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  The Gentlewoman Author

  Emily Opal

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  Which freedoms is a widow permitted in the year 1755? Might she write or even publish a somewhat scandalous romance? Or fall in love with a younger man? 
   
   
   
  Due to a misunderstanding, Mary publishes a novel, an action she considers highly improper. Behind a pseudonym, she frets over the undiscovered fact that she is an author. When she learns that her brother is forcing his daughter, Louisa, into an arranged marriage, she recognizes the opportunity as an escape for them both. Mary sweeps her niece off to Bath where she intends to stay away from the lure of her pen and to help Louisa find a match. 
   
   
   
  Once in Bath, Mary meets handsome, responsible, and well-heeled Daniel Fletcher, the embodiment of male perfection. She interferes to ensure he and Louisa form an attachment. As affection grows between Louisa and Daniel, she realizes her mistake. Mary wants Daniel for herself. 
   
   
   
  Chatter about Mary's book abounds in Bath. Some of its more inflammatory themes persuade a couple of young people to embark on an elopement. Daniel accompanies Mary in a quest to intercede. On the journey, Mary grapples with her identity as a well-behaved gentlewoman. Is she brave enough to choose love over propriety?

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  The Duke's Secret Cinderella

  Eva Devon

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  Charlotte Browne could just kick herself. What on earth possessed her to tell the Duke of Rockford that she is a lady? But something about the duke’s handsomeness and kind intelligence makes Charlotte blurt out the teeniest, tiniest falsehood. Now it’s too late to admit she’s just plain Charlotte of no particular importance—with cinder-stained hands, a wretched stepfather, and no prospects for marriage. Rafe Dorchester, Duke of Rockford, has done what every self-respecting duke must do—avoid marriage at all costs. But the only thing stronger than the duke is his mother, and she lays down the highest ultimatum: he’ll need to find a duchess, immediately. Only, when he calls on a potential bride, he instead finds the pert, fresh-faced Lady Charlotte. Rafe was warned to never mix the business of marriage with pleasure, but when it comes to Lady Charlotte…oh, business would be a splendid pleasure. Except Charlotte knows that true life is nothing like the penny romances she reads. The duke can’t actually end up with a maid. When her vile stepbrother catches her coming from the gardens with the duke close on her heels, Charlotte knows just what he’ll do. And there’s only one way to save them all from scandal…

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  Embers & Water - The Prophet's Call

  Andrew L. Barnes

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  What if prophecy didn’t stay in the clouds but walked a market lane at dawn—brushing spice dust from its sleeves, bargaining for figs, and telling the truth where children could overhear it? Embers & Water: The Prophet’s Call is that story: a fantasy-inflected, historically grounded novel inspired by the book of Isaiah—where the word of God doesn’t thunder from a safe distance but lands on streets, kitchens, and palace steps until people have to decide what to do next. 
  Your guide is Asahel ben Jeduthun, a temple singer and scribe with quick hands, a careful eye, and no taste for heroics. Through Asahel’s single, steady point of view, you’ll meet Isaiah son of Amoz—not as a statue or slogan, but as a man whose sentences interrupt parties, steady kings, and lift widows. Around them a city comes into focus: Miriam, who kneads bread and courage with the same hands; Eliab, a fig seller learning to love honest weights; Shira, a merchant’s daughter trading spectacle for substance; Reuben, a guard unlearning noisy strength; and Shebna, a climber whose carved ambitions can’t keep his name from shrinking. 
  This is fiction inspired by Scripture, not commentary disguised as a novel. Where the text speaks, the story follows; where the text is silent, the story supplies human detail that honors its direction. Expect a narrative with momentum—not oracle after oracle, but a clear arc: 
  A vineyard song freezes laughter in a noble’s courtyard. 
  A king at the aqueduct hears a sign he does not want. 
  A bonfire of household gods crackles in the square. 
  The Assyrian herald’s mockery under the wall meets a city’s disciplined silence. 
  Deliverance comes in a night without arrows. 
  A sundial walks backward because mercy says so. 
  A long season of comfort teaches a people to keep Sabbath, prove their scales, forgive debts, and welcome strangers. 
  And through it all, the shadow of a Servant appears—gentle, burden-bearing, strong enough to heal without spectacle.

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  Lord of the Stolen Mountains:...

  Gaurav Garg

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  From the blood-soaked mountains of 18th-century Albania, a legend was forged in fire and vengeance. Ali of Tepelena, driven by his father’s murder and the indomitable will of his mother, Khamko, rises from a dispossessed kleft to a cunning warlord. His ambition knows no bounds, his ruthlessness no mercy. He outwits pashas, tames wild clans, and carves a formidable pashalik from the decaying heart of the Ottoman Empire, making Ioannina his glittering, fear-laden capital. 
  But as the Lion of Ioannina’s power swells, so too does the envy of his rivals and the alarm of Sultan Mahmud II in Constantinople. Ali plays a dangerous game with European powers, navigates treacherous Ottoman politics, and wages brutal wars against defiant foes like the heroic Souliotes. His reign becomes a court of stark contrasts: opulence and terror, patronage and purges. Can one man, however mighty, defy an empire forever? Or will his insatiable hunger for power lead to a devastating downfall, leaving behind a legacy as complex and bloodstained as the mountains he once claimed as his own?

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  The Choice She Made - An...

  LK Wilde

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  1930, Suffolk 
  Marnie Watson has her whole life ahead of her. About to marry her sweetheart Tom, the future looks bright for the young couple. 
  But when the fishing industry begins to decline, Marnie’s marriage is tested like never before. In a bid to reverse their fortunes, Marnie and Tom head west to Cornwall with the promise of a fresh start. 
  Before their new life can begin, tragedy strikes, threatening to destroy everything Marnie holds dear. And when war engulfs the world, Marnie’s strength is tested further than she thought possible. 
  Marnie forms an unlikely friendship with gruff, sultry Jack Tristan, but their friendship will lead to devastating consequences, and the hardest choice Marnie has ever had to make. 
  Will Marnie make the right choice for her family? And will her sacrifice provide the future she wants for her children?

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  The Three Musketeers

  Alexandre Dumas

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  "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas is a classic adventure novel written in the early 19th century. The story follows the ambitious and courageous young man, D'Artagnan, who travels to Paris to join the King's Musketeers and prove his worth among the legendary figures Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. 
  At the beginning of the book, we are introduced to D'Artagnan as he embarks on his journey with only a horse and the wisdom of his father. He quickly finds himself caught up in conflicts that test his bravery and lead to encounters with formidable adversaries. The narrative sets the stage for D'Artagnan's character development, highlighting his boldness and fiery spirit as he faces challenges while seeking camaraderie among the renowned Musketeers. 
  The whimsical tone and swashbuckling adventures draw readers into a vibrant world filled with honor, friendship, and rivalry, ensuring an engaging start to this timeless tale.

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