Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ne=6664&N=7431+4294965687 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714074 Remaining on the virtually abandoned island of Britannia after centuries of Roman rule, two cousins pursue very different efforts to unite disparate tribes and factions, including throne-seeking Dinas and reluctant leader Cadogan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713731 Disgraced by her past employer, young governess Kate Walcott owes her loyalty to the only woman willing to hire her: the sought-after courtesan Mrs. Georgette Lawson. Georgette entrusts Kate with the care of her unruly children, and the writing of her shocking memoirs, which detail her affairs with famous gentlemen, including the rakehell who promised to marry her, then ruined her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1702007 In the social whirl of Regency England, Elizabeth Chudderley is at the top of every guest list, the life of every party, and the belle of every ball. But her friends and admirers would be stunned to know the truth: that the merriest widow in London is also the loneliest. Behind the gaiety and smiles lies a secret longing--for something, or someone, to whisk her away.... Raised in scandal, Lord Michael de Grey is convinced that love is a losing gamble--and seduction the only game worth playing. But when duty threatens to trump everything he desires, the only way out is marriage to a woman of his brothers choosing. Elizabeth Chudderley is delightful, delicious--and distressingly attractive. With such a captivating opponent, Michael isnt quite sure who is winning the game. How can such passionate players negotiate a marriage of necessity--when their hearts have needs of their own? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715660 When she agrees to pose as the future bride of Royden Napier, Scotland Yards most relentless police commissioner, Lisette Colburne finds herself in danger of losing her heart to the one man who has the power to destroy her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743446 Waking up in a modern London hospital 200 years after meeting his death on a Napoleonic battlefield, Nick Falcott is indoctrinated into a time-traveling society and returned to the side of a woman he loves to reclaim a vital talisman, a mission that places the fate of the future in his hands. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714157 When Lady Verity Fitzroy wakes up to find her brothers archenemy Rory Lennox, the Duke of Abshire, in her bed, she is less concerned about the danger to her reputation than about being unmasked as the author of the infamous Duke Diaries. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735903 Emily Portsman has a secret, and three years ago she decided the best way to keep it would be to work at the Tantalus Club, a notorious gaming establishment for gentlemen. Its not the sort of work a beautiful, well-bred governess would ever consider--unless shes hiding from her past and a man who wants to destroy her present...Nate Stokes, Earl of Westfall, is a supremely accomplished former spy more at home on Londons seedy streets than in any glittery ballroom. His peers know him only as a bookish fellow who can find anything--or anyone. When the Marquis of Ebberling hires him to find a murderess, Nates search leads him to the Tantalus Club and Emily Portsman. In a game where no one is who they seem and when every conversation is a deadly dance of trust and desire, the only thing Nate knows for sure is that once he gets Emily in his arms, he will never let go...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735914 In the aftermath of an audacious terrorist attack that has been linked to him, renegade MI6 officer Daniel Marchant forges a dubious agreement with Salim Dhar, the worlds most wanted terrorist. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1702026 A historical debut novel about a young woman in turn-of-the-century England who finds love and independence at a seashore resort. As Betsy and Mr. Jones grow closer, she begins to dream that she might finally have found her place in the world--but when her past returns to haunt her, she must fight for everything shes worked for. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698388 For Viscount Stillwell, finding a prospective bride seemed easy, but Win soon found out endless gossip had broken all his engagements. He decided to hire a company to repair his familys fire-damaged country house. Nothing disreputable in that--until the firms representative turns out to be a very desirable widow. Lady Miranda Garret expected a man of Wins reputation to be flirtatious, even charming. But the awkward truth is that she finds him thoroughly irresistible. For the first time, the wicked Win has fallen in love. And what began as a scandalous proposition may yet become a very different proposal... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715657 Participating in the 1805 Battle of Cape Town after the death of Admiral Nelson, Captain Lewrie voyages to South America to assist Britains campaigns on the Spanish colonies only to confront a formidable adversary. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704665 Marrying the much-older king of England in the year 1002, sixteen-year-old Emma of Normandy is surrounded by a treacherous court and regarded as a threat by her husband before drawing on her wits to gain a few friends and protect her station. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731494 Traveling alone to London, Frances Hadley, disguising herself as a man, has to share a room at the inn with Jack Valentine, third son of the famous Duchess of Love, who is on the run from his mothers matchmaking melodrama. