price:$10.99
Ellora's Cave Publishers
Usually ships in 24 hours 『The Last Warrior
Tara Montgomery is a witch, and an imaginary lover haunts her dreams. When she senses her dream man is in danger, she performs a spell to bring him to her. Little does she know, her dream man is a Yahi warrior from 1866.
Shot in the back, Lone Wolf envisions a beautiful spirit guide. Waking up, he finds his spirit guide is actually a white woman. From her way of dress, he surmises she is a white-eyes whore. He refuses to admit he understands and speaks the English language, but still they connect on a primal level. Lone Wolf knows of only one way to repay the white woman's kindness. Since her words say she desires him and he hungers for her, he joins her in her bed and finds the other half of his soul.
Tara is horrified to discover Lone Wolf is from the year 1866 and can understand every word she spoke, but she refuses to return him to his time, to certain death. She wants a future with the sexy warrior, but can he accept his life in 2007 and her darkest secret -- that she is a witch?
Warrior of the Past Sequel to The Last Warrior.
Holly's ex-husband is stalking her. Out of nowhere on a stormy night, help arrives in the form of a powerful, primitively beautiful Native American who tosses her ex-husband off her property. Is Bear her knight in shining armor? Or, in this case, her warrior in scanty breechclout? Can this pinup guy actually be a man she can trust?
Pulled through time, Bear joins the other Yahi warrior, Lone Wolf, who came before him -- his only link to the past, his only guide to the future.
The Great Spirit has a mission for these warriors and he's not above a little matchmaking when he drops Bear in Holly's yard. Patience is bred into a Yahi warrior and Bear will need it to claim his woman...especially when she discovers his secret.』
price:$1.98
Time Travelers LLC
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (time travel, cancel trip!) 『Oh dear, initial premise good, 1800's school marm reads 17th century pirate tale and ends up on pirates ship. I do not have enough English Major in me to figure out what exactly is wrong with this book, but it read as very flat, almost like reading a play and trying to inject emotion from the page into a character, very exhausting and ultimately not worth the effort.』
(I JUST LOVE THIS SERIES (TIME TRAVELERS)) 『This is the second book I have read by Hollie Van Horne and I love both of them!! Each book has its own unique story with super characters and great plots!! I really enjoy how Ms. Van Horne has incorporated Sam and Jim Cooper into each book. The main character Jane Engle is a very likeable heroine and Captain Garrett Michaels is just well...sigh...very lovable and can I say super duper hot!! This book (WILD ROSES FOR MISS JANE) has more adventure than the first one and I agree with the other reviewers that this book is so much more romantic than the first!! PLEASE...PLEASE read this book if you love sexy romance, hot pirates and adventure!!』
(Hope the Rest Are A Tad Better-) 『I very much like the time travel premise and thought that Reflections of Toddsville was nicely writen (save some typos...who proofs Hollie's books anyhow?) and it ended superbly.
So I was looking forward to the second in the series...it's got a wonderful - intriguing plot and I enjoy that very much...but why the heck does she have to overdo the sex? Enough already- the story is good enough to stand on it's own, if I wanted a purely romance novel I'd just look for that instead!』
(A big fan in Pa.) 『I met the author at Beaver Valley Mall and purchased WHEN WE DO MEET AGAIN. I have read all of the books in the series as well as SPEAK OF THE DEAD and MISS JANE is my favorite. I have read it over and over again. What can I say! A handsome pirate, a tropical paradise, and a feisty heroine. My book is dogeared from reading it again and again. Romance reader heaven! Thanks Hollie.』
(Time Travelers, Inc. does it again) 『I have read every book H. Van Horne has written, and I swear no two are alike. Each Time Travel book is its own story totally unique with great characters you never really forget. I still think about Cuyler and Trudy, and I read Reflections of Toddsville months ago. I love the minor characters: Sam and Jim Cooper and Bruce Wainwright who pop up in each book. Sam is in Wild Roses for Miss Jane too and up to his usual wild self. I thought Jane was an incredible heroine and Captain Garrett Michaels was...hot! I like all the books. But, this one is the most adventurous and romantic so far, and if you love romance, pirates, and HOT steamy Caribbean nights on soft beaches...well...you need to get this book. I suggest all of the books in the Time Travelers series, and Speak of the Dead also. I can't wait for the next book in the series McKnight's Revenge.』 『Wild Roses for Miss Jane ~ Miss Jane Engle has found a new home, security, and a classroom full of smiling faces in her 1876 one-room schoolhouse in Albany, New York. Choosing to teach rather than to marry handsome widower and father of one son, Garrett Michaels, Jane has found serenity...if not happiness and love. When Jane reads the pirate book young Trace Michaels has hidden in his school desk, Jane is transported to a 1722 British sailing ship that is being attacked by the notorious Caribbean pirate, Captain Garrett Michaels. Although he looks just as handsome as his 1870's counterpart, there are some major differences -- the cruel and sinister look in his eyes, and the sharp dagger he has pressed against her throat. Will Jane be able to tell the Albany Board of Education "what she did on her summer vacation" if she ever returns?』
