Junte-se a nós em uma viagem ao mundo dos livros!
Adicionar este livro à prateleira
Grey
Deixe um novo comentário Default profile 50px
Grey
Assine para ler o livro completo ou leia as primeiras páginas de graça!
All characters reduced
Plaint for Provence - 1152: Les Baux - cover
LER

Plaint for Provence - 1152: Les Baux

Jean Gill

Editora: The 13th Sign

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Sinopse

Award-winning historical fiction. Like Game of Thrones with real history.1152: Les Baux de Provence, where today’s friends are tomorrow’s enemies.‘A remarkable achievement.’ Deborah Swift   As feuding lords gather in Provence, the troubadours, Estela and her lover Dragonetz, are plunged into a power struggle that could destroy the fragile peace.   Lady Etiennette des Baux has no intention of ceding to her overlord of Barcelone. Nor does she plan to remain a widow and she sets her sights on Dragonetz, offering him Provence as an incentive.With dear friends on both sides, Dragonetz weaves a precarious path through the rival factions at court while Estela faces her own demons. Behind the chivalry of hunt and tournament, war threatens.   In this third volume of the Troubadours Quartet, Jean Gill, the 'master of historical intrigue', continues to weave the gripping adventures of Dragonetz and Estela seamlessly into real historical events. Medieval France comes to life in a historical page-turner full of intrigue, adventure and romance!Global Ebooks Award for Best Historical FictionHistorical Novel Society Editor's ChoiceLonglisted for the HNS Indie Novel of the Year 2017Finalist in the Wishing Shelf Awards, the Kindle Book Awards and the Chaucer AwardsFour Discovered Diamond Awards‘By far the best historical fiction I have read this year!’ Rabia Tanveer, December 2015, for Readers’ Favorite‘Very accomplished historical fiction,’ The Historical Novel Society, Editor's Choice
Disponível desde: 24/10/2021.
Comprimento de impressão: 320 páginas.

Outros livros que poderiam interessá-lo

  • The Heat of Passion - cover

    The Heat of Passion

    Lynne Graham

    • 0
    • 4
    • 0
    A widow needs the help of a former flame, but his assistance comes with strings attached in this classic romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. 
     
    Six years ago, Jessica made a decision that would change her life forever. The prospect of being the wealthy Carlo Saracini’s mistress was too hot for her to handle, so she opted for the safety of marriage to another man. 
     
    But now Jessica is a widow and faced with the unthinkable: she needs Carlo’s help or her father will go to jail! 
     
    Carlo proposes a deal that will give him what he’s always wanted—Jessica at his mercy and naked in his bed! But letting Carlo possess her body and soul will be to give him the ultimate revenge and reveal her innocence . . . 
     
    Originally published in 1994
    Ver livro
  • On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor - cover

    On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor

    Jaime Jo Wright

    • 0
    • 2
    • 0
    1885.  
    Adria Fontaine has been sent to recover goods her father pirated on the Great Lakes during the war. But when she arrives at Foxglove Manor--a stone house on a cliff overlooking Lake Superior--Adria senses wickedness hovering over the property. The mistress of Foxglove is an eccentric and seemingly cruel old woman who has filled her house with dangerous secrets, ones that may cost Adria her life.  
     
    Present day.  
    Kailey Gibson is a new nurse's aide at a senior home in a renovated old stone manor. Kidnapped as a child, she has nothing but locked-up memories of secrets and death, overshadowed by the chilling promise from her abductors that they would return. When the residents of Foxglove start sharing stories of whispers in the night, hidden treasure, and a love willing to kill, it becomes clear this home is far from a haven. She'll have to risk it all to banish the past's demons, including her own.
    Ver livro
  • Snowfall - cover

