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Darcy’s heartfelt conversation with Miss Elizabeth Bennet leads to their engagement. But just when his future could not appear brighter, a dreadful revelation casts a cloud of gloom over him, threatening his hopes and plans. And when an ominous shadow of suspicion falls upon his beloved sister, Georgiana, Darcy is compelled to determine the truth. Does her angelic countenance conceal a deviant, even dangerous, nature?

Dragons don’t often eat Lancashire folk. They try now and then, but the clothes make them choke. It may be the wellies, the flat caps or coats, The wet-weather gear gets stuck fast in their throats. A constant plume of smoke in the skies above the Ribble Valley is fuelling rumours that a local factory is the lair of a legendary fire-breathing beast: an ancient dragon, born of magic over 400 years ago when King James first ruled the land, and the Lancashire witches ruled the air…

The Follow-up to the Award-Winning The Wisdom of Hobbits, Mimetic Theory & Middle-earth: Untangling Desire in Tolkien's Legendarium, by long-time author Matthew J. Distefano, delves deeply into J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, using René Girard's mimetic theory as the primary lens through which to view the good professor’s legendary texts.

In this extensively researched Revolutionary War historical fiction novel, award-winning author and lawyer Stephen Yoch presents the thrilling story of America’s most notorious traitor. Benedict Arnold was one of America’s greatest heroes and perhaps the best tactical general of the Revolution. Arnold was totally committed to the Cause. Indisputably brave, he won pivotal battles against British forces that saved the Revolution. Yet, horrible wounds, a loyalist bride, and nasty political infighting all drove him into the welcoming arms of the British.

Nicaea, 1097. Daniel has gone from a petty thief living in the shadows of Constantinople to a budding squire serving the gruff Sir Hendry. He’s earned his place among the crusaders, proving himself capable during the capture of the impenetrable city, but he is still a meager player in a massive army of princes and lords.

Everyone thinks their summer camp officers are evil. Every summer camp feels like a fight for survival. Every child thinks there is something lurking in the woods. But maybe this time they’re right....

Just as "flipping" is purchasing an asset with a short holding period with the intent of selling it for a quick profit rather than holding for a long-term appreciation, "slow flipping" is the process of flipping a property as slowly as possible. This book explains the need to understand what wealth means on a personal level. It highlights that one needs to think of one's ideal day and put a cost on whatever is needed to make that day happen. And with that in mind, one's goal has to be written down to create a guideline for the slow-flipping journey.

Unlucky in life, Neville Pike inherits a museum from his recently deceased grandfather, but there appears to be more to the family business than he ever imagined. One of the exhibits - a devilish mask - finds its way onto Neville's face. It stirs his repressed feelings and gives him a newfound confidence that gets him through the ordeal of having blood on his hands.

A name can be a powerful thing. Oliver only ever had one until the meeting of a former pirate revealed another. A heinous murder then brought the two together. He wasn’t prepared for this life, but acting the part of a pirate demands a grim, determined resolve he must quickly master. Oliver’s name being his most valuable asset, others will try to use it for their own gain. It is now his burden to discern friend from foe in the harsh world he’s been thrust into.

The Battle of Stalingrad, a turning point in World War II, was a relentless and harrowing struggle fought between German forces and Soviet defenders from August 23, 1942, to February 2, 1943. Stalingrad, a strategically vital industrial city on the Volga River, witnessed intense urban warfare and became a symbol of resilience and sacrifice.

Sitting in a jail cell, uncertain of his innocence, Hume Rankin finds himself lost and a long way from home as he recalls dismissing the blind old negro woman’s warning and is haunted by the possibility that he may have played a part in how own demise.

In 1969, during the crux of the Vietnam war, Jack Tagger is on the run. As the war in Southeast Asia rages on, he has made the moral decision to resist the draft. In his effort to avoid the authorities and the war, he seeks refuge on a desolate coastal barrier island where unbeknownst to him, while avoiding one war, he finds himself unwittingly caught in the middle of another deadly land-war between two very powerful men at Sunset Beach, North Carolina.

A simple theft, a kingdom in turmoil, a diety imprisoned. When master thief Aren Kesik pickpockets a reality-transmuting bracelet, not even death can stop the steel-masked Charodin—the Overlord's secret police—from seizing it back. Thrust into a revolution he didn't want, while mourning the brutal execution of the only family he's ever known, Aren joins two clever street urchins, and an exile atoning for his late father's forbidden magic, to reunite a fractured god and rescue Aren's re-emergent adopted brother from eternal subjugation.

Part two of the Searching for the Eminent trilogy, Towards the Apocalypse begins five years after the events of March of the Meek. It continues the intertwined story of Rekco Curse, Cathy Wyman, and Kyoku as they seek to survive in the last inhabited city on the planet—Last Thesi. As the coming apocalypse draws nearer, each of them must find their place in the world and decide whether they will fight for its fate or allow nature to take its course. Tensions in Last Thesi rise as the Madness continues to afflict its people, always resulting in the same outcome: death.

From the day she was born, Bliss was persecuted, hunted for her power, a power that could save the world—or destroy it. Ramdhelior had been alone and unwanted for as long as he could remember, cast aside by humans and Nulians alike. All that changed when the child of power was born and he was burdened with an impossible task—keeping Bliss alive.

Searching for the Eminent: March of the Meek tells the story of Rekco Curse, a 13-year-old boy living a sheltered life in the rural plains just outside of the last inhabited city on the planet—Last Thesi. After the passing of his mother and the mysterious disappearance of his father, Rekco was left in the care of a mercenary named Maven. Could the disappearance of Rekston Curse have some correlation with the decline of civilization? Rekco has dedicated himself to becoming a hero like his father, in hopes that he will find out what happened to him.

Arkaen is a gods-damned saint. He sacrificed his childhood innocence fighting for the beleaguered rebellion in a civil war and relinquished a comfortable life with the man he loves to reclaim his place as high lord from corrupt nobles. Now, a hidden enemy is manipulating his lower lords into talk of rebellion, including the powerful Rogue Baron, who is slowly swaying the city into questioning every move Arkaen makes. With the help of his near-omniscient lover's gift of foresight, Arkaen finds a potential ally in Niamsha, a reluctant thief trying to pay for her brother’s education.

Oliver Caradog saves a small boy from a white dragon. Unable to find his family and suspecting him to be not entirely human, he names him Jude and takes him home to be cared for by his wife in the realm of the tyrant King Vortigern. This is a fantasy fiction short story based on the real history of Wales, a beautiful and wild country where dragons have always lived.

During the financial devastation of the 1920-'30, a group of German Industrialist assume control of their government by supporting Hitler and his Nazi Party's rise to power. Goals of nationalism turn in a quest for global Aryan supremacy, leading a world to war. In 1943, the Sentinels learn of an attempt by the same industrialists to smuggle their "Fortunes of War" out of Germany before the Allied forces invade. Fearing the wealth will be used to finance the organization of a Fourth German Reich, the Six Sentinels gather together.

How is it that one Austrian man, diminutive in stature, an unsuccessful Viennese street artist, a mediocre soldier, came to lead a nation into another devastating World War? All of this cannot be achieved by one man alone; other influences and circumstances contributed to the rise of Adolf Hitler. There were many supporting players and acts in this story, long before Hitler was even born.