In Cupid'S Court
A stolen glance, a promise, a world reshaped by love rediscover the intoxicating charm of Ina Russelle Warren s In Cupid s Court. This classic romance novel follows a tapestry of earnest hearts and social ritual in an early 20th-century romance, where courtship, misunderstandings, and tender revelations converge into a timeless love tale. Warren s keen eye for nuance and dialogue maps the emotional terrain of romantic courtship and romantic drama, capturing both the flutter of first attraction and the steady, lasting bonds that mature from it. Readers will meet memorable characters whose dilemmas about love and relationships feel both period-authentic and strikingly relevant today. Historically significant and beautifully written, In Cupid s Court is more than vintage romance literature it s a window into literature from the 1900s, reflecting social mores and the delicate psychology of affection in its era. For collectors of romantic literary classic works and fans of romantic fiction alike, Warren s work offers layered storytelling: witty social scenes, heartfelt confessionals, and the satisfying resolution of a historical love story. Alpha Editions is proud to bring this Ina Russelle Warren book back into circulation after decades out of print. Carefully restored for today s and future generations, this edition is not merely a reprint it s a collector s item and cultural treasure, lovingly prepared for lovers of classic romance novels and anyone seeking a moving, enduring tribute to love.
In Tamal Land
A forgotten journey through sunlit hills and coastal fog rediscover the charm and curiosity of early California in In Tamal Land. Helen Bingham s intimate travel memoir unfolds as a luminous early 1900s travelogue, a rich historical travel narrative that maps landscapes, people, and moments at the dawn of modern California. Through vivid descriptions and keen observation, Bingham guides readers from quiet ranchlands to bustling Southern California towns, documenting cultural heritage, local color, and the adventurous spirit of the American West. Her voice blends personal reflection with reportage, making this both a travel memoir and a piece of classic travel writing that will appeal to casual readers and collectors of vintage travel literature alike. This edition from Alpha Editions reunites readers with a work that was out of print for decades and has now been lovingly restored for today s and future generations. Meticulously prepared, the book is not just a reprint it is a collector s item and a cultural treasure, offering historical value for students of California history and an evocative companion for anyone drawn to California adventure and Southern California exploration. Perfect for fans of historical travel narrative and classic travel writing, In Tamal Land stands as a testament to regional identity and the transformative journeys that shaped the West. Keywords: Tamal Land travel, Helen Bingham book, California history, early 1900s travelogue, historical travel narrative, Southern California exploration, cultural heritage, travel memoir, vintage travel literature, California adventure, American West history, classic travel writing.
Sweeney Todd
A razor-sharp tale of revenge that will keep you turning pages long into the night. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street returns darker, sharper, and ready to haunt a new generation. This Victorian thriller follows the sinister barber of Fleet Street, a barber serial killer whose cunning and cruelty ripple through 19th-century London. Blending Gothic horror novel atmosphere with the breathless pacing of Penny Dreadful stories, the narrative unfolds as a suspenseful Victorian narrative of murder, obsession, and grim justice. Readers will find a compelling 19th-century London mystery populated by desperate souls, crooked courts, and a vengeance-driven protagonist whose deeds blur the line between villain and avenger. Historically significant and endlessly influential, this anonymous author s revenge and murder tale shaped the contours of classic horror literature and historical crime fiction. Long celebrated in theatrical adaptations and urban legend, the story s vivid depictions of grime, dread, and moral decay make it a foundational work for fans of Gothic and crime traditions. This edition was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. Meticulously restored for today s and future generations, this release is more than a reprint it s a collector s item and a cultural treasure, carefully preserved for classic literature collectors and casual readers alike. Own the chilling original that inspired countless adaptations and reclaimed its place in the canon of dark Victorian fiction.
Glenarvon, Volume 3
A scandalous love that refuses to die: Glenarvon, Volume 3 returns, darker and more intoxicating than ever. The final volume of Lady Caroline Lamb s incendiary Lady Caroline Lamb novel completes the Gothic romance literature saga of ambition, betrayal, and ruin. Here the turbulent hero, Glenarvon, hurtles toward his fate amid fevered passions, aristocratic scandal, and the crushing social codes of the Regency era. Threads of romantic intrigue, dark romance themes, and political ambition collide in scenes of high drama and heartbreaking consequence bringing the novel s moral and emotional reckonings to a powerful close. Historically provocative and stylistically bold, Glenarvon stands as essential 19th-century fiction: a raw, first-hand lampoon of aristocratic life and a notorious, fictionalized echo of Lord Byron inspiration. Readers will find sharp satire, fevered prose, and vividly drawn portraits that mark this work as classic English literature and a cornerstone of historical romance and Regency era drama. Alpha Editions is proud to republish this volume after decades out of print. Meticulously restored for today s and future generations, this edition is not merely a reprint it is a collector s item and a cultural treasure for both casual readers and classic literature collectors. Own a restored piece of literary history: Glenarvon Volume 3, where Gothic passion meets social exposes and the final act of a scandal that shocked a nation.
The Boy Who Rode the Rails
In the sleepy town of Paxton, Alabama, 1961, seventeen-year-old narrator lives in the shadow of a father he never knew-a railroad stationmaster who died in WWII before he was born. When a twist of legal fortune grants his family ownership of an abandoned rail yard, he discovers an incredible secret: a forgotten Civil War-era locomotive, the Tullahoma, hidden away in an old repair shop. With the help of his spirited girlfriend Samantha and his history teacher Mr. Smith, he embarks on an ambitious restoration project that becomes more than just salvaging a piece of history-it's his chance to connect with the father he never met, who had begun the locomotive's restoration decades earlier. As the trio works to bring the Tullahoma back to life in time for the town's centennial celebration, the young man navigates first love, small-town politics, and his uncertain future beyond high school. Each turn of a wrench, each brushstroke of paint brings him closer to understanding his father's legacy and his own potential. But when disaster strikes on the day of the big reveal, an unlikely alliance becomes their only hope to share their triumph with the town. In this heartwarming tale of history, heritage, and healing, a boy finds that sometimes the most important journeys are the ones that lead us home-to ourselves, to our past, and to the people we love.
