Elric and Smiorgan return to the Isle of Purple Towns. The Pale Prince resolves to return to Melniboné and regain the Ruby Throne from Yyrkoon, he hires a Filkharian ship to take him home, but it blows off course and deposits him on the Sorcerer's Isle. He is forced to fight the inhabitants at a great cost... Views: 46
If you like Poldark, you'll love Gloria Cook!In the small mining village of Meryen, a dark secret lurks...Amy Lewarne finds her life changed forever when she finds her brother, Toby, dead. And troubles follow when Titus Kivell, the head of a powerful yet belligerent family, puts his son Sol in Toby's place. Despite his wild and formidable nature, Amy is inexplicably drawn to Sol, as he is to her. But will his family ties be the ruin of her?Book One in the Meryen series – a Cornish saga perfect for fans of Poldark, Dilly Court and Val WoodNote: previously published as Keeping Echoes Views: 46
Charlotte Lightwood has one season to find a husband or she'll be forced to marry her guardian's loathsome cousin. With no title or dowry, she doesn't have much hope of making a good match.Sebastian Wilkinson, the Earl of Marley, has been the most eligible bachelor on the marriage mart for more years than he cares to count and is very aware of his duty to marry a woman who will add to the wealth and stature of his title. Sebastian makes Charlotte an offer she can't refuse: he will pretend to court her to help her attract more suitors in exchange for her advice about which ladies he should pursue.As they work together, their mutual attraction grows. When they realize they just might be perfect for one another, they must decide whether to bow to the dictates of society or follow their hearts. Views: 46
It is the year 1586. England is awash with traitors, plotting to assassinate the Queen and bring about a foreign invasion. The young physician Christoval Alvarez, a refugee from the horrors of the Portuguese Inquisition, is coerced into becoming a code-breaker and spy in Sir Francis Walsingham’s espionage service. In the race to thwart the plot, who will triumph – the ruthless conspirators or the equally ruthless State?About the AuthorAnn Swinfen spent her childhood partly in England and partly on the east coast of America. She read Classics and Mathematics at Oxford, where she married a fellow undergraduate, the historian David Swinfen. While bringing up their five children and studying for an MSc in Mathematics and a BA and PhD in English Literature, she had a variety of jobs, including university lecturer, translator, freelance journalist and software designer. She served for nine years on the governing council of the Open University and for five years worked as a manager and editor in the technical author division of an international computer company, but gave up her full-time job to concentrate on her writing, while continuing part-time university teaching. In 1995 she founded Dundee Book Events, a voluntary organisation promoting books and authors to the general public. Her first three novels, The Anniversary, The Travellers, and A Running Tide, all with a contemporary setting but also historical resonance, were published by Random House, with translations into Dutch and German. Her fourth novel, The Testament of Mariam, marked something of a departure. Set in the first century, it recounts, from an unusual perspective, one of the most famous and yet ambiguous stories in human history. At the same time it explores life under a foreign occupying force, in lands still torn by conflict to this day. Her latest novel, Flood, is set in the fenlands of East Anglia during the seventeenth century, where the local people fight desperately to save their land from greedy and unscrupulous speculators. The Secret World of Christoval Alvarez is the first book in a series featuring Kit Alvarez and Walsingham’s secret service. She now lives on the northeast coast of Scotland, with her husband (formerly vice-principal of the University of Dundee), a cocker spaniel and two Maine Coon cats. www.annswinfen.com Views: 46
FIRST THREE BOOKS IN THE SERIES:
ROSS, QUINN, AND GASPAR
ROSS:
He's looking for a fine, brave woman...
Laird Ross has weathered painful betrayals before, but Fate is not finished with him. Not only has the fairy foretold come to expose his secrets and destroy his clan, she might just destroy his heart as well.
Jillian agrees to be the travel companion to a couple of aging sisters. Sadly, they're not as fragile as she thought, and Jillian is the sucker they plan to send back in time. When she lands in the arms of a 15th century Highland laird, she thinks it's a joke--but the joke's on her. No matter how perfect Ross might be for Jillian, she'll never get back to the future unless she betrays him completely.
