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Southampton, England, 1620: The Mayflower sits, waiting for those who dare to board her. What would compel a person to leave a civilized place like England or the Netherlands and sail across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World, with death a likely outcome? Was it for love, land, or religious freedom?London, England, 1587: A chance meeting between William Brewster, a clerk in the court of Queen Elizabeth, and a young master printer would be the beginning of a relationship lasting more than three decades. Both marry and lead their families on very different paths, one fleeing to the Netherlands in search of religious freedom, the other remaining steadfast to the rules of King James in England.Linked by the printing press, one man abides by the law, while the other publishes forbidden books. The families are further entwined when a romance is born between an eldest son and youngest daughter. Reconnected on the docks in Southampton, they stand all together again, in the shadow of the ships. Who will step aboard, risking their very soul, and join the venture?Keeping History Alive...Proceeds from this book will be donated to Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA) and The American Leiden Pilgrim Museum (Leiden, the Netherlands). Donations will also be offered to the Pieterskerk, Hooglandsekerk, and Weaver's House Museum (Leiden, the Netherlands), as well as the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

When Vera receives a scholarship to an elite tech school, she thinks the hardest part will be making friends. Turns out there are darker things at Morton Tech. Evil things worse than bullies. Like demons. After a face-stealing demon only Vera can see appears, she realizes she's the only one who can stop it. She's going to have to use all her wits, and the confidence she's gained from living with a facial difference and Osteogenesis Imperfecta ("Brittle Bone Disease"), to save her friends.Will she find the strength to face her own fears and learn what it means to be a hero? Or will the demon escape the school and wreak havoc on the world?Join Vera Warden on her adventures as she confronts demons, ghosts, mean teachers, and maybe even a few bullies. Vera Warden and the Two-Faced Demon is the thrilling first book in a new creepy series. If you like tough girls, chilling secrets, and wild adventures, then you'll love J. Rose's goosebump-raising mystery. Note: This is the LARGE PRINT edition

HALLIEI'm alone in the sea of my grief until I meet Zeke, a tornado of complications who leaves destruction in his wake. I fall hard and fast, despite all the warning signs.Our love story is far from a fairy-tale. But if it hurts, then it's real.There's a monster hiding beneath his tattooed skin, an addiction that will tear us apart. I can't lose him, but I'm powerless to fix wounds that simply run too deep.How do you save someone who doesn't want to be saved?ZEKEI've been a shadow of my former self ever since the crash, consumed by guilt. A chance encounter in bereavement therapy changes everything.Hallie invades my life with her soft smiles and fiery passion. She becomes my whole world and for the first time in so long, I have a reason to live.My demons aren't so easily beaten. I should walk away, yet I can't bring myself to leave the woman who took my broken pieces and brought me back to life, one kiss at a time.I'll fight this addiction to my very last breath for her, but the road to recovery is never simple. If I'm not careful, I might just drag her to hell with me.AUTHOR'S NOTEForever Ago is a dark, standalone M/F romance. Full trigger warning available inside the book.

This book features 18 fashion-focused pieces for beaders and jewelers of all skill levels to make. Techniques combine traditional bead and wirework with feathers, fabric, chain and leather. It offers beautiful and inspirational photography throughout. You can learn how to use basic beading skills combined with wire, fabrics and a range of materials to make fashion jewelry from the comfort of your own home. This innovative book focuses on current fashion trends and shows you how to make stunning large statement pieces. There are projects for all levels, from complete beginners to experienced jewellers looking to diversify their skills. Chapters include: statement necklaces; designer earrings; couture bracelets; blinging rings; show-stopping sets

WELCOME TO BLACKWOOD INSTITUTE.HOME TO THE DANGEROUS AND DISTURBED.Brooklyn West, a convicted murderer and diagnosed Schizophrenic, is given an offer she can't refuse-attend the prestigious Blackwood Institute and complete its three-year experimental program, or rot behind bars for the rest of her life.The deal is simple.Or so she thought.Within the institute's blood-soaked walls lies a harrowing reality, painted as a medical marvel to the outside world.Brooklyn doesn't care what terrors await.She has one mission; to end her own life.Four broken fellow patients are determined to derail her plans. All carrying secrets of their own, Kade, Hudson, Eli and Phoenix will stop at nothing to save Brooklyn from herself.Together, they must fight to survive Blackwood's horrors.Even if it means becoming the monsters themselves.Get all three books in the internationally bestselling Blackwood Institute series for one price, plus three brand new bonus scenes and an exclusive 9,000 word extended epilogue set after BI #3.This is a dark, why choose romance trilogy with morally grey antiheroes, a fierce, scarred heroine embracing her inner darkness and mind-bending plot twists from start to finish.

