Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format'A scholarly and highly readable account of the king who traditionally has been overshadowed by the dynasty that he founded. Henry VII emerges as a wily, skilful and often ruthless monarch who secured a precarious throne for his Tudor successors' - Tracy BormanHenry VII was one of England's unlikeliest monarchs. An exile and outsider with b...

When Danny asks Ian what he wants for Christmas, Ian says he wants a white Christmas. Always wanting to please him, Danny arranges for them and their friends and family to spend the holidays in a private lodge in the mountains of Idaho. While the temperature outside is frigidly cold, inside the lodge things are heating up with new liaisons and old romances.The trip takes an uneasy turn when things begin to mysteriously disappear. Although they are supposed to be the only guests at t...

During the early part of the sixteenth century England should have been ruled by King Arthur Tudor, not Henry VIII. Had the first-born son of Henry VII lived into adulthood, his younger brother Henry would never have become King Henry VIII. The subsequent history of England would have been very different; the massive religious, social and political changes of Henry VIII’s reign might not have been necessary at all. In naming his eldest son Arthur, Henry VII was making an impressive stateme...

Sky Gunderson is reluctant to work on the documentary about famed artist Damien Zuniga because it means going back to Seacliff. When he was outed by his best friend, the people of Seacliff were cruel and unaccepting. He left Seacliff right after graduation and hasn't been back in nearly twenty years. Will the people of Seacliff treat him differently now that he is an award-winning filmmaker? Will he be able to forgive his best friend?As Sky researches the life of Damien Zuniga, he ...

Jason King, a rising star in Hollywood, wants to spend the holiday season with his sister. Afraid of being bored, he decides to play Santa at the North Pines Galleria, but quickly realizes that decision will lead to a Christmas he will never forget.When police find Jason passed out in his blood-covered Santa suit, the mall manager stabbed to death in the next room, they quickly consider him the prime suspect.Certain he is being framed, Jason must find the real killer to cle...

Sequel to Life Marches OnIan Hughes returns from a business trip to discover his wife Debbie brutally murdered. When a bloody note reveals Ian was the intended victim, Ian's friend Detective Danny Diaz is assigned as Ian's bodyguard. As Danny tries to keep Ian from being the killer's next victim, the romance they each secretly desired years ago is rekindled and ignites into a sexual tension hot enough to destroy Danny's career.Secret business deals, sexual liaisons...

When Robert Anderson attends his nephew's parent-teacher conference, he runs into his former high school teacher who was once the subject of his most intimate fantasies. Javier Garcia is the Spanish teacher Rob had a major crush on eleven years earlier. Now that he's now longer a student, will Rob's fantasies become reality?

When reporter Seth Haynes inherits the family estate, he has no idea just how much it will change his life or the family secrets he'll uncover. Years of being an investigative reporter have taught him to be skeptical about everything. So when the ghost of his great-grandfather starts appearing, Seth doubts he is real. That is, until the ghost helps him discover a hidden office and his great-grandfather's journal. The journal reveals a secret romance his great-grandfather had with neighbor ...

Sequel to Death Changes EverythingWhen a jury convicts Dana and Lance for the murders of his wife and brother-in-law, as well as attempted murder, Ian Hughes feels he can finally put that horrible chapter behind him and focus on his relationship with his boyfriend, Danny Diaz. Wanting to get away from all the madness of the last year, Ian and Danny go on a vacation to England. Unfortunately, the rest and relaxation they desperately want never happens.When Danny acc...

Ian Hughes returns from a business trip only to discover his wife Debbie has been brutally murdered. When a bloody note reveals Ian was the intended victim, Detective Danny Diaz is assigned to act as Ian's bodyguard. The two men were best friends in high school, and now that they've been thrown together again, the feeling they each secretly harbor for the other are rekindled. As Danny tries to keep Ian from being the killer's next victim, things between them ignite into a sexual tension th...

In The Texas Right: The Radical Roots of Lone Star Conservatism, some of our most accomplished and readable historians push the origins of present-day Texas conservatism back to the decade preceding the twentieth century. They illuminate the initial factors that began moving Texas to the far right, even before the arrival of the New Deal.By demonstrating that Texas politics foreshadowed the partisan realignment of the erstwhile Solid South, the studies in this book challen...

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh brings you a sinfully playful contemporary romance between two sworn enemies turned partners in crime…Daniel Esera is a young god on the rugby field, a sexy and charming man who's got the world at his feet. There's just one problem: his sudden potent attraction to his number one nemesis—Catie River. No. Just no. Not happening.Catie River is on her way to Paralympic gold, and she's not about to allow Dann...