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A historical fiction, short story retelling of Erik Thorvaldsson (Erik the Red), his banishment, his son Leif Erikson, and the trouble they faced. This will be the first in a series, following the family into new lands and new settlements, and adversity all along the way.

Five short love stories! "The Light at the End of the Tunnel", "Leave or Perish", "A Broom in her Hand", "Deception" and "A Cry for Help".

When the debased Njoumen seeks sanctuary in his grandfather's royal palace, her number one concern is her mental health. As she glosses in her recovered status as a princess and unleashes the full force of her free-spiritedness, her unfamiliar ways make her the source of attention. But nobody has an idea of what would make her contented in life. That is until she engages her grandfather the king. What she wants most is a man to make her feel fulfilled in life, a sense of worth her husband never stirred in her bosom. So, when three years later, Njoumen's dejected husband challenges this ...

It’s Prohibition-era Detroit. With a family to feed, Edmund Grabowski is short on money and even shorter on patience—until a shady pharmacist makes him a dangerous offer. Will he survive his first descent into criminality—or will it destroy his life?

Raising the literary bar to a new level, Jerome Charyn re-creates the voice of Theodore Roosevelt, the New York City police commissioner, Rough Rider, and soon-to-be 26th president through his derring-do adventures, effortlessly combining superhero dialogue with haunting pathos. Beginning with his sickly childhood and concluding with McKinley's assassination, the novel positions Roosevelt as a "perfect bull in a china shop," a fearless crime fighter and pioneering environmentalist who would grow up to be our greatest peacetime president.

It's 1947. The Indian subcontinent is partitioned into two separate countries, India and Pakistan. And with one decree, countless lives are changed forever. An Unrestored Woman explores the fault lines in this mass displacement of humanity.

Daniel's voice trembles as he races beside the carriage, his eyes locked on Charity's. "Do you love me, Miss Charity? Because I am utterly in love with you. I want you to be my wife, to be by my side, to walk this life with me." In the heart of London's high society, Charity serves Lady Musgrave, secretly longing for the unattainable Duke Daniel Musgrave. Their worlds collide when forbidden emotions bloom, leading to a thrilling pursuit of love and happiness. "Duty and Desire: Love and Rebellion in High Society" unveils a riveting tale of romance that defies social norms. Will love conquer ...

When the ingenious Hugo made it his mission to save the souls and lives of his fellow humans, he is not like most sanctimonious people out there. So, when he tries to stop a massacre, he is only protecting the sanctity of life and preventing the tainting of a soul. However, his self-sacrificing act ignites a haunting impulse that sees him blazing a path through life in pursuit of a cause against evil, which raises mixed feelings and questions his beliefs. But who is the searching soul to himself in a conflict with his world that mirrors man's pilgrimage through life? Is Hugo a "Man of God",...

A stirring tribute to the Greatest Generation of Americans, Victory brings together today's best military, espionage, and techno-thriller writers with all-original tales of World War II. Join these best-selling authors in the five-volume collection filled with short novels of courage, skill, daring, and sacrifice. In gripping stories of war as it really was, here you will meet the men and women who fought and won World War II, and who truly made the world safe for democracy.

Christmas, 1921 Two lonely people in a cold rooming house. It's a good thing for them that their landlady has Christmas magic at her fingertips. Del Peale and Josephine Withers both have loved and lost. It's why neither has acted on their mutual attraction. That changes when a newborn is abandoned on the front steps .A cold house forces Del to face the home he once shared with his wife and son. Will it be enough to let them believe that love is still possibility? Will strange twists and the abandoned baby lead to a Christmas wedding? Perhaps their landlady will need to step in with a ...

She turned down Henry Tudor. But would she be allowed to marry the man she loved? In 1509 Marguerite d’Angoulême of the royal House of Valois is the King of France’s most valuable unmarried asset. Gaston de Foix is France’s most promising young knight, eager to prove himself on the King’s Italian campaigns. Fanned by chivalric ideals of courtly love, Marguerite and Gaston burn for each other with a secret flame. When Gaston learns that the King intends to marry Marguerite to the Armagnac heir, he is heartbroken. Louis XII needs Armagnac lands for the crown of France. What better ...

Home. A simple word; a loaded one. You can say it in a whisper; you can say it in a cry. Expressed in the voices of father and daughter, you can hear a visceral longing, in poems and prose, for an ideal place. A place never to be found again. Imagine the shock, imagine the sadness when a daughter discovers her father’s work, the poetry he had never shared with anyone during the last two decades of his life. Six years after that moment of discovery, which happened in her childhood home while mourning for his passing, Uvi Poznansky presents a tender tribute: a collection of poems and prose,...

Nineteen tales, spanning from July 1975 to June 1984, sewn together with the common thread of Tyler Willett, his wife Nancy, and their son Sean. Tales populated by drill sergeants, a collection of stalwart NCOs, and various commanders. These tales capture the conflicts, angst, setbacks, and triumphs as Willett goes from junior corporate executive infantry private to armor lieutenant platoon leader and finally a seasoned tank company commander.

In this final book of Pulitzer Prize-winner Edna Ferber's series featuring the indomitable Emma McChesney, Emma's newly married son Jock has relocated to Chicago, leaving Emma an empty-nester. Her secret romance and pending nuptials stall when their company is thrown into an uproar at the height of the selling season. To defeat her long-time nemesis and take the T.A. Buck Featherloom Petticoat Company international, the always-competitive Emma sails off on a whirlwind tour of South America.

William Collins, from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, is a man upon whom the face of undeserved fortune has smiled. Despite his notable shortcomings of mind and character, he has secured for himself a comfortable living as the rector of Hunsford parish, and a humane and sensible wife. He also looks forward to the day when he shall inherit a tidy estate in Hertfordshire.

In a delicious twist of fate, Lady Astrid and Sir Tamhas meet as strangers in the dark of night, beneath the boughs of an ancient pine. Theirs is a giddy yet passionate exchange that leaves the pair breathless and obsessed with discovering the other's true identity by the solemn light of day. But finding out who the other is will surely be torture, since each is already promised to another.

A woman seeks love and the fulfillment of her essential nature outside of her stuffy, middle-class marriage. Although this book shocked the readers of 1899, it ultimately paved the way for the modern novel.

Miss Jane Tillney is volunteering at Half Moon House when Lord Worthe finds her. The Viscount is handsome and charming, but unfortunately his entire outlook is miscalculated, not just his astronomical equations. Lord Worthe is intrigued by Jane, her generous spirit, and her unusual freckles, but can he find a way to open his heart and let her shine her light on his life?

In this singular collection, John Edgar Wideman, the acclaimed author of Writing to Save a Life, blends the personal, historical, and political to invent complex, charged stories about love, death, struggle, and what we owe each other. With characters ranging from everyday Americans to Jean-Michel Basquiat to Nat Turner, American Histories is a journey through time, experience, and the soul of our country. Navigating an extraordinary range, Wideman challenges the boundaries of traditional forms, and delivers unforgettable, narratives that touch the core of what it means to be alive.

In the shadow of Queen Pasiphae's demise, an eerie curse looms over the land, cast by the enigmatic sorceress, Circe. "By darkness one way, by light another. This shall be the norm until your true love's heir ends your suffering," the incantation whispers, sending shivers through the hearts of those who dare to recall it. But within the labyrinthine depths of this enchantment lies a dark secret, known only to the beast, Minotaur, the once-feared creature with the head of a bull and the heart of a man. Haunted by a forbidden love he dared not confess, the Minotaur is burdened by a revelation...