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Gifted with the ability to time-cross between Victorian-era London and World War II Washington, DC, Kathryn faces two lives fraught with danger. In 1938 amid the looming shadow of war, Kathryn is invited to the London Museum as a guest curator to create a groundbreaking exhibit on Jack the Ripper and his reign of terror. As she delves into her grim research, she uncovers a chilling truth: Her own sister is destined to become the Ripper's final victim decades earlier.

After slipping 150 years into the past, modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson has embraced her new life in Victorian Scotland as housemaid Catriona Mitchel. Although it isn’t what she expected, she's developed real, meaningful relationships with the people around her and has come to love her role as assistant to undertaker Dr. Duncan Gray and Detective Hugh McCreadie. Mallory, Gray, and McCreadie are on their way to the Scottish Highlands for McCreadie's younger sister's wedding.

During an unrelenting monsoon, these three people and several others—a worldly old sports agent and his promising client, a personal assistant returning from a short holiday spent with a secret lover, a young hoodlum from New York wanted by the police, and a family of four making their way to San Diego to enjoy the fantastic beaches there—must do their best to survive the elements, and each other.

San Francisco, 1866: una monja irlandesa, embarazada y abandonada por un aristócrata chileno tras una apasionada relación, da a luz a una niña a la que llama Emilia del Valle. Criada por su cariñoso padrastro, Emilia se convertirá en una joven brillante de gran personalidad, autónoma e independiente, que desafiará las normas sociales de su tiempo para profesar su verdadera pasión y vocación: la escritura.

Follow this Christian soldier's march, from the 'cradle' to the grave - in the life story of Billy White. Read a book and gain insight to my family, the 'Greatest Generation,' and the psychological struggles soldiers like him face due to combat. Whether the reader remembers the main character as 'Billy,' or 'Granddaddy' - this emotional story based on the real life of my grandfather is sure to grab your attention and appreciate the experiences of those who volunteer service to our country.

Harlem Shuffle meets The Godfather in this fierce and dazzling crime family saga presented by award-winning actor and producer Blair Underwood and written by filmmaker Joe McClean, set in the Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit in the dark and dangerous days of the 1930s.

Finally available in one volume! The decadence of Imperial Rome comes to life in S.P. Somtow's Literary Titan Award-winning novel about one of ancient history's wildest characters. The historian Suetonius tells us that the Emperor Nero emasculated and married his slave Sporus, the spitting image of murdered Empress Poppaea. But history has more tidbits about Sporus, who went from "puer delicatus" to Empress to one Emperor and concubine to another, and ended up being sentenced to play the Earth-Goddess in the arena. from Literary Titan "If you like your historical fiction brutal and ...

Madeline and Andrea are back, along with their close-knit family and friends. Cassandra, one of their daughters, falls in love and embarks on an adventurous journey abroad. Will her newfound love withstand the trials that await? How will her family react to her runaway and decision to dress like a man? Return to the streets of Victorian-era Paris for another captivating tale.

Maria Gaetana Agnesi, filosofa e matematica, e Giuseppe Parini, abate riluttante e poeta in declino. Questa bizzarra coppia si ritrova insieme quando, alla fine del Settecento lombardo, Agnesi invita l'abate nella sua casa di campagna a Montevecchia per ascoltare insieme un'ultima opera, che combini la capacità analitica della matematica con la potenza narrativa della letteratura. L'obiettivo ultimo è guidare i lettori verso la verità, aiutandoli a comprendere in modo chiaro ed efficace i misteri dell'universo.

Mrs. Bennet has fallen ill, and Mr. Bennet seeks to remedy his shortcomings in his role as a father.

Scotland, 1924: When Lady Poppy Proudfoot travels to the Highlands for a midsummer party, the last thing she and her fellow guests expect is for a body to wash up beside the loch. Despite protests that it could have been an accident, Poppy is convinced it’s murder and decides to dust off her law degree and hunt for clues. But when the police arrive, the grumpy Inspector MacKenzie dismisses her evidence, insisting a crime scene is no place for a Lady. The nerve!

