A Cornish saga, perfect for fans of POLDARKIn the Cornish mining village of Meryen, a secret never stays a secret for very long...No one knows this more than Tara Nankervis. Beautiful, yet pained, she is forced to share a devastating secret with her much older and destructive husband Joshua. Out of options, she plans to leave once and for all, taking her daughter Rosa Grace with her. But will she have the courage to leave everything behind, or is home truly where the heart is? Views: 64
In Divine Sarah , Adam Braver, whose previous novel was described as "richly imagined" by the Washington Post , renders a portrait of the great actress Sarah Bernhardt in the twilight of her career as she explores her relationship to art and asks herself, "When does art become the artist?" Sarah was truly the first international star, and she caused a sensation wherever she went. Set during the course of one week in 1906 California, the novel opens with controversy. Facing protests from the League of Decency, she is forced to move her latest production from Los Angeles to the new development of Venice Beach. And though this is only the most recent skirmish she has faced in her tumultuous sixty-one years of life, Sarah is exhausted and beginning to lose the will to fight. Plagued by maladies of the flesh and the spirit, she begins to search her soul, revealing the truths of her life, including the self-doubt and insecurity hidden beneath an extravagant and confrontational lifestyle. Yet Sarah is not alone in her battle. Vince Baker, an ambitious newspaper reporter, faces his own demons as he tries to uncover the truth about the great actress. With a fierce imagination, lyrical delicacy, and a uniquely passionate vision, Adam Braver not only gives us an unforgettable Sarah Bernhardt, he probes the depths of artistry and what happens when it begins to do battle with itself. Views: 64
Product DescriptionFamed Scottish warrior Alec Macpherson is drawn to lovely Fiona Drummond Stewart after he rescues her from bandits in the forest, not realizing that she is the secret illegitimate daughter of King James IV and the target of the evil schemes of the ambitious Lord Gray. Complete Book List as of 2013Writing as May McGoldrick: THANKSGIVING IN CONNECTICUTGHOST OF THE THAMESMADE IN HEAVENDREAMS OF DESTINY CAPTURED DREAMS BORROWED DREAMS THE REBEL TESS AND THE HIGHLANDER THE PROMISETHE FIREBRAND THE ENCHANTRESSTHE DREAMER FLAME THE INTENDEDBEAUTY OF THE MIST HEART OF GOLD ANGEL OF SKYE THISTLE AND THE ROSE Writing as Nicole Cody & May McGoldrickLOVE AND MAYHEM (Arsenic and Old Armor)Writing as Jan Coffey:MERCYAQUARIANTHE BLIND EYETHE PUPPET MASTERTHE DEADLIEST STRAINTHE PROJECTSILENT WATERS FIVE IN A ROW TROPICAL KISS FOURTH VICTIM TRIPLE THREAT TWICE BURNED TRUST ME ONCE Writing as Nikoo Kafi:OMID'S SHADOWNonfiction: By Nikoo & Jim McGoldrickMARRIAGE OF MINDS: Collaborative Fiction Writing STEP WRITE UP: 21st Century Creativity Skills About the AuthorNikoo McGoldrick, a mechanical engineer, and James McGoldrick, a professor of English with a Ph.D. in sixteenth-century British literature, collaborate in life as well as in literature. Writing under the name Jan Coffey, they write contemporary suspense thrillers for MIRA and Young Adult romantic thrillers for HarperCollins/Avon. Under the name of May McGoldrick, they produce historical romance novels for Penguin Putnam, and Young Adult historicals for HarperCollins/Avon. Under their own names, they are the authors of the nonfiction work, Marriage of Minds: Collaborative Fiction Writing. These prolific and popular authors have been the recipients of numerous awards for their work. They now reside in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Views: 64
School Bells and Wedding Bells James Wallin's family is depending on him to find a schoolteacher for their frontier town. Alexandrina Fosgrave seems to be exactly what he needs to help fulfill his father's dream of building a new community. If only James could convince her to accept the position. Alexandrina has traveled west to seek a fresh start, not to find a groom. But after she's stranded in the wilderness with James, he offers her his hand in marriage to protect her reputation. Both are afraid to fall in love, but maybe an engagement of convenience could make them reconsider... Frontier Bachelors: Bold, rugged--and bound to be grooms. Views: 63
As the world commemorates the hundredth anniversary of World War I, the literary canon of the war has consolidated around the memoirs written in the years after the Armistice by soldier-writers who served in the trenches. Another kind of Great War literature has been almost entirely ignored: the books written and published during the war by the greatest English, American, French, and German writers at work—books that show us how the best, most influential writers responded to an overpowering human and cultural catastrophe.Where Wars Go to Die: The Forgotten Literature of World War I explores this little-known cache of contemporary writings by the greatest novelists, poets, playwrights, and essayists of the war years, examining their interpretations and responses, weaving excerpts and quotations from their books into a narrative that focuses on the various ways civilian writers responded to an overwhelming historical reality.The authors whose war writings... Views: 63
On The Frontier There Was One Rule:Learn To Kill, Or Prepare To Die. . .Christopher Guthrie was bred by money, educated by Harvard, saved from the Civil War by an oak desk in Washington D.C. Towering, fierce Wolf Riker was honed by a kind of suffering Guthrie could never imagine. Fate throws these two men together when a stagecoach from Baton Rouge is set upon by killers. The price for Guthrie's survival is joining Riker's trail drive to Kansas, a mad, brawling charge of longhorns and backstabbers. Guthrie is soon bound by Riker's rules, surrounded by his kill-crazy crew, surviving one danger after another and protecting a beautiful young woman as he goes. And it will be here, amidst floods and battles, cut off from his past and civilization, that Christopher Guthrie will emerge a different man. . .for better or worse. As for Wolf Riker, he is running from demons from which only God Himself can save him. . ."Crackling with the fury of a desert storm." --True West on The Rebel: Johnny YumaReview"A good, rousing story with well-defined, involving characters and plenty of action."--Variety on *Tom Horn and the Apache Kid *"A satisfying variation of a familiar theme in an unfamiliar locale."--True West on Double EaglesAbout the AuthorFenady is both a screenwriter and a producer. His credits include Chisum (1970) starring John Wayne, Hondo (1967 TV series), The Sea Wolf (1993) starring Charles Bronson, Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966) starring Chuck Connors, Broken Sabre (1965) starring Chuck Connors, (1965 TV series), and The Rebel (1959 TV series) starring Nick Adams. A member of Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science, he has produced, written, and/or acted in 28 TV series and movies. Fenady has won numerous awards, including an Edgar Award, an Owen Wister Award and the Golden Boot for his contributions to the Western genre. He is also a Spur Award finalist. His previous Westerns were published by TOR, Berkley, and Zebra. Views: 63
For fans of How to Train Your Dragon comes a new tale about dragon Miss Drake and her human pet Winnie, by a two-time Newbery Honor winner, featuring illustrations by Caldecott Honor winner Mary GrandPré. Three-thousand-year-old Miss Drake has arranged to send her dear pet Winnie to The Spriggs Academy, an extraordinary school for humans and magicals alike. Winnie is particularly excited about magic class and having Sir Isaac Newton for science. She's also making new friends--and frenemies. . . .When a plot to snatch Winnie from her San Francisco home is uncovered, Miss Drake is ready to use all her cunning and magic to thwart it. Not that feisty Winnie needs the help. . . . As a team, the intrepid duo you first met in A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans is unstoppable!With equal doses of whimsy and humor, Laurence Yep and Joanne Ryder have crafted an enchanting story about true friendship. Praise for... Views: 63
