Ever have the on ex you shouldn't call up once you've had a few? Regrets may or may not come with the morning light. But whatever you may have told each other must have sounded good last night....... Miss Scarlett Hart just may have one of those.....

~The Wattys 2025 Shortlist~ ~ONC 2024 Honourable Mention~ ~~~ Alaric, the King of Silmarea, recently married to his beloved husband, needs an heir of his own blood to secure the throne. With the help of Emrys, his court magician and best friend, he recalls his youthful escapades and discovers a daughter he once had with a woman he had loved in The World Beyond The Stones (our world). He sends an unlikely but trusted trio on a quest to find her and bring her home-- a brooding dragon shifter and Highlander who owes him a favor, a dashing elf whom he loves like the son he never had, and a loyal, kindhearted dwarf, the elf's best friend. Alaric, the last scion of the old gods, weary of ruling the country and ready to retire and enjoy his love life, doesn't know that this quest will bring much more than he ever bargained for, setting in motion events plotted by the destiny that will challenge his kingdom and legacy. ~~~ Cover: My own picture.

** @TheWattys 2025 Shortlister in Romance ** **A spicy enemies-to-lovers romance with a fake marriage contract trope.** To rescue her missing best friend, a lawyer must marry her arrogant boss, only to realize her entire life has been built on lies. Can be read as a Standalone. || Book 1 of Fatal Alliances Series ************ Sofia Reyes has fought her way to the top of New York's legal scene, hiding scars she can't fully remember. But just as she's about to claim the promotion for Junior Partner she's worked so hard for, her best friend, and her boss's fiancée, Kiara, disappears. This forces Sofia into a marriage she never asked for; an alliance bound by secrets, contracts, and survival. Xavier Kingston is everything she loathes: ruthless, cunning, and impossibly arrogant. Yet behind his cold, calculating exterior lies a hunger for something real, something neither of them dares to admit. As Sofia navigates their fake marriage, the line between duty and desire blurs dangerously. Their chemistry ignites, but the truths Sofia uncovers: about the law firm, Kiara's disappearance, and her own hidden past, threaten to destroy everything. In a world of billion-dollar deals, betrayals, and forbidden glances, love might just be the deadliest game of all. **Cover image by Freepik**

𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓. 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕. 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓. Wisteria Sovetsky has always known she was different. An orphan, a healer in the war-ravaged West, she has lived quietly in the shadows - until the night her settlement was torn apart by Valkras. In the blood and ruin, she awakened a powerful magic far more dangerous than she ever imagined. Dragged to the eastern stronghold of the Magic Wielders, Wisteria falls under the command of Darkus Valinor, a man as feared as he is revered. He claims she is the Holder of Order Magic - the last hope to bind a kingdom fractured by war. But hope is a fragile thing, and power hungers. As she trains, whispers of betrayal coil around her, and the boundaries between savior and destroyer begin to blur. To master her gift is to risk being consumed by it. To deny it may doom her people to annihilation. In a land where monsters wear human faces, and magic bleeds like a curse, Wisteria must uncover a truth that could shatter not only the Magic Wielders but the fate of her entire world. *Note: Chapters 25-40 are under editing.