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Lady Carliss and the Waters of Moorue by Chuck Black, Andy Turvey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLady Carliss faces the challenge of her life. Can she save the kingdom before it’s too late? Determined, smart, and a master of both the sword and the bow, Lady Carliss has proven herself as a veteran Knight of the Prince. Returning from a mission of aid, Carliss is plunged into adventure once again as she searches for the marauders responsible for kidnapping a friend’s family...Categorized as:
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Hereafter by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe third lost princess. The final key to the treasure. And a battle for the throne.Growing up deep in the forest as a poor charcoal burner’s daughter, Emmeline has always known her identity as a princess of Mercia, and she lives in fear of being caught and killed...Categorized as:
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Just the Way You Are by Max Lucado
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne of the greatest gifts parents can give their children is the assurance that Mom and Dad love them just as they are, apart from anything that they do. But telling them once won't make it sink in. Kids need to be reminded of it over and over, until those words get inside their hearts...Categorized as:
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Besotted by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a land where being the fairest maiden is a curse . . .A young queen trying to stay alive until she comes of age to rule, and a prince turned into a pauper.Queen Aurora of Mercia has spent her entire life deep in Inglewood Forest, hiding from Warwick’s Queen Margery, who seeks her demise. As the time draws near for Aurora to take the throne, she happens upon a handsome woodcutter...Categorized as:
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Sir Quinlan and the Swords of Valor by Chuck Black
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo friends face the Dark Knight’s deadliest scheme, but only one knight has the courage to overcome.Sir Quinlan leaves his boyhood friend to serve the Prince, fighting a battle darker and more intense than any he’s ever known...Categorized as:
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Sir Bentley and Holbrook Court by Chuck Black
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe people of Holbrook are suffering under the rule of the greedy Lord Kingskey. Can Sir Bentley discover the thruth and help restore the kingdom?Sir Bentley, an honorable young knight, abandons his calling in order to seek the truth of the Prince. Choosing to live as the Prince did, he forsakes his former lifestyle and wealth to live as a pauper...Categorized as:
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Sir Rowan and the Camerian Conquest by Chuck Black
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA knight left for dead. A country on the verge of ruin. And an evil lord rising to conquer. Sir Rowan is the most decorated tournament knight in Cameria, but when he is attacked and left for dead, his world collapses. Betrayed and lingering at death’s door, only a bizarre vision of his Prince and the help of a woman dedicated to the King keeps him alive...Categorized as:
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Always by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA fierce elite guard. A loyal lady in waiting. They must work together to save three princesses from certain death.On the verge of dying after giving birth to twins, the queen of Mercia pleads with Lady Felicia to save her infant daughters...Categorized as:
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Foremost by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA second princess. Another key to the treasure. And a cruel king desperate to squelch the growing rebellion.Raised in an isolated abbey, Lady Maribel desires nothing more than to become a nun and continue practicing her healing arts. She’s carefree and happy with her life…until a visitor comes to the abbey and reveals her true identity as one of the lost princesses...Categorized as:
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Sir Dalton and the Shadow Heart by Chuck Black
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe shadow of doubt can destroy the most noble of men. Can Sir Dalton rediscover his allegiance before it's too late?Sir Dalton, a knight in training, seems to have everything going for him. Young, well-liked, and a natural leader, he has earned the respect and admiration of his fellow knights, and especially the beautiful Lady Brynn.But something is amiss at the training camp...Categorized as:
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Sword and Serpent by Taylor R. Marshall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn A.D. 299, the Roman oracles ceased to prophesy for the Emperor Diocletian. The silence of the gods sparks a bloody storm of persecution that sweeps across the Roman Empire. As the fires of suspicion and hatred ignite all around them, a young man and a young woman are united by a prophecy from the catacombs of Rome...one that will set them on a journey to battle an evil beyond imagining...Categorized as:
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Kingdom's Reign by Chuck Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn evil army masses against the Knights of the Prince, and they are outnumbered.Only the King can save them... While the Knights of the Prince train in the Kingdom Across the Sea, the Dark Knight, Lucius, reigns in Arrethtrae with complete authority...Categorized as:
