Five books in one, plus a bonus novella! Once Upon a Cowboy - a contemporary retelling of the Snow White fairytale After nearly dying in an assassination attempt, Princess Alessandra of Glorvaird escapes to a place no one would ever think to look for her: small town Oklahoma and a ranch staffed by a herd of wooly, uncouth cowboys. One cowboy in particular gets under her skin, until she sees his softer side. She knows this interlude can't last forever, but that doesn't stop her from wishing it might...When Alessandra's enemies close in, Gideon must fight to save the woman who has become so much more than a princess... Cowboy Charming - a contemporary retelling of the Cinderella fairytaleThere's nothing glamorous about Ethan Townsend's life. At twenty-five, he's given up his college education and pretty much everything else to run the family dairy farm in north Texas and provide for his two spoiled stepbrothers. Princess Mia of Glorvaird is visiting the States to help manage her... Views: 22
Can a great love survive to transcend time?It is 1806, and in her home, Ashbourne Manor, a woman opens a letter warning her of the terrible fate awaiting her and her unborn child. By nightfall both are dead in the rubble of a burnt out tower.In present day London, talented artist Karen Courtney is overwhelmed by a feeling of familiarity with the man portrayed in a Georgian miniature. Driven to know more, her search leads her to Ashbourne Manor, to the tower, where an accident thrusts her spirit back in time and into the body of another woman – the beautiful and scandalous Regency socialite, Lady Caroline.Appalled by the transition and grieving for her child left behind, Karen finds she must adapt to a past era, although constantly seeking a way back to her own time. Her ‘husband’s’ angry disillusionment with the woman he believes to be Caroline is fed by Karen’s incredible story. And someone is trying to kill her.Review"Endless Time will capture your involvement from its beginning to its inevitable conclusion" - Courier, Ballarat. From the AuthorThis book is a journey that affected me deeply as it unfolded. The belief in the continuation of the spirit after death is held by many people in many different societies, and this can have a profound effect upon the way they live and relate to others. What greater comfort can there be than to know, unquestioningly, that the people we love - especially that one particular person - will never be lost to us?From that belief platform it's easy enough to conceive of a spirit moving across time and coming to understand its ongoing connections in the past. Of course, not all those connections are pleasant. Some would be much better left behind. But that's life. (Or lives?)Karen Courtney's journey is one of discovery, of her real self, and of understanding the purpose behind her relationships. Has she chosen them intentionally? Does she carry within her a deeper knowledge of their meaning? Is fate, after all, a matter of deliberate choice? And is love the overarching need that can transcend even the greatest fear?Tom Levy is drawn into a similar voyage of discovery, despite his vigorous efforts to escape. The increasingly complicated therapy sessions with one patient are turning his world upside down.Society in the London of 1810 is in denial. That monster Bonaparte will never trouble them. The Channel is too great a barrier. It's just a pity that travel upon the Continent is now out of the question. Only in the higher echelons of diplomacy is there real understanding of the threat to this island nation of being starved into submission. European and Scandinavian ports are closed; the Channel is a dangerous gauntlet to run. Local crops have failed and the hungry common man is viewing the excesses of a stupid Prince Regent and pondering the success of recent revolutions in France and the American colonies. The Tsar of Russia is the last hope of an ally, and he is wavering.Against this background a woman appears - someone whose knowledge of the future is denied and thrust aside. Frustration is added to Karen's distress, and the fear of a secret enemy. And love has entered the picture - a love she does not want, but which will come to mean more than life itself.While Endless Time is a paranormal story, a time-travel, it is historically accurate and sheds light upon a small, but interesting facet of England's role in Napoleon's downfall. And it explores the possibility of karma and the wheel of eternal life in the context of a great and transcending love. Views: 22
Under the cloud of imminent Roman invasion, the northern druids gather the clan leaders. Calach is the 15 yo eldest son of the chief of the Caledonii Clan, and is cast into clan politics for the first time. Destined to be chief one day, and knowing the importance of the gathering, he is bewildered by the chief’s antipathy to each other. He begins to plot on his own. Thus begins Calach’s story. Views: 22
