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The Laird Who Loved Me (The MacLean Curse Series #5)
By Karen Hawkins. 2009
New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins entrances with the story of a proud Highlander and the impulsive English minx…
who resolves that, one way or another, he will be…The Laired Who Loved Me.Handsome Alexander MacLean enjoyed his intoxicating flirtation with lovely Caitlyn Hurst…until she embarrassed him in front of the entire town. Orchestrating Caitlyn&’s attendance at a fashionable house party, Alexander plots her downfall. But to his fury, her charm and wit thwart his plan to ruin her. Her disastrous London season left Caitlyn filled with regret and determined to make things right with Alexander. She&’s delighted to find him at the house party to which she&’s unexpectedly invited—but it&’s clear that the sexy, arrogant Highlander hasn&’t forgiven her. So, Caitlyn comes up with a bold scheme, proposing an unusual contest drawn from legend: each must complete a set of mythic tasks. If Caitlyn succeeds, Alexander promises to relent and forgive her previous rash behavior; if he succeeds, she will join him in his bed! But can Caitlyn force Alexander to give up his quest for vengeance without giving up her heart in return?Brooklyn
By Colm Toibin. 2009
Winner of the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Colm Tóibín's internationally bestselling novel is a…
story of devastating emotional power. At the centre of Colm Tóibín's internationally celebrated novel is Eilis Lacey, one among many of her generation who has come of age in 1950s Ireland but cannot find work at home. When she receives a job offer in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving her family and country behind, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady's intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation. Slowly, however, the pain of parting and a longing for home are buried beneath the rhythms of her new life—until she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love, tragic news summons her back to Ireland, where she unexpectedly finds herself facing an impossible decision.A Spy in the House (The Agency Mysteries)
By Y. S. Lee. 2009
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's…
Academy for Girls where she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called The Agency and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships.Murder at the Merton Library (A Wrexford & Sloane Mystery #7)
By Andrea Penrose. 2023
For fans of Miss Scarlet and the Duke and Bridgerton—a masterfully plotted mystery that combines engaging protagonists with rich historical…
detail and &“an unusually rich look at Regency life,&” (Publishers Weekly), plus a touch of romance that readers of Amanda Quick and Deanna Raybourn will savor. Responding to an urgent plea from a troubled family friend, the Earl of Wrexford journeys to Oxford only to find the reclusive university librarian has been murdered and a rare manuscript has gone missing. The only clue is that someone overheard an argument in which Wrexford&’s name was mentioned. At the same time, Charlotte—working under her pen name, A. J. Quill—must determine whether a laboratory fire was arson and if it&’s connected to the race between competing consortiums to build a new type of ship—one that can cross the ocean powered by steam rather than sails—with the potential to revolutionize military power and world commerce. That the race involves new innovations in finance and entrepreneurship only adds to the high stakes—especially as their good friend Kit Sheffield may be an investor in one of the competitors. As they delve deeper into the baffling clues, Wrexford and Charlotte begin to realize that things are not what they seem. An evil conspiracy is lurking in the shadows and threatens all they hold dear—unless they can tie the loose threads together before it&’s too late . . .Death and the Sisters (A Mary Shelley Mystery #1)
