Historical Fiction
epub |eng | 2007-12-03 | Author:B.J. Bayle

CHAPTER 12 When a rush of adrenaline overcame his fear, Peter glanced right and left. To try to circle around DuNord would be foolhardy, even though he might be able ...
( Category: Historical Fiction December 8,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-11-19 | Author:Amy Brashear

EXT.CITY—AFTERNOON It is a bright, crisp southern day in June 1954, and the small-town Miss Atomic Bomb parade could be something out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Main Street is ...
( Category: Historical Fiction November 27,2018 )
epub |eng | 2006-01-29 | Author:Boyne, John [John Boyne]

Chapter Twelve Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno’s Question ‘ALL I KNOW is this,’ began Shmuel. ‘Before we came here I lived with my mother and father and my ...
( Category: Historical Fiction November 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-11-08 | Author:Nancy Marie Brown, nancy marie brown

( Category: Historical Fiction November 9,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-06-27 | Author:Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

Democracy “DEMOCRACY IS THE SYSTEM of infidels,” Malam Adamu says. “Having anything to do with it is unbelief.” I wonder if Boko Haram has now managed to invade any more ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 7,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-11-06 | Author:Catherine Marshall

“That lightning was a sign, I’m a-tellin’ you, Swannie,” Granny said Friday morning as she settled into her rocking chair on the O’Teales’ front porch. “It’s a good thing we ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 7,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-11-06 | Author:Catherine Marshall

Back to the present. Cold. The water was so cold. Instantly thoughts of the last two days swept away behind her, and Christy was left struggling to breathe. She opened ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 7,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-10-22 | Author:Virginia Boecker

Chapter 19 KIT THE GLOBE THEATER, BANKSIDE, LONDON 21 DECEMBER 1601 I stand in the tiring-house along the left side of the stage, listening for my cue. Onstage, and sitting ...
( Category: Romance November 6,2018 )
epub |eng | 2017-09-16 | Author:Carmela Martino [Martino, Carmelo]

Chapter Twenty: Playthings A few weeks after Father’s academic meeting, Adriana took ill. She vomited so violently Father sent for the physician immediately. As it turned out, she wasn’t ill. ...
( Category: Historical Fiction November 6,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-03-20 | Author:Dennis Abrams

Chapter Thirteen In which a most audacious assassination attempt by the nefarious Guy Fawkes is thwarted, thereby saving the lives of the royal family and all the members of Parliament, ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 6,2018 )
mobi |eng | 2012-10-29 | Author:Fiona Paul

“Personal garments are the greatest expression of one’s standing in society, but the body is the greatest expression of one’s soul. Both are temporary trappings.” —THE BOOK OF THE ETERNAL ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 3,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-09-28 | Author:Laura E. Weymouth

32 IN THE MORNING, GEORGIE DOESN’T TRY TO GET ME UP when the gong rings and I put my back to the room and my face to the wall. She ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction October 25,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-09-26 | Author:Rosemary Zibart

Chapter Nineteen As soon as Werner returned from Central Park, he discovered something very wrong. The apartment was dark and cold. He could barely see Esther. When he called her ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction October 23,2018 )
epub |eng | 2017-02-23 | Author:James Hartley [Hartley, James]

The soil steps led them down into dank, fetid darkness but by the time they’d realised how deep they were there seemed to be nothing to do but walk on ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction October 23,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Cindy Anstey

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1817 THE CHURCH WAS crowded, though not as crowded as the Yuletide service would be. It meant there was space for the male staff of Shackleford to ...
( Category: Romance October 23,2018 )