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This longanticipated sequel to the national bestseller lionheart is a vivid and heartwrenching story of the last event. I received a copy of this book as part of the first reads program. The book behind the major motion picture high and low, kings ransom is the 10th book in ed mcbains 87th precinct series. Faced with the greed and enmity of several rivals, including his own infamous brother john, who is allied with the french king, richard sets out to reclaim his english kingdom, which is in danger of being wrested away.

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Your pride will be your undoing, lionheart a king s ransom is the sweeping, adventurous sequel to lionheart, a masterfully spun novel of the last seven years of richard is life. A sexy billionaire romance ebook written by jackie ashenden. Though this is the fifth book in a five book rerelease from silhouette books. The missing boy is eight years old, fair hair, wearing a red sweater. Ive three paperbacks released this year once upon a dragon, my collection of short fiction, kings ransom, my historical novel and the double edition of operation tomcat and operation camilla, which are available singly only as ebooks. A perfect example of what sets mcbain s books apart from the other police procedurals, king s ransom is a story about a kidnapping that has little to do with the child or the crime, but a lot to do with the men involved and the decisions they make. You know what youre getting into when you bite into a jackie ashenden novel.

Praise for a kings ransom a kings ransom is historical fiction of the first order, a narrative synthesis of the royal marriages and petty rivalries, the personal slights and gestures of loyalty, the grand deeds and simple twists of fate that shape events. But the courage, compassion, and intelligence of this warrior king became the stuff of legend, and a kings ransom brings the man and his world fully and powerfully alive. A perfect example of what sets mcbains books apart from the other police procedurals, kings ransom is a story about a kidnapping that has little to do with the child or the crime, but a lot to do with the men involved and the decisions they make. Here, mcbain delivers the fullthrottle action and suspense we have come to expect.

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