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When Dora stops some young louts from torturing a puppy, she bites off more than she can chew. Luckily, a good-looking stranger rescues her. But though she’s attracted to him, Dora’s first desire is to find success on the stage. After all, her family has been running a music saloon and is building a music hall.
I'm delighted to announce that this is my fortieth novel published. My first one was a regency romance in 1992 (Persons of Rank). Here's to the next forty! |
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Gideon, recently discharged from the Army, has just arrived in Hedderby, only to discover that another man has stolen his name and inheritance - and he can’t prove who he is. Would it be fair to court Dora when he can offer her so little? Despite his anger, he patiently bides his time, working in the markets, until he can reclaim what is his. The little dog proves to be extremely intelligent and suddenly Dora can see a chance for her to go on the stage. But Gideon and her family all disapprove. With the town’s new orphanage vandalized, the music hall not yet rebuilt, and the impostor prepared to kill to keep what he has stolen, trouble is brewing on several fronts. Gideon and Dora’s lives are threatened. And even if they survive, how will they find a future together? |
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‘Heart of the Town’ is available for sale in hardback the UK (from December 2006) and in all Commonwealth countries a few weeks later. It will be out in paperback in mid-2007. If your local bookshop doesn’t stock it, you can ask them to order it for you. Indeed, all Anna Jacobs’ Hodder & Stoughton paperbacks are still in print and can easily be ordered in by bookshops. Readers buying on line, or readers in the USA and other non-Commonwealth countries can order Anna’s books from the Australian Online Bookshop or from Amazon.co.uk |
| ‘Heart of the Town’ © Anna Jacobs 2006 ISBN hardback 0340 840773 paperback 0340840761 |