price:$14.99
BooksForABuck.com
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Brooding and compelling romance) 『Heiress Caroline Lyndfield is still mourning the loss of her great love when she walks into a scene so gruesome that it literally casts her into a future distant from anything she'd ever known. Injured and alone in our present, this Victorian young woman must somehow prove to the world that she is who she claims to be and that she had nothing to do with the death of her father. She isn't sure whether the adjustment to life more than a hundred years in her future is made harder or easier by the presence of people who so closely remind her of people from her past--a resemblance so close that she can't help but wonder whether their very souls might be connected.
Jake Stanton is doing a job--writing a history of the Lyndfield family. He's sure he knows the way that history ends, with the death and destruction of everyone, possibly at the hands of Caroline. He's also sure that this present-day Caroline simply cannot be who she claims to be. People don't just step forward across more than a hundred years of history--and even if they did, claims of some psychic connection are simply silly. Still, as he spends time with Caroline, Jake begins to develop feelings for her--including but certainly not limited to an almost magnetic sexual attraction, almost as if they really did share a past and have linked souls.
Mitchell Johnston lost one dream already when the foundation hired Jake Stanton to write the history Mitchell is certain should have been his. When Caroline appears, Mitchell knows that he's on the verge of something important. Unlike Jake, Mitchell believes in Caroline. He desperately wants to learn the secret of how she traveled through time. As much as he desires that knowledge, however, he wants Caroline herself, even more. He sees himself as connected to Caroline's long-dead fiance, and he'll break every rule, destroy every obstacle, in order to have Caroline all to himself.
Author Cathy Richard Dodson spins a brooding story of dark desires, passions untamed by convention or law, and a love that ties together souls not only in one moment, but across the centuries. Dodson's blend of contemporary romance, paranormal time travel, and a strong sense of gothic adventure will appeal both to romance readers who long for a return of the gothic, and to readers who enjoy a compelling character-driven story. 』 『Torn from a tragedy, a young woman from the past must find her place in the present. Some of the people she meets seem familiar--do souls migrate through time? Dare she choose again the man she failed in the past?』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (STARTED OUT GOOD- -DISAPPOINTED AT THE END) 『I liked this book at the beginning, but I was very disappointed at the end.
I can understand her becoming adjusted to his time period since she was able to do the things that she loved eventhough she was thrust in another time. Nothing much really changed for her. I mean the year that she lived was just starting to have electricity. She would have been used to not having electricity and other comforts that we have in our time. Being thrust in 1485 was not that much difference, except for the turmoil of that era. As far as I can see, she did not have that much to loose if she decided to stay in his time. She had a man that loved her, people that learned to respect and love her and a sister whom she could have taken with her to his era. But for Sir Robert, he lost everything.
His part is the one that I am having difficulty in accepting. In order to save his life, she had to bring him back to her future. That part I can understand. But for them not to return to his time was the one thing I couldn't understand. How can a knight who is used to being lord of the manor suddenly accept being a stable master's helper? Or the fact that he loved his people and he protected them from invaders, just suddenly accept that he will never again see them or know what had truly become of them? He wouldn't! A man of honor would have gone back to make sure that his people were safe. A man who had been a knight and lord of his manor would never accept becoming a lowly stable hand.
