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The Runaway Princess by littleLo
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To the unknowing eye, the exotic young woman making her way through the English countryside is just another poor girl, hungry and looking for work. But Elena Del Fuego is much more than that. She is the youngest daughter of the King of Spain and she is running from an arranged marriage he forced upon her. Elena learned of the betrothal when she was ten years old, and found out that it was to happen on her eighteenth birthday to a Portuguese Prince twenty years her senior. She had eight years to plan her perfect escape. Her escape takes her to Derbyshire where she finds work as a housemaid at a grand estate called Ascot. While Elena had always planned to keep her head down, she cannot help but notice the handsome heir to the dukedom, David Wilde. But life is not like a fairy tale. The handsome heir cannot marry the maid and turn her into a princess, for Elena is already that. She is a princess with two nations chasing her, two nations determined to keep Elena and David apart and to take Elena home.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) by ArthurConanDoyle
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his famous detective.
THE FÜHRER'S DAUGHTER by Joshua-Graham
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Joshua Graham teams up with bestselling author Jack Patterson for an alternate history saga that will rock your mind. "A clever, imaginative tale of what if, rooted in secrets, believable and evocative, that will keep you guessing." —Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Patriot Threat “…Pure genius… the most intriguing book I’ve read in a long time…” —Suspense Magazine From the back cover: THE FÜHRER'S DAUGHTER In 1944, Adolf Hitler dispatched a pair of Horten H.XVIIIs to drop atomic bombs on Manhattan and Chicago. The unconditional surrender of the majority of the United States of America followed, bringing the Second World War to an abrupt end. Seventy years after the end of World War II, in which the Hitler-led Axis powers took control of most of the planet, the German Empire has essentially erased the very memory of the United States of America from history. Raised as a child of the Aryan States of America, a Utopian society built upon Nazi ideals, Grace Drexler—daughter of Hans Drexler, the American Führer—lives a privileged life as a model citizen and member of the Nazi party. But when a shocking discovery shatters her very grasp of reality, she unravels a truth that has been hidden not only from her, but several generations of Aryan-Americans as well—a dangerous truth that could bring about a revolution and the collapse of government and society. Now an inadvertent threat, Grace must flee her home and life as she knows it not only to stay alive, but to learn the truth about herself, and realize her destiny to change the world. The Führer's Daughter is a suspenseful alternate history thriller. With an epic sweep of Biblical proportion, it resounds with the timeless human struggles for freedom, and triumph over evil.
The Christmas Tale of Anne Boleyn#Wattys2014 by Evelyndangerfield
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It is Christmas 1528, Catherine of Aragon is still very much Queen and Anne Boleyn is exhausted from keeping the Tudor King entertained. In this short story, she reflects on her life and how she has found herself not a mistress but not yet Henry's VIII's wife. She consults a fortune teller who gives her mixed predictions, but in one of these she finds the reason to carry on and aim to be Queen of England. Please do vote if you enjoy it by clicking on the star, top right, thanks alot! Copyright © Evelyn Dangerfield 2013 All Rights Reserved. No part of this manuscript may be reproduced without Evelyn Dangerfield's express consent
Little Black Riding Hood: Asertion Of The Forest by Ame_Noircie
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Social Engineer by ianhsutherland
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A Wattpad Featured Story! A pharmaceutical company under cyberattack from China. The chemical formula for their Alzheimer's drug at stake. Can elite hacker Brody Taylor fortify their cyber-defences before it's too late? And can hackers ever be trusted? Hired by a global pharmaceutical company to test their digital defences, elite hacker, Brody Taylor, applies his computer mastery and repertoire of audacious confidence tricks to penetrate their most secure systems. Can Brody obtain the secret chemical formula for their latest drug? Are his motivations as pure as they first appear? Could his new girlfriend somehow be influencing Brody's actions? Accurately depicting real-world, modern-day computer hacking techniques, SOCIAL ENGINEER is a standalone novella that introduces Brody Taylor and the Deep Web Thriller series. The Deep Web Thriller Series: The Deep Web Thriller series features Brody Taylor, an elite computer hacker who specialises in hacking and social engineering the weakest link of all computer systems: the humans who use them. SOCIAL ENGINEER - A Deep Web Thriller #0 INVASION OF PRIVACY - A Deep Web Thriller #1 If you love intricately plotted thrillers with unexpected twists that are packed with technology and great characters, read SOCIAL ENGINEER now.
A Thousand Eyes: A Novel of Elizabeth I by chloe_helton
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1558. Elizabeth, the last of King Henry's heirs, is a traitor's daughter. Now, she is England's last hope. After five gruesome years, Bloody Mary is on her deathbed. She lives her sister Elizabeth a daunting inheritance: the throne of England. The bishops will not anoint a heretic. A foreign queen plots for the throne. And Englishmen and foreigners alike are starting to notice Elizabeth's growing infatuation for a man who spent his youth in a traitor's cell. And the people demand a prince to fill the empty throne by Elizabeth's side: a husband that may wrest away every morsel of her power. Tides are turning in England, and no one is safe. Not even the queen.
Atlantis Reborn by mhj873
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Removed due to Publication - Please look out for the release of the Atlantis Deception in 2018. Lost cities, secret societies, Nazi archaeology and Atlantis. Join Dr John Hunter in his unrelenting quest to unveil the hidden and explosive beginnings to civilisation. Believing he has discovered the key to unleashing the weapon that sank Atlantis, a German property developer requests the help of Dr John Hunter to validate his mysterious find. Hunter's acceptance leads the maverick academic on a journey from the headquarters of a clandestine organisation in England, to a lost city in the heart of the Brazilian Rainforest, and climaxes inside a chamber hidden deep beneath Egyptian Heliopolis. Pioneering theory is spliced by epic battles, daring escapes, and elaborate schemes aimed at unravelling a secret history hidden from humanity for the past twelve thousand years.
Jonathan Creek- The Problems at Gallows Gate by Millilitre
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When what started out as an innocent badger-watching morning goes horribly wrong, the quietly brilliant Jonathan Creek and his intrepid investigative journalist friend, Madeline Magellan, find themselves tangled up in a confusing web of mystery, murder and madness when she witnesses a man strangling a young girl over the kitchen sink. Just when Madeline thinks she has the answer to this puzzling enigma, the plot takes a deeper, darker, more confusing twist than ever. How can a brutal murder be committed by someone who's three weeks dead? *I didn't finish because I want to encourage people to watch the show* Watch the original episode! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3jJhSmpPs4&feature=related (Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF_KFrl4WIM&feature=relmfu (Part 2)