By Heather Redmond. 2023
The tangled relationships between Frankenstein author Mary Shelley, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Mary&’s stepsister Jane Clairmont form the backdrop…
for an intriguing historical mystery, set in London in 1814, that explores the complex dynamic between sisters and the birth of teenaged Mary&’s creative genius. London, 1814: Mary Godwin and her stepsister Jane Clairmont, both sixteen, possess quick minds bolstered by an unconventional upbringing, and have little regard for the rules that other young ladies follow. Mary, whose mother famously advocated for women&’s rights, rejects the two paths that seem open to her—that of an assistant in her father&’s bookshop, or an ordinary wife. Though quieter and more reserved than the boisterous Jane, Mary&’s imagination is keen, and she longs for real-world adventures. One evening, an opportunity arrives in the form of a dinner guest, Percy Bysshe Shelley. At twenty-one, Shelley is already a renowned poet and radical. Mary finds their visitor handsome and compelling, but it is later that evening, after the party has broken up, that events take a truly intriguing turn. When Mary comes downstairs in search of a book, she finds instead a man face down on the floor—with a knife in his back. The dead man, it seems, was a former classmate of Shelley&’s, and had lately become a personal and professional rival. What was he doing in the Godwins&’ home? Mary, Jane, and Shelley are all drawn to learn the truth behind the tragedy, especially as each discovery seems to hint at a tangled web that includes many in Shelley&’s closest circle. But as the attraction between Mary and the married poet intensifies, it sparks a rivalry between the sisters, even as it kindles the creative fire within . . .Reckoning (The Ty Dawson Mysteries #3)
By Baron Birtcher. 2023
Ty Dawson is a small-town sheriff with big-city problems, in this riveting crime thriller from the award-winning author of Fistful…
of Rain. As lawman, rancher, and Korean War veteran, Ty Dawson has his share of problems in the southern Oregon county he calls home. Despite how rural it is, Meriwether can&’t keep modernity at bay. The 1970s have changed the United States—and Meriwether won&’t be spared. A standoff looms when the US Fish & Wildlife Service seeks to separate longtime cattleman KC Sheridan from his water supply—ensuring the death of his livestock. If that&’s not enough trouble, a Portland detective is found dead in a fly-fishing resort cabin. Though the Portland police, including the victim&’s own partner, are eager to write off the tragedy as a suicide, Ty has his own thoughts on the matter—as well as evidence that points to murder. His suspicions soon mire him in a swamp of corruption that threatens nearly everyone around him. Turns out that greed and evil are contagious—and they take down men both great and small . . .Praise for the Ty Dawson Mysteries &“Combines the mystery and honesty of Craig Johnson&’s Longmire with the first-person narration of a fiercely independent Oregon character.&” —Sheila Deeth, author of John&’s Joy &“A masterful work of a time gone by . . . Ty Dawson is a cowboy, lawman, father and philosopher like none other.&” —Neal Griffin, Los Angeles Times–bestselling author of The Burden of ProofPopa Singer (CARAF Books)
By René Depestre. 2016
The latest novel by one of Haiti&’s most brilliant writers The most recent book by the renowned Haitian novelist, essayist,…
and poet René Depestre, Popa Singer is a semiautobiographical chronicle of Haiti in the late 1950s, the very moment when the country first came under decades of despotic rule. To celebrate her son&’s return home after years of exile, Dianira Fontoriol (aka &“Popa Singer&”)—an indomitable mother armed only with her sewing machine and her personal convictions—determines to resist in her own way the infamous Ubu King of the Tropics: François &“Papa Doc&” Duvalier. Depestre&’s novel tells the story of this at once intimate and epic struggle. Combining colorful fantasy and biting social satire, it is a deeply personal and singularly artistic take on an infamous chapter in Haitian history.A Noiva de Wylder
