Europe is on fire. Fuelled by religion, politics and power, war rages across the continent, pitting father against son, and brother against brother. In the wake of such conflict come horrific famine and deadly plagues. Rumours begin to surface of the End of Days, of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the violent Renaissance of Mankind. As Europe burns, betrayal and feuding rages in the Brabant family. Why does Reinald, the powerful yet dishonest Duke fear his younger siblings so? How … [Read more...] about The Sons of Brabant by Michael Bolan
The Little Sentinel of the Sierra Nevada by Paul Williams
It is 1846 and Sarah Harlan is just thirteen when she sets out with her family on the great trek West to California. Confident and assured beyond her years, schooled and shaped by the Father she adores, Sarah believes life has little more to teach her. But this is a journey like no other. In crossing a Continent they must face all that nature can unleash upon them; tempests and floods; raging rivers and scorching deserts; disease and starvation. To face these challenges and overcome them, … [Read more...] about The Little Sentinel of the Sierra Nevada by Paul Williams
Ganga: Truth Unrevealed… by Sanjay Bapat
The book takes reader on enchanting journey of how a young Prince and Princess reach the glory after hard work and epic struggle which spanned four generations to being River Ganges from mountains. Its the story of sun dynasty emperor and his four generations epic struggle against all odds. The story has multiple folds and is fast like River Ganges her self. Targeted Age Group:: 13 plus What Inspired You to Write Your Book? I have been fascinated by the story of creation of River Ganges … [Read more...] about Ganga: Truth Unrevealed… by Sanjay Bapat
Face of the Angel by Scott Skipper
Doctor Josef Mengele selected thousands for the gas chambers on the platform of the train station at the Auschwitz death camp. The survivors called him the Angel of Death. He was brilliant, urbane and charming, and he performed vivisection on the prisoners he spared from the Zyklon B. Then he spent forty years being hunted. Although at one time he was in the hands of the U. S. Army, Mengele was never charged with war crimes. He moved about with the help of dozens of people, sometime … [Read more...] about Face of the Angel by Scott Skipper
Ask my Ashes by Gabriela Azevedo
When the brilliant scientist Alan Campbell met Dorian Gray, he was fascinated by the beauty and eloquence of that young man, but the reality was other. In 18 months of friendship, Alan discovered Dorian's inner ugliness in the worst way possible. In Oscar Wilde's ''The picture of Dorian Gray'' there is a gap in chapter 14. After committing a murder, Dorian summons Alan to clean up his mess and hide the crime. Aware of Dorian's real personality Alan refuses to do it, and Dorian blackmails his … [Read more...] about Ask my Ashes by Gabriela Azevedo
Soul of Toledo by Edward D. Webster
Thirty years before the Spanish Inquisition, the seeds of hatred have sprouted in Castile. Suspicions fester. Rage churns beneath the surface. Viçente Pérez—a man who wields enviable power but harbors a shameful past—is the only one who can keep the tension from exploding out of control. As the Christian son of secret Jews, Viçente is in a hopeless position—charged with keeping the peace, but always suspected by the city’s Old Christians, unwilling but duty-bound to help the increasingly … [Read more...] about Soul of Toledo by Edward D. Webster
A Greater World by Clare Flynn
When Elizabeth Morton’s father wants her to travel to the other side of the world to marry a stranger, she thinks he’s gone mad. This is 1920 and a woman has rights - she's not going to be subject to an arranged marriage. But she's reckoned without the brother-in-law she's always despised, who shatters her comfortable world, leaving her no choice but to sail to Australia. When Michael Winterbourne, a lead miner wakes up with a hangover after his engagement celebrations, he has no idea he is … [Read more...] about A Greater World by Clare Flynn
Breaking Liberator’s Shackles by Terry L. Wilson
Grant Metzger’s nightmares ceased almost two decades ago… until tonight. Brutalities he sustained from Japanese soldiers are vivid again. Terror of war-time imprisonment torments him, but new fears compound his emotions. His son, Doug, a Green Beret about to deploy to Vietnam is likely to operate behind enemy lines. Grant is engulfed by anxiety that his son could be captured and forced to endure similar inhumane treatment. Grant’s secrets of survival may one day save Doug’s life, but to … [Read more...] about Breaking Liberator’s Shackles by Terry L. Wilson
A MASTER PASSION by Juliet Waldron
THE MASTER PASSION is the story of the marriage of our brilliant first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, and his wife, Elizabeth Schuyler. It begins with a whirlwind Revolutionary War courtship at Washington’s headquarters. Conflict is built into this marriage. “...And hence one Master Passion in the breast Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up all the rest..." Betsy's passion is Alexander. Hamilton adores his wife and children, but sometimes he loves America more. Targeted … [Read more...] about A MASTER PASSION by Juliet Waldron
Forgotten Objects by Carlos Rubio
Forgotten Objects traces the life of Anna d’Amio, daughter of opera singers Louis and Francesca d’Amio, from Mussolini’s Italy to the city of Pittsburgh during the mid sixties. The novel proper is made up of three parts: Italy, Cuba and United States. Married at seventeen and widowed at twenty, Anna leaves war-torn Italy to find her fortune in Cuba, she eventually meets Ramón Contreras, a wealthy tobacco grower who later becomes her second husband. The idyllic world that the couple had so … [Read more...] about Forgotten Objects by Carlos Rubio
Prophecy by Coreena McBurnie
A hidden prophecy. A chosen princess who speaks with snakes. A family duty. Sixteen year old Princess Antigone, daughter of the infamous ancient Greek King Oedipus, wants to lead a normal life and fulfill her duty to the gods, her city, and her family, but fate has other plans. The Olympian gods bless her, the snakes talk to her, her parents want her to marry a foreign prince, her embroidery looks like burial shrouds for dogs, and she has fallen in love with the wrong boy. When the … [Read more...] about Prophecy by Coreena McBurnie
La Bastarda (Book One of the Trastámara Series) by K.M. Guerin
Doña Constanza Enríquez de Castilla may be the daughter of a claimant to the throne, but she will never be a princess. The product of her father's dalliance with a young French girl, she has never been welcome in the eyes of his wife and legitimate heirs, who see her as a threat to the safety of their inheritance and a thief of their father's love. Lonely and kept on hand as a servant, Constanza grows up right in the middle of one of the most turbulent times of a monarchy: the beginning of a … [Read more...] about La Bastarda (Book One of the Trastámara Series) by K.M. Guerin