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Kingdom's Quest by Chuck Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe was called to fulfill a mighty quest, filled with fierce battles.A quest to bring hope to the kingdom…Having narrowly escaped death at the hands of the evil Shadow Warriors, Sir Gavin is given a new name by the Prince to signify his new allegiance–to the cause of the one he once swore to kill...Categorized as:
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Resistance by Jaye L. Knight
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“Don’t you know? Animals like you have no soul.”Could God ever love a half-blood all of society looks upon with such fear and disdain? Jace once believed so, but when a tragic loss shatters the only peace he’s ever known, his faith crumbles as the nagging doubts he’s tried to put behind him descend on his grieving heart... -
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രണ്ടാമൂഴം | Randamoozham by M.T. Vasudevan Nair
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsRandamoozham is the masterpiece of Jnanpith winning writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair. It was translated into English as Second Turn in 1997. M. T. Vasudevan Nair won Vayalar Award, given for the best literary work in Malayalam, for the novel in 1985. Later, in the year 1995, Mr. Nair was awarded the highest literary award in India, Jnanpith Award, for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature... -
The Piano Girl 2 by Sherri Schoenborn Murray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is part two of The Piano Girl.She plays from memory. Her memories. The continuing saga of a girl, a boy, and the future of a kingdom.This princess to pauper story is filled with prayers, promises and plenty of piano. This is Part Two of a two part Series. In 2016, the Counterfeit Princess series will continue with Alia's sister, Wren. God willing... -
She Walks in Love by MaryLu Tyndall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe must protect the Spear of Destiny at all costs He must bring the lady safely home But the powers of darkness chasing them have other ideas Lady Cristiana D'Clere, the new protector of the Spear, is on the run from the steward of her estate, who has kept her drugged for years. All she ever wanted was to be safe, marry well, and raise a bevy of wee ones...Categorized as:
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Beguiled by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a land where being the fairest maiden is a curse . . .A princess rejected and hunted by her mother, and a prince who lives as a shunned outcast.Princess Pearl flees for her life after her mother, Queen Margery, tries to have her killed during a hunting expedition. Pearl finds refuge on the Isle of Outcasts among criminals and misfits, disguising her face with a veil so no one recognizes her...Categorized as:
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He Who Lifts The Skies by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPowerful imagery creates a 'you are there' immersion in the story of the post-Flood world. Kacy Barnett-Gramckow fans raved about her extraordinary job of bringing the Flood to life in the Heavens Before. Now, she continues to flesh out the Bible's brief account of the rise of Nimrod and the Babel rebellion with scintillating characters and a wealth of imaginative detail... -
Raavan: Enemy Of Aryavarta by Amish Tripathi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWITHOUT THE DARKNESS, LIGHT HAS NO PURPOSE.WITHOUT THE VILLAIN, WHAT WOULD THE GODS DO?INDIA, 3400 BCE.A land in tumult, poverty and chaos. Most people suffer quietly. A few rebel. Some fight for a better world. Some for themselves. Some don't give a damn. Raavan. Fathered by one of themost illustrious sages of the time. Blessed by the Gods with talents beyond all...Categorized as:
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Sartha - The Caravan by S.L. Bhyrappa
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSartha literally means a trading caravan. In ancient India, such caravans would travel to distant lands to trade with them. Sartha is a remarkable novel, which works simultaneously on two planes. It is a physical journey across India, as well as a spiritual inward journey of an eighth-century scholar born to a tradition of Vedic studies... -
Beholden by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a land where being the fairest maiden is a curse . . .A beautiful noblewoman with a terrible secret, and a prince subjected to slavery.Upon the death of her wealthy father, Lady Gabriella is condemned to work in Warwick’s gem mine. As she struggles to survive the dangerous conditions, her kindness and beauty shine as brightly as the jewels the slaves excavate... -
She Walks in Power by MaryLu Tyndall
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom Award-Winning Author, MaryLu Tyndall, comes an exciting Medieval Romance surrounding the Spear of Destiny! Alexia D'Clere didn't ask to be Protector of the Spear, but after her dying mother gave her the tiny metal object and made her promise to keep it safe, she had no choice. Orphaned at age eight, she began to take over the running of her parent's castle with the help of a trusted steward...Categorized as:
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The Devil's Pawn by Oliver Pötzsch
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA showman’s fate is in the hands of the devil in an enthralling novel inspired by the Faust legend from the bestselling author of the Hangman’s Daughter series.Rome, 1518. The church is tarnished by greed. Peasants are rebelling. Tumultuous times demand drastic recourse—before the devil gets his due...Categorized as:
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Kingdom's Call by Chuck Black
