War ravages Leira and the Song has fallen silent. Freed from the hold of a slave ship, Birdie, the young Songkeeper, and Ky, a street-wise thief, emerge to a world at war. Hordes of dark soldiers march across Leira, shadowed by whispers of plague and massacres, prompting Ky to return to his besieged home city in hopes of leading his fellow runners to safety. Desperate to end the fighting, Birdie embarks on a dangerous mission into the heart of the Takhran's fortress. Legend speaks of a mythical spring buried within and the Songkeeper who will one day unleash it to achieve victory. Everyone believes Birdie is the one, but the elusive nature of the Song and rumors of other gifted individuals lead her to doubt her role. Unleashing the spring could defeat the Takhran once and for all, but can she truly be the Songkeeper when the Song no longer answers her call? Views: 577
English thespian Sir Garrett Harrison harbors no qualms with utilizing the power his name holds, especially in regard to the wooing of his leading ladies. Yet his ambition on total domination both on and off the screen is squelched when he chooses an unknown for the role of heroine. Her resistance sweetens the chase, but when she finally surrenders to his charm, will he admit his own defeat?The Reunion - The epic film critics repute to be on par with the most memorable and grandiose productions of past generations.English thespian Sir Garrett Harrison harbors no qualms with utilizing the power his name holds, especially in regard to the wooing of his leading ladies. Yet his ambition on total domination both on and off the screen is squelched when he chooses an unknown for the role of heroine. While he is confidant the conquest will be short and sweet, Amy Burke, shows herself as anything but a paper doll susceptible to his flair of style.To Garrett's surprise, her resistance sweetens the chase. But when she finally surrenders to his charm, will he admit to his own defeat? Views: 577
Requiem. In this flashback story set in 1973, Isis is called to the Theta House by her sorority sisters who want her to step down from her leadership role the Senior Grand Mother. With her mortal alias Andrea Robinson being 98-years-old,and Isis being immortal, they fear that if she continues on with the organization her secret may be revealed, and their mission compromised in the Black community.Requiem. In this flashback story set in 1973, Isis is called to the Theta House by her sorority sisters who want her to step down from her leadership role the Senior Grand Mother. With her mortal alias Andrea Robinson being 98-years-old,and Isis being immortal, they fear that if she continues on with the organization her secret may be revealed, and their mission compromised in the Black community.Coming to terms with her aging secret identity, Isis realizes that she has to start making plans to get her human affairs in order. As she lays down her life of her alias in the mortal world for her friends, Isis comes to realize that she has to have faith in the women she taught to build on the foundation she established and pass it on to the next generation of Theta sisters Views: 577
Set in ancient Greece, Daughter of Sparta follows Gorgo, the real daughter of King Cleomenes of Sparta and the events leading up to the Ionian Revolt. In Chapter Seven, Gorgo reluctantly takes the foreign man, Perseus for a tour of Sparta that turns out to be more adventurous and revealing than she expected. Chapters One through Six are available for free.Historic Heroines is pleased to release the seventh installment to the original fiction series: Daughter of Sparta by Kristen LePine. Set in ancient Greece, Daughter of Sparta follows Gorgo, the real daughter of King Cleomenes I of Sparta, and the events leading up to the Ionian Revolt. In Chapter Seven, Gorgo reluctantly takes the foreign man, Perseus for a tour of Sparta that turns out to be more adventurous and revealing than she expected. Chapters One through Six are available for free.Historic Heroines is an independent publisher of historical fiction and nonfiction that champions the female perspective. Views: 576
A short story about an amnesiac girl and a sight-stolen boy.A simple re-telling of the age-old tale of young love. Views: 576
How do people decide on a path, and find the drive to pursue what they want? Ida struggles more than other young people to work this out. She can shift between parallel universes, allowing her to follow alternative paths. One day Ida sees a shadowy, see-through doppelganger of herself on the train. She starts to wonder if she’s actually in control of her ability, and whether there are effects far beyond what she’s considered. How can she know, anyway, whether one universe is ultimately better than another? And what if the continual shifting causes her to lose what is most important to her, just as she’s discovering what that is, and she can never find her way back? Ida is an intelligent, diverse and entertaining novel that explores love, loss and longing, and speaks to the condition of an array of overwhelming, and often illusory, choices. Views: 576
