Carried to a fantasy future by a dark-eyed, time-traveling stranger, can Leonor overcome the guilt that haunts her and fulfill her destiny... while navigating her growing attraction to her newfound protector? Leonor, a student at present-day Harvard, would do anything for the people she holds dear: her roommates, her beloved little brother - and the brilliant but eccentric Professor Mosey, the mentor to whom she faithfully delivers meals three times a day while he conducts secret chemistry experiments that have earned him the nickname The Batty Professor. One night, Leonor's world is shattered when mysterious and deadly spies arrive at Professor Mosey's office to steal the discovery he made just hours earlier: a chemical solution that, when consumed, allows humans to time-travel. When Leonor becomes the spies' next target, she has no escape - until a man with midnight-black eyes whisks her three hundred years into the future. There, she discovers a world whose most powerful figure harbors dark plans to use Professor Mosey's time-travel solution to transform all of reality: past, present, and future. Plans that can be stopped, if at all, only by a secret that Leonor possesses. To prevent her enemy's designs from taking shape, Leonor will need the help of the newfound protector who carried her to the future, a man defined by his rigidly disciplined nature. Together, the two must navigate a city of elites, servants, mysteries, and masquerade balls. Their quest will require them to confront painful secrets from their own pasts, but Leonor is determined to do whatever it takes to save the world from doom. To save her family and friends. And to save the man with whom she has begun to share an attraction as unexpected as it is undeniable and irresistible. *** The first few story parts are long, then the parts become shorter. Hope you enjoy it! ***

In a vividly imagined, mystical world, Shannon Sage weaves a tale of angels, demons, and enchanted beings, creating an immersive narrative filled with wonder, magic, and profound spiritual exploration.

After a season of darkness, can the heart truly learn to bloom again? Tara had everything-fame, beauty, and the adoration of millions. Then someone tried to kill her. Suspended between life and death, Tara awakens in a magical realm where fear takes form and forgotten truths rise. Dawn Bloom, aka the world famous singer namedTara, has always believed in love-in devotion, in destiny, in the life she thought was already written for her. Promised to another, her path seemed certain... until everything began to unravel. When danger descends and a mysterious stranger saves her life, Tara finds herself drawn into a world where dragons rise, ancient forces awaken, and unseen powers move between realms. But it is not only the darkness around her that threatens to consume her... it is the turmoil within. For as her connection to the protector who saves her deepens, so too does her guilt. How can her heart awaken to another when it already belongs to the one she is bound to? And what does it mean when the man who saved her may be the very one to change her fate forever? As betrayal tightens its grip and truth begins to fracture everything she once believed, Tara must choose between duty and desire, between the life she was promised... and the love she never saw coming. In a sweeping tale of forbidden love, inner transformation, and the fragile line between light and darkness, The Bloom After Winter is a romantasy journey where passion and peril intertwine-and where even the coldest winter may give way to an unexpected bloom. Content Note: This story contains scenes of fantasy violence and emotionally intense themes that may be distressing to some readers.