"A whimsical and philosophical fairy tale for the modern age."
When Lillian, the one and only heir to the throne, is cast out of her kingdom by malevolent forces, she accidentally wanders into the Forest of Forgetfullness, where she is rescued by wolves and raised by an eccentric old wise woman. When she comes of age, she is called by Destiny to return home. The trouble is, when Lillian steps out of the Forest, she has no memory of who she is or from whence she hails. Undaunted, the spirited, self-reliant young woman sets off into the unknown, determined to rediscover her long lost self and to reclaim her stolen birthright. Most of the tale is told by Lillian herself as she chronicles her extraordinary adventures.
Kayla is an ambitious seventeen-year-old who is content to deliver "real-talk" to her boy-crazy best friend, Breeana, while running the high school’s environmentalist club. She has no time or desire for boys, viewing even a crush as an unwanted commitment. Until Russell Mancini joins Beach Cleanup Day. Kayla learns that she’s a sucker for love just like her peers. Their relationship seems perfect, but fate conspires against the pair. Kayla’s dreams are shattered when she becomes pregnant. Struggling to make ends meet, Russell makes a decision that threatens to destroy their relationship, irrevocably steering his course away from Kayla and their daughter. Kayla finds herself pitted in a conflict she would never have expected. As Russell’s fate presents him with a seven-year incarceration sentence, Kayla must pick up the pieces and stay firm in her marriage. Dreaming of the day her daughter will have a father once again. Will Kayla and Russell untangle the knot that was once their love? Or will temptations and inner demons succeed in moving them further apart?
In a distortion of the creation, souls have entered where they should not tread. Their light bodies assume forms both beautiful and familiar and grotesque and unknown in the present age. The earth has become the playground of dreaming gods, but now the dreamers have been mastered by their own creations.
Trapped in mortal flesh, their incomparable civilization is divided between those who have succumbed to every earthly sin and those who maintain the memory of their divine genesis. The great empire of Artalanta now descends into wars of dominion as the Children of the Law of One battle the deviant Sons of Belial for mastery of the world. The thrilling conclusion to The First Souls Trilogy relates the titanic struggle of the human spirit to regain its lost paradise.
The valiant Avarna, the tragic Empress Amliea and her sister Terselia, the mysterious, godlike Amilius and other cardinal souls gather around the wavering imperial throne of Artalanta at the outbreak of a vicious civil war that may doom their earthly empire but give birth to humanity.
A Suspenseful and Sensual Love Story! Life changes on a dime. Few understand this painful truth quite like Violet and Dylan, former college sweethearts united by their troubled childhoods.When a gut-wrenching tragedy strikes in their adult years, they're torn apart—their relationship unable to survive the blow. Though they go their separate ways, they remain connected by a meaningful token: a locket, which Dylan bestows upon Violet on a blissful day by a gorgeous beach in Coronado, California—to which he holds the key. This lovelock remains to be their only connection as they struggle to rebuild their lives. Violet, an aspiring actress, grapples with mental illness and ends up stripping for a living. In the meantime, Dylan faces his own challenges while trying to manage his past trauma with an unknown future. They each venture down their own dark path laced with drugs and manipulative, taxing characters. All the while, neither can shake off their longing for the love they once shared and endeared. In spite of life's impediments, can they heal their past and find happiness alone, or together?
Tangled in a complex relationship with two alien men from a different world, Tamara Carrington's college life on Earth is not going according to plan. Having awakened to special mental psychic abilities that came with the dramatic revelations about her past, including the discovery that she is biologically connected to the planet of Azelle, and unable to return to who she once thought she was, Tamara now faces some difficult choices. Although both men have become an integral part of her life, she realizes she cannot maintain this triangle. Yet, how can she let either man go? As she considers how to reconcile the tensions between the three of them, life explodes onto a stage far beyond anything she could have imagined. With one surprise announcement, Tamara must face the ultimate in decisions, turning her world upside down. What will she do? And how will her decisions impact the young men in her life? Will it rip them apart? Or bring them closer together? Woven throughout this multifaceted story are the questions posed when two different cultures with diverse perspectives about the concepts of relationship, responsibility, family, and love are brought together. By the end, no one is left unchanged.