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714078 Lady Marianne Winchilsea, who is fleeing from those who believe she was involved in a plot to kill the king, is unwilling to trust anyone, especially Garret Lockwood, the Earl of Falkham, the man who usurped her family home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711732 Upon turning nine, Merlin is apprenticed to a skilled healer who hones his extraordinary gift of prophecy and healing, while the High King of the Celts searches for a human sacrifice to make his towers stand firm and sets his sights on the gifted boy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733147 As leader of his clan, Black Rob Brunson has earned every dark syllable of his name. But, having taken hostage his enemys daughter in a fierce act of rebellion, he is tormented by feelings of guilt and torn apart with the growing need to protect her--and seduce her! Stella Storwick feels Robs disdain from the first. Then slowly she starts to see behind his eyes to a man in turmoil. Something he has no words for, something that can only be captured in a heart-wrenching kiss? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695538 Reminiscent of Downton Abbey, this first novel in a new series follows two sisters and their maid as they are suddenly separated by the rigid class divisions within a sprawling aristocratic estate and thrust into an uncertain world on the brink of WWI...Rowena and Victoria, daughters to the second son of the Earl of Summerset, have always treated their governesss daughter, Prudence, like a sister. But when their father dies and they move in with their uncles family in a much more traditional household, Prudence is relegated to the maids quarters, much to the girls shock and dismay. The impending war offers each girl hope for a more modern future, but the ever-present specter of class expectations makes it difficult for Prudence to maintain a foot in both worlds.Vividly evoking both time and place and filled with authentic dialogue and richly detailed atmosphere, Summerset Abbey is a charming and timeless historical debut-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742786 Summer, 1942. Kitty, an army driver stationed in Sussex, meets Ed, a Royal Marine commando, and Larry, a liaison officer with Combined Ops. She falls instantly in love with Ed, who falls in love with her. So does Larry. Both men go off to war, and Ed wins the highest military honor for his bravery. But sometimes heroes dont make the best husbands. [This novel] follows Kitty, Ed, and Larry from wartime England and the brutally tragic Dieppe raid to Nazi-occupied France, India after the war, and Jamaica before independence. Against this ever-changing backdrop--as they witness history being made and participate in the smaller dramas of romance, friendship, and parenthood--these three friends make choices that will determine the challenges and triumphs of their lives--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735891 Daphne Dales budding romance with the pseudonymous suitor with whom she is exchanging love letters faces difficulties when he turns out to be Lord Henry Seldon, whose family and hers are sworn enemies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713749 In sixteenth century England, Joanna Stafford matches wits against powerful men when she is caught up in a shadowy plot targeting Henry VIII. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694142 In July of 1914, innocent, lovely Clarissa Granville lives with her parents and three brothers in the idyllic isolation of Deyning Park, a grand English country house, where she whiles away her days enjoying house parties, country walks and tennis matches. Clarissa is drawn to Tom Cuthbert, the housekeepers handsome son. Though her parents disapprove of their upstairs-downstairs friendship, the two are determined to see each other, and they meet in secret to share what becomes a deep and tender romance. But soon the winds of war come to Deyning, as they come to all of Europe. As Tom prepares to join the front lines, neither he nor Clarissa can envision what lies ahead of them in the dark days and years to come. Nor can they imagine how their love will be tested, or how they will treasure the memory of this last, perfect summer -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733133 1593. The dreaded alchemist, black magician and spy Dr. John Dee is missing... and terror sweeps through the court of Queen Elizabeth, for in Dees possession is an obsidian mirror, a mysterious object of great power which legend says could set the world afire. The call goes out to celebrated swordsman, adventurer and rake Will Swyfte: find Dee and his feared looking-glass and return them to London before disaster strikes. But when Will discovers the mirror may help him solve the mystery that has haunted him for years-- the fate of his lost love, Jenny-- the stakes become acutely personal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714080 In 1811, Daria Babcock comes to Scotland in search of adventure and romance, and she gets her wish when she discovers a wounded Highlander in her grandmothers house who insists that he cannot remember what happened to him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715684 He lives in the shadows. As the mysterious masked avenger known as the Ghost of St. Giles, Godric St. Johns only goal is to protect the innocent of London. Until the night he confronts a fearless young lady pointing a pistol at his head-and realizes she is his wife . . . Lady Margaret Reading has vowed to kill the Ghost of St. Giles-the man who murdered her one true love. Returning to London, and to the man she hasnt seen since their wedding day, Margaret does not recognize the man behind the mask. Fierce, commanding, and dangerous, the notorious Ghost of St. Giles is everything she feared he would be-and so much more . . . When passion flares, these two intimate strangers cant keep from revealing more of themselves than they had ever planned. But when Margaret learns the truth-that the Ghost is her husband-the game is up and the players must surrender . . . to the temptation that could destroy them both.