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA sworn enemy of the Prince vows to eliminate his Followers.Until the Prince saves his life… For generations the Noble Knights have been in service to the King. Following a strict code of conduct, they preserve the peace in Chessington, the King’s chosen city, and rule its citizenry. Sir Gavin is a young and promising Noble Knight, devoted to King and Code...Categorized as:
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Evermore by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn ancient key. A secret treasure. And a princess destined to use them both to fight evil and restore peace.Raised by a noble family, Lady Adelaide has always known she’s an orphan...Categorized as:
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Half-Blood by Jaye L. Knight
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe gasps and murmuring grew. Though some were hardly more than whispers, clear words reached Jace’s ears—dangerous, monster, animal, soulless. He tried to back away from their accusing eyes, but the collar pulled hard against his throat and held him in place... -
De Historia Et Veritate Unicornis/on the History and Truth of the Unicorn by Michael Green
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn illuminated manuscript setting forth the fictional fifteenth-century diary of one Magnalucius, who records his first-hand observations of unicorns along with the facts he has learned about their natural history... -
Enamored by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDuring a time when legends were born . . .ENAMOREDA princess in need of a husband, a young Sage who cannot have her, and a web of deceit that threatens their love.Having been raised by her childless aunt and uncle, the king and queen, Princess Elinor finds herself the only heir to the throne of Norvegia...Categorized as:
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The Chataine's Guardian by Robin Hardy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the tenth birthday of Chataine Dierdre, her father, Karel, appoints a guardian for her--Roman, a captain of the guard. Karel is aware of the Lystran law that, at age 17, Chataine must choose the man she will marry. But he never dreams her choice might be Roman, the homely soldier who calls himself a "Christian... -
Heart of Red, Blood of Blue by Rebecca Belliston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA girl on the run. A kingdom to save.Princess Gisela of Steinland was born without color. Albino. When her betrothal to Prince Jerrik of Kronga ends in his death, it starts a ten-year war her father is determined to win, even if it means bringing her out of hiding to do it. Now the savage Krongon war commander, Bloodless Kristoff, seeks the hearts of the entire royal family, especially Gisela's...Categorized as:
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The Blessed by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnnouncing the thrilling conclusion to the acclaimed Gifted trilogy… In her breathtaking religious thriller The Begotten, Lisa T. Bergren introduced “a classic battle of good and evil” (Publishers Weekly) that culminates now in the provocative final chapter in the divine and powerful mission of the Gifted... -
David Ascendant (Chronicles of the Nephilim) by Brian Godawa
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix Giant Assassins.One Target: David of Judah.Goliath Was Only the First.Everyone knows the story of David. Or so you think. No one has heard it told this way before.In the days of Samuel the Seer, the Philistines are at the climax of a long war with Israel over the land of Canaan. There are still giants in Philistia left from Joshua's search and destroy mission of holy war generations earlier...Categorized as:
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Caleb Vigilant by Brian Godawa
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGiant Walls Will Come Tumbling Down.In this second companion volume to Joshua Valiant, the story of the conquest of the Promised Land of Canaan continues. Moses has died, the Israelites stand poised to invade Canaan. Their first target: The impenetrable mighty walls of Jericho.But God has been preparing a pagan harlot named Rahab to help Israel...Categorized as:
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Hunt for the Devil's Dragon by Marianne Hering, Wayne Thomas Batson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you're brave, follow cousins Beth and Patrick to Libya in the 13th century. The town of Silene is being terrorized by a vicious animal that is eating livestock. The townspeople believe it's a dragon sent by the devil. In order to appease the beast, the people believe they must offer a human sacrifice--a young girl named Sabra...Categorized as:
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Eden: Biblical Fiction of the World's First Family by Brennan S. McPherson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“You want me to tell of how I broke the world.”It’s the year 641 since humanity was formed in Eden, and after Eve passes away, Adam is the only man left on earth who remembers everything from the beginning of the world... -
The Call of the Sea by Sian Ann Bessey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Viking Historical RomanceOn the eve of her betrothal to a nobleman she’s never met, Rhiannon seeks comfort on the shores of the sea she loves so well. But instead of offering peace to her uneasy heart, the ocean heralds doom with the arrival of dreaded Viking ships. A vicious raid leads to the death of her beloved father and leaves Rhiannon’s life in tatters...Categorized as:
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Thorn of Rose: A Beauty and the Beast Romance by Emily Deady
