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Making Shadows With Their Footprints
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Blurb: "Her desires bind them, her secrets could destroy them."
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Norah doesn’t believe in coincidences, so when she breaks one of her cardinal rules with James, she can’t help but wonder if the universe placed him in her path for a reason. Haunted by the fear of her own impulses and prior experiences that have left her convinced she's incapable of lasting love, Norah hesitates to let anyone too close. But as James begins to break down her defenses with his easy charm and understanding demeanor, Norah finds herself questioning the walls she's built around her heart. James, plagued by unresolved grief, avoids emotional entanglements as he travels, finding solace in fleeting encounters. Yet, when Norah unexpectedly becomes a source of comfort and support, James faces the pain of his loss and reevaluates his priorities. As their connection deepens, James realizes he may be ready for more than just transient encounters on the road. As Norah and James navigate the complexities of their burgeoning romance, they find themselves embarking on a journey of self-discovery, confronting their fears, and challenging their beliefs. With each revelation and obstacle they face, they delve deeper into the mysteries of their connection, grappling with the supernatural forces that seem to bind them together. When Norah's secret threatens to unravel everything they've built, they must confront their pasts and make difficult choices about their future. Can they find a way to overcome their inner demons and forge a path toward lasting happiness together? Making Shadows with Their Footprints is a contemporary romance with a touch of women's fiction. It has Queer rep, a lot of open-door spice, and elements of magical realism. It features a confident, sexy, and independent FMC, along with a strong, yet gentle-hearted hockey player MMC, their connection through music and ends with a HEA. This book contains strong mental health themes surrounding anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and self-harm. Please see the preface or author's website for full list of trigger warnings.
Cherry Trail: A Story from Havenburg
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Blurb: The end was so far behind the beginning
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Kat, the introspective dreamer, Jace, the affable charmer, become childhood best friends as they grow up next door to one another in the cozy embrace of Havenburg, Michigan. Through countless summer nights and endless life events, their friendship begins to evolve, though not without obstacles. Adulthood takes them down different roads and Kat’s insecurities over her mental health and her desperate need to keep it a secret from Jace sparks a tension that threatens to unravel the fabric of their relationship. Kat and Jace must confront their deepest desires and fears, leading to love, heartbreak, and the knowledge that change is inevitable. In this evocative coming-of-age tale, journey back to a time of innocence and nostalgia, where the bonds of friendship are tested, and the echoes of first love linger in the crisp autumn air. Through laughter and tears, Kat and Jace learn that the greatest adventure lies not in the destination, but in the journey of self-discovery and the enduring power of friendship. Cherry Trail is a contemporary romance packed with 90s/00s nostalgia and a healthy dose of Friends references. It features Kat, a quiet yet sassy FMC with a love for books, and her childhood best friend Jace, our adorable golden-boy. The story follows their journey to adulthood, is a slow burn with open door spice, maybe a love triangle and ends with a HEA. This book contains mental illness/mental health rep, including high-functioning anxiety, depression, and severe panic attacks.
Someday Away
Series: Pacific Northwest Boys
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: Someday Away features an introverted heroine and two best friends–a golden boy and a broody bad boy–who know how to hate and love in equal measure.
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“You’re everything I never knew I always wanted.” It’s an appropriate quote considering the source is an underrated cheesy nineties movie—my favorite kind of flick. It describes the three of us perfectly. Not at first, though. Because after I met Lincoln Evans and Trey Walker on my first night at Whitmore U, we were a mess. Between Lincoln’s unveiled hatred and Trey’s slick, playboy ways, these were the guys everyone told me to avoid. Except I can’t because they’re everywhere. And the more we fight whatever this is, the more we learn that we’re connected in unexpected and heartbreaking ways. I don’t know whether they’ll be the ones to shatter my already fractured psyche or put me back together. Then there’s Matt Johnson—the cheating ex I never wanted to see again—who reappears in my life like a ghost from my past, stirring up tension with his presence alone. His intentions—whether good or bad—are only complicating my life further. If my past and present collide, it could have devastating consequences for everyone involved. Lucky me, it seems I’m powerless to stop it. Someday Away is an adult dark MFM college romance with a healthy mix of enemies-to-lovers and spice and some LGBTQIA+ representation. It features an introverted heroine and two best friends–a golden boy and a broody bad boy–who know how to hate and love in equal measure. This book is a stand alone in an interconnected series and ends with a HEA. See the preface or the author website for trigger warnings.
Someone Like Me
Series: Pacific Northwest Boys
Series Number: 2
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Blurb: Someone Like me features a sassy, outspoken heroine and two really hot guys with grumpy x sunshine vibes.
