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In the end, all prophecy is a lie. Only one solution remains for Elona, despite her desire to run away from it all. She must find the creature that has destroyed her life and wants to wipe out her people, and confront it. Whatever the cost to her own life. This is the fourth and final book in the Patterner's Path series.

When your path is uncertain, it's better to be riding a dragon. As Kantees tries to build an army against her enemy, trouble strikes at her from every side, and it seems she's doing it to herself. But even finding new allies where she least expects them, she struggles to find a place for herself, still unwilling to lead her friends into danger.

Looking after dragons is easy, but when you steal one things get harder. Free at last from those who harass her and hold her back, Kantees finally searches for her own people in the mountains of Esternes.

As a runaway slave, Kantees isn't safe anywhere—but the need to find out who'd pursuing her, and why, drives her back to her first master. But when he is unable to give her the answers she needs, and with death at every turn, she has to take what she can and get out. As her dragon carries her beyond the realms of what she has ever known, her lack of understanding brings her face-to-face with the true power of her enemies. Once more, she has to risk everything to keep the promises she wished she had not made.

Dr Liv Emery is at her wits end. She’s been dumped by her long-term boyfriend. Then on top of everything else, a patient goes berserk on her. It’s the final straw. So she jumps at the chance to cover her former professor’s GP surgery in the Cotswolds. Life in the village of Broclington is a far cry from London — and her cottage is a welcome change from her old shoebox flat. But her relief is short-lived after meeting her prickly boss Callum. But perhaps he has his reasons.

Motherless Ten-year-old Milcah Fox lives with her father and six younger siblings, collecting dropped scraps of coal in order to feed her poor and hungry family. Life for the Fox household is difficult, but the family hold themselves together with faith, love and their shared joy for stories.

Abandoned by all who should protect her, the workhouse swallows the young life of Olivia Coomb. It also swallows her voice. Who could ever love a mute and broken girl like Olivia? Franklin Slater wants nothing more, but society slays his advances, and Olivia is forced to flee once again.

As the life of a slave goes, Kantees doesn't have it too bad. Being responsible for a racing dragon means her existence is more than just drudgery and fear, even if her life is at the whim of her masters and their rules.

The Rege and Regina of Wyster have a daughter, Printesa Cailean, and she’s about to turn 16. But a hex from a Copacverde sorcerer has promised to put her permanently in a deep sleep unless she finds true love. Determined not to let this happen, they put her in a colossal tower, where her love has to reach her and kiss her to wake her up.

When the day she’s been dreading finally arrives, she is torn between her royal duties and a desire to follow her magical destiny. Will Kat choose true love and risk certain war, or accept an arranged marriage with a man three-times her age?

As the life of a slave goes, Kantees doesn't have it too bad. Being responsible for a racing dragon means her existence is more than just drudgery and fear, even if her life is at the whim of her masters and their rules.

United by Blood. Divided by Duty. Bound by the Fate of a Kingdom. When assassins strike down the King of Ostreich, the realm’s three princesses must face a truth they’ve long denied: The greatest threat to the throne isn’t the enemy at the gates. It’s the rot within.

Elona's pyrrhic victory at the Fastness is soon overwhelmed by new troubles when she discovers the secrets of the Slissac are about to be revealed. And without Jaymis's support she's now alone in a world that doesn't understand the danger it's in. Then the Dunor attack and everything goes to pieces.

Based on the true life story of Anne Burras, First Lady of Jamestown shares the excitement, sorrow, and grit of 17th Century Jamestown. When tragedy strikes, young Anne is left as the lone woman among hundreds of men in the fledgling Virginia colony, forced to forge a new life for herself despite the confines of her culture and gender. From heartache to love, and from tragic loss to heroic survival in the harshest of conditions, Anne's determination and fortitude through her life's challenges inspires all who learn of her story.

The docklands are no place for young Victorian ladies. Running here to escape the cruelty of their stepmother, sisters Clare and Anna fend for themselves in whatever way they can. Edgar’s only school has been the harsh London streets and the Dockland gangs. One thing he has learned above all else is never trust anyone. Never help anyone. Never open your heart... Until a simple act of kindness shakes Edgar’s world and with it the stony hardness from his heart.

The future is now. During the mid-1980s, time travel was discovered, and future generations have grown up with both the ability and advantage of traversing time. Traveling is managed by Chronociti, the corporation established by Dr. Luther Thorsen, the physicist who discovered time travel. Using their Prism teams, Chronociti maintains order, ensuring no one disturbs the current Earth timeline or abuses the privilege of time travel.

Lady Rose Gardner strives to live up to her name—the perfect flower—flawless, beautiful, accomplished, and confident, but her efforts always seem to come up short. When she finds she is unable to fulfill her parents’ expectations of a brilliant match to a titled gentleman, the Earl and Countess Gardner give her an ultimatum she cannot ignore: secure the marriage she was raised for right away, or be promised to an unscrupulous fortune hunter of noble birth.

No one knows the woods as well as Lady Bluebell Gardner—they are hers after all—and she likes to keep them to herself. When she meets a skeptical, handsome gentleman in her sanctuary, she attempts to usher him out only to find herself in a bigger entanglement than even her fanciful imagination could procure…which is saying something.

Lady Elona of Faerholme finds herself the target of a prophecy that predicts she will defeat an invading army. But that's impossible: she's just a girl! Her betrothal to a Prince solves the paradox: she can produce an heir to fight the prophesied war.

Detective Braddick is summoned to a horrendous crime scene, where it appears a double murder has taken place. The victims' bodies are missing, and the police have no clue as to their identities or who killed them.