The Spanish Pearl by Catherine Friend
Things don't go well. Kate is captured by a band of mercenary soldiers and becomes an unwitting pawn in the violent conflict between the Catholic kings and the Islamic Moors. In her struggle to stay alive and return to the future, Kate must flee exotic harems, filthy dungeons, and treacherous Moorish courts. But when a sword-brandishing woman with an astonishing secret sweeps into Kate's life, Kate is suddenly torn between two women, and between two centuries.
The Spanish Pearl is an epic adventure spiced with humor, lust, and danger--a story with surprising twists that will capture your imagination just as Kate's dilemma captures your heart.
On their farm in southeastern Minnesota, Catherine Friend and her companion of over twenty-five years raise sheep, ducks, and goats. Her memoir, Hit by a Farm: How I Learned to Quit Worrying and Love the Barn, was an Insightout Bookclub bestseller, and it tells the story of what happened to her relationship and literary career after she agreed to help her partner start the farm. (It has a nice ending.) Struck by a Farm was a finalist for a 2006 Lambda Literary Award and earned a 2007 GCLS award. Catherine has also written six children's books and received a Loft/McKnight Fellowship in Children's Literature in 2007. Catherine's hobbies include everything from writing to reading about writing to discussing writing to fretting about not writing.
She has worked as an economist, a project manager for a technical writing firm, taught writing for ten years, edited novels, and done a variety of odd jobs to avoid going back to work in the corporate world. She paints, plays the piano, and spends her free time with her companion, who makes her laugh every day.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781933110769 |
| ISBN 10 | 1933110767 |
| Title | The Spanish Pearl |
| Author | Catherine Friend |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bella Books |
| Year published | 2007-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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