Month: February 2017

With their ill-fated raid at the monastary at Glendalough torn aside by means of betrayal and defeat, Thorgrim evening Wolf and his handful of survivors from the staff of Sea Hammer locate themselves in determined and tenuous straights. Stranded faraway from the protection of Vík-ló, surrounded by means of enemies, and with just enough males to paintings the longship’s oars, the Norsemen needs to make their long ago via a deadly and unsure kingdom. Thorgrim, although, isn't attracted to mere survival. His one idea, his one wish, is to take revenge on these whose treachery resulted in the slaughter of such a lot of of his males. Assembling an advert hoc military of not likely allies, Thorgrim leads his warriors to a last showdown which may finish simply in his enemies’ loss of life or his personal.

By Mr Gordon Doherty

The Roman Empire is crumbling, and a shadow looms within the east… 376 advert: the jap Roman Empire is by myself opposed to the tide of barbarians swelling on her borders. Emperor Valens juggles the paltry border defences to stave off invasion from the Goths north of the Danube. in the meantime, in Constantinople, a pact among religion and politics spawns a deadly plot that might convey the darkish and large hordes from the east crashing down on those suffering borders. The fates conspire to work out Numerius Vitellius Pavo, enslaved as a boy after the loss of life of his legionary father, thrust into the limitanei, the border legions, prior to they're despatched to recapture the long-lost jap state of Bosporus. he's solid into the jaws of this plot, so twisted that the survival of the whole Roman international hangs within the stability…

By Jennifer Vandever

A novel approximately reconciling the mythology of romance with the truth of recent love.

Young student Sara Frost’s unsuccessful look for the misplaced love letters of Charlotte Brontë hasn’t gained her any favors at her college, quite now that the glamorous and self-promoting Princess Diana professional, Claire Vigee, has brought her media-savvy exploits to the staid halls of academia. yet it’s now not until eventually Sara’s fiancé without notice leaves her that she starts off to query her life’s vocation and is pressured to reconcile the mythology of romance with the truth of contemporary love.

Sara’s jolt brings her to an strange new global, one populated via the cheerfully amoral Frenchman Denis, a couple of latest York eccentrics who faux to dwell within the 19th century, a lapsed methadone addict and screenwriter, and a Hollywood manufacturer who mistakenly assumes that the fast, unhappy lifetime of Charlotte Brontë has the makings of the subsequent “feel solid” motion picture blockbuster.

Along the best way, Sara discovers that the lifestyles and writings of Charlotte Brontë can have taught her greater than she ever guessed in regards to the virtues of being a romantic with the center of a pragmatist. The Brontë Project is an irreverent and comedian examine love, loss, literature, popular culture, and the mysterious biographical similarities among Charlotte Brontë and Princess Diana. It’s a pleasant novel approximately discovering one’s method within the all-too-real international of love.

Also to be had as an booklet

By Pamela M. Kelley

Ebook 1--Six Months in Montana, Molly and Christian's story

Book 2--Mistletoe in Montana, Dan and Traci's tale

Book 3--Mischief in Montana, Isabella and Travis's tale

Book 4--Match-Making in Montana, Anna and Zach's tale

Travis Jones has been in love with Isabella Graham for what sounds like without end, yet he is by no means performed something approximately it, specifically due to the fact his ally Christian used to be relationship her. yet now that Christian is married to another person, Travis is eventually able to make his stream.

yet Isabella has no suggestion how Travis feels. She thinks of him as her bossy pal and an legal professional that she does loads of paintings with. She wish to date Aidan who simply moved again to city after residing in NYC for a few years as a celebrated artist. Aidan turns out a little yet is difficult to learn, making him that rather more of a challenge…and has Travis considering if he even has an opportunity. yet he's not going to renounce making an attempt.

Add in Missy, a brand new bubbly blonde realtor that Isabella has to coach, and her conniving, pretend Southern Belle cousin Bethany, who's newly divorced and has set her eyes on Travis, and Isabella has rather a lot to accommodate!

By Jacqueline Winspear

The moment Maisie Dobbs mystery

Jacqueline Winspear’s terrific debut, Maisie Dobbs, gained her enthusiasts from all over the world and raised her intuitive, clever, and innovative heroine to the ranks of literature’s favourite sleuths. Birds of a Feather, its follow-up, reveals psychologist and personal investigator Maisie Dobbs on one other dangerously fascinating event in London “between the wars.” it's the spring of 1930, and Maisie has been employed to discover a runaway heiress. yet what turns out an easy case on the outset quickly turns into more and more complex while 3 of the heiress’s outdated neighbors are came across useless. Is there a connection among the woman’s mysterious disappearance and the murders? Who would need to kill 3 probably good younger women? As Maisie investigates, she discovers that the solutions lie within the unforgettable discomfort of the good conflict.

By Mark Mills

Within the small city of Amagansett, perched on lengthy Island's windswept coast, generations have a similar calling as their forefathers, fishing the harmful Atlantic waters. Little has replaced within the 3 centuries on account that white settlers drove the Montaukett Indians from the land. yet for Conrad Labarde, a second-generation Basque immigrant lately lower back from the second one international struggle, and his fellow fisherman Rollo Kemp, this balance is shattered whilst a stunning big apple socialite turns up lifeless of their nets.

