Indian Adventure

This is more than a historical romance, for it illustrates the cronyism of mid-19th Century Britain, its class divisions and snobbery, where high position was not necessarily correlated with ability, or even common sense, and in which woman were beginning to make their mark, but not necessarily through common cause and co-operation, but in the kind of rivalry and conflict that characterised the nursing recruits to the Crimean War, one of whom was Daisy Ashton. Daisy knows little about her origins or how she came to live under the guardianship of the Marquess of Chantry, until an overheard ...

Trisha is mortified as a stranger flirts with her at a society party. The very fact that he singles her out, and she gives in to her pent-up desires and attraction towards the handsome stranger, lands her in a soup so deadly that it brings danger and death to her doorstep. Coming out of a brutal undercover assignment, busting a major drug cartel, Armaan is looking for some peace and quiet. Instead his path crosses with Trisha Mehra's. Sparks fly. As do bullets too. By sheer coincidence, when they meet again, they have an accident. Again! And IB agent Major Armaan Joshi does not believe in ...

After three weeks of vacation, Ash Mistry is ready to leave the heat and dust of India behind him. Then he discovers a gleaming gold arrowhead hidden in the sands - a weapon used to defeat evil King Ravana in legend. At least, Ash is pretty sure it's only a legend… But when Lord Alexander Savage comes after Ash, the legends are suddenly way too real. Savage commands an army of monstrous shape changers called rakshasas, who want only to seize the arrowhead and restore Ravana to power.

She was unlocking the door of her room when he stealthily approached her and tapped on her shoulder. “Hello.” "AHH!" She abruptly pivoted towards him, letting out a loud scream with her hand on her chest. “What the hell!” “Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.” Breathlessly, she glared at him. “Your ability to emerge in places unexpectedly and quietly is remarkable. Are you human or apparition?” “Is your heart one of the places you were talking about?” He said wiggling his brows while his eyes sparkled with playfulness. The sparkle in his eyes was so alluring, she ...

Vira, Ronak, Kaleb, and Riya may be siblings, but they've never been close or even liked each other that much. Torn apart by the different paths their lives have taken, only one thing can bring them back together: the search for the Ivory Key, a thing of legend that will lead the way to a new source of magic. Magic is Ashoka's biggest export and the only thing standing between them and war with the neighboring kingdoms—as long as their enemies don't find out that the magic mines are nearly depleted.

Situated in the early decades of the magnificent Mughal Empire, this first ever biography of Princess Gulbadan offers an enthralling portrait of a charismatic adventurer and unique pictures of the multicultural society in which she lived. Following a migratory childhood that spanned Kabul and north India, Gulbadan spent her middle years in a walled harem established by her nephew Akbar to showcase his authority as the Great Emperor.

Thomas McCabe is on his way to a brilliant career as a lawyer when, in 1837, he gives everything up to take a job with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sent to live with a tribe in the wilds of Missouri, McCabe soon saves the life of a young brave. Subsequently, yet grudgingly, he is accepted by the Cheyenne, until he falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful, and betrothed, Night Bird Woman. Determined to marry her, McCabe must prove himself to the tribe.

One of the most thrilling Times in American History was the Pony Express Trail stretching almost 2,000 miles from Missouri to California, where pony riders--orphans and teens were preferred for this demanding deadly job--carried mail on horseback and leaped from one animal to the next every 10-15 miles to cover 75-100 miles daily. The Pony Express, however, lasted less than two years, replaced by the trans-continental telegraph. Ellis, an adventurer since his own youth when he ran away from home thumbing from Alabama to New York, retraced the Pony Express Trail by foot, horse, covered wagon...

What would you do if gunshots woke you up in the middle of the night, endangering your family? Bullets whizzed through your tipi dangerously close to your baby son. But who’s attacking you? The Utah War ended without bloodshed. You’re building a new adobe home in peaceful Great Salt Lake City in 1859. Connal Lee and his spouses grabbed their weapons and rushed out to defend their family, camp, and friends from drunken soldiers from Fort Floyd. Other enemies, called Mormon Locusts, continued assaulting their construction camp. The huge Federal Army camped a day’s ride away had made the...

Major Connor MacKinnon despises his commander, Lord William Wentworth, beyond all other men. Ordered to rescue Wentworth's niece after the Shawnee take her captive, he expects Lady Sarah Woodville to be every bit as contemptible as her uncle. Instead, he finds a brave and beautiful lass in desperate peril. But the only way to free Sarah is for Connor to defeat the Shawnee warrior who kidnapped her - and claim her himself.

