Ancient Suspense

If you love paranormals, westerns, and romance, then saddle-up and take a ride into Saguaro Gulch. Three women fed up with the hustle of Los Angeles take a leap of faith. They land in a world of rebellion and immortals. The first, they can do without, the last, they can’t resist. Ariana, Lynn, and Tess can’t turn down the steal of a deal on a dilapidated ranch in Saguaro Gulch, Arizona. The moving boxes are barely unpacked when visitors drop by. Three immigrant brothers from Ireland own the neighboring ranch named Vyro Creek. While Tess and Lynn are infatuated by the bachelors, Ari ...

It’s festival time in Athens, and Philocles is looking forward to the holiday. Visitors are coming from across the Hellenic world for eight days of sporting competitions, musical contests and sacred rites to honour Athena, the city’s patron goddess. Thousands will flock to the Pnyx to be enthralled by three-day performance of Homer’s Iliad, an entertainment unique to the Great Panathenaia. Taking part is the highest honour and greatest challenge for an epic poet.

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Caesar and Brutus. Marius and Sulla. Cicero, Antony, Clodius, and Augustus. The end of the Roman Republic gave us a host of larger-than-life characters hailing from Rome. Only one was named Great. In the year 90 B.C.E., chaos and unrest erupts across the Italian peninsula. Rome's allies have rebelled and taken up arms against the most powerful military on Earth. Leading Rome's legions - and his only son - to the city's defense, an unproven and unloved commander will taste victory and defeat outside the capital's gates.

Vita longs to write plays and poetry - but as a high-born girl in Roman Londinium, her fate is sealed: marriage and children. Then her father is murdered, her mother and brother disappear, and Vita flees from a shadowy enemy. Disguised as a slave at the gladiators' arena, she forges an unlikely bond with Brea, a native Briton gladiatrix - and her wolf. Together, they resolve to discover and bring the killer to justice before Vita's identity is revealed.

“A symbol of wealth, power and prosperity, the crown was never meant to be found.” Carried away in the torrents of curiosity, Dr Ryan Johnson is accompanied by his happy-go-lucky friend, Christian Willis, to the golden city of Jaisalmer, India, in search of a crown lost centuries ago. They never expected a simple archaeological excavation to turn into a game of life and death. Problems arise when Ryan picks up a street fight and finds himself in a messy situation with a feisty, Deiva Chauhan. In a foreign land rich in traditional acts, his bachelorhood is at stake when he is simply ...

In the heart of Kyoto, an ancient war is fought in shadows. Two rivals hold the key. Anya Akatori and Kenji Kagehebi are bound by duty to their feuding clans. But when a chance encounter forces them together, they begin to unravel a conspiracy far deeper and more terrifying than their inherited rivalry. A sinister organization known as the Karasu Gumi pulls the strings, manipulating empires and stoking the flames of hatred. Their only hope lies in uncovering the truth behind the legendary Twin Katanas and exposing the puppet masters. From glittering summits to clandestine meetings in Gion's...

Emperor Domitian is hosting a banquet for the senators in honour of fallen soldiers, and it's an invitation Aelianus and Justinus Camillus dare not refuse. On arrival, they enter a black-painted room furnished with couches resembling those found in mausoleums, complete with a tombstone bearing each of the senators' names. As the evening progresses the brothers conclude that Domitian has finally turned against them for their uncle's part in a plot to oust his father and start to wonder if they'll ever see the light of day again....

Queen Angelique is caught in a quandary. She has ruled The Black Land since the death of her husband, the pharaoh. She defied tradition by refusing to name her son Penaware as the next pharaoh, even though everyone knows he was too young and immature to rule. Time is running out. Prince Penaware’s approaching birthday means he’ll come of age soon. The nation and the powerful priests who strongly influence it expect Angelique to proclaim Penaware the new pharaoh. But there’s another option. She could break tradition once more and claim the title of pharaoh for herself.

Elissa Rubria Honoria is a Vestal Virgin - priestess of the sacred flame, a visionary, and one of the most powerful women in Rome. Vestals are sacrosanct, sworn to chastity on penalty of death, but the emperor, Nero, holds himself above the law. He pursues Elissa, engaging her in a deadly game of wits and sexuality. Or is Elissa really the pursuer?

