We have a couple stores in town that remind me of Hastings. Do you remember Hastings? The really super cool store that
sold music, books and videos? Used to be one of our favorites anytime we visited my in laws in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Well Entertainmart is a similar store, that also sells comic books, Funko Pops and tons of retro things. It's just a neat store to walk around and browse.
We went there on Saturday to find some things for Jasmine, and were met with the news that it is permanently closing in May. What a bummer!
With that said, all their books are on sale for 99c. I couldn't pass up that opportunity, of course, so I grabbed 10 and do plan on heading back this weekend to find some more. Let me show you what I got, including the surprise of author signed books that I was not expecting to see, when I brought the books home.
In the first picture above:
On her last escapade, Charlotte unintentionally witnessed a murder
and found herself embroiled in a dangerous chain of events. Now,
Charlotte returns in a stunning sequel that takes the reader into the
most sinister institution in London: Bedlam. With the death of her
siblings and far from home, Charlotte has few people to trust.
Struggling with romantic entanglements and her stressful rise to
prominence on the literary scene, she is more alone than ever. On a
visit to London, Charlotte goes on a tour of London¹s most famous
hospital for the mad, Bedlam. She is sure she recognizes a struggling
Mr. Slade, her long-missing ex-lover, strapped to one of the stretchers.
Charlotte starts digging, and soon finds herself trying to reveal a
secret that high-powered men would (and do) kill to protect. It is up to
Charlotte to find the truth and expose a plot of global proportion. But
what if the conspirators get to her first?
Strasbourg, 1518. In the midst of a blisteringly hot summer, a
lone woman begins to dance in the city square. She dances for days
without pause or rest, and when hundreds of other women join her, the
men running the city declare a state of emergency and hire musicians to
play the Devil out of the mob. Outside the city, pregnant Lisbet lives
with her husband and mother-in-law, tending the bees that are the
family’s livelihood. Though Lisbet is removed from the frenzy of the
dancing plague afflicting the city’s women, her own quiet life is
upended by the arrival of her sister-in-law. Nethe has been away for
seven years, serving a penance in the mountains for a crime no one will
name.
It is a secret Lisbet is determined to uncover.
As the city buckles under the beat of a thousand feet, Lisbet becomes
caught in a dangerous web of deceit and clandestine passion. Like the
women of Strasbourg, she too, is dancing to a dangerous tune. . . .
Set in an era of superstition, hysteria, and extraordinary change, and inspired by true events, The Dance Tree is an impassioned story of family secrets, forbidden love, and women pushed to the edge.
Frances Pierce is a simple, plain country girl who enters Lady
Anne Boleyn’s circle after shielding her from an angry mob. Anne is
beloved by King Henry VIII, and queen in all but name. And Henry is
determined to put aside his wife Catherine, marry Anne, and mak her his
lawful queen—no matter the consequences.
Frances delights
Anne with her poetry and her forthright ways, and soon becomes a
favorite. Dazzled by her new life and the glamour of the court, and
besotted with Anne’s brother George, she pays scant attention to the
intrigues that swirl around her mistress. But when the king’s favor
shifts, Frances will learn just how quickly those who rise far and fast
can meet their downfall.
Convinced that his stepmother and half brothers have been
wrongfully evicted by cattle king Eli Dearing, Asher Ellis uses the
cover of an extravagant ball to break into the Three Cedars' ranch house
to search for proof. On the verge of discovery, he flees, but a boy's
cry compels him to make a daring rescue.
Spunky and independent
Samantha Dearing balks when she learns the ball her father is hosting is
nothing more than a matrimonial ambush. Taking a break from unwanted
suitors, Samantha spots a thief fleeing her home. When the stranger ends
up saving her brother's life, she hides the only clue to his identity
left behind--his boot--and resolves to find him herself.
When
Samantha encounters the older brother of a student she tutors, all
thoughts of the bootless mystery man vanish. Asher values family above
wealth, a rare trait that opens her heart. Afraid she will discover his
past misconduct, Asher tries to keep his distance, but when a series of
suspicious accidents befall her, he vows to protect her, even though
saving her life could mean losing her love.
Present day: Emma Lovett, who has dedicated her career to
breathing new life into long-neglected gardens, has just been given the
opportunity of a lifetime: to restore the gardens of the famed Highbury
House estate, designed in 1907 by her hero Venetia Smith. But as Emma
dives deeper into the gardens’ past, she begins to uncover secrets that
have long lain hidden.
1907: A talented artist with a growing
reputation for her work, Venetia Smith has carved out a niche for
herself as a garden designer to industrialists, solicitors, and bankers
looking to show off their wealth with sumptuous country houses. When she
is hired to design the gardens of Highbury House, she is determined to
make them a triumph, but the gardens—and the people she meets—promise to
change her life forever.
