title: The Burning Candle: A Medieval Novel
author:  Lisa J. Yarde 
description: "<span>Lisa Yarde demonstrates a command of her craft as she weaves an entertaining story out of a lesser-known bit of history. The depth of her research is evident in the detailed historical note at the end of</span><i>The Burning Candle</i><span>. If you are a reader looking for a slice of history presented in an entertaining way, every bit as worthy as a book by masters like Sharon Kay Penman or Elizabeth Chadwick,</span><i>The Burning Candle</i><span>will be a great choice for your next book to read." -author Richard Warren Field.</span>
zlib_text: Letters to Elise
  A Peter Townsend Novella
  by Amanda Hocking
  Copyright © 2010 by Amanda Hocking
  http://amandahocking.blogspot.com
  This book is a work of fiction. The names,
  characters, places, and incidents are products of
  the writer's imagination or have been used ficti-
  tiously and are not to be construed as real. Any
  resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual
  events, locales or organizations is entirely coincid-
  ental.
  All rights are reserved. No part of this book
  may be used or reproduced in any manner whatso-
  ever without written permission from the author.
  
  April 19, 1836
  I’m writing this in the corner of the room with
  trembling hands. The candle long since burned
  out, and I sit in darkness, yet I can see perfectly. I
  wanted to believe this was some parlor trick, that
  the man who found me was merely a magician or
  a doctor, but I’m unable to refute it any longer.
  My name is Peter James Monroe, and I am a
  vampyre.
  I’ve taken a few sheets of paper from the one
  who made me. I have