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Conquering Passion introduces us to Rambaud, Antoine, and Hugh de Montbryce, brothers from a noble Norman family with a long and illustrious military history. The eldest brother, Ram de Montbryce, is an ambitious warrior, greedy for glory and power in the service of his friend, William the Conqueror. His heroism at the Battle of Hastings helps secure the Norman victory and earns him an earldom in newly conquered England.

With the passing of her elder husband, nineteen-year-old Kenana finds herself queen of Adah-and heavy with child-a child who may or may not be human. Born of daughters of man but sired by fallen angels, the Nephilim are powerful creatures-powerful and often evil.

Badly wounded, Rangvald is obliged to accept aid from the woman with whom he now shelters. The payment demanded? That he sires her child! But this warrior gives nothing against his will. If she is to own his manhood, he will possess her body and soul.

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

860 AD --- A sea of differences separates a pair of young souls fated to unite. A battle ensues, and two worlds collide. An Ængle-Briton woman, deeply rooted in her ancient bloodline, discovers her inner strength when she is ripped from all she loves. Using her heart and mind as her weapon and shield, this innocent captive determines how to survive.

Duke Odwolfe of Manterra is known to his friends as Wolfe, and to his enemies as Duke the Destroyer. When his prized bull goes missing, he sets out to find it. It has been stolen for a sacrifice by the druids who are conducting their pagan ritual in the forest, within the circle of standing stones. And when he finds he is too late to save his animal, he demands one of the druids come to his castle as his servant in exchange for his loss. Rae-Nyst is an elemental of the earth, better know as a dryad. She has both fae as well as human blood in her veins.

Known as a gossip and for never being able to keep a secret, Morag Douglas longs to change her reputation. She strives to do great things like her sister and cousins and desires to be a true member of the followers of the Secret Heart. Then an opportunity arises for her to be mentored in this secret group of strong women. But when she meets up with the mysterious knight Sir Bedivere, her plans go astray.

It is 1685, England is on the brink of a renewed civil war against the Stuart kings and many families are bitterly divided. Ned Ferryman cannot persuade his sister Alinor that he is right to return from America with his Pokanoket servant Rowan to join the rebel army. Instead, Alinor has been coaxed by the manipulative Livia to save the queen from the coming siege. The rewards are life-changing: the family could return to their beloved Tidelands, and Alinor could rule where she was once lower than a servant.

Although Catrin is the rightful heir to the Celtic throne in Britannia, she is lucky to be alive. After witnessing the slaughter of her family at the hands of her half-brother, who was aided by the Romans, she is enslaved by a Roman commander. He disguises her as a boy in the Roman Legion with the belief that she is an oracle of Apollo and can foretell his future. The sole bright spot in her miserable new life is her forbidden lover Marcellus, the great-grandson of the famed Roman General Mark Antony.

Sora is the wise, young High Chieftess of the Black Falcon Nation. For many winters her heart belonged to her husband, Flint, a warrior from a neighboring clan. Flint truly loved Sora, and together they explored the world of passion and love. But Flint was very jealous and on more than one occasion beat men to death for merely casting a longing glance at Sora.

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.

Arya Furlough of Dunrobin has been betrothed to Laird Jared Stewart against her wishes. With her faithful maid and companion she begrudgingly embarks on a voyage to new lands to marry the laird her father has determined will prove a fruitful alliance with her their clan. Alas, the ship she is on does not weather a storm well, leaving her cast upon the sea. Laird Duncan McAbee of Duffus is mourning his father on the shore when he notices a body bobbing among the waves. Little does he know, the body he pulls forth is a raven-haired spitfire of a lass with a steel will of determination not to ...

The de Bar siblings continue to be cursed by the old witch Hecuba, as Cinderella's memories of her past are stripped away. Living with an evil stepmother and two mean stepsisters, Ella can't remember who she is, and neither can she remember her true family, or even Sir William, the man she loves.

Rapunzel de Bar has been kidnapped by the old witch Hecuba, and imprisoned in a tower with no doors and only one window. Tired of waiting for her brothers to rescue her, Rapunzel decides to escape on her own. Since she's been cursed, her hair keeps growing longer and longer. She hangs from her braid out the window, and with her eyes closed, cuts her hair, dropping to the ground.

Lady Katherine du Boise está a punto de comprometerse con el caballero de sus pesadillas, hasta que un hombre destinado a morir le propone un matrimonio de conveniencia. Con este compromiso, ella conseguirá cuando enviude la libertad que tanto codicia, además de un agradable matrimonio al sentirse atraída por su futuro esposo. En una búsqueda para demostrar su nobleza y recuperar su derecho de nacimiento, Maddox de Haxby acaba en la cárcel, acusado injustamente por hacerse pasar por un caballero. El matrimonio con la encantadora Lady Katherine le otorga un aplazamiento de dos semanas ...

The novel DELPHI and THE GREEK WARRIOR is an extraordinary composite of accurate Greek history with little-known particulars of a tiny group of revered women known as Oracles of Delphi. Lauren examines the plight of ancient women not uncommon to modern feminine issues as she portrays Lady Selene, a heroine we can celebrate in today’s world.

Serenity doesn't care much for rules. Free-spirited and flaxen-haired, she lives in a small village under the authority of barbarians who inhabit a castle above the tiny town. When her best friend is caught trying to steal apples from the clan's forbidden garden, Serenity rushes to her rescue and challenges the brawny leader.

In the hours just before dawn, blasphemous curses echo throughout the stone manor. A knife clatters to the floor, and a feisty young widow is bound, blindfolded, and led to the marriage altar. The king couldn't possibly have sanctioned this farce of a marriage, could he? After all, she alone transformed a few mud huts and starving serfs into a flourishing town, never once hesitating to pay generous taxes to his royal kingdom.

In den Romanen von Jörg Kastner wird die Zeit des Cheruskers Arminius und der berühmten Schlacht, in der er die Legionen des Varus vernichtete, wieder lebendig. Im Mittelpunkt steht Thorag der Cherusker, der gemeinsam mit seinem Waffenbruder Arminius das Land der freien Germanen vor den Römern zu beschützen versucht. Von den Urwäldern Germaniens bis zu den römischen Stützpunkten am Rhein, von den sieben Hügeln Roms bis zur reichen Hafenstadt Ravenna entfaltet sich das dramatische Geschehen, in dem eine längst vergangene Zeit mitsamt ihren Bräuchen und Ansichten detailliert geschildert wird.

Born into an era of heroes, a prophecy claims that Psyche - Princess of Mycenae - will defeat a monster feared even by the gods themselves. Rebelling against society's traditions, she spends her youth mastering blade and bow, preparing to fulfil her destiny. But she is soon caught up in powers beyond her control, when the jealous Aphrodite sends the God of Desire, Eros, to deliver a fatal love-curse.