Besss Story |
By Victoria Prescott - 2,017 Words |
A young wife keeps her household running while awaiting news of the Spanish fleet as it sails up the English Channel. |
The Boudiccan Revolt Against Rome
A Story of the Struggle For Freedom |
By Lloyd Michael Lohr - 3,236 Words |
In the waning days of the Celtic world, there stood a warrior queen, defiant and proud. |
The Purple Sea |
By Steve Aman - 2,160 Words |
A captains obsession leads to his friends horror as he comes face-to-face with the possible origins of the sea monster myth. |
Wisteria Bozomheave Is Exiled To Europe By Her Papa
To Prevent Her Marriage To A Gentleman Of The Northern Persuasion |
By K. G. McAbee - 2,513 Words |
Miss, gasped Smithers, the pirates will ravish you before they ask for ransom.
Really? asked Wisteria, tapping the handle of her parasol thoughtfully on a nearby cannon. She carefully went over her wardrobe in her mind; she could not recall anything suitable for a ravishment. One would think that she would have learned something about the necessities of journeying and the proper toilette by now. |
Allegiance |
By Rosalie More |
Part 1 - 2,251 Words
Part 2 - 3,551 Words Part 3 - 6,703 Words |
Published by Fiction Works
http://www.fictionworks.com and available for purchase from eBookShoppe.com. The last thing an army officer needs on a secret assignment is a nosy civilian, especially a woman with troubles of her own. A clash of wills results when a merchants daughter insists on involving herself in Major ODonnells scheme to smuggle arms during the Texas Revolution. He may have the authority of the U.S. military behind him, but she owns the freight wagons, and theyre not rolling anywhere without her. Who can they trust? The riverboat gambler, the Cajun with the fast knife, the voodoo priestess, or the exiled Royalist with secrets of his own? In 1837, New Orleans is known as the South- west—beyond lays the wild frontier where few have ever laid eyes on a white woman—and its hard to tell friend from foe. |
Beaudrys Ghost |
By Carolan Ivey |
Part 1 - 1,996 Words |
Now Available From Dreams Unlimited.
http://www.dreams-unlimited.com/paranormal/beaudry/beaudrys_ghost.htm. Jared Beaudrys vengeful spirit has been roaming the Outer Banks of North Carolina for more than 137 years. In 1862, a mad Confederate officer took his hand, leg, head and—worst of all—his honor. A re-enactment of the Civil War Battle of Roanoke Island gives Jared a slim chance to regain his honor and have the revenge he craves. In one desperate moment he takes a leap of faith, triggering a horrifying, unstoppable chain of events. Taylor Brannon, re-enacting as a memorial to her beloved brother, hides a life-long secret—she has the frightening ability to touch objects and see the owners departed spirit. She has decided to use her gift to contact her brother and heal the rift between them. But instead of laying her brothers memory to rest, she can only stand by, helpless, as her entire re-enacting unit is taken over by spirits of the dead. Is she the cause, or is it this man who claims to be the legendary ghost of Jared Beaudry? Man or ghost, one thing is clear—Beaudry is careening down a path of revenge and self-destruction. Taylor finds herself fighting for the life—and love—of a ghost. But the cost could be her sanity, or even her soul. Editors Note : You can read a book review of Beaudrys Ghost in the archives—September 1999 Issue, or click here. |
Edwina Parkhurst - Spinster |
By Patricia White |
Part 1 - 2,251 Words
Part 2 - 4,402 Words Part 3 - 4,644 Words |
Now Available From Hard Shell Word Factory
