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✨🗡️A STOLEN RELIC. A MISSING GIRL. A HORROR UNLEASHED.🗡️✨ 💫'History and enchantment woven in a seamless, intricate tapestry' Sarah Rees Brennan 💫 💫 'Intricately plotted and vividly imagined' M.A. Kuzniar 💫 Lyta is trying her best. She's determined to stay out of trouble...

Fürstentum Walachei, Anno Domini 1456: Acht Jahre sind vergangen, seit Vlad Draculea seine Geliebte Zehra von Katzenstein in der Walachei zurücklassen musste. In einem Kloster in den Karpaten harrt die junge Frau zusammen mit Vlads Sohn Carol auf die Rückkehr des Vertriebenen. Doch Vlad muss zuerst seinen Thron zurückerobern, den ihm einer seiner erbittertsten Feinde entrissen hat.

The more he gains, the more he has to lose. William Shakespeare is moving up in the world, his name respected both at court and the theatre. Accepted by Queen Elizabeth, he is trusted to write plays for her, so long as she likes them... When one of the queen's ladies-in-waiting is found dead...

New York, 2013. La jeune dramaturge Melina Green vient d'écrire une nouvelle pièce, inspirée par la vie de son aïeule, la poétesse élisabéthaine Emilia Bassano. Mais à Broadway, où les hommes détiennent les clés du théâtre, il est peu probable que son oeuvre soit mise en scène...

En 1582, la guerra de sucesión portuguesa ofreció a Francia la oportunidad de disputar el dominio español del Atlántico. El control extranjero de las Azores habría supuesto el fin del comercio seguro con las Indias, la caída del imperio americano y la quiebra absoluta de la hacienda española. Cuando don Álvaro de Bazán, héroe de Lepanto, Orán y Malta, llega a la isla de Tercera, no solo sabe todo esto, sino que es consciente de que el enemigo le dobla en número.

A Boleyn Affair offers a unique perspective on a well-known era, plunging into the heart of Henry VIII's treacherous court through the eyes of William Brereton, a knight forged by tragedy into cold, pragmatic steel. Driven by ambition, he finds his match in the brilliant, audacious Anne Boleyn, a woman who refuses to be a pawn in the games of men.

Love is the most dangerous magic. As a sculptress, Ravenna Maffei has always shaped beauty from stone, but she has a terrible secret. Desperate to save her brother, she enters a competition hosted by Florence's most feared immortal family, revealing a dark power in a city where magic is...

It is 1460 and England’s peace is torn apart by the rivalry of the houses of York and Lancaster. In the murky half-world between superstition and reality, young Rose Cooper waits to find love. Born into a family whose women are gifted with the Sight, an ability to foresee the future, Rose longs to know who she will marry. Unable to use her gift, she she turns to her mother for help. Together they awaken the slumbering forces of an ancient power, unknowingly setting off a chain of events that will change their lives forever.

"Deceptions, triumphs, passions and bloodshed will grip readers from the first page to the last page." –Authors Reading. Get ready for a thrilling adventure in the highly-anticipated third installment of the Second Son Chronicles by bestselling author, Pamela Taylor. In Pestilence, Alfred’s worst nightmare comes true when his brother John ascends to the throne, plunging the kingdom into chaos and uncertainty. As traditional allegiances crumble and a new style of rule emerges, Alfred is forced to confront his duty to both his personal honor and the kingdom he loves.

Coming to his senses in a place he's never seen before, Alfred discovers he has survived the deadly sickness sweeping the land and has also managed, quite by accident, to find his family. But he's also a traitor to the Crown for desertion on the field of battle, so he and his family must live in complete seclusion in a remote corner of Gwen's homeland.

A quiet life of service is all he desires. But when peace becomes tenuous, his commitment to duty leads him to deadly danger…14th century. Lord Alfred is content with his mundane destiny. Too far removed from the throne to ever ascend and more interested in scholarship, he still willingly accepts his kingly grandfather’s charge to execute a secret mission. But when his bid to protect the heir leaves him captive to a dangerous man, the young lordling fears he’ll see death before his family will pay any ransom.

