Historical
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-12-31 | Author:Amanda Scott [Scott, Amanda]

Chapter Twelve A group of four was strolling toward Simon and Sibylla, so they walked on quietly until the others had passed them. Enjoying the comfortable silence, Simon remembered some ...
( Category: Scottish January 13,2015 )
epub |eng | 1988-12-31 | Author:Julie Garwood [Garwood, Julie]

"Neither one of you has sinned." "We haven't?" Father Murdock smiled over the surprise his statement had caused. Lady Kincaid looked flabbergasted. "You're very devout, aren't you, Lady Kincaid?" It ...
( Category: Scottish January 13,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-02-21 | Author:Deborah Challinor [Challinor, Deborah]

Chapter Twelve Sarah’s bum had gone numb. She stood, stretched, moved to the window and checked her watch again: twenty-five minutes past eleven. Christ, she could have emptied the entire ...
( Category: Historical January 13,2015 )
epub |eng | 1998-02-15 | Author:Jim Thompson [Thompson, Jim]

"Now, do I walk downstairs or do you take me on the elevator?" We rode down on the elevator. Diffidently, each of us hurt by the other, we parted at ...
( Category: Biographical January 13,2015 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2008-03-27 | Author:Rong, Jiang [Rong, Jiang]

18 Chen Zhen stirred the milk and meat porridge. The rising steam smelled so good that all the dogs were lined up at his door whining hungrily. The porridge was ...
( Category: Historical January 12,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-05-15 | Author:Patrick McGrath

For several days Martha was excused all household tasks and given leave to wander at will. She was most aware, those first days, of the presence of the sea. The ...
( Category: War January 12,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-07-30 | Author:Napier, William

25 They spent the rest of the day overseeing the citizen militia drilling, and beginning to make meagre preparations for siege: setting up water barrels on street corners for fires, ...
( Category: Historical January 10,2015 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Johanna Lindsey [Lindsey, Johanna]

“CUT my hair, old man, and I’ll kill you!” Courtney had heard him say that before, that and so many other things that, altogether, painted a sad picture of Chandos’s ...
( Category: Historical January 10,2015 )
azw3, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Johanna Lindsey

Chapter 22 « ^ » BRENNA entered the stable and quickly closed the large door to keep out the cold. She was tightly wrapped in the heavy bearskin cape that ...
( Category: Historical January 10,2015 )
epub |eng | 1993-01-01 | Author:Kate Sedley [Sedley, Kate]

From St Nicholas Back, I walked through the bustle of Ballance Street, which skirts the great marsh itself, until I could clearly see the spire of St Stephen's Church rising ...
( Category: Crime January 10,2015 )
epub, pdf |eng | 1965-01-02 | Author:Georgette Heyer [Heyer, Georgette]

Carstares studied his nails for a moment in silence. Presently he spoke: "Jim." "Yes, sir?" "I shall be–going abroad again shortly." If Carstares had remarked that it was a fine ...
( Category: Alternate History January 9,2015 )
epub |eng | 1932-01-02 | Author:Georgette Heyer [Heyer, Georgette]

"Glad I don't travel by it!" "No, sir, very uncomfortable it must be, racing along at such a pace." Sir Peter grunted, and dipped his pen in the ink again. ...
( Category: Historical January 9,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-01-06 | Author:Harrison, Rashad [Harrison, Rashad]

39 Somewhere in the Atlantic “Ladies and gentlemen, gather ’round,” Sebastian called out to the other passengers. “You will now witness the amazing illusions of Sebastian the Magnificent and Jacob ...
( Category: Historical January 9,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-06-03 | Author:Genevieve Valentine [Valentine, Genevieve]

seventeen SOME SUNNY DAY Lou was almost done packing by the time Jo came back to the room. The bronze dress Lou wore out dancing was draped over her bedspread, ...
( Category: Magical Realism January 9,2015 )
epub |eng | 2001-08-15 | Author:Ann Howard Creel [Creel, Ann Howard]

Eighteen In 1944, the winter came quietly. Instead of raging storms, we had heavy, silent snowfalls that covered the dry grasses and the overturned fields with miles of powder. One ...
( Category: Military January 9,2015 )