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeauty is a curse.It attracts the basest sort of men, even a beast.With her father deathly ill, Isabel Bielsa throws herself into their mutual passion: bookbinding. Hiding in the library also allows her to avoid the unwanted attentions of the local self-absorbed noblemen. But, there is only so many times one can read the same book... -
Wings of Dawn by Sigmund Brouwer
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThis wholesome, fascinating fictional work is clearly Christian, yet appropriate for seekers or nonbelievers. Join the fiery adventure as ancient secrets are unearthed, Thomas's fragile faith in God is tested, and as he faces a diabolic conspiracy that has ruled the land for centuries...Categorized as:
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Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish by Morgan Llywelyn
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is the tale of the coming of the Irish to Ireland, and of the men and women who made that emerald isle their own... -
Kingdom's Edge by Chuck Black
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Riveting Medieval Parallel to the Bible Good and evil clash. Leinad and Cedric are determined to not only survive, but claim hope and victory! In Kingdom’s Dawn , Leinad and Tess, along with all the king’s people, must escape slavery by the powerful Lord Fairos. Kingdom’s Hope finds them free and arriving in the Chessington Valley...Categorized as:
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The Piper's Pursuit by Melanie Dickerson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA plague of rats. Children going missing. A giant beast attacking just outside the walls of Hamlin. And one young woman determined to save her town.Katerina’s stepfather, Hennek, is neither a good father nor a good husband, but he is the mayor of Hamlin...Categorized as:
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Dreamteller by K.D. Shade
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn heiress with everything to lose. A prophecy she never asked for.A glimpse of the past with the power to change the future.Lady Shannyn was raised to rule.But when a vision of the past uproots a buried betrayal, her secured future unravels.Spies whisper in the halls, assassins lurk in the shadows, and secrets fester behind silk-draped smiles, but rebellion isn’t the only danger in Megara... -
Bitter Winter by Jaye L. Knight
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlready struggling with a harsh winter and the threat of food shortage, a catastrophic event leaves those in the Landale camps reeling. Just when things couldn’t get much worse, camp members fall ill with the same devastating sickness that’s sweeping across the country.Determined to gain the cure, Jace sets off to Valcré...Categorized as:
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From Darkness Won by Jill Williamson
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDarkness trembles. Achan steps into his role as Crown Prince and prepares for war. But war against whom? Could Esek still be alive? Has Lord Nathak taken Esek's place? Or is the mysterious Hadad the true enemy Achan must confront? Vrell has her own agenda of serving Prince Oren as a healer, but when she is stormed and lost to the Veil, Achan does all he can to bring her back...Categorized as:
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Sophocles II: Ajax / Women of Trachis / Electra / Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies, #4) by Sophocles
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 29 ratings"These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."Robert Brustein, The New Republic"This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation"The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary....They have life and speed and suppleness of phrase...Categorized as:
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The Two Collars by Jeri Massi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKrea is seven years old and a slave. With a ragged troupe of tumblers and jugglers, she travels from town to town in Folger, now a part of the kingdom of Bracken. Every day of the year she is walking or working, and she is always lonely. Then, as winter takes hold of Folger, the troupe realizes that an old woman is haunting their footsteps, and that she has her eye on Krea...Categorized as:
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High Lord of Lystra by Tim LaHaye
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Dierdre and Roman hear rumors of enemy troops massing, they go out to quell the uprising. The "enemy troops" turn out to be terrified townspeople held in the power of a wizard-king. Despite Dierdre's pleas, Roman offers himself to the evil king in exchange for the freedom of the townsfolk. And the offer is greedily accepted. . .Categorized as:
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The Scarlet Trefoil by L.A. Kelly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFreed from a life of darkness, Tahn Dorn finds God's grace toward him a comfort he has never known before. He has put away his painful past and is looking forward to a bright peaceful future with his bride-to-be. But the past returns to haunt him, threatening to ruin all that he loves... -
Unholy Empire by D. Brian Shafer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShafers novel chronicles the duel between God and the fallen angels as both focus their attention on the Seed. Devils watch for any sign of the Seed in an all out effort to stop, delay, or destroy this prophetic nightmare...
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