The Year-God's Daughter

10 best books like The Year-God's Daughter (Rebecca Lochlann): Rubies of the Viper, Huntress, At Road's End, The Other Alexander, Fezariu's Epiphany, The Demon Queen And The Locksmith, Earthfall, Mighty Hammer Down, In the House of Five Dragons, Once a Goddess

AuthorMartha Marks
ISBN0979519349
AD 53 — Strong-willed, impetuous, and naive, Theodosia Varro inherits the family estate after her brother is murdered on the streets of Rome. With no preparation, she goes from poverty and isolation to great wealth and a prestigious position in society. Only by identifying her brother's killer...
Huntress
AuthorNicole Hamlett
"Fate is an ugly bitch who will screw with your life every single chance she gets."

Grace Murphy, a newly single mother finds this out as she's trying to figure out how to lead a perfectly normal life. The big question becomes, what do you do when you find out that your mother is Diana, the Goddess...
At Road's End
AuthorZoe Saadia
Tecpatl was born a warrior, one of the elite class of fighters, defending his great city, capturing vanquished foes to sacrifice for the honor of the gods.

He never wished to follow the ancient road into the Southwestern desert; but he had no choice.

When he rescues a girl from a ransacked...
AuthorAndrew Levkoff
In the greatest, foulest city in the world, love, mayhem and betrayal find the slave, Alexandros. Given as a gift to the richest man in Rome, he soon discovers that intrigue and murder stalk the house of his master. Yet, if he solves the crime, the worst punishment may prove to be his own.

Alexandros...
AuthorDavid M. Brown
ISBN1456500597
12-year-old Fezariu thought his mother died when he was little, but when his beloved stepfather dies the boy discovers she is alive and well - and working at the most famous brothel in all of Elenchera. When she cruelly rejects him it's more than he can bear, and he runs away to join a band of ruthless soldiers...
The Demon Queen And The Locksmith
AuthorSpencer Baum
ISBN1448642736
In Turquoise, New Mexico, a small group of hippies believe that the mountain north of town emits a constant, resonant hum that is only audible to a chosen few. They call themselves the Hearers, and the fact that fourteen-year-old Kevin Brown has never trusted them makes it all the worse when his own ears...
Earthfall
AuthorThomas P. Hopp
A solid 3 stars. Would have been higher but there were too many "conveniences" in the book and some inconsistencies. Reads a lot like a made-for-TV series in that the plot is pretty shallow, the characters don't have a lot of depth, and none of the science makes sense.

The plot is straightforward....
Mighty Hammer Down
AuthorDavid J. Guyton
ISBN1440486077
A longstanding peace is about to be shattered by villains in the shadows of Medora. They conspire with distant nations to cripple the western Empire and spread their venom eastward. In their secretive attempt, they stumble across the power to slay Arius, the god of war, and replace him with a human puppet....
AuthorErica Lindquist
He is not the hero they remember. This is not the world he knew.

Thirty years have passed since the bloody battle of Njorn Pass, since Rikard Mazrem traded his life away to the Alterra to save his dying men. Defeat became victory and an empire was born. For decades, the people of Carce have revered...
Once a Goddess
AuthorSheila R. Lamb
ISBN1625260989
For the sake of peace, Brigid of the supernatural Túatha dé Danann enters into an arranged marriage with Bres, the next chieftain of the enemy Fomorian tribe, whose iron weapons and brute strength challenge Danann magic. Brigid is told to spy for her people, and to keep the source of their powers secret,...
The Dangerous Thaw of Etta Capstone
AuthorKaren J. Hasley
“Revenge is very good eaten cold”
For most people food serves a purpose and the purpose isn’t complicated. You eat it. But for Etta Capstone it’s not that simple. An excellent cook and the owner of a successful restaurant on the Texas frontier, she’s had years to perfect other uses for...
Fated
AuthorCarolyn McCray
Fated
By Carolyn McCray
Copyright 2010 by Carolyn McCray
An Off Our Meds Project, published by arrangement with the author
ASIN B0050VRK20 $2.99

Fated by Carolyn McCray was a wonderful excursion into the “what if” realms of history. I loved it. It was interesting, it...
Warrior Quest
AuthorJason McCammon
ISBN0984312013
He has spent his whole life trying to prove himself worthy of his father's crown. By age fifteen, Bomani's warrior skills had surpassed all the boys his age; yet that wasn't enough for him. When the precious Ifa Scepter must be found to save his kingdom, it is Bomani who secretly sets out on this journey...
The Black God’s War Preview
AuthorMoses Siregar III
Against the backdrop of epic warfare and the powers of ten mysterious gods, Lucia struggles to understand The Black One.

