On an unremarkable Monday evening, John Cooper and his family are thrown into turmoil when their family dinner is interrupted by a pair of unknown intruders.
Andrew Danks Vincent Livres
York has been described as 'the most haunted city in Europe' There are haunted churches, haunted pubs, haunted museums, haunted theatres and haunted snickets. There are ghost hunters, ghost walks, ghost cruises, ghost festivals and, obviously, ghosts. What there isn't (or hasn't been up until now) is a detailed guide to the numerous locations where these ghosts are residing. This is the definitive guide to the spooks of York. The demonic hounds, the spectral monks, the wailing children and all the other deranged denizens from York's bloody and ever changing past. Fully illustrated, each story is numbered and marked on the various maps that are reproduced throughout the book along with historical facts, interesting asides and fascinating articles. Just remember ... don't stray too far from the path.
Fate and the Lady follows the modern day story of district nurse Christina Wise and her chance meeting with enigmatic ex-quarryman Mercy Slaughter and his friend FJ. Christina will be tested in her feelings for this man and his obsessive need to right a wrong committed against himself and his friends during a medieval battle re-enactment only a couple of years previously. His compulsion risks putting them all in mortal danger and even result in an international incident. Will Christina be able to save Slaughter from himself, or will he continue in his path of self-destruction? Add to the mix a French politician and his sidekick with an axe to grind; a hardcore group of Englishmen with vengeance in mind; and a mysterious Turkish billionairess with her own designs on Slaughter; and you end up with a volatile mix of sex, intrigue and bloody hand-to-hand combat.