Three innocent citizens must thwart a malicious plot to overthrow the Roman Empire. These unlikely travelers will trek throughout Roman Hispania fighting bandits, rogue Roman soldiers, and gladiators. At the same time, they will have to put their political differences aside. In this high fantasy Roman world, they will also find themselves fighting zombie legionnaires, undead dragons, large beasts, and even mythical creatures such as the Cyclops.

With not much to go on, the travelers suspect Rome is doomed after getting a cryptic message from a dead sailor and a strange medallion he wore. A sinister necromancer who is a Roman turncoat threatens to plunge Rome into a period of darkness. Is this necromancer pulling the strings or is there an even higher power? And how does the secret Arcani intelligence society play into this ‘betrayal’?

For centuries, women used weapons to kill for food, men to kill in war. Now Lena must break with tradition to save those she loves, but as she steps from her settled world into one of battle, intrigue and politics, her lover chooses banishment. Lonely and afraid, each decision Lena makes brings more terrible consequences, until even her own people turn against her. Her partner in exile, the enigmatic diplomat Cillian, has no survival skills. Lena’s quick wit and prowess with knife and bow keeps them alive as they search for a lost Empire of immense and ancient power. But how much will Lena sacrifice for a hopeless cause before the price is just too great?

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Feeble-minded King Henry VI falls into a catatonic state and doesn't emerge for sixteen months. His queen, Margaret of Anjou, will do anything to protect her husband and young son. The great lords are fighting among themselves to become 'the power behind the throne'. These elements combine to lead the kingdom into civil strife: York against Lancaster. During the maelstrom of war, Anne of York looks for love outside her marriage to the cruel Duke of Exeter, who fights for the house of Lancaster. Her brother Edward is a carefree and charismatic youth, given more to the pursuit of women than the lust for a crown, but when his father and younger brother are killed in battle he throws off the follies of youth and emerges as an inspired leader and surprisingly able military man.

Margaret of Anjou was Queen of England during the period known as the War of the Roses. As a fifteen year-old bride she had many difficulties to face. She brought no dowry to her adopted land, which was still at war with her native land. Not least of all, her husband was reluctant to come to her bed. With a weak and ineffective king on the throne, rival parties tilted for power. When the struggle escalated into war, Margaret realized she had no choice but to suppress the feminine side of her nature in order to protect her feeble-minded husband and helpless son. Leading her party, dictating policy, dealing with foreign princes, she became, in fact, king in all but name.

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One of the great untold love stories in English literature is the love affair between a young British poet, William Wordsworth (1770-1850), and the mysterious 17-year-old Lucy Sims.
Lucy was the subject of the poet’s famous Lucy poems, a series of five poems composed by Wordsworth that are credited with ushering in the Age of Romanticism in English Literature.
To this day Lucy remains a subject of debate among literary scholars. Who was she? Where did she come from? Was she a compilation of William’s sister, Dorothy, and a friend? Or, was she a figment of the poet’s imagination? Our story, based upon true characters and events, gives us a fictionalized answer to William Wordsworth’s forbidden love affair. Amazon.com
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‘The Girl Who Was Me Is Gone’, is a historical novel centered on loss and retribution, friendship, and love. Fleeing from Oliver Cromwell’s invasion of Ireland, Nora O’Lalor escapes to the harsh “New World” of the American colonies, where Irish prisoners are sold on the auction block, and begins her desperate struggle to regain her freedom. Fraught with suspense, action, and heartbreak, Nora battles to earn her place in a world which seems to have forgotten her.
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War was in the air. Southern sons were being called to defend their heritage, their way of life. Aaron Richardson could not answer that call. The son of a slave owner, Aaron was born to privilege on Calla, a beautiful plantation nestled into the rolling hills of Tennessee, but Aaron rejected both privilege and slavery. Fighting for the south, as his father demanded, was not something he could do. Aaron did not believe one man should own another. But fighting against his home, his friends and family? He struggled with his conscience as he roamed the north, avoiding a conflict he believed was wrong. But the turbulent events of the time swept him into the war and changed his life forever. When the war was over, his personal war continued to rage until he had one final chance to save his life and his future.

Emily Rose roams through a country ravaged by war, a damaged land where the very grass blades drink the blood of brothers, cousins, and friends. Protected only by her growing wits and Nathaniel Whiteeagle, a half Cherokee slave, Emily swears she will find her fiancé and buy his freedom. Facing danger at each turn, every clue she follows leaves her another step behind. Will she ever find Caleb? And can Caleb endure the unthinkable cruelty of civil war prisons long enough for her to rescue him? Or will she and Nathaniel meet a violent end?

Conecuh (Cah-NECK-ah) is a story woven around and through the actual events in the mysterious and ironic life of Private Caleb Garner from Conecuh County, Alabama. Whatever happened to Caleb? History has left us blind, but there are clues. Conecuh explores one very real possibility.

Written as a police interview in 1930, a young woman, Anna Amato, answers Detective Frank Santaro's questions. She ends up reviewing her childhood and the results of her parents’ decisions:

It is Hartford, Connecticut, circa 1910. Italian immigrants are pouring into the state by the thousands every year. They bring with them their own style of living and justice from the Old World. Her parents and their friends are among these newcomers.

Giuseppe Amato, a young, disgruntled man, is looking for success, as long as he doesn’t have to work too hard. How far can one man push his family to get their own share of the American Dream…. without losing everything?

This story is taken from the headlines of the Hartford Courant newspaper. The names are real. The dates are real. Read it and decide if the decisions the Amatos made were wise or foolish.

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The final book in The King's Mother trilogy - the story of Lady Elfrida, England's first queen.

Lady Elfrida is restored to the royal court, and to her son and his ever-growing family. Tasked with raising her grandchildren, Lady Elfrida understands the honour her son has endowed her with, even while it forces her to stay distant from the day to day running of the court.

Æthelred, free of all meddling influences from his youth, takes steps to undo his childish mistakes, but despite the success of the peace accord with King Olaf of Norway, England is still a too tempting target for Raiders keen to make their fortune, and Æthelred, even now, is not the warrior king his father was.

As the years' pass, Lady Elfrida appreciates that her power and influence has grown, not diminished, as she holds the key to the future in the shape of her grandsons and granddaughters. But she must face one more trial to ensure the future of England. And this one might just be impossible to surmount for Engl

No woman had ever held so much power and lost it on the whim of her son, the king.

Six years of political ostracism has brought Lady Elfrida low. Desperate to be welcomed back to court, she risks all to make an ally of England’s Viking enemy.

Failure risks exile. Forever.

The Queen Dowager is the second part of a trilogy.

Suggested reading order:
The King's Mother
The Queen Dowager
Once A Queen

The King’s Mother is the story of a woman who has been censured by history as both a whore and a murderer but was neither.

The widowed Lady Elfrida has achieved the impossible. She’s ensured her twelve-year-old son has become king, despite the gruesome murder of his predecessor and half-brother. While many blame the king’s mother, she looks to two rival noblemen as the real perpetrators.

Even with the reappearance of an unwelcome enemy on England’s shores, Viking warriors, who attack and threaten the safety and security of England, and specifically, the young king, the two noblemen are far from resigned to Lady Elfrida’s power.

As her son takes the final steps to become king in actions as well as name, she’s increasingly isolated by the deaths of allies and the scheming ways of others, including the king. Resentful of her continuing influence, Lady Elfrida faces banishment from Court with both fierce determination and acquiescence.

The King's Mother is the first part of a trilogy.