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A captivating journey weaving together the horror of war and the power of love.Twenty-year-old Maya is given one hour to pack one suitcase and flee her home in war-torn Beirut, leaving behind everyone and everything she knows and loves.She rebuilds a new life in Los Angeles, and eventually launches a successful career in the aerospace industry. Despite professional opportunities and glamorous experiences in California, Maya is unable to escape her emotional attachment and sense of responsibility to her home country.She returns to Beirut where she meets a young surgeon, and together they believe they have a role to play in changing the trajectory of their war-torn nation.Glass Cedars, by Kath...

Dive into Darkness and Destiny with Michaela Riley's "Cauldron of Dagda: The Witch's Rebirth, Part II"Award-winning author Michaela Riley returns with the highly anticipated second installment in her "Witch's Rebirth" series, "Cauldron of Dagda: The Witch's Rebirth, Part II." Prepare to be swept away into a world where ancient myths clash with the harsh realities of a crumbling empire, where love battles against looming darkness, and where the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.Set in the year 540 A.D., Riley expertly crafts a historical backdrop teeming with political intrigue and the ever-present threat of a rising evil. As chaos descends upon the Eastern Roman Empire, threate...

In 1551 Ottoman pirates abducted the population of a Mediterranean island and sold them as slaves or took the better looking to harems. Those souls needed revenge.

I helped their cause in Vengeance Island assisted by an ancient spirit of Gozo and by the puzzled descendants in modern France.

THINK: JOHN WICK MEETS ELIZABETH BENNET

Sir David La Roche, Knight Templar, is a renowned warrior who hires his services out to weary travelers wishing to visit the Holy Lands, in the Year of Our Lord, 1229 A.D.

He is bored with such endeavors and determined to wed Lady Beatrice, a wealthy heiress whose lands Sir David will inherit upon her father's death, of course.

The Templar has it all planned out, until a wistful, energetic young woman enters his life.

His word is his bond. He has given it, which means it is set in stone. Why then, does his thoughts turn to Isabella Kingsley at night, why is his dreams haunted by that pretty face, that sensual body.

Hailed by Reedsy Discovery and the onlinebookclub as a 5-star "must read "  and slated for review by the prestigious Historical Novel Society, The Peacock's Legacy is a captivating masterpiece, which one reviewer has suggested should become a movie.Can a 19th-century Irish woman overcome the shadows of her past? The narrative follows the life of Brigid Power,  a woman whose resilience and determination defy fate to forge her path. Born to a struggling tenant farmer, Btigid survives the devastating Irish Famine of the 1840s, which shatters her family and destroys her youth, Faced with an unwanted marriage, Brigid flees to Dublin, where she finds love and purpose in the Fen...

SHE HOLDS A TROUBLING SECRET FROM HER PASTGrace Morgan has done well for herself during the turbulent times of WWII, but longs for something more intriguing in life than the mundane.HE’S HER PROTECTORHer long-time friend and confidant, J.D. McGinnis, is finally back in Chicago, where both have landed positions at WLS Radio Station. Riddled with guilt regarding his haunting history, the now dishonorably discharged Vet is recruited to run covert operations for the government.HOT OFF THE WIREBrigadier General Thomas J. Ellis is a master at concealing his many classified projects and dodging nosey reporters. What he doesn’t expect is fighting an attraction to a beguiling and determined red-h...

Sgt. Sean Patrick McAroy is a hard-bitten, no-nonsense war-weary veteran who is well accustomed to difficult assignments. This latest, given over by Lt. James Lafferty, is one for the record books, however.Charged with escorting a lovely red headed woman who just happens to be a brilliant scientist, is one he would rather his squad not have to undertake.Females in a war zone spells more than trouble…it could mean one of his men’s life, or maybe even his if something goes awry, which it invariably does where a woman is concerned, or at least, that is Sgt. McAroy’s belief from past experience.Only problem is, the Sgt did not expect to find himself somewhat attracted to this woman/child. ...

