By the good offices of Riptide Publishing, KJ Charles' new entertainment:Wanted, a Gentleman, or Virtue Over-Rated.The grand romance of Mr. Martin St. Vincent - a merchant with a mission. Also a problem, Mr. Theodore Swann - a humble scribbler and advertiser for love.Act the first: the offices of the Matrimonial Advertiser, London, where lonely hearts may seek one another for the cost of a shilling.Act the second: a pursuit to Gretna Green ...

DESPITE FINDING THE LEGENDARY STONE AS A BOY, Jeremiah can’t shake the feeling he is destined to always be an outsider looking in. This restlessness haunts him into adulthood until he leads a quest to return the stone to its original home with his spiritual father named Padre, a fellow fugitive, a giant, and a mysterious woman named Jameela. Chased by two bands, Jeremiah and companions evade until confronted by the relic seekers and a decision.What is more important: love or fr...

England in the early 1320s is a restless place. Edward II’s barons are disgruntled by his preference for Hugh Despenser, and in 1321 Roger Mortimer rebels against his king. With Baron Mortimer rides Adam de Guirande, Mortimer’s most loyal man. But when Edward II strikes back, things look uncomfortably dark for Adam, who finds himself a prisoner—and abandoned by everyone but his wife.Mortimer is defeated and locked up in the Tower. Some years later, however, he is back, now with the...

In the untamed landscape of Scotland, two souls, each bearing the weight of their own scars, find an unexpected connection.Lieutenant John Holdsworth, a valiant veteran of the Battle of Waterloo, carries not only the physical wounds of war but the haunting memories that threaten to shackle his heart forever. Now, as the steward of a sprawling Scottish estate, he finds solace in his work in the solitude of the Highlands.Catriona Craig, is the enchan...

A simple theft leads to unforeseen tragedy in this story from the New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries.In a quaint antiquarian bookshop in the Midlands of England, a woman is captivated by a rare gilt-edged devotional nestled within an exquisite and equally tempting box. Her desire to pilfer it overcomes her scruples, and her guilt and terror at doing something so audacious, so unlike her. With a simple sleight of hand,...

She went from riding the Tube to traveling the Milky Way. But when an alien admirer sets his sights on her, London might pay the ultimate price.Polly Granger’s life changed the instant she stepped into a London lift. Transported to another realm with two strange men as fellow passengers, she accidentally launches a successful and lucrative career as a dimension-hopping monster slayer. But after five years, a relaxing visit to her luxury Bay Area condo ends abruptly...

This undead collection contains:Peter Green and the Unliving AcademyFourteen-year-old Peter Green can’t remember how he died.All he has are his pajamas, a silk tie, and a one-way bus ticket to Mrs. Battisworth’s Academy and Haven for Unliving Boys and Girls, a strange and spooky school for dead orphans like himself.As Pete learns to fit in with his new supernatural schoolmates, he starts to discover his own uniquely undead abilities, and even begins enjoy...

Winner - Pinnacle Book Achievement Award.Winner - Global Book Award.Runner-up - Global Ebook Award.Runner-up - Independent Publisher Book Award.The men secured the shackles slowly, hesitantly, but Kibure did not resist; he couldn't. Whatever otherworldly power had come over him in those moments of passion had fled his body the second he realized what he had done....I...

Bolivar’s Sword is the fabled weapon of the greatest hero of the Krykker race.And Rabigar needs it.There’s just one problem. Rabigar has been exiled from his homeland, never to return, on pain of death.Belwynn has escaped from the clutches of Ishari. But her brother Soren, and her friends, have not been so lucky. Who will help her in a rescue attempt that seems certain to fail?Meanwhile, the armies of Ishari are on ...

**The explosive first novel in the Hidden Norfolk series from the million-copy bestselling British author, JM Dalgliesh.The darkest secrets often hide in plain sight…**When a body is found on a lonely cliff top path, the angelic face of a murdered teenager lies facing the rising sun. Strangled by the hands of an unknown killer, it falls to DI Tom Janssen and his fledgling team to find out how she came to be there. Destined for a career in medicine, one to rival tha...

Fourteen-year-old Peter Green can’t remember how he died.All he has are his pajamas, a silk tie, and a one-way bus ticket to Mrs. Battisworth’s Academy and Haven for Unliving Boys and Girls, a strange and spooky school for dead orphans like himself. But that’s all he needs. The Unliving Academy has everything, from vampires in the hallways to monsters in the cafeteria to ghosts in the basement. And that’s just the teachers; the students are far stranger.As Pete learns to fit ...

Two hearts clash in a dance of pride and passion. Can a reluctant Duke and a determined beauty find love where they least expect it?Along with her triplet sisters, Lady Beaujolais Winslow is a celebrated beauty, but after five seasons she has yet to find a match she finds tolerable. Since her father refuses to arrange a marriage, it is rumoured in London society that she is holding out for a duke.Benedict Stanton, Duke of Yardley, vowed never to ma...