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For the first time in my life, I’m alone. After a series of setbacks, I’m cutting my losses and moving to Vancouver, B.C., where I can start over—or so I thought. Despite my best efforts to hide, trouble finds me, and my only choice is to run if I want to protect the few loved ones I have left. It doesn’t help that Sebastian Conner, my best friend’s brother, and Brantley Michaels, my college fling, keep showing up everywhere, even when I try to escape to a secluded cabin in the woods (how cliché, I know). Being stuck with two hot guys doesn’t sound so bad until you consider the way our undeniable chemistry clashes with our past traumas and the fact that Sebastian and Brantley aren’t exactly best buddies. When my past catches up to me, the consequences could be explosive, and I’ll have to decide whether I’m living in a romance book or a horror novel. Everything is about to get really complicated. Someone Like Me is an adult dark MMF poly romance with tons of open-door spice, 80s and 90s throwbacks, mental health rep, and LGBTQIA+ rep. It features a sassy, outspoken heroine and two really hot guys with grumpy x sunshine vibes. This book is a standalone in an interconnected series; however, it takes place three years after book one, so some events from Someday Away may be spoiled. It ends with a happy ever after (HEA).
The Faye’s Secret
Series: Keepers of Light
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: From hidden magic and a father she never knew, Abby and her Fated Mate have a mystery to solve.
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Abigail Reed can see ghosts. It all started on her eighteenth birthday and now one ghost, in particular, won’t leave her alone. To appease the spirit, and her curiosity, Abby follows it to the small mountain town of Buern. There, she finds far more than she bargained for. She’s half-Faye and her kind are being murdered for their magic. Can Abby help stop the killings before she becomes the next victim? Wesley O’Bryne has lived his entire life up in the mountains of the Wenatchee National Forest, with his adopted father and pack. For a werewolf, his life has been normal. Until a strange girl wanders into town, smelling like magic. Together, Abby and Wesley discover that the strange attraction they have for one another is powerful. But is it powerful enough to stop an evil witch and save everyone?
Running from Nightmares
Series: Roommates from Hell
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: Of all the humans in all the world, why did it have to be her?
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Aerilyn They say karma always comes back around. They lied. I was the perfect daughter. I mastered languages I never spoke, played recitals I didn’t enjoy, and followed a blueprint for a life that wasn't mine. I was a legacy-builder, a currency to be traded. I accepted that I wouldn’t marry for love; my parents sold my life away to a man who hides his rot behind a designer suit. I’ve spent my life being an extension of someone else. Now, I’m just a girl with a half-tank of gas, a bag of secrets, and scars that won’t ever fade away. I’m seeking sanctuary in the shadows, hoping the world is big enough to hide me. But the shadows in this city are alive. And the men I’ve just moved in with? They aren't just dangerous—they’re impossible. Kai Coming "topside" with my brothers was supposed to be a vacation from the abyss. A piece of cake, as the mortals say. But apparently, you eat one measly human, and suddenly you’re the "problem." Now, I’d take the wailing of lost souls over my brother Asta’s constant nagging any day. Our mission was simple: blend in, keep our heads down, and find out what the angels are up to. We need a human to hide our scents, but we didn’t need a fucking charity case. She’s jumpy, she’s human, and she’s lugging around enough trauma to drown a lesser demon. Of all the humans in all the world, why did it have to be her? Running from Nightmares is book one in the Roommates from Hell series. This series features multiple love interests and does end on a cliffhanger. Please check Trigger Warnings.
Hunted by Fear
Series: Roommates from Hell
Series Number: 2
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Blurb: Rome thinks a blood-debt signed generations ago makes her his property. He thinks his wings make him holy. But I’m a demon—I know a monster when I see one.
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Bast He took her from me, from us. He scrubbed her memories, wrapped her in a lie, and called it a marriage. Rome thinks a blood-debt signed generations ago makes her his property. He thinks his wings make him holy. But I’m a demon—I know a monster when I see one. They say we don’t have mates, but I felt it the moment I saw Aerilyn. She belongs with me, with us. I’ll tear the wings from Rome’s back and drag him into the deepest pits of the abyss before I let him hurt her ever again. Aerilyn My life is perfect. I have a devoted husband, a charming house, and a bakery that smells like cinnamon and sunshine. It’s the life I always dreamed of—so why does the reflection in the mirror feel like a stranger? The panic hits me in waves, a desperate urge to run that I can’t explain. I have everything I ever wanted, yet I feel like a ghost in my own home. Then I see him. He has the most haunting green eyes I’ve ever seen, and when he looks at me, the "perfect" walls of my world start to crack. He doesn't look at me like a stranger. He looks at me like a man who has come to burn my world to the ground. And the terrifying part? I think I want him to. Hunted by Fear is book two in the Roommates from Hell Series. This series features multiple love interests and does end on a cliffhanger. Please check the Trigger Warnings.
