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The Mouth of the Crocodile by Pearce Michael
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-10-08 | Author:Pearce, Michael [Pearce, Michael]

Aisha said that it was all very well for boys because when it ended they would go on to a job. But girls had to marry. Their parents would fix ...
( Category: Historical March 4,2015 )
05 - The Wolf's Gold by Anthony Riches
epub |eng | 2012-10-24 | Author:Anthony Riches [Riches, Anthony]

6 ‘The legatus will see you now, Tribunes.’ Scaurus motioned to the door, gesturing for his colleague to enter the legatus’s office in front of him. Belletor accepted the invitation ...
( Category: Military March 3,2015 )
The Eagle's Vengeance by Anthony Riches
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-08-21 | Author:Anthony Riches

7 The deeper the mounted detachment moved into the Frying Pan’s heart, the less Silus was able to shrug off the feeling of disquiet that had gripped him since the ...
( Category: Military March 3,2015 )
The Tempting of Thomas Carrick by Stephanie Laurens
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-02-23 | Author:Stephanie Laurens [Laurens, Stephanie]

* * * Thomas quit the dining room shortly after Lucilla. He resisted the urge to reassure himself that she was safe in the still room; at his suggestion, Ferguson ...
( Category: Scottish March 3,2015 )
The Sword of Attila by Gibbins David
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-12-15 | Author:Gibbins, David [Gibbins, David]

13 Flavius sat in the bows of the boat staring ahead into the mist, his cassock now used as bedding and the tribune’s insignia on his shoulders gleaming in the ...
( Category: Historical March 3,2015 )
Requiem for a Slave by Rosemary Rowe
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-01-31 | Author:Rosemary Rowe [Rowe, Rosemary]

Fourteen It seemed to take an unconscionably long time for the last guest to leave – and that was actually the priest of Mars himself, who seemed peculiarly reluctant to ...
( Category: Historical March 3,2015 )
The Vestal Vanishes by Rosemary Rowe
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-01 | Author:Rosemary Rowe [Rowe, Rosemary]

FIFTEEN Trullius looked at me. ‘I knew there would be trouble. Taking in Vestal Virgins – even retired and prospective ones – is not appropriate for the likes of us. ...
( Category: Historical March 3,2015 )
Speaking From Among The Bones by Alan Bradley
epub |eng | 2013-01-28 | Author:Alan Bradley

• FIFTEEN • “THEY SAY ’E’S BLEEDIN’ cause ’is bones ’as been bothered!” Mrs. Mullet ladled another dollop of her lavalike porridge into my bowl. Thoughts of being an Oliver ...
( Category: Murder March 3,2015 )
The Resurrection of Mary Mabel McTavish by Allan Stratton
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-03-17 | Author:Allan Stratton

Mary Mabel tossed and turned all night. She’d known that Floyd played with truth. But did he really think her miracle was a fraud? What were his actual plans for ...
( Category: Historical February 15,2015 )
A Traitor's Tears by Fiona Buckley
epub |eng | 2013-10-15 | Author:Fiona Buckley [Fiona Buckley]

TWELVE Terror by Night Wyse did not linger after that. I accompanied him into the courtyard to see him off and before he mounted his horse, he bowed over my ...
( Category: Historical February 15,2015 )
Consider the Lily by Elizabeth Buchan
epub |eng | 2012-08-19 | Author:Elizabeth Buchan

CHAPTER NINE Her garden apart, Matty had set herself the task of sorting out the contents of the attics, which had been left during the renovations. The rooms had originally ...
( Category: Historical February 15,2015 )
Miranda Neville by The Ruin of a Rogue
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:The Ruin of a Rogue [Rogue, The Ruin of a]

Chapter 16 The next day it rained hard all day. Confined to the inn, Anne and Cynthia caught up on their correspondence, forwarded to them from Cynthia’s estate. “Lady Ashfield ...
( Category: Historical February 15,2015 )
The Forest Laird by Jack Whyte
azw3, mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-01 | Author:Jack Whyte

CHAPTER ELEVEN 1 The remainder of that year, 1293, may have been uneventful for most of the realm of Scotland, but for me it was a hectic period, spent adapting ...
( Category: Biographical February 13,2015 )
The Lance Thrower (fka Clothar the Frank) by Jack Whyte
epub |eng | 2003-01-01 | Author:Jack Whyte [Whyte, Jack]

BOOK TWO Brothers and Cousins GUNTHAR AND THEUDERIC 1 Gunthar's War. I have no idea why I still think of that squalid episode in those terms. It was Gunthar's, certainly; ...
( Category: Historical February 13,2015 )
Enemies at Every Turn by David Donachie
epub |eng | 2012-02-10 | Author:David Donachie [David Donachie]

Isaac Lavery had accepted the charge from Catherine Carruthers to find Cornelius Gherson the previous day, this imparted with the most simpering of pleas. In truth, he had a strong ...
( Category: Crime February 11,2015 )

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