In Saxon England of the 1060s, the prospects for Owerd are grim. He is a Briton; son of a miller; and looks like a Dane. The Church beckons, as does a warrior life but he must first learn his 'station' with frequent humiliation. Fate lends a hand in rewarding his courage but as his lot improves the Normans invade. Does he fight them or aid them? His loyalties are tested by events involving violence, loss, love and fate as he tries to manage the balance between security and oppression....

Step back in time to late 11th century England, where the Normans have invaded and are pursuing total domination. Owerd the Briton, a lowly rural knight, is trying to find his way. Can he do what he believes to be right amidst ongoing oppression and under the watchful eyes of a potentially merciless king? Enemies build round him even as he gains the king's favour and he is given a task well beyond his expectation or experience. Both he and his lady love live under constant threat.

In 11th Century England, King William has achieved almost total domination of the Englisc and turns his attention to Scotland. Owerd, possibly the last of the Britons to be deemed 'lord', faces powerful enemies from all quarters. He seems to hold the king's favour by a thread, which only serves to encourage others to try and bring him down. Treachery abounds as he tries to juggle multiple roles and prove himself and his men worthy warriors for the Norman king. But will his lust for a woman...

Early in 2020, naturist fiction author P. Z. Walker had the idea for a collection of mystery stories to be called "Murder in the Nudist Colony," deliberately using the antiquated term "nudist colony" for a slightly retro, humorous touch. On social media platforms, mostly Twitter, other folks associated with the fine network of naturist authors chimed in. Ted Bun put together the call for submissions, Robert Longpré set up the page to share documents as well as the ISBN, Fabien Barabé desig...

Arabs, Jews and Palestine. A turbulent history; oppression; the British and American links; more oppression. A peace plan of sorts. How did it get to this and what's next? The unfettered story of Palestine.

Based on real events, this is the tale of how the Angevin kings of England fall and England's greatest knight rises to the occasion. Two naive young men set out from 12th century England on a perilous journey toward knighthood "across the sea" in the land of the Normans and Angevins. This is their tempestuous tale of hardship, danger, and the search for power or patronage in a world teeming with deceit and changing alliances. Though maintaining a lifelong friendship, one courts the road th...

Beneath a veneer of tranquility, there exists a hotbed of mystery, intrigue and crime in the Pacific. When Pete Martyn is launched into that cauldron in an unwilling search for his estranged missing brother, he encounters deceit, danger and drug dealers in a very murky mix. He also finds love in the most unexpected way.

The nude romance collection of this and any other year!Seventeen writers, eighteen stories, all with a common objective: portraying a romance at a naturist venue somewhere in the modern, Western world. Young love, love between seniors, love twixt people who have just met, the rekindling of old loves, laments for loves lost. They are all included.Naturist fiction is a relatively new genre where social nudism and casual nudity play a significant role in plot, charact...

City of Light and La Ville-Lumière refer to Paris being one of the first European cities to adopt widespread street lighting during the Great Exhibition of 1889. Early gas lamps with their soft, romantic glow became bright, electrified updates. These varied and often beautifully crafted historic structures bear long and silent witness to Parisian life by day and night. And at last, they speak!This anthology of short stories and poems tell of love, suffering, art, crime, war, death ...

Owerd, the son of a humble English miller, has risen to Earl through courage, warrior skills and loyalty to the Norman King William. He has gained enemies along the way, especially the king's powerful half-brother Bishop Odo of Bayeux. Meanwhile, he needs to manage his estates and keep the peace in his Shire whilst also responding to the king's demands for his warrior skills. A bubbling discontent among other earls will test his loyalty to an absent king he increasingly sees as cruel and o...

A veneer of tranquility over latent violence and crime still prevails in the Pacific. Torres Strait between New Guinea and Australia is no exception. When young women and drugs are available on one side and potential customers on the other, then the narrow waterway provides little barrier. Unscrupulous thugs and racketeers take every advantage and hide behind layers of deception, secrecy and threats. Can Pete Martyn survive in this hidden cauldron of deceit, danger and drug-dealing let alo...

A simple mission of diplomacy and liaison to the island of Timor turns both violent and life-threatening for Pete Martyn and his attractive wife when they stumble across criminal elements on that outwardly peaceful island. That those criminal elements were pursuing the interests of ruthless Asian crime syndicates drew heightened danger. Matters become entirely more complex when espionage becomes suspected, including suspicions about the involvement of Pete's wife