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The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
A Novel
Written by C. W. Gortner
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2010
Price: $11.99
BONUS: This edition contains a The Confessions of Catherine de Medici discussion guide and an excerpt from C.W. Gortner's The Queen's Vow.
The truth is, not one of us is innocent. We all have sins to confess. So reveals Catherine de Medici, the last legitimate descendant of her family’s illustrious line. Expelled from... Read more >
A Novel
Written by C. W. Gortner
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2010
Price: $11.99
BONUS: This edition contains a The Confessions of Catherine de Medici discussion guide and an excerpt from C.W. Gortner's The Queen's Vow.
The truth is, not one of us is innocent. We all have sins to confess. So reveals Catherine de Medici, the last legitimate descendant of her family’s illustrious line. Expelled from... Read more >
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Mary, Queen of France
The Story of the Youngest Sister of Henry VIII
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2010
Price: $9.99
Legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy brings to life the story of Princess Mary Tudor, a celebrated beauty and born rebel who would defy the most powerful king in Europe—her older brother.
Princess Mary Rose is the youngest sister of Henry VIII, and one of the few people whom he adores unconditionally. Known... Read more >
The Story of the Youngest Sister of Henry VIII
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2010
Price: $9.99
Legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy brings to life the story of Princess Mary Tudor, a celebrated beauty and born rebel who would defy the most powerful king in Europe—her older brother.
Princess Mary Rose is the youngest sister of Henry VIII, and one of the few people whom he adores unconditionally. Known... Read more >
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Royal Road to Fotheringhay
A Novel
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2010
Price: $11.99
The haunting story of the beautiful—and tragic—Mary, Queen of Scots, as only legendary novelist Jean Plaidy could write it
Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland at the tender age of six days old. Her French-born mother, the Queen Regent, knew immediately that the infant queen would be a vulnerable pawn in the... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2010
Price: $11.99
The haunting story of the beautiful—and tragic—Mary, Queen of Scots, as only legendary novelist Jean Plaidy could write it
Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland at the tender age of six days old. Her French-born mother, the Queen Regent, knew immediately that the infant queen would be a vulnerable pawn in the... Read more >
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The Complete Tudors
Nine Historical Novels
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook, 3472 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2010
Price: $100.99
The nine Tudor novels by beloved novelist Jean Plaidy are now available as one complete series spanning sixteenth-century England. This exciting collection includes a brand-new character guide, along with reading group guides for seven books. Read all nine novels in order for the first time digitally and delve into the lives... Read more >
Nine Historical Novels
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook, 3472 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2010
Price: $100.99
The nine Tudor novels by beloved novelist Jean Plaidy are now available as one complete series spanning sixteenth-century England. This exciting collection includes a brand-new character guide, along with reading group guides for seven books. Read all nine novels in order for the first time digitally and delve into the lives... Read more >
The Healer's Heart
Written by Diane Komp
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2010
Price: $9.99
If you have no cause worth dying for,
do you have a reason to live?
“Jedus say, ‘Come folla me!’ Bot de man ansa um say,
‘Sah, fus leh me go an bury me papa.’”
Luke 9:59, De Good Nyews Bout Jedus Christ Wa Luke Write (Gullah)
While sorting through family papers following his... Read more >
Written by Diane Komp
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2010
Price: $9.99
If you have no cause worth dying for,
do you have a reason to live?
“Jedus say, ‘Come folla me!’ Bot de man ansa um say,
‘Sah, fus leh me go an bury me papa.’”
Luke 9:59, De Good Nyews Bout Jedus Christ Wa Luke Write (Gullah)
While sorting through family papers following his... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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An Absence So Great
A Novel
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $11.99
Did photography replace an absence in her life or expose the truth of her heart’s emptiness?
While growing in confidence as a photographer, eighteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele’s personal life is at a crossroads. Hoping she’s put an unfortunate romantic longing behind her as “water under the bridge,” she exiles herself to Milwaukee... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $11.99
Did photography replace an absence in her life or expose the truth of her heart’s emptiness?