Ancient grimoires. Deadly shadows. When magic calls, darkness answers... A pulsing blue grimoire hidden in the library stacks was never part of Vesper Ainsley's carefully ordered world. But when her friend Selene dies under mysterious circumstances, the ancient spellbook chooses Vesper as its new wielder, awakening a raw, untamed power within her that threatens to spiral beyond her control. Pursued by grotesque creatures and shadowy figures through London's supernatural underbelly, Vesper's only ally is the enigmatic mage Rafe. Together, they must navigate Nightreach—a shadow city that ...

When the dogs on Flavia's street start dying, she is determined to find out who is killing them and why. Set in a Roman city, this fast-paced mystery paints a vivid picture of life in ancient times.

In this story, the ghost of Frances, who passed away but cannot pass over yet, goes home to disover that her husband and sister were quietly in love for many years.

Beneath the Veil In the small town of Watertown, NY, a chilling secret threatens to unravel the lives of its unsuspecting residents. Moira Seymour, the esteemed leader of the local church, harbors a dark alliance with an ancient force that demands terrifying sacrifices to maintain its grip on the town. As disappearances escalate, Moira’s once unquestioned authority begins to crack. Bar owner Bret Morgan can no longer ignore the strange occurrences and sets out to uncover the truth, pulling Detective Dunn, a rational skeptic, deeper into the web of supernatural terror. At the edge of town,...

"They're not just tenants, they're prey..." High above Manhattan's gilded streets, York Tower rises as the ultimate address for New York's wealthy elite. But with its elderly residents dying at an alarming rate, cracks appear in the building's glossy facade. Behind designer doors and million-dollar views, an ancient evil stalks the halls—one that's perfected its hunt across centuries. And in a building where everyone has something to hide and nothing is as it seems, the residents begin to learn that some questions are best left unanswered. The Vampires of York Tower is a gothic horror ...

AD 69. The year of the four emperors. Three emperors have ruled in Rome this year and a fourth, Vespasian, has been named in the East. As the legions march toward civil war, Sebastos Pantera, the spy whose name means leopard, returns to Rome intent on bribery, blackmail and persuasion: whatever it takes to bring the commanders and their men to Vespasian's side. But in Rome, as he uses every skill he has ever learned of subterfuge, codes and camouflage, it becomes clear that one of those closest to him is a traitor who will let Rome fall to destroy him.

Unveil the dark secrets of St. Augustine in this gripping horror mystery where history and the supernatural collide. When a group of friends discovers an ancient diary in a dusty antique shop, they unwittingly unlock a terrifying curse hidden for centuries. The diary reveals the chilling tale of an 18th-century Santeria coven that trapped a malevolent spirit in a sacred artifact—a mysterious amulet lost in the shadows of the city. But one of them has already found the amulet, and with it, they’ve unleashed something sinister. As unexplained deaths begin to echo the sacrificial rituals ...

一场车祸惊显一张藏在兵马俑中的藏宝图，一个寻宝游戏，却带来一场死亡危机……一場車禍驚顯一張藏在兵馬俑中的藏寶圖，一個尋寶遊戲，卻帶來一場死亡危機……

The Mummy Meets the Tomb Raider! Hyala was raised and groomed to be the perfect body double for the spoiled princess Rekhetre, daughter of Pharaoh Khafre. Hyala never expected that the world she entered would offer endless and unavoidable dangers. Palace intrigue escalates when Rekhetre is accused of betraying her tempestuous husband Menkaure. After the unfaithful consort pushes her husband too far, he sentences her to death but Rekhetre cleverly seeks to avoid death by offering up Hyala instead. Falsely identified and buried alive, Hyala is forced to endure a cursed death. Priestess Kyete ...

Dopo anni di lotte e di vittorie, Giulio Cesare ha conquistato la Gallia. A Roma, tuttavia, gli avversari del grande condottiero, temendo il suo crescente potere, vogliono metterlo sotto processo, e persino il suo principale collaboratore e amico, Tito Labieno, lo ha abbandonato. Eppure, proprio quando sembra che l'unica scelta possibile sia rinunciare alle proprie ambizioni, Cesare getta il dado e sorprende tutti: varca il Rubicone con la sola XIII legione e muove verso Roma.