BCYancey's Reading List
13 stories
The Edge of Hell: The Mitchell Brothers Series Book One by BritCYancey
BritCYancey
  • WpView
    Reads 22,351
  • WpVote
    Votes 1,438
  • WpPart
    Parts 25
Corporal Mae Stoker is no stranger to misery or surviving harsh conditions, especially after enlisting in the Union Army at the height of the American Civil War to avoid living with her aunt and uncle. But when she's wounded during the Battle of Lovejoy's Station, Captain Wolstan Mitchell discovers there's a female in the ranks and makes a rash decision to save her life, forever intertwining their fates. After leaving Mae with his doctor uncle in nearby Jonesborough, Georgia, Wolstan is captured and imprisoned in Andersonville Prison for nine months. When he finally returns home to Chattanooga, Tennessee, he is a tormented shadow of the man he was before, unsure if the brokenness inside him can be or is even worth fixing-until learning love has the power to mend even the most shattered souls.
The Edge of Misery: The Mitchel Brothers Series Book Two by BritCYancey
BritCYancey
  • WpView
    Reads 16,329
  • WpVote
    Votes 1,195
  • WpPart
    Parts 22
** Picks up where The Edge of Hell (Mitchell Brothers Series Book One) left off** If there's one thing Declan Mitchell learned from watching his mama almost die from the heartbreak of losing his daddy to a war nineteen years ago, it was that a great and powerful love delivered an equally devastating heartbreak and suffering-the kind he had every intention of avoiding like the bubonic plague. And until traveling west to Idaho Territory and coming face to face with the mismatch-eyed, auburn-haired beauty, Wren McCrawdon, he believed he might succeed in carrying out his plans of never marrying. Molded by her traumatic journey west when she was twelve, twenty-four-year-old, accident-prone Wren McCrawdon's life on her family's ranch in Falcon Ridge, Idaho, is full of back-breaking work, beginning as dawn's first rays peek across the mountains and ending long after the sun sets when she can barely drag her weary bones up the stairs to her bedroom. But from the morning Declan Mitchell and his family arrive, her miserable existence becomes more bearable until tragedy strikes when all she sees are the harsh realities of loss and suffering. Concerned for Wren's safety and remembering how bitter the edge of misery was after his daddy died-Declan discovers he's willing to do anything he can to take it away from her... even if it means a marriage of convenience is the only suitable solution. There are only two problems: first, it's already apparent he's following in his mama's footsteps toward eventual heartbreak, and second he somehow has to convince Wren to agree.
Haunted Hearts by BritCYancey
BritCYancey
  • WpView
    Reads 19,490
  • WpVote
    Votes 1,659
  • WpPart
    Parts 28
After losing three fiancés in tragic accidents over the past six years, Lady Elphi Matson knows three things for certain: heartache only maims its victim when it should kill, not all haunted places are crumbling castles, and without a doubt, she is cursed when it comes to falling in love. Able to see ghosts since surviving a drowning accident at age nine, Lord Rufus Treadway works as a Private Investigator of the paranormal. So, when his closest friend Lord Roderick Matson pleads for help solving Elphi's curse, Rufus agrees to attend the Sanham séance, promising not to let Elphi know Roderick hired him and, for his own safety, not to fall in love with her. However, just like curses, some promises are meant to be broken.
Broken Wings by BritCYancey
BritCYancey
  • WpView
    Reads 23,391
  • WpVote
    Votes 1,507
  • WpPart
    Parts 31
It's a fine line between murder and bounty hunting, and most days, Shepard Devereaux isn't sure which side he's on. After his parents are killed in a freak wagon accident when he's seventeen, Shepard Devereaux is forced at gunpoint to abandon his younger brother, William, to their cruel uncle's care. Now a bounty hunter six years later, Shepard has saved enough money to rescue William, but within an hour of his return, his world is shattered. When he's offered a chance to join a posse and hunt the outlaw responsible for his brother's downfall and the disappearance of his childhood sweetheart, Hazel Jones, Shepard sets out on a dangerous path of vengeance and justice. Being born the illegitimate daughter of a famous prostitute and raised in a whorehouse, townsfolk have made it known all Hazel Jones' life that she is little better than a sweet roll covered in manure-all except for Shepard Devereaux, the boy her heart has been set on for the better part of her life. Years later, one night after the outlaw Dynamite Fairleigh attacks her at The Lilypad brothel, Hazel flees, unknowingly setting in motion a heartbreaking chain of events that leads Shepard Devereaux back into her life. But Hazel and Shepard soon learn Dynamite Fairleigh isn't the only threat they'll have to survive if they want a chance at a new life together.
