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Was love the greatest punishment of all? Repulsed by her ugly newborn, Hera throws him into the sea, where he shatters his ankle. As darkness looms, a witch saves the wounded child and raises him in her underwater grotto. Hephaestus is the only Olympian whose injuries never heal, and Zeus adds to his burden by sentencing him to life with Aphrodite. Unhappily married to the adulterous goddess of love, he is fated to repeat his childhood pat...

England, 1673. Still a world of witches, witch trials and witchfinders. When a new vicar arrives to take over the parish of Mutton Clog, the village finds itself in the grip of puritan fever, and suspicious eyes are turned on Rose Driver. Rose's mother, brother and grandmother were all put to death by the fanatical witchfinder, John Sharpe. Almost quarter of a century after the Newcastle witch trials, Sharpe is no longer a threat. Rose sho...

England, 1673. Still a world of witches, witch trials and witchfinders. When a new vicar arrives to take over the parish of Mutton Clog, the village finds itself in the grip of puritan fever, and suspicious eyes are turned on Rose Driver. Rose's mother, brother and grandmother were all put to death by the fanatical witchfinder, John Sharpe. Almost quarter of a century after the Newcastle witch trials, Sharpe is no longer a threat. Rose sho...

England, 1673. Still a world of witches, witch trials and witchfinders. When a new vicar arrives to take over the parish of Mutton Clog, the village finds itself in the grip of puritan fever, and suspicious eyes are turned on Rose Driver. Rose's mother, brother and grandmother were all put to death by the fanatical witchfinder, John Sharpe. Almost quarter of a century after the Newcastle witch trials, Sharpe is no longer a threat. Rose sho...

England, 1673. Still a world of witches, witch trials and witchfinders. When a new vicar arrives to take over the parish of Mutton Clog, the village finds itself in the grip of puritan fever, and suspicious eyes are turned on Rose Driver. Rose's mother, brother and grandmother were all put to death by the fanatical witchfinder, John Sharpe. Almost quarter of a century after the Newcastle witch trials, Sharpe is no longer a threat. Rose sho...

Cast out of heaven at the hands of Hera and raised beneath the sea, this is the epic story of Hephaestus, god of fire. In the palace of Zeus, a son is born to the greatest goddess, Hera. Withered and ugly, the newborn Hephaestus is hurled from the heavens by his repulsed mother. The unforgiving sea offers no soft landing, and the broken godlet sinks to the depths, where his little flame falters. But as darkness looms, he is saved by the sea ...

England, 1650. A sadistic witch hunter. An innocent healer and her child accused of witchcraft. Can they escape the hangman's noose? Large Print Hardback Filled with vengeance, John will stop at nothing in his sworn mission to free the world from the scourge of witchcraft. When his quest to vanquish evil is thwarted by Jane, he decrees that she must die. After defeating the witchfinder, Jane must continue her dangerous healing work. Alone i...

Imagine being the goddess of love. Now imagine being forced to marry the god of fire. Especially when you prefer his brother... Goddess of love here, but you can call me Aphrodite, AKA the most beautiful being in history. Imagine my delight when Zeus marries me to the ugliest Olympian. The god of fire is nothing to look at and the permanent wound to his left leg hardly helps. Adding insult to injury, this marriage is a punishment. Not to m...

England, 1703. A German swordmaker is jailed for smuggling Jacobite blades. Queen Anne will hang him for treason. Can the wily bladesmith escape a death sentence? Hermann Mohll is a German swordmaker who risks his life by defecting to England. Trying to save his family from poverty, he is caught smuggling swords for the Jacobite rebels. When Queen Anne takes a close interest, the smuggler is suspected of high treason. Mohll finds himself fac...

He's a rejected immortal. But can this magical blacksmith fight against fate and overcome the darkness of his past? Hephaestus fears he'll never be accepted. Cast down from Olympus and raised by a powerful sea witch, he sets out on a quest to discover his unknown father's true identity. But he struggles to be taken seriously by the other gods who only want him for his ingenious inventions. Convinced that solving his paternity will help him...

