#adventure

Eleanor Anson begins a new life in turn-of-the-century Gibraltar. A woman with an extraordinary past, she has participated first-hand in the war against the French and has the scars—both physical and emotional—to prove it. Suddenly a property-owner, a business-woman, and a new mother, she believes her life to be settled and her future course set.

1793: France and Britain are at war. Traumatised and grieving the loss of her infant son, Eleanor Buccleuch leaves behind her previous life, dons waistcoat and breeches, and becomes Ned Buckley. Ned enlists in the British army and vanishes amongst the soldiers of the 69th Regiment of Foot.Sent to the Mediterranean, Ned is pulled out of his squad and assigned to work with a zealous Royal Navy captain named Horatio Nelson, who is goading the army to besiege the Corsican town of Bastia.

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Out on the open water, a hungry Captain casts her fishing line and waits.As the hours pass, Captain discovers a world where albatross soar and whales play in the swells. Life on the brine has its own quiet rhythm, an ebb and flow as old as the sea itself.

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Nowhere to go. Impossible to stay. The last remaining residents of Moorland Chalet Park are about to lose their homes to the sea. Twenty-year-old Lizzie Juniper can''t understand why they choose to stay in such a dangerous place. However, in the unseasonably sunny run-up to Bonfire Night, she makes some startling discoveries. It seems her enganglement with the local 'lord of the manor' is not the only secret lurking in Moorland Castle - the Booth family's ancestral home.

1796 Should Jiddy stay, or should she go? When Jonas left Robin Hood's Bay, he abandoned his vows to Jiddy. The sea engulfed Captain Samuel Ryethorpe, and his death exposed her once more as an outsider. Both young men believed they acted with high morals, but it was the amoral Captain Pinkney who threw Jiddy a lifeline. Now, the defiant seventeen-year-old resolves to find choices and freedom for local girls battered by poverty and confined by an insular community. Jiddy is determined. No man, no government, no place will hold them back.

Jiddy Vardy relishes her return to Robin Hood's Bay... ...where high spring tides cans sweep unsuspecting strangers into deep water. Jiddy is immediately immersed in smuggling runs, childhood friendships and the kisses of the one she loves. She is in her element, and she is invincible. But Jonas wants to earn an 'honest' living. Jiddy's adoptive mam is sick, and the captain of the Dragoons is more determined than ever to capture Bay Town's intrepid smugglers. As stakes rise higher, Jiddy has to decide whether to abandon the life she loves or lose Jonas forever.

Four girlfriends with an eclectic mix of vibrant personalities plan a trip around the world after drunkenly taking ancestry tests during a wine-filled girl's night. It all seems harmless until a long-standing secret is uncovered where they experience enlightenment and revelations in equal measure, joys and traumas, and sometimes madness.

Betrayal Vengeance Power In the depths of Tartarus, their father, Cronus, imprisoned the Olympian gods. Only by working together can Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades escape eternal torment and defeat Cronus to claim their destiny. But freedom comes at a price. The gods' struggle for control over Atlantis, their mythical kingdom, will put their love and trust in the test.

Get ready to embark on a wild and hilarious journey with Michael Kelso's "Misadventures of a Cryptid Hunter". This horror-comedy novel follows the unexpected and comically disastrous life of a park ranger turned cryptid hunter. As a skeptic of all things mythical, our protagonist never could have predicted that his life would be turned upside down when he comes face to face with a real-life Bigfoot. Suddenly, he's thrust into a world of cryptids, danger, and hilarity.

Five millennia ago, a great war waged between fairies, witches and non-magic humans. Every hundred years, the war repeats to the result of thousands of lives lost. Fairy history teaches that the Witches slaughter them to harvest their wings, and that is the course of the war. An outcast of her own kind, Lily Rosales is a wingless Fairy living in the treetops of the Fae Woodlands. In order to gain information on the witches' plans for the upcoming battle in the seemingly never-ending war, Lily is sent into the closest witch settlement despite the risk.

Fourteen-year-old Lori Hopkins, an only child, loses her parents to a devastating storm while she sleeps soundly in a fallout shelter she decorated for Christmas. Her grandmother, Lottie, discovers Lori as rescue workers sift through the above-ground carnage.

Thirty years have passed since Sam and his mates went through the mist to the year 1863. Thirty years ago, Sam received his head wounds in the attack on Auckland. Since then, Sam's memory had not returned. Until a disastrous trip to Rhodesia with his wife, Bella, changes his life once again. Returning to the UK, slowly his memory clears.

The dream of owning a boat capable of sailing to exotic shores is common though relatively few take even the first step toward fulfilling their fantasy. Too Cold for Mermaids is the story of attaining and ultimately living that dream. It is also a tale of disappointment, defeat and the unexpected realities of cruising aboard a sailboat.

Through Hell & Highwater, is a magical action-packed adventure that features a group of unlikely companions comprised of different types of fantastic creatures that normally wouldn’t cohabitate, let alone be friends. The group’s anchor, a dainty little elf named Evyline, is admired for her bravery, tenacity, and concern for others over herself. Different circumstances and previous relationships brings the group to secure their unsuspected partnership while attending Volo Noscere University.

‘Travels With Maurice’ is a gem of a book that just sneaks up on you with its greatness. While the title makes you think it’s a travelogue or road trip book (and we’ve all read enough of these), Travels is so much more.

I Want a Water Buffalo for Christmas tells the journey of LeGory, a young Water Buffalo, who brings life to a family in dire need. LeGory is full of adventure, and several circumstances fall into place to create the life-giving wonder of providing for those less fortunate. This book is geared to elementary school age with vocabulary and discussion questions included. The author was a fifth grade teacher for 22 years.

All his life, 9-year-old Uzziel has heard the prophesies of a great king—one who will rescue his people from oppression. Upon discovering an infant born under strange circumstances, Uzziel pieces together the ancient prophecies and suspects this child is the anticipated one. The future king who will save his people from the oppression of Rome and her cruel soldiers.