Into the Woods
Series: Sins of the Unforeseen
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: We’ll be seeing you soon. -L
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Everyone knows better than to play with a Ouija board...
A Guilty Conscience
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Blurb: Five years ago two people died, but other lives ended too.
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You can hide, but the truth will always find you. Five years ago, Abi Benton heard a scream in the woods and chose to ignore it. That split second decision had catastrophic consequences and two people died. Now, someone seems determined to make her pay. But is her own guilty conscience distracting her from the true danger which threatens all she loves? Beverley Parker came forward in response to a police appeal for witnesses when Hayley Atkins was killed. She thought she was doing the right thing but now, she lives her life terrified of being recognised as the woman from the woods. Five years ago two people died, but other lives ended too. Abigail Benton: The woman who pretended she didn’t hear or see anything. Beverley Parker: The witness who came forward, and found herself vilified by the press. Jake Elwood: Tortured by the knowledge that his brother is a killer. Lauren Cooper: Desperate for no one to find out how she betrayed her best friend. Four people, all with something to hide. Can they ever justify the choices they made that day in the woods?
Sophie's Shell among other curious tales
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Blurb: A curious combination of nine compelling short stories sure to make you think twice about what might lie within the realms of possibility.
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From city life in a mundane contact centre to the rural county of Somerset, these curious tales will surprise and fright. Discover the ghosts of Cecelia House from the nurse who saw it all, find out why Tamsin spends all day and night staring at the stable door, and just how did an exotic conch shell wind up on a Cornish beach? So what are you waiting for? Prepare to set your imagination free, surrender your preconceptions and immerse yourself in a world of storytelling with Sophie’s Shell, Dig Deeper, The Stable door, and even more curious tales…
Ridge of Betrayal
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Blurb: Two couples. One summit. Four up, three down... It’s Halloween and two independent couples head to the Lake District for the ultimate mountain ridge walk. Adrenaline-charged and trauma-laden, they prepare to scale Blencathra’s infamous Sharp Edge. Betrayal looms from every crag and cairn but one thing is certain, the fells don’t forgive.
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It’s Halloween and two independent couples head to the Lake District for the ultimate mountain ridge walk. Adrenaline-charged and trauma-laden, they prepare to scale Blencathra’s infamous Sharp Edge. Monika and Tabatha are unacquainted, yet both women harbour the same fiery ambition to conquer the summit in the company of their partners, Ralph and Sebastian. A thick clag descends leaving deviant obsessions to resurface and, despite dizzying heights, the terrifying glory of Lakeland will not dissuade the duos. Echoes from a cruel and violating past torment, tolerances are tested and outrageous secrets are revealed. Betrayal looms from every crag and cairn but one thing is certain, the fells don’t forgive. Ridge of Betrayal is an unsettling, intense, psychological thriller. The story contains mature, sensitive and potentially deeply distressing themes including murder, abuse, sexual assault, graphic violence, self harm and suicide.
The Treehouse
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Blurb: A surreal journey through a realm where nature bends the rules, and nothing is quite what it seems.
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What starts as a quiet, not-so-ordinary adventure slowly unravels into a surreal journey through a realm where nature bends the rules, and nothing is quite what it seems. Caz and Kenny escape to a secluded treehouse for a weekend getaway but it's far from the luxury resorts they’re used to. While the off-grid lifestyle is a far cry from five-star comfort, Caz is determined they will embrace the wild. The forest, however, holds more than just fresh air and quiet nights. With its quiet mysteries and strange rhythms, one thing becomes clear; staying at the treehouse means surrendering to something untamed.
The Whumpboratory
Series: WPP Charity Anthologies
Series Number: 3
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Blurb: From immortal lab rats to cannibalistic patients, these stories will be sure to send a shiver down the spine of every scientist.
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The Whumpy Printing Press presents: The Whumpboratory This anthology brings together over two dozen stories that explore the horrors of the laboratory. From immortal lab rats to cannibalistic patients, these stories will be sure to send a shiver down the spine of every scientist. So enter The Whumpboratory. If you dare. Included authors: Kailey Alessi, APEX, Midnight Blue, Ryan Breadinc, Coy Chambers, Mill Cohen, Booker G. A. Feniks, Kay Hanifen, Konn Lavery, KL Massey, Aiden E. Messer, Kras Nebula, Nemesis, Christina Nordlander, Devin Oldham, Pier, Vanessa Roades, Scarlett Skyes, Nox Spacey, Lux Thorn, Zi Trone, Zipper 50% of all profits from this book will be donated to Dollar For, an American nonprofit that helps people who are struggling with medical debt.
