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Enter the savage and spellbound world of the Hyborian Age in this thrilling Robert E. Howard collection, featuring Queen of the Black Coast, Jewels of Gwahlur, and Shadows in Zamboula. Packed with sword-and-sorcery adventure, ancient danger, and unforgettable heroic action, this volume is perfect for fans of classic fantasy and legendary pulp fiction.

Based on a true story The Nazi regime's bloody wake in Europe persists as they brutally send "undesirables" to their deaths in concentration camps. As a young Jew, Hannah leaves behind her mother and sister as she flees certain death, arriving in Le Chambon in search of refuge. Driven by their...

A proud Loyalist and a jaded patriot are bound by a child and a shared loss-but as sparks fly, they must decide if love is worth trusting the enemy. Heather has no reason to like Lucas Reed. He is an American, who's fight for liberty from England led to Heather's family's financial ruin and the...

His pa named him Cain because his birth was a curse… but what happens when he’s the only one who can save the town? Anna Mae Harding never thought getting married would be so hard. It’s not that she hasn’t had any offers. On the contrary, it seems like someone is always asking her to be his wife. The trouble is, she up and fell in love with the wrong man years ago, and no matter how much she tries to forget him, no one else she’s met has measured up. Texas Ranger Cain Whitelaw is happy to leave the town where he grew up behind him forever.

He was born with a curse and a gift— a gambler’s nerve, a killer’s aim, and a dying man’s calm. Before legend turned him into myth, John Henry “Doc” Holliday was a Southern dentist chasing fortune across a restless West. But when fate brought him to Tombstone, he stepped into a war that would stain the desert red and carve his name into history. Told with grit, grace, and the haunting beauty of the real frontier, Doc follows the man behind the myth—from Georgia to Dodge, from friendship to vengeance, from the clatter of saloons to the silence of Glenwood Springs.

De Spaanse Nederlanden, 1613. Tryn van Vierssen is een poortersvrouw uit Roermond met een negenjarige dochter en een onbevredigend huwelijk. Begin oktober is ze getuige van een verontrustend kinderspelletje op de markt. Het blijkt de vonk in het kruitvat: alsmaar meer vrouwen worden van hekserij beschuldigd en op de brandstapel gezet. Samen met haar stadsgenoten laat Tryn zich meeslepen door collectieve angst voor de duivel. Tot ook haar naam wordt genoemd.

In this World War II historical novel set during the harrowing siege of Leningrad, Daniil Aslanov, a docent at the Hermitage Museum, gives tours of empty frames. As the city starves, he battles a secret shame, while his grandfather—a persecuted Orthodox priest exiled to the Gulag—clings to faith. While bombs fall and starvation grips the city, Daniil Aslanov continues to lead tours of empty frames through the Hermitage Museum. Although the museum's masterpieces have been hidden away for safekeeping, their presence lingers in memory and meaning.

Former U.S. Marshal Isaac McGraw wants nothing more than to forget his past and live in isolation on the family ranch. But his meddling family has cooked up other plans—plans that include matching Isaac with a mail-order bride who has two young boys in tow. There's something about Clare Ferguson that bothers Isaac…more than the haunted look in her eyes and the way she's constantly glancing over her shoulder. Against his will—and better judgment—he finds himself drawn to Clare and her cheery disposition.

The year is 1861, and America is on the brink of Civil War. Young Caitlyn O'Malley travels west to escape an abusive home. She eventually makes her way to Virginia City, Nevada, and plies her trade as a soiled dove. Experience the Old West through the eyes of a frontier prostitute who witnessed the unfolding of many historical events such as the advent of fresh water to the town, the coming of the railroad, and the Yellow Jacket Mine disaster. Join her as she meets such luminaries as Mark Twain, Dan De Quille, Rose May, Susan B.

Sam never wanted to go to war. Still, he went. He came home emotionally crippled.

Sometimes things must get worse before they get better. Lent is cold, wet and austere, and the brothers long for their new abbot, John Hazell, to take up the reins. But on the first day of John's abbacy, Prior William de Bulmer rocks up at their door, seeking refuge from his numerous enemies. His priory is a charred ruin, and he has nowhere else to go. Appalled to be taking in this man who so ill-treated their beloved former abbot, the community must address old resentments and new divisions. Can grace prevail? Will their refugee receive healing–or spread poison?

Fall, 1941. Agatha Stuart is 30 years old, well established in Old Maid territory with no prospects on the horizon. She wants to be content with her life as it is — job as postmistress and living at home with her parents, but she isn’t. She longs for more.

When dedicated philanthropist Judith Stanford receives a summons from her estranged grandfather ordering her to come to Minneapolis to prove herself worthy of his inheritance, she is hesitant but can't ignore the potential of her grandfather's fortune to benefit her causes. And the only man to interest her since her husband's death lives in Minneapolis, leaving her hoping their paths will cross.

How can she 'keep the peace' when there's never been any to keep? England, 1850. Bookworm Irene Denton lives with a painful secret. To the citizens of Lindenfell, her mother is a kind, generous lady—but behind closed doors, she's a cruel and controlling tyrant. Stories have always been...

His reign must come to an end. But his legacy will live on forever. After thwarting the scourge of the Viking hordes that had decimated Britain for decades, King Alfred assured a period of peace and prosperity for the kingdom of Wessex. The dream of uniting all Anglo-Saxons under one, noble banner seems closer than ever before. But his enemies are not ones to be taken lightly. For even as Alfred works to ensure the fate of his descendants for centuries to come, a fearsome warlord, Haesten, gathers his warriors for a brutal assault upon the shores of Alfred's territories.

Pride and Prejudice meets Mission: Impossible Part one in a Christian Regency suspense series with slow-burn romance and a supernatural twist She met him again by shooting him. Unmarried after four Seasons of towering over her dance partners, Miss Phoebe Sauber learns she will be cast out of her...

In ancient Israel, soon after Nessa is of marriageable age, her father gives her to a wealthy widowed friend, capitalizing on her beauty to bring in the highest bride-price he can find. Nessa is devastated, as she had begged to marry Lavi, who returned her love and saw more in her than her appearance. But Nessa's betrothal leads to Lavi's departure, compounding her grief, and she can never forget her forbidden first love.

Noreen O'Sullivan is an enthusiastic member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and believes herself called to defend the cause of prohibition. When she's invited to join the Secret Society of Spinsters, Noreen jumps at the chance to rally others to her movement and shut down the local saloon for good. However, her passionate campaigning often puts her at odds with the men around her—including the local deputy.

A marriage of necessity. A secret buried deep. In Georgia’s gold country, love may be the most dangerous treasure of all. Gage Edmonds plans to use his engineering degree to blaze new roads in the Southern frontier—but first, he must follow in the footsteps of his war hero father and prove...

Betrayed by his kinsmen, his forces overrun by Danes, King Alfred of Wessex has retreated deep into the marshes of his homeland, lying in wait for his chance at redemption. The scourge of the heathen horde that has ravaged the kingdom for decades is at its peak. Led by the fearsome Viking warlord Guthrum, the fate of the men, women, and children at their mercy appears all but sealed. But underestimate the great king at your peril . . .