The fair Lady Julitta has a problem. She is not wealthy. She prizes her virginity. And her liege, whom she despises, is intent on rape. Red Adam is the lord of Brentborough castle—young, impetuous, scandalous, a twelfth-century hell raiser. On one of his nights of drunken revelry he abducts Julitta. Though she fends him off, keeping her virginity, he has sullied her honor. Then, to the astonishment of all, he marries her. Red Adam’s Lady is a boisterous, bawdy tale of wild adventure, set against the constant dangers of medieval England. It is a story of civil war and border raids, scheming aristorcrats and brawling villagers, daring escapes across the moors and thundering descents down steep cliffs to the ocean. Its vivid details give the reader a fascinating and realistic view of life in a medieval castle and village. And the love story in it is an unusual one, since Julitta won’t let Adam get closer than the length of her stiletto. Long out of print though highly acclaimed, Red Adam’s Lady is a true classic of historical fiction along the lines of Anya Seton’s Katherine and Sharon Kay Penman’s Here Be Dragons. Views: 32
The sensational US debut of a major French writer—an intense, delicious meringue of a novellaIn a large country house shut off from the world by a gated garden, three young governesses responsible for the education of a group of little boys are preparing a party. The governesses, however, seem to spend more time running around in a state of frenzied desire than attending to the children's education. One of their main activities is lying in wait for any passing stranger, and then throwing themselves on him like drunken Maenads. The rest of the time they drift about in a kind of sated, melancholy calm, spied upon by an old man in the house opposite, who watches their goings-on through a telescope. As they hang paper lanterns and prepare for the ball in their own honor, and in honor of the little boys rolling hoops on the lawn, much is mysterious: one reviewer wrote of the book's "deceptively simple words and phrasing, the transparency of which works... Views: 32
'The old couple had whirled into my life. I could never have seen then how large the whirling, how big the circles.' In The Princess Gardener, Princess Eugenie swapped places with Alyssa, a farm girl of her exact likeness, and they both got what they had longed for... Eugenie a chance to work on the land and Alyssa an education. The second installment, The Alyssa Chronicle, sees the upcoming wedding of Arbuckle Beauregard the III which is to be a state event. Everything must be perfect. With the help of a magical couple, the girls must swap back in order to stop a royal plot to steal all the flowers of the land. Will Alyssa and Princess Eugenie's friendship and determination be enough to defend the farmers and gardeners of the kingdom? And will the girls succeed in getting back to their preferred places? Views: 32
Meet Estefan; rich, powerful, and so gorgeous you breathe a little harder just seeing him. Oh, and did I mention, The PRINCE of an entire country? I've heard the stories... and they aren't fairy tales. Estefan makes hearts melt; he makes bodies beg for him. Every princess sweats at the thought of bedding the hottest heir on the entire planet. But he's the dangerous type. The type who takes what he wants - and who he wants - whenever he wants. The type who likes collars, cuffs, nibbles and moans until the break of dawn; dirty-talking at the royal ball, playing dirty under the banquet table at a royal dinner. Yet, somehow, he finds me, Erica, at a Royal Date Auction, and he's whispering hotly into my ear and promising to do all the tantalizingly filthy things with me I've always dreamed of. He wants me to bear his beautiful royal heir and rule beside him, as his dirty young queen. With a soft gasp, I tell him he can have absolutely all of me.There's just one problem.I'm not a princess. And by the royal laws, that could get us both thrown in jail - forever.Ooops...The Royal Scepter is a completely, utterly, lewdly dirty book featuring a prince sure to make your panties melt and your heart flutter. And you're totally safe with me - no cheating, and the happiest of happy endings, always, for my readers. Plenty of bonus content included for your pleasure. Enjoy, my lovelies.~ Views: 32
The all NEW heart-stopping, un-put-downable serial killer thriller from the bestselling author of Mummy's Favourite. A baby lies abandoned amongst the rubbish; her tiny face as white as alabaster, her body as stiff as a miniature doll. A young prostitute lies beaten, her figure lying like a mannequin on the frozen concrete, her blood spilt, her life ebbing away. As DC 'Charlie' Stafford and her boss DI Hunter struggle to identify the victim from the violator their hunt brings them to the crack houses of Lambeth, littered with damaged people, their lives scarred by tragedy and violence, most broken beyond repair. As further lives hang in the balance Charlie must enpower the weak to speak out against those who seek to cause harm. But can a broken doll ever truly be mended; or will the wounds of the past, fashion the events of the future? Perfect for the fans of Angela Marsons, Patricia Gibney and Cara Hunter. Views: 32
