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HISTORICAL FICTION
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I SERVE: A NOVEL OF THE BLACK PRINCE (2009)
By Rosanne E. Lortz
A tale of arms, of death, of love, and of honor.
Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Hundred Years’ War, I Serve chronicles the story of Sir John Potenhale. A young Englishman of lowly birth, Potenhale wins his way to knighthood on the fields of France. He enters the service of Edward, the Black Prince of Wales, and immerses himself in a stormy world of war, politics, and romantic intrigue.
While campaigning in France, Potenhale develops an interest in Margery, a spirited lady-in-waiting with a close-kept secret. He soon learns that Sir Thomas Holland, a crass and calculating baron, holds the key to unlock Margery’s mystery and possesses the power to overturn all of his hopes.
When the Black Death strikes Europe, however, Potenhale realizes that the fiercest enemy does not always appear in human form. Seeing the pestilence as a punishment for the sins of his generation, he questions his calling as a knight and considers entering the cloister. Margery or the monastery? Torn between losing his soul and losing the love of his life, he finds friendship with a French knight who might—just possibly—help him save both. Read the first chapter here!
(I SERVE is published by Anno Domini in conjunction with Madison Street Publishing)
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ROAD FROM THE WEST: BOOK I OF THE CHRONICLES OF TANCRED (2011)
By Rosanne E. Lortz
A tale of courage, conquest, intrigue, and honor.
You’ve heard of the Knights Templar, you’ve heard of Richard the Lionheart—now learn the story that started it all with the adventures of the First Crusade.
Haunted by guilt from the past and nightmares of the future, a young Norman named Tancred takes the cross and vows to be the first to free Jerusalem from the infidels. As he journeys to the Holy Land, he braves vast deserts, mortal famine, and the ever-present ambushes of the enemy Turks—but the greatest danger of all is deciding which of the Crusader lords to trust. A mysterious seer prophesies that Tancred will find great love and great sorrow on his journey, but the second seems intent on claiming him before he can find the first. Intrigues and passions grow as every battle brings the Crusaders one step closer to Jerusalem. Not all are destined to survive the perilous road from the west.
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FLOWER OF THE DESERT: BOOK II OF THE CHRONICLES OF TANCRED (tentative release date – 2013)
By Rosanne E. Lortz
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PRINCE OF THE EAST: BOOK III OF THE CHRONICLES OF TANCRED (tentative release date – 2015)
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HISTORICAL ROMANCE
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THE WIDOW’S REDEEMER (2012)
By Philippa Jane Keyworth
A penniless young widow with an indomitable spirit. A wealthy viscount with an unsavory reputation.
London, 1815: After her husband’s untimely death, Letty Burton comes up from the country with her domineering mother-in-law. Hiding a past she wishes to forget and facing an uncertain future, all she wants is to navigate London Society as a silent companion.
A chance meeting with London’s most eligible bachelor sets in motion a series of events that will bring her quiet life under the unfriendly scrutiny of the ton. With the net of scandal, debts, and rivals closing in, will she let her dark past dictate her life forever? Will she learn to trust again? And most importantly, will she allow herself to love?
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A JANE AUSTEN DAYDREAM (2013)
By Scott D. Southard
All her heroines find love in the end–but is there love waiting for Jane?
Jane Austen spends her days writing and matchmaking in the small countryside village of Steventon, until a ball at Godmersham Park propels her into a new world where she yearns for a romance of her own. But whether her heart will settle on a young lawyer, a clever Reverend, a wealthy childhood friend, or a mysterious stranger is anyone’s guess.
Written in the style of Jane herself, this novel ponders the question faced by many devoted readers over the years–did she ever find love? Weaving fact with fiction, it re-imagines her life, using her own stories to fill in the gaps left by history and showing that all of us–to a greater or lesser degree–are head over heels for Jane.
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NONFICTION
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I AM MY BELOVED’S: CHRISTIAN DEVOTIONALS FOR THE BRIDE TO BE (2012)
By Amy Hayes
I Am My Beloved’s is a collection of Christian devotionals, written for the bride-to-be, designed to help her keep her perspective and sanity during the tumultuous weeks of wedding planning. In thirteen chapters filled with spiritual and practical application, Amy Hayes encourages brides to be a blessing to those around them and to glorify God throughout the period of life we call engagement. The Bible-based devotionals in this book provide a pleasant oasis for the busy bride to be refreshed in graciousness and godliness as she travels the exciting journey toward her wedding day.
The foreword and the chapters contained in this volume are excerpted from the larger work All Things Are Ready: A Bride’s Complete Christian Wedding Planner (Doorposts Publishing, 2012). I Am My Beloved’s is currently only available in e-book format.
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EXIT RAMP: A SHORT CASE STUDY OF THE PROFITABILITY OF PANHANDLING (2013)
By David P. Spears II
Have you ever wondered how much that guy with the cardboard sign makes? David Spears did…and he decided to find out. During the summer of his senior year at college, while earning a B.A. in Economics and Political Science, Spears spent eighty hours undercover, recording data on who gives to panhandlers–their sex, their age, their race–and, most importantly, how much money these Good Samaritans give.
This book is the record of his adventures, both the story that the numbers tell and the stories gleaned from the experience. Get out your bi-weekly pay stub–by the end of this book you’ll know if you make more or less than the guy with the cardboard sign down at the end of the exit ramp.
