Unless, that is, they can stage a mutiny and turn Archer over to the authorities in the Caribbean city of Port Royal, a popular homeport for privateers - and notorious for its gaudy displays of wealth and loose morals, the 'wickedest city on earth'. The crew is forced to sign the ship's articles consenting to their new piratical ways, thereby placing their heads in a noose. But when those governments abandon the practice of issuing letters of marque to privateers against the Spanish galleons, many of the crews turn pirate. Nipping at Spain's empire is common practice for state-sponsored privateers like the Atlantis at a time when lesser European powers dare not directly make war on Spain. But she also runs up the 'jolie rouge' - the Jolly Roger - whenever the prospect of plundering a Spanish treasure ship presents itself. The Atlantis, captained by veteran seaman Benjamin Archer, flies the colours of an English merchantman on the high seas between the English Channel and the Caribbean.
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R/RomanceBooks is a discussion sub for readers of romance novels. The book shows how sometimes the one we love the most is capable of hurting us the most. “It Ends With Us” tells the story of a battered woman faced with the same cycle of abuse she witnessed as a child. She was either going to be the death of me… or she was going to be the one who finally brought me back to life.” It’s about forgiveness, grief and perhaps what this Hoover novel does best - sex.īest line: “But the second she opened her eyes and looked at me, I knew. “Ugly Love” tells a story of allowing oneself to love again after tragedy. I encountered this title on #BookTok - TikTok’s premier book recommendation page - and was not disappointed. After zooming through “Verity,” “Ugly Love,” “Reminders of Him” and “It Ends With Us,” I am frantic to continue with “It Starts With Us,” Hoover’s recently released sequel to “It Ends With Us.”Īs I impatiently await the opportunity to read more of Hoover’s work, I put together a ranking of the novels I’ve read so far as well as what I consider to be the best line in each. Hoover’s work is captivating, to say the least. Her words take the shape of our most delightful and vicious dreams. Hoover appeals to women, some of whom pick up her novels to take a hiatus from the current battleground that is "modern romance." She etches her characters beautifully. 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This Website Privacy Policy has been provided by the legal resource and reviewed and approved by their solicitors. At London City Runner we are committed to safeguarding and preserving the privacy of our visitors. She lived on the island of Lesbos around 600 BC, and even in her lifetime, her work was widely known and admired in the Greek world. Her lyric poetry is among the finest ever written, and although little of her work has survived and little is known about her, she is regarded not just as one of the greatest women poets, but often as the greatest woman poet in world literature. Sappho was one of the greatest poets in classical literature. Poems & Fragments is now the only complete, readily-available translation in English of Sappho's surviving work. In a new essay on these additions she discusses the issues raised in the translating - and in some cases retranslating - of these fragmentary and ever-shifting texts. This second, expanded edition of Josephine Balmer's classic translation of the Greek poet Sappho has new, recently-discovered fragments, including the Brothers Poem, the Kypris Song and the Cologne Fragment. Let’s start by saying that this book is fantastic. It’s a perfect one stop shop to hear from all the women involved in the epic narrative. Haynes gives each important lady a moment in the spotlight to tell her own story of the tragic reality of war, meaning we learn snippets from Homer’s Odyssey, Virgil’s Aeneid, and even Aeschylus’ Agamemnon. What’s wonderful about this book is that a reader won’t only be confined to learning about the characters present in Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, but will also learn about the women who appear in the surrounding mythology from ancient times. You can certainly learn about the battle of Troy from “A Thousand Ships” by Natalie Haynes. This retelling of the most famous war in all of western history powerfully reignites the feminist viewpoint we so needed in the 21st century. Haynes takes us on a wild ride guided by the famous female names we forget were there, fighting their own emotional battles as the war wages on. Both Greek and Trojan women tell us their side of the famous battle, from Odysseus’ wife Penelope, to Hecuba the queen of the Trojans, and even the goddess Eris who started it all. During the 10 year war, women everywhere wake to find their beloved home in flames, their husbands caught up in conflict, or their families murdered by the enemy. Haynes’ compelling reimagining of the Trojan war puts the women of this legend firmly at the centre of her story. He enjoys his cricket, a few beers, and a quiet life. In a new career driving a tour bus on Australia’s East Coast, Clay reckons he’s happy enough. He got hitched young, but now his wife has divorced him and remarried, his kids are grown, and he’s left his rural Outback town. Hard of hearing and still struggling with the repercussions of being late-deafened, traveling by himself leaves him feeling painfully isolated with his raw, broken heart.Ĭlay Kelly never expected to be starting life over in his forties. The wedding is off, but the love story is just beginning.īetrayed the night before his wedding by the supposed boy of his dreams, Ethan Robinson escapes the devastating fallout by going on his honeymoon alone to the other side of the world. I loved writing Ethan and Clay’s romance, and I hope you enjoy reading it! <3 You’ve got an age gap, slow burn, newfound friends to lovers, sexual exploration, and two lonely men finding their happily ever after. My new contemporary M/M romance is out! Honeymoon for One is exclusively at Amazon to buy and borrow in KU for the first three months, and then will be available in wide release. 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Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Kai's become less stiff, Vale more dependable - and now we have Catherine, Irene's new apprentice, and also Kai's brother Shan Yuan who rub each other up wonderfully. Irene herself has grown in self-confidence and status but without becoming an "insider". Rather than becoming formulaic, the series has grown and deepened. Every instalment since has touched the same places, but each is slightly different. The first book, The Invisible Library, was itself a delight and I vividly remember both reading it (on the Eurostar from Brussels, as you ask, the gilt from the cover wearing off and making my business suit rather sparkly) and the feelings I had then. One of the things I love about this series - besides the delicious characters, the balance between real, blood-and-thunder adventure and peril/ irony/ humour - is the way that Cogman keeps reinventing her format and giving us something new. |