From international bestselling author J Rose comes an angsty, small town reverse harem romance full of spice, second chances, found family and sizzling hot mountain men.I'm on the run.Desperate and afraid.After breaking free from the gilded cage of my abusive marriage, I have nothing to my name but a letter from a long-lost relative.Come home, Willow.Your family is waiting for you.I sacrificed everything to flee for the tiny town of Briar Valley and its promise of a better life for my young daughter.Hope often takes the unlikeliest of forms, but I didn't expect to find it nestled among the rugged, snow-capped mountains.Nor did I intend to surrender my heart to three tortured mountain men, hiding from their own grief in the thick forest of pine trees.Briar Valley offers a home to all lost things, but at what cost?I have to make an impossible choice.Do I spend the rest of my life running from the demons in my past, or should I risk it all in the name of love?Author's Note: Where Broken Wings Fly (Briar Valley #1) is a spicy small town reverse harem romance and book one in a duet. It does end on a cliffhanger. Full trigger warning available inside the book.

All I ever wanted was the chance to live. From the moment I left my cage, I've fought for every single breath. But my new life came at a cost.The rapture approaches.Hysteria is taking over the country.Michael Abaddon stole everything from me. My freedom. My sanity. My soul. As his reign of terror escalates, the time has come to take my life back.He wants to burn us all.But I'll be the one to set the world on fire.Our family is pushed to a breaking point as Sabre Security nears the brink of collapse. All we want is a fresh start. A future. The chance to rebuild our lives in peace.We must defeat the devil first or die trying. Either way, we'll go down in flames... together.The end of the road is here.This is our happy f*cking forever.Author's Note: Hollow Veins is the third and final book in the Sabre Security series. It must be read in order. Full trigger warning available inside the book. Set in the J Rose shared universe.

We were lost until Briar Valley offered us a home. Love. Safety. Protection. But it came at a cost. I ran to protect my family. Now, it's time to return.When tragedy strikes, I'm forced to retrace my steps, back into the arms of the men whose hearts I broke.I've spent my entire life running. No more. The past is finally catching up to me and my secrets won't stay buried as trouble looms on the horizon.I must face the monster who spent a decade torturing me. For myself. My daughter. The countless other victims that he silenced with his brutality.This town gave me everything. I have to protect it, or I'll lose the ones I love forever.We'll fight to survive as a family.Together.Author's Note: Where Wild Things Grow (Briar Valley #2) is a spicy small town reverse harem romance and book two in a duet. It must be read in order and there is a guaranteed HEA. Part of the J Rose shared universe.

Eighteen girls. Dead.Eighteen lives. Ended.Eighteen futures. Stolen.Harlow Michaels has only ever known her cage, and the nearby screams of dying victims that paint her reality.Held captive by the sadistic Pastor Michaels, she's tortured and abused, until fate offers her the chance to escape.But freedom comes at a heavy cost.Taken into witness protection by the prestigious Sabre Security, Harlow finds herself caught in the clutches of four broken, complicated men, all while a crazed serial killer hunts her at every turn.In a world of violence, religious fanatics and brutal murders, Harlow must fight to survive and catch the killer before it's too late.Sabre's men will stop at nothing to keep her safe... even from herself.Get all three books in the internationally bestselling Sabre Security series for one price, plus three brand new bonus scenes.This is a dark, why choose romance trilogy with possessive, overprotective alphaholes, a scarred heroine discovering her inner strength and the hunt for a violent serial killer. Full TW is available inside the book.

