Alison Morton

New York, present day. Karen Brown, angry and frightened after surviving a kidnap attempt, has a harsh choice - being eliminated by government enforcer Jeffery Renschman or fleeing to the mysterious Roma Nova, her dead mother's homeland in Europe. Founded sixteen centuries ago by Roman exiles and ruled by women, Roma Nova gives Karen safety and a ready-made family. But a shocking discovery about her new lover, the fascinating but arrogant special forces officer Conrad Tellus, who rescued her in America, isolates her. Renschman reaches into her new home and nearly kills her. Recovering, she is desperate to find out why he is hunting her so viciously. Unable to rely on anybody else, she undergoes intensive training, develops fighting skills and becomes an undercover cop. But crazy with bitterness at his past failures, Renschman sets a trap for her, knowing she has no choice but to spring it...

Inceptio

Annie Whitehead

Joanna Courtney

Helen Hollick

Carol McGrath

Eliza Redgold

Anna Belfrage

Richard Dee

GK Holloway

Ever wondered what might have happened if William the Conqueror had been beaten at Hastings? Or if Harald Hardrada had won at Stamford Bridge? Then here is the perfect set of stories for you. ‘1066 Turned Upside Down’ explores a variety of ways in which the momentous year of 1066 could have played out differently.

Alternative fiction stories by nine authors

1066 Turned Upside Down

Captain Carina Mitela of the Praetorian Guard Special Forcesis in trouble - one colleague has tried to kill her and another has set a trap to incriminate her in a conspiracy to topple the government of Roma Nova. Founded sixteen hundred years ago by Roman dissidents and ruled by women, Roma Nova barely survived a devastating coup d'etat thirty years ago. Carina swears to prevent a repeat and not merely for love of country. Seeking help from a not quite legal old friend could wreck her marriage to the enigmatic Conrad. Once proscribed and operating illegally, she risks being terminated by both security services and conspirators. As she struggles to overcome the desperate odds and save her beloved Roma Nova, and her own life, she faces the ultimate betrayal...

Perfiditas

Waking up to find her fiancé dead in their bed in a London hotel was not how Mel thought her new life with Gérard would begin. Nor facing years of prison for his murder. Three days ago, dual-national Mel threw in her job as an intelligence analyst with the French special forces to marry Gérard. Now with British cop McCracken determined to pin the homicide on her, Mel will do anything to track down the killer. Forced to work with McCracken, Mel begins to unpick her fiancé's secret life in a web of international money laundering and terrorism. Not entirely sure of her own identity, her trust is stretched to the limit when she goes undercover and discovers almost everybody around her is hiding a second self. And then she is hit by the ultimate betrayal... A stunning new thriller from the author of the award-winning Roma Nova series

Double Identity

Pulled into a nightmare of blackmail, drugs and breakdown, can 21st century Praetorian Guard Carina defend her family and Roma Nova against a gifted and vicious enemy? Battling the mistakes of a past generation to save the next, Carina has to make the hardest choice of her life.

Successio: A Carina Mitela Roma Nova Thriller

"A high-gauge stainless steel needle was not the way I thought I would die." 1960s Roma Nova where a tiny part of the Roman Empire has survived into the 20th century. Ex-Praetorian officer Aurelia Mitela must discover who is manipulating the silver smuggling destroying the economy of her beloved Roma Nova. Who set a lethal trap for her in Berlin? One person fits the bill perfectly, but can she catch him before he kills her? A former military commander, Aurelia is one of her country's strong women, but she doubts in her heart and mind that she can overcome her clever and implacable enemy, Caius Tellus. Or should she arrest the mysterious and attractive Miklós – a smuggler who knows too much? First in the Aurelia Mitela adventures, where Roman fiction is brought into the 20th century through an alternative history lens. INSURRECTIO, NEXUS (novella) and RETALIO follow on. "A racing climax and a fully satisfying ending" – Kate Quinn – Historical Novel Society’s indie Editor’s Choice for Autumn 2015 – B.R.A.G. Medallion – Finalist, 2016 HNS Indie Award

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