DescriptionHigh in the mountains stands the Saracen fortress, home of Mr. Oberon, leader of a coven of witches. It is not the castle, however, that intrigues Roderick Alleyn but the suspicion that a huge drug ring operates from within its ancient portals.
DescriptionTaught the art of lace-making during her orphanage childhood, Heather Blackstone managed to earn her living in a Nottingham factory. But the legend of her ancestry haunted her dreams. When a gypsy-fortune teller predicted a journey, Heather knew that her destiny was clear: she must find a way to reclaim the castle that bore her family name and the fortune that was rightfully hers. After she arrived at the looming, gray-towered castle, Sir Byron Worthington only laughed when she told him her name. Behind his cold gray eyes, however, she sensed fear. Braving his strange, menacing household, vowing to find the lost document that would prove her claim, Heather accepted his offer of employment, only to discover that she was being watched and followed. As the danger escalated, she knew she must choose: give up her search, or risk her life to become the mistress of Blackstone Castle.
DescriptionWhen Anne Burnett is forced into a proxy marriage with Aidan Black, a dashing Scottish laird with a reputation for unpredictability, traveling to the wilds of 19th-century Scotland to meet him is only a small concern. Her biggest worry is how to inform her new husband that he is married. Falling in love with his castle and the fierce loyalty Aidan inspires in his people, Anne finds her greatest challenge is yet to come: somehow she must find her way past her husband's proud exterior and convince him to consummate their marriage. Virginia Leishman's captivating performance of this sweeping love story captures every breathless insight into the mysterious wonders of love. Cathy Maxwell writes clever, engaging romances that find the many answers to the question, "Why do people fall in love?"…
DescriptionIn this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, Curdie has returned to his life as a miner and has dismissed the supernatural happenings of the past, believing them to have been a dream. When Curdie callously wounds a pigeon, his conscience leads him to Princess Irene's mystical great-great-grandmother for help. She has him plunge his hands into a pile of rose petals that burns like fire. Extraordinarily, this grants him the power to see what kind of "animal" a person is at heart. She then sends him on a quest, accompanied by a peculiar doglike creature named Lina, who was once a human. However, Curdie must resolve his own skepticism before he can use the powers granted to him to defeat the evil that is threatening the future of the kingdom.
DescriptionSeventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family live in not-so-genteel poverty in the crumbling ruin of an old English castle. She is the plucky second daughter of a writer father who has suffered in recent years from writer's block but who tries nonetheless to support his family on the meager royalties from his past work. Life becomes much more complicated during the six month period covered by the novel, when the estate's new, young, handsome, American landlords - two young men named Simon and Neil - enter the picture and take an interest in Cassandra and her beautiful older sister. This is that rare gem of a novel that effectively blends humor, adventure, romance, candid introspection, poignancy, intelligence, and all the complicated ups and downs of eccentric family relationships.
DescriptionYoung Princess Irene is sent to the country to be raised in a half-farmhouse, half-castle located in the side of a mountain. While exploring the top of the castle, Irene becomes lost and inexplicably finds her way to a mystifying and beautiful woman spinn…
DescriptionWritten in 1831, Irving's dreamlike description of the Alhambra, the beautiful Moorish castle that defined the height of Moorish civilization, and the surrounding territory of Granada remains one of the best guidebooks to the region and one of the most entertaining travelogues ever written. A heady mix of historical fact, medieval myth and mystery, sensual descriptions, and an appreciation for a civilization which valued beauty, philosophy, literature, science, and the arts on an equal level with warrior skills. Secret chambers, desperate battles, imprisoned princesses, palace ghosts, and fragrant gardens, described in a wistful and dreamlike eloquence will transport the listener to a paradise of his own. The narrative is bewitchingly enhanced by Spanish guitar music. Tales of the Alhambra is a delightful offering for the romantic on anyone's holiday list.
