Rat Race by Dick Francis

Rat Race by Dick FrancisMatt Shore was an experienced pilot. He'd done it all. From big jets to flying in supplies to war zones. So when he gets a job ferrying high class punters around England's race courses he might be forgiven for expecting the quiet life. But then his plane explodes in a massive fireball. He could have been in it. Some quiet life. Instead he's landed in the middle of a nightmare world where there is big money at stake. Very big money. From then on he

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knows nothing about love when he marries the gentle Marceline out of duty to his father

It explores the science behind habit creation and reformation

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for her aunt Patience cowers before hulking Uncle Joss Merlyn

on suicide

And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue

For the next 22 years Tita and Pedro are forced to circle each other in unconsummated passion

and popular teacher

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When a little girl appears mysteriously on their land