When Eloise Baker came to Hogwarts her fourth year, she couldn't help but fall in love with the castle, her new friends, and the excitement around every turn. Now, as a sixth year at her beloved wizarding school, falling more in love with the castle is not the only thing on her mind... ~~~~ "I wait until I can't hear a sound, then I sit up in my bed, my heart thumping. The pain in my neck is gone. Actually, I can't feel any pain whatsoever. I only feel him. What now?"

want /wänt,wônt/ verb definition: to have a desire to possess or do something; to wish for something want is a funny thing. the way that it works. we all have wants. some people want to be successful, while others want love. there are a countless number of things we want as human beings. it's never ending. once you have something that you want, you can't help but find another, and another. but have you ever wanted something so bad that you'd give up everything (yes, everything) in a heartbeat? just to feel that one moment of happiness after you finally get what you want? that's all Cassandra Rhodes has ever wanted. she's the daughter of billionaire Blake Rhodes, and her life is nothing short of luxurious. there's not a physical thing that she cannot have. but, the luxuries she has isn't what she seeks. there's a million things she has that others would die for, but none of it is what she wants. what she wants is what she can't have. ~

[Wattys 2022 Winner - Wildcard Category] Mereneith is a junior crystal keeper at the Temple of Ptah, the greatest of the temples located within the capital of Memphis. Bored with the mundane job growing and maintaining the Ak'heka crystals-the kingdom's prized energy source-Mereneith secretly pockets scrap pieces for her own research, her wild imagination conjuring endless possibilities for the Ak'heka crystal technology. When Mereneith's mentor is found dead in a temple well, leaving behind only a cryptic message, she sets out on a mission to uncover the truth behind his death. Accompanied by the fourth prince Kha, son of Pharaoh Sneferu and forerunner to inherit the throne of Upper and Lower Egypt, Mereneith's quest for justice lands her in the middle of a political storm, where one wrong move could spell the end of the empire - and her own life. ======== Heretic of the Nile is Book One of the Sands of Giza Trilogy, a speculative historical fiction series that explores the origin of the Great Pyramid of Giza 19.10.22 - Heretic of the Nile has been shortlisted for The Wattys 2022!

~In The End, They Always Get What They Want~ * * After her mother is found dead on a crowded London, Leta Conran is taken away to a temporary home where her mother stayed when she was a child, The Briarwood Home For Children. The slightly odd children, the extra-welcoming owner Ms. Wiltshire, and the whole town of Briarwood try to make a devastated Leta feel at home, however her intuition that something is amiss is proved right when mysterious happenings befall the normally sedate town of Briarwood. The Children of Lys are behind it, and if Leta succumbs, they will get what they want, as they always have. The Children of Lys are undead ghost-like, evil entities that threaten to destroy all life to satisfy their child-like, yet garish desires. * * Will Leta escape to a better place, or will The Children of Lys claim her too?