The usual wide range of approaches to garments and fabrics appears in this tenth volume. Three chapters focus on practical matters: a description of the medieval vestments surviving at Castel Sant'Elia in Italy; a survey of the spread of silk cultivation to Europe before 1300; and a documentation of medieval colour terminology for desirable cloth. Two address social significance: the practice of seizing clothing from debtors in fourteenth-century Lucca, and the transformation of the wardro...

Haunting romantic suspense tales.The VICTORY COVE series, featuring WIDOW'S TALE and ENDLESS NIGHT, is set in Victory Cove's fictional Maine coastal village. It is a tight-knit community that thrives off of its lobstermen and bouts of summer tourism.With a gothic romance feel, each contemporary story features women conquering their fears to go on and live happily ever after.WIDOW'S TALE"Eerily beautiful." ★★★★★ Amazon Reviewer"Beautifully written love ...

A spill in the rapids hauls two strangers into a harrowing and romantic adventure.Chuck Borgas is ready to get back in the jungle. A lost city and a team of archeological students await him in Guatemala. He is waylaid at the airport by a bizarre woman who latches onto him like she's his long-lost buddy. Smoking hot women don't usually throw themselves at him. Ever. Finally ditching the stranger, he realizes she has left a bag behind. One glimpse into t...

A mysterious coin leads two strangers on a daring journey to an uncharted island.I am being followed...That was the cryptic note that accompanied the ancient coin Zachary Selmon examined in his campus office. An archeology professor by day and a numismatist, or collector of coins by night, Zach was puzzled by this piece of silver and concerned about the old friend who sent it.Art grad student, Gretchen Rice, was too engrossed in studies to ...

Carolyn Kerr is working on her first major assignment for BLUE-LINK as a marketing manager for the Sacred Stones Tour, a Maori jade exhibition. It doesn't begin well. In the first city, a stranger kisses her and then disappears into the night. On the second stop of the tour, she falls under gunfire.Running from the spray of bullets, Carrie sees a car pull up to the curb. The passenger door opens, offering her an escape. But the man behind the wheel is no refuge. He is the same man ...

A mysterious footlocker washes up on Livvy McKay's shore. Minutes after recovering it she is assaulted by an intruder. Wounded and unable to give chase, she is startled by a knock at the front door. A stranger is looking to rent a boat from her business, McKAY'S CHARTERS. Livvy doesn't believe in coincidences. Especially when the stranger is wearing black−just like her assailant.Jack Morell is a desperate man. After receiving a cryptic phone call from his uncle−a call spiked with t...

From USA TODAY bestselling author Maureen A. Miller comes this young adult adventure that will plunge you deep into the Atlantic Ocean.It was Stella Gullaksen's final break before starting her freshman year at college. Joining her best friend, Jill, and Jill's family aboard the STARKISSED, Stella wakes to a violent storm that capsizes the boat over a hundred miles off the New Jersey shore.As the waves haul her under Stella knows that she is going to die. Instead, an unusual...

U.S. Geological Survey expert, Nick McCord, cannot account for the strange phenomenons plaguing the Windward coast of Oahu. Breaking waves on a windless shore. Dead fish washing up on the sand. The only viable culprit for these anomalies is the new housing development, Kekoa Palms, and its attractive contractor, Briana Holt. Try as he might to find blame with Briana and her site, the truth remains a mystery.Briana Holt portrays herself to the outside world as a woman in charge. In ...

A haunting romantic suspense set on a mysterious island.Six years ago, Brenna Finlay's mother vanished during a research expedition in the Solomon Islands. No bodies were ever recovered.When a museum letter points to a remote island the locals consider forbidden, Brenna follows the lead halfway around the world in search of answers.Instead, she finds Daniel Navarro.Daniel lives alone on the island and wants Brenna gone. But he wasn't prepare...

Aimee Patterson is coming home...but this time she is not alone.After spending years in space on an alien ship, Aimee Patterson is finally coming home. But this time she is not alone. Her lover Zak wants to meet her parents, and her friend Raja wants to experience life on Earth. Both get more than they ever bargained for.Within days of being on Earth, Raja is caught up in an FBI sting operation. She is intrigued by Special Agent Craig Buchanan, but things go horribly wrong....

From USA TODAY bestselling author, Maureen A. Miller, comes this romantic thriller in Alaska.It was the middle of January in Southeastern Alaska. Sara Eckert anticipated at least another two months of vacancy in her remote bed & breakfast. Until he showed up. A man not interested in hiking, fishing, or hunting. So, why was he there?Two miners have gone missing. Their disappearance has been ruled accidental. To the firm that sent them to Alaska, that answer is unacceptable. ...

As a young girl, Amanda Newton witnessed the brutal murder of her parents. As an adult she is targeted by their murderer.Beautiful. Reserved. Mysterious. Amanda Newton, the CEO of BLUE-LINK epitomizes control with her adept handling of the global company. But that control is threatened with a series of attacks against her.Ray Gordon, a former Navy SEAL is looking to open his own security firm. One more contracting job with BLUE-LINK would complete the funding. When he is hi...