While growing in confidence as a photographer, eighteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele’s personal life is at a crossroads. Hoping she’s put an unfortunate romantic longing behind her as “water under the bridge,” she exiles herself to Milwaukee... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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An Absence So Great
A Novel
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $14.99
Did photography replace an absence in her life or expose the truth of her heart’s emptiness?
While growing in confidence as a photographer, eighteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele’s personal life is at a crossroads. Hoping she’s put an unfortunate romantic longing behind her as “water under the bridge,” she exiles herself to Milwaukee... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $14.99
Did photography replace an absence in her life or expose the truth of her heart’s emptiness?
While growing in confidence as a photographer, eighteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele’s personal life is at a crossroads. Hoping she’s put an unfortunate romantic longing behind her as “water under the bridge,” she exiles herself to Milwaukee... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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The Last Rendezvous
Written by Anne Plantagenet
Translated by Willard Wood
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $14.95
“Women are not supposed to write; yet I write.” –Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
In 1817, at the late age of thirty-three,Marceline Desbordes, the actress and Romantic poet–the only woman counted by Paul Verlaine among his poètes maudits, or “accursed poets,” a group that included Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, and Alfred de Vigny–marries Prosper Valmore... Read more >
Written by Anne Plantagenet
Translated by Willard Wood
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $14.95
“Women are not supposed to write; yet I write.” –Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
In 1817, at the late age of thirty-three,Marceline Desbordes, the actress and Romantic poet–the only woman counted by Paul Verlaine among his poètes maudits, or “accursed poets,” a group that included Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, and Alfred de Vigny–marries Prosper Valmore... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Last Rendezvous
Written by Anne Plantagenet
Translated by Willard Wood
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $14.95
“Women are not supposed to write; yet I write.” –Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
In 1817, at the late age of thirty-three,Marceline Desbordes, the actress and Romantic poet–the only woman counted by Paul Verlaine among his poètes maudits, or “accursed poets,” a group that included Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, and Alfred de Vigny–marries Prosper Valmore... Read more >
Written by Anne Plantagenet
Translated by Willard Wood
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $14.95
“Women are not supposed to write; yet I write.” –Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
In 1817, at the late age of thirty-three,Marceline Desbordes, the actress and Romantic poet–the only woman counted by Paul Verlaine among his poètes maudits, or “accursed poets,” a group that included Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, and Alfred de Vigny–marries Prosper Valmore... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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A Favorite of the Queen
The Story of Lord Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $14.00
Torn between her heart’s passion and duty to her kingdom, a young queen makes a dark choice…
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester was the most powerful man in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Handsome and clever, he drew the interest of many women—but it was Elizabeth herself... Read more >
The Story of Lord Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $14.00
Torn between her heart’s passion and duty to her kingdom, a young queen makes a dark choice…
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester was the most powerful man in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Handsome and clever, he drew the interest of many women—but it was Elizabeth herself... Read more >
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eBook.
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A Favorite of the Queen
The Story of Lord Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $9.99
Torn between her heart’s passion and duty to her kingdom, a young queen makes a dark choice…
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester was the most powerful man in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Handsome and clever, he drew the interest of many women—but it was Elizabeth herself... Read more >
The Story of Lord Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $9.99
Torn between her heart’s passion and duty to her kingdom, a young queen makes a dark choice…
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester was the most powerful man in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Handsome and clever, he drew the interest of many women—but it was Elizabeth herself... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Rose Without a Thorn
A Novel
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2010
Price: $9.99
From the pen of legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy comes an unforgettable true story of
royalty, passion, and innocence lost.
Born into an impoverished branch of the noble Howard family, young Katherine is plucked from her home to live with her grandmother, the Duchess of Norfolk. The innocent girl quickly learns... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2010
Price: $9.99
From the pen of legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy comes an unforgettable true story of
royalty, passion, and innocence lost.