Cold Christmas Lane - A Ghost StoryRoger just wants to get home. Friday night, beer in the fridge. Trying to escape the week.But first he has to get past these damned cyclists. They seem to be everywhere. He’s desperate to get past, but they block him on every turn. It seems they have something in mind for him. Can he escape them.Roger just wants to get home. Friday night, beer in the fridge. Trying to escape the week.But first he has to get past these damned cyclists. They seem to be everywhere. He’s desperate to get past, but they block him on every turn. It seems they have something in mind for him. Can he escape them.James used to love cycling. But drivers like Roger ruined it all. James, like Roger, just wants to go home. Views: 576
Mind Flights: Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, Volume 2 is a collection of three short stories spanning science fiction and fantasy. In "Seconds", mankind faces horror the like of which would never be seen on Earth on a new world. In "Tear", the magic of the Divide is failing. If it goes, all the races will be in peril. In "Reaper" something insidious is unearthed, and it's hungry.Mind Flights: Fantastic Stories of the Imagination is a collection of three stories spanning the genres of science fiction and fantasy. In "Seconds", mankind faces tragedy on a scale that can wipe out the entire colonized planet, but one scientist holds the key to saving them all, if he can just figure out what that key is. In "The Tear of God", the magic of the Divide is failing, and if its protection isn't restored soon, hell will literally be released on earth. In "REAPER", mankind stumbles upon something on a new world, and ends up wishing they hadn't. Now, everyone's fate relies on a harvester who herself is now on the verge of death due to alien technology. Will she live? And what has this technology done to her? And finally, will she be in any shape to help if she does survive? Views: 576
Half human and half
Tah’Narian, Szin doesn’t fit with either race. His appearance is mainly human,
but he’s able to have a young. Unfortunately, that’s his only Tah’Narian
characteristic. He’s smaller and weaker than other young.
Szin’s eighteenth birthday has passed and time’s
running out. He has to stop his childhood friend, Takeo, from making the worst
mistake of his life: claiming Szin as a mate. Takeo
deserves an equal who’s as fierce
as he is, something Szin most certainly is not.
Since before Takeo was
born, he’s known Szin was his. Nothing and no one, not even Szin, is going to
stand in the way of claiming his mate. He understands Szin feels he isn’t good
enough, and he’ll do anything to convince Szin otherwise. Including taking
drastic measures to ensure his mate listens.
Takeo is the ultimate
blend of human, Tah’Narian, and Onfrevian DNA. He’s pure predator, and his
sights are set on his mate.
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A beautiful woman introduced herself to him and indicated she was attracted to him. But, there was something wrong. He was much older than she and she knew he was married and had children. He had lunch with her and decided that he wanted to be with her again. Where was this relationship going? He had to make a decision. This story tells about his decision and what led to it.When Robert Miller, a high-powered advertising executive falls into a deep depression after his fiancé Tiffany abandons the relationship without any signs of unhappiness, his life is thrown into a tailspin. Not fully knowing how to deal with his heartache, he loses focus with his job, family, and friends. He meets Serena, a single mother with two children, who is not without issues of her own. They develop an unlikely relationship. However, trouble brews when the men of her past resurface and seek to ignite their relationship with her. In the meantime, Robert is faced with revealing a dark family secret that has kept his mother in a mental institution for nearly twenty-years. Having to explain his past becomes a conflict as he expose to his sisters Diamond and Jade that the father they’ve always known, isn’t the man they believed. Based in the city of Brotherly Love (Philadelphia), AGAPE- The Triangle, The Circle , The Cross is a compelling contemporary story that explores love, relationship, and forgiveness, in the midst of life’s storms. Can a person display unconditional love when he/she has been physically and mentally abused? Is it possible to recover from betrayal when an unspeakable tragedy inflicts an immeasurable pain? AGAPE- The Triangle, The Circle, The Cross allows readers to peek inside the characters’ lives and experience their emotions. Views: 575