Elizabeth Bennet meets Fitzwilliam Darcy earlier and befriends the haughty gentleman but he is keeping a secret that causes strife between them. But as they begin to understand each other better, more secrets are revealed that astonishes their families' past. Rated T for innuendo

Pride, prejudice, and the price of independence. When Mr. Bennet falls gravely ill, Elizabeth makes the unthinkable choice—she enters trade to support her family by opening a bookshop in Meryton. Society is scandalized, her mother is mortified, but Elizabeth finds unexpected fulfillment in her newfound independence. Then Fitzwilliam Darcy returns to Netherfield. The proud master of Pemberley is strangely drawn to the shopkeeper Elizabeth has become, finding her business acumen as captivating as her fine eyes. As they engage in spirited discussions over literature and ledgers, both must ...

Twelve sweet Regency Christmas romance stories to make you fall in love this holiday season. Christmas Mystery of the Heart Escaping her past, Lady Sarah Sayers seeks a simple life as a governess. Her world is turned upside down when she meets the Duke of Huntington. Together, they must solve a mystery, but will they also find love in this troubled time? A Duke for Christmas Isabella did not want to end up on Charles’ doorstep, but it might be exactly what both of them need… A clean, Regency romance to warm your heart Christmas Masquerade Ball A Christmas tale of mystery and love from ...

The Highland Knights series continues as a tight-knit band of Scottish mercenaries make trouble on the mean streets of London...and under the sheets with England’s proper young women. *This book was previously published under the title Highland Awakening, The Highland Knights, book 2, and is being reissued with a new cover and content changes. The Warrior: As a Highland Knight sworn to protect the crown, Camden McLeod never expected to play bodyguard in a brothel—nor could he anticipate meeting a bright, innocent lass with lush lips and a secret he’s dying to uncover. The Lady: As a ...

A music student takes a hilarious time-travelling romp through 200 years of history to meet Mozart and find out why he wrote a lot a lot of smutty letters. On the way he wreaks havoc in the lives of everyone from Queen Victoria to Beethoven, which he has to fix on the way back. Achille Brown, 22-year-old music PhD student, is struggling with the subject of his thesis: the thorniest and most sensitive aspect of Mozartian scholarship - his scatological humour. Always obsessed with the composer, as a child he used to tell people his ambition was to meet Mozart. He realises he is exactly six ...

The latest action packed novel from Vincent FormosaIt has been a long war for Tim Chavell. A veteran of operations in France, Malta, the Adriatic, and off the Dutch coast, he is long overdue for a rest. Instead, he finds himself posted to Scotland to take command of a Mosquito strike wing at RAF Aberdour. In headlong retreat, the Germans are being pressured from all sides. The iron ore that keeps heavy industry going comes from a precarious supply line that must be protected at all costs.

Moussane: The River’s Daughter (A prequel to Blood for Pearls and Beyond—The Door of No Return) Before the transatlantic slave trade changed the course of history, a woman in West Africa saw it coming. Senegal, 1500. In a peaceful pre-colonial village along the Gambia River, Moussane lives in harmony with the land, the spirits, and her family. A mother, healer, and spiritual seer, she carries new life within her—but also carries a heavy burden: visions of a distant island drenched in blood and sorrow. Its name is Gorée. As her ten-year-old son plays among the millet fields, Moussane ...

Set in medieval times, Lourin ran away from a life of wealth and luxury suffocated by formalities and responsibilities. She then lived the simple life she desired with a husband who loved her beyond measure and two amazing daughters. Lourin’s evil in-laws colluded with a corrupt bishop to get rid of her and hired bandits who ripped her true love from her life; then mercenaries kidnapped her daughters and captured her. She experienced despair being taken halfway across the world and thrown over a waterfall.

Två unga, eleganta gentlemän anländer en junidag år 1901 till det ståtliga slottet i grevskapet Wiltshire i södra England. Den ene är lord Albert, som återvänder från sina ingenjörsstudier i Dresden för att bli släktens överhuvud, tillika den 13:e earlen av Manningham. Den andre heter Sverre, och de har bestämt sig för ett liv tillsammans. Det har gått många år sedan Sverre och hans bröder Lauritz och Oscar växte upp i en fattig fiskarfamilj på Vestlandet i Norge.