That is my problem with this book. I thought for sure that they would all return to his time once her sister was found. I hate to give away the ending but this is the whole point of my review, they did not return. Even more disappointing, was the fact that I, as the reader, never found out what happened the the people that they left behind in the year 1485. VERY DISAPPOINTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!』
(Great for a light fun read) 『Addie's Knight is not the typical romance book that I pick up and read. I was very pleasantly surprised at the writing style and plot, considering the length of the story. I have usually found that such short books (anything under 325 pages) lack the depth and attention grabbing power that longer books usually carry. Ms. Reyes invites the reader in to an interesting story and doesn't let them go until the tale is well told.
Taking the very popular theme of time travel and mixing it with two time periods other than today's, is a great literary device. It is hard to portray a time in which we do not currently live, finding their values, morals and general ways of life. Ms. Reyes tries very hard to do just that with Addie and Robert. Overall, I think she succeeds, though I would have liked to have seen some more depth. Addie's knowledge of medicine, cleanliness and food preparation are great (but obvious) differences. Ms. Reyes digs a little deeper in Addie's basic belief that war and fighting are no way to settle disputes (though the American Civil War should not be far off in her mind); and Robert's conviction that he must be strong to keep his holdings. But what about women's and men's position in society, noble and commoner, feudal vs. democratic beliefs, etc? These all govern how we behave and see each other, and I felt that they were either too briefly skimmed over or not touched at all. How does a lord, whose only touch with democracy or human rights, would have been knowledge of the Magna Charter, adapt to working for someone else and even seeing him or her as his equal? It would have been ingrained in his mind that they were not his equals.
If you are looking for a good read to pass the time and don't want to think about major philosophical differences, this is a great story to pick up.』
『York, Pennsylvania, 1885. Schoolteacher Addie Shaw was teaching the Battle of Bosworth--until her students turned the reenactment into a war. Addie leaned against a tree to think--and was flung back in time...York, England, 1485. Addie suddenly found herself amongst knights in armor! Sir Robert Swynton couldn't imagine what sort of woman she was. A sorceress? A spy? Still, he rescued her--and then he fell in love...
* The latest in the popular Time Passages romance series』
タイトル『 A Voyage Towards the South Pole And Round the World >
James Cook
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price:$97.99
IndyPublish.com
Usually ships in 24 hours 『
Cook was?was commissioned by the Royal Society to search for the mythical Terra Australis. On his first voyage, Cook had demonstrated by circumnavigating New Zealand that it was not attached to a larger landmass to the south; and although by charting almost the entire eastern coastline of Australia he had shown it to be continental in size, theTerra Australisbeing sought was supposed to lie further to the south. Despite this evidence to the contrary Dalrymple and others of the Royal Society still believed that this massive southern continent should exist.
Cook commanded HMSResolutionon this voyage, while Tobias Furneaux commanded its companion ship, HMSAdventure. Cook's expedition circumnavigated the globe at a very high southern latitude, becoming one of the first to cross the Antarctic Circle on 17 January 1773. He also surveyed, mapped and took possession for Britain of South Georgia explored by Anthony de la Roch? in 1675.
In the Antarctic fog,ResolutionandAdventurebecame separated. Furneaux made his way to New Zealand, where he lost some of his men following a fight with Maori, and eventually sailed back to Britain, while Cook continued to explore the Antarctic, reaching 71?10'S on 31 January 1774.
Cook almost encountered the mainland of Antarctica, but turned back north towards Tahiti to resupply his ship. He then resumed his southward course in a second fruitless attempt to find the supposed continent. On this leg of the voyage he brought with him a young Tahitian named Omai, who proved to be somewhat less knowledgeable about the Pacific than Tupaia had been on the first voyage. On his return voyage, in 1774 he landed at the Friendly Islands, Easter Island, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu. His reports upon his return home put to rest the popular myth ofTerra Australis.
Upon his return, Cook was promoted to the rank of Captain and given an honorary retirement from the Royal Navy, as an officer in the Greenwich Hospital.?But he could not be kept away from the sea. A third voyage was planned to find the Northwest Passage. Cook travelled to the Pacific and hoped to travel east to the Atlantic, while a simultaneous voyage travelled the opposite way.
