epub |eng | 2023-02-27 | Author:Dr. Doug Chapman [Chapman, Dr. Doug]

Chapter Seventeen The riders reached the campfires in the growing dusk. Smoke rose in swirls, vanishing into the dark blue sky as they headed through the orderly filing of military ...

epub |eng | 2014-02-25 | Author:Robert Ryan [Ryan, Robert]

Thirty-eight Letter Written from Madeira by Roald Amundsen to Fridtjof Nansen, August 1910 Herr Professor Fridtjof Nansen, I have dreaded sending this letter, but there is nothing for it now. ...

epub |eng | 2017-01-28 | Author:Michael Pearce [Pearce, Michael]

Chapter Nine Owen’s orderly came in. ‘Effendi,’ he said, ‘that violent woman is here again.’ ‘Sabri’s wife?’ Owen got up quickly. ‘Where is she?’ ‘She waits below. She will not ...

epub |eng | 2021-04-06 | Author:Malcolm Archibald [Archibald, Malcolm]

15 “Form a circle,” Kennedy responded quickly. “Each man face outward.” MacKim looked around. With the French within the shipyard reorganised and seeking revenge and an enemy force of unknown ...

epub |eng | 2021-07-14 | Author:Jenny Gladwell

The next morning, Emmie sulked through breakfast, threw her shoe at Max and then, at the school gates, burst into tears. ‘You said I’d wake up and know what to ...

epub |eng | 2022-09-01 | Author:Pilling, David [Pilling, David]

13. I rode into Hell on earth. Bruges was already going up in flames, as our men ran wild in the streets, hurling torches and flaming javelins onto the roofs. ...

epub |eng | 2023-04-19 | Author:Fiona Faris [Faris, Fiona]

“Aye, but I ken if it had been me who had said it, ye being so pious and all, ye would nae have said a thing, sure ye would nae?” ...

epub |eng | 2018-08-12 | Author:Steven Veerapen [Veerapen, Steven]

15 Danforth stood in the bustling market cross, Rowan at his arm. Being outside of the palace brought a sense of relief. It was as though he were suddenly engaged ...

epub |eng | 2023-09-01 | Author:Diana Knightley [Knightley, Diana]

Chapter 31 - Livvy 1670 THE DUKE’S CHAMBER — NOW A DRESSING ROOM Claray teased me, “I already must be careful not tae walk in on Aenghus and Ailsa, they ...

epub |eng | 2024-03-12 | Author:Joel H. Morris [Morris, Joel H.]

* * * — That night I was seized by a blinding pain. My insides were twisting, my heartbeat was in my ears. Maidservants put me immediately to bed. I ...

epub |eng | | Author:Maggie Craig

Chapter 23 ‘Good morning. I hope I am your first foot.’ It was New Year’s Day and Christian had just opened the back door to Robert Catto. He wore his ...

epub |eng | | Author:Danielle Devlin

* * * I was being shaken gently awake. My head felt full of sawdust as it lolled between my knees. A wave of nausea rolled through me, through both ...

epub |eng | 2023-12-24 | Author:Nellie H. Steele [Steele, Nellie H.]

CHAPTER 20 “It worked,” Cate repeated as she pinched her eyebrows together. The future memory danced across her mind. Anna clapped her hands together with a grin. “Catherine! That’s wonderful! ...

epub |eng | 2022-10-10 | Author:Brennan, Conor [Brennan, Conor]

Chapter 4 The Revenge of Harald Fairhair, Lord of All the Nor (900) C onstantine woke screaming, with tears streaming down his face. But as consciousness gathered itself the dreadful ...

epub |eng | 2024-02-08 | Author:Mélanie Guertau [Guertau, Mélanie]

It’s enough! I ran down the stairs to get as far away from the Lord as possible. From reality. The harsh reality. I’m a whore. I run a brothel. My ...