelous children’s book brought this reader back to that happiest of times when everything was possible and wishes could come true.—Ginny Rorby, winner of the ALA Schneider Family Book AwardThe Cursed Amulet continues Suli's adventures from where The Third Kind of Magic left off.

Wonderful adventures of Sam's truck which drives on the most dangerous road in the USA. Will he be able to carry all the loads through hundreds of miles of icy road?Will he fulfill the promises given to his mother and manage to return home for the holidays? It's a perfect book for long winter evenings. Now for sure you will feel the magic of Christmas! Children will love it!

HOW MUCH IS A LIFE WORTH? WHEN THE WORLD DEMANDS AN ANSWER WE ALL SCRAMBLE TO FIND ONE.My name is Midnight Thunder. The town crazy person; the Demon Eyes girl. The girl whose existence rests on a curse that saves her from death yet sets her on a path to an inevitable end.I live in a world full of magic: spells, curses, enchantments, and everything in between. It would be a whimsical place, but, like anything, it's imperfect. Little by little, my own country has begun to fall apart beneath its own mistakes. The queen’s gone a little bit more than mad, our military has collapsed, and of course, the only way to break the deadly curse at the root of it all is to sacrifice... me.

Fierce, seductive mermaid Syrenka falls in love with Ezra, a young naturalist. When she abandons her life underwater for a chance at happiness on land, she is unaware that this decision comes with horrific and deadly consequences. Almost one hundred forty years later, seventeen-year-old Hester meets a mysterious stranger named Ezra and feels overwhelmingly, inexplicably drawn to him. For generations, love has resulted in death for the women in her family. Is it an undiagnosed genetic defect . . . or a curse? With Ezra's help, Hester investigates her family's strange, sad history. The answers she seeks are waiting in the graveyard, the crypt, and at the bottom of the ocean - but powerful forces will do anything to keep her from uncovering her connection to Syrenka and to the tragedy of so long ago.

Perfect for fans of Narnia and Percy Jackson!This was her last chance.Her hand twisted high in the air.When fifteen-year-old Esme Silver objects at her father's wedding, her protest is dismissed as the action of a stubborn, selfish teenager. Everyone else has accepted the loss of Esme's mother, Ariane--so why can't she?But Esme is suspicious. She is sure that others are covering up the real reason for her mother's disappearance--that 'lost at sea' is code for something more terrible, something she has a right to know.After Esme is accidentally swept into the enchanted world of Aeolia, the truth begins to unfold. With her newfound friends, Daniel and Lillian, Esme retraces her mother's steps in the glittering canal city of Esperance, untangling the threads of Ariane's double life. But the more Esme discovers about her mother, the more she questions whether she really knew her at all.

Terror was within. Terror was without. Like her mother, she was at the water’s mercy.In the enchanted world of Aeolia, fifteen-year-old Esme Silver faces her hardest task yet. She must master her unruly Gift—the power to observe the past—and uncover the secrets she needs to save her mother, Ariane.In between attending school in the beguiling canal city of Esperance, Esme and her friends—old and new—travel far and wide across Aeolia, gathering the ingredients for a potent magical elixir.Their journey takes them to volcanic isles, sunken ruins and snowy eyries, spectacular places fraught with danger, where they must face their deepest fears and find hope in the darkest of places. Esme’s Gift, the second instalment in the Esme trilogy, is a gripping fantasy adventure for readers 12 years and over.