Chez Charles Dickens, Noël n’est jamais qu’une fête — c’est un état d’âme. Dans L’Arbre de Noël, court récit méditatif publié en 1850 dans la revue Household Words, il ne s’agit pas d’une intrigue au sens traditionnel, mais d’une réminiscence poétique, un voyage intérieur à travers la mémoire et l’imagination. À la lueur d’un arbre de Noël illuminé, le narrateur contemple les jouets suspendus à ses branches, et chacun devient pour lui le déclencheur d’un souvenir, d’un rêve ou d’une réflexion sur la vie, l’enfance et la mort.

Removed from the shadow of death as the Queen of King Henry VIII, Anna of Cleves revels in her new life as the King's "good sister". A new Queen has risen, the young Catherine Howard, and as court and country try to pit Anna against Catherine, the Lady of Cleves strives to show only friendship and support to the new Queen and the royal family.

As the clash of swords and the cries of the fallen resound through the valleys of Germany, King Gustavus Adolphus stands poised to change the course of history. Fourteen years of devastation sparked by religious tensions have left a scarred land and the Swedish monarch gathers his loyal army for...

Lisa Gherardini longs for a life beyond the confines of an arranged marriage and the rigid expectations of Renaissance Florence’s nobility. Her escape comes in the form of an invitation from the renowned Master Leonardo da Vinci. Captivated by his charm, demeanor, and passion for expressive art and beauty, Lisa is drawn into his world.

The Church is fracturing, revolution is brewing, and society is changing rapidly. Three authors who shaped this new world with their pens—Martin Luther, Desiderius Erasmus, and Philipp Melanchthon—will now be shaped by it in turn. When the pope and King Henry VIII of England pressure Erasmus to take a public stand against Luther, both authors will be forced to wrestle with literal and figurative demons. Erasmus is haunted by his illegitimate birth. Luther struggles with the rejection of the Church and his own father.

Nineteen-year-old Anne of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, is thrilled and triumphant at the birth of a healthy baby boy, destined to reign as King of Scotland and, possibly, England. But Anne's enjoyment of maternal glory quickly fades as her husband King James, fearing his son will be politically manipulated against him as he was against his mother, the deceased Mary Queen of Scots, removes the child permanently from her care. Outraged, Anne tries to regain control of her son, initiating a bitter marital struggle which sours what had been a loving and harmonious marriage.

Nel cuore di Bologna, durante il fulgido Rinascimento italiano, Properzia de' Rossi emerge come una figura straordinaria che sfida le convenzioni del suo tempo. Dotata di un talento innato per la scultura e di una bellezza che attira sguardi ammirati e invidie feroci, Properzia si trova a navigare in un mondo artistico dominato da uomini che vedono il suo successo come una minaccia al loro potere. Mentre il suo genio artistico si manifesta attraverso delicati intagli su noccioli di frutta e possenti sculture in marmo, la sua vita personale è segnata da amori tormentati e rivalità spietate.

In the heart of Rome, the conclave is choosing a new Pope, and whoever wins will determine the fate of the Eternal City. Astrologer Mia and her fiancé Jacopo, a physician at the Santo Spirito Hospital, plan to marry, but the election result is a shock and changes everything. As Pope Innocent X takes the throne, he brings along his sister-in-law, the formidable Donna Olimpia Maidalchini, known as La Papessa – the female Pope. When Mia is offered a position as her personal astrologer, she and Jacopo find themselves on opposite sides of the most powerful family in Rome.

Tra le ombre scintillanti della corte Tudor, Jane Parker cammina con passo sicuro. Gli occhi di tutti sono su di lei, ma nessuno vede davvero chi è. I segreti sono i suoi alleati, le bugie il suo scudo. Jane Parker è una moglie devota, una sorella fedele, una spia silenziosa. Ma è soprattutto la mente più acuta dell’Inghilterra di quel periodo. Mentre il potere dei Bolena vacilla e l’ira di un re imprevedibile si abbatte come una tempesta, Jane si muove sul filo delle alleanze, dove uno sguardo può tradire e un sorriso nascondere una condanna.