1944: When land girl Beth Pedley
arrives at a farm on the outskirts of the village of Highbury, all she
wants is to find a place she can call home. Cook Stella Adderton, on the
other hand, is desperate to leave Highbury House to pursue her own
dreams. And widow Diana Symonds, the mistress of the grand house, is
anxiously trying to cling to her pre-war life now that her home has been
requisitioned and transformed into a convalescent hospital for wounded
soldiers. But when war threatens Highbury House’s treasured gardens,
these three very different women are drawn together by a secret that
will last for decades.
Believed dead, Hadassah finds employment helping a doctor in the
poor section of first-century Rome and discovers an ability to heal
others through the power of her faith. When Julia falls ill, Hadassah is
forced to confront a difficult decision: should she return to the
Valerian household, risking exposure and death, to help her former
tormentor in the Christian tradition?
Continuing to search for
meaning and faith, Marcus turns away from the opulence of Rome, led by a
whispering voice from the past into a journey that could set him free
from the darkness of his soul.
A.D. 69. The Roman Empire is up
for the taking. Everything will change—especially the lives of two
sisters with a very personal stake in the outcome.
Elegant and
ambitious, Cornelia embodies the essence of the perfect Roman wife. She
lives to one day see her loyal husband as Emperor. Her sister Marcella
is more aloof, content to witness history rather than make it. But when a
bloody coup turns their world upside-down, both women must maneuver
carefully just to stay alive. As Cornelia tries to pick up the pieces of
her shattered dreams, Marcella discovers a hidden talent for
influencing the most powerful men in Rome. In the end, though, there can
only be one Emperor...and one Empress.
These 3 books are all signed by the author. I got such a surprise when I opened the first page and saw the signature. How neat!
They are part of a 4 book series, and I only managed to find books 1, 2 and 4. But I went to Paperbackswap and immediately found the missing #3, so that one is on the way. Yay!
By the way, all 3 of these are available for free through Kindle Unlimited, so if you have it on Amazon and want to give them a read, go on over and grab them while they're available.
Salina Hastings’ sixteenth birthday came on the heels of Jeremy
Barnes’ return from California in August 1862. It was the summer Ethan,
Salina’s older brother, asked Taylor Sue Carey to be his bride—not long
before the day the Rebels and Yankees clashed at the Battle of
Chantilly.
Salina inherited a keen sense of adventure from her
father, a Confederate captain and spy. As the war drags on, loyalty and
survival draw Salina into risking her life in service of Captain
Hastings’ “Network.” In spite of mounting danger, Salina gathers her
courage, determined to do what she can to restore the days she
loved—precious time with her family, her friends, and Jeremy—Virginia as
it was prior to secession and invasion.
Captain Duncan Grant, a
Union secret agent, has orders to stop the flow of information to the
South. His assignment takes him on a search for the leader of this
circle of Southern civilian spies. Captain Grant’s persistent search is
not only for information, but also for anyone who might lead him to the
stolen documents he must recover for the North.
The War Between the States has created a stage where true
character will be tried and revealed. In this unfolding drama of
conflict, the Hastings family contends with life and death, loyalty and
disloyalty, and hope for a future tinged with the knowledge nothing will
never be the same. Each decision will bring honor or dishonor, trust or
distrust, truth or deception.
Risking her life, Salina Hastings
kept her word of honor to her father and to a struggling Confederacy by
delivering secret documents to a Rebel contact in San Francisco.
Following the darkness of Alcatraz and a treacherous journey back to her
beloved Virginia, Salina faces the threat of execution as a Confederate
spy for her refusal to abandon the deep-seated loyalty to all she holds
dear.
Reunited, Salina and Jeremy’s relationship is sorely tried
by questionable allegiances, doubt, miscommunication, and deliberate
lies as they weather the ongoing war. Their trust in God and in one
another is the only way they can withstand the turmoil which besets
them.
The fighting between the Confederacy and the Union evolved from a
“gentlemanly conflict” to indiscriminate treachery. Measured in terms of
human life, costly battles, lightning-quick raids, and secret missions
effect the inevitable end of the War Between the States as President
Lincoln has a commander in Ulysses S. Grant who will fight Robert E. Lee
without mercy.
Returning to Virginia a young wife and expectant
mother, homecoming at Shadowcreek is not what Salina Rose Hastings
Barnes imagined. Yankee Major John Barnes—corrupted by a decades-old
vendetta—has sworn to annihilate not only the Hastings family and the
land they hold dear, but also Salina’s husband, Captain Jeremy Barnes.
The love Jeremy and Salina share, combined with their faith in the
Almighty, produces the strength required to endure perilous trials.
Unable
to serve as an active operative in her late father’s spy ring, Salina’s
war contributions seem limited to knitting socks for Southern soldiers
and nursing in a Richmond hospital. As anticipated victory eludes the
defiant Confederacy, Salina dreams of life beyond the conflict and
harbors hopes of solving the mystery surrounding the identity of
Jeremy’s natural father. The fall of Richmond and the Army of Northern
Virginia’s eventual surrender exact a heavy toll, but Jeremy and Salina
continue to acknowledge God alone is worthy of the glory and honor for
the great things He has done.