Gold Murder
Murder. Mayhem. Gold.From her English retirement home, Eleanor Salmon recalls her Wild West adventures at a Death Valley mine, where there's a murderer on the loose and a fortune to be found. Heading for the mine is an inept English bounty hunter who falls foul of every challenge that the West can throw.Will Eleanor and her friends find the fortune before the murderer finds them-and will the bounty hunter find his quarry before the Wild West finishes him off?-------Discovered decades later in a dusty family keepsake box, Gold Murder is a gripping Western mystery - an unexpected find brought to light by her great-grandson, author Angus Watson.
Marchwood
1877, Seth Marchwood, an Essex horse trader, and Mary Nolan, a Whitechapel orphan raised by London slum prostitutes, meet and marry. Both characters are shaped by childhoods steeped in neglect, cruelty, ignorance and poverty. Together they form a villainous partnership.When rural life declines, due to industrialisation, they move to Limehouse where they grasp opportunities to profit from the vice trade and form lucrative associations with brothel keepers, horse thieves and petty criminals. As Jack the Ripper carries out his murderous killings, Mary is imprisoned for larceny. Seth takes advantage of the terror on the streets to offer safe night-time travel in horse drawn cabs through Tower Hamlet alleyways.Running a Coffee House and Penny Gaff he invests money in property development. His adult sons, moulded in criminality, are active in the family's fraudulent business practice. During WW1 Seth supplies the military with horses and fodder. His sons enlist and experience the horrors of the Somme. The conflict affects the family's post war choices. Aged forty-two Seth takes a young mistress. But can the pragmatic and resilient Mary find peace and fulfilment in her later years?
Bloodtide
The fate of the empire hangs in the balance in the second installment of the genre-bending Ex Romana trilogy Perfect for readers of Saara El-Arifi and C. L. Clark and stories with strong, queer voices, this is a speculative imagining of a world on the brink of revolution. Here, Rome never fell, but the apocalypse is coming--if it hasn't arrived already Cracks are forming in the empire's facade. In the wake of startling revelations and personal betrayals, Tair finds herself the Iveroa Stone's new custodian as she embarks on a battle for Luxana's streets. As the fallout of the fighting pit massacre leads to a rise in legionary crackdowns and vigilante justice, Tair is determined to find a better path forward for Sargassa's future. Up in the Imperial Archives, meanwhile, Selah tries to make sense of her family's tangled history within the Imperium's shadowed beginnings. Elsewhere, in the far-flung reaches of Roma Sargassa's badlands, Arran and Theo undertake a covert mission for the Revenants, one that could tip the scales between victory and defeat in Griff's upcoming war. But long-laid plans and careful maneuvering are nothing compared to the forces of nature, and Sargassa's future might just be determined by the coming storm.
A Quilting of Scars
Filled with the pleasure of recognizable yet distinctively original characters and a deftly drawn sense of time and place, A Quilting of Scars brings to life a story of forbidden love, abuse and murder. Pulsing with repressed sexuality and guilt, Larkin Beattie reveals the many secrets he has kept hidden throughout his lonely life. The character-driven narrative is a meditation on aging and remorse, offering a rich account of the strictures and rhythms of farming in the not-so-distant past, highlighting the confines of a community where strict moral codes are imposed upon its members and fear of exposure terrifies queer youth. As Larkin reflects upon key events, his recollections include his anger at the hypocrisy of the church, and the deep grief and loneliness that have marked his path. There is a timelessness to this story which transcends the period and resonates with heart-breaking relevance.
The Pacifist
A compelling novel about the ravages of a war that tore into the heart of America.In the fall of 1968, the deadliest year of the Vietnam war for Americans, Lisa Thompson, a back-to-the-land hippie living at her family's Vermont farm, is cutting firewood when a stranger shows up to warn her the FBI might be investigating her brother Chris, a Boston anti-war activist who was seriously injured when drafted. Chris had reported to an Army base where he refused induction and was taken away unconscious in an ambulance. The Army says he accidentally fell. Lisa doesn't believe it and heads to Boston to uncover the truth, but Chris dies before she can find out what happened to him. In a quest for justice, Lisa faces two of the most powerful institutions in the world-the Army and the FBI. But the Vietnam war and the draft have transformed America into a combat zone where protesters are under attack as enemies of the nation. With the help of a civil rights lawyer, a newspaper editor, and a combat veteran, Lisa navigates a labyrinth of lies and murders to confront her brother's killer, and keep his legacy alive.From Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Lyn Bixby, inspired by the death of his college classmate in Vietnam, The Pacifist is a debut suspense thriller about standing up to power gone bad.
The Gotland Deception
The world was on fire.It didn't matter who started it......only who ended it.In the 2030s, the era of Putin and Xi ended, not with a bang, but in a poisoned whisper. In their place, new leaders emerged-charismatic, technocratic, and unflinchingly bold. As Russia and China purged their past, crushing the oligarchy, an alliance for future control emerged.Rare earth minerals had become the currency of the 21st century-whoever controlled them would dominate the future. From energy to data centers, microchips to autonomous weapons, all the world powers raced to see who would come out on top.World War III had already begun......even if no one realized it yet.Angola, Svalbard, Palawan, and Taiwan were more than just names on a map. They were the frontlines to a proxy war to control the means of production. These pawns on the chessboard would determine the technology of the future.The Portuguese President was killed in Angola. A Dutch warship was sunk near the Philippines. A Chinese vessel sabotaged undersea cables near Gotland. NATO was forced to respond.Would the newly formed Eurasian Defense Economic Pact reshape the world?Could the US and NATO extinguish the flames of war before it was too late?Find out what happens next in The Gotland Deception, a chillingly plausible technothriller thriller from the international bestselling authors of The Monroe Doctrine series and Battlefield Ukraine.
