Queen's Man: of Balance


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To avert a devastating war, Great Queen Rejeena must prove to male-centric Mainlanders enholdment has been abolished on Kriiscon. During the conference, the goddess LaSheena reveals to Rejeena a great truth, the answer to many enflaming hurdles dividing persons, communities, races, religions, and nations—possibly the answer to peace everywhere for all time. A simple concept, but how can she present it, thereby convincing others to believe, accept and utilize? Rejeena aborns a son. A Kriisconian Great Queen cannot keep a son; but Aarvan will not tolerate such rejection. Can queen and queen’s man find a solution to this predicament? Despite all Rejeena’s and Aarvan’s endeavors, Mainland warships, carrying thousands of soldiers armed with cannons and guns, attack Kriiscon to conquer, force upon the island their fanatic religion and intrusive culture. What can Kriiscon offer to combat such determined, superior forces? Simultaneously, the lifelong feud between Rejeena and Ishtabarra demands resolution, a battle to the death. Dare she indulge? After years of sacrifice and effort by Kriisconians—women, men and glaalets—to integrate as a peaceful island, how can Rejeena and Aarvan prevent it all shattering into a crushing, calamitous defeat?




All The Queen's Men


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John Medina is a living legend with the CIA, a shadowy specialist in Black Ops, those operations that are never openly funded, and the details of which never see the light of day. Only few people inside the CIA know him on sight, while foreign governments offer bounties for him, dead or alive. Neima Burdock is a communications specialist for the CIA who retired from field work after the death of her husband, also an agent and under orders from John Medina. When Niema is needed in an arms deal operation headed by John she is extremely reluctant to take the job but her director convinces her. Niema and John enter the underground world of an international arms dealer and its many dangerous and glamorous intrigues. They discover a passion for each other, but will they survive the race to evade the people who are trying to kill them and transmit the documents they have managed to steal?




The Queen's Man


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In the 12th century, Eleanor of Aquitaine hires Justin de Quincey, bastard son of the bishop of Chester, to find the murderer of one of her goldsmiths.




The Secret History of the Mongol Queens


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“A fascinating romp through the feminine side of the infamous Khan clan” (Booklist) by the author featured in Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan “Enticing . . . hard to put down.”—Associated Press The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the largest empire the world has ever known. The daughters of the Silk Route turned their father’s conquests into the first truly international empire, fostering trade, education, and religion throughout their territories and creating an economic system that stretched from the Pacific to the Mediterranean. Yet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut a section about the queens from the Secret History of the Mongols, and, with that one act, the dynasty of these royals had seemingly been extinguished forever, as even their names were erased from the historical record. With The Secret History of the Mongol Queens, a groundbreaking and magnificently researched narrative, Jack Weatherford restores the queens’ missing chapter to the annals of history.




The Queen's Man


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A man born an heir, but raised a bastard. . . A woman with the proof to put him on the throne. . . A love endangered by the intrigue of Elizabeth’s court. . . Richard Granville, an illegitimate son of Henry VIII, has always wanted to be king of England, but a bastard cannot inherit that position. So, he contents himself by serving his half-sister Queen Elizabeth. When her enemies approach with claims of his rights to the throne and with a plot to put him there, he is tempted. . . oh so tempted. Sharon Reynolds, a museum curator on holiday in present-day England, discovers proof of a legitimate male heir to Henry VIII and is shocked to be thrown back through time with that proof. Believing she was sent back to right the wrongs done to Henry VIII’s rightful heir, she searches for the man who should be king. Unfortunately, by the time she uncovers his identity she has fallen in love with him. Giving Richard the evidence may bring his death if he fails. Giving him the proof will mean losing his love if he becomes king for a commoner is no fit wife for him then. Danger, intrigue, and deception surround them as they struggle to find the path that fate means for them. . . and their love. Can their love help them survive in Elizabethan England or will Richard forever remain the queen’s man? This full-length time travel romance novel (101,000 words) was previously published in print in 2002 by Berkley/Jove in their Time Passages line. This revised edition is being republished in digital formats by the author through Luckenbooth Press.




