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  Queen Charlotte Sophia - A Royal...

  Tina Andrews

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  Newly crowned King George III must marry, but cannot wed the woman he loves - Catholic Lady Sarah Lennox. And so, a search begins for an appropriate Queen... In comes Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
  
  For years Charlotte has hidden her ethnicity using white Elizabethan makeup to help her title-rich but cash-poor family survive. An opportunity to marry the British king is one that she can't pass up, but beyond the secret of her identity, Charlotte is also in love with someone else - the talented but poor commoner, Johann Christian Bach (son of JS Bach).
  
  Does King George give up Lady Sarah for duty to crown and country? Will Queen Charlotte ever see Bach again? And what of her family secret and quest for answers?
  
  A daughter. A lover. A fighter. A Queen. Tina Andrews's Queen Charlotte Sophia: A Royal Affair, offers a fantastic portrait of a woman, whose life continues to fascinate the world.

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  The Trail of the Scorpion

  Martin Hicks

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  It is the autumn of 1852 and the British warship Spartan, commanded by James Rutherford, continues her mission for the East India Company, to destroy a criminal consortium led by the Scorpion, a Chinese criminal named Liang Ziu, who controls an alliance of ruthless pirates, complicit local rulers and corrupt western traders. 
  Attack is followed by counter-attack, including an attempt on Rutherford’s own life, with treachery, extending to the higher echelons of the company, an additional threat, as the hunt for the Scorpion and his allies ranges across the Far Eastern Seas. 
  Martin Hicks lives in Fraserburgh in Scotland and began writing after a career in education. “The Trail of the Scorpion,” his fourteenth book, is the sequel to “An Independent Command” and the second episode of the “Spartan” story. He is currently at work on a further title in the series.

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  The Sire de Maletroit's Door

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  “The Sire de Maletroit’s Door” by Robert Louis Stevenson is a gripping Gothic tale set in 17th-century France, weaving suspense, fate, and honor into a tightly written narrative. When a chance twist of circumstances traps a young man in a mysterious chateau, he finds himself at the mercy of its enigmatic master. Stevenson crafts a rich, atmospheric story filled with tension, old-world intrigue, and sharp psychological insight. This short story showcases Stevenson’s mastery of mood and character, making it a must-read for fans of historical fiction and classic suspense. Perfect for readers who enjoy tightly plotted narratives with a dramatic edge.

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  The Indian Corn Planter

  E. Pauline Johnson

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Indian Corn Planter by E. Pauline Johnson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 29, 2012.[i]"But in the writings of one poet alone I came upon a new note—the note of the Red Man's Canada. This was the poet that most interested me—Pauline Johnson. I quoted her lovely canoe song "In the Shadows," which will be found in this volume. I at once sat down and wrote a long article, which could have been ten times as long, upon a subject so suggestive as that of Canadian poetry."[/i] (From the Introduction to Flint and Feather, Collected Verse BY E. Pauline Johnson; written by Theodore Watts-Dunton, The Pines, Putney Hill. 20th August, 1913.

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  Everybody Has a Gun

  William W. Johnstone, J. A....

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  Like any gunslinger with a bloodstained past, Jon Gage needs to keep moving to stay alive. Too many people know the legend of "Texas Lightning"—and too many people want him dead. Trying to keep a low profile, he stops at a supply post in Utah Territory to stock up before hitting the trail. There, he meets a wagon train of farmers from Kansas doing the same. They seem like good, decent folks, but they're about to make a very bad decision. The route they've chosen leads straight through the Chosen Valley. Which is like walking through the Valley of the Shadow of Death . . . 
   
   
   
  Ruled by a notorious and powerful cult—known for their cruel and unusual punishments—the Chosen Valley is worse than a dead end. It's a trap. Especially for a wagon train of farmers, who are easy targets in a brutal ambush by black-robed zealots. Alerted by the gunshots, Gage tries to help the farmers by donning a robe and infiltrating the cult. What he learns shocks him. The cult plans to kill the farmers, steal their supplies, and force their children into slave labor. Gage is not about to let that happen—even if has to take on the entire cult himself. 
   
   
   
  Every one of them has a gun. But none of them are as fast—or as deadly—as Texas Lightning . . .

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  The Young Widow

  VL McBeath

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  She has the money to live like a lady . . . but there are plenty who want it from her. When an enigmatic stranger steals her heart, can she know he wants her for the right reasons? 
   
   
   
  Widowed at the age of twenty, Ann has no optimism for the future. At the beck and call of her domineering mother she longs to make a new life for herself. But it's not that easy. 
   
   
   
  Her world is turned upside down when a curious gentleman stops to speak to her. He's new to the area but seems to know a lot about her . . . and he appears very well-to-do. Could he be her savior? 
   
   
   
  With newfound hope Ann dares to dream. 
   
   
   
  As their friendship grows, there are those who want to keep them apart . . . but when Ann learns of his past, she realizes that only she can decide what their future holds. 
   
   
   
  Set forty years before the start of VL McBeath's historical family saga the Ambition & Destiny series, The Young Widow is a standalone story that adds another dimension to this epic series.

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