![]() ![]() My heroines - independent-minded, resourceful and far from submissive - respond to them in ways a 21st-century reader can identify with. My heroes appeal to me - sexy, successful, strong men with a sense of honour and humour. Wrenched from the restrictive and patriarchal Roman society which confined women and gave them no say in civic life, Julia was able to find a new freedom in a society that gave women a status that was unheard of among Romans.Īll Mills & Boon authors, writing for the varied lines - a broad spectrum of contemporary stories as well as the historical novels - aim to meet the fantasies and interests of their readers within parameters they feel comfortable with. It gave me a context to bring together two people of entirely different backgrounds, cultures and value systems and to explore the mutual attraction between them. ![]() Slavery was a fact of classical and barbarian societies. This novel is set in AD410, when the Visigoths sacked Rome. I write historical romance, setting stories within the framework of the values and standards of the period. Soon, though, Julia realises that she's more free as a slave than she ever was as a sheltered Roman virgin." But she doesn't expect to be among the taken! As Wulfric's woman, she's ordered to keep house for the uncivilised marauders. Bindel quotes the blurb of my novel Virgin Slave, Barbarian King (M&B, January 2008): "Julia Livia Rufa is horrified when barbarians invade Rome and steal everything in sight. ![]()
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![]() ![]() One of them is lying, and someone doesn't want them to live happily ever after. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn't randomly win this trip. He can't recognize friends or family, or even his own wife.Įvery anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts-paper, cotton, pottery, tin-and each year Adam's wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. ![]() Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. Think you know the person you married? Think again. Rock Paper Scissors is the latest exciting domestic thriller from the queen of the killer twist, New York Times bestselling author Alice Feeney. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Why do they calmly look at the “disclosure of their designs and plans”?Ī simple example: anyone can see that no planes hit the World Trade Center 7, the Pentagon, or crashed in Shanksville. They want us to compromise ourselves by accepting these lies and not seeking justice for the victims. Thus, by our passivity and cowardice, morally, we become their accomplices and collaborators. To make it happen: “You knew everything, but did nothing.” ![]() By revealing the truth, they cause cognitive dissonance. They will tell us everything about the 2030 Agenda, but for some reason this information never gets into the media. They will tell us about depopulation, “vaccine” genetic modification and transhumanism. They need our complicity.Īnd when world chaos and the war of all against all begins, a new world government will appear and become a great savior. It would be an “easy sale”. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() All she wants is to finish her unfinished business.Īs her final days unfold, Viv realises her life has become a love letter to the mundane but she still manages to keep her wicked sense of humour and cynical take on life unapologetically intact. She doesn’t expect to become spiritually enlightened or have any outlandish last-minute successes. In preparation for D-day, self-professed control freak Viv has made a list of essential things to do, such as decluttering the playroom and preparing her taxes. ![]() But once the novelty wears off, she’s lucky to get a cup of tea for her trouble. Everything is thoroughly and frustratingly routine, even being terminally ill.Īfter receiving her diagnosis, Viv’s family won’t let her lift a finger … for at least a week. Refrigerator in a state of permanent disarray, check. Vivian Walker’s life is exceptionally ordinary. Now that I’ve got cancer, I know I should be letting go and just being in the moment with my child but, seriously, what mother has got time to spend with their kids? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Not even local stoner Walter "Moon Man" Dunphy is up to the task.īetween a bonds office yard sale, Mooner's Hobbit-Con charity event, and Uncle Pip's lucky bottle, they just might raise enough money to save the business, and Vinnie, from ruin. Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, has run up a gambling debt of $786,000 with mobster Bobby Sunflower and is being held until the cash can be produced.īeing in the business of tracking down people, Stephanie, office manager Connie, and file clerk Lula have an advantage in finding Vinnie.įinding a safe place to hide Vinnie turns out to be harder than raising $786,000. ![]() Problem is, Uncle Pip didn't specify if the bottle brought good luck or bad luck…. Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a "lucky" bottle from her Uncle Pip. ![]() ![]() Swedenborgian elements have been identified in Crime and Punishment (begun in 1865) and the discourses of Father Zosima in The Brothers Karamazov contain clear Swedenborgian teaching about the spiritual world, particularly that hell is always a voluntary spiritual state. The great Russian novelist probably bought or read Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell in a Russian translation while in Germany in 1863. In all, Swedenborg’s thoughts on the ‘love of self’ prove an apt companion to a novel which asks how far we would go to get the things we think we deserve.įYODOR DOSTOEVSKY (1821-1881). ![]() ![]() Swedenborg’s doctrine of correspondences comes to the fore in the euphemistic descriptions of St Petersburg elsewhere, the character of Svidrigailov often voices theological thoughts straight from Heaven and Hell. ![]() In Crime and Punishment we find Rodion Raskolnikov, a simple man who poses a simple question-can murder ever be justified? At once a broad philosophical investigation and a depiction of a single man’s mental deterioration, Dostoevsky’s novel borrows themes and imagery from Swedenborg, whom he read whilst in Germany in 1865. ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Julia Quinn's Bridgerton books take all of the classic tropes we know and love. ' Light, pacy and full of feisty heroines ' Guardian on the Bridgerton series is she his biggest threat - or his promise of a happy ending?įind out why readers love Julia Quinn. When he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide. But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad, he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same - especially Penelope Featherington! The girl who was always simply there is suddenly the girl haunting his dreams. and fears she doesn't know him at all.Ĭolin Bridgerton is tired of being thought of as nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can't seem to publish an edition without mentioning him. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret. ![]() Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend's brother for. ![]() Įveryone knows that Colin Bridgerton is the most charming man in London. ![]() Welcome to Colin and Penelope's long-awaited story. The fourth book in Julia Quinn's globally bestselling, Regency-set, Bridgerton Family series, now the inspiration for the Netflix series Bridgerton by Shonda Rhimes. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Oh for three, but things start to look up when a new witch moves to town, one who says she’s been sent to thwart an attempt on the charmling’s life.ĭephne decides she has three things to do before she can die. ![]() Especially since one neighbor is trying to seduce her, another neighbor is trying to steal her house out from under her, and a third neighbor is trying to get her kicked off the planet. Newly indoctrinated witch, and a charmling to boot, Defiance Dayne discovers there’s more to life after forty than she'd ever imagined possible. Genre(s): Paranormal Women's Fiction, Urban Fantasy Published by Tantor Audio on May 11, 2021 This installment delivered all these elements in spades. Let me tell you when you hang with Defiance, her best friend Annette and all the supporting cast you can expect to have an interesting, fun and dangerous journey. We have returned to Salem, Massachusetts, to catch up on the latest events in Defiance’s life. □︎Beguiled is the third book in the Betwixt and Between series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The tone of this poem is quite characteristic of Dickinson. Dickinson contrasts the “chill,” “strange” possibilities of the world we all face with the sweetness and warmth of the little bird. ![]() The picture of a tiny bird against gargantuan storms and gales reminds the reader of the immense power that even the smallest fragment of hope can hold, no matter how deep in the soul it is buried. The poem sings of the robust, enduring nature of hope. The language of the first two lines suggests the weightlessness that hope brings with it: the upward motion of the wind ruffling through feathers the lightness of a tiny bird on its perch, ready at a moment’s notice to flutter away. Without ever actually using the word “bird” but once, Dickinson likens hope itself to a creature of flight. “Hope is the Thing with feathers” was first published in 1891. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Book Synopsis Sixteen year-old Ewan Mao knows one thing for certain: according to prophecy, its his destiny to kill the evil tyrant whose dark reign has terrorized Britain for as long as he can remember. one that seems to have drawn his former best friend into a plot to end the. ![]() A routine investigation leads him and his partner, Sophie Stuart, to uncover a dangerous and powerful cult. Five years later, while Ewan is living at home and working a minimum wage job, Oliver has a job as an Unusual in the governments Serious Magical Crimes Agency, the life he and Ewan always dreamed of. But when Ewans big moment comes and his best friend, the clever and talented Oliver Abrams, defeats the villain for him, Ewans bright future crumbles before his eyes. Although hes just a normal boy, deep down Ewan is confident that he has exactly what it takes to be a hero. About the Book year-old Ewan Mao knows one thing for certain: according to prophecy, its his destiny to kill the evil tyrant whose dark reign has terrorized Britain for as long as he can remember. ![]() |