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Love can be a cruel fate. In the shadow of ancient Greece's grandeur palace, a secret love blossoms between Christos, a chiseled soldier, and the lonely queen. But their passion is doomed from the start. When King Minos discovers their affair, his rage unleashes a terrible fate. Desperate to eliminate the rival for his queen's heart, Minos turns to the dark sorceress Circe, who weaves her malignant magic. Christos is forever changed, trapped in the form of the Minotaur, a monstrous creature bound to the labyrinth. Can their love survive the beast within, or will it succumb to the darkness ...

While Carmen Hendricks and Angus Cameron battle against desperate odds to free the Phoenix Throne from an evil curse, Angus’s brother Robbie falls to his death in a fiery sink hole under the standing stones in the Forgotten Fields. Hundreds of miles away, Carmen’s friend Elle Watson runs for her life through a mysterious forest in fear for her life against hidden forces. The magic spell that transported her away from modern America should have taken her to King Arthur’s court at Camelot, and she knows she’s not there. In her search for answers, she frees a young Highlander from his ...

After laboring for decades in the mines of Skálavík, Viggo is lured by the promise of great riches, and joins his jarl's sea quest. But the daring adventure is doomed, the longship destroyed in a terrible storm. He awakes to find himself robbed of his sight, and his liberty. Signy knows what it is to suffer alone. The last thing she seeks is a man—even if the future of the island depends upon compliance. Thrown together, the two form an alliance. Viggo will impregnate her, in return for a promise that she'll help him end his misery.

Embark on an epic journey through the ages with this first volume in E.B. Brown's Time Walkers World series. This masterful tale weaves together the unbreakable bonds of family, enduring love, and the fabric of real historical events into a rich and vibrant narrative. Readers will find themselves captivated by a beloved cast of characters in a world where history breathes, adventures await at every turn, and the heart of the saga beats strongly in the ties that bind. THE LEGEND OF THE BLOODSTONE Maggie is a modern-day woman with all her flaws, thrust back into a time when men were carving ...

Penelope Callas has crossed three gates. Only two remain. But as she draws closer to her sister’s soul, the god who stole it is no longer hiding in the shadows. Ares is done playing games. The god of war wants something from Pen, something he believes only she can give. And now that she has survived the third gate, he is ready to make his move. As Pen prepares to enter the fourth gate, she must face not only its brutal trials but also the growing power within herself. Her connection to the gods is deepening. Her past is unraveling. And the line between her mission and her destiny is ...

Reid Kerr has always known his place. He’s the brother no one can depend on, the rogue who’s determined never to marry. But when he attends a council of border chiefs at Highgate End, he meets the one woman who might change his mind about love - and his own worth.

Would you trade your world for love? Even if it meant unraveling time itself? Dr. Elena Maris is a brilliant archaeologist in modern-day Greece—sharp, skeptical, and searching for answers buried in ruins. But everything changes when she uncovers a hidden temple and a glowing relic that pulls her back over two thousand years into the heart of ancient Sparta. There, she meets Theron, a fierce and noble Spartan warrior haunted by prophecy and loss. As time bends and memories collide, the two are swept into a mythic battle between fate and freedom, hunted by a cult bent on rewriting history ...

They were heroes who weighed the fate of the world against their love and chose me. The gods are a shadow, shrouding my fate in darkness. With one snap of her fingers, Athena turned my life upside down, and now I have to decide... Run? Or fight? Whatever choice I make, I won't be alone. Pollux, Achilles, Hector, Paris, and Orestes have fought the gods before. Because of these five heroes, the Greek gods are trapped, and humans are free from their interference. But the creatures who view us as toys aren't giving up easily. They want out, and they want their power back. My curse stands ...

It’s been three thousand years, and he hasn’t quit waiting for her ka to reappear in the world of the living. A cursed God bound to be with the one he loves. When he heard her name as a part of an excavation crew, he immediately sets forth funding with the hope of her remembering.… Will the Sands of Time allow the curse to be broken?

