Finnegan's Pig, Or How Saskatoon Got Bacon for Seven Years: A Cautionary Tale (Short Story)

Finnegan's Pig, Or How Saskatoon Got Bacon for Seven Years: A Cautionary Tale (Short Story)

Libbie Hawker

Fiction / Historical Fiction

The devil wears many guises. Some of them are delicious.This is the second poem collection by the author Akshdeep Singh Narula. It is quite short by today's standards with only 50 pages of poems which won't bore you. He, inspired by positive compliments about his poem in different forums, have put together this poem collection, which you will want to read again and again, interpreting it differently every time.
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Diana of Orchard Slope

Diana of Orchard Slope

Libbie Hawker

Fiction / Historical Fiction

Growing up is never easy. It's even harder when you have a mother who doesn't understand, a nagging sense of self-doubt, and a secret crush you can't confess...not even to your bosom friend. L. M. Montgomery's timeless classic, Anne of Green Gables, has been reimagined from the perspective of Diana Barry, Anne's best friend and kindred spirit. As Diana and Anne navigate the path from childhood to their grown-up lives, parents, schoolmates, and Anne's well-meaning blunders contrive to keep them apart. But two girls destined for lifelong friendship can't be separated so easily...can they? With the sweet charm and dreamy atmosphere of Montgomery's original story, Diana of Orchard Slope is sure to delight Anne fans, historical fiction readers, and lovers of the Jane Austen Fanfiction genre.
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A Light in the Merced River (Short Story)

A Light in the Merced River (Short Story)

Libbie Hawker

Fiction / Historical Fiction

In an alternate-history Steampunk America, missionary John Muir must choose between his two great loves: nature and Creation.After the interest created by his recently published ebook The Onion Peeler,as promised is the first of two volumes of what the author describes as street poetry,after the style of that great Australian Poet Banjo Paterson. Most of these poems are in a humerous vein and a number are love letters to his beloved City of Nottingham and its people,the remaining poems are a reflection of the darker side of life,human nature,and various events.
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A Sea of Sorrow

A Sea of Sorrow

Libbie Hawker

Fiction / Historical Fiction

Odysseus as You’ve Never Seen Him BeforeOdysseus, infamous trickster of Troy, vaunted hero of the Greeks, left behind a wake of chaos and despair during his decade long journey home to Ithaca. Lovers and enemies, witches and monsters—no one who tangled with Odysseus emerged unscathed. Some prayed for his return, others, for his destruction. These are their stories… —-Read MoreA beleaguered queen’s gambit for maintaining power unravels as a son plots vengeance.A tormented siren battles a goddess’s curse and the forces of nature to survive.An exiled sorceress defies a lustful captain and his greedy crew.A blinded shepherd swears revenge on the pirate-king who mutilated him.A beautiful empress binds a shipwrecked sailor to servitude, only to wonder who is serving whom.A young suitor dreams of love while a returned king conceives a savage retribution.The Odyssey...
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Calamity

Calamity

Libbie Hawker

Fiction / Historical Fiction

Her name is synonymous with the West. Her celebrity has spread to the East Coast and California, traveling down the new-laid railroads and along the telegraph wire. But breathless tales of Calamity Jane bear little resemblance to the truth. As she senses death coming closer, the legendary hellcat longs to set the record straight—to reveal her life story at last, unclouded by legend, every sin and failing laid bare. Only then can she hope to rest in peace. In a Deadwood saloon, she finds a writer willing to hear her out, and recount the truth to a public hungry for more tales of Calamity Jane... So begins Libbie Hawker's expansive biographical novel, an intimate portrait of one of the best-known yet least-understood women of the American frontier. The international bestselling author of The Ragged Edge of Night takes the reader on a heart-rending journey through a landscape lost to time, as seen through the eyes of one outcast woman. Calamity is...
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Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony

Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony

Libbie Hawker

Fiction / Historical Fiction

In 1607, three ships arrive on the coast of Virginia to establish Jamestown Colony. One girl’s life—and the lives of her people—are changed forever.To Pocahontas and her people, the Tidewater is the rightful home of the Powhatan tribe. To England, it is Virginia Territory, fertile with promise, rich with silver and gold. As Jamestown struggles to take root, John Smith knows that the only hope for survival lies with the Powhatan people. He knows, too, that they would rather see the English starve than yield their homeland to invaders. In the midst of this conflict, Pocahontas, the daughter of the great chief, forges an unlikely friendship with Smith. Their bond preserves a wary peace—but control can rest only in one nation’s hands. When that peace is broken, Pocahontas must choose between power and servitude—between self and sacrifice—for the sake of her people and her land.Revised edition: This edition of Tidewater includes editorial revisions.**
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