Kalki Hari arrives at Indragarh to find out that his brother has been taken prisoner, his beloved is about to be butchered and the city is embroiled in a ghastly war with the Naga queen and Dakshini king. Armed with a mighty sword forged by a god, he fights to take the city back from his nemesis, the evil Kali. But the Avatar of Vishnu is at a crossroads. It is his destiny to fight the last battle with Adharm and obliterate evil from this world. However, he has stumbled upon a terrible truth over the course of his journey ... a truth that may change everything.

This book was previously published as “Alpha Yogi” by Reba Bale. Her yoga teacher is going to teach her to relax – even if she needs a spanking to make it happen! Mariah is trying to be healthier by taking yoga, but she’s having a hard time turning off her mind during class. Instead of focusing on the movements and obeying the teacher, she’s rushing in late, reading texts on her watch, and judging her own curvy body. Arjun doesn’t tolerate bad behavior in his yoga classes. The stern teacher suggests that Mariah take a private class with him to improve her practice. However, ...

A fun summer read full of humor, adventure and survival.Follow the ongoing adventures of Jay Roberts as he risks everything to solve the mystery of the Copper Raven legend. During the potlatch abolitions, violent raids on coastal Indian villages brought chaos and destroyed many sacred artifacts. Legend has it that a young brave was able to save some of the treasured pieces including the priceless Copper Raven statue. Fifteen year old Jay Roberts is convinced the statue lies hidden in the mountains behind his village. The problem is no one else believes him.His only chance to right past ...

For Omri, it is a dream come true when the plastic American Indian he locks into the old cupboard comes to life. Little Bull is everything an Indian brave should be - proud, fearless and defiant. But being in charge of a real, live, human being is a heavy responsibility, as Omri soon discovers. And when his best friend, Patrick, is let in on the secret, he soon realises that life-changing decisions lie ahead.

This is a story about three rich businessmen who are looking for a little excitement in their life. It is, "an urban adventure." The three are referred to as "The Crew". The two main subjects are vagrants. One is from Western New York and the other from New York City. Each man is given one half of a two hundred thousand dollar check. They have to find each other in Times Square... in a huge crowd during an event then get to the bank by a certain time in order to obtain their fortune.

What if you discovered yourself alone in the wilderness on the Overland Trail in 1857, wounded, weaponless, helpless? How would you react if, when you came to the following day, you found a young Shoshone medicine man and a cute Indian shaman girl tending your wounds? Connal Lee woke up that morning to a new life as a white Shoshone boy. Homesick for his brother and sister, his circumstances dictated he stay with the Shoshones until he made it to Great Salt Lake City. Raised in the Ozarks, educated while pushing a handcart across the country, the intelligent young teen adapted to another ...

He was cunning, stealthy and the most sought after and revered bounty hunter across the plains. Calculating, swift and deadly; Nathan Malone ALWAYS collected his bounty and earned himself the nickname “The Silent Shadow”. Then he met her…gorgeous, graceful, fierce, and wild. She was so intriguing to him. Not to mention that she was the only other person, man or women, that he had ever met whose skills matched his own! He had a job to do in order to collect his bounty money…but what about her? He had his plans, his life lived out in solitude, but a few days together changed ...

Twelve-year-old Priya Patel wants to disappear. Between school bullies mocking her Indian heritage and a viral meme that calls her “CurryGirl12,” Priya feels invisible, or worse, like a joke. But everything changes when she discovers her late grandmother’s magical sewing machine, which opens a portal to the Loominary, a world where enchanted fabrics stitched from Indian folklore can heal hearts and protect joy. Joined by tech genius Harper and shy artist Lila, Priya enters the Secret Seamstress Society, battling Rakshasa-like villains called Threadbreakers who unravel happiness across...

Many Trails== A short story of Garrett Marshall while in Arizona in the 1870's. ***** The full life story of Garrett Marshall is in the novella "The Many Trails of Garrett Marshall." It is now available in eBook or paperback It includes the short story "Many Trails" Easy to read print. The hot Arizona sun was blazin’ down hard, real hard, burnin’ the rocks, the land and a man. A white man, layin’ flat on his belly on the rocks, burnt, tired and a mite scared. A lone white man, in the middle of ’pache country, layin’ there waitin’, waitin’ for three ’pache warriors he knew ...

AN ENCOUNTER is the story of Macu, a young man who leaves his tribe on his first solo hunting trip. Hoping to prove himself by killing and carrying home a small deer, his encounter turns out to be of a much more singular and fateful nature. An entertaining and instructive story suitable for readers of all ages.