Books published by publisher Diane Greene

(*previously titled QUINTSPINNER - A PIRATE'S QUEST) Even in the year 1717, one month, one week, or one day, can make all the difference in the world.One month ago, Tess Willoughby, the daughter of a well-to-do physician in London, witnessed the murder of an old seer and came into possession of the dead woman’s odd ring – an ancient Spinner ring, known by the locals as the Ring of Prophesy.One month less a day ago, she was wrongly accused by her father of having stolen the ring.Three weeks ago, by her father’s arrangement for the family, she became an unwilling passenger on a merchant ship bound for the pirate-infested waters of the Caribbean.Two weeks ago, at her father’s insistence, she became forcibly betrothed to a man who she recognized as being the seer’s murderer – a man who covets her only for her ring.One week ago, she met a sailor and experienced the thrill of being in love for the first time.Two days ago, she realized that such a secret love is going to threaten both of their lives.Yesterday, her fiancé betrayed her during a pirate attack and those she loved were slaughtered. Today, she is plotting to save her own life and perhaps to take his in retribution.The ring is urging her to decide quickly...Tomorrow will be too late.A secret and unauthorized trip through the chaos of a 1717 London marketplace takes a bizarre twist for 16 year old Tess. Unexpectedly witnessing the murder of a renowned Seer, Tess becomes the keeper of the old woman's legendary spinner ring and its supposed power of prophecy. Returning home, Tess bears the brunt of her father's rage when he is informed of her disobedient excursion. An ensuing altercation with her father leads Tess to the discovery of a family secret that stuns her.Even so, she never imagines that she will soon find herself forcibly betrothed to the murderer and trapped on a ship bound for the pirate-infested waters of the West Indies. With increasing dread, she realizes a growing attraction that she has for a handsome sailor puts both their lives at risk. Moreover, she quickly discovers that her ruthless fiance covets her only for her ring and its power, and will stop at nothing to obtain it for himself.The stakes for survival become unbearably high when she is thrust into the hands of a marauding band of pirates, and she must make an agonizing and life-threatening choice for herself.A tale of pirates and treasure, love and betrayal, all bound together by a dash of ancient magic, Quintspinner has been described by readers as "a wonderfully entertaining, fast and furious ride; Lord of the Rings meets Pirates of the Caribbean". QUINTSPINNER – A PIRATE’S QUEST is cross-over novel that has entertained both YA and adult audiences alike. Meticulously researched, yet not your typical historical fiction, it presents the blood and the mud of life in the 1700's and has won numerous Book Awards in YA, Historical, and Commercial categories.

A land whose name is no longer remembered, in a time no longer recalled.Five spinner rings, inlaid with crystals, and fashioned from precious metals and lodestone are sent out into the world by the Ancients, to be summoned by the presence of the one with the mark of a Quintspinner.WEST INDIES, 1718Tess Willoughby and William Taylor have lived through worse times: they didn’t drown in the shipwreck that brought them to this island, and they survived a harrowing escape from the hands of a vicious pirate crew. So far they have prevented anything from separating them.But now, one fall from a ledge in the darkness of a cave has done just that.Believing Tess to have died in the fall, and made reckless with his grief, William sets his sights on rescuing his friends from capture by a slave ship crew.Thinking William has come to harm and has been forced to abandon her, Tess struggles to engineer her own rescue from the cave, using the powers of the three strange rings that she has obtained. As she is driven to be reunited with William, however, Tess stands to lose all things that have a value beyond that of any possessions–love, family, trust, happiness, and even her life–for unbeknownst to her, the remaining rings have awoken and seek to design her destiny, throwing both Tess and William into the path of a psychotic killer.

Children's fantasy for girls age 10 - 14 years old. An enchanting time lapse mystery adventure which blends mythology, history and family saga.Emily Millar records her struggle to deal with growing up in a complicated extended family, in her new journal - a thirteenth birthday present from her grandma. To her amazement the journal pages turn into a magic portal from which a strange boy, Jake, materialises. Together they jump into the portal and back in time. Emily needs to discover who she really is, and to find a mysterious key before she can return home again.Plunged into all manner of adventures with her 19th and 20th Century ancestors - who include English aristocrats and Americans - Emily must protect them, and her own future existence, by fighting the shape-shifting Magipies. She also enjoys her first romantic encounter. Jake stays by her side throughout her journey, and the fabled wood nymphs of her grandma’s stories are never far away.Emily unearths the lost key, and discovers that it opens the lock on a long forgotten old trunk. What she finds inside will affect her life forever. She returns to the 21st Century, but it’s only once safely back with her beloved grandma that she realises it was the people, young and old, whose worlds she had entered, and the adventures she has shared with them, which have changed her more profoundly even than the incredible secret in the trunk.But she still has the biggest surprise of all to come!