The Queen's Man


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The final book in the Regency Royals series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author Jess Michaels. Queen Giabella of Athawick should be happy. Her children are all married and in love, her land is at last at peace and she’s about to have more freedom than she’s experienced in her whole life. And yet she’s…restless. Only one man has been able to settle her during times of trouble: her longtime personal secretary, Dashiell Talbot. So when they’re asked to do a tour of Athawick to celebrate their upcoming democratic elections, she knows she’ll be well taken care of. And she agrees. Dash has served his queen for a decade and it has been the joy of his life. And the challenge, considering all he ever wants to do is touch her. But that is not his place and he has always been able to control himself before, nothing will be different now. Except that Gia is starting to have trouble controlling her own desires and everything that has been hidden, suppressed, denied is about to bubble to the surface with an explosion of powerful passion. Will they be able to find a path to a real future? Or will the past keep them apart once again? Heat Level: A passion worth waiting for!




The Queen's Men


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"The Agents of the Crown returns with this riveting novel following the original MI6 agent as he is assigned a dangerous mission to recreate a weapon from antiquity. As she travels through Waltham Forest, Queen Elizabeth I is ambushed by masked gunmen who leave her carriage riddled with holes before disappearing into the night. The Queen's Private Secretary, Sir Francis Walsingham, is tasked with finding the perpetrators, about whom they know precious little. But someone alerted the gunman to the route of the Queen's carriage, and Walsingham knows that the assassins will not stop until she's dead. Only one man can top the plot, loyal friend John Dee.




Queen’s Man: Noxious Negotiations


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Aarvan and Rejeena find themselves awash in a maelstrom of deceit and vengeful malice as they seek to negotiate peace among the varied groups upon Kriiscon—despite hundreds of years of war and hatred, filled with loathsome acts of cruelty. Their success or failure will decide the ultimate destiny of the island. Treachery and betrayal abound, turning negotiations toxic. Innocents will be yanked into the melee—by chance or divine design? Aarvan must convey peaceful intent to Pyyke, leader of the Caana, an old man slowly dying with little to lose. Pyyke abhors everyone, and he will confront the great queen’s man with the most brutal, barbaric challenge of his life. Can Aarvan rise above the ghastly torment, debate with this horrid man to fulfill his function and survive? Rejeena, in her turn, slams head-first into reality. Her heart-niece commits a crime of passion directly in opposition to Rejeena’s new laws. Forced by dire circumstances, the new great queen must make a decision no human being should ever have to make. Will Rejeena and Aarvan, each facing personal devastation, pull together and create unity? Or will they be torn apart by merciless fate and the hatred of others?




All the Queen's Men


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Elizabeth I was the last English monarch truly to rule the nation; she inherited a weak and divided kingdom yet relentlessly fashioned it into a major world power, and decisively defeated the mightiest invasion fleet ever to approach our shores. Her relationships with the key men in the kingdom were vital to the success of her reign. Her greatest attributes were a shrewd judgement of human nature coupled with the unerring ability to choose and motivate men. During a long and glorious reign, she surrounded herself with the ablest, most energetic and fearless minds in the kingdom. Her retinue was entirely male but the only man she did not choose was a husband, although there was certainly no shortage of suitors. Elizabeth was devoutly religious but embraced the new learning with calculated discrimination. She inspired magnificent architecture, whilst her sea captains sailed great oceans to discover new shores and founded a mighty overseas empire. Centre stage in these heady days of new ideas and new horizons was the royal court, a colourful kaleidoscope of glittering courtiers and important foreign dignitaries, all trying to impress, all jostling for her favours - all the queen's men.




Queen’S Man: Paaerta Hunt


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Queen Rejeena and her partner, Aarvan, are besieged by powerful enemies who seek to oust them from poweror worse. Standing together, they strive to triumph over the attacks and end the culture of cruel bigotry on the island of Kriiscon. Rejeenas unprecedented new laws create intense upheaval. The laws oppose centuries of tradition, nullifying practices women consider to be their right. Other queens are furious; the great queen, outraged. Aarvan invents his own problems. By interfering with the sport of a group of loose fellows who then turn their wrathful attention to him, he allows a huge mysterious creature to escape. The creaturepossibly the mythical glaaletrepays the queens man by biting his arm to the bone, leaving Aarvan shocked and with a lasting scar. Meanwhile, to regain her control of the queens inner circle, Captain Shabet conspires to slay Aarvan. After several inexplicable assaults that occur against the man she loves, Rejeena begins to suffer serious, private doubts about her always-loyal captain. The great queen demands a staff-level paaerta hunt, and Rejeena must attendan encounter to punish the young queen for her effrontery. Rejeena and Aarvan come face-to-face with top-hierarchy betrayal, deadly revenge, and an amoral demon determined to kill.