Coming 30 April 2013

Blood Between Queens



Following her perilous fall from a throne she’d scarcely owned to begin with, Mary, Queen of Scots, has fled to England, hoping her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, will grant her asylum. But now Mary has her sights on the English crown, and Elizabeth enlists her most trusted subjects to protect it.

Justine Thornleigh is delighting in the thrill of Queen Elizabeth’s visit to her family’s estate when the festivities are cut short by Mary’s arrival. To Justine’s surprise, the Thornleighs appoint her to serve as a spy in Mary’s court. But bearing the guise of a lady-in-waiting is not Justine’s only secret. The weight of her task is doubled by fears of revealing to her fiancé that she is in truth the daughter of his family’s greatest enemy.

Duty-bound, Justine must sacrifice love as she navigates a deadly labyrinth of betrayal that could lead to the end of Elizabeth’s fledgling reign…



Praise for Blood Between Queens:
 
“Kyle illuminates the world of queens Mary and Elizabeth, exploring their rivalry from its beginning through the eyes of a young woman torn between loyalty to her queen and a growing friendship with the enemy. Well-drawn characters and real-life events merging with fiction vibrantly bring history to life in an exciting, accessible way. Kyle knows what historical fiction readers crave.” – RT Book Reviews
"Blood Between Queens...gifts the reader with an intimate look into the minds and hearts of the royal and great of Elizabeth's England. I felt carried away to Tudor times...a beautifully written and compelling novel. Again, Barbara Kyle reigns!" - New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper, author of The Queen's Governess
 
"A masterful commingling of fact and fiction, effortlessly transporting readers to the perils and passions of Tudor England. Gaspworthy treachery and the poignant sweetness of steadfast love make this a book of quickly and eagerly turned pages. Justine Thornleigh is a heroine to root for and to love." - Sandra Byrd, bestselling author of Roses Have Thorns

A reader's review on Goodreads: "Kyle's finest...an experience of vivid literary color."

 
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 The Queen's Gamble
Book #4 in the Thornleigh Saga

Young Queen Elizabeth I’s path to the throne has been a perilous one, and already she faces a dangerous crisis. French troops have landed in Scotland to quell a rebel Protestant army, and Elizabeth fears once they are entrenched on the border, they will invade England.

Isabel Thornleigh has returned to London from the New World with her Spanish husband, Carlos Valverde, and their young son. Ever the queen’s loyal servant, Isabel is recruited to smuggle money to the Scottish rebels. Yet Elizabeth’s trust only goes so far—Isabel’s son will be the queen’s pampered hostage until she completes her mission. Matters grow worse when Isabel’s husband is engaged as military advisor to the French, putting the couple on opposite sides in a deadly cold war.

"Riveting, adventurous...superb! The Historical Novel Society "Editor's Choice"

"Action-packed adventure that expertly blends fiction with history ... a pulsating story of valor and greed, love and passion, and the tremendous cost of loyalty." Publishers Weekly blog

"Memorable characters...lush historical detail, fascinating intrigues and court drama. History and romance merge, loyalty and passions run high and readers are riveted to the pages of [Kyle's] highly addictive novels." RT Reviews
"Starts strong and doesn’t let up." Publishers Weekly

"Complex story lines, unexpected twists, passion and drama galore...a real can't-put-it-down read." One Word at a Time

 

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 Entrapped

Winner of the B.R.A.G. Medallion

A novel of high stakes: life and death, love, and oil

Three people must discover how much they’ll risk to try and keep what they have . . .

Liv Gardner, an ambitious young executive at Falcon Oil and fiancée of its owner, faces a sabotage crisis. She thinks she will do anything to preserve what she has worked so hard to achieve, no matter the cost.

Tom Wainwright, maverick farmer turned saboteur. Convinced that Liv’s “sour” gas wells killed his wife, he is out to destroy Falcon Oil.

Mickey Havelock, the charismatic oilman engaged to marry Liv. He won’t let anything, including murder, stop his plan to reap the wealth from Spirit Creek’s oil and gas.

Spirit Creek, a small town in Alberta, Canada, anxious to keep the oilfield jobs that are its lifeblood, is stunned by fear when one of its own is murdered . . .


