Russia, 1910. Young Valentina Ivanova charms St Petersburg's aristocracy with her classic Russian beauty and her talent as a pianist. She scandalises society when she begins a romance with Jens Friis, a Danish engineer. He brings to her life a...
Darius, King of Persia, has many beautiful women in his harem--but none entice him more than his latest prize: Myrine of Scythia. The princess's overwhelming beauty and provocative dances fill him with lust--and his desire is matched by her own...
'A masterful debut' – Ellen Alpsten, author of Tsarina
In a faraway kingdom, in a long-ago land …
… Rosie lived peacefully in Moscow and her mother told her fairy tales. One summer night, all that came abruptly to an end when her father and...
Czech soldier Filip Sedlák never wanted to fight for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. So at the first opportunity, he defected to the Russians. Now he and others like him have formed the Czechoslovak Legion. Their goal: leave the chaos of Russia, sail...
Amid the violent last days of the glittering Russian monarchy, a princess on the run finds her heart where she least expects it.
*1917, Petrograd.* Fleeing the murderous flames of the Russian Revolution, Princess Svetlana Dalsky hopes to find safety...
Sheridan Bromleigh had spent most of her early life as a happy vagabond with her unruly American father and his vagrant friends. Then, given over to the care of a strict maiden aunt, she was taught to be a lady - poor but genteel - and finally a...
In New York City in the late 1800s, a beautiful but clumsy angel turns a lonely man's life around.... In medieval Scotland, the intrigues of a Christmas Mass imperil two Highland lovers....In Regency London, a world-weary lord receives an outrageous...
Jennie Gerhardt was Theodore Dreiser's second novel and his first true commercial success. Today it is generally regarded as one of his three best novels, along with Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy. But the text of Jennie Gerhardt heretofore...