QUINN:
A desperate American lass flees from a hit man...into the arms of a 15th century Highlander.
Quinn is running out of time. He's about to die a martyr in the dungeons of the Gordon Keep, but he's decided he wants to live after all. His only hope? To convince one of the Gordons that Quinn can control the future.
Jules escapes her security detail and goes to Scotland to claim a fortune that should be hers. With a hit man on her tail, however, she must run again**. Only this time, she runs into the past where a shooter is not the only danger.
Jules and Quinn are thrown together by both Fate and the Muir witches, and they realize they are not as alone in the world as they thought. But they'll have to maneuver around a centuries-old curse and a villain they never saw coming--or they'll lose each other forever.
GASPAR:
A trouble-making Scottish lass catches the attention of the most dangerous man in Venice.
Temptation hasn't been a problem for Gaspar in years, but when a fiery Scotswoman bursts into his territory spouting words of witchcraft, he's tempted to get away from her--fast. But the beauty is a danger to herself, and who better to eliminate that danger, than God's Dragon? It will be a simple thing, surely, to keep her from reaching beneath his armor...
Isobelle's soft heart and penchant for trouble has delivered her to the shores of Venice, and to the attention of God's Dragon, a man whose responsibilities include trying witches. Her Highland guardian has his eye on the New World, but if he doesn't stay close, Isobelle will end up in the dragon's fire.
THE NEXT BOOKS IN THE SERIES, WICKHAM, JAMES, AND PERCY,
are available individually, or in bundle form soon.
Visit L.L. Muir's Amazon page and/or her website at llmuir.weebly.com
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FBI Special Agent Ana Grey debuts in this electrifying thriller marked by psychological acuity and unfaltering suspense. After Ana Grey pulls off “the most amazing arrest of the year,” the squad supervisor — who doesn't like irreverent, tough-minded young women — gives her a reprimand instead of the promotion she deserves. As a test, she is assigned a high-profile case involving a beloved Hollywood movie star and an illegal supply of prescription drugs. It doesn't take Ana and her partner, Mike Donnato, long to realize "this is not a case” but “a political situation waiting to explode”—and they're holding the bomb. As the boundary between her private and professional lives begins to blur, Ana's own world collides with her investigation, and she is forced to confront the searing truth about the nature of power and identity, and the mystery of her past. Views: 46
When his daughter is kidnapped, Eric turns to his ex, powerful businessman Brock. Together they face a twisting investigation... and feelings between them that never went away. Views: 46
Never say never when it comes to love. Greer Jones has made a real name for herself at the elegant matchmaking agency Two Love Lane. For a lot of reasons—including a past engagement she broke off—practical tech expert Greer is more interested in the business of love than the experience of it, but she can't help but covet a gorgeous wedding gown that's the prize in an upcoming cocktail-party contest. In a moment of brazen inspiration, Greer asks a handsome Brit she's only just met to accompany her to the party. He agrees—and Greer believes her date is a starving artist. Little does she know the truth. . . Ford Smith, as he calls himself, is actually Stanford Elliott Wentworth Smythe, the Eighth Baron of Wickshire. Fresh off a breakup with a money-grubbing siren who deceived him all the way to the altar, Ford has no desire to fall in love—especially with Greer who, like the desired wedding gown, is beautiful but only skin-deep. But... Views: 46
LIVES ARE MADE UP OF TINY STEPS. SOME ARE CHOSEN FOR US; SOME WE CHOOSE. ALL HOLD THE POWER TO CHANGE WHO WE BECOME - BUT ONLY IF WE LET THEM. When Dr. Molly Whitcomb, Professor of Romance Languages, steps off the train in Colorado Territory, she makes a choice -- one that goes against everything she stands for. Yet it's the only choice that offers her a chance to regain a fraction of all she's lost. Sheriff James McPherson's instincts about people rarely miss the mark. He senses Professor Whitcomb is hiding something. He just doesn't know what. When James learns Molly's secret, his own reputation is undermined. And when Molly Whitcomb's reinvented life begins to unravel, it threatens his job, the stability of Timber Ridge, and what he always knew to be true about himself. Views: 46
