Download or read book The Mortecarni written by Kelly Evans and published by Eska Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE YEAR IS 1348 AND THE BLACK DEATH IS RAVAGING ENGLAND. For Brother Maurice, a monk and physician, the disease is the most terrifying he's ever seen. But Maurice soon learns of an even more deadly threat: the exanimate Mortecarni. After his first unexpected encounter with the creatures, Maurice is pulled into a world of savagery and secrecy. As he travels across the country, investigating both the plague and the Mortecarni, Maurice questions how such unholy suffering is possible. When his own family is struck down, his beliefs falter. Can he regain his faith and save both England and himself?

Download or read book A King Under Siege Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy written by Mercedes Rochelle and published by Plantagenet Legacy. This book was released on 2018-12-26 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2019 B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree. Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.

Download or read book The Northern Queen written by Kelly Evans and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. BRICE'S DAY, ENGLAND, ANNO 1002. AT THE ORDER OF KING AETHELRED, THOUSANDS OF DANES ARE MURDERED IN A FRENZY OF ETHNIC CLEANSING. OUTRAGED, THE DANISH KING, SWEYN FORKBEARD, SWEARS HE WILL TAKE AETHELRED'S HEAD, AND HIS CROWN. BUT SWEYN NEEDS ALLIES. CHIEF AMONGST HIS SUPPORTERS IS AELFGIFU, AN ENGLISH NOBLEWOMAN AND HEAD OF A ONCE GREAT FAMILY. SHE HAS HER OWN REASONS TO HATE AETHELRED AND AS A PAGAN, SHE IS SYMPATHETIC TO THE DANISH CAUSE. WHEN AELFGIFU MARRIES SWEYN'S SON, CANUTE, WAR IS INEVITABLE. BUT IF AETHELRED IS WEAK, EMMA, HIS NORMAN QUEEN IS NOT, AND SHE WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO DESTROY THE WOMAN AT THE HEART OF THE VIKING ARMY. LOVE, AMBITION AND REVENGE COMBINE IN AN EPIC STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE DURING THE MOST TURBULENT PERIOD IN ENGLAND'S HISTORY.

Download or read book The Confessor s Wife written by Kelly Evans and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 11th Century, when barren wives are customarily cast aside, how does Edith of Wessex not only manage to stay married to King Edward the Confessor, but also become his closest advisor, promote her family to the highest offices in the land, AND help raise her brother to the throne? And why is her story only told in the footnotes of Edward's history?Not everyone approves of Edward's choice of bride. Even the king's mother, Emma of Normandy, detests her daughter-in-law and Edith is soon on the receiving end of her displeasure. Balancing her sense of family obligation with her duty to her husband, Edith must also prove herself to her detractors. Edward's and Edith's relationship is respectful and caring, but when Edith's enemies engineer her family's fall from grace, the king is forced to send her away. She vows to do anything to protect her family's interests if she returns, at any cost. Can Edith navigate the dangerous path fate has set her, while still remaining loyal to both her husband and her family?

Download or read book Give Me Your Answer True written by Suanne Laqueur and published by Cathedral Rock Press. This book was released on 2015-06-20 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What I feel has no name... Suanne Laqueur's award-winning debut novel The Man I Love thrilled readers with its memorable characters and depth of emotion. Erik Fiskare's journey of love, recovery and forgiveness captivated hearts but also left questions unanswered. Now Daisy Bianco has a chance to tell her story. It's been three years since a single lapse of judgment cost Daisy the love of her life. Erik was a conduit to her soul but now he's chosen a path of total disconnection, refusing to speak to her or acknowledge her betrayal. Alone and shattered, Daisy attempts to take responsibility for her actions while building her career as a professional dancer in New York City. But Erik's unforgiving estrangement proves too much for her strength. Plagued by flashbacks to the Lancaster shootings, she falls into a dangerous spiral of self-harm, cutting into her own skin as a means to atone. Only the timely appearance of an old friend, John "Opie" Quillis, saves her from self-destruction and gives her a chance to love again. Laqueur skillfully weaves flashbacks to the college years with Daisy's present life. Supported by John's patient affection, she works to separate her evolution as an adult from the unresolved guilt and grief of her youth. As her professional accomplishments lift her out of depression, Daisy learns to hold onto her accountability without letting it become her identity. Years pass and she builds a beautiful life filled with dance and friends. Lovers come and eventually go, leaving her on her own with the old thought: Come back to me. In this parallel narrative, Laqueur peels open the beloved characters from The Man I Love to reveal new and complex layers of vulnerability. The scars from the shooting are deep and pervasive within this circle of friends. Like Daisy, they are trying to evolve without being fully resolved. But when questions from the past go unheeded, you alone must find and give your answers true.

