Sailor's Jewel


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Enjoy this kind and creative 1901 historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain. Rhoe agreed to this trip for her own reasons. About to take up a new and challenging position as a healer, Rhoe agreed to a trip with her brother on a luxurious ocean liner. She plans to spend the voyage reading, relaxing, and ignoring the social duelling of the first class passengers. It's not that simple. Nothing with her brother ever is. Hugh wants to find his place. Hugh's family made their name offering safe, luxurious shipping and ocean travel for magical and non-magical passengers alike. Now that his older half-brother has inherited the business, Hugh needs to know where he stands. He expects this transatlantic trip to be about soothing ruffled feathers over minor difficulties, and keeping the first class passengers properly entertained. When Rhoe's brother reveals he is transporting a powerful magical aquamarine, it becomes clear this will not be a simple voyage. Something is lurking below, the pelagic mermaids are scattering, and Rhoe, Hugh, and their allies must find a way to calm the waters. Sailor's Jewel is a standalone novel of 90,000 words. All of Celia Lake's Albion books exploring the magical community of the British Isles can be read in any order. It is full of ocean travel, mermaids, last minute rituals, and of course a magical gem. Enjoy this charming romantic fantasy with a swirl of sex set in 1901 with a happily ever after ending! Keywords: magic, ocean travel, communication, healing, ritual, jewel, aquamarine, gem, healer, priestess, council member, mermaids, ocean liner, luxury liner, ocean, trade, shipping, no cliffhangers, happily ever after, guaranteed HEA, Atlantic Ocean, England, Great Britain, British Isles fantasy, romance, fantasy romance, romantic fantasy, historical fantasy, historical romance, romance with magic.




The Sailor's Magazine


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The Mikado Jewel


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"The Mikado Jewel" by Fergus Hume Ferguson Wright Hume, known as Fergus Hume, was a prolific English novelist, known for his detective fiction, thrillers, and mysteries. In this book, readers are taken on an adventure to learn about the priceless Mikado jewel which has garnered the attention and, most of all, the envy of all who know about its existence. A thrilling mystery, this book has kept readers guessing for decades.



















The Jewels of Aptor


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At the command of the goddess Argo, the poet Geo and his companions Urson, Snake, and Iimmi travel to the island of Aptor to steal a powerful jewel from the god Hama. They contend with monsters, mystery, and the ruins of an earlier age—but their quest is not what it seems. The Jewels of Aptor is Samuel R. Delany’s first published novel, written when he was a teenager. In it we see many of the concerns that occupied him in later work: language, poetry, myth, perception, and tensions between worldviews, wrapped in gorgeously poetic prose. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.