Born to be a great lord, sworn to die for vengeance.Denmark, 982ADAt the end of the first millennium, the Baltic Sea knew a terror unlike any other: the Jomsvikings. Cast out by the rise of Christianity, exiled warriors with no homeland who lived by selling their steel for silver. They showed no fear, offered no mercy, and never fled from any foe.A young boy called Vagn arrives at Jomsburg with nothing but a sword and a blood-sworn ...

Set in the charged aftermath of the Armistice, The Adventurous Lady opens on a crowded London railway platform where class, confidence, and confusion collide. Amid the press of travelers, Lady Elfreda Catkin—cool, elegant, and unmistakably privileged—takes command of a crisis involving a nervous third-class passenger, Miss Cass, whose precarious finances and shy aspirations expose the rigid social barriers of 1920 England. As the train carries them onward, the carriage becomes a witty, int...

Mame Durrance arrives in England with only a boarding-house address, a few hopeful introductions, and a fierce determination to prove she can make herself into someone extraordinary. A sharp-tongued stenographer from Cowbarn, Iowa, she has already spent an inheritance chasing "life" in New York, only to be mocked, underestimated, and nearly caught in trouble while working for a dubious fortune-teller. Now she imagines London as her next chance at reinvention, complete with Paris clothes, a...

Lady Barbarity is a dazzling comic romance of wit, vanity, and rebellion in mid-eighteenth-century society. Returning to her cold ancestral home at High Cleeby after tiring of London's empty pleasures, she introduces herself with shameless self-awareness, sharp humor, and a restless desire for the rare "Man" worthy of her notice. Her banter with her aging, irreverent father, the Earl, blends affection, mortality, and marriage politics as he turns pious and determined to secure her future, ...

In a narrow London street lined with antiques and old secrets, J. C. Snaith's The Van Roon opens in a world where every object, and every person, may be worth more than first appears. At the center stands S. Gedge, a sharp-tongued, suspicious dealer whose dusty shop is thrown into disarray by the arrival of his orphaned niece, June, a poised nineteen-year-old with little money, no secure future, and enough quiet courage to unsettle his rigid household. As June learns to endure her uncle's ...

In the turbulent aftermath of the Battle of Worcester, Patricia at the Inn opens on the fog-bound Sea Rover, where danger, loyalty, and hidden identities gather like the winter dark. Charles Stuart, later Charles II, is a hunted fugitive with a price on his head, and the isolated inn becomes a stage for political intrigue, secret missions, and the grim calculations of those who hope to profit from a fallen cause. At the center stands Gamaliel Hooker, a greedy, suspicious innkeeper who feed...

In fog-bound London in 1890, Harriet Sanderson returns through the mist to her sister Eliza's home, bringing with her the quiet authority of a woman who has risen far beyond her beginnings. Composed, serious, and still under thirty, Harriet manages the Duke of Bridport's secluded country retreat at Buntisford, a position of rare trust that carries both pride and strain, while family ties, especially the looming presence of Aunt Annie, remind her how fragile success can be. The novel's late...

At seventy-three, the formidable lady of Hill Street rules her household with acid wit, ritual precision, and a temper that has only sharpened with age. Loved by almost no one, feared by many, and attended by the impeccable Mr. Marchbanks, the loyal Miss Burden, and the overfed pug Ponto, she moves through London society as a living satire of rank, vanity, and imperious self-command. But one sleepy afternoon, after dozing over a borrowed novel and missing luncheon for the first time in her...

Kit Colbana—half breed, assassin, thief, jack of all trades—has a new job: track down the missing ward of one of the local alpha shapeshifters. It should be a piece of cake.So why is she so nervous? It probably has something to do with the insanity that happens when you deal with shifters—especially sexy ones who come bearing promises of easy jobs and easier money.Or maybe it's all the other missing kids that Kit discovers while working the case, or the way her gut keeps scre...

The touch of Death has manifested in Mallory's mother and brother. Fearing anyone or anything that could spread Her influence, Mayor Florence banishes the family to the world outside, where they have no protection from the curse.While the rest of town celebrates eternal life, Mallory festers in its shadow. She hides her family in a centuries-abandoned shack on the outskirts, where they can survive despite the plague rotting their bodies. She spends day after hellish day caring for ...

Originally published in 1948 and reissued in 1976, this book discusses the history of Bengali literature until the end of the nineteenth century. Although the twentieth century is not included the book culminates with a section on Rabindranath Tagore, in view of his importance as the first non-European Nobel Prize Winner for literature. In dealing with the literature of Bengal, the author gives special attention on the religious movements, and the political and social forces to which it is...

A TIMELY RESPONSE TO A FRAGMENTED WORLD.The urgency of J.C. Salazar's ALPHAWHISPERERS™ framework reflects the moment in which it arrives.Global systems are under pressure. Institutions face declining trust. Decisions carry cascading consequences across borders, industries, and populations.Traditional leadership conversations focus on those at the forefront. ALPHA WHISPERERS™ Power Behind The Power shifts at...