Born into an impoverished branch of the noble Howard family, young Katherine is plucked from her home to live with her grandmother, the Duchess of Norfolk. The innocent girl quickly learns... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Union Jack
Written by Imre Kertesz
Translated by Tim Wilkinson
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: January 19, 2010
Price: $13.00
"It was...unnecessary for me to fret about who the murderer was: Everybody was."
A haunting, never-before-translated, autobiographical novella by the 2002 Nobel Prize winner.
An unnamed narrator recounts a simple anecdote, his sighting of the Union Jack—the British Flag—during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, in the few days preceding the uprising's... Read more >
Written by Imre Kertesz
Translated by Tim Wilkinson
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: January 19, 2010
Price: $13.00
"It was...unnecessary for me to fret about who the murderer was: Everybody was."
A haunting, never-before-translated, autobiographical novella by the 2002 Nobel Prize winner.
An unnamed narrator recounts a simple anecdote, his sighting of the Union Jack—the British Flag—during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, in the few days preceding the uprising's... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Hold Tight the Thread
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 14, 2009
Price: $13.99
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
In a land occupied by foreign powers and torn by confusion and conflict, a mother seeks to weave her family and her past into a fabric that will not tear.
Their Lives Were Woven by Wars and Wilderness Places, and Tied by the Peace of Family and Faith.
As... Read more >
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 14, 2009
Price: $13.99
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
In a land occupied by foreign powers and torn by confusion and conflict, a mother seeks to weave her family and her past into a fabric that will not tear.
Their Lives Were Woven by Wars and Wilderness Places, and Tied by the Peace of Family and Faith.
As... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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A Name of Her Own
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $9.99
Based on the life of Marie Dorion, the first mother to cross the Rocky Mountains and remain in the Northwest, A Name of Her Own is the fictionalized adventure account of a real woman’s fight to settle in a new landscape, survive in a nation at war, protect her sons and... Read more >
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $9.99
Based on the life of Marie Dorion, the first mother to cross the Rocky Mountains and remain in the Northwest, A Name of Her Own is the fictionalized adventure account of a real woman’s fight to settle in a new landscape, survive in a nation at war, protect her sons and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Every Fixed Star
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $9.99
Continuing the Tender Ties Historical Series, Every Fixed Star brings readers more of the dramatic, fictionalized account of Marie Dorion: the real-life woman who was the first mother to cross the Rocky Mountains and remain in the Northwest. In Book Two of the series, Marie learns the value of a tender... Read more >
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $9.99
Continuing the Tender Ties Historical Series, Every Fixed Star brings readers more of the dramatic, fictionalized account of Marie Dorion: the real-life woman who was the first mother to cross the Rocky Mountains and remain in the Northwest. In Book Two of the series, Marie learns the value of a tender... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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A Flickering Light
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $9.99
Returning to her Midwest roots, award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick draws a page from her grandmother's photo album to capture the interplay between shadow and light, temptation and faith that marks a woman's pursuit of her dreams.
She took exquisite photographs,
but her heart was the true image exposed.
Fifteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele... Read more >
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $9.99
Returning to her Midwest roots, award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick draws a page from her grandmother's photo album to capture the interplay between shadow and light, temptation and faith that marks a woman's pursuit of her dreams.
She took exquisite photographs,
but her heart was the true image exposed.
Fifteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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A Mending at the Edge
A Novel
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $11.99
"Of all the things I left in Willapa, hope is what I missed the most."
So begins this story of one woman's restoration from personal grief to the meaning of community. Based on the life of German-American Emma Wagner Giesy, the only woman sent to the Oregon Territory in the 1850s to... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $11.99
"Of all the things I left in Willapa, hope is what I missed the most."
