Forced into marriage by duty and obligation, The Duke and Duchess of Rothbury parted ways a week after saying their vows under the explicit understanding that theirs was a marriage in name only. There would be no expectations of love, fidelity, or romance. The Duke hates the American Heiress who married him only for his title, completely unaffected by the senseless tragedy that had made their marriage necessary in the first place. When an illness forces him to retire to the country, he makes sure to choose the property where his wife wouldn't be. Except that she is, and she is still as insufferable as ever. The Duchess resents the man who killed her youthful dreams of love and abandoned her to live his bachelor life unencumbered. When she is jilted by her lover, and faced with inevitable ridicule, she decides to retire to her beloved estate in Cornwall, where she runs an orphanage. Never once does she expect to run into her cold, selfish, insufferable arse of a husband! Forced into each other's company by circumstance, the couple begin to unravel their individual prejudices. Resentment turns into respect and friendship. Respect and friendship soon turn into attraction and affection. Was love closer than either one of them could ever have imagined? And that begged the question; can the Duke win his wife's favor, or is it far too late to make their marriage a love match? Cover by MuniWilliams.

The Carader brought people to their fate... but she never expected her fate would reside in a forest God. ⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆ Meridia of Renshir grew up hearing of the spirits and Gods that inhabited the forest around her town. Most specifically, the Gods that ruled the mountain - the Amera, shapeshifting creatures that rarely ever showed their true form to anyone. That is, until the Carader, bringers of fate, bring Meridia to Sana, an Amera with a thirst for adventure. After Meridia gives an offering to the God, Sana takes her on adventures around the mountainside, where they grow closer and closer. Then everything changes for the worst. Declaration of war from the royal capital of Uphir against the eastern village of Yeuri is drawing suspicious people into Meridia's village. And these men, bloodthirsty and greedy, have their eye on the girl who has made contact with the God. To save the one she loves, Meridia has to have something she has never had in her entire life: Courage. {Paused until further notice}