Once upon a time, Rose Laurence told herself that happiness was only a smile away. Her ruby red grin has kept her heart safe until a devastating phone call tears that mask away. Now she feels cheated, never having the chance to know her father. But for the first time in twenty-one years, Rose is ready to step out of her daydreams and face the past her mother ran away from. Her welcome into a new town is less than pleasant, particularly from her father's widow, but that won't stop this dreamer. The road to self-discovery may be filled with many thorns, but Rose is determined to stay for the summer, especially when a certain gorgeous country boy awakens her every desire. Austen Phillips was raised to be a perfect gentleman. Or at least he tries to be. Hardworking, honest, and fiercely loyal, Austen keeps his promises, at least to the one man who was there for him when he needed it most. But when a gorgeous newcomer arrives in town, Austen falls hard and fast. Her sweet trusting nature mixed with wild passion has him sizzling hotter than the summer sun, and Austen begins to realize that there are some promises he might not want to keep. However, there is more than Austen's integrity at stake when lies and betrayals shake the sleepy town awake, and Rose is forced to face the truth of her father's past. ---This is Book 2 of the Ever After Series. The plot completely stands alone, however, it does give away a few spoilers for Book 1, Tame the Beast---

Headless bodies start appearing in the streets, so cunning Detective Rashida Heyes and her partner have to stop the killer to prevent the apocalypse ***** After bodies start appearing in the middle of the streets, hollowed and headless, Detective Rashida Heyes and her partner, Travis Virgil, are given the case. However, once they dig deeper, meeting the emotionally broken Victor Eccelstone, and realize how heavily the church is involved, Rashida has to acknowledge that this case might be bigger than she had ever imagined. These crimes aren't the act of one man - they're the beginning of the end of the world [[Winner of the 2017 Wattys Storysmith Award]] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]

When nineteen-year-old Olive Lenathyr, socialite and daughter of an esteemed Lord, finds herself gagged and bound on a cargo ship headed for the East Kingdom, she is grief-stricken over the loss of her family and destruction of her city. As she navigates through unknown lands, she must learn to survive as her past threatens to debilitate her. Along the way, she forms an uneasy alliance with the Sereins, power-wielding immortals, on her quest to uncover the truth about her heritage and stop the wicked Empress from destroying the realm of humans. Across the sea twenty-three-year-old Sirena Harlow, self-proclaimed Queen of the Underworld, struggles to restore her ruined city in the wake of Bartonfield's Black Massacre. As her harlots are forced to once again return to a life of poverty and squabble, Sirena must navigate the hierarchy of politics and intrigue in her return to power and ultimately cement her position in the dangerous web of good versus evil. A/N: Cover designed by the talented @goatsaye :)