From the bestselling author of Blackwood Institute and Sabre Security comes a dark, enemies to lovers why choose romance featuring a strong-willed heroine on a quest for revenge... no matter the cost."Look into the camera, Ripley.Tell us what happened in Harrowdean Manor."Serving a three-year sentence after a violent manic episode, I own this psychiatric institute and every last patient in it.Dealing contraband to the desperate and disturbed has earned me this kingdom. To survive, I simply sacrificed my soul.They all fear me.Worship me.Hate me.But no more than the demons I barely escaped last year. They thought they'd broken me with their greed and depravity. Instead, they made me ruthless.Now, my enemies are back.And they're out for blood.Lennox wants to kill me.Xander wants to break me.Raine just wants to feel alive.But in here, it's kill or be killed. As the horrifying reality behind Harrowdean's lies starts to surface, a bloody battle for survival begins.Their social experiment is set to burn.And I'm the one holding the matches.Author's Note: Sin Like The Devil (Harrowdean Manor #1) is a dark, why choose romance and book one in a duet. It does end on a cliffhanger. Set in the J Rose shared universe.

From the bestselling author of Blackwood Institute and Sabre Security comes a dark, enemies to lovers why choose romance featuring a strong-willed heroine on a quest for revenge... no matter the cost."Look into the camera, Ripley.Tell us what happened in Harrowdean Manor."Serving a three-year sentence after a violent manic episode, I own this psychiatric institute and every last patient in it.Dealing contraband to the desperate and disturbed has earned me this kingdom. To survive, I simply sacrificed my soul.They all fear me.Worship me.Hate me.But no more than the demons I barely escaped last year. They thought they'd broken me with their greed and depravity. Instead, they made me ruthless.Now, my enemies are back.And they're out for blood.Lennox wants to kill me.Xander wants to break me.Raine just wants to feel alive.But in here, it's kill or be killed. As the horrifying reality behind Harrowdean's lies starts to surface, a bloody battle for survival begins.Their social experiment is set to burn.And I'm the one holding the matches.Author's Note: Sin Like The Devil (Harrowdean Manor #1) is a dark, why choose romance and book one in a duet. It does end on a cliffhanger. Set in the J Rose shared universe.

"This documentary is a chance to set the record straight. All we want is the truth."Harrowdean Manor is on fire.When a violent riot erupts, the fragile order inside the institute's walls crumbles overnight. Mob mentality and chaos now reign.We're in the eye of the storm.But the real war is in our minds.Amidst the anarchy, the true enemy lurks just beyond the barricades. Plotting. Preparing. Waiting to strike.Escaping their sick experiment won't erase our sins. Danger still lurks around every corner as we flee a criminal conspiracy on the verge of collapse.Penniless. Broken. Abandoned.I've lost everything, but I still have them.Lennox hurt me.Xander broke me.Raine healed me.Banding together, we're a twisted, imperfect family of misfits and criminals.We sacrificed our sanity to survive. Our voices are all we have left. Now we'll tell the world our story and clear our names.Even villains deserve happy endings.And I'll tear this empire down to get mine.Author's Note: Burn Like An Angel (Harrowdean Manor #2) is a dark, why choose romance and book two in the Harrowdean Manor duet. It must be read in order. Full TW inside the book. Set in the J Rose shared universe.

"This documentary is a chance to set the record straight. All we want is the truth."Harrowdean Manor is on fire.When a violent riot erupts, the fragile order inside the institute's walls crumbles overnight. Mob mentality and chaos now reign.We're in the eye of the storm.But the real war is in our minds.Amidst the anarchy, the true enemy lurks just beyond the barricades. Plotting. Preparing. Waiting to strike.Escaping their sick experiment won't erase our sins. Danger still lurks around every corner as we flee a criminal conspiracy on the verge of collapse.Penniless. Broken. Abandoned.I've lost everything, but I still have them.Lennox hurt me.Xander broke me.Raine healed me.Banding together, we're a twisted, imperfect family of misfits and criminals.We sacrificed our sanity to survive. Our voices are all we have left. Now we'll tell the world our story and clear our names.Even villains deserve happy endings.And I'll tear this empire down to get mine.Author's Note: Burn Like An Angel (Harrowdean Manor #2) is a dark, why choose romance and book two in the Harrowdean Manor duet. It must be read in order. Full TW inside the book. Set in the J Rose shared universe.