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694800 Set during a period of revolution and turmoil, Mistress of My Fate is the first book in a trilogy about Henrietta Lightfoot, a young woman who was abandoned as a baby and raised alongside her cousins, noble children of a lord and lady. At just sixteen years old, circumstance and a passionate love affair tear Henrietta away from everything she knows, leading to a new life fending for herself on the streets of 18th century London as a courtesan, gambler, and spirited intellect of the city. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738826 2008. A counter-terrorist operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted on the British crown colony of Gibraltar. Its purpose: to capture and abduct a high-value jihadist arms-buyer. Its authors: an ambitious Foreign Office Minister, a private defense contractor who is also his bosom friend, and a shady American CIA operative of the evangelical far-right. So delicate is the operation that even the Ministers personal private secretary, Toby Bell, is not cleared for it. Cornwall, UK, 2011. A disgraced Special Forces Soldier delivers a message from the dead. Was Operation Wildlife the success it was cracked up to be--or a human tragedy that was ruthlessly covered up? Summoned by Sir Christopher (Kit) Probyn, retired British diplomat, to his decaying Cornish manor house, and closely observed by Kits beautiful daughter, Emily, Toby must choose between his conscience and duty to his Service. If the only thing necessary to the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing, how can he keep silent? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732120 The only thing more troublesome than a Cynster man is a Cynster lady who believes love is not her destiny. Famously known in London society as the Matchbreaker, Henrietta Cynster has an uncanny skill in preventing ill-fated nuptials, not in falling victim to Cupids spell. But then she disrupts one match too many, she feels honor bound to help dashing James Glossup find a suitable bride for a marriage-of-convenience--a task infernally complicated by the undeniable, unquenchable attraction that flares between James and Henrietta, who continues to believe she will never fall.-- p. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1630061 The marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert produced nine children--five of them princesses, all trained for the role of marriage to future monarchs. However, the fourth princess, Louise--later the duchess of Argyll--became known by the court as the wild one. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657758 Serving as the bridal retinue of Mary Tudor, plain Jane Seymour meets the scheming, beautiful Anne Boleyn at French Court and eventually becomes her rival, fighting for the loyalty of King Henry VIII. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1519606 Captain Alan Lewrie of the Royal Navy is ordered to head to Cuba and Spanish Florida to search for French and Spanish privateers who have been preying on British merchantmen and discover if the privateers have been getting aid from the Americans. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1576566 Jennas life is perfect--perfect chaos! One lousy Monday, Jenna loses her gorgeous job, her even more gorgeous boyfriend, and her home. In an attempt to put aside her personal woes, Jenna goes to catalogue books for an elderly cousin, Kitty Everest, at her country mansion. Horrified to discover that Kitty may be forced to sell Holtby House, Jenna throws herself into a scheme to save it. But when an attempt is made on her life, Jenna finds herself in a race to save Holtby, Kitty--and herself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685943 1794. In the wake of the Glorious First of June, an equivocal success for the British naval fleet against the French Revolutionary forces, Lieutenant John Pearce has pressing matters to attend to. He must undertake an urgent commission from Lord Hood, track down Midshipman Toby Burns, and placate Emily Barclay who, estranged from her husband, is now under Pearces protection. Meanwhile, smugglers whose ship Pearce inadvertently stole are on his tail, determined to get their money or kill him in revenge -- possibly both. And it is not only John Pearce who has his fair share of trouble. The triumphant Channel Fleet returns, with Ralph Barclay limping from a musket ball in the thigh, Cornelius Gherson fuming at the jokes about his cowardice, and bully-boy Devenow sporting a wounded shoulder and a cauliflower ear. But the battle is already the subject of controversy -- both the French and British claim victory, and Barclay is accused of holding back from the action. Pearce turns the tables on his enemies with the aid of his crew, conjures up a trick to free his friends and sets off for the Mediterranean with Emily Barclay. He must fight a ferocious sea battle on the way to aid an old friend, and can only hope that his troubles will end along with his mission. But are they only just beginning?--Jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629978 Lady Frances Sidney becomes a lady-in-waiting for Queen Elizabeth and uses it as an opportunity to use the intelligence-gathering tools she learned from her spymaster father to keep her queen safe in this new novel from the author of His Last Letter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685369 1062, a time many fear is the End of Days. With the English King Edward heirless and ailing, across the grey seas in Normandy the brutal William the Bastard waits for the moment when he can drown England in a tide of blood. The ravens of war are gathering. But as the kings closest advisors scheme and squabble amongst themselves, hopes of resisting the naked ambition of the Norman duke come to rest with just one man: Hereward. To some a ruthless warrior and master tactician, to others a devil in human form, Hereward is as adept in the art of warfare as the foes that gather to claim Englands throne. But in his countrys hour of greatest need, his enemies at court have made him an outlaw. To stay alive-and a free man-he must carve a bloody swathe from the frozen lands outside the court, in this evocative tale of a man whose deeds will become the stuff of legend.--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577751 When Henry VIIIs obsession with Anne Boleyn leads to violent religious upheaval, Lady Cecily Burkhart, while trying to hold together her fractured household, grapples with her forbidden feelings for Father Alec Cahill, while her sister, Mirabella, consumed by her religious vocation and jealousy, tries to destroy them all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1554180 After German Luftwaffe bomb London, Maggie Hope--trained in math and code breaking, but only able to find a job as Winston Churchills secretary--uses the access her position demands to try to unravel an assassinate plot. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675437 When she is shipped off to London, Miss Liviana Mayeux, a werewolf with a penchant for trouble, finds herself in the middle of a pack of English wolves who are all vying for her attention, but she only has eyes for Lady Hadleys dashing son, Grayson. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1512083 Lady Celia Sharpe hopes that if she can garner offers of marriage from several eligible gentlemen and show her grandmother she is capable of gaining a husband, she can convince Gran to rescind the marriage ultimatum for her. And if that plan doesnt work, at least shell have a husband lined up. But Bow Street Runner Jackson Pinter seems determined to ruin her plans by disapproving of every suitor she asks him to investigate. Its only when she and Jackson work together to solve her parents murders, plunging them both into danger, that she realizes why--because the only man he wants her to marry is himself! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1565336 Summoned to the offices of Victorian Londons most powerful and dangerous solicitors, disgraced police officer turned independent detective Charles Maddox turns to his famous but aging investigator uncle to identify who has been sending threatening letters to a client. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657564 The early twelfth century is a time for ambitious men to prosper. John FitzGilbert is a man of honor and loyalty, sworn to royal service. When the old king dies, his successor rewards John with castles and lands. But King Stephen has a tenuous hold on both his reign and his barons. When jealous rivals at court seek to destroy John, he backs a womans claim to the crown, sacrifices his marriage, and eventually is forced to make a gamble that is perhaps one step too far. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615569 The United States and Russia are on the brink of war and only intelligence agent Will Cochrane can find and unmask the diabolical double-agent who has started it all in this enthralling follow up to Spycatcher, written by a real life former agent-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1556861 Determined to destroy Lily Boudine, the woman whose childhood testimony helped send his father to the gallows for stealing the valuable Ashwood jewels, Tobin Scott returns to Hadley Green where he offers Lily a choice, but their dangerous game leads to passion and a shocking truth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679153 When eighteen-year-old Grace Campbell arrives in London in 1914, shes unable to fulfill her familys ambitions and find a position as an office secretary. Lying to her parents and her brother, Michael, she takes a job as a housemaid at Number 35, Park Lane, where she is quickly caught up in lives of its inhabitants-- in particular, those of its privileged son, Edward, and daughter, Beatrice, who is recovering from a failed relationship that would have taken her away from an increasingly stifling life. Desperate to find a new purpose, Bea joins a group of radical suffragettes and strikes up an intriguing romance with an impassioned young lawyer. Unbeknownst to each of the young women, the choices they make amid the rapidly changing world of WWI will connect their chances at future happiness in dramatic and inevitable ways. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1660665 When a Russian intelligence officer insists on speaking to no one but her about cyber sabotage that has brought down a U.S. communications satellite, MI5 agent Liz Carlyle learns of a plot to hack into the Wests military and reignite the Cold War. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1584691 When Antonia Halliday is found dead in a barn, her head and neck slashed with an old-fashioned sickle, Paget and Tregalles attend the scene. The victim is from Bromley Manor, the country home of a highly respected family with links to the chief constable, and Chief Superintendent Brock warns Paget to tread carefully. With all the evidence drawing Paget back to the manor, he soon finds himself at odds with his superiors - and the killer is not quite finished yet. