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1) Red sister
Author
Series
Book of the Ancestor volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"The international bestselling author of the Broken Empire and the Red Queen's War trilogies begins a stunning epic fantasy series about a secretive order of holy warriors... At the Convent of Sweet Mercy, young girls are raised to be killers. In some few children the old bloods show, gifting rare talents that can be honed to deadly or mystic effect. But even the mistresses of sword and shadow don't truly understand what they have purchased when...
Author
Series
Charley Davidson novels volume 8
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"Charley Davidson has enough going on without having to worry about twelve hellhounds hot on her trail. She is, after all, incredibly pregnant and feeling like she could pop at any moment. But, just her luck, twelve deadly beasts from hell have chosen this time to escape onto our plane, and they've made Charley their target. And so she takes refuge at the only place she thinks they can't get to her: the grounds of an abandoned convent. Of course,...
Author
Series
Negligent chaperone novels volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Six long years have passed since Angela Sullivan set eyes on a man. Six years since the man she loved ruined her--and her parents banished her to Stanbrook Abbey, where she's now preparing to take her vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. But when the abbey takes in a handsome--if impudent--injured rogue, it will take divine intervention for Angela to quell her sinful thoughts..."--p. [4] of cover.
7) Holy sister
Author
Series
Book of the Ancestor volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"The third book in the thrilling and epic Book of the Ancestor trilogy from international bestselling author Mark Lawrence. Powerful novice Nona Grey must fight to survive in "a fantastic world in which religion and politics are dark and sharp as swords, with magic and might held in the hands of wonderful and dangerous women."* *Library Journal"--
"As a young girl, Nona Grey was saved from the noose by the Abbess of Sweet Mercy. But behind the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Eight years ago, Lieutenant Luke Ripton made a hasty wartime marriage-in-name-only to protect a young girl from a forced union and left her protected in a remote mountain convent. Now, Luke is Lord Ripton, but he has been unable to obtain an annulment. ... For nearly a decade, Isabella has waited like a princess locked in a tower, dreaming of her handsome, dark-eyed prince. ... And while Luke and Isabella's fiery personalities clash at every turn,...
Author
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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Description
Seeking refuge in a convent following the untimely death of her lover, master painter Raphael, a penniless Margherita Luti is forced to surrender her ruby engagement ring, a gift from the artist, to a representative of the Pope, in a sensuous historical novel, set during the Italian Renaissance, that chronicles the passionate love affair between the artist and his muse.
Author
Series
Reverend Mother mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Despite its regal name, the Queen's Old Castle is nothing but a low-grade department store, housed within the decrepit walls of what was once a medieval castle, built at the harbour entrance to Cork city. On her first visit for fifty years, the Reverend Mother is struck by how little has changed - apart, that is, from the strange smell of gas ... But when the store's owner staggers from his office and topples over the railings to his death, Mother...
Author
Publisher
Aria
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
''She's done running. Now she fights. 1942. With the war raging in Europe, Adèle Ambeh dreams of a France that is free from the clutches of the Nazis. As the date of her marriage to a ruthless man draws closer, she only has one choice: she must run. Adèle flees to Lyon and seeks refuge at the Sisters of Notre Dame de la Compassion. From the outside this is a simple nunnery, but the sisters are secretly aiding the French Resistance, hiding and supplying...
Author
Series
Reverend Mother mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The Reverend Mother is delighted with her new entrant to the convent. Young Sister Gertrude is well-educated, has worked for an accountant and has an appealing sense of humour. But one autumn morning, Sister Gertrude is found dead inside a small wooden shed, just beside the river. Surely a young nun could not die from alcohol poisoning? But when the Reverend Mother delves more deeply into Sister Gertrude's background, she finds some puzzling anomalies....
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