High Stakes and Bloody Business
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Series Number: 4
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Blurb: An anthology to sink your teeth into.
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The Whumpy Printing Press presents: High Stakes and Bloody Business 50% of profits from sales of this anthology will be donated to Bat Conservation International. From bloodthirsty monsters to misunderstood victims, this anthology brings together thirty vampire stories. The vampires in these stories are sometimes good, sometimes bad, but they’re always hungry. So sink your teeth into this collection to satisfy your (fictional) bloodlust. Included authors: Kailey Alessi, Ennis Rook Bashe, Max Browne, Mill Cohen, Alfie Court, Megan Renee Doyle, Booker G. A. Feniks, Robin Rose Graves, Tim Jeffreys, LadyWallace, E.J. LeRoy, Randall Madden, Aiden E. Messer, Asidian Morris, Nanda Writes, Kras Nebula, Willow Nichols-Capra, Okay Savage?, Susan Shwartz, Scarlett Skyes, Nox Spacey, C.W. Stevenson, Todd Sullivan, Lux Thorn, Zi Trone, and P.C.M. Vandermeer
Cosmic Consequences
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Series Number: 5
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Blurb: Space. Awe-inspiring. Empty. Deadly.
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The Whumpy Printing Press presents: Cosmic Consequences Space. Awe-inspiring. Empty. Deadly. This anthology brings together over two dozen stories that explore whump in space. From equipment malfunctions to hostile aliens, outer space is a dangerous place. So grab your helmet and prepare for launch. Included authors: Leanne Albillar, Kailey Alessi, Yasmeen Amro, John M. Campbell, Mill Cohen, Loralei Deasy, Sarina Dorie, Dr. Suvajeet Duttagupta, Booker G. A. Feniks, Nate Jaros, Kay Hanifen, LadyWallace, T. Lane, E.J. LeRoy, Martyna Sol, Aiden E. Messer, Asidian Morris, Moss, Kras Nebula, A.E. Pillow, Scarlett Skyes, Nox Spacey, Lux Thorn, Zi Trone, C.L. Urbana, Wen Wen Yang. 50% of profits from sales of this anthology will be donated to Dollar For.
Company
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Blurb: Marcell is supposed to be a zombie. He's not very good at it.
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Marcell is a zombie—or at least, he's supposed to be, if something hadn't gone wrong during the transformation process. Resigned to an endless cycle of 'death' and rebirth as his body constantly deteriorates around him, he's given up all hope of either a cure or relief, when he crosses paths with a curious and annoyingly persistent hunter who's insistent on not leaving him alone. Becoming a charity case is the last thing Marcell wants, but it would appear that, much like his failed conversion, the universe has other plans for him.
The Road Ahead (the road behind)
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Blurb: "There's been an accident." For two years, those words have haunted him, twisting in his chest as he wondered why he alone had not been in that car.
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"There's been an accident." For two years, those words have haunted him, twisting in his chest as he wondered why he alone had not been in that car. The car that had left his parents dead, and Daniel as the sole guardian to three brothers with scars etched deeper than skin. For two years Daniel has been fighting to keep them together, to keep them whole, but now old memories are colliding with new accidents. This time, he might very well be the one to blame.
Skin Deep
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Blurb: With the dangers of the fey-wood closing in, Taurean doesn't have long to find the answers that could save all of their lives.
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Taurean just started his new job as a guard for Lord Cyril, one of the most influential nobles in Sanryn. It's supposed to be a cushy, easy job. But when the manor is attacked, Taurean finds himself embroiled in a tangled web of truths and lies. What kind of person is his employer? And more importantly, why does the Mangler of the East City want Lord Cyril dead? With the dangers of the fey-wood closing in, Taurean doesn't have long to find the answers that could save all of their lives.
Pleading His Belly on Zakon-4
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Blurb: Catholic. Alien. Mpreg.
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Henry Trevalu is the sole heir to the Trevalu Intergalactic Spice Company, and he's in trouble. During a routine spice delivery to the planet Zakon-4, Henry is sentenced to death for transporting poppy seeds, which were made illegal the day before his arrival. Apparently, the Zakonians weren't kidding when they said they have a "zero tolerance policy" on illegal drugs. Henry's prayers for deliverance are met in an unexpected fashion: pregnancy is the only way to escape a death sentence on Zakon-4, and his hermaphroditic Uhumbra cellmate is willing to get the job done.
