Welcome to 2008!

It’s winter: time for snuggling in with a good book and ignoring the “wintry mix” outside. Fortunately for us all, the past few months have witnessed the release of new books in several of our more popular series.

Also, since the end of Faire, a friend has introduced m to a trilogy of books by a New Zealand author named Posie Graeme-Evans. They are historical fiction, set in England during the War of the Roses. Here’s the description from the back cover of the first book:

The year is 1450, a dangerous time in medieval Britain. Civil unrest is at its peak and the legitimacy of the royal family is suspect. Meanwhile, deep in the forests of western England, a baby is born. Powerful forces plot to kill both mother and child, but somehow the newborn girl survives. Her name is Anne.
Fifteen years later, England emerges into a fragile but hopeful new age, with the charismatic young King Edward IV on the throne. Anne, now a young peasant girl, joins the household of a wealthy London merchant. Her unusual beauty provokes jealousy, lust, and intrigue, but Anne has a special quality that saves her: a vast knowledge of healing herbs. News of her extraordinary gift spreads, and she is called upon to save the ailing queen. Soon after, Anne is moved into the palace, where she finds her destiny with the man who will become the greatest love of her life -- the king himself.

 

See all our new selections in the catalog!