Captain James Cook FRS RN? 1728 ? 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands as well as the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.
Cook charted many areas and recorded several islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time. His achievements can be attributed to a combination of seamanship, superior surveying and cartographic skills, courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts (for example dipping into the Antarctic circle repeatedly and exploring around the Great Barrier Reef), an ability to lead men in adverse conditions, and boldness both with regard to the extent of his explorations and his willingness to exceed the instructions given to him by the Admiralty.?
』 タイトル『 Travels in Morocco, Volume 2 >
James Richardson
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price:$62.99
IndyPublish
Usually ships in 24 hours 『This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1860 edition by Charles J. Skeet, London.』 タイトル『 Trust in Love >
Sarah Winn
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (A dark tale of love and romance in Puritan England) 『Courtesy of CK2S Kwips and Kritiques
Kristy Sinclair has been dreaming every night a vision of a man with brilliant green eyes, surrounded by evil beings that mean nothing but harm to Kristy. In spite of the vividness of these nightly encounters, she believes they are nothing more than dreams; surely they are not premonitions of things to come. When she comes across an antique scrying mirror in a New Age Boutique, she has to have it, though she can't begin to explain why. She looks into the mirror and sees those same green eyes which have haunted her nights, and suddenly she is seeing a flesh and blood man, with those same eyes. Somehow, Kristy has been magically transported, via her mirror, to a distant past, where anyone even remotely suspected of witchcraft is hunted down and killed as a matter of course.
Jared Ramsey is a successful smuggler of goods forbidden in Puritan England. Imagine his surprise when upon returning to his room one night, he finds a lovely woman of unusual speech and dress already there. Even more surprising are her claims that she comes from another time and place! Witchcraft!! She is beautiful, unlike anyone he has known, so it is only natural he come to her rescue, when she is accused of witchcraft. He takes Kristy with him on his travels to unload his cargo and gather information for his greater mission... to return a Stuart to his rightful place on England's throne.
Witch hunters and the Lord Protector's police aren't all who on their tail however. A powerful witch, Gwyneth, is after them as well, wanting Kristy's dormant powers for her coven. Hers is one of The Left-Hand Path though, practitioners of black magic and Kristy is terrified of the witch. But Gwyneth has one thing that may lure her to them. Kristy has no memory of the first six years of her life, or her parents. This evil witch claims to have all the answers Kristy has long sought, but will only reveal them when she comes to the coven willingly.
Kristy is horrified to hear what the coven wants of her and Jared doesn't know what to believe. He doesn't want to think she is a witch, but.... The more time he spends with Kristy, the more he desires her and wants to believe her, despite his doubts. He finds himself helping her to escape witches and hunters alike. As their journey takes them across England and into Scotland. But there is no escaping such powerful enemies. Will Kristy and Jared overcome the evil they are faced with? And what about her forgotten years? Is she really a powerful witch like Gwyneth claims? Is she descended from a legacy of darkness or light?
This was an interesting, though it had a very dark storyline. Anyone who has a hard time hearing about black magic practices should not read this book. There are references to different kinds of sacrifices the witches make, though no specific details or description. This book is all about the struggle of good vs. evil, with lots of romance thrown in.
Kristy and Jared's attraction is immediate from the moment they meet, even before that, in her dreams. Jared struggles with his attraction to her, since he has a hard time believing her claims of time travel and that she is not a witch. He is afraid of being drawn into something evil, from which there is no escaping. Before Gwyneth is really introduced, when Kristy is just having visions of her and the mysterious red fog she travels in, one can sense the malevolence in her character, knowing there is something about her that is far from right. Just the descriptions of her appearance and silent actions in the beginning are enough to send chills up the reader spine and cause the hairs on the back of the neck to prickle, leading in to a lot of times where that will happen.
This was a good book, giving some interesting details of Puritan life in England, and the time period. It is apparent Ms. Haviland did her research thoroughly for this tale. And fear not, good does triumph over evil in the end, as it should, with an interesting spin on the story line.
(Thoroughly enjoyable read) 『What wonderful characters Jared and Kristy are. They compliment each other perfectly. Whilst reading I couldn't believe Kristy was a witch who had travelled back in time to the days of Oliver Cromwell.
