A story in which a king becomes infatuated with a young girl who is supposed to serve solely as the queen's womb.

Born a slave, made an heiress, Annabelle must battle a society unwilling to accept her and a love that threatens to ruin her in order to keep her freedom. ***** Born a slave, Annabelle soon finds that fate has other plans when she's purchased by a man named Elijah Finley, who not only rescues her from an abusive master, but also gives her her freedom. However, her new life comes at the cost of another: Elijah has made Annabelle the heiress to his estate, in spite of having a son. So Henry Finley, unwilling to accept his father's will, is determined to regain his rightful fortune at any cost -- even if that means seducing his father's former slave... Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story contains some racist and sexist language that reflects the historical time period when it's set. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]

Two years after Nathaniel Swift left for America to forget the woman he loved, he learns she's engaged to another man -- and returns to England to win her back. ***** Lord Nathaniel 'Nate' Swift is hopelessly in love with his best friend's younger sister, Charlotte Wilde. However, Nate's rakish ways, their ten-year age difference, and his best friend's objections soon make it very clear that a marriage could never take place. So Nate does the only thing he could: he travels to America and tries to forget about the woman he loves. But after two years in the New World, forgetting Charlotte proves to be impossible, and he's quickly pulled back to England after hearing of her engagement to another man. Determined to make up for past mistakes, Nate swears to stop the impending wedding and win back Charlotte's heart at any cost. But is he too late to show her the truth he's known all along -- that they're meant to be together, forever? [[Word count: 70,000-80,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Bandy

My love, can you hear that? It is my heart that beats for you. The dew has long settled, where are you? My feet are sore, breasts heavy, belly sagging, and the time waits for no one. Will you come back? My ears hurt, a child wails, the crown pierces my skull, and my heart is lonely. Are you coming? I sit at the window, put on my make up, look at the mirror. Maybe you won't come. S.V

Be his mistress. What could be so hard? Rosy born from nobility. Her life set until things took the wrong turn and now she finds herself a mistress of a man who has placed her in the estate his wife and child reside in. She had placed her life of nobility in the past but she can't run from it if she is his mistress. And leaving him would be her best option only she doesn't know the obsession he has over her. The level he will take to keep her with him.

He is single-minded, insanely passionate, jaded and driven by want. She is young, naive, bookish and utterly unaware. What happens when a man who is a dream boat to ton's women, decides to go after the one girl who is not 'interested.' Will he be able to win her over despite her initial disregard? Or will he suffer at her hands and live through the pain of unrequited love? A lovely romance set in English countryside, depicting the complex nature of love, relationships and affection. ‐------------------------------- "You know you are not an ugly man," she was telling him that she knew he was very sure of his striking appearance. "Do I?" "Well, don't you?" she replied rhetorically. "I suppose I do but my charms don't work on you Francesca," she detected a note of regret in his voice. "Why is that of any concern?" "I would have thought It'd be obvious..." he let the sentence hang, he wished it would make her realize something.