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“You’ll fall in love with Emilia Bassano, the unforgettable heroine based on a real woman that Picoult brings vividly to life in her brilliantly researched new novel.”—Kristin Hannah, author of The Women
Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn’t level for women. As Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits the play to a festival under a male pseudonym.
In 1581, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats. Her lessons on languages, history, and writing have endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, but like most women of her day, she is allowed no voice of her own. Forced to become a mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, who oversees all theatre productions in England, Emilia sees firsthand how the words of playwrights can move an audience. She begins to form a plan to secretly bring a play of her own to the stage—by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work.
Told in intertwining timelines, By Any Other Name, a sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face. Should a writer do whatever it takes to see her story live on . . . no matter the cost? This remarkable novel, rooted in primary historical sources, ensures the name Emilia Bassano will no longer be forgotten.
He thought wrong.
Sir Richard Stewart, chairman of the racing authority, begs Sid to investigate a series of dodgy races. Sid refuses. Then Sir Richard is found dead under suspicious circumstances. And then a man with an Irish accent contacts Sid, telling him to deliver a whitewashed report about the suspected race-fixing…or else.
At first Sid ignores these warnings. But as the intimidation tactics escalate—and his own family comes under threat—Sid realizes he must meet his enemy head-on…or he might pay the ultimate price for his refusal.
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Every brushstroke a mystery, every canvas a lie.
Love Painted in Lies is a laugh-out-loud, feel-good, heartwarming comedy. Minty’s return to Maida Vale isn’t just about the chaos of raising twins, Old English Sheepdog shenanigans, and caring for her parents—it’s a second chance at life.
Her days are shadowed by whispers on the school run of her unusual talent—and her past at the heart of a family art ring that once duped London’s elite. Now, the law is convinced she’s back to unearth the truth about a legendary missing painting. Minty must prove her new life is a genuine fresh start. But does she know more than she’s revealing, or is her return an honest attempt to repaint her life’s canvas?
Amidst it all, a mysterious stranger strolls into her already turbulent world, bringing intrigue and the possibility of romance. Is he a brushstroke of fate or a shadow from her past?
With gangsters on her heels and love at her door, Minty embarks on a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming adventure where resilience, family complexities, the differences that make us unique, and the absurdity of overpriced art comically collide in Maida Vale.
In this stand-alone spy story, Penny and Peregrine Jones, CIA “un-retirees”, are off to Paris to solve the mystery of how CIA Officer Nick Fortune had the misfortune to nearly drown into a vat of wine at a Normandy vineyard.
Using their covers of Lord and Lady Jones of Watchingwell on the Isle of Wight, they join forces with four members of a CIA financial investigations team. Their task? Connect the circumstances of Nick Fortune’s blown meeting with a potential asset at a French vineyard to a Russian “black money” operation in France.
They’re set to sail on a week-long cruise on the Seine River, not only with a dangerous killer, but also with Madame Marie Bernard, the wily counterspy chief of the DGSI and her husband Jacques. The woman reminds Penny of Madame Defarge, Dickens’ infamous knitter of codes. Is Marie Bernard knitting a code into the scarf she is making? The CIA would love to know the answer to that!
Before the riverboat even leaves its dock, a chief inspector of the National Gendarmerie is brutally murdered and tossed into the Seine. Is his murder meant to conceal another murder at the same vineyard?
The CIA team creates cover for itself by forming the Seine River Poker Club. Their nightly penny ante poker games in the main lounge allow them to socialize openly. When they befriend a beleaguered tour manager aboard the riverboat and learn the secrets Sophie has about that Russian money laundering operation, they have no choice but to share what they’ve learned with Madame Bernard, not only to protect Sophie, but also to protect France’s national security.
Like fictional spy-catching heroes Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, Penny and Perry are determined to get to the bottom of this espionage case. This “who-dun-what” cozy mystery will appeal to fans of Anthony Horowitz, Robert Thorogood, and Agatha Christie.
Kids Book of The Day:
A Space Academy student and his time-travelling robot stop an evil villain from taking over the Solar System in this children’s sci-fi classic.
Fourteen-year-old Jeff Wells, a cadet at the Space Academy on Mars, is in danger of being kicked out unless he can improve his grades. With a little help from the academy’s commandant, Jeff finds a robot named Norby to help him study. But Norby’s no ordinary robot. He has the only mini-anti-gravity device in existence.