Shadow By My Fireplace
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Blurb: Hurt/Comfort, heavy on the comfort and recovery
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Cyril Galanos lives an isolated life in a cabin in the woods. The monotony of his days is shattered when he finds a dying man with a collar collapsed near one of his hunting spots. Overwhelmed by an urge to help him, Cyril takes the man back to his cabin and saves his life. However, he soon learns that the life his Shadow led before him was a special kind of hell. Shadow's road to recovery will be rocky, but Cyril will do whatever it takes to help Shadow heal. Even if that means confronting his own troubled past.
Rattler's Moon: A Starslinger Tale
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Blurb: An immortal non-binary gunslinger and their trusty raptor take on a band of ruffians, and possibly a giant snake, in a post-apocalyptic weird west
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Alida Perez had been living on her own for so long she was convinced that nothing could shake her anymore. She'd spent the last few decades building her farm out of the dead of the Wastes, and she'd seen it all: bandits, dust storms, rich folks from the next town over trying to buy out her farm to gain access to the mysterious flowers growing there. It's a hard battle to fight, though, when gumption goes up against a monstrous snake appearing out of nowhere, size fit to eat the moon. Alida, her farmhands, and the mysterious gunslinger who fell into her raptor pen have a long and winding fight on their hands— will they hold out? Or will this finally be the thing to drive Alida from her land?
Blood Curse: Lust
Series: Blood Curse
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: This is a seductive take on feminine rage, revenge, and the healing act of vengeance. In Book One, Scarlett begins her focus on a list of names to seek retribution, starting with her ex-boyfriend, Lust.
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“I am justice. I am vengeance. For those you have caused pain and suffering. You cannot expect to harm others and walk away unpunished.” When abused again by another man, Scarlett falls into an intense void of anguish and torment. Screaming and crying to the heavens for God or the angels to protect and help her. Her cries go unanswered and time passes slowly. They say time heals all wounds but hers fester and rot. Despair digging its claws deeply into her flesh and heart. Forever changed on a fundamental level. In the shadows of her life halted, unlived, it is not an angel who extends a hand to help her back onto her feet. It is a demon. A soft whisper shared old secrets giving Scarlett the supernatural ability to rain hell on Earth down upon those who have harmed her. She becomes justice. This is a seductive take on feminine rage, revenge, and the healing act of vengeance. In Book One, Scarlett begins her focus on a list of names to seek retribution, starting with her ex-boyfriend, Lust.
Sad Faery Poems Volume One
Series: Sad Faery Poems
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: A love letter to October, to autumn and the magic & possibilities life holds.
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“I am already a ghost. The girl everyone only loved when she was either high or drunk. The women made invisible by recovery” It is easy to cast judgement upon others you may say, can I do that to myself? Dearest, that is what I do best! These poems take a step back from the love obsessed fool I have been. Without the focus on love, on others and their faults and actions towards me I must look at myself and who I am. Sad Faery Poems follows a heart-shattering look at self, at life and all the hardships endured. Always chasing the light at the end of the tunnel, this time finally reaching it. A love letter to October, to autumn and the magic & possibilities life holds.
The Land of Snowlight
Series: The Meddussisa Vampire Saga
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: The Land of Snowlight is the first novella in a brand-new dark fantasy-horror romance series. A seductive, raw, and sensual introduction to a forbidden love that breaks apart their very souls, shatters their lives and those around them.
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“Vivivere was not a religious man however even he, the revered Nightsend Prince, was neither arrogant nor conceited enough to believe he was above worshipping the ground his mate walked upon.” Once upon a time in a Kingdom of Lavender and Roses, Princess Kyranna was the Snowlight King’s greatest possession. A prize for the kingdoms across the vampire continent of Meddussisa to battle and conspire against one another to win her immortal hand for all eternity. Only seen as a damsel in distress to be rescued from her exquisite, gilded snow globe of a tower… Her own fangs and claws forever underestimated. Vivivere, the Crown Prince of Nightsend, the neighbouring and rival kingdom of Blood and Brutality, has set his predatory intent upon the vampire princess. Bloodthirsty, sadistic, and aggressive with a reputation for extreme violence, Vivivere would be any father’s nightmare to court his beloved daughter… or is he? Is there another side to this Prince? A softer side yet unseen by the masses. Or does he only exist within the madness of malice & cruelty? The Land of Snowlight is the first novella in a brand-new dark fantasy-horror romance series. A seductive, raw, and sensual introduction to a forbidden love that breaks apart their very souls, shatters their lives and those around them. Soulmates and lovers through every twisted act of defiance and tragedy endured. “He was simply beautiful, for a man she decided. Men could be such vile creatures after all."