Diana has left the ending with the possibility of a sequel to it. I hope she does write one. Well done Diana on a thoroughly enjoyable read.』
(Not a bad read) 『I loved the premise of the story and felt that there could have been so much more, but thought the execution was a little lacking. As what always seems to happen to the shorter books, (under 375 pages) the scenes were rushed and jumped from one point to another. Our heroine falls back in time, meets our hero, they make a mad dash across Northern England and lo and behold, after one or two days our hero believes our heroine has traveled through time.
Ms. Haviland does an excellent job of describing the time period of Cromwell's England and the Puritanical thoughts that ruled people's lives. But what happened to Jared? Granted he is a royalist, but he still would have held some fear of that which is different. That he so readily believes Kristy traveled through time, and can accept her as a witch and still love her stretches the imagination a bit. Wouldn't she be thought of as a lunatic? She does have some proof that she is from the future, but to be so readily accepting, defies even literary credibility.
Thus saying, and seeming to come down harshly on the book, I did enjoy reading A Love Beyond Forever. The characters are well developed, though there are some lose ends with the secondary characters. This is a decent book to read in front of a fire on a cold winter night, or out on a beach in the summer. I was just a little disappointed because I felt the potential was there for a great book, not just a good one.』
(A GOOD BOOK) 『I enjoyed reading this book, and would suggest it to others looking for a good romantic novel . . .If you want to read a book that goes straight to your heart, read Stolen Moments by Barbara Jeanne Fisher. . .It is a beautiful story of unrequited love. . .for certain the love story of the nineties. I intended to give the book a quick read, but I got so caught up in the story that I couldn't put the book down. From the very beginning, I was fully caught up in the heart-wrenching account of Julie Hunter's battle with lupus and her growing love for Don Lipton. This love, in the face of Julie's impending death, makes for a story that covers the range of human emotions. The touches of humor are great, too, they add some nice contrast and lighten things a bit when emotions are running high. I've never read a book more deserving of being published. It has rare depth. Julie's story will remind your readers that life and love are precious and not to be taken for granted. It has had an impact on me, and for that I'm grateful. Stolen Moments is written with so much sensitivity that it made me want to cry. It is a spellbinder. What terrific writing. Barbara does have an exceptional gift! This book was edited by Lupus specialist Dr. Matt Morrow too, and has the latest information on that disease. ..A perfect gift for someone who started college late in life, fell in love too late in life, is living with any illness, or trying to understand a loved one who is. . .A gift to be cherished forever』
(Highly creative and realistic) 『I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It combines mysticism and romance in a very believable and colorful past. EXCELLENT READ. GREAT ENDING!!』 『In the solace of slumber he first tempted her and Kristy saw the promise of paradise reflected in his eyes. But it was only a dream, she swore, as were the visions of witchcraft that haunted her nights. But in a New Age boutique, an antique hand mirror showed the beautiful executive more than mussed lipstick--that magnificent man, and a land she had never before known.』
『When her sister mysteriously dies, Fable Devereux dreams of the long-ago Civil War and is swept into the life and the love affair of her ancestor, Deirdre O'Shea.』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (New Agey Romance: Starts off well, but falls flat) 『Aurelia is a pictish princess. (If there is such a thing), when a mystic prophecy causes her to awaken in the future, she falls in love with the owner of her castle even though she believes him to be the man who killed her brother. Baird Beauforte (terribly name), is opening a hotel bed and breakfast, and during renovations stumbles across Aurelia's crypt. When he wakens her with a kiss, she becomes his guest at the castle.
Despite myself, I liked this book, at least the first part. Aurelia was an endearing character despite the phoney new-age mystic fluff added to pad the plot. I particularly enjoyed her 'exploration' of the outside world, and the character of Julian.
Things I didn't like? Aurelia's age isn't mentioned anywhere in the plot. I have difficulty getting into romances if I don't know the basics of the main characters. Also, I liked the character of Marissa. I wished she and Aurelia could have been friends rather than fighting over Baird. Number 1 peeve: Baird! This character had zero personality, and the romance between him and Aurelia was unbelievable. Aurelia was too immature and naive for me to consider the romance with a modern man credible (or satisfying). Finally: Julian. The romance between him and Marissa seemed an afterthought. The author would've given SOME indication these characters were attracted to each other early on.
