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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction
The epic, cross-continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself.
As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at the pharmacy he inherited from his father. It’s not quite the life he had expected during his poetry-filled student days in libertine Vienna, but it’s nothing a dash of laudanum, a summer stroll and idle fantasies can’t put in perspective.
And then the world explodes. In the trenches in Galicia, fantasies fall flat. Heroism gets a man killed quickly. War devours all that they have known, and the only thing Pinto has to live for are the attentions of Osman, a fellow soldier, a man of action to complement Pinto’s introspective, poetic soul; a charismatic storyteller and Pinto’s protector and lover.
Together, Pinto and Osman will escape the trenches and find themselves entangled with spies and Bolsheviks. As they travel over mountains and across deserts, from one world to another, all the way to Shanghai, it is Pinto’s love for Osman that will truly survive.
A taut, thrilling adventure story about buried treasure, a manhunt,
and a woman determined to make a new life for herself in the old
west.
It's the 19th century on the GulfCoast, a time of opportunity and
lawlessness. After escaping the Texas brothel where she'd been a
virtual prisoner, Lucinda Carter heads for Middle Bayou to meet her
lover, who has a plan to make them both rich, chasing rumors of a
pirate's buried treasure.
Meanwhile Nate Cannon, a young Texas policeman with a pure heart
and a strong sense of justice, is on the hunt for a ruthless killer
named McGill who has claimed the lives of men, women, and even
children across the frontier. Who--if anyone--will survive when
their paths finally cross?
As Lucinda and Nate's stories converge, guns are drawn, debts are
paid, and Kathleen Kent delivers an unforgettable portrait of a
woman who will stop at nothing to make a new life for
herself.
The next thrilling adventure, all NEW from MJ Porter Icel is a lone
wolf no more... Oath sworn to Wiglaf, King of Mercia and
acknowledged as a member of Ealdorman AElfstan's warrior band, Icel
continues to forge his own destiny on the path to becoming the
Warrior of Mercia. With King Ecgberht of Wessex defeated and
Londonium back under Mercian control, the Wessex invasion of Mercia
is over. But the Wessex king was never Mercia's only enemy. An
unknown danger lurks in the form of merciless Viking raiders, who
set their sights on infiltrating the waterways of the traitorous
breakaway kingdom of the East Angles, within touching distance of
Mercia's eastern borders. Icel must journey to the kingdom of the
East Angles and unite against a common enemy to ensure Mercia's
hard-won freedom prevails. Praise for MJ Porter 'Immediate and
personal' Bestselling author Matthew Harffy 'No lover of Dark Age
warfare is going to be disappointed. Personal, real, fascinating
and satisfying.' S.J.A. Turney 'If you love history, fiction,
adventure and great stories - You won't regret it!" Eric Schumacher
'MJ Porter recounts a sensitive, reluctant hero's coming-of-age
within a Dark Age realm riven by chaos and conflict' Bestselling
author Matthew Harffy 'Refreshing... I was reluctant to put the
book down' Historical Novel Society Readers are spell-bound 'So
real I felt I was there!... A page-turner' Reader review 'Wonderful
to read and hard to put down' Reader review 'I found the pages
flying by... A great book' Reader review
Step right up for the most captivating read of the year . . .
Filled with the sights and sounds of Victorian England, Circus of
Wonders is the instant Sunday Times bestseller from Elizabeth
Macneal, author of The Doll Factory. 'Intensely satisfying' -
Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars England, 1866. When Jasper
Jupiter's Circus of Wonders arrives in a coastal village, Nell soon
catches the showman's eye. Shunned by her community because of the
birthmarks speckling her skin, to Jasper she is a prize - she could
be his very own leopard girl. But how to make her his? Soon Nell
finds herself the star of Jasper's show. Suddenly she is famous.
Crowds rush to watch her soar through the air. Figurines are cast
in her image. Even Queen Victoria wants to see her perform. But is
Nell free to live and love as she chooses? And when her fame begins
to eclipse Jasper's own, could she be in danger? After all, the
higher you fly, the steeper the fall . . . 'Filled with character
and life' - The Times 'Utterly beguiling' - Daily Mail 'Brilliantly
involving' - Daily Express 'Exhilarating' - Sunday Times, Books of
the Year 'An immersive gem' - Red 'Joyous, frightening,
heartbreaking' - Independent 'Deliciously vivid' - Woman & Home
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