Historical Fiction
epub |eng | 2005-05-03 | Author:Henry, Patti Callahan [Henry, Patti Callahan]

CHAPTER TEN “The thorn in your foot is temporarily appeased, but it is still in.” —GULLAH PROVERB I awoke to face a window full of honey-colored light. I lifted the ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage September 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-03 | Author:Harris, C. S. [Harris, C. S.]

Sebastian sat beside his library fire, a glass cradled in one palm, his gaze on the golden-red glow of the coals on the hearth. The house lay dark and quiet ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense September 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2009-05-19 | Author:Haines, Kathryn Miller [Haines, Kathryn Miller]

CHAPTER 16 The Command Performance I angled a chair in the wings so that I had a good view of what was going on. The show started seamlessly. Beneath a ...
( Category: World War II September 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 1989-01-01 | Author:Gur, Batya [Gur, Batya]

12 When Tzilla finally answered the phone, she had nothing new to tell him. Eli Bahar had not yet returned from Tirosh’s house; the polygraph technician was testing Yael Eisenstein. ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage September 8,2024 )
epub |eng | 2020-06-02 | Author:Oldham, Marisa [Oldham, Marisa]

Back at the hotel, I call Sam at 5:00 PM on the dot. We chat for a while about me meeting Helene and Oma. I can’t help myself when I ...
( Category: German September 7,2024 )
epub |eng | 1970-01-01 | Author:O'Brian, Patrick [O'Brian, Patrick]

When beer was to be had, they were given a gallon a day; when it was not, which was most of the time, they had their beloved grog. This was ...
( Category: Military September 7,2024 )
epub |eng | 1972-01-01 | Author:O'Brian, Patrick [O'Brian, Patrick]

‘What news from Mapes, shipmate?’ asked Jack. ‘What? I cannot hear a word with all this screeching and bawling overhead.’ ‘You are as bad as Parker,’ said Jack, and poking ...
( Category: British September 7,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-09-15 | Author:Kent Heckenlively

* * * SIX MONTHS LATER, Vincenzo paced in the hospital waiting room. Since he’d seen Mr. Patrio, he’d obtained men from other sources. Not as good as he wanted, ...
( Category: World War II September 6,2024 )
epub |eng | 2016-12-14 | Author:Nora Kipling [Kipling, Nora]

Chapter 7 Elizabeth made haste away from the library, certain that Miss Bingley or Mister Darcy himself would hare after her to demand apology for her rudeness. She had taken ...
( Category: Regency September 6,2024 )
epub |eng | 2014-11-01 | Author:Louise Allen [Allen, Louise]

The appointed hour of eight o’clock came and went without sign of Lord Barnard. The entire household, fully prepared and with nothing to do but wait, was in a state ...
( Category: Regency September 6,2024 )
epub |eng | 2018-04-02 | Author:Olivia Kane [Kane, Olivia]

Chapter Twelve “But Jane, the blue silk is perfectly fine,” Elizabeth insisted, her hands on her hips as she considered the gowns displayed on the bed. “It is three years ...
( Category: British September 6,2024 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sheikha Helawy

________________ 6 The verse is Qur’an 2:225, referred to popularly as the Throne Verse, which reads: God - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage September 6,2024 )
epub |eng | 2019-04-20 | Author:Christine Sterling [Sterling, Christine]

Clementine held back a yawn. It was early Sunday morning and the church seemed especially crowded. Where there might have been one-horse towns, Belle was definitely small enough to be ...
( Category: Short Stories September 6,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-12-21 | Author:Patrick Larsimont [Larsimont, Patrick]

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Speeding down the steep hill towards Dieppe, the Bentley hit a thick bank of smoke with the distinctive stink of cordite high explosives. As it cleared, the scale ...
( Category: World War II September 6,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-05-02 | Author:Evans, Kelly

( Category: Renaissance September 6,2024 )