Her father-king wants war.

Her messianic brother wants peace.

The black god wants his due.

She suffers all the consequences.

King...
Brave Beginnings
AuthorRuth Ann Nordin
Julia Milton has said good-bye to two men in her life. Ernest who was a part of her safe and familiar world, a childhood friend who shared her background. Then there was Chogan who stirred her passion but came from the Mandan tribe—a man who lived a life foreign to her own.

How can she possibly...
Henry Wood Edge of Understanding
AuthorBrian D. Meeks
Book four in the Henry Wood Detective series

Edge of Understanding continues the Henry Wood series' genre-busting mysteries. Those who enjoy a shadowy criminal antagonist along the lines of Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Moriarty will like the Enclave.

1955 has been a good year for Henry,...
The Gargoyle in the Seine
AuthorDee Garretson
ISBN1466354283
The City of Light has some dark places. Art student Clary Ashton can’t imagine a more perfect spot to study painting than Paris in the spring of 1878, until she witnesses a body thrown into the Seine, the body of Liam Heaton, another art student with a mysterious background. What Clary thinks is murder...
Yseult: A Tale of Love in the Age of King Arthur
AuthorRuth Nestvold
"Once upon a time beyond history, in an age almost beyond imagination, there was a girl as fair as the moon, sitting on a horse and watching a fire. The bonfire is a part of history, but the princess is a part of legend.
"Tristan and Isot, Tristram and Isolde, Essyllt and Drust, Yseult and Drystan: the...
The Overtaking
AuthorVictorine E. Lieske
Shayne believes he's living the ideal life.

He attends a great school in the Midwest, gets along with his roommate, and has fallen for a girl who seems perfect for him.

But it’s all a lie. And Shayne starts to figure it out.

Danielle didn’t mean to fall in love with one of the...
The Brigand Bride
AuthorMiriam Minger
This is an alternate Edition for ASIN: B004BA5GU4.

When Maddie Fraser's father was killed fighting for Bonnie Prince Charles, the spirited Scottish lass swore to avenge his death. Hooded and disguised, she led a series of daring raids against the forces of the Crown--vowing to love no man...
Footprints of a Dancer
AuthorBob Avey
Most of us come into this world with an inborn need for religion, a higher power to believe in. However, when fear and misunderstanding are the driving forces behind that desire, the door is left open for anything that cares to enter.

Eight years ago, Laura Bradford mysteriously disappeared...
The Spider and the Fly
AuthorC.E. Stalbaum
*Publisher's Note: the sequel, REBELLION, is now available!

Humanity lies in ruin. The once invincible human empire has crumbled, and refugees struggle to survive on backwater colonies and broken ghettos on the fringes of the galaxy. Worst of all, any child born with a spark of psychic potential...
The Wedding Shroud
AuthorElisabeth Storrs
In 406 BC, to seal a tenuous truce, the young Roman Caecilia is wedded to Vel Mastarna, an Etruscan nobleman from Veii. Leaving her militaristic homeland, Caecilia is determined to remain true to Roman virtues while living among the sinful Etruscans. But, despite her best intentions, she is seduced...
AuthorSuzanne Tyrpak
Vestal Virgin—suspense in ancient Rome

Elissa Rubria Honoria is a Vestal Virgin--priestess of the sacred flame, a visionary, and one of the most powerful women in Rome. Vestals are sacrosanct, sworn to chastity on penalty of death, but the emperor, Nero, holds himself above the law. He...
The Girl from Ithaca
AuthorCherry Gregory
ISBN0989741869
A Spartan war ship sails into Ithaca and two men arrive to demand the fulfillment of an oath. When Odysseus joins the Greek alliance against Troy, his little sister, fourteen-year-old Neomene, is thrust into a world she knows little about.

Amid the secrecy and plots, Neomene befriends the...
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