    Snowfall

    Sharon Sala

    • 0
    • 2
    • 0
    An ex-cop protects a beautiful mystery author from a killer fan in this romantic suspense novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Remember Me.   As an heiress to a broadcasting fortune, successful mystery author Caitlin Bennett is used to people saying she bought her way into fame. But the taunts become terrifying when she starts receiving menacing letters from a deranged fan. Meanwhile, the news that a woman has been found murdered—her body lightly covered by the New York snowfall—only adds to the chill Caitlin feels in her elegant Manhattan apartment.   Though she’s not thrilled by the idea, Caitlin agrees to hire her good friend’s stepbrother, ex-cop Connor “Mac” McKee, for protection. When two more women bearing a striking resemblance to Caitlin show up dead under the snow, Mac realizes the stalker is making his way to her, his final victim. Now Caitlin and Mac will have to get very close if Caitlin wants to stay alive.
    Ver livro
  • The Troublemaker - cover

    The Troublemaker

    Rexanne Becnel

    • 1
    • 5
    • 0
    A man seeking vengeance in Scotland instead finds a reckless beauty in this Regency romance by the USA Today–bestselling author of The Matchmaker. When Sarah Palmer is caught trying to elope with a fortune-hunting cad, her family has finally had enough of her scandalous exploits. To teach her a lesson and save her reputation, Sarah is shipped off to stay with her married half-sister in the Scottish countryside. But upon her arrival, Sarah discovers her sister has left for Glasgow. Now without a chaperone, she is determined to show her family she can indeed be a good girl. However, a mysterious American is about to change everything . . . A shocking discovery sends boxer and businessman Marshall MacDougal from Boston to Scotland in search of justice and revenge. But when he sets eyes on Sarah, she stirs a fire in his heart. Sarah, too, feels something inside her after meeting Marshall yet knows she must resist. When she discovers Marshall’s visit to Scotland could mean trouble for her family, however, the pair are soon enveloped in a dangerous game of seduction. Perfect for fans of the Bridgerton series!Praise for the Matchmaker Series “If you like your heroes dark and flawed, then run, don’t walk, to buy The Matchmaker. . . . Becnel gives us true insight into the human spirit and does not stint on creating the ideal atmosphere and recreating the era to near perfection. A powerful love story and a thinking reader’s book.” —RT Book Reviews on The Matchmaker “Once again, Rexanne Becnel delivers a special reading treat. . . . The supporting cast is fantastic, and the story . . . will richly entertain you and have you clamoring for more works by the talented Rexanne Becnel.” —The Belles and Beaux of Romance on The Matchmaker
    Ver livro
  • An Apology in Bloom (A Year of Flowers Book #1) - cover

    An Apology in Bloom (A Year of...

    Suzanne Woods Fisher

    • 0
    • 2
    • 0
    When her plans wilt before her eyes, can she revive her dreams? 
     
    Jaime Harper may have learned the art of flower design at a quaint shop in Sunrise, North Carolina, but it's in the bustling heart of New York City where she has come into her own. Working alongside the charismatic and enigmatic Liam McMillan, Jaime arranges flowers that grace the poshest weddings in town. And she has plans for even bigger and better things. 
     
    When her ambition outruns her good sense just before the most expensive wedding Epic Events has ever coordinated, Jamie finds that sometimes rising stars have spectacular falls. When a letter arrives from her former mentor, Rose Reid, claiming that all is forgiven and asking her to come home to Sunrise to run the flower shop, Jaime must make a choice: Stay in New York and face the consequences of her colossal failure? Or go home to face the woman she hurt so deeply on that terrible, long-ago summer day?
    Ver livro
  • A Man to Marry - cover

    A Man to Marry

    Carole Mortimer

    • 0
    • 1
    • 0
    Cat wasn't interested in a brief fling! She'd been hurt in the past by a two-timing fiancé who'd been using her to find out a lucrative secret. She felt she would never trust a man again -- until she met her new neighbor, the dark, enigmatic Caleb Reynolds....The gorgeous bachelor was intriguing, his little son was adorable. Yet Cat couldn't help being suspicious of Caleb's motives. She longed to surrender to his passion, but that would also mean trusting him with her well-guarded secret....
    Ver livro