Charity Bishop: 9 books

Have you ever wondered why “The Lord of the Rings” so resonates with your soul? It’s not a coincidence that a tale of good and evil, heroism and sacrifice, friendship and love touches you as intensely as it does. J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t set out to write an allegory, but his faith is woven into...

The ad in the newspaper says Alana is a witch.She isn’t. She is something far more important… a Giftsnatcher, able to discern, identify, and steal the spiritual gifts of others. For years, she and her older sister have made a living selling them to paying clients. But when Lord Tremain...

Seventeen-year-old Evangeline is about to discover what is different about her. She has had suspicions all along, but it is not until an aunt she never knew about turns up that her life tumbles into an adventure. Now, she is in the northern wood… a place where nothing is as it seems, where the ancient...

The city of Belfast in 1911 bustles with activity. The RMS Olympic is about to set out on her first sea voyage, and the RMS Titanic is sliding off her dry dock into the channel for the first time.However, Lord Pirrie and Thomas Andrews have other things on their mind… a robbery without anything...

Lady Anwen cannot forget, nor her brother forgive. Since she killed Lord Meuric’s son in self-defense on a lonely Welsh road, and spent several months imprisoned and mistreated in his castle, Anwen has fought her nightmares. Alone and unable to bear a man’s touch, she unites with a local...

The nightmares began in my childhood… Since then, they have grown stronger. Horrific dreams of blood and death, of dark specters and betrayal haunt me. Mother wants me to become a seer in the temple of Minerva. I would much rather marry the dashing military commander, Pilate, instead....

What if you knew when someone was about to die… and could do nothing to stop it? Each time, it starts as an itch in the back of her throat. It builds into a scream that shatters windows... and brings death. Elspeth does not know what she is, until she arrives at Ravenswolde. Fresh...

His last best hope for England may destroy them all. Henry VII faces traitors on all sides. In a darkened abbey in Hampshire, a dozen monks conspire against him. In a French garrison, a governor favors his enemies. And one of them holds a secret to devastate England. Katharine...

One year ago, Suffolk gave King Henry the slip. His mistress also disappeared. No one has since seen her, not even her best friend, Edda. The talented seamstress works for Lady Keelyn, wife of Sir William, Suffolk’s younger brother. As she sews delicate loops into an expensive new...