The novel DELPHI and THE GREEK WARRIOR is an extraordinary composite of accurate Greek history with little-known particulars of a tiny group of revered women known as Oracles of Delphi. Lauren examines the plight of ancient women not uncommon to modern feminine issues as she portrays Lady Selene, a heroine we can celebrate in today’s world.

After helping Clan McLean drive the vampire scourge from the Isle of Mull, the Cameron brothers return to Ulru with their sweethearts—all but youngest brother Jamie. Jamie flies on to his old Clan home to visit the friends and relatives the brothers left behind. When he arrives, he finds a strange situation waiting for him. Grace Spencer, the last remaining time-traveler from modern America, came through the portal into Jamie’s home village, but she’s not trapped there with no way to get out. To Jamie’s surprise, he learns that Grace can travel back and forth in time and space at ...

In the quaint village of Bethlehem, a Jewish mother named Naomi finds herself weighed down by the burdens of life. An unrelenting famine grips the land, casting a long shadow of uncertainty over her family's future. Her two children, plagued by persistent illnesses, add to the weight of her and her husband’s worries.In this trying affliction, they grapple with an overwhelming dilemma. The predicament looms large: how can they navigate this distressing situation and secure a brighter tomorrow for their loved boys? Choices must be made, decisions must be weighed, and the path forward ...

Lachlan McLean sets out to free Ivy Tennent from the clutches of Aegir, the God of the Sea. However, Lachlan quickly finds himself pitted against supernatural powers mightier than anything he imagined possible. Where can he find the power to save his own life, much less defeat the Sea God at his own game? Once Ivy leaves the undersea world, the hypnotic power entrancing her falls away. She realizes she never loved Aegir, but she can’t go home to her own world, either. Just when she and Lachlan find each other, circumstances beyond their control threaten to tear them apart. Facing such ...

Can a rugged Highlander love a lass whose secrets threaten to ruin his one chance at redemption? And will a woman who has fallen in love with her captor be able to betray him if necessary?

Mari had her time in the past and is finally home. Unfortunately, she didn't understand the goddess's warning that traveling to the past would have consequences. She could never have imagined what they would be, but she quickly finds out that not everything is the way she left it. Now Mari must learn how to time travel if she wants to put her life back into the order it was before she went into the past to be with Seth.

As wild and beautiful as the land she rules, all men lust for her, warriors and kings bow to her might and magic, but one champion comes forth to gift her with a white bull and true love… but can the handsome stranger best her skills and win her heart?

Four gates behind her. One remains. The final trial is here, and Penelope Callas knows there is no turning back. After a harrowing journey through the Underworld, Pen has reached the threshold of the last gate. Her sister’s soul is within reach, but so is the god who has haunted every step of her quest. Ares is waiting, and his demands are more dangerous than ever. As the full force of her divine lineage surges to the surface, Pen must confront the truth about her identity, her power, and the role she was meant to play in a war far older than she realized. Friendships will fracture. ...

Nicholas Vaughn is Lord of New Romney and also a Baron of the Cinque Ports. He directs a fleet of ships that service the king 15 days a year in exchange for special privileges. When Muriel Draper causes havoc on his wharf, he realizes she is a spinster - a woman who spins wool for a living - from the town. Her late father has angered the Clothmaker's Guild and now Muriel and her brother have been excommunicated from the guild and also left with a debt to the baron that he insists Muriel repays.

In A Matter of Character, by award-winning author Robin Lee Hatcher, the year is 1918 and writing gritty dime novels simply isn't done by a woman. So Daphne McKinley - smart, pretty, talented - publishes her rough-and-tumble books under a male pseudonym. But when a newspaperman enlists her aid in restoring his grandfather's good name, Daphne finds herself re-examining the power of her words and reconsidering the direction of her life.

There's a madman going about Scotland murdering young women of high status. Who will be his next victim? Drostan Mackintosh, the heir apparent to Willowbrae Castle and the next Mackintosh chief, rescues Lady Isobel Fraser from highwaymen bent on stealing her mare. Once he learns she's female and not a lad as she portrayed herself to be, he gives her a good scolding for going out riding alone. Isobel is quite taken with the handsome Highlander, and when their paths cross a second time, she realizes he's the only man she would ever wed. But just how does one go about catching a husband? Even ...