Over-Undersized
Mr. Chartier has written yet another historical novel. His last work was a historical novel set in Europe in the late nineteenth century. This new one takes place a century later and has a different venue; the United States of America. Many people base their opinions about electric utilities on what they read in the newspapers or hear on the television news. Anyone in the utility business will tell you that it isn't anything like that at all. This is an insider tell-all and it starts with the childhood of a bright kid in a lower middle-class neighborhood. After putting himself through college, he jumps in with both feet to tackle problems relating to the increasing size and power ratings of equipment need to serve the load growth in the late twentieth century. As an example, this story will tell you what really brought on the last major northeast blackout. Buckle up, it is a fast-paced ride.
Little Foxbury Omnibus
Under the wide skies of Norfolk, the market town of Little Foxbury is a charming and historic place.It boasts a ruined abbey, a sixteenth century church, a famous coaching inn, a monument to Boudicca's rebellion, and an entry in the Domesday book. Ownership of the pile of stones that used to be a castle is disputed with the village of Wymond, a few miles to the east, in a mild feud that persists to this day.The town is home to a varied and (mostly) congenial assortment of inhabitants from farriers to farmers, blacksmiths to brewsters, and tradesmen and merchants of all descriptions. The self-described gentry usually go off to London for the Season, but everyone is home for hay-making and, in case of trouble, they will rally behind each other.Little Foxbury is a wonderful place to look for love...and to bring love home for good.The Little Foxbury Omnibus contains the following novellas: The Reluctant Countess: a marriage of convenience based on loveA Generous Heart: a Regency romance with hidden secretsLong Meg and the Wicked Baron: a Regency romance with an artist and an undeserved reputationA bonus short story Building a Home, only available in this omnibus edition.
Riding Hearts
Riding Hearts is an historical romance set in the fictional rotten borough of Upperbridge, Lincolnshire during the late 18th century. It tells the tale of forbidden romance between a riding officer and Anna, a local girl whose father is part of the smuggling community. Anna is betrothed to the vile Hubert Lockwood, the head of the smugglers, but her life takes a dramatic turn when she falls in love with Lockwood's arch enemy, the Riding Officer, and he is framed for the murder of a politician. A tale of romance, betrayal and revenge that will keep you hooked to the very last page.
Sovereign
A novel in three parts.At the crossroads of history and myth, Sovereign is an epic literary fiction that weaves a century-long tapestry of love, revolution, ruin, and remembrance.From the gilded salons of prewar Europe to the shadows of martial law, and finally to haunted consciousness born in the twilight of belief, this sweeping narrative traces the rise and unravelling of a dream-of freedom, friendship, and light in the darkness.Spanning generations of a bloodline caught in the undertow of empire and nationhood, Sovereign is both elegy and a confrontation with the whispering abyss that stalks all human hope, and a testament to the sparks that survive.
The Roman Empire Above
The Roman Empire Above is an illustrated chronicle of a world that never was - where the legions of Rome took to the skies. In this alternate history, the empire not only endures but also soars, reshaping civilization with technologies that were imagined centuries ahead of their time.Presented as a richly illustrated archive, the book reimagines the Roman world with flight at its core. Vast aerial galleys rise above the Mediterranean. Citizens look upward as immense vessels drift over colonnades, aqueducts, and marble forums. Each image reveals how the empire's culture and ambition might have taken new shape when lifted into the air.This volume unfolds as both a speculative history and a visual art book. Across a sequence of full-color paintings, it explores the possibilities of Roman architecture, warfare, and daily life transformed by mastery of the skies. The result is a playful yet serious reflection on Rome's ingenuity, discipline, and imagination - refracted through the lens of "what might have been."The Roman Empire Above belongs to the Epic Foundry Press series of alternate histories, each treating a parallel timeline as if it were real. Like a recovered artifact from another universe, it offers a gallery of images and ideas that blur the line between history and imagination. Both thought-provoking and visually spectacular, it invites readers to experience the empire as they have never seen it before.
Sargassa
An unlikely group of rebels are ready to burn down the Roman empire like you've never imagined it before. From the halls of the Senate floor to the bloody sands of the gladiatorial pits, Sophie Burnham's debut is full of riveting political danger, thoughtful worldbuilding, and a tightly-knit group of conspirators. The role of Imperial Historian is Selah Kelios's birthright, but she was supposed to have more time to learn the role from her father, the previous Historian. In the wake of her father's sudden and shocking assassination, Selah finds herself custodian of more than just the Imperial Archives when an old flame returns intending to steal the Iveroa Stone--a seemingly harmless artifact containing secrets that could destroy the empire. Theo Nix is a damn good spy, and they know it. By day, they work in Senator Naevia Kleios's office; smart, unobtrusive, and grateful, they're the model of a perfect plebeian. By night, their time belongs to Griff: master strategist, commander of the Revenants, the spider at the center of a very large and very dangerous web. When Griff gives Theo an assignment, they move, no questions asked, so it's really no surprise Theo is flirting with Arran Alexander--Selah's low-caste half brother is an obvious target. It is a surprise, however, that they're enjoying it so much. After a year away in the legions, Arran has recently returned home, only to find the cracks beneath his feet widening. Struggling with his own identity and purpose, drawn into an underground independence movement through his growing feelings for Theo, Arran must choose between the sister he loves and the chance to take control of his own life for the very first time. Sargassa is the first book in a new speculative trilogy that is equal parts political intrigue, queer romance, and revolution.
Where the North Ends
A dramatic story of love, fate, and redemption in a time travel adventure filled with mysticism as our hero moves between the twentieth-century and New Mexico during the Spanish Inquisition. Aspiring writer Uriel Romero finds himself mysteriously trapped in the body of Diego, a seventeenth-century Franciscan novice accused of heresy. Unsure whether he's in a dream, a coma, or another dimension, Uriel must navigate Diego's fate: to be sent to New Mexico on a perilous mission to convert the Apaches or else risk the flames of the Spanish Inquisition. As he struggles to understand his new existence, Uriel encounters a cast of colorful characters: a prophetic friar who claims to be his father, an Apache shaman guiding him through the astral plane, a talking mule yearning for the Promised Land, and Alma--his eternal love whose tragic death still haunts him. With echoes of "The Night Face Up" by Julio Cort獺zar and Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda, this time-travel saga weaves history, mysticism, and existential mystery into a gripping tale of fate, love, and redemption. Will Uriel uncover the truth before time runs out, or is he doomed to be lost between worlds forever?
