Book three in the Mallory Cash trilogy.Will Mallory Cash be the first thief in history to breach The Tower of London?Mallory Cash is back from the dead - and her enemies are closing in.When Sam flies to London to find her, Mallory realises there's only one way to save them both. Eve is on her trail, Trafford's spies are everywhere, and the price of survival is unthinkable: Mallory must deliver the Diamond Crown in ...

Two sisters, one stranger... a lifetime of questionsWhen Tamara Slender disappears from an isolated property in Western NSW in 1975, gossip runs wild with rumours she has run off with a local man, Roger Bryte.Months later, Tamara’s teenage daughters, Nancy and Mary, realise they encountered Bryte in caves on their property the day before their mother disappeared. Despite their suspicions, their father refuses to involve the police, and the girl’s grief, fue...

Steel has a particular set of skills. He'll have to use them all to save a beautiful woman in danger.SteelWhen there's trouble for the Great Wolves M.C. I solve it, with fists, blood, whatever it takes. I'm okay with scaring anyone who is stupid enough to cross the M.C. or me. This time the trouble is pure evil and preying on the vulnerable in my town, my territory. I know how to stop it and I will. Except, in a critical moment, I failed. An innocen...

Sarah intended for this to be therapeutic. It was meant to be a quiet hour of nude modeling in a quiet art class to help her overcome years of body insecurity. No makeup, nothing, she was ready to face the world as she was. But when she slides off that modesty robe, she realizes too late that this not the correct class.She's in Advanced Sex Education, standing front and center before nearly a hundred students and Professor Katherine... One of the coldest academics on campus.

There are many ways to be a heroine.Princess and swordswoman, lawyer and motorcyclist, scholar and barbarian: there are many ways to be a heroine. In this anthology, seventeen authors find new ways to pair one weapon-wielding woman and one whose strengths lie in softer skills.“Which is more powerful, the warrior or the gentlewoman?” these stories ask. And the answer is inevitably, “Both, working together!”Herein, you’ll find duels and smugglers, dan...

A dark lord will rise. Such is the prophecy that dogs Ringil Eskiath—Gil, for short—a washed-up mercenary and onetime war hero whose cynicism is surpassed only by the speed of his sword. Gil is estranged from his aristocratic family, but when his mother enlists his help in freeing a cousin sold into slavery, Gil sets out to track her down. But it soon becomes apparent that more is at stake than the fate of one young woman. Grim sorceries are awakening in the land. Some speak in whispers of...

'...one of the most entertaining fantasy debuts in recent years...incredibly vivid, refreshing, fun, thoughtful, absorbing' - SFX'A remarkably accomplished tale for a debut novel.' - BLACK TEARS MAGAZINEPerimadeia: the famed Triple City and the mercantile capital of the known world. Behind its allegedly impregnable walls, everything is available. Including information which will allow its enemies to plan one of the most re...

In a work of extraordinary narrative power, filled with brilliant personalities and vivid scenes of dramatic action, Robert K. Massie, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Dreadnought, elevates to its proper historical importance the role of sea power in the winning of the Great War.The predominant image of this first world war is of mud and trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, poison gas, and slaughter. A generation of European manhood ...

One seeks revenge. One seeks redemption. Neither is prepared for a love that will defy all odds.A scarred lady, living in the fringes.Lady Alton knows she doesn’t fit into polite society. Her scars determined that long ago and marrying a viscount never helped the matter. Now a widow, Torrie is adrift, knowing peace and a family will never be hers. Luckily, she has one hobby, obsessing on the man that helped to kill her family nine y...

Rebellions aren’t born. They are forged.On Kerti Island, where knowledge is scarce and belongs solely to the regime, Zea is a Truth Seeker: scholar, polymath, advisor, prisoner—born and raised to serve. But she is done serving. Her fate will be hers to decide. And her plan might just be the spark that ignites a revolution.Ax, a thief, doesn’t care about rebellion—only money. But what if even the right price can’t buy freedom under tyranny?Veyre, a soldier, ...

Morgan Locke, university student, has been hiding his debilitating illness with fair enough success when two unlikely emissaries arrive bearing the news that he is prince to a nation of creatures out of folklore. Ridiculous! And yet, if magic exists...could it heal him? The ensuing journey will resurrect the forgotten griefs of history, and before it's over, all the world will be remade by thorns and steel....

Do you think THEY are so different from US?It's rare to see a genuine mystery embedded into the rich fabric of a science fiction setting, but HYDROGEN STEEL accomplishes both."Bedford has crafted a strong Science Fiction title filled with excellent dialogue, action at every turn, a compelling story, a dash of philosophy and somewhat surprising ending" — Tim Adamec, The Dragon Page"This is a gem of a novel. It's also quite mi...