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685801 A sudden snowstorm in late December 1199 means that two parties of travellers are forced to abandon their journeys and take refuge in the bustling market town of Carmarthen. Unfortunately, the two groups, one representing the Archbishop of Canterbury and one comprising canons from St Davids Cathedral, are bitter opponents in a dispute that has been raging for several months. When an enigmatic stranger appears, and requests permission to stage The Play of Adam, which he claims will alleviate tensions and engender an atmosphere of seasonal harmony, the castles constable, Sir Symon Cole, refuses on the grounds that encouraging large gatherings of angry people is likely to end in trouble, but his wife Gwenllian urges him to reconsider. At first, it appears she is right, and differences of opinions and resentments do seem to have been forgotten in the sudden anticipation of what promises to be some unique entertainment. Unfortunately, one of the Archbishops envoys, the one chosen to play the role of Cain, dies inexplicably on the eve of the performance, and there is another accident at the castle, which claims the life of a mason. Throughout the ages, the play is performed in many guises, but each time bad luck seems to follow after all those involved in its production. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1672197 A dangerous mission at Queen Elizabeths bidding is Celia Suttons chance to erase the taint of her brothers treason. Her life is at risk if shes discovered?and so is her heart when she learns her co-conspirator is also her onetime seducer: brooding and mysterious John Brandon! John cant believe the change in Celia? Whats happened to the carefree English rose she once was? Leaving Celia was the only thing to do, but now guilt tears at his soul. He has to heal the sadness in her past, and hes not above using anything--from expert seduction to royal favors--to achieve his goal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1595177 Lady Georgia Maybury is determined to regain her social position after her husbands scandalous death, but her efforts are threatened by her growing love for Lord Dracy, a battlescarred, impoverished ex-naval officer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1477796 Investigators Burton and Swinburne return to Africa to seek the source of the Nile, a magic gem, and a way to fix history. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674883 After achieving knighthood at the young age of seventeen, Wulfstan Wynstede must weather four years of temptations if he is ever going to get Beulahs fathers blessing to marry her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1664558 During a party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the road and sees her mother speak to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothy. Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress, living in London. She returns to the family farm for Dorothys ninetieth birthday and finds herself overwhelmed by questions she has not thought about for decades. From pre-WWII England through the Blitz, to the fifties and beyond, discover the secret history of three strangers from vastly different worlds--Dorothy, Vivien, and Jimmy--who meet by chance in wartime London and whose lives are forever entwined. The Secret Keeper explores longings and dreams, the lengths people go to fulfill them, and the consequences they can have. It is a story of lovers, friends, dreamers, and schemers told--in Mortons signature style--against a backdrop of events that changed the world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679990 Longing for a life beyond housemaid chores and her drunken fathers abuse, Ella Appleby of mid-17th-century England and her sister flee to London and take up with a dashing gentleman with ties to the underworld, unaware that they are being pursued by her former employers twin brother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1519948 Lady Georgia Maybury is determined to regain her social position after her husbands scandalous death, but her efforts are threatened by her growing love for Lord Dracy, a battlescarred, impoverished ex-naval officer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1559262 As the shadows lengthen over the June grass, all England is heading for Epsom Downs - high life and low life, society beauties and Whitechapel street girls, bookmakers and gypsies, hawkers and acrobats, punters and thieves. Whole families stream along the Surrey back-roads, towards the greatest race of the year. Hopes are high, nerves are taut, hats are tossed in the air - this is Derby Day. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1628379 A satire of modern society and celebrity culture finds the seemingly simple pursuits of young Desmond Pepperdine hampered by his uncle Lionels near-criminal habits, which become more prominent when Lionel wins the lottery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1658884 A tale inspired by the life of Lady Jane Grays younger sister, Katherine, interweaves the tragic story of her imprisonment in the Tower of London with the fates of three other innocent political prisoners including Kate Plantagenet and boy princes Edward and Richard. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1523574 Beset by pirates, Knights of Malta, and saboteurs, Captain Matthew Quinton sails to Africa in pursuit of a mountain of gold. When a captured Barbary pirate saves his neck with a tall tale of a fabled mountain of gold, Quinton has his doubts. But King Charles II cant resist the chance to outstrip the Dutch with a limitless source of wealth. With the devious pirate ODwyer in tow, Quinton embarks on a voyage beyond the maps edge, still convinced that the mountain is mere legend. But as attempts to sabotage his mission draw closer to the mark, he begins to wonder. Back in England, the king has arranged a wedding between Matthews elder brother, the Earl of Ravensden, and a mysterious lady rumored to have murdered her previous two husbands. Resolved not to fail his meddlesome sovereign, and to return home in time to protect his family and his home, Captain Quinton approaches the coast of Africa with a troubled mind. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647318 The Constantine Affliction, a strange malady that kills some of its victims and physically transforms others into the opposite sex, has spread scandal and upheaval throughout society. Scientific marvels and disasters, such as clockwork courtesans, the alchemical fires of Whitechapel, electric carriages, and acidic monsters lurking in the Thames, have forever altered the face of the city. Pembroke Pimm Hanover is an aristocrat with an interest in criminology, who uses his keen powers of observation to assist the police or private individuals, at least when hes sober enough to do so. Ellie Skyler, who hides her gender behind the byline E. Skye, is an intrepid journalist driven by both passion and necessity to uncover the truth, no matter where it hides. When Pimm and Skye stumble onto a dark plot that links the citys most notorious criminal overlord with the Queens new consort, famed scientist Sir Bertram Oswald, they soon find the forces of both high and low society arrayed against them. Can they save the city from the arcane machinations of one of historys biggest monsters and uncover the shocking origin of the Constantine Affliction. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1481003 U.S. Major John Randal, Commander of Strategic Raiding Forces is back, leading a crew of British Commandos, Royal Marines and Royal Navy raiders on bigger and bolder missions to foil Hitlers Third Reich. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732114 London solicitor Daniel Hunter finds his life changed when he meets an eleven-year-old boy accused of murdering an eight-year-old boy--a case that forces him to confront his own childhood and unearths memories hed long buried. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1576494 Possessed of a brilliant mind and a love for puzzles, Dashiell Matthews, Viscount Carrington, is a crucial member of the elite Young Corinthians spy league. Assuming the fa ade of an addle-brained Adonis, he hunts for a notorious London murderer known as the Bishop. When fate causes him to cross paths with Miss Elena Barnes, Dash discovers an enigma that will prove delightfully intoxicating to unravel: a voluptuous beauty as intelligent as she is fearless.Only the lure of a collection of rare books bequeathed to her family by Dashs late father could tempt Elena from her cozy rural life to the crush and vanity of London. But if Elena finds his lordship to be the most impossibly beautiful man shes ever seen, he also seems to be the stupidest. Which made her bodys shameless response to his masterful seduction all the more unfathomable. Yet when she discovers Dashs mission to track the dangerous Bishop, she willingly risks everything-her trust, her heart, her very life-to join him--P. 4 of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684368 London, 1501; Young widow and candle maker Varina Westcott agrees to perform a clandestine service for Queen Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII: carve wax figures of her two lost infants and her two brothers, the Princes of the Tower, who vanished years ago. Varina, who lost a child herself, feels sympathy for the queen. And as she works under the watchful eye of handsome Nicholas Sutton, she develops feelings of quite a different nature... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1582177 Touring the small clubs and talent contests of Wales, naive young singer Saba Tarcan jumps at an opportunity to travel with a touring group entertaining troops serving in the Middle East, where she is tapped by the Secret Service to spy on a Turkish impresario and where she reconnects with a flight-obsessed fighter pilot. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1630239 When she is unexpectedly reunited with Kier, the outlaw lover who abandoned her years ago, Sophia Darnly boldly insinuates herself into his plans to keep her fathers ledger, which contains damning details about the wealthiest merchants of England, safe from a powerful consortium. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1627745 The United States and Russia are on the brink of war and only intelligence agent Will Cochrane can find and unmask the diabolical double-agent who has started it all in this enthralling follow up to Spycatcher, written by a real life former agent-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668608 Witnessing the apparent suicide of a man who fell from the London Bridge, Crispin Guest investigates suspicions that the victim was actually murdered and discovers links to a powerful religious artifact before his efforts are complicated by the arrival of his friend, Geoffrey Chaucer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1645649 Taken in at the kitchens at Buckland Manor after the cruel death of his mother, young John quickly rises from kitchen boy to cook before catching the attention of the daughter of the lord of the manor, who resolves to starve herself until her father calls off her unwanted engagement. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742789 Transformed through marriage into Helena, the Marchioness of Northampton, seventeen-year-old Elin von Snakenborg becomes the highest-ranking woman in Elizabeth Tudors circle. But in a court that is surrounded by Catholic enemies who plot the queens downfall, Helena is forced to choose between her unyielding monarch and the husband shes not sure she can trust--a choice that will provoke catastrophic consequences. Set in 1565. