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Recovering from a divorce, Anna begins a writing career. Her romantic interest in a former classmate grows as the two of them investigate sexual harassment in a state university.
Anna's Awakening is a romantic mystery which chronicles a middle-aged, professional woman's journey to find herself and to re-make her life. It is a love story set in the midst of a university, troubled by sexual harassment and financial irregularities. At the governor's request, Anna and Jake investigate rumors of sexual harassment among staff, faculty, and students (not in the athletic department!). And, along the way, they rediscover the feelings for each other which they ignored as high school students.
For anyone who's ever started over...
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King Charlemagne begins to reorganize his kingdom, hoping to bring a better life to his realm. The barbarians still invade, a fellow king works for his destruction, and he still yearns for a wife, a true helpmate who believes in his vision.
Describing the middle years of Charlemagne's reign, Beacon in the Medieval Darkness, immerses the reader in the eighth-century Frankish Court. Romance blossoms between one court maid and two of the King's Peers. His second wife's father continues to try to conquer Charlemagne and merge the Frankish empire with his own. Treachery abounds, as always, and constant demands rain down on the king.
Join this unique court, struggling with the illiteracy and ignorance of the Dark Ages, to appreciate the strength, daring, and concern which made Charlemagne a king and which changed Europe fore | |  | | The Banished, Medieval Queen, first wife of Charlemagne
Banished from King Charlemagne's court, Himiltrude must build a new life for her small, hump-backed son.
Banished from the Frankish court by King Charlemagne's mother, his first wife, Himiltrude, begins a new life far away from everything she knows. Her primary concern is to create a happy home for her little son who is hunchbacked. Because of his deformity, he can never be Charlemagne's heir, though he still receives deference from anyone he meets. Trying to prepare him for a non-royal life, Himiltrude meets a prince who wants to become the father Pepin so sorely needs.
But what can the future be for these three people? Bound by genuine love for each other, they must deny that love to | |  | | Warrior, Lover, King
Charlemagne the Great inherits the realm at his father's death. Warrior, Lover, King examines his court, the Peers who advise him, the women who want him, and the challenges he faces. Join his court and watch history unfold, buttressed by a cast of intent, dedicated, :and your imagination!
The first years of Charlemagne's reign are filled with challenges. Will he find
a wife... not just a woman to share his bed? Will he be strong enough to
resist his mother's manipulations and his priest's directions to make the best
choices for his people? Will his brother prove a help or hindrance in their
shared realm? And will he be true to his vision - creating a government
responsive to the people's needs: protecting them from invaders, improving
economic opportunities, educating boys and girls alike, and eradicating
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The House of Green Waters
by Edward Patterson
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 Fourth Book in the Southern Swallow Series finds the Academician Li K'ai-men in exile on Hai-nan Island. China has a new invasion threat. A showdown between ingenuity and technology explodes as the Sung Dynasty tries to preserve itself. |
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Footsteps
by Brendan O'Brien
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 Ireland 1967. The Summer of love. Or was it?
A holiday weekend. Amazing weather. American student Dakota Lacey is hiking around Kerry.
But there’s a sinister, dark side to the atmosphere. Lone female hikers are being brutally attacked. |
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