England, 1703. A German swordmaker is jailed for smuggling Jacobite blades. Queen Anne will hang him for treason. Can the wily bladesmith escape a death sentence? Hermann Mohll is a German swordmaker who risks his life by defecting to England. Trying to save his family from poverty, he is caught smuggling swords for the Jacobite rebels. When Queen Anne takes a close interest, the smuggler is suspected of high treason. Mohll finds himself fac...

A tale about the Shotley Bridge swordmakers 'Liesl held a finished blade before the firelight and traced one finger across the running wolf inscription that told the world a Solingen blade was at its throat.' When a German smuggler is imprisoned in Morpeth Gaol in the winter of 1703, why does Queen Anne's powerful right-hand man, The Earl of Nottingham, take such a keen interest? At the end of the turbulent 17th century, the ties that bin...

England, 1650. A sadistic witch hunter. An apprentice healer accused of witchcraft. Can she escape the hangman's noose? When John's parents die at the hands of a witch, he faces a choice: an easy life with a woman who serves Satan, or a hard life with a preacher who serves God. The cursed orphan chooses the church. Raised on raging sermons, he discovers his true purpose: to become a witchfinder and save virtuous souls from the jaws of hell. ...

England, 1649. A sadistic witch hunter. An apprentice healer accused of witchcraft. Can she escape the hangman's noose? Large Print Paperback When John's parents die at the hands of a witch, he faces a choice: an easy life with a woman who serves Satan, or a hard life with a preacher who serves God. The cursed orphan chooses the church. Raised on raging sermons, he discovers his true purpose: to become a witchfinder and save virtuous souls ...

England, 1650. A vengeful witch hunter. An innocent healer and her child accused of witchcraft. Can they escape the hangman's noose? Told through the eyes of a young woman accused of witchcraft and the witchfinder who condemns her to death. Sunwise continues the story of women's struggle for survival in a hostile and superstitious world. Spurred on by the successful execution of 17 proven witches, the witchfinder travels north to Berwick, ...

England, 1649. A sadistic witch hunter. An innocent apprentice accused of witchcraft. Can she escape the hangman's noose? When John's parents die at the hands of a witch, he faces a choice: an easy life with a woman who serves Satan, or a hard life with a preacher who serves God. The cursed orphan chooses the church. Raised on raging sermons, he discovers his true purpose: to become a witchfinder and save virtuous souls from the jaws of hell...

England, 1650. A sadistic witch hunter. An innocent healer and her child accused of witchcraft. Can they escape the hangman's noose? Filled with vengeance, John will stop at nothing in his sworn mission to free the world from the scourge of witchcraft. When his quest to vanquish evil is thwarted by Jane, he decrees that she must die. After defeating the witchfinder, Jane must continue her dangerous healing work. Alone in a hostile and supe...

England, 1649. A sadistic witch hunter. An apprentice healer accused of witchcraft. Can she escape the hangman's noose? When John's parents die at the hands of a witch, he faces a choice: an easy life with a woman who serves Satan, or a hard life with a preacher who serves God. The cursed orphan chooses the church. Raised on raging sermons, he discovers his true purpose: to become a witchfinder and save virtuous souls from the jaws of hell. ...

A tale about the Shotley Bridge swordmakers: Ideal for fans of Devotion by Hannah Kent, World Without End and Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. When a German smuggler is imprisoned in Morpeth Gaol in the winter of 1703, why does Queen Anne's powerful right-hand man, The Earl of Nottingham, take such a keen interest? At the end of the turbulent 17th century, the ties that bind men are fraying, turning neighbour against neighbour, friend ...

England, 1650. A vengeful witch hunter. An innocent healer and her child accused of witchcraft. Can they escape the hangman's noose? Sunwise is told through the eyes of a young woman accused of witchcraft and the witchfinder who condemns her to death. Sunwise continues the story of women's struggle for survival in a hostile and superstitious world. Spurred on by the successful execution of 17 proven witches, the witchfinder travels north t...