The Fire Within
This book is about survival, escaping from a hard death and having to travel to the ends of the earth to do so.People immigrated in the past, are doing it now, and will continue to do so into the future; the reason, often as simple as survival, as the story illustrates.Spanning the most tumultuous years in the South Pacific's history, and the events erupting within them, the book places Gilbert and William, two brothers of 13 children, attempting a life in the Shetland Islands.Their family, once proud generals of Bonnie Prince Charlie's armies, escaped the 1745 massacre of Culloden, and fled to the islands incognito, but the brothers were betrayed and shanghaied into the British Navy by Magnus Munson, an age-old nemesis of the clan.The brothers endure the brutality of the six-month voyage to the ends of the earth, and are shipwrecked off the coast of Victoria, Australia, where they are rescued by Bunjil, an Aboriginal man, who guides them over land to Portland, introducing them to the new world'sflora and fauna enroute.Life was hard for the young woman left behind in the Shetlands as well, and following the attempted rape of Grace, their sister, by Munson, the clan agree that Grace, and her best friend, Uileen, will have to make the voyage into the unknown, following the brothers fate.The background themes of freedom, betrayal, love and devotion, and the ever-present grief and loss, play out against the Scottish Highland clearances, the European potato famine, and its impact on Ireland, and immigration to the Antipodes, with all of the lawlessness andanarchy that prevails.There is a history of the little discussed phenomenon, in Australia, of 'blackbirding', the South Pacific Island slavery, piracy, and cannibalism; the indispensable contribution of theChinese immigrants, Ming Toi and Master Pho, along with the Eureka Stockade, describing its buildup and subsequent effects on democracy.Resiliency and perseverance are lined up against the moral complexities overlooked by greed, murder and psychopathy, frequently the companion of goldrushes.The main character's journeys take them to New Zealand, where they witness the land theft by the New Zealand Company, and the ensuing Māori land wars.There are a diverse range of pivotal secondary characters, such as the exotic Ming Toi and her grandfather, Master Pho from China, the Irish larrikins, Shemus and Flann, alongside their Scottish countryman, Colin Couper, Norwegian Captain Peter Lars Jensen, the AboriginalWarung clan, Black Billy, Bunjil, and Alice.With blackguards like Sir Redmond Gunn, his mistress Ann Munson, and his wife, Lady Agatha and the infamous pirate Bludger Baines decorating and colouring the scenes of daily life in southern Australia, the brother's lives are tested to their maximum limit.The New Zealand contingent include Manaia, a well-known South Island Māori, heroine Barbara Couper and with them, some of the true heroes of the story, the dogs, Haggis, Digger, and Cobber and the rare and magnificent, 'Koru the Kea', New Zealand parrot extraordinaire.Throughout these events, the main characters richly illustrated lives and struggles, to overcome obstacles within themselves, as much as those constructed by class, circumstance, race and gender are described and in addition to the narrative are deeply compelling and exquisite descriptions of the incredible, natural environments that the story takes place in.'The Fire Within' is as much about love, as it is about the historical struggle for freedom from persecution.
Con
Belfast 1843: O'Connell, the Liberator, is on the rise. The cry for repeal and independence is in the air. Sectarian violence is rampant in the streets. And in the shadows of a new industrial world, two brothers are running for their lives.CON is a fierce collision with the brutal reality of exile and colony. It is history torn from the grip of the privileged: fierce, poetic, bristling with humour, and fired with raw hope. A book for lovers of literature, history, and stories inspired by the silenced and forgotten people of a turbulent past. CON is a poor man's voice demanding to be heard.
Invasion Redux
London. The distant future. The city is a shadow of its past-walled, monitored, and reserved only for those of the faith. In the darkness, two men navigate its streets, soldiers on their last mission, still fighting a war that began centuries ago ...A truck bomb ticks down outside Downing Street.Across the city, Jihadis assemble Stinger missiles beneath a Heathrow flight path.In South London, an MI5 surveillance operation collapses as scores of suspects vanish at once.The capital is seconds from chaos.But this is just the beginning. A new war is about to begin. A brutal war. Unstoppable. Inevitable.The INVASION is coming.
On a Sundown Sea
Set at the turn of the 20th century, a mystical, tantalizing novel about a visionary's journey toward her destiny. In 1888, Katherine Tingley, a medium and clairvoyant, continues to have a childhood vision of a white city on a sundown sea. While serving the poor at her Do-Good Mission on Manhattan's East Side, she encounters William Q. Judge, a mesmerist and leader of the American Theosophical Society. He recognizes her potential, convinces her to become his student, and guides her on a spiritual path that could make her mystical dream become a reality. After Judge's passing, Katherine assumes leadership of the Society and embarks on a world crusade to spread brotherhood, learn from ancient cultures, and search for a Himalayan Mahatma. In 1900, she moves the Theosophical headquarters to San Diego. Here, she sets out to establish Lomaland--a sacred space of learning, artistry, and divine harmony, built on a barren peninsula yet brimming with hidden potential. As people from around the world converge to share in her vision, they form a community united in purpose to spread enlightenment. However, betrayals, lies, and libels accumulate until a monumental court case ultimately decides her future and the fate of the white city on a sundown sea.
We Were Here First
1981. Four astronauts. A crash landing on the Moon. A discovery that could rewrite history.Commander Evelyn Meyers leads Artemis II, poised to establish humanity's first permanent lunar outpost. Everything looks under control-until off-nominal descent strands the crew miles from New Tranquility Base. Battling cascading failures, Evelyn and her crew fight to survive. With their stranded lander unable to provide escape, they need a solution, and fast.With Evelyn's past haunting her, will she fold under the pressure or rise from the ashes of previous mistakes? The ghosts she battles with might just rewrite history too.Strap in for the first book in the From Apollo's Ashes series. We Were Here First blends hard-science survival and Cold War conspiracy. For fans of The Martian and The Apollo Murders.Book 1 of the From Apollo's Ashes series.
