The Sword Brothers have won a great victory and the implacable enemy of their order is dead. There is now nothing to stop the Bishop of Riga from marching north and seizing the whole of Estonia. But in the moment of triumph the seeds of future difficulties have been sown, for the bishop’s German crusaders believe that the fight against the pagans has been won and thus there is no reason for them to stay in Livonia. Faced with a lack of holy warriors to complete his task, the bishop is forced to beg the ambitious King Valdemar of Denmark for military aid, a request that will have disastrous consequences. While he is away Conrad Wolff, now a veteran brother knight of the Sword Brothers, his reputation high among pagans and crusaders alike, is sent to Ungannia whose ruler Kalju is an ally of the Sword Brothers. There a trivial incident escalates into a full-scale war that results in a great barbarian horde sweeping into Livonia and threatening the very existence of the crusader state. Conrad is sent on a desperate mission to raise a ragtag army to delay the invaders long enough so Riga can summon crusader knights from Germany. Conrad and his companions soon find themselves battling Cumans, Russians, Lithuanians and Danes as their motley force – the Army of the Wolf – takes the field against the many enemies of Livonia. This, the second volume of the Crusader Chronicles, continues the story of Conrad Wolff and the Baltic Crusade in the first quarter of the thirteenth century.   

As the post apocalyptic world moves into the third week, Howie is starting to feel the pressure. New faces, new rules and the infection continues its deadly evolution. **

The Erotic, Emotional, and Entertaining Prequel to the Hot New Adult Romance Series Amber couldn't help herself. She felt as though her perfect half was out there waiting on her. As she thought of the mysterious gorgeous stranger, she felt kind of weird. She knew it didn't make any sense, but she felt like she might have just missed out on meeting the love of her life. And if she had, was she destined to meet him? Amber Holloway is a smart and pretty high school senior who is used to making her own way in life. She studies hard and works long hours at an after school job to save for college. It leaves her little time for anything else, but she dreams of being an art major. She knows that college is her best path out of the miserable circumstances at home. While Amber really doesn't have time for a boyfriend, she desires meeting the love of her life. Hunter Webb has every advantage in life. He is from a loving and supportive family, he is smart, handsome, and a talented artist. Hunter is also fabulously wealthy, but he was raised to be down-to-earth, respectful of everyone, and is loyal to his lifelong best friend, who most consider to be from the “wrong side of the tracks.” Hunter expected that his senior year of high school would be the year that everything came together and found the right girl to date and take to senior prom. Senior year isn't exactly what either Amber or Hunter imagined. But a near chance meeting has each wondering about the other. Can the son of a billionaire and a girl from the town trailer park find each other? Sketches of Desire is the hot Prequel to the Art Models Club series of New Adult Romance

Warm and heartfelt stories and amusing anecdotes from the life of a vet in God's Own County.Julian Norton has been a vet for over twenty years, and in that time he has treated animals of every kind – snakes and lizards, fish and fowl, sheep, goats, alpacas, cows, horses, swans ... you name it, Julian has seen it and, most likely, made it better!In A Yorkshire Vet Through the Seasons, Julian recounts more inspirational tales from his life, the animals he has treated and the people he has met, as well as taking us through the seasons, showing the challenges and surprises that occur at the most unlikely times. His voice, well known from the television series A Yorkshire Vet on Channel 5, comes over loud and clear in his writing, and the compassion and professionalism he is known for on the TV shines brightly through these pages.Whether he's tending to a domestic pet at his practice in Thirsk or called out to an injured swan in the middle of a cold Yorkshire night, the...

There are no laws when it comes to love. Kate Quinn arrives in Fortune, California, with little but a deed to a run-down Victorian mansion and a claim to an abandoned gold mine. But a beautiful woman on her own in a town of lonely, lusty miners also brings trouble. Sheriff Travis McLoud has enough to handle in Fortune, where fast fists and faster guns keep the peace, without the stubbornly independent Miss Kate to look after. But when a dapper, sweet-talking stranger shows a suspicious interest in Kate, Travis feels it's his duty to protect her. With her days spent searching for the glimmer of gold, Kate has no interest in the sheriff and his unnecessary warnings. But she can't prevent him from invading her dreams and showing her that a rough-around-the-edges lawman just might have more to offer than a well-heeled gentleman -- including a heart of gold.

Pulitzer Prize-winning crime reporter Edna Buchanan's fiction debut is just as dark, wild and dangerous as the crimes she covered for The Miami Herald.What shocking secret do a menacing housewife, a kinky bad girl, a shy child, and a cold-blooded killer have in common? Veteran Miami homicide detective Rick Barrish sets out for the answer as he investigates a series of murders in his neighborhood and hunts down an elusive killer.As tensions in his personal life rise, so does the murder rate, and he soon he discovers that his case hits closer to home than he ever imagined.

The only thing worse than watching the woman he loves marry someone else would be marrying her himself... Ethan Ashford, Earl of Griffin, swears on what little honor he has left that fetching Lady Kyra Deverill, home from Scotland for her wedding, is his familial duty and nothing more. With her father gone, he’s responsible for her well-being—an unlikely assignment for a renowned playboy, under the best of circumstances. Yet Grif finds the assignment all but impossible, and not just because Kyra escapes him at every turn. In truth, he’s lusted after her for most of his life. Fleeing England after her father’s death is by far the most reckless thing Kyra has ever dared. It’s either hide in the Highlands or marry the repulsive Earl of Brumley, and she refuses to spend her life married to a troll. But from the enthusiastic way Grif chases—and then kisses—her, it’s clear he no longer thinks of himself as simply her guardian. Even if Grif wanted to marry Kyra—which he doesn’t—it’s quite out of the question. He is standing on the brink of financial ruin, after all. And Kyra has never trusted Grif with anything. The rest of her life doesn’t seem to be the place to start.