The Marigold Chemise

The Marigold Chemise
Author: Sheryl Westergreen
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2022-04-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 163985391X

In the seventeenth century, a young Roman woman secretly poses in a marigold chemise for her best friend for a series of sensuous paintings. The young woman artist longs for recognition as a painter, but the times dictate that she can only be an assistant for her father, who is commissioned to paint religious icons for the church. The garment and the paintings pass through generations of Italian families to the present day. Intrigue, betrayal, murder, and passion follow the marigold chemise and the paintings from Rome, Florence, New York, back to Rome, and finally, Corsica. Along the way, the marigold chemise becomes the inspiration for a wildly successful lingerie company, flourishing in the Roman studio on Via Margutta, where the paintings were originally created. 1

The Honey Witch

The Honey Witch
Author: Sydney J. Shields
Publisher: Redhook
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2024-05-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316568880

The Honey Witch of Innisfree can never find true love. That is her curse to bear. But when a young woman who doesn’t believe in magic arrives on her island, sparks fly in this deliciously sweet debut novel of magic, hope, and love overcoming all. Twenty-one-year-old Marigold Claude has always preferred the company of the spirits of the meadow to any of the suitors who’ve tried to woo her. So when her grandmother whisks her away to the family cottage on the tiny Isle of Innisfree with an offer to train her as the next Honey Witch, she accepts immediately. But her newfound magic and independence come with a price: No one can fall in love with the Honey Witch. When Lottie Burke, a notoriously grumpy skeptic who doesn’t believe in magic, shows up on her doorstep, Marigold can’t resist the challenge to prove to her that magic is real. But soon, Marigold begins to care for Lottie in ways she never expected. And when darker magic awakens and threatens to destroy her home, she must fight for much more than her new home—at the risk of losing her magic and her heart.

Anatomy and Immortality

Anatomy and Immortality
Author: Dana Schwartz
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2023-09-26
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1250342740

The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling Anatomy duology in one ready-to-read e-book bundle! The gothic tale full of mystery and romance about a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, and the buried secrets they must uncover together.

Immortality: A Love Story

Immortality: A Love Story
Author: Dana Schwartz
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2023-02-28
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1250861020

*INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *INSTANT #1 INDIE BESTSELLER* Immortality: A Love Story is the eagerly-anticipated sequel to Dana Schwartz's #1 bestselling gothic romance, Anatomy: A Love Story. "Schwartz continues to seamlessly blend fiction with historical events, creating a richly detailed and engaging look at life in Regency London...the central mystery is intriguing and fun, with a delightful historical who’s who in the form of a secret society." —School Library Journal, starred review "Accomplished prose" —Kirkus Hazel Sinnett is alone and half-convinced the events of the year before—the immortality, Beecham’s vial—were a figment of her imagination. She doesn’t even know if Jack is alive or dead. All she can really do now is treat patients and maintain Hawthornden Castle as it starts to decay around her. When saving a life leads to her arrest, Hazel seems doomed to rot in prison until a message intervenes: Hazel has been specifically requested to be the personal physician of Princess Charlotte, the sickly granddaughter of King George III. Soon Hazel is pulled into the glamor and romance of a court where everyone has something to hide, especially the enigmatic, brilliant members of a social club known as the Companions to the Death. As Hazel’s work entangles her more and more with the British court, she realizes that her own future as a surgeon isn't the only thing at stake. Malicious forces are at work in the monarchy, and Hazel may be the only one capable of setting things right.

