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Karen Perkins

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Karen Perkins is the author of the Yorkshire Ghost Stories, the Pendle Witch Short Stories and the Valkyrie Series of historical nautical fiction. All of her fiction has appeared at the top of bestseller lists on both sides of the Atlantic, including the top 21 in the UK Kindle Store in 2018.

Her first Yorkshire Ghost Story – THE HAUNTING OF THORES-CROSS – won the Silver Medal for European Fiction in the prestigious 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards in New York, whilst her Valkyrie novel, DEAD RECKONING, was long-listed in the 2011 MSLEXIA novel competition.

Originally a financial advisor, a sailing injury left Karen with a chronic pain condition which she has been battling for over twenty five years (although she did take the European l ...more

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	The Haunting of Thores-Cross: A Yorkshire Ghost Story 3.87 avg rating — 1,132 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parliament of Rooks: Haunting Brontë Country 3.93 avg rating — 396 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cursed: A Yorkshire Ghost Short Story (Yorkshire Ghost Series, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Reckoning: A Caribbean Pirate Adventure (Valkyrie, #2) by Karen Perkins (Goodreads Author), K.A. Perkins 3.97 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder by Witchcraft: A Pendle Witch Short Story (The Great Northern Witch Hunts Book 1) 3.96 avg rating — 115 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ill Wind (Valkyrie, #1) by Karen Perkins (Goodreads Author), K.A. Perkins 3.78 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ill Wind and Dead Reckoning (Valkyrie #1 & #2) 3.41 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knight of Betrayal: A Yorkshire Ghost Story Novel 3.67 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Divided by Witchcraft: Inspired by the True Story of the Samlesbury Witches (The Great Northern Witch Hunts Book 2) 4.16 avg rating — 58 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Look Sharpe!: A Caribbean Pirate Adventure (Valkyrie, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Neuroplasticity: Exercises to Improve Cognitive Flexibility, Conquer Trauma and PTSD, Change Bad Habits, Eliminate Depression and So Much More!

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“Yes,’ Tracy slurred. ‘It’s nothing to do with Becket. It would not surprise me if Becket meant to depose the Young King and try for the crown himself.”
― Karen Perkins, Knight of Betrayal: A Yorkshire Ghost Story Novel

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“Sedition and treason? Surely it must be one or the other, Reginald. Committing treason or inciting others to commit treason. King Henry would know that you cannot charge me with both. Which tells me that you and your friends are here on your own recognisance, perhaps to find favour with Henry, hmm?”
― Karen Perkins, Knight of Betrayal: A Yorkshire Ghost Story Novel

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“Finally our lips touched and our faces opened to each other, drawn to each other, just as a compass needle is drawn north. Our lips met again, this time more forcefully, and we pulled each other close. Skin and salt had never tasted so well.”
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“This is Klara. She’s yours to do with as you will. Here.’ He gave me a small, silver handled whip. ‘You might need this to remind her of that, though”
― K A Perkins, Ill Wind

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“How can I work out where I’m going if I can’t work out where I am?”
― K A Perkins, Dead Reckoning

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“she looked heaven-sent – her crew of angels harnessing the clouds and skipping effortlessly through the seas.”
― K A Perkins, Dead Reckoning

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“He thought he would easily win against the tiny rabbit.”
― K A Perkins, Rabbit and Elephant's Tug Of War

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“Freedom is about life or death, I would rather die fighting for it than die running away from the oppressor”
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