Williamina Fleming, Astronomer
Desperate, pregnant, and abandoned by her new husband just weeks after immigrating to Boston, 21-year-old "Mina" Fleming works as a housemaid for the Director of the Harvard College Observatory. It's 1879. Science and industry are about to usher in the Gilded Age. Astronomers who thought they had mapped all the stars in the sky are finding that the universe is more vast than they ever imagined. Mina rises from maid to discoverer of new stars, first woman to hold a title at Harvard, and consultant to scientists all over the world. But they do not call her "Astronomer." She is one of Harvard's "Women Computers," doing the work at a fraction of their pay.This historical fiction novel-in-verse, an imagined memoir of Williamina Fleming's own life, work, and words, brings to life a forgotten scientist, a woman of strength, intelligence, and character who will inspire readers today.
Belizaire the Cajun
Based on the 1987 motion picture, this historical novel recounts the exploits of Belizaire Breaux, a Cajun herbalist and traiteur (faith healer).
The Jackal's Mistress
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER - #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER - USA TODAY BESTSELLER - In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she's willing to risk for the life of a stranger, from the New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed historical fiction as Hour of the Witch and The Sandcastle Girls. Virginia, 1864--Libby Steadman's husband has been away for so long that she can barely conjure his voice in her dreams. While she longs for him in the night, fearing him dead in a Union prison camp, her days are spent running a gristmill with her teenage niece, a hired hand, and his wife, all the grain they can produce requisitioned by the Confederate Army. It's an uneasy life in the Shenandoah Valley, the territory frequently changing hands, control swinging back and forth like a pendulum between North and South, and Libby awakens every morning expecting to see her land a battlefield. And then she finds a gravely injured Union officer left for dead in a neighbor's house, the bones of his hand and leg shattered. Captain Jonathan Weybridge of the Vermont Brigade is her enemy--but he's also a human being, and Libby must make a terrible decision: Does she leave him to die alone? Or does she risk treason and try to nurse him back to health? And if she succeeds, does she try to secretly bring him across Union lines, where she might negotiate a trade for news of her own husband? A vivid and sweeping story of two people navigating the boundaries of love and humanity in a landscape of brutal violence, The Jackal's Mistress is a heart-stopping new novel, based on a largely unknown piece of American history, from one of our greatest storytellers.
Old Books and Faded Dreams
A charming, small-town story of resilience and rediscovery. Old Books and Faded Dreams transports readers on a nostalgic journey with the townspeople of Tilden, a quaint community in Madison County, Nebraska. At the center of the heartwarming story is Maggie Davis, a middle-aged widow and heiress to a grand Victorian estate. The stately home, which Maggie shares with her spunky nine-year-old daughter Jenna, also serves as a bed-and-breakfast to a once regular, but now transitory, clientele. The kitchen table is the epicenter of lively, often contentious, conversation where no topics are off-limits. Maggie's out-spoken, spinster neighbor delights in keeping everyone on guard with her opinionated, prejudicial tirades, but she is frequently reined in by an elderly, equally forthright family member who has recently become a permanent dweller at the manor. Maggie finds herself struggling with the painful memories of her husband's tragic death, as well as the stirrings in her heart associated with a new house guest. A scandalous scheme to swindle Maggie out of her inherited property rides on the heels of a sudden, unexpected death, pointing to a member of the family as suspect. The startling discovery of a sinister family secret locked away for decades in an old attic trunk threatens to overshadow a highly esteemed familial image and cherished legacy. Can relationships be salvaged? Old Books and Faded Dreams is a captivating, small-town tale about friendship, grief, reconciliation and ultimately, unconditional love.
Old Books and Faded Dreams
A charming, small-town story of resilience and rediscovery. Old Books and Faded Dreams transports readers on a nostalgic journey with the townspeople of Tilden, a quaint community in Madison County, Nebraska. At the center of the heartwarming story is Maggie Davis, a middle-aged widow and heiress to a grand Victorian estate. The stately home, which Maggie shares with her spunky nine-year-old daughter Jenna, also serves as a bed-and-breakfast to a once regular, but now transitory, clientele. The kitchen table is the epicenter of lively, often contentious, conversation where no topics are off-limits. Maggie's out-spoken, spinster neighbor delights in keeping everyone on guard with her opinionated, prejudicial tirades, but she is frequently reined in by an elderly, equally forthright family member who has recently become a permanent dweller at the manor. Maggie finds herself struggling with the painful memories of her husband's tragic death, as well as the stirrings in her heart associated with a new house guest. A scandalous scheme to swindle Maggie out of her inherited property rides on the heels of a sudden, unexpected death, pointing to a member of the family as suspect. The startling discovery of a sinister family secret locked away for decades in an old attic trunk threatens to overshadow a highly esteemed familial image and cherished legacy. Can relationships be salvaged? Old Books and Faded Dreams is a captivating, small-town tale about friendship, grief, reconciliation and ultimately, unconditional love.
Who Profaned the Georgetti Mansion?
Two children one, Daniel, burdened with paralyzing emotional wounds, and the other, Aaron Antonio, bound by physical limitations forge an unbreakable bond during their stay at the Georgetti Mansion, the most luxurious edifice in 1923 Puerto Rico. Designed by the Czechoslovakian architect Antonin Nechodoma and guided by the visionary stained-glass artist Levana Fleischmann, they embark on an ambitious quest to create the most magnificent house ever built in Puerto Rico. Fleischmann s esoteric knowledge of the world we cannot see and Nechodoma s mastery of medieval architecture infuse the structure with the healing power of light and art laying the foundation for future constructions across the island. Within these walls, Daniel and Aaron Antonio begin their liberating process toward physical and emotional liberation. Their salvation lies in the Vitruvian Pool, a mystical artifact crafted by Aaron Antonio s grandfather before the Nazi occupation of Germany.
