The Golden Debt Anthology

The Golden Debt Anthology These three stories fuse together. Like a crystal with so many angles, they reflect the truth of life’s elements. Forbidden love runs strong and is a theme of every story. But looking deeper you will discover that through the ages man has always sought the truth. He is aware that his free will makes him responsible for his choices. In every story man looks ahead with hope. Yet we are vulnerable and our end is not always justified by the means. You could call this anthology a historical romance. Yet, it is so much more, for it tells the story of how we today struggle to live life to its fullest before we are part of the past called History. THE GOLDEN DEBT This short story will introduce a century that is bursting at the seams with art and exploration. Meanwhile, the Dutch Master Vermeer becomes caught up in a web of romance and sexual taboos that are both dangerous and exhilarating. Become a citizen of Seventeenth century Delft, Holland. The reader will journey back in time to find a city rich in culture and love. The world is on the verge of enlightenment and my characters are helping to usher in a new age. The plot is deep but the story moves like a locomotive at full speed. Get caught up in the passion and surprised at the ending wanting more. THE ROUGH WOOING Imagine yourself being pursued by Henry VIII all of your life. The Rough Wooing takes you through the reign of Mary Queen of Scots and her inexorable link with her Tudor ancestors. They rise from their grave passing on their spirit and genetic makeup that manifests itself in this fascinating woman. The short story focuses on the pivotal months of Mary’s life. For over a year she plunges headlong towards her destruction that was written in the stars. Predestined to be a lonely prisoner for most of her adult life, you will find yourself wanting to help her out of this predicament. Yet, will also realize Mary relies solely on her wits, never giving up hope. With great strength and fortitude she ensures her ciphered letters escape out into the world spinning a web around the continent. It would take the greatest spymaster almost two decades to unravel and use against her, ultimately bringing her once beautiful head to the block. Think again. What do know about this elusive queen and her troubled life? Read the Rough Wooing and you will understand how the machinations of a corrupt few can take the future and bend it to their will. Their deeds can change the course of successions, true love and the pulse of history whose blood runs through our veins. We are offspring’s of a past as vivid and embroiling as our modern world. Many know of the Scottish queen’s end. Few understand what cataclysmic forces could obliterate a monarchy and change the pages of time. THE CELTIC TREASURE How could two hundred thousand rag tag Celts almost conquer their Roman invaders. The Celtic Treasure will take you back to 60 AD when Boudicca rose up from her enemy’s oppression. She incited the largest insurrection against the Empire in any province, ever. You will be brought into her final battle like you are carrying the ax. This day will decide the fate of Britannia for another five hundred years. One thousand years ago the ancients loved and made war much as today. Fate would finally intercede and history is now written. Yet, the ethnic cleansing did not stop with the eradication of her tribe. People still do not fall in love with the most convenient person. Rebels rise up every day against unjust oppression. Time has marched on for a millennium and man has failed to learn from the past, for he refuses to look back and find the Celtic Treasure. Enjoy! Desiree Jaeckel