Quick reminder that Forbidden, book one of the Scandalous Sirens series, is free until Sunday. __________ Vaughn wants revenge. Elisa wants her son back. Neither expected to want each other. Elisa’s determined to have her son back at any cost, even if it means marry a vicious stoat of a man like Rufus Wardell, but
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Forbidden is book one of the Scandalous Sirens series, and it’s free until Sunday. I don’t think there’s anything else I can add to that! 🙂 Grab a copy. It’s really good. How’s that? Enjoy the read! __________ Vaughn wants revenge. Elisa wants her son back. Neither expected to want each other. Elisa’s determined to
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It might have been a nice birthday for Hugo, had the 85th Oscars played out just a little differently a few days ago, but Argo beat Les Miserable out for best picture, instead. Still, Victor Hugo remains one of France’s biggest literary exports. Abroad, his two most famous works are Les Mis, and The Hunchback
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The original New Amsterdam fort the Dutch built on lower Manhattan island was established in 1625, but the actual city of New Amsterdam was incorporated today, three hundred and sixty years ago. Of course, the name didn’t last too long. The English bopped along in four frigates in 1665 and dubbed the thriving city New
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Henry Tudor died 466 years ago today, but because of all he achieved in his life, his influence lives on. Most people tend to remember Henry because of his six wives, his obesity, and the fact that he split the Roman Catholic church asunder and formed the Church of England just so he could marry
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I swear I have raved about Camelot before now, but try as I might, I can’t find the post or the article on the site. There are over 350 pages here, so maybe it’s hiding somewhere I can’t dig up even with Google’s advanced search engine…or maybe, when I was forced to stop blogging during
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With the imminent launch of the first book in my Sherlock Holmes series, Chronicles of the Lost Years, Dar Albert has completed the new covers for the two books in the series and they’re fantastic. They pay homage to my current favourite TV Sherlock Holmes, the BBC’s Sherlock played by Benedict Cumberbatch, while still maintaining
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I like history, and I admire strong women. It’s usually the strong women that get noted by name in history, and Elizabeth (“The Great”) is one of the biggest names in history. Born this day in 1533, in Greenwich, Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry V and Ann Boleyn. She was never expected to be
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It’s been fifteen years since Lady Diana, the former Princess of Wales died in a hideous car wreck in the tunnels of Paris, pursued by paparazzi, and trying to outrun them for a moment of privacy. I didn’t read every single report that came out of that event, but one I did read has stuck
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Cleopatra, the seventh and most famous queen of ancient Egypt, and the last of the pharaohs, committed suicide on this day in 30 B.C. She was remarkable for more than her famed beauty. Her dynasty which died with her, the Ptolemies, took over the rule of Egypt once Alexander the Great’s influence had receded.
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