Tales from Two Centuries
Wonder of wonders, a section of the bookcase, which had seemed to be fitted to the wall, rolled away to reveal an aperture A masked highwayman known as Captain Midnight leads an ambush on a mail coach and kidnaps Elinor and Arabella Duncan. The appearance of this character is made more sinister by a milk-white horse whose appearance had a ghostly presence in the shadows. When George Ackworth has recovered from a wound he sustained in this attack, he and his friends set out to find the two aristocratic sisters, making the distinctive horse as much a target as its rider and also Midnight s enigmatic but frightening Lieutenant. The cavalry officer and his friends, Matthew Harewood and Mathilda Parrish, will need to locate the houses of Whitestone and Arden and a forbidding London inn called The Cupid s Bow. It will be a story involving disguise, a secret passageway, treachery, and great loyalty. The hunt will require knowing not two sisters but four. You said we were an adventure and so we are. More than two hundred years later, the ancestors of the characters we have already met act out a drama of their own. This time Johnny Midnight is a gang leader bent on superseding his mentor, Harry Duncan. When he kidnaps two sisters as an act of revenge, he is thwarted by Fran Carstairs and her project, her young lover Redburn. Though Redburn twice protects Frances from the enforcers of a dangerous enemy, they will soon need the help of Colin Drew, who will follow Redburn in using a secret passageway into another house called Arden. A painting in this house depicts an attack by highwaymen on a stagecoach a house that will be the location for a startling conclusion. Tales from Two Centuries uses ideas that interconnect and complement each other tales that have a trail before them and an interest in how a story might take shape or indeed a trail of your own, which is being relentlessly followed. You mean your eyes have seen, but your mind has not yet properly used the information.
Leo Richter
Leo Richter was just a working-class boy from Regensburg with a talent for gymnastics when he was selected to participate in the Berlin Olympics. He had no idea just how much his life would change after accepting to represent Germany as both an Olympian and an Aryan. There was one thing Leo knew, his future would be amazing, after all, he lived in the New German Reich, the greatest country on the planet. His fatherland was a modern forward-thinking nation, rich in culture, with a strong devoted folk, unlike most other countries in the world. So, what if his friends were all joining the SS, or that one of his brothers had become a Fascist nutjob, or that Leo had to suppress his sexuality out of fear of persecution? Unimportant, they were just the price of living in a modern Utopia
The Mad Wife
From bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the lives we build--and the lies we live.They called it hysteria. She called it survival.Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the perfect 1950s housewife. Despite the tragic memories that haunt her and the weight of exhausting expectations, she keeps her husband happy, her household running, and her gelatin salads the talk of the neighborhood. But after she gives birth to her second child, Lulu's carefully crafted life begins to unravel.When a new neighbor, Bitsy, moves in, Lulu suspects that something darker lurks behind the woman's constant smile. As her fixation on Bitsy deepens, Lulu is drawn into a web of unsettling truths that threaten to expose the cracks in her own life. The more she uncovers about Bitsy, the more she questions everything she thought she knew--and soon, others begin questioning her sanity. But is Lulu truly losing her mind? Or is she on the verge of discovering a reality too terrifying to accept?In the vein of The Bell Jar and The Hours, The Mad Wife weaves domestic drama with psychological suspense, so poignant and immersive, you won't want to put it down.
The Mad Wife
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the lives we build--and the lies we live.They called it hysteria. She called it survival.Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the perfect 1950s housewife. Despite the tragic memories that haunt her and the weight of exhausting expectations, she keeps her husband happy, her household running, and her gelatin salads the talk of the neighborhood. But after she gives birth to her second child, Lulu's carefully crafted life begins to unravel.When a new neighbor, Bitsy, moves in, Lulu suspects that something darker lurks behind the woman's constant smile. As her fixation on Bitsy deepens, Lulu is drawn into a web of unsettling truths that threaten to expose the cracks in her own life. The more she uncovers about Bitsy, the more she questions everything she thought she knew--and soon, others begin questioning her sanity. But is Lulu truly losing her mind? Or is she on the verge of discovering a reality too terrifying to accept?In the vein of The Bell Jar and The Hours, The Mad Wife weaves domestic drama with psychological suspense, so poignant and immersive, you won't want to put it down.
Tangled Saviours
In 1986, abusive and substance-addicted action movie star Kirk Decker realises that his survival is inextricably tangled with the fate of a matriarchal barangay (tribal community) in the 16th-century Philippines. Meet Kirk Decker, abusive 1980s B-movie actor. He's self-destructing from drink and drugs, and some people want him dead. While shooting an action film in the Philippines, he has unearthly visions and weird encounters. Meet Dayang, the dutiful queen of a matriarchal tribe in 16th-century Luzon. Why are her people suffering from mysterious diseases? How can they call on the spirit world to save them? And what connects them through time, space and magic to Kirk and other violent white men in need of redemption?
City Rising - Volume 3
Book 3 in the acclaimed 'City Rising Tetralogy'.Two prophecies are put forward; one proceeds, the other is fulfilled, and a city at the Bend in the River grows. A sprawling historical epic spanning 200 years, City Rising: The Ivory Compact tells the story of two destitute Baghdadi Jews who become opium lords, their battles against the powerful British opium companies, and the boys' eventual love of the City at the Bend in the River - Shanghai.
