(Post-marauders, Pre-Harry) The year is 1985. After Voldemort's apparent demise at the end of a devastating war, Severus Snape is just trying to get by in a wizarding world he no longer feels he has a place in. Cold and critical, he knows the day will come when his demons will come back to haunt him, but today is not that day. Unknown to her classmates, Isabella Fellstone has a few secrets of her own. Reserved and analytical, she is a star chaser on the Slytherin quidditch team and excellent in potions and charms. Is it really surprising that the blood of Merlin, himself, runs through her veins? When Isabella's talents and recklessness lead to her spending an unusual amount of time with her head of house, will they be brought together by their surprising similarities or will Severus's walls and sour disposition become more than Isabella bargained for? Book 2 completed.

Phoenix is 16, it's her 6th year at Hogwarts after transferring from Beauxbatons academy. Phoenix is a troubled kid with many secrets. She doesn't know what love is or how to be a kid since everything was ripped from her as a child. Along the way at Hogwarts she learns things she never thought she would. Her father isn't the man she thinks he is. Her mother is a mystery and she finds her confidence and strange feelings from a man who she least expects. Will she overcome all the pain and suffering and find love? Or will she give in to the darkness that surrounds her? Better yet can she fight the demon within. Dedicated to my daughter Alexandria and my son up in heaven, Jackson .

She was a pretty girl from Durmstrang, i know what you're thinking, Durmstrnag was an all boys school, but no, they made an exception for her, but she got moved to Hogwarts, she thought it would be the same, but this time its different, she finds someone who cares

Briar Rose, Orphan, unknown witch. Severus Snape, a cold potions professor at Hogwarts school for Witchcraft and Wizardry. When two worlds collide, demons can be fought and cold hearts can be warmed. Family isn't blood and sometimes finding out who you are can be more than what you wished for, join Briar on her trip through her first year of Hogwarts and all it's twists and turns. (Brair POV/ Snape POV) SEQUEL: Inside and is regularly being updated on Saturdays. Completed. ( Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING, ONLY BORROWING THE HP WORLD I ONLY THOUGHT OF BRIAR.)

Book 3 of the Descendant of Merlin series. Together at last, Isabella and Severus have found a strange freedom in each other. But Darkness is stirring again in the wizarding world and they will have to use their unique talents and mentalities to navigate a new era of instability. When Harry Potter returns to the world of magic his presence seems to bring the worst out in Severus. Can Isabella handle feeling like she will always come second to Severus' lost love, or will the demons of her husband's past drive a wedge between them?

This is the second book to Darkness In Phoenix. It starts off just how we left Phoenix entering her old home and finding out gut wrenching news. Phoenix will have to control the power inside of her but being alone isn't helping it. Being trapped in your thoughts is worse than anything imaginable. Can Phoenix survive this war? Can she battle to listen to her brain or will her heart lead her on. With the man she is so desperately in love with so close but yet so far gone it is impossible tvo see him as the man he was. Continue Nix's story of hardship and true love in The Battle of Hearts. Harley strutton

Book 2 of the Descendant of Merlin series. Summer before seventh year is well underway, and Isabella is learning there is much more to the potions master than she realized. When school resumes, how will she juggle her new responsibilities along with her true desires? With the ups and downs that come with loving Severus Snape and new revelations about her family and childhood, there is only one thing Isabella knows; she must be true to herself. Severus is beginning to see Isabella in a different light. There's something-darker about her that he had never noticed. For both of their future safety, he must make every effort to push her away, but has he finally met the one person patient and persistent enough to soften his will? After all these years of pain and solitude, there's only one thing the war veteran knows; he must stay true to his mission. Can their passion unite them, or will their ambitions tear them apart? Either way, it's going to be a bumpy ride.