Download or read book Esme s Wish written by Elizabeth Foster and published by Odyssey Books. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This was her last chance. Her hand twisted high in the air. When fifteen-year-old Esme Silver objects at her father’s wedding, her protest is dismissed as the action of a stubborn, selfish teenager. Everyone else has accepted the loss of Esme’s mother, Ariane—so why can’t she? But Esme is suspicious. She is sure that others are covering up the real reason for her mother’s disappearance—that ‘lost at sea’ is code for something more terrible, something she has a right to know. After Esme is accidentally swept into the enchanted world of Aeolia, the truth begins to unfold. With her newfound friends, Daniel and Lillian, Esme retraces her mother’s steps in the glittering canal city of Esperance, untangling the threads of Ariane’s double life. But the more Esme discovers about her mother, the more she questions whether she really knew her at all.

Download or read book They Call Me Crazy written by Kelly Stone Gamble and published by Red Adept Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cass Adams is crazy, and everyone in Deacon, Kansas, knows it. But when her good-for-nothing husband, Roland, goes missing, no one suspects that Cass buried him in their unfinished koi pond. Too bad he doesn’t stay there for long. Cass gets arrested on the banks of the Spring River for dumping his corpse after heavy rain partially unearths it. The police chief wants a quick verdict—he’s running for sheriff and has no time for crazy talk. But like Roland’s corpse, secrets start to surface, and they bring more to light than anybody expected. Everyone in Cass’s life thinks they know her—her psychic grandmother, her promiscuous ex-best friend, her worm-farming brother-in-law, and maybe even her local ghost. But after years of separate silences, no one knows the whole truth. Except Roland. And he’s not talking.

Download or read book The Fool s Truth written by Marion Loretta and published by Time at Last Books. This book was released on 2016-10-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loretta Marion's debut novel is a twisty page-turner, expertly blending the webs of mystery, danger and suspense with the alluring possibility of romance from a once unrequited love.

Download or read book The After War written by Brandon Zenner and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two years have passed since humankind faced extinction ... A fierce post-apocalyptic story of war an loss, of natures vengeance, of survival in the face of overwhelming odds. Semi Finalist in the 2016 BookLife Prize for Fiction. Finalist in the 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Awards. Finalist in the 2017 Red City Review Book Awards.

Download or read book The Scourge written by A. G. Henley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **For a limited time - THE SCOURGE ebook available exclusively in the SHATTERED WORLDS boxed set! Get THE SCOURGE plus 22 other fantasy/science fiction young adult novels and novellas for only 99 cents.**Library Journal Self-e SelectionNext Generation Indie Book Award Finalist in the YA CategorySeventeen-year-old Groundling, Fennel, is Sightless. She's never been able to see her lush forest home, but she knows its secrets. She knows how the shadows shift when she passes under a canopy of trees. She knows how to hide in the cool, damp caves when the Scourge comes. She knows how devious and arrogant the Groundlings' tree-dwelling neighbors, the Lofties, can be.And she's always known this day would come--the day she faces the Scourge alone.The Sightless, like Fenn, are mysteriously protected from the Scourge, the gruesome creatures roaming the forests, reeking of festering flesh and consuming anything--and anyone--living. A Sightless Groundling must brave the Scourge and bring fresh water to the people of the forest. Today, that task becomes Fenn's.Fenn will have a Lofty Keeper, Peree, as her companion. Everyone knows the Lofties wouldn't hesitate to shoot an arrow through the back of an unsuspecting Groundling like Fenn, but Peree seems different. A boy with warm, rough hands who smells like summer, he is surprisingly kind and thoughtful. Although Fenn knows his people are treacherous, she finds herself wanting to trust him.As their forest community teeters on the brink of war, Fenn and Peree must learn to work together to survive the Scourge and ensure their people's survival. But when Fenn uncovers a secret that shatters her truths, she's forced to decide who and what to protect--her people, her growing love for Peree, or the elusive dream of lasting peace in the forest.A tale of star-crossed lovers, strange creatures, and secretive, feuding factions, THE SCOURGE introduces readers to a rich and exciting new world where nothing is as it seems.

Download or read book The Gathering Darkness written by Lisa Collicutt and published by . This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say "third time's the charm," and for 16-year-old Brooke Day, they had better be right. She's been here before, twice in fact, and an evil demon-witch wants her dead a third time. With the discovery of an ancient Celtic amulet, Brooke and Marcus unravel the secrets of her past, which reveals the key to her future. As the equinox approaches, darkness and light merge for the first time in a century, soul-mates reunite, and magic awakens.