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647340 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1519978 Living the perfect genteel Victorian life complete with a loving husband, Evelyn Hadley-Attwater, once a spy for Englands most enigmatic intelligence agency, is summoned for one final assignment and finds the lure of her former life too hard to resist. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1554563 Maisie Dobbs takes on her most personal case yet, a twisting investigation into the brutal killing of a street peddler that will take her from the working-class neighborhoods of her childhood into Londons highest circles of power. Set in London between the two world wars. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1559069 Sought by the court of King Henry Tudor for her delicate skills as a portrait artist, Susanna Horenbout is embroiled in a duplicitous military plot at the side of her betrothed that compels her to search for a stolen diamond while outwitting a ruthless assassin. By the author of In a Treacherous Court. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1595163 When a dragoon captain begins hunting the masked avenger the Ghost of St. Giles, schoolmaster Winter Makepeace--the Ghost himself--must decide whether or not he can trust Lady Isabel Beckinhall with his secret. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1519714 Hired to expose the criminal networks of a Russian bureaucrat who has amassed an illicit fortune, London investigator Benjamin Webster uncovers evidence that his target may also be responsible for the murder of a colleague. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1658741 In 1649, during the English Civil War, exiled Royalist Captain Kit Faulkner must stay afloat with only a fraction of the Royal Navy, all while trying to avoid losing his patron to homesickness and his true love to the predatory Prince Charles. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684692 In this sequel to The Alchemist of Souls, a group of renegades cause a rift among the Skraylings. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656455 Depicts the downfall of Anne Boleyn at the hands of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell as Anne and her powerful family fight back while she is on trial for adultery and treason. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1661961 Raven, along with his beloved, Cynethryth, leads his Vikings up a winding river into the heart of the Frankish Empire, plunging them into a battle of men and faiths. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712921 En julio de 1917, tras cuatro aos de guerra, el agotamiento se est adueando del capelln Joseph Reavley y de su hermana Judith, miembro del Cuerpo de Ambulancias. En el frente occidental ha comenzado la batalla de Passchendaele, y la paz an parece muy lejana. La arrogancia y la incompetencia del oficial Northrop, comandante a cargo del regimiento de Joseph, auguran la muerte innecesaria de muchos soldados. Pero pronto es el propio Northrop el que cae, aunque a manos de sus subordinados. Judith, angustiada ante la perspectiva de que un tribunal militar ordene la ejecucin de los doce hombres arrestados por el crimen, arriesga su propia vida para ayudarlos a escapar. Entretanto, Matthew Reavley, agente de los servicios de inteligencia britnicos, contina la desesperada bsqueda del Pacificador, un obsesivo genio que utiliza mtodos muy poco ortodoxos para tratar de acabar con la guerra, y a quien considera responsable de la muerte de sus padres. Las distintas bsquedas de los tres hermanos les llevarn a oponer la valenta y el honor a la ciega maquinaria de la justicia militar. -- P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629882 The Earl of Devonwood usually resents his gift of touch, which presses a glimpse into the future on him, whether he seeks it or not. But when he finds a lovely American miss sketching the nude statue in his garden and is given a Sending that shows her in his arms for a searing kiss, he thinks better of his gift. He wants to believe that hes seducing Miss Emmaline Farnsworth out of protectiveness for his young brother. After all, if his brother is convinced that the tantalizing professors daughter is unworthy of his trust, perhaps Teddy will lose all interest in such an inappropriate choice for his station. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1564163 In the wake of the murders of three victims with shadowy links to an ancient City of London livery company, Lord Francis Powerscourt investigates strange markings on the bodies and discovers that each victim had been recently visited by the companys leader. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1621211 Cassie Fox, a spy determined to help destroy Napoleons empire, is distracted from her mission to rescue Grey Sommers, Lord Wyndham, from a French dungeon by her unexpected attraction to him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1590764 A child born in the plague year of 1348, abandoned and raised within the oppressive walls of a convent, Alice Perrers refused to take the veil, convinced that a greater destiny awaited her. Ambitious and quick-witted, she rose above her obscure beginnings to become the infamous mistress of Edward III. But always, essentially, she was alone.... Early in Alices life, a chance meeting with royalty changes everything: Kindly Queen Philippa, deeply in love with her husband but gravely ill, chooses Alice as a lady-in-waiting. Under the queens watchful eye, Alice dares to speak her mind. She demands to be taken seriously. She even flirts with the dynamic, much older king. But she is torn when her vibrant spirit captures his interest...and leads her to a betrayal she never intended. In Edwards private chambers, Alice discovers the pleasures and paradoxes of her position. She is the queens confidante and the kings lover, yet she can rely only on herself. It is a divided role she was destined to play, and she vows to play it until the bitter end. Even as she is swept up in Edwards lavish and magnificent court, amassing wealth and influence for herself, becoming an enemy of his power-hungry son John of Gaunt and a sparring partner to resourceful diplomat William de Windsor, she anticipates the day when the political winds will turn against her. For when her detractors voice their hatred and accusations of treason swirl around her, threatening to destroy everything she has achieved, who will stand by Alice then?