Marigold and the Marquess

Marigold and the Marquess
Author: Meara Platt
Publisher: Meara Platt
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2024-01-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1945767227

He is ruthless, reclusive, and out for revenge. She is sweet, innocent, and irritatingly cheerful. Why can’t she leave him to his darkness? And why can’t he keep his hands off this beautiful Farthingale? Enjoy the next offering in the humorous, best selling Regency series - welcome to Chipping Way as another bachelor is about to fall in love with one of the strikingly beautiful Farthingales. Leonides Poole, the Marquess of Muir is a much-admired agent of the Crown. He has just returned to London after spending the last four years imprisoned in an enemy dungeon. Now that he has been released, he is determined to find the man who betrayed him and exact his revenge. The problem with his well-crafted plan is his unexpected feelings for Marigold Farthingale, the little ray of sunshine who lives next door to him on Chipping Way. She seems to understand ancient skulls and bones more than she understands men. Yet, Leonides knows if he exacts his vengeance, he will lose out on the promise of happiness with the beautiful bluestocking. Which does he value more? The answer is suddenly not so clear. Marigold Farthingale is quite excited about the dragon-like animal whose skull she discovered while on archeological exploration in Devonshire. She has now returned to London with a crate full of bones she must deliver to the Huntsford Academy and is delighted when her new neighbor, the fierce and reclusive Marquess of Muir, agrees to assist her. She has never met anyone quite like this handsome man. He is intelligent, fierce, and endowed with a stunning musculature she would love to explore. But he is too tormented to think about courtship and marriage. Marigold is about to make her Society debut. It seems such a fuss when the only man she wishes to marry is the marquess. Perhaps if she discovered his secrets...how dangerous can they be? Enjoy the entire series: My Fair Lily The Duke I’m Going To Marry Rules for Reforming a Rake A Midsummer's Kiss The Viscount's Rose Earl of Hearts The Viscount and the Vicar’s Daughter A Duke For Adela Marigold and the Marquess Capturing the Heart of a Cameron

A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters Book #1)

A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters Book #1)
Author: Roseanna M. White
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2023-08-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1493442120

In Edwardian London, not all that glitters is gold as a lady and an intelligence officer's secret mission take them from the city's dazzling ballrooms to its covert intelligence offices. Sir Merritt Livingstone has spent a decade serving the monarch in the field, but when pneumonia lands him behind a desk in the War Office Intelligence Division just as they're creating a new secret intelligence branch, he's intent on showing his worth. He suspects an aristocrat of leaking information to Germany as tensions mount between the two countries, but he needs someone to help him prove it, so he turns to The Imposters, Ltd. No one knows who they are, but their results are beyond compare. Left with an estate on the brink of bankruptcy after their father's death, Lady Marigold Fairfax and her brother open a private investigation firm for the elite to spy on the elite. Dubbed The Imposters, Ltd., their anonymous group soon becomes the go-to for the crème of society who want answers delivered surreptitiously. But the many secrets Marigold learns about her peers pale in comparison to her shock when she and her brother are hired to investigate her best friend's father as a potential traitor. Lady Marigold is determined to discover the truth for her friend's sake, and she's more determined still to keep her heart from getting involved with this enigmatic new client . . . who can't possibly be as noble as he seems. "White's well-woven plot is engaging from start to finish with delightful threads of mystery, romance, and inspiration."--CARRIE TURANSKY, award-winning author

SPQR: A Roman Miscellany

SPQR: A Roman Miscellany
Author: Anthony Everitt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2014-09-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1781855684

SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus. A moreishly entertaining and richly informative miscellany of facts about Rome and the Roman world. Do you know to what use the Romans put the excrement of the kingfisher? Or why a dinner party invitation from the emperor Domitian was such a terrifying prospect? Or why Roman women smelt so odd? The answers to these questions can be found in SPQR, a compendium of extraordinary facts and anecdotes about ancient Rome and its Empire. Its 500-odd entries range across every area of Roman life and society, from the Empress Livia's cure for tonsillitis to the most reliable Roman methods of contraception.

Marigold's Marriages

Marigold's Marriages
Author: Sandra Heath
Publisher: Belgrave House
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2016-02-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 161084940X

Marigold Arnold was cheated out of her inheritance by a forged will declaring her marriage a sham. Her name in tatters, and her son declared illegitimate, she had lost everything. But Lord Avenbury was under threat of a druidic curse which would see him dead within the month, so he offered marriage to the widow. Then all sorts of strange thing started happening… Regency Romance Paranormal by Sandra Heath; originally published by Signet