Novedades

At a village near the fortress mount of Montségur, early winter months of 1244: Some from their village have found shelter here, but Renata's family has gone into the fortress itself, for there are wounded there who need tending. Though Montségur is under the siege of the Inquisitor, Renata knows she must enter too—but will not go alone. One of the Perfect reveals the secret passage into the fortress, but the way in is also a way out . . . for those who would take it. As the fortress falls, Sir Simon finally understands his quest . . . NOTES: The Cathar sects of southern France believed...

Based on the legends and descendants of Mary Magdalene. In late summer, Anno Domini 1243, southern France: A gifted healer tends the great herbal gardens of her village in the foothills above the river valley. Renata is the botanist here, just as her grandmother had been before, and hers, as far back as remembering. Legend claims the orchard and herbs were first planted here by the earliest Christians fleeing Roman persecution in the Holy Land, perhaps even tended by the hands of Mary Magdalene herself. For generations too, her family has also trained children of the village in the use of ...

As the Isle of the Four Kingdoms series continues in “Book Four – Firestorm“, isle inhabitants are caught in the aftermath of the eruption of Half Moon mountain in the Kingdom of Four Peaks. An ashy-haze blankets most of the isle and threatens the isle’s basic needs – shelter, fresh water, and food supplies. The Dragon Alliance team has just celebrated the scheduled wedding of two members of the team, as well as the unscheduled nuptials. Caught up in the joy of the moment, they are unaware of turmoil brewing around them that will blur their focus on the isle’s survival: * a ...

When the high priestess Vyvian du Lac dies, Morgen le Fay—acolyte to the priestess, midwife to queens, apprentice to Merlin—is left mysteriously bereft of magic. She finds herself transported to the wild, ancient forest of Brocéliande, which she must cross—and survive—to save Carelon from disaster. And death itself, it seems, is close on her heels.

The Crown's Reckoning – The Sequel to Honor the Throne The weight of the crown is heavier than Maxwell ever imagined. With Bellavierre on the brink of unrest, old alliances fraying, and his throne challenged by shadows within his own court, the young king must face the consequences of his past. But no betrayal cuts deeper than the one that threatens his future with Abbie. Abigail Remington never sought power, but as queen, she must now navigate a court that was never meant to accept her. With enemies at every turn and a heart torn between duty and longing, she must decide whether to stand...

As the Isle of the Four Kingdoms series continues in "Book Five – H.E.A.L.", the Dragon Alliance team deals with the aftermath of the dragon battle between the renegade dragons and the isle's dragon leaders, led by Blu Blaze, who subsequently becomes King of the Isle's dragons. After a brief respite at the castle of King John of Seven Shields, the Alliance team resumes their H.E.A.L. (Help Ensure All Live) quest. Untainted water and food supplies are the top priorities of the quest; Alliance members seek solutions to both needs. However, they soon learn that the substance used to strip ...

As the Isle of the Four Kingdoms series continues in “Book Three - Whose Land?“, Princess and sorceress Laurenat Filly’s guardianship of the Blue Dragons is challenged when one of her beloved dragons is maliciously attacked and killed by marauding, cross-kingdom, renegade dragons. Vowing to seek justice for one of her own but knowing her first responsibility is to protect the dragons,Laurena must devise a way to protect each colony of dragons. . . and not just the blue dragon’s colonies, but every dragon colony on the isle. In her journey to create a protection plan, she becomes ...

Laurena Filly is no pampered princess, despite her royal blood. She's an impish, medieval, teenaged sorceress and the new apprentice to the Blue Dragon Guardian. This legendary grandmaster sorceress is renowned for maintaining the tenuous peace between the formidable dragons and the inhabitants on the Isle of the Four Kingdoms. Laurena journeys across her father's kingdom to embrace her destiny as the Blue Dragon Princess. Her crossing detours when she learns of the sinister deeds ordered by King Armon, monarch of the Southern Kingdom. These events threaten not only her family and other ...

Three years after the eruption of Half Moon Mountain in the kingdom of Four Peaks, which blanketed over two-thirds of the Isle of the Four Kingdoms with volcanic ash, the Dragon Alliance has assembled on Dragon Mountain for a much-anticipated celebration of the rebirth of the isle. A successful H.E.A.L. (Help Ensure All Live) quest had yielded the provisions needed for the isle’s inhabitants’ (both man and creature) survival. And, with the assistance of the ‘guiding spirits’ and the isle’s dragons, the ash has been removed and the land re-seeded. The isle is blooming with new ...