-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1554199 In an absorbing thriller that combines the nuances of Cold War espionage with the ejector-seat excitement of Top Gun, renegade MI6 officer Daniel Marchant discovers that treachery is the greatest game of all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696684 London 1872. A bloody escape, a deadly threat, a shocking revelation. As the orphan who stole the Queens ring - only to find the ring was a reservoir that held a truce between the world of Faerie and the British Court - Tikis greatest fear suddenly becomes all too real: the fey have returned to London seeking revenge. As war escalates in the Otherworld, Queen Victorias youngest son, Prince Leopold, is attacked. In order to protect her family and the ones she loves, she needs to know the meaning of the birthmark that winds around her wrist. But will Tiki be brave enough to face the truth? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675408 From Covent Garden to courtesan to countess, beautiful, fearless, shamelessly ambitious Evie Duggan has riveted London in every role she plays. But the ton never could forgive her scandalous-if shockingly short-marriage, and when her star plummets amid gleefully vicious gossip, the countess escapes to the only legacy left to her: a manor house in Pennyroyal Green. He has the face of a fallen angel and a smolder the devil would envy, but Vicar Adam Sylvaine walks a precarious line: resisting temptation . . . and the wild Eversea blood in his veins. Adams strength is tested when scandal, aka the countess, moves to Sussex. But when a woman who fiercely guards her heart and a man entrusted with the souls of an entire town surrender to a forbidden desire, will the sweetest sin lead them to heaven . . . or make outcasts of them forever?--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1613898 A bastard by birth, James Devlin lives on his own terms-until a twist of fate reveals that he is the true Duke of Blackwood. Though the brooding bachelor swears to hold on to his freedom, he does intend to take back his childhood home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545196 The intended buyer of a dirty bomb stolen by a KGB operative sixteen years prior begins to suffer Stockholm syndrome after traveling with an undercover agent with the MI6. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1584708 Lily St. Claire, the hostess of an exclusive gaming den, is determined to restore her familys fortune, which was lost to the Huntington clan, but finds her mission compromised by her growing attraction to Lord Aidan Huntington. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1576906 A novel about four generations of a British family--their secrets, their loves and losses, dreams and heartbreaks--captured in a series of individual moments that span the years from World War I, to World War II, to the 1960s, and up to the present--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1627775 Ellies always disliked the local big estate agent--aka Great White Shark--so is distressed when her daughter Diana announces that shes carrying his child and about to become his fourth wife. But Ellies soon drawn into the family circle when one of the Hooper children dies in their private gym and another succumbs to a peanut allergy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693544 When a pretty girl is found murdered in a dumpster with a distinctive patterned knife in her back, Detective Constable Sukey Reynolds considers numerous suspects including professional rivals and legal adversaries against whom the victim was to testify. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705480 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1662137 Kingmaker Richard, Earl of Warwick, uses his daughters as political pawns before their strategic marriages place them on opposing sides in a royal war that will cost them everyone they love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1585452 King Charles II sends Captain Matthew Quinton on a voyage to Africa in pursuit of a mountain of gold. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1523575 During the mid-seventeenth-century persecution of unwed mothers in the aftermath of Charles Is execution, Rachel Lockyer is arrested and tried for murder when a dead child is found in the woods after her affair with Leveller William Walwyn. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685418 Entreated by a betrayed and imprisoned Richard the Lionheart to save England, Robin Hood, a renegade earl and former outlaw, embarks on a deadly mission at the side of loyal lieutenant Alan Dale in a heroic bid to restore the king to the throne. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674897 Colin Harpur and his boss Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles are called in to investigate what went wrong with an investigation that resulted in a gang shooting involving an undercover police officer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1519718 Returning from maternity leave to investigate recently discovered human bones on a remote beach, Dr. Ruth Galloway reluctantly partners with her babys married father, DCI Harry Nelson, in a case involving a World War II crime. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1594935