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| Book One in the Twilight of Avalon Trilogy
She is a healer, a storyteller, a warrior,
and a queen without a throne. In the shadow
of King Arthur's Britain, one woman knows the
truth that could save a kingdom from the hands
of a tyrant...
Ancient grudges, old wounds, and the quest
for power rule in the newly widowed Queen Isolde's
court. Hardly a generation after the downfall
of Camelot, Isolde grieves for her slain husband,
King Constantine, a man she secretly knows to
have been murdered by the scheming Lord Marche
-- the man who has just assumed his title as
High King. Though her skills as a healer are
renowned throughout the kingdom, in the wake
of Con's death, accusations of witchcraft and
sorcery threaten her freedom and her ability
to bring Marche to justice. Burdened by their
suspicion and her own grief, Isolde must conquer
the court's distrust and superstition to protect
her throne and the future of Britain.
One of her few allies is Trystan, a prisoner
with a lonely and troubled past. Neither Saxon
nor Briton, he is unmoved by the political scheming,
rumors, and accusations swirling around the
fair queen. Together they escape, and as their
companionship turns from friendship to love,
they must find a way to prove what they know
to be true -- that Marche's deceptions threaten
not only their lives but the sovereignty of
the British kingdom.
In Twilight of Avalon, Anna Elliott returns
to the roots of the legend of Trystan and Isolde
to shape a very different story -- one based
in the earliest written versions of the Arthurian
tales -- a captivating epic brimming with historic
authenticity, sweeping romance, and the powerful
magic of legend.
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| Choosing a mate is like picking house paint
from one of those tiny color squares: You never
know how it will look across a large expanse,
or how it will change in different light.
Meet Janna and Graeme. After a decade-long
tango (together, apart, together, apart), they're
back in love -- but the stress of nine-to-five
is seriously hampering their happiness. So they
quit their jobs, tie the knot, and untie the
lines on a beat-up old sailboat for a most unusual
honeymoon: a two-year voyage across the Pacific.
But passage from first date to first mate is
anything but smooth sailing. From the rugged
Pacific Northwest coast to the blue lagoons
of Polynesia to bustling Asian ports, Janna
and Graeme find themselves at the mercy of poachers,
under the spell of crossdressers, and under
the gun of a less-than-sober tattooist. And
they encounter do-or-die moments that threaten
their safety, their sanity, and their marriage.
Join Janna and Graeme's 17,000-mile journey
and their quest to resolve the uncertainties
so many couples face: How do you know if you've
really found the One? How do you balance duty
to others while preserving space for yourself?
And, when the waters get rough, do you jump
ship, or do you learn to navigate the world...together?
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| As the Kaisar-i-Hind weighs anchor for Bombay
in the autumn of 1928, its passengers ponder their
fate in a distant land. They are part of the "Fishing
Fleet" -- the name given to the legions of
Englishwomen who sail to India each year in search
of husbands, heedless of the life that awaits
them. The inexperienced chaperone Viva Holloway
has been entrusted to watch over three unsettling
charges. There's Rose, as beautiful as she is
naïve, who plans to marry a cavalry officer
she has met a mere handful of times. Her bridesmaid,
Victoria, is hell-bent on losing her virginity
en route before finding a husband of her own.
And shadowing them all is the malevolent presence
of a disturbed schoolboy named Guy Glover.
From the parties of the wealthy Bombay socialites
to the poverty of Tamarind Street, from the
sooty streets of London to the genteel conversation
of the Bombay Yacht Club, East of the Sun is
graced with lavish detail and a penetrating
sensitivity -- historical fiction at its greatest
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