http://www.hardshell.com. Edwina Parkhurst has a guilty secret, one that she has lied, contrived, and connived to keep hidden. Knowing full well that what she does is denounced as a terrible sin, preached against in pulpits, seen as Satans handiwork by the God-fearing people in her world, and especially by the family she loves and has supported for years, Edwina continues her sinful ways. She has no choice if she is to keep a roof over her familys heads, food on the table, and garments suitable to their station. Everything changes when she agrees to accompany her married sister to Oregon to rejoin her abusive husband, a trip that takes them through the wilds of Nevadas High Desert. A trip that has the sister and her daughters stolen by outlaws and strands Edwina in the desert winter. Dressed as a boy, driving a buggy destined for a calico queen, and taking care of a man she thinks is an outlaw, she is hard put to keep on lying to Tal Jones, her captive, a blind gunfighter. Wanting nothing more than to make enough money to go south where its warm, Tal agreed to protect the freight wagons of whiskey, but he didnt expect to get shot in the head, lose his eye-sight, and wind up with a boy who was becoming more and more attractive every minute. And, of course, that isnt right. And, of course, Edwina isnt a boy. |
Sharpes Triumph |
By Bernard Cornwell |
Author Interview
Part 1 - 990 Words |
Now Available From HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/redir.aspl?006101270X. With the return of the brave English sergeant Richard Sharpe—here, to battle the mercenary forces of the Mahratta confederation in India in 1803—Bernard Cornwell claims his rightful place alongside Patrick OBrian as a contemporary master of historical narrative. Sharpes Triumph is a riveting story of betrayal and revenge that showcases the deft blend of suspenseful military adventure and sweeping historical detail that has made each new installment of the Richard Sharpe series a number one bestseller in Great Britain and around the world. In the four years since he earned his sergeants stripes at the bloody siege of Seringapatam, young Richard Sharpe has lead a peaceful existence. But this relatively easy life meets with a brutal end when he is the sole survivor of a murderous attack at the hands of Major William Dodd, a cold-blooded English officer who has defected from the East India Company to join the mercenary forces of the Mahratta confederation. Sharpe rises from the killing field at Fort Chasalgaon vowing to avenge his dead comrades, even if it means pursuing the turncoat Dodd to the very ends of the continent. It is a quest that takes him deep into the heart of enemy territory, where the accepted rules of engagement have been discarded, where ever-shifting loyalties create an environment of dangerous uncertainty, forcing Sharpe to guard against attacks from enemy and friend. The paths of treachery ultimately lead to the small village of Assaye, where Sharpes company joins the army of Sir Arthur Wellesley—the future Duke of Wellington—to take on the Mahratta horde. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wellesley bravely seizes an unexpected geographical advantage and charges into the white heat of a battle that will make his reputation. It is a bloody confrontation that will make Sharpes name, too—but first he must survive the carnage and live to tell the tale of what will be remembered as one of the greatest battles of its century. |
Allure |
By Jo-Ann Power
(Sonnet Books, September 1999) Reviewed by Kathee S. Card |
A Heart Untamed |
By Adrienne Burns
(Jove Books, October 1999) Reviewed by Kathee S. Card |
The Cowboys : Pete |
By Leigh Greenwood
(Leisure, September 1999) Reviewed by Kathee S. Card |
The Dangerous Game |
By Louise Grant
(Random House, Australia, 1998) Reviewed by Frances Grattan |
Daughter Of Joy |
By Kathleen Morgan
(Revell – Baker Book House Co., July 1999) Reviewed by Kathee S. Card |
Flowers Under Ice |
By Jean Ross Ewing
(Berkley, September 1999) Reviewed by Kathee S. Card |
Hunters Touch |
By Janis Reams Hudson
(Zebra Books, October 1999) Reviewed by Kathee S. Card |
My Beloved |
By Karen Ranney
(Avon Books, August 1999) Reviewed by Kathee S. Card |
These Is My Words: The Diary Of Sarah Agnes Prine |
By Nancy Turner
(Hodder and Stoughton, 1998) Reviewed by Cheryl Sallick |
A Gift From The Past |
By Marina Maxwell |
The tale of one historical researchers dream-come-true. |
Making Memoirs From Your Memories |
By Karen Hamilton Rager |
How many stories are hidden in your life? |