Lost at sea and raised by pirates, VICTORIA is bent on finding a sorceress' diamond and using its powers to unite all pirates of the world, but her quest lands her love-struck with the enemy and trapped in an agonizing choice upon discovery of her true identity."Victoria Black and the Heart of Stone" is the first book of the trilogy "Victoria and the Immortals". It follows the story of the young brave Victoria, who's fate turns her from a child princess into a pirate's daughter. Vi...

The story of Medusa Gorgonis is partly based on the classical Medusa, one of the three Gorgon sisters, and Greek mythology. It depicts the untold story of Medusa: the brave girl who becomes a powerful leader of women warriors, the monstrous Serpent Priestess and outlaw who serves justice with the power of her gaze.Replete with graphic epic battle and martial art scenes, romance, and dramatic poetry, Medusa Gorgonis will appeal to an adult readership interested in mythology and clas...

The memoir "Glimpses . . . Now I Can See" offers stories, poems, and essays that allow you (the reader) to see how the author's loss of and regaining vision gave her insight about events, people, and herself. In the book's selections, you read not only of frustrations and fears, but also of joy, of contentment, and of peace. As she looks into her own life, you sense hope--a resilience, achievement, and love that you may also gain renewed vision of your life.

A monk embarks on a dangerous quest to find a trio of missing travelers in this medieval mystery by the Edgar Award–winning author.CWA Diamond Dagger Award–Winning AuthorThe winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael's tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturbing of events. Raging civil war has sent refugees fleeing north from Worcester. Among them are two orphans from a noble family, a boy of thirteen and an eighteen-year-old girl...

This novella was originally published in November 2011. It has been reissued with a new cover.Some wallflowers bloom at night…Violet is a quiet girl. She speaks six languages, but seldom raises her voice. The gentlemen aren't beating down her door.Until the night of the Spindle Cove Christmas ball, when a mysterious stranger crashes into the ballroom and collapses at Violet's feet. He's wet, chilled, bleeding, and speaking ...

From the Edgar Award–winning author: When a troubled novice is blamed for a priest's disappearance, Brother Cadfael seeks to save his soul—and his life.CWA Diamond Dagger Award–Winning AuthorOutside the pale of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, in September of 1140, a priestly emissary for King Stephen has been reported missing. But inside the pale, what troubles Brother Cadfael is a proud, secretive nineteen-year-old novice....

After years of captivity in the Holy Land, Templar Bascot de Marins escapes with injuries to his body and soul. Now on sojourn at Lincoln Castle, he hopes to regain his strength, and mend his waning faith-but not even the peace of God's countryside is safe from the mortal crimes of man...When four victims are found slain in the town alehouse, Bascot discovers that what appears to be the grisly end to a drunken row is in fact a cunning and baffling case of murder. Bascot tracks his ...

ROMANTIC NOVELIST'S ASSOCIATION'S HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR"The best writer of medieval fiction currently around."—Historical Novels ReviewThe fifth book in bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick's William Marshal series, To Defy is King is a riveting historical novel of family, loyalty and betrayal, featuring the daughter of medieval England's Greatest Knight.The spirited daughter of England's g...

Christopher Rowe is back and there are more puzzles, riddles, and secrets to uncover in this fourth novel of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series.Christopher Rowe has no idea who he is. After being shipwrecked in Devonshire, he wakes up alone, his memories gone. Villagers tell him he was possessed by an unseen evil, and only became conscious after being visited by the local witch.As Christopher tries to get his bearings, he realizes his current state may...

A novel of England during the Viking era, from an author who "has vividly and colorfully portrayed life during the tumultuous Dark Ages" (Historical Novels Review).The last quarter of the tenth century was a time of conflict and exploration—while the Anglo-Saxons fought against the Vikings, Norsemen voyaged into the unknown looking for new lands to pillage, and so discovered America.Prince Rumon of France, descendant of Charlemagne and King Alfred, was a se...

THE NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!"The best writer of medieval fiction currently around."—Historical Novels ReviewRoyal protector. Loyal servant. Forgotten hero.12th century, England: A penniless young knight with few prospects, William Marshal is plucked from obscurity when he saves the life of Henry II's formidable queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. In gratitude, she appoints him tutor to the...

The third novel in Sharon Kay Penman's much-loved medieval mystery series featuring Justin de Quincy.July 1193: Richard Lionheart, eldest and most favored son of Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitane, languishes in an Austrian dungeon, held for ransom by the Holy Roman Emperor. Lusting after the crown in England, his brother John plots with his country's bitterest foe, King Philippe of France, to see to it Richard never leaves Austria alive. But the Queen has already b...