❃ AWARD-WINNING PUBLISHED NOVEL ❃ BOOK I OF THE TRANSCENDENCE SERIES ❃ Growing up during the centuries-long conflict between the empires of Egypt and Hatti, the young princess Istara is taken hostage by the King of Hatti to secure the loyalty of her father, the King of Kadesh to the empire. Soon her new life in Hatti's glittering capital becomes all she knows. Bound in blood before the gods to Hatti's unwilling crown prince, Istara, now Hatti's queen-in-waiting, learns she will never be loved. But the drums of war beat again, and when the scheming plans of Hatti's king threaten the existence of all civilization, the gods give Istara a choice: to leave behind everything she knows to save mankind, or remain where she is, powerless, a token on the game board of kings. On the brink of one of the most brutal battles in history, she chooses to risk her life to deliver a message to the only man able to prevent the prophecy from becoming a reality--her mortal enemy, the Pharaoh Ramesses II. Wounded, cold and hungry, she wanders in the battle's horrific aftermath, and aids a powerful commander, who she learns protected her once, and has been bound to her ever since by a prophetic dream of his future. Despite his resistance, and Istara once more becoming a pawn of kings, they must confront an eternal love so powerful, not even kings, the gods, or death can keep them apart. The Lost Valor of Love is the first book in the Transcendence series. Available to buy on Amazon as e-book, audiobook, and paperback. ❃Awards❃ Winner. Adult Fiction. Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2019. Finalist. First Novel & Historical Fiction categories. Indie Author Network's Book of the Year Awards 2019 Third. Wattpad's The Historical Award 2019 Winner. The Writers' Olympics 2018 Winner. The Pursuit of Excellence Awards 2017 Fourth. The Fiction Awards 2018 Ranked #1 Historical Fiction June 10-13, 2017 © E A Carter 2017 All Rights Reserved Cover Design © Deb

❃ BOOK II OF THE TRANSCENDENCE SERIES ❃ In the epic sequel to The Lost Valor of Love, worlds collide, and gods and mortals cross paths, kingdoms fall, and ancient, long-buried hatreds stir. In the heavens, the storm god Teshub discovers two of the most powerful gods of the pantheon have fallen to a world torn apart by rivalry, war, famine, and plagues. Soon, he learns, he too must fall. In the north, a crown prince ascends the throne, his queen taken by his enemy as compensation for the crimes of his father. But the new king is prepared to risk everything to reclaim his queen, and plans for war begin. In the east, a near-immortal senses the awakening of a powerful artifact after an eternity of silence. It can only mean one thing: gods once more walk among men, and with their return--the key to his immortality. And from far without, the Creator eyes his dying creation, its fragile boundaries unraveling. From across an enormous board, he picks up a token--an exact replica of a living woman. He smiles at it with fondness and sets it down on a new space. Folding his hands together, he steps back, and waits. The Call of Eternity is the second book in the Transcendence series. Available to buy on Amazon as e-book, and paperback © E A Carter 2018 All Rights Reserved Cover art © Michał Karcz Cover design © Debbie O'Byrne

August, 1865 The War is over and as America is trying to recover, Nicholas Gregson is trying to get used to his civilian life. But the deep scar on the side of his face will always remind him of the most violent war in America. One windy day, Nicholas gets a visit from his former General with a rare proposition: He wants him to marry one of his daughters. Although Mary is beautiful and well brought up, he hesitates. He doesn't know if he can love her and he is certain she won't ever be able to surpass his war scar. Olivia Clark is happy for her twin sister, marrying a man their father respected dearly was bound to be a good marriage. But she worries. Scars of her own remind her that men can not be trusted. Will Olivia let her guard down and allow love to enter her life? Will Nicholas give himself a chance to be happy with a woman that won't even look at his face? 12/21/2016: #2 in Historical Fiction *shrieks like a Nozgul*

