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Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romanceβ€”discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.


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She’s the lady everyone overlooks. He’s the prince who can’t look away.

Harold The King by Helen Hollick

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Also by Helen Hollick:

I Am The Chosen King, March 2011
Trade Size / e-Book
The Forever Queen, November 2010
Paperback / e-Book
Shadow Of The King, March 2010
Trade Size
Pendragon's Banner, September 2009
Paperback
Bring It Close, August 2009
Paperback
The Kingmaking, March 2009
Paperback
Pirate Code, September 2007
Paperback
Sea Witch, June 2006
Paperback
Harold The King, May 2006
Paperback
A Hollow Crown, January 2005
Paperback

HAROLD THE KING
By: Helen Hollick

Discovered Authors
May 2006
On Sale: May 12, 2006
Featuring: Harold Godwinesson; William
704 pages
ISBN: 1905108184
EAN: 9781905108183
Paperback
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Historical

This story is set in the England of 1044.

As dawn breaks over a summer's landscape, Harold Godwinesson is riding east. One of seven sons of the noble Godwime family, he is newly created Earl of East Anglia.

But marrying for love sets him against his family and his King. In France, William, the bastard son of a duke, is hungry for power. A charismatic leader, he care nothing for the hypocrisy of court, only his next victory. Matched by his determined wife Mathilda, he casts his eyes towards England. King Edward is alternately influenced and angered by his powerful mother, the Dowager Queen Emma. Manipulated into a marriage of convenience with Harold's sister, he is at the mercy of his nobles - an he lacks an heir.