The Night We Became Strangers
An immersive, historical novel based on true events: In 1938, Orson Welles's legendary radio dramatization of H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds terrified Americans into believing Martians were invading. Eleven years later, an Ecuadorian radio station adapted the show-with catastrophic consequences. Now, two young journalists are determined to uncover what really happened to their families that night--even as secrets endanger their future. 1957: Aspiring photojournalist Valeria Anzures returns to her hometown of Quito with a secret purpose: to discover the truth about how her parents really died. The disastrous 1949 War of the Worlds show caused a mob to torch her family's radio station-and the newspaper run by their closest friends, the Monteros. The tragedy shattered the families' relationship-and left the station on precarious financial ground. Now, expected to save her family's legacy through an arranged marriage, Valeria will risk everything to find out the truth. Even if it means allying with the man she's always loved-but who now treats her like a stranger. For Mat穩as Montero, the scars of that night run deep. He saved his mother but blames himself for not rescuing his father. As a journalist, he views Valeria as a rival. Still, they're both on the same mission. Perhaps, together, they can unearth the past their families and friends would rather remain buried. Valeria and Mat穩as soon find trusting each other is as dangerous as the attraction they can't resist. Between their families' mutual hatred, duplicitous witnesses, and insidious lies, and ruthless manipulations, exposing the real story will put their future on the line-and ignite revelations no one saw coming.
In the Courts of the Crimson Kings
In the Court of the Crimson Kings plunges readers into an alternate universe where early space probes revealed Mars to be brimming with life. Now human explorers walk the red sands, navigating a world filled with ancient mysteries and alien intrigue.Jeremy Wainman, an Earth archaeologist, arrives on Mars to uncover the secrets of a long-lost city buried beneath the sands. His guide is Teyud za-Zhalt, a fierce and enigmatic Martian warrior with secrets of her own. As they journey deep into the planet's uncharted wilderness, they encounter relics of an astonishingly advanced civilization, one that hints at forces beyond human comprehension.But Mars is not merely a world of ruins; it is alive with political strife, ancient feuds, and deadly intrigue. The rigid and honor-bound Martian society teeters on the brink of upheaval, and as Jeremy and Teyud draw closer to their goal, they find themselves caught in a battle for the throne of the Crimson Kings-rulers who have shaped the destiny of Mars for millennia.With powerful enemies on their trail and the fate of two worlds at stake, Jeremy and Teyud must unravel Mars's greatest secret before it's too late. But as they unlock the past, they may also hold the key to humanity's future.Perfect for fans of classic pulp adventure and science fiction epics, In the Court of the Crimson Kings is a thrilling tale of discovery, danger, and a Mars that never was but should have been. It is the perfect follow up to the first book in The Lords of the Creation series, The Sky People.
When Ashes Cried
When Ashes Cried completes the trilogy of an amnesiac German soldier, Friedrich Richard whose story begins in Wolf, when he is sent to Pasewalk Hospital for treatment to restore his lost memory. There, he befriends the patient in the next bed: Adolf Hitler. Friedrich becomes the readers' eyes and ears as Hitler and his inner circle rise to power. In Sins of the Fathers, we witness how Germany spirals into a black hole of terror as it expels its Jews and prepares for war. Friedrich and German military leaders are about to launch a coup d'矇tat when Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich to appease Hitler and derail the coup. In this third volume, When Ashes Cried, Kristallnacht竅竅竅 is unleashed to force Germany's remaining Jews to leave. At the same time Hitler moves to conquer Europe and Russia, he secretly negotiates with the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees in London to accept Germany's remaining Jews . . . for a price. Through Friedrich, the reader learns of Stalin's efforts to thwart Hitler's adventurism, how the T-4 program has greater implications than euthanizing only the weak, how Hitler creates a false flag to initiate World War II, and how Friedrich's counsel influences the war's outcome . . . for the Allies. As Ashes . . . unfolds, Friedrich crosses paths with the son he never knew he had, a young SS man that represents everything wrong with Germany. Tensions grow. Horrors occur. German military leaders are desperate to end WWII. Friedrich is sent on a secret mission that puts him in the crosshairs of German spies in neutral Portugal, where he meets famed actor, Leslie Howard. What follows is one of the great mysteries of World War II. The book's dramatic ending will leave the reader breathless.
Our Hands Are Pale as Milk
When the rakish poet Percy Bysshe Shelley charms his way into the sheltered lives of three sisters, calamity follows. Fanny, the eldest at nineteen, is sent away to recover from her broken heart, while Mary and Claire, both sixteen, run away with the married Shelley. The Poet sees himself as the savior of young women, even as he seals Fanny's doom, steals Mary's heart, and offers Claire a nomadic existence. To remain in Percy and Mary's bright orbit, Claire Clairmont becomes a muse to Shelley, a lover to the great Lord Byron, and a witness to Mary's creation of Frankenstein. And yet, once pregnant with Byron's child, Claire has no voice in determining her own future. In Our Hands Are Pale as Milk, Claire at last relates her story of love and suffering at the hands of poets Shelley and Byron. Hers is a cautionary tale for all women who fall in love.
When Ashes Cried
When Ashes Cried completes the trilogy of an amnesiac German soldier, Friedrich Richard whose story begins in Wolf, when he is sent to Pasewalk Hospital for treatment to restore his lost memory. There, he befriends the patient in the next bed: Adolf Hitler. Friedrich becomes the readers' eyes and ears as Hitler and his inner circle rise to power. In Sins of the Fathers, we witness how Germany spirals into a black hole of terror as it expels its Jews and prepares for war. Friedrich and German military leaders are about to launch a coup d'矇tat when Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich to appease Hitler and derail the coup. In this third volume, When Ashes Cried, Kristallnacht竅竅竅 is unleashed to force Germany's remaining Jews to leave. At the same time Hitler moves to conquer Europe and Russia, he secretly negotiates with the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees in London to accept Germany's remaining Jews . . . for a price. Through Friedrich, the reader learns of Stalin's efforts to thwart Hitler's adventurism, how the T-4 program has greater implications than euthanizing only the weak, how Hitler creates a false flag to initiate World War II, and how Friedrich's counsel influences the war's outcome . . . for the Allies. As Ashes . . . unfolds, Friedrich crosses paths with the son he never knew he had, a young SS man that represents everything wrong with Germany. Tensions grow. Horrors occur. German military leaders are desperate to end WWII. Friedrich is sent on a secret mission that puts him in the crosshairs of German spies in neutral Portugal, where he meets famed actor, Leslie Howard. What follows is one of the great mysteries of World War II. The book's dramatic ending will leave the reader breathless.
