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Mark Noce

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in Burlingame, CA, The United States

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Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult

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Mark writes historical fiction with a passion, and eagerly reads everything from fantasy to literature. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, he has been an avid traveler and backpacker, particularly in Europe and North America. He earned his BA and MA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where he also met his beautiful wife. By day, he works as a Technical Writer, having spent much of his career at places like Google and Facebook. In addition to writing novels, he also writes short fiction online. When not reading or writing, he’s probably listening to U2, sailing his dad’s boat, or gardening with his family.

His debut novel, Between Two Fires and the upcoming sequel, Dark Winds Rising, are being published by St. Martin's Press and Mac ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 509 ratings · 172 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Between Two Fires (Queen Branwen, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 403 ratings — published 2016 — 4 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
	Dark Winds Rising (Queen Branwen, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Queen Branwen (2 Book Series) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Whew, it's been a while, but I've finally got my next manuscript finished! It's entitled A Proper Murder and is my latest murder mystery. It's always satisfying when you get to type "The End" at the end of a draft, but this is especially fun when it's a historical murder mystery. My agent really liked a previous murder mystery I gave her, and wanted to see something similar, so I suggested I try w

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“I never was the type of noblewoman to stay by the hearth while the men rode into battle anyway. As my father always used to say with the shake of his head, the blood of the Old Tribes runs strong in me.”
― Mark Noce, Dark Winds Rising

tags: historical-romance, medieval, medieval-romance, romance

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“Hot-blooded men make war. It’s up to cool-headed queens like us to make the peace.”
― Mark Noce, Dark Winds Rising

tags: historical, historical-romance, medieval, medieval-romance

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“I’m all alone against the darkness. Dark winds rising against me.”
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tags: historical, historical-fiction, medieval, medieval-romance

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Polls

Which December New Release would you like to read in January?

Books were randomly chosen from Goodreads' "Most Popular Books Published In December" list.

** Write-ins are allowed. If you do so, please include title, author and series name.

Year One (Chronicles of The One, #1) by Nora Roberts

Year One by Nora Roberts
(Chronicles of the One, #1)

3 votes, 50.0%

Flame in the Dark (Soulwood, #3) by Faith Hunter

Flame in the Dark by Faith Hunter
(Soulwood #3)

3 votes, 50.0%

Brave (A Wicked Saga, #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Brave by Jennifer L. Armentrout
(A Wicked Saga, #3)

0 votes, 0.0%

Cloaked in Shadow (The Dragori, #1) by Ben Alderson

Cloaked in Shadow by Ben Alderson
(The Dragori, #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

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Born of Darkness by Lara Adrian
(Hunter Legacy #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

The Wicked Vampire (Last True Vampire #6) by Kate Baxter

The Wicked Vampire by Kate Baxter
(Last True Vampire #6)

0 votes, 0.0%

Undone by Wendy Higgins
(Unknown #3)

0 votes, 0.0%

Wolf Hunger by Paige Tyler
(SWAT #7)

0 votes, 0.0%

Moon Bound by Donna Grant
(LaRue #4)

0 votes, 0.0%

Dark Winds Rising (Queen Branwen #2) by Mark Noce

Dark Winds Rising by Mark Noce
(Queen Branwen #2)

0 votes, 0.0%

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