Download or read book The Last Bucelarii Book 2 written by Andy Peloquin and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hunter of Voramis is no more. Alone with the bloodthirsty voices in his head, fleeing the pain of loss, he has one objective; travel North to find her, the mystery woman who plagues his dreams and haunts his memories. When he stumbles upon a bandit attack, something within urges him to help. His actions set him at odds with the warrior priests commanded to hunt down the Bucelarii. Left for dead, the Hunter must travel to Malandria to recover his stolen birthright. There, he is inexorably drawn into direct conflict with the Order of Midas, the faceless, nameless group of magicians that holds the city in a grip of terror. All while struggling to silence the ever-louder voice in his mind that drives him to kill.

Download or read book Barnacle Brat a Dark Comedy for Grown Ups written by Adrian Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Losing your grip on reality is a real bummer. Just ask Leon Blank. Not that he'd know. Seems those losing their marbles are always the last to find out. Until recently, Leon would have argued that a tendency to become easily sidetracked on a regular basis wasn't that odd. And what's so unusual about hearing a voice inside your head? Doesn't everyone? Isn't that just thinking? But his recent visions aren't so freely dismissed; especially the angry- looking clown who's following him around with a baseball bat. Time to act, Leon decides: perhaps keeping a log will shed light on the mystery. Then again, could 'seeing-things' just be sexual frustration? It's been a while If only he had a girlfriend to take his mind off stuff. Prepare to enter the normally hidden world of delusions, paranoia, and ... ahem ... 'unusual interests' Voyeurism; Feederism; Shoes - that kind of thing. 'Thanks a lot, Adrian This seriously messed with my head.' - My sister 'Absurd, zany, funny, dark, outrageous, perverse, melon-twisting, unpredictable. That enough? Nice one. Can I 'ave me fiver now, mate?' - A homeless Manc 'It's like Christopher Moore and Robert Rankin had a love child, raised it on LSD then made it write a novel.' - Anonymous reviewer (No, really; we wouldn't make that up) 'What's your name? My name's Wayne. Do you like a book? I like a book. If I wrote a book, I'd call it: Billy Liar meets Donnie Darko.' - Some nutter on the tram"

Download or read book The Devil s Flower written by Lisa Collicutt and published by . This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Killing isn't exactly on Rosalie Lockwood's list of things to do when she runs away from home. But, despite the search for peace, guns and motorcycles become her latest fashion accessories as Divine interference leads her to Steele, co-leader of the Fallen Paladins motorcycle club. Leathered and tattooed, Steele's presence scares off most people he comes in contact with-but not Rosalie. She's immediately drawn into the dangers of his biker world-and into his heart. But Steele guards a secret that if Rosalie knew, could shatter their new love-and destroy the human race. And the truth comes at a price. Will Rosalie risks her soul to prove her loyalty to Steele? The Dark and Light Realms collide as Rosalie chooses between life, death, and the ever-after to become that which she is fated to destroy.

Download or read book Blood Shackles written by Rosemary a Johns and published by Fantasy Rebel Limited. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a dangerous game to love your slave. When your whole species is enslaved - and it's the humans who are acting like the monsters - how far would you go to free your family? "Once you start reading it, you just cannot put it down. A first class performance from a writer at the very top of her game." - SLH Reviews What happens when SPARTACUS meets VAMPIRES? In a divided paranormal London, Light is the rebel bad boy vampire of the Blood Lifer world, with a talent for remembering things. And a Triton motorbike. Since Victorian times he's hidden in the shadows. But not now. Not since someone hunted him down. When he's bought by his alluring Mistress, Light fights to escape. Even if he can't escape their love. But if he doesn't, he'll never solve the conspiracy behind the Blood Club... For fans of Night Huntress, Immortals After Dark, Anita Blake, Fever and Blood Dagger Brotherhood take a deep breath and dive into the spellbinding secret world of Blood Life. WELCOME TO THE BLOOD CLUB Who are these ruthless humans? Who's their brutal leader? And who betrayed the secret of the Blood Lifer world? WHERE THE PREDATORS London, Primrose Hill. Grayse is the commanding slaver's daughter. The enemy. She buys Light, like he's a pair of designer shoes. So why does Light feel so drawn to her? Can a slave truly love his Mistress? Especially when his family is still in chains. Will he risk everything - even his new love - to save them? BECOME THE PREY Does a chilling conspiracy lie behind it all? A stunning revelation leads Light to an inconceivable truth. To the dark heart of the Blood Club. If he can face his worst terrors, he can save his family and his whole species from slavery. Maybe he can even save himself. Blood Shackles is the shocking second instalment in the compelling new fantasy series Rebel Vampires from the critically acclaimed author Rosemary A Johns. Experience a thrilling new twist on urban fantasy with vampires, Rockers and dark romance. Scroll up and click buy now.

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