"Kyle has peopled a landscape of smoke and poison and vast natural beauty with a cast of vivid characters, and none of them, from the slick oil baron to the vengeful radical to the not-quite-professional investigator are quite what they seem ... many jolts and twists and turns that will leave no one unsatisfied." Giles Blunt, bestselling author of Crime Machine

 
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"Deception, sabotage and romance... I loved this book." Pastor Dan

"Combines mystery, suspense and romance with a great plot and richly drawn characters...beautiful visual imagery and moral complexity" Christine North
"A complex story that is both suspenseful and unexpected in its various twists and revelations." Combat Advisor

 











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 The Experiment

A concentration camp, a doctor's cruel face, and death … Movie stunt woman Alana Marks never experienced any of these ordeals from decades ago, but somehow she has horrifying memories of them all.

Giving birth in wartime to a daughter she never knew, Alana's gypsy mother was forced to serve as a test subject for inhuman scientific research. Since then, the survivors and their children have been hunted down and murdered, one by one.

Now it's Alana's turn to die. As a killer emerges from the shadows, she and the son she must protect have only one chance: to use their gypsy heritage and her allies within that fierce- hearted community. Yet even if she survives, she must still confront the terrible legacy of The Experiment.


"Haunting thriller... Kyle keeps the cinematic action scenes and nail-biting suspense rolling throughout." Publishers Weekly

"A fast-paced, vivid, and original ride." Kyle Mills, author of Sphere of Influence


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 The Queen's Captive
Book #3 in the Thornleigh Saga

England, 1554. In the wake of the failed Wyatt Rebellion, a vengeful Queen Mary has ordered all conspirators captured and executed. Among the imprisoned is her own sister, twenty-year-old Princess Elizabeth. Though she protests her innocence, Elizabeth’s brave stand only angers Mary more.

Elizabeth longs to gain her liberty – and her sister’s crown – and in Honor and Richard Thornleigh and their seafaring son, Adam, the young princess has loyal allies.When Mary releases her from the Tower, hoping she’ll make a false move and condemn herself, the Thornleighs return from exile to help Elizabeth in the fight of her life. Disgusted by Queen Mary’s proclaimed intent to burn heretics, Honor visits Elizabeth and they quickly become friends. And when Adam foils a would-be assassin, Elizabeth’s gratitude swells into a powerful – and mutual – attraction.

But Honor is playing a dangerous game as a double agent, aware that a false move of her own could uncover her past as a condemned heretic. To save her family and Elizabeth, Honor must turn a headstrong princess into a queen before "Bloody Mary" destroys them all.

"An exciting tale of the intrigue and political maneuvering in the Tudor court." Booklist

 
 

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The King's Daughter
Book #2 in the Thornleigh Saga

When Henry VIII’s bitter daughter, Queen Mary, launches her reign with a vow to annihilate heretics, young Isabel Thornleigh must act quickly to save her family. Determined to rescue her father from prison, she entrusts her mission, and herself, to a ruthless mercenary. But Isabel is also pledged to spy for the rebel leader whose men are bent on overthrowing the Queen. Caught up in a dangerous maelstrom of intrigue and shifting loyalties, unsure of who is friend and who is foe, Isabel knows only that she must unmask the mysterious traitor bent on destroying her family.


"A complex and fast-paced plot, mixing history with vibrant characters" Publisher's Weekly


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"The King’s Daughter is an all-action thriller, bringing to life the passion and perils of the Tudor period as well as delivering a romance laced with mystery and authentic history ...Kyle has perfected the art of melding fact and fiction, creating a nucleus of imaginary characters to play out thrilling adventures amidst real-life figures and real historical events." Lancashire Evening Post
 
 
 The Queen's Lady
Book #1 in the Thornleigh Saga

Set in the nerve-jangled court of Henry VIII during his battle with the Catholic church for a divorce, THE QUEEN’S LADY is the story of Honor Larke, a ward of King Henry’s chancellor, Sir Thomas More, and a lady-in-waiting to Henry’s first wife, Queen Catherine of Aragon. Forced to take sides in the religious extremism of the day, Honor fights to save the church’s victims from death at the stake, enlisting Richard Thornleigh, a rogue sea captain, in her missions of mercy, and finally risking her life to try to save Sir Thomas from the wrath of the king.

"Riveting, heady, glorious, inspired." Susan Wiggs

"Compelling ... comparable with the likes of Margaret George." Publishers Weekly

"Weaves a fast-paced plot through some of the most harrowing years of English history." Judith Merkle Riley

"Boldly strides into Philippa Gregory territory ... marvelously researched...A classic historical novel - sweeping, gritty and realistic." Historical Novels Review

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