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  • "Standring's Christmas Wish", by Gratiana Lovelace, 2018 (Completed)
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    Ralph John Standring is trying to make a new home and a new life for himself after being jilted at the altar. He has lost the ability to trust, since his trust was broken. And he doesn't believe in love anymore. Yet what does anyone want but to belong--to someone or somewhere? And to have them belong to you--be the...

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  • Tomorrow
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    John Thornton and Margaret Hale are happily in love and going to get married. But an accident leaves John with partial memory loss and what he has forgotten is his life and love for his bride to be. Margaret's whole world seems to come crashing down around her. This modern story is based upon and inspired by E. Gaskel...

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  • Once Upon A Time
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    Based on the classic novel North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell, this modern story of John and Margaret takes them on a magical adventure filled with intrique, suspense, and romance. John Thornton spends all his waking hours working in the family business. In his leisure time, he hunts for antique books. When one litera...

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  • Midnight in Milton
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    Based on the televised adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's 'North & South'. When Margaret Hale moves from the South to a northern industrial town, her relationship with cotton mill owner John Thornton gets off to a shaky start but that changes over time, a little quicker in this short fanfic than in the actual story!

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  • The Cuban Assignation
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    A short, saucy, original JP fanfic, Not intended to fit in anywhere with regard to either of the actual Strikeback series - just for fun!

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  • Santa's New Toy
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    A comedy/fantasy featuring, as usual, the delightful Richard Armitage. Don't want to give too much away so have a read - hope you like it!

  • What You Wish For
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    When Carrie Preston's favourite aunt dies she retreats into her favourite book, Elizabeth Gaskell's North & South, only to find herself suddenly stuck in that story and seriously messing up her favourite romance of all time! Now available on Amazon (click "external link" below) or copy paste these addresses. Amazon...

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  • The Spying Game
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    Redeeming Lucas North. Now working freelance, Lucas is tasked with stealing samples from a research lab but he has no idea how big an impact that one mission will have on his life. Veronica Winters is a microbiologist working at the research lab and the enigmatic Lucas both frightens and fascinates her. Somehow the en...

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  • Return to Sparkhouse
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    John and Lisa are making the best of life when Londoner Kate moves to Hebden Bridge hoping to make a new start. What is she hiding and will she ever find the courage to trust them?

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  • In Consequence
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    A fateful event awakens hidden attraction, and fleeting tenderness grows steadily into love when a single impulse changes the course of Margaret Hale's life forever. Set in Victorian England, this story unfolds amidst the gritty struggles of the Industrial Revolution. Based on the novel 'North and South' by Elizabeth...

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  • The Terrors of Loneliness
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    Hannah is all alone in the world until she gets caught up in something that introduces her to Lucas North, MI5 agent. With her already fragile world turned upside down, she turns to him for support. A [Spooks] fanfic, this takes place some time after series 8 but is essentially AU as it ignores the events of series 9.

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  • The Special Asset
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    She risks everything to be with him... A Lucas North one-shot.

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  • A California Girl in Nottingham's Court
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    This is the story of Aylaina MacLeod, aTime Traveler. When Aylaina makes her maiden voyage into time, she quickly realises she has gone BACK in ttime to the 12th century, and Sherwood Forest, the Robin Hood era. But the Robin Hood legend she discovers, is not like any other legend she has ever read about. Follow al...

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  • Let Right Be Done
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    This is based on the BBC series George Gently.The year is 1965 A young girl, Olivia is found murdered in County Durham in her pocket is a receipt for Kendricks photograpic studio and a scrape of paper with the word Idunna on it. Inspector Gently and Sergeant Bacchus find them self working with Ricky Deeming a local b...

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  • A Christmas Gift
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    I have decided to write this as a gift for my readers thank you for yoyr support and encouragement. This is a short story probably only three or four chapters based on the Vicar Of Dibley. Hary and Geraldine have been married for three years life is wonderful except for one thing.

