J'nell Ciesielski
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xiii, 400 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"American socialite Lily Durham is known for enjoying one moment to the next, with little regard for the consequences of her actions. But just as she is banished overseas to England as a zcurey for her frivolous ways, the Great War breaks out and wreaks havoc. She joins her cousin in nursing the wounded at a convalescent home deep in the wilds of Scotland at a crumbling castle where its laird is less than welcoming. Alec MacGregor has given his entire...
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
591 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Leedswick Castle has housed the Alnwick family in the English countryside for generations, despite a family curse determined to destroy their legacy and erase them from history. 1870. After a disastrous dinner at the Astor mansion forces her to flee New York in disgrace, socialite Beatrice Holbrook knows her performance in London must be a triumph. When she catches the eye of Charles Alnwick, one of the town's most enviably-titled bachelors, she...
4) The ice swan
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Amid the violent last days of the glittering Russian court, a Russian princess on the run finds her heart where she least expects it"--
Author
Series
Jack and Ivy novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
389 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Adventure, romance, and espionage combine to form an epic tale in Ciesielski's latest novel set amid the chaos of the Great War"--
Washington DC, 1914. Ivy Olwen knows how to survive on the streets, but when she is whisked into a secret society that seeks to maintain the balance of good and evil in the world, she can't believe there's more to life than just surviving. In the hallowed and historied halls of Talon, she learns European languages and...
Author
Series
Jack and Ivy novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
387 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten years have passed since Jack and Ivy, elite operatives for the secret agency Talon, rescued their friend Philip and completed their fateful mission. The 1920s are in full swing as American speakeasies thrive amid Prohibition, and despite the team's best efforts, the deadly cult, the Order of the Rising Moon, lives on in the shadows. Which is no surprise to Ivy; nothing has gone as she expected since that day after Poenari Castle. When a wave of...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
vii, 321 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The ideal lady wears lace, speaks quietly, and never under any circumstances fixes an automobile. But Gwyn Ruthers has never cared two snaps about being the ideal lady. With the war to end all wars exploding across the English Channel, she leaves behind her restrictive life as a chauffer's daughter to serve in an all-female ambulance unit in France. She's not about to let her social status or gender prevent her from serving her country. Not even a...