Highest Standing: #2 in Historical Fiction ____________________ She has mixed blood. She is reminded of it every day. Half Scottish and half Norse, she has always been a bit of an outcast. She takes refuge in the arts of swordsmanship and archery, something those around her deem unfit for a girl. When men from the north come back to the Isles again, the King of the North decides to take Lagertha back to his homeland to be his wife. She is savvy enough to persuade him that she should be set free from his wedding plans, but The King of North has another idea in mind. He intends to make the myth of the shield-maiden real and there is nothing she can do to stop him. Caught up in a bloody war between clans, Lagertha must decide if she is willing to go against all she believes and abandon her home to protect her friends or if she will leave her new life behind to return to the one she was torn from. ****** This is not historically accurate. There may be some violent scenes that may disturb readers.

New York City is a wild and terrific city to all but Kay who has trouble fitting into the spontaneous lifestyle. With his sickly father thousands of miles away, his only motivation to root himself here is for the sake of returning a richer man - until he meets Fleur de Lis, the woman of his dreams and the temptation of his nightmares.

Mistress Jacqueline DeWhite is married off to Lord Dominic DeFleur. She is not told anything and is expected to obey her husband without question. It starts negatively as most religious marriages do, and his cold demeanour and sexist views strain their relationship. The swordsman and personal favourite, of King Francis the First, Dominic has a lifestyle both lavish but lonely and as both as stubborn as they are can they become the couple they both wished they were? Rough Draft. Feedback is appreciated. Will edit Summer 2016.

Young Elizabeth Tudor, receives an eerie invitation from her murdered mother, Anne Boleyn. Unable to stop herself, Elizabeth is swept away on a quest to uncover an ancestral secret that may change not only her, but the very fabric of England's future. This coming of age story invites the reader to reimagine a well known story. The author delves deeply into the heart and mind of a very young Elizabeth Tudor and follows her as she progresses from a promising, potential monarch, to the historic virgin queen we all crave to know more about. REACHED #221 in historical fiction. Which I am way happy about! Thanks friends.

The Duc de Alencon and his wife were no strangers to the way of the world. While he was in direct descent to French royalty his wife was just as royal as he. They came together in the hopes and promises given by Kings who had no time for the small favors given to them. Duchesse Anne was given promises for the care of her mother by her old lover King James of Scotland. Duc Henri was given hope of a larger Provence. But all their kings thought of was how to get back at King Henri VIII of England. How else then to make the appearance of an alliance. Anne was the daughter, no matter how illegitimate, of King James and Henri is quite close to the crown of arrange himself. Though Henry outsmarted both of his cousins that still left our Duc and Duchesse to have a life together. Through their marriage Anne has given her husband three children, none of which are the sons he needs. Though all born beautiful children they are destined to be separated. This is the heartfelt story of their first child. Lady Marie Colette Claude Leroux is only a small naive child of thirteen when she is sent to the court of King Henri II to act as a Maid-of-Honor to his wife Queen Catherine. She unwillingly catches the eye of a repelling man older then her father and pushed into a marriage to the man by the Queen herself. Colette spends five years of unhappiness until she is finally widowed at the still tender age of eighteen and childless. When she returns back to court she finds another thing waiting for her. Everything has changed; clothes has changed, dances has changed, and even kings have changed. While she catches more eyes with her maturing looks trouble arises when two men gain her attention.

In the mid-18th century, one of the most famous Queens in European history was born: Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna of Austria, better known as Marie Antoinette, Dauphine and later Queen of France. This story tells her tale through the eyes of Francis Bonnefoy, the human incarnation of France, and the tragedies that eventually led to that fateful day at the gilloutine in 1792. From beginnings as the Archduchess of Austria, then as she becomes the Dauphine of France and learns the ways of the immoral, vile 'dog-eat-dog' world of Versailles, the Queen, a mother, the well-hated vixen of the 'evil' monarchy, the evolution of Marie Antoinette is an interesting one, and historically a necessary one. Marie Antoinette's life was filled with many a sorrow and many a triumph, but no matter who history paints the fallen Queen to be, Francis will alway hold his petit princesse dear to his heart.