Framed for murder, Lupin must clear his name or face the gallows Millionaire diamond collector Rudolf Kesselbach is in a Paris hotel room, contemplating the stroke of genius that is about to make him one of the wealthiest men in Europe, when a shadow steals into the room—a shadow with fine clothes, an easy smile, and a revolver pointed at Kesselbach's chest. The intruder's name, he says, is Arsène Lupin. A few hours later, Kesselbach is found dead on the floor, Lupin's calling card pinned to his chest. With the police hot on his trail, the master jewel thief must use every ounce of his genius to escape their traps and find the man responsible for the murder. But as Lupin soon discovers, his freedom is not all that is at stake. The fate of Europe hangs in the balance as well. This ebook features a new introduction by Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices. Views: 22
Ever wonder what the odds are of being struck by lightning? Or winning the lottery? Or meeting someone from Timbuktu with the same middle name as you?BEYOND COINCIDENCE recounts and analyzes over 200 amazing stories of synchronicity, the likes of:Laura Buxton, age ten, releases a balloon from her back yard. It lands 140 miles away in the backyard of another Laura Buxton, also age ten.Two sisters in Alabama decide, independently, to visit the other. En route, their identical jeeps collide and both sisters are killed.A British cavalry officer was fighting in the last year of World War One when he was knocked off his horse by a flash of lightning. He was paralyzed from the waist down. The man moved to Vancouver, Canada where, six years later, while fishing in a river, lightning struck him again, paralyzing his right side. Two years later, he was sufficiently recovered to take walks in... Views: 22
Eleven-year-old Anna heads off to sixth grade, leaving the comfort and familiarity of elementary school behind and entering the larger, more complex world of middle school. Surrounded by classmates who have their roots all in America, Anna begins to feel out of place and wonders where she really belongs. When Anna takes a trip to China, she not only explores a new country and culture, but finds answers to her questions about whether she is more Chinese or more American. This young illustrated chapter book is the third in the series that includes The Year of the Book and The Year of the Baby. For grades 1-4. Views: 22
After being purchased as sex slaves by dictator Vladimir Potchenko, Gina, Max and Greg land on his hidden European nation of Ursk – a land of horrifying secrets. But nothing has prepared them for how vast Potchenko’s power is . . . or how this will impact them. Then Potchenko reveals his pretty but deranged daughter. A daughter who immediately decides that Max is hers to keep. Views: 22
Amazon.com ReviewIt speaks to the failure of medieval Europe, writes popular historian William Manchester, that "in the year 1500, after a thousand years of neglect, the roads built by the Romans were still the best on the continent." European powers were so absorbed in destroying each other and in suppressing peasant revolts and religious reform that they never quite got around to realizing the possibilities of contemporary innovations in public health, civil engineering, and other peaceful pursuits. Instead, they waged war in faraway lands, created and lost fortunes, and squandered millions of lives. For all the wastefulness of medieval societies, however, Manchester notes, the era created the foundation for the extraordinary creative explosion of the Renaissance. Drawing on a cast of characters numbering in the hundreds, Manchester does a solid job of reconstructing the medieval world, although some scholars may disagree with his interpretations. From Publishers WeeklyUsing only secondary sources, Manchester plunges readers into the medieval mind-set in a captivating, marvelously vivid popular history that humanizes the tumultuous span from the Dark Ages to the dawn of the Renaissance. He delineates an age when invisible spirits infested the air, when tolerance was seen as treachery and "a mafia of profane popes desecrated Christianity." Besides re-creating the arduous lives of ordinary people, the Wesleyan professor of history peoples his tapestry with such figures as Leonardo, Machiavelli, Lucrezia Borgia, Erasmus, Luther, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Manchester ( The Arms of Krupp ) devotes much attention to Magellan, whose globe-straddling voyage shattered Christendom's implicit belief in Europe as the center of the universe. His portrayal of the Middle Ages as a time when the strong and the shrewd flourished, while the imaginative, the cerebral and the unfortunate suffered, rings true. Illustrations. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. Views: 22
You can't help but crush on this start to a tween series full of drama and romance!Twelve-year-old Lauren Silver is ready to hit the beach for her annual family vacation. Aside from the sun and sand, she's especially thrilled to be reunited with her gorgeous summer crush, Charlie Anderson. Sure, she's only spoken to him once, for exactly thirteen seconds, but she knows they are meant to be together. She's even spent all year developing The Love Plan, a foolproof way to get to know Charlie and have him fall for her.But plans don't always work out, which Lauren learns when she finds out a friend from school, Chrissy Porter, will be joining her family on their vacation. As if having to make Chrissy part of The Love Plan isn't bad enough, Lauren then has to face a very tough reality of crushes: Sometimes they are not mutual. And sometimes, when fate is playing a really mean trick on you, the object of your crush ends up crushing on your friend Chrissy.Can Lauren... Views: 22
