Two bestselling paperbacks in fair condition, creases to cover, the Belva Plain has bookshop stamp inside frontpage.

"The Carousel" by BELVA PLAIN

There's no doubt in my mind, " said the psychiatrist. "Your Tina has been sexually abused." Sally Grey stumbled out of the doctor's office numb with shock and disbelief. Such things didn't happen to families like the Greys, wealthy, proper families who raise fine, well-bred children. But Dan and Sally's five-year-old was clearly troubled, retreating into a world of fantasy and rage... For generations Grey's Foods has dominated the upstate New York business world. Now Oliver Grey, the silver-haired patriarch, has left the business to his two sons and nephew Dan. But as outside forces threaten the business, the dynasty is shattered from within - by a tormented child obsessed with an heirloom silver carousel... and by a family member bent on revenge, a woman with an unspeakable secret and the power to destroy them all.

"Summertime" by CHARLOTTE BINGHAM

When Trilby meets Lewis, the all-powerful proprietor of a newspaper group, she suspects that her life might be about to change. She is inevitably drawn to this handsome, older, and far more sophisticated personality, just as Lewis is, from the first, determined to marry the insouciant Trilby, despite the opposition of her friends and family. But having won her, Lewis reveals himself to be irrationally possessive.

Becoming a virtual prisoner in her own home is not something that Trilby ever dreamed could happen to her, a young woman in 1950s London, but it is not long before she realises that Lewis is prepared to go to extraordinary lengths to keep her to himself. Quite by chance, she discovers the real reason for her husband's unforgivable behavior. Trilby must come to terms with the truth about Lewis, and more importantly herself, before she can experience the carefree happiness she once knew before her marriage.

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