On the face of it, her dying was once unintended, yet deputy police leader Tom Hollis - an incomer from ny - is confident the reality lies within the complex histories and kinfolk secrets and techniques of Amagansett's population. in the meantime the enigmatic Labarde is pursuing his personal investigation.

By James R. Benn

“ Benn follows up his first global conflict II secret (Billy Boyle) with one other danger-filled episode and gives you a cross-genre story that's right away secret agent tale, soldier tale, and hard-Boyled detective.”—Library Journal (starred assessment)

“The interval information are spot-on and Billy . . . keeps to make a completely enticing detective.”—The Denver Post

“Part Indiana Jones derring-do and half grown-up event novel with spies, black agents, dependable and dastardly French, and the reliably evil Nazis. when you like global struggle II ancient crime novels, you’ll love this one.”—Mystery Scene

“The First Wave is first rate.”—I Love a Mystery publication

“A ‘rattling reliable’ read.”—Rhys Bowen

“A good stick to as much as Benn’s first novel. . . . [I] stay up for his next.”—Robert B. Parker

“What a very good learn, filled with motion, humor and center. . . . equivalent components secret agent mystery, battle tale and homicide secret, with a dollop of romance that’s by no means candy, this is often only a extraordinary e-book. extra please!”—Louise Penny

“Certain to attract WWII fiction fans.”—Booklist

Billy’s job is to aid manage the give up of the Vichy French forces in Algeria. yet dissension one of the average military, the armed forces, and DeGaulle’s unfastened French permits blackmarketeers in league with the enemy to divert scientific offers to the Casbah, resulting in a number of murders. Billy needs to locate the killers whereas attempting to rescue the lady he loves—a British undercover agent.

By Les Edgerton

Now heart elderly and sick, widower and grandfather Corey takes a solo journey domestic to Freeport, the Texan city he grew up in. yet that journey seems to symbolize even more than a poignant trip for previous instances’ sake.
With stories of his formative years brought on by way of the commonplace Texan panorama, Corey narrates the tale of the Fifties summer season that modified his existence without end.
pushed aside and overwhelmed by way of a pissed off and violent father and successfully deserted by way of an emotionally fragile and obsessively spiritual mom, the teenage Corey turns to his grandfather for convenience.
Then his grandfather is clinically determined with terminal melanoma.
As occasions spread, it turns into transparent that this is often only one of a number of life-changing occasions to take place to Corey that summer season.
His mom and dad’ marriage falls aside, his mother’s psychological future health declines and his father turns into more and more indignant, as a loved father and grandfather slides in the direction of demise.
in the meantime, Corey’s ally lives in the neighborhood in a violent and dysfunctional family, until eventually the final word tragedy moves and Destin is whisked away to stay with family members.
confronted with the lack of his closest buddy and coming near near lack of his grandfather, Cory focuses his awareness on a truly distinctive undertaking, a gift for his father. a gift meant to win his father’s love.
however it doesn’t.
And Corey’s reliable intentions vanish into violence...
and that's whilst, reinforced by way of the clever assistance of his loss of life grandfather, Corey realizes that it's time to be his personal individual.
"The dying of Tarpons" is a coming-of-age story because the grownup Corey remembers his earlier and sees with new readability the problems surrounding love, parenthood, relatives and loss of life which he needs to care for. compliment for "The dying of Tarpons"

“Edgerton's first novel shines with wisdom.” — Publishers Weekly
“Highly prompt for public libraries and for educational libraries helping writing programs.” — Library magazine
“Edgerton's skillful writing and characterizations invite the reader to percentage Corey's horrors and hopes, to attempt to appreciate unreasonable causes, to care in regards to the outcome.” — Austin American-Statesman
“While this booklet offers with violence and cruelty, it really is eventually a definition of gentleness and love. it's a strong tale; it's a stable book.” — The Indianapolis superstar
“...this first novel displays both the author's good attempt at expression, and its protagonist's expressive fight. substantial on heart.” — Booklover's journal
“Edgerton is not only one other lovely narrative expertise, he's a huge narrative authority – a grasp of his or the other generation.” —Vincent Zandri, writer of As capture Can
“It is heart-felt, heart-rending, compulsively readable and wise.” —Douglas Glover, writer of The lifestyles and occasions of Captain N.
“Les Edgerton’s The dying of Tarpons is a big-hearted and gorgeous tale of affection and demise and the truth that all of us develop up and away, for higher and worse, from who and what we as soon as have been. a great publication, definitely worth the reading.” —Bret Lott, writer of Jewel
“Edgerton takes on one of many hoariest of initiatives, the family members chronicle, yet he explores person characters and family family in so particularized, so eloquent and—in the superior sense—so idiosyncratic a fashion, that we nearly believe we're treading such floor for the 1st time.” —Sydney Lea, writer of a spot of brain

By Douglas Jackson

The Roman grip on Britain is weakening. Emperor Nero has became his face clear of this far-flung outpost. The Druids are at the upward thrust, spreading seeds of uprising one of the British tribes. Roman cruelty and exploitation has angered their British matters. The warrior queen Boudicca will lead the tribes to warfare. status opposed to the emerging tide of Boudicca's uprising is Roman Tribune, Gaius Valerius Verrens, Commander of the veteran legions at Colonia. Valerius leads the veterans in a final stand opposed to the unstoppable horde of Boudicca's insurgent military. step-by-step, the bloodied survivors are pressured again into the Temple of Claudius. it really is right here that Valerius wins lifelong popularity and the accolade Hero of Rome.