History Mystery Adventure

The Prodigal Returns… Rian Becket, believed killed at Waterloo, reluctantly returns to Becket Hall a year after the battle, maimed in body as well as spirit, and determined never to let life touch him, hurt him, again. But Not Alone… Beautiful, mysterious Lisette Beatty befriended Rian a month after he was injured, and has been his nurse, lover, and constant companion ever since, setting herself up as indispensable to the man, shielding him from his nightmares, helping him write his stories and poems. …In A World Of Strangers The reclusive Beckets do not easily accept strangers into ...

Eleanor Becket is the glue that holds the wild, adventurous, at times reckless Beckets together, even if she believes herself to be the least interesting or exciting person in the world. Some may aspire to be a lady, and some, it seems, are simply born to it, whether they want to be or not. Who would expect fragile Eleanor, with her quiet ways and her unfortunate limp, to be anything more than she seems? But this adopted daughter has secrets gentleman turned smuggler Jack Eastwood believes connected to a long-ago crime. His discoveries ultimately lead them both to the very edge of desire ...

Day of the Destroyers is an all-original linked prose anthology - each story is part of a larger arc wherein Jimmie Flint, Secret Agent X-11 of the Intelligence Service Command, battles to prevent the seditionist Medusa Council from engineering a bloody coup overthrowing our democracy. Agent X-11 fights across the country preventing an aerial assault on Chicago’s rail lines, destroying a secret factory of gas meant to enthrall millions in New Mexico, and so much more!

In "Master and Man," Bobbie is a black man who can outride, outfight, and outshoot any white man in the mountain desert. His unwavering moral code serves as a model for his often cruel and dissolute white master.

Richard Sharpe believes that his soldiering days are over, but his retirement is interrupted by a request from Donna Louisa Vivar for Sharpe to discover the truth about the disappearance of her husband, the Captain-General of Chile. Sharpe's quest takes him to St Helena and an encounter with Napoleon, and on to Chile where he soon finds himself caught up in the rebellion against Spanish rule and fighting alongside the flamboyant rebel admiral, Lord Thomas Cochrane.

A new caliber of thriller set at the collision of ’60s counterculture and the rise of dark forces in world government. Heroes creator Tim Kring injects history with a supernatural, hallucinogenic what-if.

A retired Space Program Planning manager takes on a daunting challenge to recover the property that was stolen from Paul and Linda McCartney one night in 1973 while they were out for a walk in Nigeria, Africa. Husband and wife Kevin and Penny work together to attempt a mission that will reach back decades to find Rock History Treasure. Kevin will have to dig deep to figure out how to beat the crooked collectors at their own game so he can recover Rock History Treasure and meet his music hero!

There is a harvest moon over Toulouse, but it’s going to be a very dark night. Eleven-year-old Micah Stevens intends to free the dogs from a puppy mill in the woods outside of town. Teenager Jenny Allard and her boyfriend Michael Kennedy have come up with a plan to get even with two of the school’s most notorious thugs. Gloria Downing is coming home after a decade running from her past. On this Indian summer evening in October of 1981, the little town is about to add several chapters to its long and bizarre history. Come along as award winning novelist, Chris Morrow, gives you the grand...

“I love the way [Ainsley Walker] goes to a different country in each book and explores. It makes me want to visit those places!” – 5-star review A faraway island. An impending hurricane. And a missing pearl brooch. An airplane en route to the U.S. is forced to land on the island of Puerto Rico—and onboard is AINSLEY WALKER Stranded in torrential rain, she is guided by another passenger towards an old plantation house in the island’s tropical interior, where she meets an elderly woman who has lost a precious family heirloom. It's a pearl brooch that had once belonged to an actual ...

The cries of battle are now just a distant memory for Thadius. He has long since packed away his armor, sword, pilum and shield. Retirement in a sleepy little resort town along the coast has suited him well. Now a widower, he bides his time gardening and spending his remaining years with his old friend Dominus drinking wine and telling tall tales of old. But, Thadius’ serene world is shaken by the arrival of a desperate letter from the furthest reaches of the Republic. Summoned to the far away Island of Britannia, Thadius and Dominus are driven to solve a gruesome murder. Hot on the trail...

