As “the most humanizing portrait of the Nixons we’re likely to have” (Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author), this is a sweeping depiction of the turbulent fifty-three-year marriage of Richard and Pat Nixon.When Americans remember the controversial Nixons, they usually focus on the political triumphs, the turbulent White House years, and the humiliating public downfall. But a very different image of the polarizing president emerges in this fa...

Ambassador Kennedy's tenure during the approach of WWII is explored in "an admirably balanced assessment of an enormously complicated man" ( Kirkus, starred review).In The Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm, historian and psychologist Dr. Will Swift presents a fresh, empathetic interpretation of Joseph Kennedy's ambassadorship. With extensive research and penetrating psychological insight, he explores the intricate, often shifting relationships am...

Advance Praise"Fascinating and well researched.... Dr. Swift is the first to concentrate on this unusual subject with such a wealth of sympathetic detail."–Sarah Bradford, author of America’s Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth: A Biography of Britain’s Queen, and The Reluctant King: The Life and Reign of George VI, 1895—1952"A splendid addition to our understanding of an extraordinary Anglo-American partnership. Both intimate a...

*With over 1,000 5-Star ratings on Goodreads, Swift's Forest Knights series (completed duology) is destined to be a classic.*End of the 13th century: Five hundred orphans and second sons are rounded up from villages in the Alpine countryside and sold to the Hospitaller Knights of St John. Trained to serve as Soldiers of Christ, they fight in eastern lands they know nothing about, for a cause they do not understand.Thomas Schwyzer, ...

*With over 1,000 5-Star ratings on Goodreads, Swift's Forest Knights series is destined to be a classic.*MORGARTEN (Book 2 of The Forest Knights Duology)This action-packed conclusion to The Forest Knights series picks up where ALTDORF left off.A small force of peasants from the forest regions surrounding Lake Lucerne, rise up against their Austrian overlords in the 14th century. Outnumbered seven-t...

1291 AD. The Hospitaller Order is decimated. Acre is lost.The only home Foulques has ever known has been razed to the ground by the Mamluks. Only by the grace of God does he and a handful of knights manage to escape to the island of Cyprus. Once there, Foulques learns that Najya has been taken captive by none other than Badru Hashim and is enroute to the slave markets of North Africa.Foulques immediately attempts to organize a rescue force but his uncle has...

What hope does an army of children have against the might of the Mamluks?Brother Foulques de Villaret just wants to stay in Acre and perform his sworn duties. Instead, the young Hospitaller Knight of Saint John must undertake a dangerous journey from the Holy Land to a remote village nestled in the Alps, the "Spine of the World". His mission: buy 500 peasant boys and return them to Acre to be trained as Soldiers of Christ.Pursued a...

1310 AD. The Knights Hospitaller rule the Aegean from Rhodes—but one ambush changes everything.Thomas Schwyzer, loyal brother-sergeant and captain of the Order's deadliest war galley, the Wyvern, patrols the waves hunting Turkish slavers and Barbary pirates. The Order's black knights and sergeants are his family, his friends. Without them, he has no place in the world.But when a cunning trap hurls Thomas overboard, he's captured by merciless Berber...

They have defeated their Muslim enemies, crushed the unstoppable Mongol horde, and now the Mamluks turn their full attention to the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem.Only the port city of Acre remains in the hands of the Crusaders. The boys in Brother Foulques de Villaret’s Hospitaller Army of Children are approaching manhood, but their training is far from complete. Foulques needs more time. The Hospitallers, Templars, and Teutonics all need more time. Befor...

Publisher's note: The Forest Knights can be enjoyed alone without any knowledge of any of the other books in the Hospitaller Saga.With over 1,000 Goodreads 5-Star Ratings, Swift's Forest Knights duology is destined to be a classic. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Sharon Kay Penman.This is the complete Forest Knights duology. It includes 2 full novels:ALTDORF (The ...

A romance writer’s wildest dreams—the bestseller list, a movie deal, and a date with the real-life inspiration for her Hollywood hero—are all within her grasp if only she can hold it all together.Author Emmy Ellison is a sucker for a page-turning happy ending, but she’s no longer counting on one for herself. If she stays focused on her career goals instead of her love life, she just might find success. And now that her latest novel is about to become a movie, she’s...

A ex-movie star is thrust back into the spotlight, where she finds herself competing for a date with her longtime crush in this heartwarming rom-com about second chances and self-discovery.Once a teenage TV star, she’s reinvented her life. Now her very public celebrity crush has put her back in the spotlight.Josie Days has worked hard to forget who she used to be. Once upon a time, she was one of Mexico’s favorite bilingual teen stars—until one disastrous d...