Best historical fiction book of 2023 - Bjørn Larssen, blogger at Queen’s Book Asylum⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'So good I read it twice,' Lesley Walters, goodreadsShortlisted for the 2022 Selfies Award and the 2022 Chaucer Award; Quarter-Finalist in The Booklife Prize.Loyalty has a price the children payIn the twilight of the old gods, when the last Vikings rule the seas, two cursed orphan...

Epic eco-fantasy. 2020 Kindle Book Awards Finalist. Standalone Bk 1 in an award-winning trilogy. 2020 Royal Dragonfly Award winner.One misfit girl and 50,000 bees against the might of the Citadel.Mielitta, a despised servant of mysterious parentage, yearns to be an adult and fit into Citadel society but the all-powerful mages won’t even consider her for the Maturity Test. As they fight amongst themselves, Mielitta overhears their secrets and plans to...

Award-winning historical fiction. Like Game of Thrones with real history.'Believable, page-turning and memorable.' Lela Michael, S.P. Review1150: Provence, where making love and making paper are crimes against the Church.Death on her heels, Estela runs towards a new identity. Her life depends on her golden voice and the patronage of Eleanor of Aquitaine but her heart cares more for the judgement of her tutor, Dragonet...

B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree. Bronze Children's Books Award 2017 Readers' Favorites. Shortlisted for the Cinnamon Press Novella Award.'A compelling story about friendship, its strength, and the unusual ways it develops.' Rebecca P. McCray, The Journey of the MarkedBeing different isn't easy but it can be exciting!How well do you know your friends? Are they left-handed or right-handed? Are they left-brained or ...

Will the truth destroy a second chance at love?A romance for our timesHelen Tanner runs her own business, spends her evenings out with friends, anything to avoid memories of the tragedy she left behind. She lives alone and likes it that way.Until, that is, a dark-haired vet walks into her shop and into her life. Her first unpromising encounter with Dai Evans turns into a tumultuous affair. As passion grows into love, Helen is forced not only...

Si Game of Thrones s’était déroulé au Moyen-Âge en France...1150: NarbonneLa mort aux trousses, Estela est en fugue, en quête d’une nouvelle identité. Si sa survie dépend de sa voix d’or et de la protection d’Aliénor d'Aquitaine, elle doit avant tout gagner l’estime de son mentor Dragonetz, un ancien croisé désabusé.Il sait qu’il ne doit pas s’attacher à cette élève rebelle, mais leur relation obéit à ses propres codes. Ensemble, les troubadours Drago...

Four years: 3 million bombs: Zero Hour Food approaching'The diary was kept secret because it had to be. Taylor knew he would be in trouble if it were found. There is no censor in the diary.' The Scottish Association for the Teachers of History'Based on words and feelings recorded at the time it is probably unique.' Don Marshall, Military History EnthusiastThe true story of WW2 Malta from an ey...

A short story. Venice , August 1576Historical Novel Society Short Story Winner 2018The fate of Venice’s greatest artist depends on a plague doctor with a grudge.Award-winning author jean Gill, the master of historical intrigue, walks the plague-ridden streets of medieval Venice with Death at her side.

All three books in Jean Gill's award-winning Natural Forces Trilogy. Included in this collection are Queen of the Warrior Bees, Arrows Tipped with Honey, and The World Beyond the Walls. IPPY Award winner, Royal Dragonfly Award winner, finalist in the Kindle Book Awards and the Wishing Shelf AwardsBee-shifter, bear-shifter, Forest spy and woman-lover; what's second nature to four unlikely friends is a death sentence in the Citadel....

FINALIST in the 2018 Kindle Book Award'A delicious book full of the unexpected. Highly emotive contents.' - Writing MagazineThe second collection of poetry from award-winning author Jean Gill retains the passion and spiky humour for which she is known, but this has matured into a unique, assured view of our world. Her most lyrical poems reveal a sensuality that lingers in the imagination.'I would not give my eyes...

Short-listed for the 2017 Rossetti Award. ‘Jean Gill brings her magical storytelling skills to teens, to weave compelling and thought-provoking stories that will linger on in their minds well after the last page is read.’ Kristin Gleeson, author and children's librarianCan dreams take over your life? Jamie's mother is hooked on fortune-tellers, and running the family into debt. To cure her, Jamie decides to investigate the ...

The antidote to Valentine's Day if you like your reading sharp, not sickly sweet.'Jean Gill's spiky humour makes you feel as if she's caught you on barbed wire and yet makes you smile about it'- Mike Sharpe, Haverfordwest JournalistStrong, fresh, vivid poems from award-winning author Jean Gill, on an astounding range of subjects including adultery, AIDS and the Mexican Earthquake. If you crossed Wendy Cope's work with Sylvia...