By Amey Zeigler. 2022
Maisie Brinley rejeitou cada solteiro da elite de Boston que a sua mãe escaladora social colocou para ela. Então a…
mãe deu um ultimato, ela se casaria com um amigo da família - mas ele tem duas vezes a idade de Maisie. Depois de se correspoder com um estranho cujas cartas conectaram-se ao coração dela, Maisie atravessa o continente pelo seu amor. Quando eles se encontrarem, será que ele vai corresponder às expectativas dela, ou a sua fuga será em vão? Vivendo em Wylder, no território Wyoming - onde tem dez vezes mais homens do que mulheres - o armeiro Cyrus Haddock esconde seu rosto desfigurado para evitar rejeição romântica. Por pena, ele ajuda o seu amigo a atrair uma mulher por meio da escrita de uma carta. Mas tudo dá errado quando Cyrus se apaixona pelas palavras da mulher do leste. Quando eles se encontrarem, será que Cyrus irá esconder seus sentimentos ou declarar o seu amor?Una Apuesta Desenfrenada: Un Romance de Castillo de Regencia (Un Romance de Castillo #2)
By Amanda Mariel. 2024
En el reino de la sociedad de Regencia, donde el deseo es un juego peligroso, Una Apuesta Desenfrenada sigue a…
Lady Daphne Summerville y al audaz Conde de Brunsford, Alex Beauchamp, mientras el choque de voluntades y la atracción magnética, encienden una tempestuosa aventura de amor. Entre besos robados y una peligrosa apuesta, ellos deben navegar las traicioneras aguas de sus corazones, descubriendo si el propósito de un pícaro puede llevar a un amor eterno que desafía todas las probabilidades. En un mundo donde el deseo se enciende con un simple contacto, la saga de la Regencia de Un Romance de Castillo continúa con una historia de corazones tempestuosos y apuestas atrevidas. Sumérgete en la cautivadora historia de Una Apuesta Desenfrenada mientras la pasión, choca con el orgullo, y las llamas del amor son abanicadas por los vientos del destino. Daphne la Vizcondesa viuda de Gilford, se ve atrapada en una red de obligaciones familiares y expectativas sociales. No contenta con vivir de la caridad de la familia de su esposo, ella resuelve buscar su propio camino. El buscar un esposo se convierte en su misión, aunque un seductor obstáculo se atraviesa en su camino- un pícaro cuyos encantos son tan peligrosos como innegables. Alex Beauchamp, el audaz Conde Brunsford, un hombre con una reputación de usar sus encantos para entrar en el corazón de las mujeres. Desde el instante que sus ojos se cruzaron con los de Daphne, él quedó cautivado por el fuego dentro de ella. Sin embargo, sus intenciones estaban lejos de ser nobles; él la veía como una compañera voluntaria para sus deseos ilícitos. Pero Daphne no es una damisela que se deje llevar por las vacías promesas de un pícaro, y ella rechaza sus insinuaciones con un espíritu inquebrantable. Sin inmutarse, Alex concibe una atrevida proposición- una apuesta irresistible que podía alterar por siempre el curso de sus vidas. Él, ofrece asegurar el futurLe Charon de l'Union Soviétique
By Elena Chernikova. 2024
Le texte raconte l'histoire du grand-père de l'auteur, un homme ayant vécu des moments clés de l'histoire russe, y compris…
la chute de l'Union soviétique. Après la mort de sa femme, il décide de profiter pleinement de la vie, oubliant la mort et se concentrant sur des expériences positives, comme un rendez-vous chez le coiffeur. Le récit explore les changements sociaux et personnels à travers les yeux de cet homme ayant traversé de nombreuses épreuves et transformations.A Dream of Wolves: A Novel
By Michael C. White. 2000
From the author of the critically acclaimed novels A Brother's Blood and The Blind Side of the Heart comes a…
brilliant tale of a decent man's struggle to choose between his past and his future, between the woman he once loved and the woman he now loves.The Locksmith's Daughter: A Novel (Mira Ser.)
