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Shakespeare writes about the plight of Romeo and Juliet with a lot of empathy and views their tragedy as a result of bad fate, rather than a problem with their characters. We sense from the very start that their relationship is doomed. Romeo and Juliet are portrayed as sincere and virtuous young people who are madly in love, but because of the feud between their families, their relationship has to end. As they won't even consider a separation, the only way out of the situation they find themselves in is by taking their own lives.

1588. When Rafael de Silva’s ship is smashed on the rocks off the coast of Ireland, he must find a way to get by without access to any resources or help from the locals, since being apprehended will result in certain death for a soldier of the ill-fated Spanish Armada. Terrified and half starved, Rafael gets help from an unexpected source, but safety is just an illusion, and love is a liability when Rafael’s very survival depends on keeping the secret of his birth from being discovered by those closest to him.

Companions are the kingdom’s most beautiful and educated women - possessions of Syrasan’s royal men. Aldara has left the Companion life behind her. Having returned south to her family, she thought all ties to her prince were severed. She was wrong. Now, she has a secret - one she must keep in order to protect the people she loves. But when her past shows up at her home, lives begin to unravel.

Cöln, 1072: Die Kaufmannstochter Aenlin kennt nur eine Leidenschaft: Pferde. Sie besitzt die besondere Gabe, jedes Pferd mit einem Lied besänftigen zu können. Ihr Herz gehört der Stute Meletay, die ihrem Zwillingsbruder zum Geschenk gemacht wurde. Als dieser mit Meletay seine erste große Handelskarawane gen Süden führen soll, tauscht Aenlin kurzentschlossen mit ihrem Bruder die Rollen und tritt in Männerkleidung die abenteuerliche Reise an. Doch im Königreich León werden sie überfallen und ausgeraubt. Aenlin droht das Leben einer Haremssklavin.

Siberian tigers. Witch hunts. War. Death. Tragedy and conflict rip through Russian lives. Inga and Taras, Nikolai and Yehvah fight to survive. The Kremlin grows ever more dangerous as Ivan ages and his sanity slides farther from his grasp. Inga and Taras must face the demons of their pasts and make choices for the future if they want to achieve the happiness that has, thus far, eluded them.

When private eye Jessica Abrahams is sent a mysterious key, it’s the start of a journey that ends with her traveling back through time to 13th-century Scotland. She arrives in a land on the brink of ruin, the starving people held in the grip of a cruel despot. She has many questions, but the one she needs the answer most is why everyone is calling her Morag?

Geira Sorensdotter awaits her new husband, but she's filled with doubts about the man and the marriage. Those doubts are forgotten when the village is attacked, her husband is struck down, and she is tied up and carried off amidst the raid. Kori Thorfinnson has waited years to take revenge against the man who murdered his wife. But he soon finds the innocent young woman he's taken as his personal slave is not his enemy, despite her marriage to his foe. Her courage in defying him, her caring heart, and the fiery passion she shares stirs feelings Kori hasn't known since his wife died.

Elspeth and Dougal share their lives happily together as part of a Scottish clan. After Elspbeth appears ill they visit the village healer and find to their joy that she is pregnant. Their lives appear complete when clouds start to descend on their world when baby Morag became unwell. Will the castle doctor be able to save Morag or will it be her mother who gives the greatest gift? Contains Scottish phrasing and words.

The potential of a dazzling future dangles just within reach for Brodee and Patience, but dangers they never conceived consume them, threatening their fragile, newfound trust. Their only hope of survival is to shed their meticulously crafted masks and relinquish the pain of the past to embrace the promise of healing, enduring love.

The knight Alric of Hawksmere has endured years of war and survived dozens of battles in the service of the king. A new challenge awaits him when he returns home to renew his bond with a childhood friend. Alric, instead, discovers she is now a spirited woman of rare beauty whose kiss makes his blood burn. But the lady Cecily de Vere has been offered in marriage to another man, and Alric's duty is to escort her to the wedding.

Achilles de Dere is a stubborn knight prone to fighting - anywhere, anytime. If there is a punch to be thrown, it's usually from Achilles. When he first met Susanna de Tiegh, the sparks flew - and not in a good way. Susanna, an accomplished warrior in her own right and an agent for William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, refused to take Achilles’ bullying behavior. Friends feared they would kill one another. But an abject hatred of each other soon turned into something else. Now, Susanna is all Achilles can think of, even as he goes about his duties for William Marshal.

Aileen meets up with Ross the illegitimate son of Aliastair. He was not welcomed as he had come from the other side of the valley. As Ross tried to settle into his new village murders began happen and there was only one person for whom (other than Aileen) the finger pointed. Are the suspicions correct? Contains some Scottish phrasing and words.

Moira and her childhood sweetheart are almost inseparable as they grow up in the villages amongst their clan. They are young soul mates and the whole village assumes that they will one day be married. As they grow up, people, family, and circumstance combine to test their love and relationship to the maximum. Can they ever be alone and happy? Contains Scottish phrasing and words.

Flora’s elder sibling Jean is murdered when they are out walking. Flora realizes that both of her elder siblings were both murdered on the same date following their 21st birthday. Flora and her friend Alexander both realize that they need to try and track down the murderer of Flora’s dear sister, but also that it is not long before the date arrives for Flora! Will the two friends identify the killer even if it means that Flora must put herself in harms way for the killer to be caught.

Alison is married to Archibald who physically abused her. Alison called on her neighbor Cameron (from another clan) after her beatings. He helped her with her wounds and took her to Aggie, the healer of his clan. Alison tried to hide all evidence of her beatings from her friends and people in her own clan. One morning, after returning from seeing Aggie, Alison’s house was spookily quiet. As Alison ventured inside, to her horror, she found Archibald dead on the floor.

Mr. and Mrs. MacGillivray,” A fierce looking woman stood across from a middle aged couple. Off to the side sat a little boy, arms crossed over his chest and with a bloody nose. “This is the third time since the last harvest that yer son has skelped another laddie from the clan.”

The Highland Secret by Rhona Byrne is a short-read fiction telling the story of a love unreturned and a long-held secret between sisters of a Highland clan. When the younger sister courts the elder sisters secret love, the many twists and turns unravel over time leading to some crunch decisions that could mean happiness forever, or their family being torn apart. What will she decide to do?

Aileen from the MacKinnon clan was out walking and met Craig from the MacNeil clan. The two clans had a bitter rivalry between them, but Aileen and Craig formed a close relationship while picking and eating blackberries. One day, Rhona, Aileen's sister, followed her on one of her walks out of the village and found that her sister was meeting with a man from a hated clan. Rhona told Aileen to stop the meeting or else she would tell their parents.

With Morgan le Fey within the court of Camelot, things have turned dark as her magic shadowed the king's keep. But with Arthur, injuries, and near-death, the court is in disarray. Gwen is blamed for the king's near-death and awaits being sentenced as Morgan carries out her master's plan. Gwen is trapped beneath the castle, and weakened from her injuries and the draining of her magic through iron entrapment, she almost gave up. But freed by Merlin and Lancelot, she must face Morgan le Fey.

Chloe Penelope Merriweather has decided, once and for all, to give up her belief in fairy tales. She's spending the summer before college traipsing around England, visiting the sights she's heard so much about. But a tiny part of her wishes, with all her heart, that she too could travel through time, have a grand adventure, and meet her own knight in shining armor.