Messalina Claudia and Marcus Galerius Alexius,desperately search for Messallna's friend, Nonia Rosa But this pursuit uncovers the political underbelly of greed, lust and violence from the first citizens in the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. Messi and Alexius risk everything-- their famiies’s reputation, his future as a Roman senator, and even their lives beneath the shadows of a very restless volcano…Vesuvius, where Vulcan’s wrath simmers.

Bullies have walked among us since the beginning of time but how and where do they come from. Young Cassius Julius Gullus knows...up front and personal where bullies come from. He doesn't like what he has to do, regrets ever doing it, and now he has to run away from it all. Find out why this young boy had to deal with such a thing.

Amid pirates, godfathers, and forbidden love, vows of revenge are made in the unforgiving world of ancient Rome. Aelia Sabina, a patrician’s daughter, and Martino Lucianus Drusus - a simple plebe rise like phoenixes from the ashes of their lives. Aelia’s abusive husband vows to finally destroy this plebe in Rome’s court where patricians rule and plebeians grovel. But will Lucianus grovel? Don’t count on it

When Julius Agricola's mother Procilla and her lover Suetonius Paulinus lives converge in ancient Rome, they discover that little lies can lead to huge consequences. Procilla's love is torn between her son and the man she thought she loved more than life itself. How can their romantic twist of fate lead to an angry betrayal and a quest for deadly vengeance?

"Ms. Ridgley provides here a very compelling and highly emotional human interest story about two very different people, joined together, and subsequently torn apart by the violent events surrounding Boudicca's rebellion." - James Mace, Author of Soldier of Rome - The Artorian Chronicles

Proverb "Just when the caterpillar thought the world was coming to an end, she changed into a butterfly." A dangerous butterfly...Ravaged by Rome, Morrigan turns her fear into revenge and now it is Rome who should fear her. Rome's tax collector Decianus Catus intrudes on Morrigan's father's funeral, flogs her mother Boudica, and then takes the Iceni people back to camp where the women are raped. He then sells them all as slaves to be taken back to Rome.. However, the Trinovante warriors save them all of this horrid fate. To survive, Morrigan turns her fear into fury.. Now Rome should fear her wrath.(Story one in the Agricola series).

A.D. 60… Three towns writhe under the Iceni queen’s wrath, as she leads her warriors intent on destroying all things Roman – be it Roman temples, Roman villas, or entire families sympathetic to Rome. At stake is Suetonius Paulinus’s reputation. With only 80,000 legionaries, will he destroy Boudica and her horde of 200,000 warriors or will he endure the disgrace in Rome for losing–to a woman? in this horrific historical revolt against Roman injustice. Julius Agricola-Rome’s tribune, and Rhianna-Boudica’s youngest daughter, become ensnared in the harsh worlds that are determined to destroy each other. Who will survive?

A teacher’s worst nightmare, Nate Adare is a bully, an opportunist, a cheater, a manipulator...all things considered, just bad news. His father’s imprisonment has fed a rage inside the eighteen-year-old. The chip on his shoulder has grown to firewood-size proportions. After ten years, Nate’s rationalizes that his father is a loser and so are just about all the authority figures in his life. An ailing mother and a sensible girlfriend provide the only anchor to keep Nate from being washed out by the waves of a wasted life, but he threatens his relationship with his girlfriend with his own boorish behavior. Now, a series of bizarre events unlocks a genetic code that may alter his future in ways no one can imagine. Nate learns that while he’s not responsible for his heritage, his present actions will guide his future.

Fourteen-year-old Justin Deveraux thinks Corkscrew is just another role-playing app on his father’s phone. When he realizes that it actually transports the player back in time, it is too late—he is already in the summer of 1754. The French and Indian War is in full force, and he has been thrown into the middle of it. He now must gain the trust of the English before he is labeled an enemy. Trying to survive the eighteenth century, he finds himself in the forest fleeing from Native Americans, performing manual labor, and working alongside the young George Washington, who Justin discovers is someone completely different than the man studied in history class. Justin also needs to figure out how Corkscrew ended up on the phone, what his family has to do with the app’s creation, and how his friend Isabella is connected with time traveling. Is there anyone he can trust? Just as he grasps the truth, he is forced back into the Corkscrew app...and this time he may not return.

She stole away to discover a new world, but interrupted a thief.

Now Aioffe can’t escape from him, or her growing curiosity.

Across England and France, Henry V is relentlessly raising an army to secure his throne. Tarl’s skills as thief, blacksmith and bowman might land him in the firing line, but all he wants is to clear his debts and restore his family’s honour. To pay for his crime he must hand over the strange fae girl to the Church authorities, or he will end up warring with more than just his heart.

Fighting with each other risks both of their lives. To avert war breaking out between their races as well as their countries, Aioffe and Tarl must discover what true love is if they are to survive the destiny which awaits them.

★★★ A thrilling, historical fantasy romance prequel in the Naturae Series. Discover the love story which started the journey and escape into a magical past, where battles of the heart are destined to fight with faith and hope itself.★★★

She thought they were safe. Hidden. Happy.
She was wrong.
And now her life, her race and her heart will pay the price for trying to disrupt destiny.

After a confrontation with a shadowy figure from her past, all hope of a quiet life in deeply religious northern England for the runaway soulmates is destroyed.

Homebody Joshua is torn apart from his secretive wife, and only his belief in her innocence and the kindness of strangers keeps him alive. In a dangerous quest through the turbulence of Reformation England, he sets out to recover what he has lost, but finds himself questioning his own faith and future.

Heartbroken, Annabella refuses to comply with the destiny envisaged for her, until a darker secret threatens to destroy the Naturae realm, and fae immortality.

The fate of an entire race rests on their shoulders, but can destiny ever really be disrupted?

Rebellion, danger and intrigue threaten the future in a thrilling journey, weaving Tudor times with magical fantasy.

This heart-wrenching tale is the sometimes harrowing, yet ultimately uplifting story of a child’s search for happiness and a woman’s test of faith.
Now living an idyllic life in the north of England, for almost sixty years, Katherine has hidden her past. But when an old letter is discovered, she is forced to relive her traumatic years under the Australian sun and explain who died and why she had to run.
Katherine’s journey begins in post-war England, where, having been abandoned by her father after her mother is killed in a London air raid, she is consigned to an austere life in Australia as a British child migrant. She finds no comfort in the care of Lachlan and Daisy Stuart on an isolated property beyond Broken Hill. There is little tenderness in the ten-year-old’s life until Aboriginal station hands offer their friendship. Life is hard in the unforgiving land, but Katherine’s spirit is strong. As the years pass and she blooms into young womanhood, the bond she shares with indigenou

In an era where the void of science is filled with superstition, some believe the “Night Waster” preys upon the blood of the living to keep the dead alive. Thomas Sullivan, a cabinetmaker’s apprentice in northeastern Connecticut, helps the Shaffer family confront the ravages of the Night Waster while dealing with his own father’s rejection. The lung disease, consumption, and the economic Panic of 1837 are making life a trial for his master’s family as well as stirring the town’s paranoia. The mystery deepens when a family Bible reveals two Spanish doubloons. With a murder and covert interlopers probing for answers, suspicion in a local legend renews—the village pariah knows of the lost treasure of Benedict Arnold’s ill-fated Quebec raid. Thomas asserts himself and teams with the region’s newest minister to uncover the truth behind the legend of Arnold’s treasure. Together, they must solve the murder and come face to face with the Night Waster.