  • John Porter & Jenny: The Windward Passage
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    Response to a fanfic challenge: What would happen if "I" met John Porter of "Strike Back" as well as a request to develop John's relationship with his daughter Alex.

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  • Speculation
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    The speculation of 1851. It was hailed as a sure prospect, every cotton mill owner who invested was sure to succeed, but what it it failed? The city of Milton was soon to find out as some of the most prominent mills closed their doors leaving hundreds out of work. Within all this seeming calamity was Marlborough Mills...

  • Christmas Wish
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  • Love Comes To Many In Strange Places
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    A Lucas North Story that has been floating on my computer for a while. It Is not the piece I am currently Working on that is another which I hope to be up soon but I wanted to Post this story. Lucas North is working out his life after Ros' death. AU to Series 9 with a OC Hayley Tanner a teacher comes into his life wha...

  • Black Knights deception
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    This is a Robin Hodd fic based on the BBC show with Richard Armitage as Guy it is my version of series one.

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  • So I Met Ricky Deeming
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    Written in response to a fanfic challenge "What would happen if I met Ricky Deeming of "Inspector George Gently"?

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  • Valentine: A Spy in Love
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    Sensual, romantic, and a touch angsty (not unlike the lovely fellow himself) this Lucas North AU was actually inspired by my own husband's sweet gesture one Valentine's Day. OK, he didn't actually write me poetry, but it was the thought that counts. Hope you enjoy . . .

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  • Enigma
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    This is an early AU fan fic based on my favorite spy, as played by the wonderful Richard Armitage in "Spooks". The angst of seeing his character deconstructed on the show in Series 9 caused me to go back and re-read some of my earlier stuff and remember the Lucas i knew, loved and admired.

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  • Captive
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    Inspired by the Strike Back viral vid, one amazing minute that proved a tour de force for Richard Armitage, a ficlet that delves into the mind of a soldier in dire straits . . .Rated R for strong language. I also have a novel-length Porter/Thompson AU I will be posting later, called "Truce."

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  • When Father Christmas Met Geraldine
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    Another of my early fan fic efforts, this fun, festive ficlet features the lovely RA character Harry Kennedy, and his ladywife, the vicar. 'Tis the season! Nothing like a sexy accountant in cozy jumpers to cheer up a girl . . .especially when he's feeling frisky!

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  • The Spy Who Came From the Cold (One Christmas Eve)
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    This is another early AU standalone featuring Lucas North. It's a fun and very sexy winter warm-up in which our favorite spy and a fellow agent find some delightful ways to combat a cold and snowy Christmas Eve. Like "Lies, Spies . . ." this particular fan fic generates plenty of steam, so be warned.

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  • How Far the World Will Bend
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    After having her fortune told by a gypsy, Meg Armstrong moves through a mirror from 1920s England to 1850 Milton--and finds out she has stepped into the shoes of Margaret Hale. She has been sent back in time with a mission to fulfill--to save John Thornton's life. But will she be able to fulfill her mission without lo...

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  • A Nightingale Sang
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    This is my North and South tribute. I have moved the setting to World War Two. Based on the book by Elizabeth Gaskell and the BBC TV series starring Richard Armitage

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  • In the Bleak Mid Winter
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    John Standring a shy Yorkshire farmer is living a lonely isolated life until he rescues Alison Robinson from the worse snowstorm in England since records began. This two wounded souls stranded at John's farm begin to heal one another but as the snow melts danger appears in the form of Alison's unfaithful husband. This...

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  • The Gruinard Project
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    Spooks/MI5 fanfiction. Lucas North Senior Case Office, Dr Kate Masters Microbiologist, Harry Pearce Head of Counter terrorisim, Roz Myers Section leader, Jo Portman field officer, Malcolm Wynn Davies technical officer, Ruth Evershed, technical support officer The you tube video is of the Lucas I wrote about from seri...

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