By Karen Brooks. 2018
From acclaimed author Karen Brooks comes this intriguing novel rich in historical detail and drama as it tells the unforgettable…
story of Queen Elizabeth's daring, ruthless spymaster and his female protégée.In Queen Elizabeth's England, where no one can be trusted and secrets are currency, one woman stands without fear. Mallory Bright is the only daughter of London's most ingenious locksmith. She has apprenticed with her father since childhood, and there is no lock too elaborate for her to crack. After scandal destroys her reputation, Mallory has returned to her father's home and lives almost as a recluse, ignoring the whispers and gossip of their neighbors. But Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's spymaster and a frequent client of Mallory's father, draws her into his world of danger and deception. For the locksmith's daughter is not only good at cracking locks, she also has a talent for codes, spycraft, and intrigue. With Mallory by Sir Francis’s side, no scheme in England or abroad is safe from discovery. But Mallory's loyalty wavers when she witnesses the brutal and bloody public execution of three Jesuit priests and realizes the human cost of her espionage. And later, when she discovers the identity of a Catholic spy and a conspiracy that threatens the kingdom, she is forced to choose between her country and her heart. Once Sir Francis's greatest asset, Mallory is fast becoming his worst threat—and there is only one way the Queen’s master spy deals with his enemies…The Kadin
By Bertrice Small. 1978
Abducted from a life of privilege, she was sold into slavery in a distant land. For Lady Janet Leslie there…
would be no escaping the harem of the wealthy and powerful Sultan Selim. But from the moment the handsome ruler spied his breathtaking "Cyra," was captivated -- by the fiery desire that coursed through his veins. She belonged to him, body and soul -yet it was he who was enslaved.Praised for her keen sense of history and remarkable storytelling powers, the bestselling author of The Spitfire displays the passionate magic that has made her a national favorite -sweeping the reader into the romantic past, from the magnificence of Renaissance Europe to the perfumed splendor of a Sultan's court.A Dangerous Duet: A Novel
By Karen Odden. 2018
Winner of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for Historical FictionThis dazzling new Victorian mystery from USA Today bestselling author Karen…
Odden introduces readers to Nell Hallam, a determined young pianist who stumbles upon the operations of a notorious—and deadly—crime ring while illicitly working as the piano player in a Soho music hall. Perfect for readers of Tasha Alexander, Anne Perry, and Deanna Raybourn.Nineteen-year-old Nell Hallam lives in a modest corner of Mayfair with her brother Matthew, an inspector at Scotland Yard. An exceptionally talented pianist, she aspires to attend the Royal Academy; but with tuition beyond their means, Nell sets out to earn the money herself—by playing piano in a popular Soho music hall. And the fact that she will have to disguise herself as a man and slip out at night to do it doesn’t deter her.Spending evenings at the Octavian is like entering an alternate world, one of lively energy, fascinating performers, raucous patrons—and dark secrets. And when Nell stumbles upon the operations of an infamous crime ring working in the shadows of the music hall, she is drawn into a conspiracy that stretches the length of London. To further complicate matters, she has begun to fall for the hall owner's charismatic son, Jack, who has secrets of his own. The more Nell becomes a part of the Octavian’s world, the more she risks the relationships with the people she loves. And when another performer is left for dead in an alley as a warning, she realizes her future could be in jeopardy in more ways than one.The Queen Jade: A New World Novel of Adventure (The Red Lion Series)
By Yxta Maya Murray. 2005
There is a legend of the New World that has endured for centuries: the strange, tragic tale of a King,…
a Witch . . . and a blue gem of intoxicating beauty said to grant extraordinary power to whoever possesses it. Archaeologist Juana Sanchez, convinced that she's discovered the key to unlocking the mystery of the fabled Queen Jade, ventures into the Central American jungle alone—just ahead of the relentless pounding fury of Hurricane Mitch. When the terrible storm is over, Juana is gone, and an ancient, long-buried jade mine has been uncovered in the mountains of Guatemala, giving new hope to all obsessed seekers of the legendary stone. But it is a different obsession that plunges Juana's daughter—scholar and bookseller Lola Sanchez—into the remarkable adventure of a lifetime. For only by following the Queen Jade's perilous, cursed trail can Lola hope to find her vanished mother . . . if it isn't already too late.White Rose: A Novel
