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He could have walked away when he learned of his bride’s secret - that she is a raging alcoholic. But Brogan Mackintosh is not the kind of man to turn a blind eye to someone in need. He battled his own demons and won the fight against drink years before. Facing the challenges head-on, like the battle-hardened warrior he is, he is determined to help his new bride overcome the demons that haunt her.

Lachlan MacCullough doesn’t want to be a laird. He never did. But when his cousin, Black Richard, asks him to rule the recently conquered holdings of Randall Chisolm until Black Richard’s first born is old enough to do so, he cannot deny the request. Even though it will take him away from the one woman he wants...Keevah.

War is coming between the Shield Knight and the Exarch. But neither sees the dark power manipulating the battle from the shadows. To drive the Exarch from her stronghold on the Isle of Kordain, Ridmark is gambling on a bold strategy - to reach the Isle through the twisting caverns of the Deeps. But the caverns of the Deeps are filled with deadly dangers and deeper mysteries. And disturbing one of those mysteries might wake a darkness to dwarf even the Exarch herself...

Dark times have fallen upon Scotland.King David II is a prisoner of England. Angus McKenna, revered chief of Clan MacDougall, and his son-in-law Duncan McEwan sit in a dungeon in Edinburgh, accused of crimes against their king and country. Their wives are missing.

A beautiful lass with hair the color of fire and eyes of emerald green would be a dream most men would happily invite. But these dreams, of the lass calling to him, begging for his help, haunt Rodrick the Bold. When the nightmares become too much, he sets off to find the lass who calls to him nightly. Not known for his warm heart nor eloquent way with words, he seeks to rescue her if only to be free of the torment. Held as the pawn in a plot of treachery and deceit, Muriel MacFarland does not know who to trust or believe.

Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight, defender of the realm of Andomhaim. The kingdom of Andomhaim has defeated one invasion of the deadly Heptarchy and its spider-priestesses, but so long as the legions of the Heptarchy hold the Isle of Kordain, Ridmark knows another war is coming. And the Exarch of the Isle wants another war, hoping to conquer Andomhaim for the glory of the Heptarchy. But neither the Shield Knight nor the Exarch realizes that the true lord of the Isle of Kordain desires this war to begin.

The quest of the Dragonskull has taken Gareth Arban and his friends to the land of the Norvangir, a people unknown to the men of Andomhaim. Proud and fierce, the Norvangir are both loyal friends and ferocious enemies. Yet an ancient curse haunts the Norvangir. For the shadow of the Dragonskull lies upon their land, a shadow that might kill Gareth and his companions....

Gareth Arban knows he must stop the sorceress Azalmora from seizing the Dragonskull, a legendary relic of power. But to catch Azalmora, Gareth must first cross the Qazaluuskan Forest, a land of dark magic and monsters. The orcs who dwell within the forest are amenable to bargains. Though the cost of their bargains might be the lives of Gareth and his friends....

Ridmark Arban has led the army of Andomhaim to the Isle of Kordain, ready to wage war upon the sinister Exarch of the Seven Temples and her fanatical soldiers. But powers older than either Andomhaim and the Seven Temples have fought over the Isle, and a lord of the dark elves sees the chance to seize the Isle for himself. And if he is not stopped, first the Isle and all the world will burn...

The ultimate artifact of dark magic. Only one may wield it. At last Gareth Arban has found the resting place of the Dragonskull, the deadly weapon of dark magic that can either rule or destroy the world. But the sorceress Azalmora has also found it and will do anything to claim the Dragonskull’s power. To free the world from the Dragonskull’s curse, Gareth must pay the ultimate price…

Gareth Arban seeks to find and destroy the Dragonskull, the legendary lost relic of dark magic. But to reach the Dragonskull, he must cross the wastelands ruled by tribes of brutal lizardmen. And his enemies, the sorceress Azalmora and the warlock Mharoslav, are ahead of him. They desire the Dragonskull, and will kill anyone to claim its power.

Gareth Arban seeks to stop the sorceress Azalmora from finding the Dragonskull, a powerful relic of dark magic. But the fortress of Nifheldun lies in his path, and to pursue Azalmora, Gareth must help the warriors of the Norvangir seize the fortress.

A sorceress obsessed with vengeance. A priestess seeking the ultimate weapon of dark magic. Only one can prevail. Gareth Arban seeks to destroy the Dragonskull, the ancient relic of dark magic. The sorceress Niara desires to defeat the urdmordar Xothalaxiar, the cruel spider-devil who murdered her father. But in Niara's quest for vengeance, the sinister priestess Azalmora sees a way to rid herself of Gareth and his friends once and for all...

When Oliver Naughton joins the Tenth Avenue Writers Underground, headed by literary wunderkind Wilson Knight, Oliver figures he'll finally get some of his wild imaginings out of his head and onto paper. But when Wilson takes an intense interest in Oliver's writing and his genre stories of dragons, aliens, and spies, things get weird. Oliver's stories don't just need to be finished: they insist on it.

Gareth Arban is now a knight of the Northerland, riding to escort his friend Prince Tywall to the High King's seat of Tarlion. But the spider priestesses who rule the Heptarchy have not forgotten their hatred towards Tywall and will stop at nothing to assassinate him. It will take all of Gareth's courage and skill to protect his friend.

War comes for an unprepared squire. Gareth Arban wants to become a knight and win glory enough to marry the girl he loves. But death is the other face of glory. When invaders sweep out of the north wielding mighty dark magic, it will take more than a squire’s bravery to stop them….

Gareth Arban intends to return to Tarlion to marry the woman he loves. But dark forces seek the Dragonskull, the lost relic of power, and Gareth is the key to finding it. Unless Gareth watches his back, his death will be the first step on the path to the Dragonskull....

The Lucius Ring, passed down through the females of Theodosia's family, makes its way to medieval England where a highway robber steals it and gifts it to his true love. But secrets, and more curses, threaten to tear the couple a part. Will they be able to be together or will the curse of the Lucius Ring end their love forever?

A small force of peasants from the forest regions surrounding Lake Lucerne, rise up against their Austrian overlords in the 14th century. Outnumbered seven-to-one by the battle-hardened Habsburg army, they have little hope. A daring moonlight raid leaves the outlaw Noll Melchthal in possession of an Austrian fortress. In the north, an outraged Leopold of Habsburg assembles the ultimate punitive force: a great army, thousands strong, boasting the best knights and soldiers the Holy Roman Empire has to offer.

The love of her life doesn’t know she exists. Still, ever the optimist, Mariote Dundotter-McCullum makes a wish on a falling star: to marry the man before her next birthday. Little does she know that someone else is wishing on the same star. When it looks as though her wish will never come true, Mariote decides to settle for someone who has been professing his love for her through beautiful letters. It doesn't matter that he is the son of her father's enemy, or that she can’t remember ever meeting him. Mariote believes 'tis better to be loved than never at all.