In a world destroyed by war, can hope survive?Summer 1918: Young couple Amy and Edmond Derwent, after their experiences on the front line of battle – Edmond as an officer and Amy as a VAD in France - have now settled back in England and are starting to build a life as a family, with the arrival of baby Beth bringing them much-needed joy. But while she may have married into the wealthy Derwent family, now living with her in-laws in their grand home, Amy's modest upbringing means that she is never truly accepted by Edmond's family.The Great War rages on, and while the men are off fighting, those left at home steel themselves for tragic news, praying that their loved ones return safely. Edmond, still struggling with the effects of the injury he sustained at Ypres, feels the guilt of remaining at home while his friends are sent into battle. But life at Larchbury is not without its own problems – as food becomes scarce,... Views: 678
Have you ever wondered what happens after peace is restored in a fantasy world? What happens beyond the final page of an Isekai light novel? Eiji, a thirty-year-old Japanese city clerk with a thoroughly average life and a fiancée, had not. He too answers a call to be transported to a fantasy world, but not as a hero. This fantasy world, having already been saved by a hero, was about to collapse for another reason entirely... thanks to that hero, who was also summoned from Japan. Eiji is tasked with restoring the fantasy world to its authentic form: how it was before it was infected with the technology, ideology, and societal concepts of modern-day Japan. Views: 678
Two impossible love stories are fatefully connected by one artistic legacy in a stunning debut that leaps between the mysteries of late-Renaissance Venice and the dramas of present-day America."Enchanting from the first page."—Sarah Jio, New York Times bestselling author of All the Flowers in Paris In the wake of her father's death, Rose Newlin finds solace in her work as a book restorer. Then, one rainy Connecticut afternoon, a struggling painter appears at her door. William Lomazzo brings with him a sixteenth-century treatise on art, which Rose quickly identifies as a palimpsest: a document written over a hidden diary that had purposely been scraped away. Yet the restoration sparks an unforeseen challenge when William—a married man—and Rose experience an instant, unspoken attraction.Five centuries earlier, Renaissance-era Venetians find themselves at the mercy of an encroaching Ottoman fleet preparing for a bloody... Views: 678
Doormats are for stepping on. No one steps on these heroines.From English lords to business moguls to Irish vampires, the heroes are hot, the rules are unyielding, and the tycoons ruthless. But it's the heroines who steal the show. These feisty females have a thing or two to teach their alpha male counterparts.You'll travel to ancient English castles, mystical lands, and the streets of Chicago, meeting billionaire bad boys, sexy exes, and seductive half angels willing to risk it all for the tough, spunky—and often stubborn—females who invade their lives on a mission to right the wrongs they've endured. Do these leading men have what it takes to compel their strong-willed leading ladies to embrace their softer side? Or will these ladies be too hot to handle?From contemporary romance to paranormal, historical to fantasy, the Feisty Heroines collection of original short stories will whet your appetite with titillating,... Views: 677
