Books with author Catherine Jinks

Monks, monks, monks. Monks everywhere ... crammed together on their chapter-house seats like bats in a cave. Like crows around a corpse.Pagan is back! After renouncing the sword in Pagan in Exile, Pagan and his noble Lord Roland become novices at the Abbey of Saint Martin, where they will prepare to learn the twelve steps of humility and take the oath of obedience. But as Pagan soon finds out, neither humility nor blind obedience comes easily to him. And while Roland sets his eyes firmly on the face of God, the more worldly Pagan discovers just how corrupt and dangerous life in a monastery can be.Book Three in the Pagan Chronicles, Pagan's Vows is a lively, engrossing medieval thriller - a brilliant sequel to Pagan's Crusade and Pagan in Exile.'Humour? Rage? Agony? Spiritual journeys? Murder? Moral turpitude? Twists both welcome and dismaying? This decidedly unique historical saga has it all.' -- Kirkus Reviews, USA

“This is top-notch storytelling, full of wit, a colorful cast of rogues, and delectable slang.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review of How to Catch a BogleJem Barbary spent most of his early life picking pockets for a wily old crook named Sarah Pickles—until she betrayed him. Now Jem wants revenge, but first he needs a new job. Luckily Alfred the bogler, the man who kills the child-eating monsters that hide in the shadows of Victorian London, needs a new apprentice. As more and more orphans disappear under mysterious circumstances, Alfred, Jem, and Birdie find themselves waging an underground war in a city where science clashes with superstition and monsters lurk in every alley.

With the plague of bogles in Victorian London barely contained, bogle hunter Alfred Bunce needs all the help he can get. So Ned Roach becomes a bogler’s apprentice, luring child-eating monsters from their lairs just like his friends Jem and Birdie. It’s dangerous work that takes Ned into mysterious and hidden parts of the city. Yet times in London are changing; as the machine age emerges, the very existence of bogles is questioned, and the future of bogling is in jeopardy. And the stakes get even higher for the team of boglers when an old enemy appears—a threat that may be deadlier than any bogle.

When Tobias Richard Vandevelde wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the night before, his horrified mother tells him that he was found unconscious. At Featherdale Wildlife Park. In a dingo pen. He assumes that his two best friends are somehow responsible, until the mysterious Reuben turns up, claiming that Toby has a rare and dangerous “condition.” Next thing he knows, Toby finds himself involved with a strange bunch of sickly insomniacs who seem convinced that he needs their help. It’s not until he’s kidnapped and imprisoned that he starts to believe them—and to understand what being a paranormal monster really means.

“Cadel rides right up there with Artemis Fowl as a sympathetic anti-villain.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review Cadel Piggot has a genius IQ. He’s caught hacking into government databases at the age of seven. By fourteen, he’s studying for his World Domination degree at an institute founded by a criminal mastermind. The three action-packed science-fiction adventures in the critically acclaimed Genius Trilogy track this fascinating character, his amazing friends, and his terrible adversaries through their over-the-top high-tech adventures. This handsome boxed set includes all three books in paperback: Evil Genius, Genius Squad, and Genius Wars.

The enemy.When will they come? What will they do?What does an army look like, encamped around a city?I've read so much, but I just can't imagine it.Languedoc in 1209 is a dangerous place. When the delicate, bookish Isidore becomes scribe to Pagan Kidrouk, Archdeacon of Carcassonne, he is plunged into the real world - Pagan's world, and that of his beloved Lord Roland, and Roland's enigmatic older brother, Lord Jordan. But this is the year in which papal forces from the north begin their bloody crusade against the Cathar heretics. And the battle line is moving closer to Carcassonne ...Book Four in the Pagan Chronicles, Pagan's Scribe is another action-packed saga of the savvy and sarcastic Pagan Kidrouk.'Rich in authentic detail, humor, grief, and deep insight into the life of the mind as well as the heart, this makes a fitting close to a high-water mark in historical fiction.' -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

As the daughter of the Pirate King, Tilia Swanson has an unusual upbringing learning skills that aren't often available for women. As the heir apparent for the Kingdom of Crilan, her skills set her apart as she is trained by the best in the land and taught to harness her magic. However, piracy is in her blood, and draws danger to her in the way that treasure draws pirates. Some treasures are more valuable than others. Will this lesson be learned in time or will the betrayal of those around her be her undoing?

A werewolf? I kept stumbling over that word; it made no sense to me. How could I be a werewolf? Werewolves didn't exist. When Tobias Vandevelde wakes up in hospital with no memory of the night before, he is told that he was found unconscious. In a zoo pen. The doctor rules out epilepsy and Toby's prank-loving friends are just as freaked out as he is. Then the wild-eyed Reuben turns up talking in hushed tones about Toby being a werewolf. Reuben's pale, insomniac friends seem equally convinced and offer to chain him up every full moon. They also claim to be part of some sort of vampire support group. This has to be a joke - right? It's only when he's kidnapped, imprisoned and in desperate need of rescuing that Toby begins to believe them...

"Jinks again displays an amazing knack for blending utterly convincing period detail, earthy wisecracking, and profound respect for courtly and spiritual ideals."—BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKSHaving renounced the sword, Pagan and Lord Roland arrive at the Abbey of St. Martin to devote their lives to God. But no sooner are they outfitted in their novices' habits than Pagan suspects that something mysterious is going on: someone is stealing alms, and Pagan is determined to find out who. The truth may come at a price, however — one that could force Pagan to reconsider his pious role and his dedication to Roland. Now available in paperback, the third adventure of the four-book Pagan Chronicles is a medieval thriller that leads the reader through a web of mystery and intrigue in the most unlikely of places.

Being hunted by someone bent on killing her and her pack isn't Artemis's only problem.The day Artemis met Ares, her world turned upside down. The more she learns about her truegenetics, her true destiny, the more complicated her life becomes.When Achilles comes to her claiming she doesn’t know the whole truth, Artemis doesn’t know whoshe can trust, or who she should believe. The calm she had found with her pack is shattered as shelearns more about herself and Ares’s past.Artemis must learn to wield her power to protect those she’s come to care for, before it’s too late, butthe question of what’s right and wrong haunt her, and leave her with more questions than answers.Will treachery and deceit separate her from the first family she’s ever had? Or will Artemis decidethat true love does conquer all… even if she has to shed blood to keep it.This is a full-length paranormal romance novel with werewolves, vampires, fated mates, and more. THIS IS A NEWLY EDITED VERSION OF A PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED NOVEL WITH A NEW COVER. IF YOU PREVIOUSLY READ KISS OF A STAR, PLEASE NOTE THAT NO PLOT CHANGES WERE MADE TO THIS BOOK (BOOK FOUR IN THE SERIES IS A COMPLETELY NEW AND NEVER BEFORE READ ENDING).

When Tobias Richard Vandevelde wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the nightbefore, his horrified mother tells him that he was found unconscious. At FeatherdaleWildlife Park. In a dingo pen.He assumes that his two best friends are somehow responsible, until the mysteriousReuben turns up, claiming that Toby has a rare and dangerous “condition.” Next thinghe knows, Toby finds himself involved with a strange bunch of sickly insomniacs whoseem convinced that he needs their help. It’s not until he’s kidnapped and imprisonedthat he starts to believe them—and to understand what being a paranormal monsterreally means.