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Adriana walked away from the painting to look again at the model. It wasn’t a perfect portrait yet, but it was something she had made...

Emma and James Turner had blown off all the candles in the room. They used to say it helped the guests feel as if they were in Egypt...

It was hot, especially if one lived in England. Under the warm sun, sweating through his clothes, a young man called Alan was digging a...

Most people had seen her at some point. Some felt their souls grow colder, others swore to have witnessed a dark figure at the end of the...

When Sister Adela opened her eyes, she wished the nuns had come up with a better time of day to pray their matins. It was dark, and she...

The sun, which had been living behind the clouds all day, had already disappeared by four. The ruthless winter day made me shiver, even...

Winchester, 1141. Sister Lyle was standing in the middle of the convent. At least, in the middle of what the convent had been once upon a...

The Eagle Pub had been standing in the Cambridge city center for many years. If one was to ask the people who visited the village what...

Claire is packing her bags and leaving for good. After all the years she has spent painting the magical Hampshire landscape, she has...

We have been guarding the city since our birth. From the sky, we have watched how Good prevailed over Evil, how people looked up and...

He looked at the cod soup and then fixed his eyes on the monks. He felt like an outlander - and in a way - he was. Prior Antonino hurried...

The music was starting to play all over the castle. France shone under the stars after going through one of its hardest moments in...