A lighthearted short story of a god-like alien who shows up in one man's back yard with a message."The Summer Dress" is a short story that was runner up in the 2015 Hot Air "Too Write" Literary Festival held in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. It first appeared in a book of short stories entitled "The Little Book of Dark Tales", which is available from Amazon Book Store, signed copies of which can be purchased direct from the author's website at www.wrarmstrong.comReviews of this story would be most welcome. Views: 490
An assassin barely misses killing Greyson and Rachel, but the Metropolitan puts him on the case anyway. However, the conspiracy runs deeper and more twisted with every clue. Greyson risks spilling his secrets, along with everyone else's, unless he can stop a blackmailer, a killer, and a former cop. The Hunter Bureau, a new series about a cop working in a world fifteen years after aliens make first contact, and bring all their troubles to a world that already had plenty of its own. Be sure to read the first novel in the series, Mirrors, available at all reputable outlets, and a few disreputable ones. Views: 490
This is the final book of the Cursed Academy series.
Giselle has made the ultimate decision about her fate, a decision that may drive Ronin away forever.
A decision that may doom the world...or will it?
Because things may not be as they seem.
Now struggling with her new powers and identity, Giselle must unite with her former enemies to defeat a foe she never knew existed.
It may be the only way to save her friends from their monstrous fates and to save humanity from becoming little more than slaves to the gods.
But in the process, she may have to face her own inner darkness...and Ronin's.
She may have to drive a rift between her and Ronin for the greater good. And worse, she may not even survive what she must do to free the world.
Can Giselle sacrifice everything to do what's right? Views: 490
A lost wager obliges a Duke to bring a pretty nobody into fashion for the London Season. Irksome duty turns into something quite different as he falls under the spell of his protege's innocent charm. Gabriella would rather help run her father's veterinary practice than fit into fashionable society but the more time she spends with the dashing Duke, the more conflicted she is. Could this be love?He lost a wager . . . but won a treasure. Due to a lost wager, the Duke of Ravenham is obliged to bring a pretty little nobody from the country into fashion among the high-sticklers of London Society. Ravenham would never refuse a debt of honor, no matter how unorthodox, so he overlooks Miss Gordon's vulgar relations to do what is necessary, escorting the unsophisticated chit to balls, etc. But what he expects to be an irksome duty turns out to be something quite different as he falls under the spell of his protege's innocent charm. When he lost that wager, he definitely never counted on losing his heart as well! First impressions can be deceiving. Miss Gabriella Gordon only came to London at her mother's and sister's insistence, for she'd much rather assist in running her father's veterinary practice than attempt to fit into fashionable society. No sooner has she arrived in London than the exalted (and exceedingly handsome) Duke of Ravenham comes to call. The reason is less than flattering, however: due to a lost wager, the Duke is forced to bring Gabriella into fashion, a "favor" she would certainly refuse if her family would let her. But the more time she spends in the dashing Duke's company, the more conflicted she feels— particularly when she discovers they have more in common than she ever dared dream. Views: 490
The last thing Maldynado Montichelu—former aristocrat and current ladies' man—ever wanted was to be left in charge. After all, the team just blew up a train, crashed a dirigible, and kidnapped the emperor. It's kind of an important time.
But, with Amaranthe captured by the nefarious Forge coalition, and Sicarius off to find her, the team is lacking in leaders. Also, Sicarius has made it clear that Maldynado’s life may be forfeit should anything happen to the emperor while he’s gone.
To make matters worse, Forge’s cutthroats are after Sespian, and the young emperor believes Maldynado's loyalties are suspect. As if it’s his fault that his older brother is working with the coalition to usurp the throne. If Maldynado can’t figure out how to earn the emperor’s trust quickly, Sespian will go off to confront their powerful enemies on his own.
Meanwhile, Amaranthe must find a way to escape from the coalition’s newest ally, Master Interrogator Pike, a man who plans to pull all of the secrets from her head, one way or another…
Blood and Betrayal is the fifth novel in The Emperor’s Edge series. Views: 489
The old house at the end of the haunted street seems emptier with the people missing and the lives lost. Sam thinks he has Hanna all to himself now but The Roses have other plans. Ari and Aimee struggle to cope with the changes they've suffered through, the newest one being Giselle. She is thrust into the role of Vampire Royalty and with it come certain obligations and limitations. None of them really have much time to feel sorry for themselves and the deaths of their loved ones. An ancient bloodline, tracing as far back as Adam and Lillith, is discovered with an heir to the power living closer than they thought. Enter the young and confused Ophelia, who has no idea of the power she has or the role she plays in it all. Time is running out for the Roses. The Devil's Roses Mature Readers Recommended Views: 489
Petal gets through life one day at a time when a strange magical transport to the world of the fey sets her on a crash course with eternal spring.
Limping after a devastating injury, Petal gets a delivery and opens it to find a box with a ceramic gingerbread house in it. One light touch and she was wearing a weird outfit inside the house she had touched, and instructions glowed on the wall.
She had to find the king of spring, and he could send her home, so she took her cane and hobbled down the path that was marked with warm air and green leaves.
The man that she found was stunning, but his focus was on the moment. She got along with him, he helped her recover from her injury, and then, they fell together to explore the present.
When the woman in his arms disappeared, Damek was furious and tried to take his revenge, but as he listened to Puck, he woke up to the situation that his lover had been in. For the first time in centuries, Damek had to think about more than just the immediacy of his desires, and the alteration was going to take some time to sink in. It was a good thing that time in Underhill passed at a different rate to that of the mortal world. Damek had to study. Views: 489
