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Sie liebt einen griechischen Gott, doch ihre Bestimmung ist die Freiheit. Otrere lernt als Amazone schon früh, zu kämpfen und zu reiten. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters wird sie Herrscherin über die Skythen. Sie strebt danach, die freiheitliche Lebensweise ihres Volks zu bewahren - vor allem gegen die archaische Männerwelt der Griechen. Otreres Ideale werden auf eine harte Probe gestellt, als sie dem griechischen Gott Ares begegnet. Gegen besseres Wissen lässt sie sich auf ihn ein, da er ein friedliches Miteinander beider Völker verspricht.

Xishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue—convinced that the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor, Fanli, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to use her beauty as a weapon. One that could topple the rival neighboring kingdom of Wu, improve the lives of her people, and avenge her sister’s murder. All she has to do is infiltrate the enemy palace as a spy, seduce their immoral king, and weaken them from within.

Greco-Roman mythology and the mystery of the vanished Roanoke colony collide in this epic adventure filled with sapphic longing and female rage—a debut novel for fans of Madeline Miller, Jennifer Saint, and Natalie Haynes.

Mariana de Allerston was committed to the cloister of Whitby Abbey by her father who deemed her incorrigible for a tryst with a stable servant. For a noble family, that was a deeply shameful thing. They trusted that the nuns of Whitby would cure their daughter’s craving for unworthy flesh. But what Mariana’s father didn’t realize was that Whitby Abbey was under the control of a demon.

Tristan de Royans was raised by the House of de Royans, but de Royans blood does not flow through his veins. As the secret love child of Alys of France and Henry II, Tristan has been kept hidden since the day of his birth. Aware of his true parentage, he bears the shield of the royal house in the course of his duties, hating that he bears the crimson shield of his real family. A family that wants to kill him.

Present Day. Finally escaping an abusive marriage, Caterina Rossi takes her three-year-old daughter and flees to Italy. There she's drawn to research scientist Connor, who needs her translation help for his work on volcanology. Together they visit the ruins of Pompeii and, standing where Mount Vesuvius unleashed its fire on the city centuries before, Cat begins to see startling visions. Visions that appear to come from the antique bracelet handed down through her family's generations.

Rom im Jahr 63 v. Chr.: Cicero ist endlich Konsul. Im Wahlkampf hat er sich gegen den korrupten Patrizier Catilina durchgesetzt...

Brus Stone can't recall his life before being rescued at the age of five and brought to live with the Northern Watch. Told his mother abandoned him, he's about as willing to give his trust to a woman as he is to hand his sword to his enemy during battle. When he's tasked with accompanying some highlanders through the treacherous lands he helps patrol, he encounters a bonny lass who proves to be as brave as any warrior he's ever met. He's surprised and wary by his pull to her and steels himself against lowering his guard.

Surely, no two people in this history of the world have ever made more miserable traveling companions. And that is the start of an unexpected—but eye-opening—revelation for Myles when it comes to the bookish, brilliant Veronica. Join the star-crossed couple on a journey for the ages, where the understanding of friendship and love is something both of them must learn from one another, where loyalty and honor mean more than lust and instant gratification, and where the growth of true and deep love is something that comes from the very soul.

Cleopatra: the beguiling, legendary Pharoah and Queen of Egypt - the arch seducer who used her beauty to grasp for ever more power. But with her character only ever recorded by men who despised her, how can we be sure this was the real story? From the lauded author of Fair Rosaline: a powerful, unmissable untelling, unravelling Shakespeare's Roman plays to draw out the woman behind the myth.

AS FORETOLD BY HER FATHER in a vision, Catrin has become a battle-hardened warrior after her trials in the Roman legion and gladiatorial games. She must return to Britannia and pull the cursed dagger out of the serpent’s stone to fulfill her destiny. Only then can she unleash the vengeance from the ancient druids to destroy her evil half-brother, the powerful sorcerer, King Marrock. Always two steps ahead and seemingly unstoppable, Marrock can summon destructive natural forces to crush any rival trying to stop him and has charged his deadliest assassin to bring back Catrin’s head.

Roma, 50 d.C. Massimo Valerio Messalla è nobile di nascita, colto per educazione e guerriero per scelta, ma la sua libertà sta per finire: il padre gli impone di sposarsi, per garantire una discendenza alla stirpe dei Valeri. Ottavia Lenate è una giovane inquieta e curiosa, appassionata di scienza e astronomia, che desidera la conoscenza, non un marito, specie non uno ruvido e affascinante come Messalla, l’uomo a cui scopre di essere destinata. Massimo e Ottavia si trovano così forzati in un’unione decisa da altri, finché il Fato non li porterà ad Alessandria d’Egitto.

È solo un uomo che affronta le tragiche prove che il Fato gli ha riservato. Aphrodisias, 53 d.C. Giulia Urgulania per anni ha solcato i mari con la bireme Calypso cercando di dimenticare l’uomo che avrebbe potuto spezzarle il cuore. Adesso non corre più alcun pericolo, perché di lui non le restano che una manciata di ricordi, un tocco, un profumo, un bacio. La Bestia non ha più nulla del grande guerriero che era un tempo, è soltanto un corpo da gettare nell’arena contro uomini e belve. Nella sofferenza della sua prigionia gli è rimasto solo un incontenibile desiderio di vendetta.

Lei è la sua stessa vita, il suo respiro, il suo amore. E ora è in pericolo. Roma, 46 d.C. Il senatore Marco Quinto Valerio Rufo questa volta non è chiamato a combattere guerre né ad affrontare feroci barbari ai confini dell’Impero. La vendetta ha bussato alla sua porta e pretende un tributo di sangue, quello di una creatura indifesa che ama più di se stesso e che un vile nemico gli ha sottratto senza pietà.