Aled is a gay man in a soldier's uniform. Unhappy with the turn his country is taking, Aled seizes the opportunity to enter a mysterious portal into the strange, primitive world of Thera. Finding himself trapped there, Aled discovers Marius, a man left to wander blindly in the wilderness. Surrounded by intrigue, Aled and Marius must find a way to trust each other, to save both themselves and Thera's Lady. 2022 AMBY AWARDS Winner for Alternate Universe stories. Finalist for the Open Novella Contest 2017/8. Sci-Fi and LGBT ♥ **Edited version now available on Amazon etc with the title PORTAL**

[Soon to Edit] The Blood Moon. One dark lord looking for domination. And a virgin sacrifice. All the necessary items to destroy the finely tuned balance and throw the supernatural and natural world into complete chaos. Poppy O'Brian prays every night to whatever gods exist that she will wake up in a normal family who do normal human activities that don't include hunting down demons or providing guidance to wayward supernatural beings. When Poppy and her twin brother are forced to attend an event in the place of their parents as embassies to a bunch of supernaturals her life becomes drastically more complicated, if that was even possible. Alexei Grimm has always been considered the villain by most people's standards. Not that he cares all that much, in fact he quite enjoys striking fear into people's hearts without even trying. Unlike his soft hearted brothers he is willing to get his hands dirty if it means protecting himself and their people from those to would seek to destroy them. However, Alexei never accounted for the moment when he would meet his mate. Alexei might have to rethink and reevaluate the way he's been living--if he plans on winning the heart of the one person who was made to save him. The problem is she seems to be just as stubborn and ill-tempered as him and if that wasn't his only problem it looks like there is some dark druid on the loose trying use forbidden magic to awaken a dark power. What does he need to complete this rite? Oh only a virgin druid sacrifice and it looks like he has his eyes set on Poppy. *Second Book in The Grimm Brothers Trilogy* Cover by @PANANABELS

Book One of the Downworlder Series ~~~~~~~~~~~ Do you know what it feels like to have your current reality torn from your grasp and a new one shoved in its place? Neither did Sutton Kendrick. Sutton had lived on Haven her entire life, floating above earth and the beasts that inhabited it. They were strange creatures. Half beast, half human. They were animals as far as she was concerned. Haven was safe. It was for the preservation of the purity of the human bloodlines. However Sutton's reality ends when after her eighteen birthday she discovers she has a beast of her own under her skin. Her world ends in a night of pain and the bang of a gavel because she is no longer human. No longer pure. She is thrown to the wolves. Her life changing in an instant. She has to learn how to survive, how to run, and how to live on a planet that is hellbent on devouring her whole because those that go to the downworld never return.

Since being liberated from the Romans, the hatred has shifted towards the Highlanders of the North. Her father swore that not one of his children would marry a highlander nor bore his children. For fifteen years, Joanna had heard this. Being the oldest of four daughters, she was constantly reminded. But it comes as a shock when her father announces her betrothed. It is not Prince Andrew of the East, a proper Englishman, but Sir Kincaid a savage chieftain of the Highlands. Joanna is taken away from her comfortable life inside stone walls to a small tribe nestled in the rolling hills. Not only does Joanna have to adjust to a new lifestyle, but a savage husband ten years older than herself. Joanna wants only to go home while Kincaid wants something more. The two think they will hate each other forever. That is until an unfortunate injury. Joanna can finally see through his arrogance and Kincaid can see through her anger. Can they understand one another and become something more? ~Everything in this book may not be historically accurate~

**A Blue Beard retelling** Based on Charles Perrault's fairytale, this YA Historical Fantasy short story set in Victorian England mixes romance, magic and mystery. After agreeing to an arranged marriage to escape her greedy relatives, 18-year-old heiress Amelia moves into her husband's manor determined to start a new life. But the gothic mansion's forbidding surroundings, the servants' strange demeanour and her husband's mysterious past soon awaken her suspicions. If Amelia truly wants to become the lady of the house, she'll have to discover what secrets lie beyond closed doors and unravel the mystery of the old house's forbidden room. But sometimes secrets are kept for a good reason... HIGHEST RANKING IN HISTORICAL FICTION # 44 Copyright © 2017. All works posted here are the property of EM Castellan. Please do not use without permission. Any duplication or reproduction of all or part of the work without explicit permission by the author is illegal. Cover artist: @seventhstar

Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma? Purple Envy are on hiatus, and for Oliver Godfrey, it means returning home to the Godfrey manor in the Oxfordshire countryside. Returning home at the beginning of October should feel warm and cozy and welcoming, especially in a quintessentially English city with cobbled streets and the beautiful architecture of the most prestigious colleges in the world, but Oliver is not the same, and neither is Oxford. Oliver, the eye-candy of the hottest boy band in the world, is alone and a little shaken up after the ordeal on their American tour, and his familiar surroundings have changed since he was last home. Not to mention neighbours and childhood friends Gemma and Noah Sargent, who the universe has decided are going to be much more involved in Oliver's life than he had planned. A 50 MILLION FOLLOWERS SEQUEL/COMPANION/SPIN-OFF NOVEL.

Although born into wealth and privilege, Cecelia Brightman has never found the forever-after kind of happiness she seeks. She has devoted her life to helping others through charity work, but now she can no longer continue along the same path. Much to the chagrin of her parents and friends, she leaves the trappings of wealth to follow her heart to the small town of Paxtonville in Colorado to be near her brother and his large family. Connor MacKenzie is carrying baggage from a previous sorrow that almost destroyed him. However, Cecelia Brightman, the new owner of the local coffeehouse, is rocking his lonely world.