Amazing Cover by ONYXVIXEN They say hell hath no fury like a woman scored Well that has always been truth Except the scorned ignited a war that shook the very heavens Suddenly Yanni finds herself stuck in the middle between two males who wants her, mind body and soul then a planned coup turns into a betrayal that becomes an all out war for the coveted throne And the victor; will claim the fate of mankind Now Yanni will have to stand by what she feels is right and become the woman she's was never meant to be; in order to save the male she loves But with so many lives hanging in the balance how can any path be the correct choice

She awakened something in me that I thought had long since died. With a single glance, she unraveled every certainty I had ever known. One smile stole the breath from my lungs. One touch became a memory I could never bear to live without. She was temptation wrapped in innocence... The one woman capable of bringing the strongest man to his knees. What began as admiration became longing. Longing became obsession. And before I could stop it... She became my greatest love. The very reason my heart still beat. But fate had bound me long before she ever entered my life. I already belonged to another. She was forbidden to me. To love her was to betray my vows, my honor, and everyone who had placed their faith in me. Every stolen glance was an act of treason. Every moment together carried the weight of a kingdom. Yet the heart does not obey duty. It does not bow to honor. And it refuses to surrender to fate. When the entire world demands that we remain apart... How much is a man willing to sacrifice for the one woman he can never have?

**Some love stories begin with a choice.** Mine began before I was old enough to understand what love even was. For as long as I can remember, he has been the center of my universe. My first smile. My safest place. My sun that chased away every darkness. My moon that watched over my loneliest nights. The air I breathed... The reason my heart kept beating. I spent a lifetime loving him in silence, believing that one day he might finally see me the way I had always seen him. But fate can be unbearably cruel. Because while my world revolved around him... His heart had always belonged to someone else. And no matter how deeply I loved him... I was never the girl he chose.

Amazing Cover by ONYXVIXEN I never wanted to be a ruler Responsible for a group of people much less an entire planet Nevertheless it was what i had been born to do; bred to accept But It was all a lie My late father manipulated me into thinking I was more than what I truly was, but now i have to fill that role regardless My bonded is fatally injured, my beloved planet in discord and still with everything face off with a brother as vile as my father whom i thought long dead But destiny calls us all eventually Especially at the most inopportune times And it is my turn to answer its call For my people for my mate For everything i hold dear

Amazing Cover by ONYXVIXEN I was not meant to be here. I had a life back home, not quite fulfilling but a life nonetheless Then I'm miraculously thrust into the past, into a civilization lost by time, into a world torn apart by war. And a dark roughened male looks at me like i hung the moon and single handedly carved the heavens His gaze is all I've ever desired and his touch ignites a fire that refuses to be extinguished I am torn between returning to all i know and embracing everything I've ever wanted.

Amazing Cover by ONYXVIXEN I remember the day they came. Our tiny uneventful town lit up with the sounds of gun fire and chaos. It was a massacre that seemed never ending. My family hid in our basement for days waiting for the sounds to end and it to be safe again. They said it was an invasion. That they came to exterminate us. But only a day after the fighting ceased and we were finally safe I found something on my way back from the market. Or rather, someone. A boy. Who became my best friend, until the day they found us and took him away. I was sure I'd never see him again Until one day I did. That was the day that changed everything.

**"I didn't choose this... Destiny chose me."** I was never meant to change history. All I wanted was a quiet life, surrounded by forgotten relics and the stories they carried. Working for an artifact collector was my dream... until one discovery shattered everything I knew. In the blink of an eye, I was ripped from the present and thrown into the heart of ancient Japan. A world consumed by war. A world where a stranger like me doesn't belong. Every step I take could mean death. Every mistake could alter history forever. Then... I met him. A legendary general whose strength commands the battlefield and whose presence steals my breath. I should fear him. I should stay away. Instead... I fall hopelessly in love. As I desperately search for a way back to my own time, an impossible question begins to haunt me. **Do I truly want to go home?** But destiny is never kind. He is already bound by marriage. I have been chosen to become the emperor's newest concubine. Our love is forbidden-condemned by duty, honor, and the countless lives that depend on the choices we make. Every path leads to heartbreak. Every stolen moment brings us closer to ruin. With history itself standing against us... Can love rewrite fate? Or are some destinies written in blood... and impossible to escape?

#Wattys2016 Lord James Ravenwood is next in line to become the next Duke of Sudbury after the untimely death of his parents in childhood. It won't happen unless he changes his rakish ways and manages to secure a bride this season after his grandfather threatened to disinherit him and pass the dukedom onto a distant cousin. Lauren is the oldest of Lord Haverhill's daughters, but she has no plans to marry. But, her meddling, well meaning Grammy hatches a plan with James' grandfather to make a match between their grandchildren.

Summer 1886 Anthony Baldwin, newly installed 8th Duke of Wolverleigh(Tony to his friends) travels with his friends the Duke and Duchess of Warrick to the duchess's house in America. Evnious of their love for one another and their four children, Tony has decided to find a bride of his own upon his return to England. Never in his wildest dreams did he expect to find one in America. He's instantly attracted to a beautiful part Native American woman he meets at the duchess's house. Cheyenne Sinclair returns to Bridgeport from Colorado upon the deaths of her two half-brothers to inherit Sinclair Shipping. Hoping to settle the estate as soon as possible and sell the shipping company she soon learns that a clause in her father's will states she can only inherit if she marries within a few weeks time. Cheyenne balks at the very idea of marrying anyone but since her mother's dowry is what built the company she doesn't want to see it go to her father's brother, a man who hated her mother because of her Indian blood. Attracted to the black haired beauty, Tony comes up with a plan. Marry him but it will not be a marriage in name only, he promises her. Attracted to Tony, Cheyenne agrees but only days before the marriage is to take place the first attempt is made on Cheyenne's life. After a second attempt they all think she'll be safer in England but the trouble only seems to follow them there. As the attraction between them grows into l0ve Tony is on a race against time to find out way and learn who wants his new wife dead.

Outside London at the Kelton Manor Amada Herrington attends a boring house party, vowing to leave the next day she retreats to her bed chamber. She had promised her late father the Earl of Covington that she would marry but so far no men have appealed to her. She misses the days sailing with her father onboard his sailing ship The Free Spirit. Having what she thought was a sensual dream Amanda awakes in her dark bed chamber to pain to find a man in her bed then moments later her the door to her bed chamber is thrown open by the Earl of Kelton along with several other party goers. Devlyn Maddox, Duke of Warrick is shocked to learn the bed chamber he'd been directed to by his mistress is occupied by Lady Amanda Herrington, innocent victim of his love making. Now he must marry her by special license and then determine if she was party to this supposed accident or the innocent victim of whatever mischief his mistress was up to. After their marriage Devlyn travels with his new wife to Warrick Abbey then promptly leaves her to return to London without a word to Amanda when he would return. After spending two weeks alone Amanda returns to London to see her new husband arm and arm in the park with another woman. Upset Amanda informs her Aunt Geraldine she is leaving England for good not wanting to remain married to Warrick. Along with her father's first mate, Myles Cameron, Amanda purchases The Free Spirit and departs England for America. Twelve years later she returns along with a secret to learn Warrick had their marriage annulled and she is free to marry Myles Cameron.