In 1940 when London bombing begins Jean Shapwick is evacuated to Cornwall. After her own parents are killed she is adopted by foster parents, falls in love with their son David and marries him. David's best friend Tom is devoted to Jean, but realizes his love is not returned. As David restlessly strives to acquire wealth, he tires of family life in the country and disappears abroad leaving Jean with two small children. David's best friend Tom finds love with Jean. David returns to Cornwall only to leave for another country when he discovers Jean no longer wants him in …

Three interlaced stories filled with music, murder, fire and fraud - erratically controlled by a narrator - comprise Scrundle: A Historical Novel. In 1348, as the Black Death spreads in Europe, musicians, who play a massive instrument called the Scrundle, are caught between two feuding barons. One captures them and the other burns the instrument on the advice of a peasant, who believes it to be a symbol of pestilence and religious corruption. Two musicians escape to tell the tale in a manuscript, or MS. One baron is banished for the destruction, while the other?s widow builds Scrundle Hall in …

In this historical novel, a young orphan boy and street thief, Motorius, is captured by a criminal ring that offers him the chance for a new life, but at a price. Motorius is trained as an assassin and thrown into a deadly game of murder, political intrigue, sex, and revenge. As Motorius trains, he meets a stranger who claims to be a friend. Can Motorius trust this man? As the intrigue grows, the criminal group challenges the King for rule of the land. A final battle ensues. Who will lead the people? Is Motorius destined for a new role in …

Sweeping through the 1800s, through the despair of poverty and the glory of hope, through shepherding on a croft, through the atmosphere of Fort Worth and Texas to war-torn France and Europe, from modern Brisbane to heady New York City, In Love’s Time is as ageless as the aborigines’ dreamtime; it takes you from tragedy to the triumph that occurs when fortes fortuna juvat (fortune favors the brave). For Catrine Stewart, it a time of discovery and intrigue. . . Lilian White will always remember the thrill of riding in a buggy on Australia Day in Brisbane, Australia. Hearing the …

Steve Dalton, an electronics graduate living in a sleepy Cheshire village, had no idea the turn his life would take on a business trip to Malaysia. After pulling off the deal of a lifetime, he finds himself in danger, embroiled in a web of crime and murder that reaches from China to the Middle East and Africa. As he navigates the hazardous terrain of illicit drugs, bogus medicines and vice, Steve needs to figure out if there is anyone he can trust if he is going to uncover the deeper motivations of the criminal syndicate—motivations that may just hit a …

This sweeping love story travels around the world to touch on betrayal and hidden family secrets. Elle Ryan is a wealthy doctor who finds it hard to come to terms with the sudden death of her mother. She depends too much on Pete, her colleague and boyfriend, to help her through the grieving process. When Pete deceives her, they have a very emotional breakup. As Elle’s Life Changes, she feels she must move away from her family, friends and job in America for a fresh start in Australia, where her mother’s family provides a bond. In just one night, she …

If you could travel through time, what epic event would you pick to experience? In the fascinating novel The Unveiling: Quest in Time, Ben Stone and his mentor, Bob Peterson, build a time machine. In the first book of this sci-fi series, Ben uses the machine to travel to his mentor’s Pittsburgh home long before they build the machine, so he can let Bob know that their experiment is a success. His next adventure takes him to perhaps the most extraordinary event in history! Ben returns to the past to witness the death of the great prophet who was crucified …

There are plenty of mysteries beneath the surface of the novel The Mystery of the Louisville Star: Can the Louisville Star Retain Secrets From Her Watery Grave? There are only two known survivors when the Louisville Star riverboat sinks in a rain storm south of Port Gibson, Mississippi in 1915. One is a riverboat gambler, and the other a six-month-old white baby boy that he rescued. The two wash ashore at a cotton plantation north of Natchez. The orphans’ home there rejects the baby on technical grounds. An old black man who lives on the plantation is given the task …

Meet Fenrick, a sixteen-year-old antisocial supplies dealer in Al Khuwayr, a small village in Saudi Arabia that protects the struggling remnants of society after a nuclear world war has destroyed nearly everything. When Fenrick is recruited into the militia that guards the village, he embarks on a mission to the ruins of Riyadh in search of Project 7, hidden somewhere in Riyadh's military base. As Fenrick travels beyond his village for the first time in eleven years, he discovers warped monstrosities that were once people and animals. Getting closer to their destination, Fenrick forms a mutual bond with his allies, …

Barden's Foe is pure fantasy. The story is set in the land of Barden, a fictitious world inhabited by magical beings and creatures of myth and legend. When Aramok, a warrior from the Koutan Jungle, meets with a legendary creature called a Phouton, they travel to the enemy-occupied city of Ersk, bent on revenge. In the city, they chance upon an elf, sent by his kindred to evaluate the power of the enemy. Pye the elf senses a power in the warrior that far transcends the urge for revenge. They agree to work toward the common goal of saving the …