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  Blood's Campaign - There can...

  Angus Donald

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  One of the most turbulent reigns in history paved the way for the first modern revolution. After the Tudors came the Stuarts...  August 25, 1689The English Army is besieging Carrickfergus in Ireland. Brilliant but unusual gunner Holcroft Blood of the Royal Train of Artillery is ready to unleash his cannons on the rebellious forces of deposed Catholic monarch James II. But this is more than war for Captain Blood, a lust for private vengeance burns within him.French intelligence agent Henri d'Erloncourt has come across the seas to foment rebellion against William of Orange, the newly installed Dutch ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland. But Henri's true mission is not to aid the suffering of the Irish but to serve the interests of his master, Louis le Grand.Michael 'Galloping' Hogan, brigand, boozer and despoiler of Protestant farms, strives to defend his native land - and make a little profit on the side. But when he takes the Frenchman's gold, he suspects deep in his freedom-loving heart, that he has merely swapped one foreign overlord for another.July 1, 1690           On the banks of the River Boyne, on a fateful, scorching hot day, two armies clash in bloody battle - Protestant against Catholic - in an epic struggle for mastery of Ireland. And, when the slaughter is over and the smoke finally clears, for these three men, nothing will ever be the same again . . .Angus Donald mixes historical fact with fiction in this exciting new series. For fans of S. J. Parris and Andrew Taylor.'Splendid series . . . a sword-and-spies romp that has a keen sense of the political pressures of the time' The Times'A proper story-teller' S. G. MacLean

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  The Lost Trail

  Paul Lederer

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  After two years in jail, a cowboy searches for his sweetheartIt’s bold for a cowhand to woo his boss’s daughter, but John Tanner can’t help loving Becky Canasta. Their courtship is upended by Matt Doyle, a spurned admirer who considers Becky to be his property—and is willing to kill to keep it that way. He is about to have his revenge when Becky draws a small pistol and shoots him through the heart. To save her from the gallows, John takes the blame. He receives only two years in prison for his gallantry. Once freed, he returns to the ranch to see if he still holds Becky’s favor, but the place is ransacked—and Becky is nowhere to be found. Desperate to save the woman for whom he sacrificed his freedom, John sets off in pursuit of the kidnappers, who are on the trail of a legendary treasure. He must find it first if he ever wants to see Becky alive again.

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  One Fatal Flaw - A Daniel Pitt...

  Anne Perry

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  Two fiery deaths have young lawyer Daniel Pitt and his scientist friend Miriam fford Croft racing to solve aforensic crisis in this explosive new novel from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry.When Jessie Beale comes to see Daniel Pitt, desperately seeking a lawyer for her boyfriend, Rob Adwell, Danielis convinced of the young man’s innocence. Adwell has been accused of murder and of setting a fire to conceal thebody, but Daniel is sure that science can absolve him—and Miriam fford Croft is the best scientist he knows. Miriamconnects Daniel with her former teacher Sir Barnabas Saltram, an expert in arson, and together they reveal Adwell’sinnocence by proving that an accidental fire caused the victim’s death. But it’s not long before Adwell is killed in thesame fiery fashion. If these deaths are, in fact, murders, what essential clue could Daniel and Miriam have missed?As the investigation deepens, one of Saltram’s former cases comes into question and Miriam finds herself on thedefensive. If the reasoning Saltram used in that case is proved false, several other cases will have to be retried, andSaltram’s expert status—not to mention Miriam’s reputation—will be ruined. Haunted by Saltram’s shady tactics inand outside the classroom, Miriam is desperate to figure out truths both past and present and protect herself in theface of Saltram’s lies. What started as an accidental fire in Adwell’s case seems to be linked to a larger plot for revenge,with victims accumulating in its wake, and Miriam and Daniel must uncover who or what is stoking these recurringflames—before they, too, find themselves burned

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  The Age of Innocence

  Edith Wharton

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  Set in the 1870s, Edith Wharton examines the American elite culture on the East Coast. Newland Archer is a lawyer and heir to one of New York City's most prominent families. He is arraigned to be married to May Welland. Newland is pleased with the prospect, under he meets Countess Ellen Olenska, May's older cousin. Suddenly, Newland begins to doubt his arranged marriage and society's shallow rules as his attraction to Ellen increases.

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  One of Us Buried

  Johanna Craven

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  I am surrounded by men, as I was the day I arrived in this place ... We step into the courtroom together, though we are anything but equals... 
  In 1806, a fateful decision sends Eleanor Marling from the salons of London to a prison ship bound for New South Wales. She is put to work at the female factory of Parramatta, where the women’s only hope of food and lodgings is to offer their bodies to the settlement’s men.  
  Nell is given shelter by Lieutenant Blackwell, a brooding soldier to whom she is inexplicably drawn. Despite warnings from the other women, Blackwell’s motives seem decent, and beneath the roof of a military officer, Nell sees a chance to become more than just a convict woman sent to the factory to be forgotten.  
  But tensions are high in New South Wales, with the young colony teetering on the edge of a convict rebellion. And as Nell treads a dangerous line between obedience and power, she learns the role of a factory lass is to remain silent – or face a walk to the gallows.  
  Inspired by true events that would shape the experience of Australian women for centuries to come. 

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  Summary of Sue Monk Kidd’s The...

  Falcon Press

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  Summary of Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees is a coming-of-age novel narrated by 14-year-old Lily Owens, a young white teen who runs away from home. In equal parts fleeing her abusive father and pursuing a lead on her late mother, whose final days are shrouded in mystery, Lily travels to a nearby town where she finds a new home with a black family.

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