Burning Gates
It is 1901 when ten-year old Basil finally grows weary of the poverty and tragedy that have transformed him into an orphan, and an unloved, unwanted part of his only relative's household. His frustration and desire for a better life fuels a fire in him to pursue more than the wretched life he has led in the rocky reaches of the central hills of Peloponnesian Greece. Driven by his inner voice and unflinching ambition, Basil stows away on a tramp steamer where he is soon befriended by an Englishman who changes his world forever. As Basil learns the English language, he and his new friend develop a trusted relationship boosted by their mutual love of telling stories and similar life experiences. While the steamer moves from port to port on its long voyage to America, Basil's coming-of-age journey becomes a series of unfolding adventures filled with excitement and curiosity. But Basil has no idea that his decision to board the ship is just the first step in attaining more than he ever imagined. In this historical novel, a Greek orphan born into poverty stows away on a ship that takes him to America and a new beginning.
Burning Gates
It is 1901 when ten-year old Basil finally grows weary of the poverty and tragedy that have transformed him into an orphan, and an unloved, unwanted part of his only relative's household. His frustration and desire for a better life fuels a fire in him to pursue more than the wretched life he has led in the rocky reaches of the central hills of Peloponnesian Greece. Driven by his inner voice and unflinching ambition, Basil stows away on a tramp steamer where he is soon befriended by an Englishman who changes his world forever. As Basil learns the English language, he and his new friend develop a trusted relationship boosted by their mutual love of telling stories and similar life experiences. While the steamer moves from port to port on its long voyage to America, Basil's coming-of-age journey becomes a series of unfolding adventures filled with excitement and curiosity. But Basil has no idea that his decision to board the ship is just the first step in attaining more than he ever imagined. In this historical novel, a Greek orphan born into poverty stows away on a ship that takes him to America and a new beginning.
Shadows in the Wind
Shadows in the Wind: Tenebris Ordior (Darkness Begins) is the haunting opening volume of Rob Steyn's sweeping espionage-political thriller saga.Britain, 1940. As the Blitz rains fire upon London, the government launches the CORB evacuation programme, sending thousands of children overseas to safety. For eleven-year-old William Braithwaite, the promise of refuge becomes the start of a far darker journey. Torn from his parents and separated from his closest friend, William is shipped to South Africa-into the hands of a family broken by grief, bitterness, and unspoken violence.At Trewil Loop, a farmstead crouched beneath the Drakensberg mountains, William encounters Jacques de Beer: a man hollowed by loss and hardened by history. What begins as survival under a stern guardian soon warps into something more sinister-a crucible in which innocence is stripped away, and a boy begins to transform into something altogether different.Tenebris Ordior sets the stage for a multigenerational saga of war, power, and moral compromise, where the shadows of childhood stretch long into the corridors of espionage and corporate intrigue.Perfect for readers of Robert Harris, John le Carr矇, and Ken Follett, this first book in Shadows in the Wind blends historical authenticity with emotional intensity, charting the beginning of an unforgettable journey into darkness.
Pabo, The Priest A Novel
Pabo, The priest: A novel examines the tensions of 12th-century Wales through a conflict between faith, identity, and political control. The story begins with a monarch s failing health and a covert strategy to subjugate the native Welsh population through religious and political manipulation. A Welsh noblewoman, now wife to a Norman figure of authority, stands at the intersection of loyalty to her heritage and allegiance to her husband. As political pressures mount, concerns arise about the appointment of a new bishop, a move that could dismantle Welsh cultural and religious independence. This initial conflict is not only about land or dominion but about identity, survival, and the capacity of faith leaders to resist domination. As the protagonist begins to emerge in this climate of unrest, the stage is set for an exploration of resistance through spiritual leadership, and the price individuals may pay for their beliefs and loyalties. The story becomes a meditation on cultural preservation in the face of foreign control, and the role of conscience in navigating authority.
Stormcrow
Stormcrow is the first in a new series from Sunday Times bestseller Ben Kane. This epic and thrilling adventure is inspired by the Norseman who forever changed Ireland. Combining historical research with propulsive storytelling and Norse mythology, Stormcrow is packed with blood and intrigue, battles and magic, love and betrayal.
The Empusium
AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR "A folk horror story with a deceptively light and knowing tone ... elegant and genuinely unsettling." -The New York Times Book Review The Nobel Prize winner's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz's Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of G繹rbersdorf, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great issues of the day: Monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women born inferior? War or peace? Meanwhile, disturbing things are happening in the guesthouse and the surrounding hills. Someone--or something--seems to be watching, attempting to infiltrate this cloistered world. Little does the newcomer realize, as he tries to unravel both the truths within himself and the mystery of the sinister forces beyond, that they have already chosen their next target. A century after the publication of The Magic Mountain, Olga Tokarczuk revisits Thomas Mann territory and lays claim to it, with signature boldness, inventiveness, humor, and bravura.
The Queens of Kaboom
When murder is in the air, the MacGuffin Sisters take flight.Recruited by WI-5, the British Women's Intelligence Service, three thrill-seeking sisters go undercover on the set of the latest Dynamite McQueen adventure film. But beneath the swinging sixties glamour lies danger as they uncover an audacious plot targeting the Queen of England and the 1966 World Cup Final at Wembley. With the whole world watching, the stakes could not be higher.Bookkeeper Reggie, aircraft mechanic Gloria, and cook Loveday race against time to defuse a powder keg of espionage, treachery and show business in the English countryside. From a sinister crime syndicate and secret identities to daredevil dogfights and high-speed chases, every clue pulls the MacGuffins deeper into an incendiary web of intrigue that cuts shockingly close to home.As dangers escalate, can the sisters save England before it's too late? And before teatime?Brace yourself for a thrilling ride of action, suspense, unforgettable twists and vivid characters with Martin Butler's The Queens of Kaboom.