Norby’s special abilities suddenly come in handy when a villain named Ing targets Jeff’s older brother in his quest to conquer the Solar System. When Ing takes over Manhattan Island, renaming it “the Kingdom of Ing,” Norby and Jeff put studying aside to teach Ing a lesson!
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Featured in “Best Middle Grade Fantasy Books” – Reedsy Discovery
“Fun & Fast Paced, This is Middle Grade Fantasy at its Best!” – ★★★★★ — Amazon Reviewer
“If you know any middle grade readers who enjoy science fiction/fantasy with a mix of action, danger, and humor – recommend this book to them, or just go ahead and give them a copy.” — The Fairview Review
“With elements of adventure, exploration, other worlds, and fantastical science, Nemesis and the Vault of Lost Time is an exciting middle-grade novel with plenty of suspense… Behind the adventure are important messages about believing in oneself and finding inner strength.” — The Children’s Book Review
Thirteen-year-old Max is a daydreamer. It gets him into trouble at school, but his restless curiosity really turns problematic when he runs into a mysterious professor at his uncle’s bookstore. The old man informs Max that time is being sucked out of the planet by invisible bandits, stolen from unsuspecting people one breath and one sneeze at a time, and is being stored in a central vault. Once full, the vault will fuel a hungry horde of invaders looking to cross into earth, and cross out all its people. What’s more, the professor claims he knew Max’s missing scientist father. With the help of his best friends, Derek and Samantha, Max must harness his compulsive curiosity and find passage to this place called Nemesis to stop the sticky-fingered time thieves and halt their planned invasion. But when the professor goes missing and the clock starts ticking, Max discovers far more than he imagined. Just how much Max is willing to sacrifice hinges on the realization of just who or what he is beyond the bounds of time.
“…an exciting, action-packed adventure and I recommend you give it a shot.” ★★★★★
Mark Buxton – Young Adult Books Central
“P.J. Davis weaves a fun middle grade portal fantasy romp through mysterious worlds with lots of action…” ★★★★
Shaun Stevenson – Reedsy Book Review
He’s out for revenge, but she might prove too hot for him to handle.
Miss Primrose needs to be punished.
A member of the wicked Inn of the Red Chrysanthemum, where the most indecent pleasures are indulged, Miss Primrose—or Mistress Primrose, as she prefers—left Nicholas Edelton a shell of a man. Now his older brother, Spencer Edelton, the Marquess of Carey, intends to provide her a set-down she will never forget.
Weary from exacting her revenge upon the man who assaulted her sister, Beatrice Primrose has had her fill of men of privilege and presumption, but she accepts a fateful invitation from a handsome nobleman to spend a sennight at his estate for a grand sum of money. She soon learns, however, that she will not get to reprise her role as Mistress. To her horror, she finds his lordship expects her to submit to him!
But Beatrice won’t give in so easily.
In a clash of wills, fueled by vengeance and desire, Lord Carey and Miss Primrose wrestle for dominance in, and out of, the bedchamber. Their biggest struggle, however, may be against their own passions…
Can Miss Primrose take what she dishes? And will Lord Carey succumb or succeed with her punishment?
– Learn MoreShe’s got the best undercover crew. But will a sinister secret undo them?
Kate Ross has lost way too much in the last six months. With her mother’s death from breast cancer, an agent she handled killed on the job, and her career in jeopardy, the beleaguered CIA officer’s faith in God seems like another casualty. So she’s relieved to be offered a shot at redemption by managing an innovative team of “mom spies”… until they saddle her with a more experienced man as a babysitter.
Battling self-doubt and a loss of confidence in her espionage skills, Kate directs a smoothly successful first mission for the unit. But just as she opens up to her kind and encouraging supervisor, she suspects he’s withholding key information when the subject of their next assignment is his ex-wife. And the only solution to her predicament may be prayers she has no expectation will be answered.
Can Kate find the guiding light to solve the case before her personal crisis threatens national security?
The Perfect Spy is the thrilling first book in the An Untapped Source romantic suspense series. If you like undeniable chemistry, page-turning tension, and Christian values in action, then you’ll love Amy Martinsen’s fast-paced novel.