
Peach Blossom Spring
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With every misfortune there is a blessing and within every blessing, the seeds of misfortune, and so...
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His Lordship's Secret (His Lordship’s Mysteries #1)
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London 1818 Alfred Pennington, the Earl of Crawford, knows someone wants him dead. An illicit...
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The Dictator’s Muse
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It is the early 1930s, and Europe is holding its breath. As Hitler's grip on power tightens,...
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Demon Copperhead
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Demon Copperhead is a once-in-a-generation novel that breaks and mends your heart in the way only...
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David McK (3600 KP) rated Exile (The Last Roman #1) in Books
Feb 12, 2023
That was unexpected.
I actually came across this via an ad on FB (marketing does work!), where it was described as 'Jason Bourne' meets Highlander.
That's actually not all that bad a description.
This is presented chapter about with the 'present day' portion of the tale and the historical parts, with the main character of Marcus - the soldier who put his spear into the side of Jesus Christ whilst he was on the cross - cursed with immortality as a result.
He's not the only immortal: there's also another group, all with links to the same 'original' period of time (I don't want to say too much and give stuff away) living through history as well.
Well, when I say immortal they're not quite immortal: they can be killed for good, but it has to be extreme: a shooting won't do it, say, but being burnt at the stake would ...
Anyway, perhaps the best compliment I can give this is that, after reading it through Kindle Unlimited, I then actually went back and purchased the ebook 'proper', as well as the next in the series.

Murder of a Mail-Order Bride
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When real life starts mimicking the plot of one of the romance books that line the shelves in her...

Stone Blind
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'So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, our strength. They fear us, so they call...
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The Sight of Heather
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For centuries, the fae folk and spae women of Scotland were feared – and persecuted. Life in...
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The Figurine
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When Helena inherits her grandparents' apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memories of the...
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The East Indian
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Meet Tony: the first Indian to set foot on American soil. Among the settlers, slaves, and...
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