From bestselling and award-winning author Frances Watts comes the first in an incredibly exciting new series of standalone historical novels. On the eve of her fifteenth birthday, Claudia is unexpectedly summoned to Rome by the father she hasn't seen in ten years, a wealthy and powerful senator. She finds herself with both a new family and a luxurious new home in the capital of the world's greatest empire. But Claudia soon discovers a contest of power and ambition is secretly being waged - and she is the prize. torn between two rivals for her hand in marriage, she must choose between her duty and her heart ... a choice that could have deadly consequences. From multi-award-winning author Frances Watts comes a gripping mystery of love and intrigue set in Ancient Rome.

An extraordinary debut novel - thematically significant, profoundly timely, magical in intent and execution.... A MUST READ. The Author himself best defines the intent of this novel. • First is to advocate Inuit culture, specifically the role of shaman. 77&° North recognizes this ancient tradition and hopes, within the confines of this mythical adventure, we bring new perspective to the forefront for the stewards of the land, and their indelible right for self-actualization.• Second is the status of women. Arguably the most oppressed group in all history, 77&° North promotes feminine equality, and indeed prominence, in a male dominated world. Something that is long overdue.• Third is my artistic desire to write a captivating and imaginative novel reflecting contemporary issues, and how we define ourselves as a country moving through the 21st century. Every life is a story, and 77&° North acknowledges the vitality of our individual and collective journeys.My greatest hope is that 77&° North stimulates the opportunity for each of us to add a little magic to our lives— the magic of forgiveness and healing. It is a magic steeped in truth and setting the record straight.77&° North finds Inuit orphan and archaeologist Chulyin Nakasuk rejecting her shamanic powers. Chulyin's journey weaves through a fantastical world spanning myth and science where she battles legendary creatures and human avarice. An archaeological expedition leads her to Greenland where she encounters The Foundlings, the key to accepting her shamanism, her grief over the loss of a cherished uncle and ultimate discovery of the origins of life on earth.

George from Vienna sees the writing on the wall both politically and economically in the struggling Habsburg Empire. An army physician seeking to claim a future for his family in Canada, he arrives on the Saskatchewan prairies in the bitter cold of November, 1898. Little does Georg understand the full extent of his decision to immigrate. CHRISTMAS IN A HOLE is his story!

A collection of sixteen stories explores the mysteries and varieties of American experience and includes "Golden Gloves," the story of a would-be champion boxer whose career and marriage fall tragically short of his expectations.

This novel by the author of Lion of Ireland is based on the heroic legends of Ireland's Ulster Cycle which are one of the oldest surviving epics in Western European literature. Cuchulain, the ultimate warrior, is at the centre of a tale describing the heroism of the Red Branch.