July 2014: Brazen by Katherine Longshore.

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July 2010: The Naughty List by Suzanne Young.

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February 2013: The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd.February 2012: A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton.February 2011: Prom & Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg.February 2010: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl.August 2014: The Bridge from Me to You by Lisa Schroeder.August 2013: Wise Young Fool by Sean Beaudoin.August 2010: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare.April 2015: The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma.April 2014: Noggin by John Corey Whaley.April 2013: The Program by Suzanne Young.April 2012: Curse Workers series by Holly Black.Dido Twite, the protagonist of the novel.But this Arthur is not at all pleased at the monstrosity his ancient spouse has become. It then transpires that Holystone is an incarnation of Arthur, who for a thousand years had lain in suspended animation on an island in the missing lake. Unfortunately, she has attained immortality by cannibalistic vampirism, murdering and consuming local maidens.

It seems that she is the same immortal Ginevra, or Guinevere, of myth and has waited centuries for the return of her king, Arthur. Travelling to Bath, the capital city, the crew learn that Ginevra wants them to help her recover a lake, which she claims has been stolen by New Cumbria's neighbour, Lyonesse. Bound by ancient treaties between Britain and New Cumbria, they are given orders to assist Ginevra, the Queen. The ship changes course, landing on the coast of New Cumbria. En route, she befriends the ship's open-minded steward, Holystone. In this world, part of South America is occupied by Ancient British (Celtic) colonists following an invasion hundreds of years before.Īfter her adventures in Nightbirds on Nantucket, Dido Twite is travelling back to England on the naval vessel HMS Thrush. The novel is, according to the internal chronology of the novels, the fourth in the Wolves Chronicles, a series of books set during the fictional 19th century reign of King James III. Taking place in an alternate history, the story follows the adventures of Dido Twite in a fictionalized version of South America. The Stolen Lake is a children's novel by Joan Aiken, first published in 1981.

The stolen lake by joan aiken