By Amy Ephron. 1999
Evangelina Cisneros is a very beautiful nineteen-year-old girl who, along with her father, is active in the struggle to oust…
the Spanish from Cuba in the late 1890s. When her father is arrested, she pleads his case to a Spanish general, who falls in love with her. She spurns his advances and is herself thrown in jail for her revolutionary activities.When reports of her imprisonment reach the New York papers, Evangelina becomes a cause cilhbre among the city's many society women. William Randolph Hearst, recognizing an opportunity, sends one of his star journalists, Karl Decker, to Havana on the pretense of interviewing her when in fact he is on a mission to effect her escape. As she tells him her story, the two find themselves falling in love. Back in America, Decker's wife is becoming increasingly suspicious of her husband's absences. After a frightening escape, Evangelina and Karl arrive in New York, where they are heralded as heroes. But then they must inevitably face Decker's wife and a decision that will affect all their lives.Based on a true story, White Rose is part romance and love story and part spy thriller. Set in both the exotic, primitive world of Cuba and the high-society milieu of Manhattan in 1897, here is a story that will inspire the imagination and capture the heart.Evangelina Cisneros is a very beautiful nineteen-year-old girl who, along with her father, is active in the struggle to oust the Spanish from Cuba in the late 1890s. When her father is arrested, she pleads his case to a Spanish general, who falls in love with her. She spurns his advances and is herself thrown in jail for her revolutionary activities.When reports of her imprisonment reach the New York papers, Evangelina becomes a cause cilhbre among the city's many society women. William Randolph Hearst, recognizing an opportunity, sends one of his star journalists, Karl Decker, to Havana on the pretense of interviewing her when in fact he is on a mission to effect her escape. As she tells him her story, the two find themselves falling in love. Back in America, Decker's wife is becoming increasingly suspicious of her husband's absences. After a frightening escape, Evangelina and Karl arrive in New York, where they are heralded as heroes. But then they must inevitably face Decker's wife and a decision that will affect all their lives.Based on a true story, White Rose is part romance and love story and part spy thriller. Set in both the exotic, primitive world of Cuba and the high-society milieu of Manhattan in 1897, here is a story that will inspire the imagination and capture the heart.Clear: A Transparent Novel
By Nicola Barker. 2005
On September 5, 2003, illusionist David Blaine entered a small Perspex box adjacent to London's Thames River and began starving…
himself. Forty-four days later, on October 19, he left the box, fifty pounds lighter. That much, at least, is clear. And the rest? The crowds? The chaos? The hype? The rage? The fights? The lust? The filth? The bullshit? The hypocrisy?Nicola Barker fearlessly crams all that and more into this ribald and outrageous peep show of a novel, her most irreverent, caustic, up-to-the-minute work yet, laying bare the heart of our contemporary world, a world of illusion, delusion, celebrity, and hunger.The Sweetest Sin
By Mary Reed McCall. 2004
Years after being sold to the English by his enemies the MacDonells and imprisoned in London Tower, Duncan MacRae returns…
to Scotland to exact his revenge and to reclaim what is rightfully his—the famed protective amulet, the Ealach.Jane and the Damned: A Novel
By Janet Mullany. 2010
The “stakes” are high and vampires rule when legendary author Jane Austen joins the ranks of the undead in Janet…
Mullany’s bloody wonderful literary mash-up, Jane and the Damned. In the bestselling tradition of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies; Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters; and Mr. Darcy, Vampyre, comes a supremely smart and wickedly fun novel that renders the beloved creator of Persuasion and Emma truly immortal—as Mullany pits a transformed Jane Austen and her vampire friends against savage hordes of invading French!A Discovery Of Strangers
By Rudy Wiebe. 1994
A Discovery of Strangers is a story--based on true events--of love and innocence, murder, greed and passion set within the…
terrifying, fragile Arctic landscape. In 1820, John Franklin's small group of British officers and Canadian voyageurs, on their first expedition to search for a route through the incomprehensible North, encounter the Yellowknife Indians -- and Greenstockings, fifteen-year-old daughter of Keskarrah, elder of the Yellowknife, meets young Robert Hood, son of a Lancashire clergyman. Wordless, they devise a language of their own as their two worlds clash.