Ambrose. The name is not only feared, but shunned and reviled. He's a monster sentenced to a life of desolation and loneliness, and no one but his tormentor knows his whereabouts - at the bottom of the ocean. A creature of the sea cursed because of one simple mistake... Mari. Her life was a small happy bubble until it's popped by the finding out that her boyfriend has been cheating on her - just as the cruise ship she's on starts to sink! She's sure that death is near until she drowns upon an underwater cave...and a hulking man with swirling eyes. Seeing a chance to escape, Ambrose forces the terrified Mari to help them both, but not before ultimately changing her life...and her legs. Their worlds turning upside in the matter of minutes, Ambrose is on a mission to clear his name and Mari's on a mission to return to land. But how can she do that when she slowly starts to fall for the dangerous, damaged man who only wants to be free...and heal her own heart in the process? THIS IS A FREE SAMPLE

**Sequel to Stories Under The Velvet Sky** There is a heart that isn't mine, beating in my chest. A heart that has given me some sort of itchy blood disorder, complete with anxiety and grief. On top of it all, my dear old Uncle Eric won't stop acting like I'm a ticking time bomb. You'd think after three years I would have gotten over it-over him. Adrian, I mean. Time heals all wounds, right? Not. I shouldn't have fallen in love with that idiot in the first place. Too late now, I guess. Thought it was the end, did you? Don't worry, I did too.

There have been some complications in Aria's life lately. She's pretty sure she's been hallucinating dead people, her mom's been drinking a lot more, and she's finally decided to leave home just in time to be kidnapped by an incredibly sexy stranger and whisked out of the country. With her German Shepard, Cerberus at her side, can Aria manage to keep her sanity while the bombshells keep dropping? And what does her high-school principal have to do with all of it?

Sequel to Dragon's Treasure. This is only a longer excerpt. Due to copyright issues, the fully edited and final version is only available on Amazon, Nook (B&N), Kobo, iBooks and GooglePlay. It is highly recommended you read Dragon's Treasure first. © by Maya_2011/Maya Starling