Is learning a lesson worth losing your life? Bringing back a traitor to face trial seems an easy job for young Roma Novan officer Carina Mitela – until she is catapulted into confrontation with the powerful head of the Praetorian Guard. Will she collapse in face of corruption at high level or risk disgrace and destruction in standing up for her principles? On her first overseas mission, Carina and her comrade-in-arms Flavius’s sole task is to recover a traitor hiding in the Republic of Quebec. Under no circumstances must she enter the Eastern United States where she is still wanted ...

THE EXCALIBUR CASE The myth, the legend, the reality. Professor Challenger and Conan are determined to prove its existence even if it kills them. And it just might. A mystery of the ages is fraught with danger and excitement as a familiar villain appears to complicate the search...and make it deadly! THE WONDERLAND MYSTERY Holmes and Watson are used to cases where the unusual occurs. After all, the very world they live in is an amalgamation of steampunk science and magic. But this mystery has to be one of the most dangerous as well as crazy ones yet when a famous play turns into a murder ...

Oliver Twist attends a costume ball that ends with parliamentary candidate Trevor Newsome disappearing days before the election. Pinocchio, the Blue Fairy, and Puss in Boots occupy a Swiss castle where immortality may lie hidden. When Long John Silver arrives, Oliver has to do some fast thinking to protect more than just his own life from the pirate who says he only cares about rescuing his daughter. Marooned on Crown of Thorns Island, Oliver must defeat enemies old and new and deal with a tentacled monster and a human one. Child slaves who think they are going to school create automatons ...

"...a special gem of historical fiction." Winston Lavallee, author of "Dancing in the Dark" "A joyful, engaging read from beginning to end...." Mark Ashton, Southbridge Evening News Trolley Days is the story of the unlikely bond between two boys growing up in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in the nineteen-teens. Jack Bernard was the son of a mill worker who had emigrated from Canada, Tom Wellington the son of the mill owner. They had barely spoken in nearly six months, yet in Jack’s mind Tom was still his best friend, and no snowstorm would prevent him from going to his friend’s aid. Soon Jack...

Los campamentos piratas que salpican la costa de Somalia amenazan con secuestrar cualquier barco que se les acerque pero los países desarrollados no parecen capaces de hacer frente al problema. La industria energética mundial está al borde del colapso. ¿Podrá un hombre de negocios enfrentarse a los piratas? ¿Será capaz el fallido estado somalí de controlar su propia costa?

Bold, professional, and determined, Richard Sharpe embarks on a desperate mission. He must recover the treasure, vital to the success of the war, now hidden behind enemy lines.

When a boy at school goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from episodes of Police Patrol to find him. With Pari and Faiz by his side, Jai ventures into some of the most dangerous parts of the sprawling Indian city, the bazaar at night, and even the railway station at the end of the Purple Line. But kids continue to vanish, and the trio must confront terrified parents, an indifferent police force and soul-snatching djinns in order to uncover the truth.

La sua bellezza, assieme ad altre doti, l'aveva catapultata nel mondo delle escort di lusso ad Hong Kong. La sua vita era cambiata dopo che il suo amante milionario l'aveva mandata negli USA per permetterle di studiare. Pochi anni dopo era uscita da Harvard con un MBA e una certificazione da commercialista. Con qualche aiuto da parte del suo amico, era ascesa a presidente di una delle maggiori banche di Miami.

Dive into a World of Magic, Mystery, and Heart-Pumping Action In a world where magic and mystery collide, meet Jaxon Axis, a rookie Time Crime Fighter. A President in Peril When a former U.S. president is bewitched and propelled into the future, Jaxon must navigate the changing timeline to prevent a catastrophic rewrite of history. With the help of witch sisters and his new allies, he'll decipher cryptic clues and outwit time-traveling villains to save the world – and the past! The Clock is Ticking As the countdown begins, Jaxon's quest becomes a heart-stopping race against time. Will he ...

Prince is a roving reporter for The New York Telegram. It is 1905, and he is assigned to interview a powerful businessman in San Diego, California. A quick cross-country airship voyage is the last effortless thing he experiences on this trip. In San Diego, Prince encounters pirates, a beautiful Mexican woman, a famous fiction writer (L. Frank Baum), an infamous bandito (listen to find out), monstrous conquistador ghosts, murder, and so much more! Will Prince survive this adventure and make it back to New York City unscathed?