Named Best Military Thriller of 2023 by BestThrillers.Finalist, War & Military, 2023 Foreword Reviews Book AwardsFinalist, 2023 Hemingway Award for War FictionFinalist, 2023 Readers Favorite Award for Military FictionThe Spear of Destiny. The Roman Legionnaire's lance that pierced Christ's body as he hung on the cross.Legend claims whomever possesses it will become a great conqueror. But if they lose it, they will lose everything—including their lives.Shortly before WWII, Hitler stole the spear from a museum in Vienna. In the last weeks of the European war, he lost it. General George Patton orders an American OSS team to find the spear and recover it. Unknown to the Americans, both the...

Major Sally Honeychurch has spent two years as an agent behind enemy lines. Now the war is over, the women who risked their lives are no longer needed. Sally is back in civvy street, haunted by the French Resistance lover who died in her arms. When terrorists smuggle an atomic bomb into London, the Head of MI6 urgently summons her for one more mission. Sally has inside knowledge few possess. She was there when the first atom bomb was assembled and detonated. Sally is the only woman among hundreds of soldiers and intelligence agents hunting the terrorists. And she uncovers a clue to their identity that will rock the establishment to its foundations. To save London, she must not only track dow...

She’s beautiful and brilliant. But the world is not ready for her to shine… Western Pennsylvania, 1905. Olive Westchester dreams of being valued. Misunderstood, resented, and ignored by her large family after her mother's death, her only ally is an older brother who loves her unconditionally. And the hard-headed girl’s visions of making her mark are threatened by a close-minded society resentful of her superior intellect. Stunned after a jealous teacher expels her from the eighth grade, Olive's anger swells when her dismissive father does nothing to get her readmitted… instead pushing her to learn to be a wealthy man’s wife. But as tragedy strikes, she turns to a local la...

The country celebrates newfound prosperity and peace. Does Westchester Farm benefit?
 

Western Pennsylvania, 1920. Henderson Westchester lords over his massive farm and family. The widower and father of seven children contemplates the unthinkable. The transfer of his family farm to his youngest child, a girl!
Feisty, brilliant, and outspoken, Olive Westchester remains at odds with her father after her favorite brother’s death.

The nineteen-year-old who dreams of independence via a college education, not property ownership, succeeds in making her family’s life miserable as she awaits Henderson’s decision. 

The entire country is in upheaval, and so is she. Can one broken woman survive the coming storms?Western Pennsylvania, 1925. Olive Westchester brims with bitter, unrealized potential. Refusing to visit her father’s deathbed and forgive him for her beloved brother’s passing, she turns her attention to completing the schooling she always coveted. But her anticipation erupts into rage when a fifth unplanned pregnancy torpedoes her longed-for future.As the years pass and America suffers from the Great Depression, Olive painfully faces shattered dreams of reaching medical school and independence. And when her youngest daughter inherits her smarts and seizes an opportunity for higher education...

Newlyweds separated by war. A bride left behind. Can she achieve greatness on her own?1951. Harriett Bailey desperately wants her happily ever after. Shocking her small town by marrying a well-known womanizer, the shy girl’s plans are shot down when her groom is immediately drafted and sent to fight overseas. And her dreams of wedded bliss crumble as months pass without any word from her soldier husband…Determined to move out of her parents’ house, the brilliant hard worker earns a promotion as the first female executive in her company. But as she juggles a bitterly jealous mother, a doting father, and silence from the man she hopelessly loves, Harriet makes a choice that drastically s...

Her husband’s return from war marked a tumultuous reunion. She’ll have to fight her way to a happy ending. 1953. Harriett Bailey Kepler is determined to stand her ground. After accomplishing her college goals and starting an enviable career, the once-abandoned bride refuses to welcome her unreliable spouse back with open arms. So she puts aside her former meekness and demands the immature man pull his weight in their teetering marriage. Slowly softening as the charismatic town hero eases his way into her good graces, Harriett is blindsided when an unexpected twist turns their lives upside down. And as her husband’s lies start catching up to them, the strong-willed woman disco...

Restless and seeking fortune beyond his family's farm, Rory Fraser hears of men striking it rich in a place called Leadville. At the age of sixteen, he leaves his Indiana home for the Wild West, enduring hardships and discovering a hidden resilience that transforms him from a hopeful prospector into a stalwart frontiersman. Along the way, he discovers that true wealth lies not in silver and gold, but in a life forged from the land and a love born of the strength to stand fast.