Started off 4 stars, but ended up being merely an average novel with some good points.』
(WONDERFUL) 『I liked this book,it had a mixture of humor ,romance and fantasy.If you are looking for a sleeping beauty, prince charming and ofcourse a villain then this is the book.I truly enjoyed reading it.』
(Not bad in a fairy tale sort of way) 『Aurelia and Baird's story is a light fairy tale type story, which works, if you like this sort of writing/book. This Sleeping Beauty theme tries to be successful by using the juxtaposition of two people separated by1200 years. Our heroine falls asleep after pricking her thumb and after a 1200 year break (which is later explained), our prince charming finally awakens our princess. Everything revolves around legends, prophecies and reincarnation, so if you do not like these explanations, or feel a book gets stale when everything has been prophesized, you will not find this plot a good one to read.
I liked the fact that Aurelia assumes that she had just awoken from a nap and judges everything that happens around her by her 9th century beliefs. She looks for her father, whom she believes is prisoner of her enemy, Bard (Ms. Cross uses a slight change spelling on our hero and enemy's name) and explains all of the changes she sees by Bard's sorcery. In a society that had many conquerors and blended many different religious beliefs (Norse, Christian, Celtic and "pagan"), weird happenings could have easily been explained by magic, sorcery or witchcraft. She holds everyone in the modern world to the customs of the 800's, and it is interesting to see how she interprets things. Baird now owns the castle (which Aurelia assumes he got as Bard by conquering it, though he bought it in modern times to build a hotel) so when he talks to his interior designer, Aurelia assumes that "king" Baird is lavishing his largesse on his layman. Why else would a woman dress like Marissa and be allowed to spend the kings money so freely? There are many more such "misunderstandings" and I think that most of them are well done. Like others though, my biggest criticism of the book is that it took Aurelia SO long to figure out what happened, especially since she knew the prophecy.
I am not so sure I liked the fact that our key players had selective memories, or some remembered all of the past and others did not. Except for ease of writing the plot, there seemed to be no explanation why our villain would remember his past lives and our hero would not, putting him at a distinct disadvantage. Baird could also have been a stronger character all around. For a savvy, cutthroat businessman, he did not come across that way. Probably not the best book I have ever read, but by far not the worst either.』
(Simple) 『I hate to trash a book but I agree with the other readers who found it uninteresting. There's far better books to read.』
(A good idea, with poor execution) 『I tried to approach this book with an open mind. Page after page, I kept pushing foward...but I finally gave up.
Maybe I'll pick this book up again, when there aren't better books around to read and I've got time to waste.
The idea for the book is good. I like fairy tales and fantasy. However, the fact that Aurelia still believes that she's living in the past by chapter 11 is simply too trying. It's both frusterating and dull when she rushes about to find a father who died (maybe of natural causes) long, long ago.
Perhaps it might be amusing to some, the confusion and the misunderstandings that lead to Aurelia's continued belief that she is in a.d. 800. However, I couldn't stand the fact that every problem she perceives is, well, wrong and an illusion. It would have been so much nicer had she realized that she'd woken up in the 20th century, and dealt with all of the problems and mysteries from that point forward, from that perception and angle...rather than from a delusion.
For instance, she's convinced that the hero, Baird, is actually the invading evil villain Bard...who was attacking her home when the sleeping enchantment encased her.
So she's thinking that her father, the king, has been captured and tortured or killed...and that Baird, who she thinks is Bard, is responsible. Somehow, while a sleeping enchantment is obviously make-believe, the terrible and often silly gordian tangles of logic that Claire indulges to keep Aurelia thinking she's in the past is simply way over the top.
Maybe I'm being too harsh. Maybe I gave up on this book too soon. Maybe I'll pick it up someday and give it another try. In the meantime, I'm going to spend my time on more worthwhile books.』
『For over a thousand years the brambles grew over the ruins of Dunhelm Castle.
Until an American hotelier decided to clear away the thorny brush--and found a mysterious sleeping beauty...』