Lost and Found by BritCYancey
BritCYancey
  • WpView
    Reads 163,418
  • WpVote
    Votes 8,378
  • WpPart
    Parts 28
Deciding to take her life into her own hands after her husband dies, Lillian Reid travels West, hoping for a new start. But then her train is hijacked by outlaws, and she's fighting to stay alive. Two neglected children find her months later in Old West Montana Territory, and she's nursed back to health by handsome rancher Sawyer Weston. However, when secrets from Lillian's past threaten their newfound happiness, Lillian and Sawyer must fight for the love they've found or lose everything-including their lives.
Breathe Again by BritCYancey
BritCYancey
  • WpView
    Reads 165,748
  • WpVote
    Votes 9,868
  • WpPart
    Parts 42
What will it take for two people to make amends and admit they're in love? After the end of the American Civil War, Sterling Hawkins returns home to be near the woman he's secretly loved his entire life, Dorothy Humphreys. When a house fire traps a recently widowed Dorothy and her infant son, Sterling risks his life to save them. To gain forgiveness for wrongs committed fourteen years ago, Sterling must prove he won't risk losing his last chance to claim love and happiness meant to be theirs. He only hopes he isn't too late.
The Witch and The Thief by BritCYancey
BritCYancey
  • WpView
    Reads 26,676
  • WpVote
    Votes 1,809
  • WpPart
    Parts 27
Lachlan Shadowblade has one job, steal the Dragon Tooth Stone from the Deepwood Vault, a witch's bank notorious for being impenetrable to thieves. Born with magic in his veins, he's not the average thief and is moments away from success when the captivating Maera Maelstrom, one of the vault keepers, catches him. Not once in her lonely existence, did Maera ever imagine how her life would be turned upside down when one of the most powerful magical artifacts is stolen right out from under her nose. Tasked with recovering the stone from the handsome thief to avoid a punishment worse than death, Maera embarks on a daring quest that sets events in motion that will forever intertwine her fate with Lachlan's and threaten both their lives.
Through the Darkness: Of Love and Loss Series Book One by BritCYancey
BritCYancey
  • WpView
    Reads 107,461
  • WpVote
    Votes 5,573
  • WpPart
    Parts 52
During World War I, Captain Everett Monterose, a disillusioned schoolteacher with a haunted past from Malad, Idaho, wants a chance at happiness instead of continually being dished out of misery. But after he's severely wounded and temporarily blinded in battle, he's shipped back to America. He faces living the rest of his life crippled - until he meets Elyria Ormond, a blind woman volunteering at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington DC, offering compassion to soldiers on their deathbeds. Suddenly, their lives are forever changed, and dreams of true love they'd long since given up on are within reach. But Everett soon learns happiness is not a commodity to barter for with good deeds, and there is no escape from the many forms of misery.
Reluctant Berserker: Isaacson Trilogy Book One by BritCYancey
BritCYancey
  • WpView
    Reads 48,120
  • WpVote
    Votes 3,951
  • WpPart
    Parts 32
*Book 1 in the Isaacson Trilogy* Gunnar Isaacson, a berserker who faints at the sight of his own blood, works as a US Marshal in Old West Wyoming territory. Vowing his current assignment will be his last, Gunnar resigns, wanting nothing more than to live a quiet life away from death and destruction. But one fateful train ride home brings him face-to-face with Nora, a captivating scarred beauty with mismatched eyes and indomitable spirit, and delivers tragedy to his door. Suddenly, Gunnar's thrown further into the life he wanted to leave behind. He's forced to deny or embrace who he is or risk watching loved ones die and losing his chance at claiming his 'true mate.'
Fearless Warrior: Isaacson Trilogy Book Two by BritCYancey
BritCYancey
  • WpView
    Reads 26,999
  • WpVote
    Votes 2,813
  • WpPart
    Parts 32
*Book 2 in the Isaacson Trilogy, "Fearless Warrior" picks up where book 1, "Reluctant Berserker" left off.* If only life had background music. Maybe then, Esmund Isaacson, berserker and US Marshal, would have known it would be wise to avoid Elsie Boynton. She appeared to be an ordinary and boring woman with a desperate request to rescue her friend. But what was supposed to be a simple rescue mission became precisely the opposite. Now, a woman Esmund would never have spared a second glance at has ensnared his heart while her secrets threaten to destroy everyone he loves.