Publisher: BookRix
3 stories in this book are: THE BRONZE RING PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON with illustrations in this book
One of Britain's outstanding historical writers delivers a romantic and picaresque masterpiece that tells the fascinating story of William Neilson. In 1720, the young William Neilson leaves Edinburgh to make his fortune in Europe, first sailing to Rotterdam and then on foot to Paris, where he meets and is immediately employed by the banker John Law. A day later he is in the Bastille, but not before he has encountered a young woman of surpassing beauty to whom Neilson will be devoted for the rest of his life. Imprisoned in the Bastille, he has no possibility of seeing or communicating with his beloved. When at last he recovers his freedom, he is despatched at once to sea, bound for the Indies. He will be shipwrecked, become an equerry on the Île-de-France, anon command a disorderly legion in Persia, become a linguist able to hold his own in diplomatic and mercantile circles, all the while anticipating a summons from the Stuart king in exile in Rome, until he is sent back to France, and thence to Scotland in the service of the Young Pretender. This is brilliant, irresistibly entertaining fiction. A whole world of adventure and romance comes alive in the hands of one of our most ingenious storytellers, one of our finest writers.Show book
Katherine Muier lives an ordinary life; divorced, working in the office at a local preparatory school, nice friends, no family. Finally getting her hands on the much longed for project of her dreams, a derelict farmhouse untouched for thirty years, life seems to be looking good, until a body is found...Show book
Book 7: Heroes for HireWhen a call for help comes from Ice’s father, Harrison steps up. A senator has been shot, his wife beaten and his kids are in the wind. It’s up to Harrison to find the answers everyone is looking for. Including finding the senator’s ex-military and pissed at the world daughter. Only she doesn’t want anything to do with him. Zoe is on a mission. There’s no room in her world for heroes – especially not Harrison. But he won’t take no for an answer. Only Zoe has angered the wrong people, and they won’t stop until they put an end to her meddling or better yet – to her. With so much going on, Harrison struggles to pull the pieces together – before their world is completely blown apart – permanently.Show book
Surrender to a world where desire and darkness collide. This intoxicating dark romance ignites a forbidden flame, pulling you deep into a storm of obsession and power. Witness an electrifying connection that shatters all logic, built on whispered secrets and escalating suspense. With every turn, the danger mounts in a thrilling dance of emotions. Will a love born in shadow survive the light, or will it be consumed entirely? Prepare for an unforgettable story that will haunt you long after it's over.Show book
Can what's forgotten be forgiven? Haunted by visions and memories, Landon seeks answers. He's identified the man in his nightmares. An exorcist in Rome. He's the only one who might know the truth... There's an encroaching darkness, an impeding war between angels and demons... A lot of people will die if Landon doesn't remember a secret he's forgotten. Is this Landon's chance to reconcile with his past? To atone for his former evil? Will he achieve the redemption he seeks? Or will recovering those lost memories turn him back into the demon he used to be? Sometimes the greatest evil we must face is the one that resides within. Broken Wings is the second book in The Unfallen: a fast-paced, action-packed Christian suspense series. Fans of novels by Frank Peretti, like This Present Darkness, or fans of Terry Pratchett's and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens, will fall in love with Landon Walker. An on-the-edge-of-your-seat redemption story.Show book
Can Austin learn to love the opposite who attracts him? Austin Russell doesn't belong at a small school like Glynn Harber. He's meant to be a highflyer in finance, not a book-keeping bursar. Now there's only one renovation project left to budget, it's time he toughened his soft heart and got back to climbing the corporate ladder. The truth is he'd rather climb Maisie Dymond's father. That urge doesn't add up—Dom Dymond is his polar opposite—but when a near-miss brings them together, Austin discovers there's more below his laid-back surface, especially as Dom's determined to win the bid for the school's last rebuilding project. Working in proximity means Austin can't deny that they're opposites who don't only attract, they combust whenever they're close. Telling himself it's only a fling doesn't ring true when Dom opens up about what keeps him in Cornwall. He's there to heal his fractured family, and he wants Austin as part of it. That openness makes Austin want to share too, but will Dom still feel the same attraction once he knows what drives Austin to keep climbing his ladder? Contains mature themes.Show book
