The Shiver Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater
" Shiver: Sam's not just a normal boy - he has a secret. During the
summer he walks and talks as a human, but when the cold comes, he runs
with his pack as a wolf. Grace has spent years watching the wolves in
the woods behind her house - but never dreamed that she would fall in
love with one of them. Now that they've found each other, the clock
ticks down on what could be Grace and Sam's only summer together.
Linger: Can
Grace and Sam last? Each will have to fight to stay together - whether
it means a reckoning with his werewolf past for Sam, or for Grace,
facing a future that is less and less certain. Enter Cole, a new wolf
who is wrestling with his own demons, embracing the life of a wolf while
denying the ties of being human. For Grace, Sam, and Cole, life is
harrowing and euphoric, enticing and alarming. As their world falls
apart, love is what lingers. But can it be enough?"
Shakespeare's Mistress by Karen Harper
" In Mistress Shakespeare, Elizabethan beauty Anne Whateley reveals
intimate details of her dangerous, daring life and her great love,
William Shakespeare. As historical records show, Anne Whateley of Temple
Grafton is betrothed to Will just days before he is forced to wed the
pregnant Anne Hathaway of Shottery. The clandestine Whateley/Shakespeare
match is a meeting of hearts and heads that no one—not even Queen
Elizabeth or her spymasters—can destroy. From rural Stratford-upon- Avon
to teeming London, the passionate pair struggles to stay solvent and
remain safe from Elizabeth I’s campaign to hunt down secret Catholics,
of whom Shakespeare is rumored to be a part. Often at odds, always in
love, the couple sells Will’s first plays and, as he climbs to
theatrical power in Elizabeth’s England, they fend off fierce
competition from rival London dramatists, ones as treacherous as they
are talented. Persecution and plague, insurrection and inferno, friends
and foes, even executions of those they hold dear, bring Anne’s
heartrending story to life. Spanning half a century of Elizabethan and
Jacobean history and sweeping from the lowest reaches of society to the
royal court, this richly textured novel tells the real story of
Shakespeare in love."
Happy reading!