So begins this story of one woman's restoration from personal grief to the meaning of community. Based on the life of German-American Emma Wagner Giesy, the only woman sent to the Oregon Territory in the 1850s to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Cleopatra's Daughter
A Novel
Written by Michelle Moran
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $9.99
The marriage of Marc Antony and Cleopatra is one of the greatest love stories of all time, a tale of unbridled passion with earth-shaking political consequences. Feared and hunted by the powers in Rome, the lovers choose to die by their own hands as the triumphant armies of Antony’s revengeful rival... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Michelle Moran
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $9.99
The marriage of Marc Antony and Cleopatra is one of the greatest love stories of all time, a tale of unbridled passion with earth-shaking political consequences. Feared and hunted by the powers in Rome, the lovers choose to die by their own hands as the triumphant armies of Antony’s revengeful rival... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Heretic Queen
A Novel
Written by Michelle Moran
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2009
Price: $15.00
In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family’s past and remake history.
The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth Dynasty’s royal family–with the exception of Nefertari, the niece of the reviled former queen, Nefertiti. The girl’s deceased family has been branded... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Michelle Moran
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2009
Price: $15.00
In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family’s past and remake history.
The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth Dynasty’s royal family–with the exception of Nefertari, the niece of the reviled former queen, Nefertiti. The girl’s deceased family has been branded... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Please Step Back
Written by Ben Greenman
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $16.95
The rise and fall of a true American icon: A rock star, inspired by genre-busting musicians of the sixties like Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, and Marvin Gaye.
A swirling sixties saga of the rise and fall of a true American icon: A rock star. But not just any rock star: Rock Foxx... Read more >
Written by Ben Greenman
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $16.95
The rise and fall of a true American icon: A rock star, inspired by genre-busting musicians of the sixties like Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, and Marvin Gaye.
A swirling sixties saga of the rise and fall of a true American icon: A rock star. But not just any rock star: Rock Foxx... Read more >
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A Flickering Light
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $13.99
Returning to her Midwest roots, award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick draws a page from her grandmother's photo album to capture the interplay between shadow and light, temptation and faith that marks a woman's pursuit of her dreams.
She took exquisite photographs,
but her heart was the true image exposed.
Fifteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele... Read more >
Written by Jane Kirkpatrick
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $13.99
Returning to her Midwest roots, award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick draws a page from her grandmother's photo album to capture the interplay between shadow and light, temptation and faith that marks a woman's pursuit of her dreams.
She took exquisite photographs,
but her heart was the true image exposed.
Fifteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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The King's Confidante
The Story of the Daughter of Sir Thomas More
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $13.95
An English lawyer and statesman, Sir Thomas More was a kind father who put as much emphasis on educating his daughters as on his son, declaring that women were just as intelligent as men. His favorite daughter, Meg, is the heroine of this novel in which we witness the everyday lives... Read more >
The Story of the Daughter of Sir Thomas More
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $13.95
An English lawyer and statesman, Sir Thomas More was a kind father who put as much emphasis on educating his daughters as on his son, declaring that women were just as intelligent as men. His favorite daughter, Meg, is the heroine of this novel in which we witness the everyday lives... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The King's Confidante
The Story of the Daughter of Sir Thomas More
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $9.99
An English lawyer and statesman, Sir Thomas More was a kind father who put as much emphasis on educating his daughters as on his son, declaring that women were just as intelligent as men. His favorite daughter, Meg, is the heroine of this novel in which we witness the everyday lives... Read more >
The Story of the Daughter of Sir Thomas More
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $9.99
An English lawyer and statesman, Sir Thomas More was a kind father who put as much emphasis on educating his daughters as on his son, declaring that women were just as intelligent as men. His favorite daughter, Meg, is the heroine of this novel in which we witness the everyday lives... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Palace Circle
A Novel
Written by Rebecca Dean
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $14.00
A Novel
Written by Rebecca Dean
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $14.00
Palace intrigue, romance, and illicit affairs—Rebecca Dean has written a glorious novel that will sweep Philippa Gregory fans off their feet.
Delia Chandler, an eighteen-year-old Southern girl, marries Viscount Ivor Conisborough just before World War II, becoming part of the Windsor court. It’s every girl’s dream come true. But Delia is jolted...
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