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Enter the Hero
Pocket, Dec 2003, 6.99, 384 pp. ISBN: 074342798X In 1814 Lord William Ogilvie challenges playwright Edgar St. John to a duel because the former felt that the latter made him look inane in the play “He Begs to Differ”. By post Edgar accepts, but informs the English lord that their matter of honor must happen in Ireland. William obtains the services of Lucius Ashford as his second and they trek to the duel rendezvous point where they meet a woman...
One Perfect Knight
A funny and magical romance. Julie Gaffney is a successful New York advertising executive who hopes to find true love one day, but after many unsuccesful dating experiences she decides that it most likely won't happen. At a Knight Times theme restaurant she touches a suit of armour and finds herself in mythical Camelot assisting the knight, Sir Lancelot. Lancelot also hopes to find true love and is developing an unhealthy passion for King Arthur's Gui...
The Forever Bride
Set in New York during the mid-19th century, the historical detail is balanced carefully with the tale of Celia Thomason and Brendan O'Neil. Celia, orphaned at eight years, is a fake spiritualist and has made a decision never to marry. She was raised by relatives and when her Uncle James died he left huge debts that Celia undertook to repay after she was threatened by thugs. As a fake spiritualist she brings in an income but also helps to comfort the ...
Timeless Love
Samantha is a fifteen-year-old girl who has just wrecked her father's new BMW. She is desperate to escape and makes a wish on the locket her mother gave her as an early 16th birthday present. She finds herself in Tudor England and meets the sickly young King Edward. She decides to try to save his life, but in doing so she changes the future....