After enduring centuries of life, Aeros the captain of the immortal Spartans, discovers his grey existence may end—in the arms of Tabithia. Only Tabithia is a witch guilty of crossing Ares, the god responsible for Areos' existence. Tabithia has feared meeting the warrior an ancient hag once predicted would someday command her obedience. But when Tabithia takes a job guiding Aeros and his team of Spartan to a stolen artifact, her fear disappears under his slow, wicked seduction. Aeros will battle anything to claim Tabithia and the future they could have together—even his god Ares—but when he learns the battle might be within Tabithia, he learns that true love does not come with a command.

Traces the history of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, describes its distinctive military society and the unusual freedom of Spartan women, and discusses the influence which its culture has had on later civilizations.

The CoDominion is dying on Sparta. John Christian Falkenberg and his legion have come to train the Spartians. Their enemy is the Grand Senator Bronson's techno-ninja.

The First Kiss Reminded Her of Raspberry Sherbet… And no man's kiss has since matched that wonderful, summery essence in all its glory. LilyRose knows her rare ability to "see" sounds and "taste" shapes—synesthesia—is a gift that defines who she is…but it's also made her an object of ridicule. And made her an outcast. That is, until a mean-spirited customer mocks a young girl—and kindred spirit-she's befriended. Years of repression suddenly give way when LilyRose hurls a basket at that customer. And finds herself being escorted from her shop in handcuffs! For decades LilyRose has searched for that special man who could teach her to embrace her uniqueness. She just didn't expect to find him waiting to pick her up from jail….

When the truth could shatter the foundation of everything you believe. A priestess who longs to uncover a secret. Calliope first fears, then defies, then struggles against an unwanted attraction toward the man who takes her hostage. In resisting those who seek to stop her from wearing the fabled coronet of Apollo, she finds the courage and determination to risk everything, even death. A warrior seeking revenge, tasked to uncover a threat to Sparta. His orders must be his only focus, yet Diokles fights emotions he never expected to feel for another woman. With success at his fingertips, he cannot allow judgment to be clouded by a priestess who has earned his reluctant admiration and respect. To fail again would be to lose everything again. Answers await at the shrine where the coronet lies hidden if they can reach it before a common foe does. One who will stop at nothing to kill Diokles and claim Calliope for himself. 5-star review by Paula García Lasa for Readers’ Favorite Passion is the basis of every historical Greek tale. This historically inspired book is no exception. Spartan Quest: Salvation by Anthea Laurelton is an authentic tale that will allow the reader to live with the characters. While reading this fast-paced story, you will experience betrayal, love, and grief. You will be on the edge of your seat, reaching the last page before you even notice it. Laurelton has written a beautiful account, carefully embellished with emotions and well-developed characters. Through the three-pronged point of view, you will get a unique perspective, a great way of amplifying your immersion in the narrative. If you love historical accounts, then this is a book you cannot miss.

The twelfth mission of the new Advanced Space Shuttle program begins without a hitch but something goes horribly wrong as the shuttle vanishes at T+15 minutes after launch. The second in command pilot Jack Spartan awakens in the wreckage of the shuttle Victory only to find himself in a horrifying survival situation. His crew and Victory are gone but he is somehow alive in the bowels of a gargantuan space freighter. Captured by the space freighter’s crew he is unable to communicate with them so he is deemed a stowaway and is sold into conscript slavery. He must use every bit of his intellect, military training and martial art skills to survive the deadly challenges he encounters. How will he escape his fraudulent conscript sentence? How will he survive the planet’s vicious terraformed jungles and vast deserts and rescue the friends he had to leave behind? Written for those who crave a degree of technical and scientific realism as well as for your average sci-fi reader, Jack Spartan Varaci Runner is based on plausible scientific and engineering theory.

Sparta at the start of the fifth century BC is in crisis. The Argives are attacking Sparta's vulnerable island of Kythera, but King Cleomenes is more interested in meddling in Athenian affairs. His co-monarch, King Demaratus, opposes Cleomenes' ambitions, and soon the kings are at each other's throats. Exploiting this internal conflict, Corinth launches a challenge to Spartan control of the Peloponnesian League, while across the Aegean Sea, the Greek cities of Ionia are in rebellion against Persia -- and pleading for Spartan aid. King Cleomenes' youngest half-brother Leonidas has only just attained citizenship. He has no reason to expect that this revolt will shape his destiny. At twenty-one, Leonidas is just an ordinary ranker in the Spartan army, less interested in high politics than putting his private life in order. He needs to find reliable tenants to restore his ruined estate, and, most important, to find the right woman to be his bride. Meanwhile, his niece Gorgo is growing up. Not particularly pretty, she is, nevertheless, precocious and courageous -- qualities that get her into trouble more than once. This is the story of both Leonidas and Gorgo in the years before Leonidas becomes king of Sparta and before the first Persian invasion of Greece sets Leonidas on the road to Thermopylae. This is the second book in a trilogy of biographical novels about Leonidas and Gorgo. The first book, A Boy of the Agoge, described Leonidas's childhood in Sparta's infamous public school. This second book focuses on his years as an ordinary citizen, and the third will describe his reign and death.

This Spartan makes her own destiny . . . Most kids at the Colorado branch of Mythos Academy know me as Rory Forseti, the daughter of Reaper assassins. Secretly, I’m a member of Team Midgard, a group of students and adults tasked with stopping Covington, the evil leader of the Reapers of Chaos. For me, the mission is a deeply personal one, since Covington is also the man who murdered my parents. When my friends and I get a lead on a powerful artifact that Covington wants to steal, we think we finally have a chance to thwart the Reapers and stop them for good. Team Midgard comes up with a plan, but everything goes sideways, and I’m suddenly in the fight of my life. My worst fears might have come true, but I know what my Spartan destiny is—to save my friends, or die trying . . .