***2016 WATTY AWARD WINNER - VORACIOUS READS*** WINNER OF THE FICTION AWARDS 2016 - HISTORICAL FICTION Against all odds, Libby Marks-Whelan is back at court - and no longer confined to the service corridors as a lady-in-waiting. With the start of the new Winter Season, however, the competition for a crown just got a lot fiercer. Now that there are two princes searching for wives, Libby struggles not just against the other debutantes but also against the monotony of court life in her new position. With the queen's disapproval aimed squarely in her direction, will she weather the storm to win her prince? ***Please note that this story is the sequel to The Season. Since there are many characters, backstories, and subplots that I won't be able to fully explain in the first few chapters, I strongly recommend you read The Season first!***

**Only the bonus chapter is paid, the rest of the story is (and will stay) free!!** Libby Marks-Whelan is decidedly not a lady. Kicked out of nearly every finishing school in the country, she's shocked when her demure, straight-laced cousin Ella invites her to the royal court as attendant during her debutante season. What Ella fails to realize, however, is that Libby's brand of mischief is exactly the kind of distraction Prince Andrew is looking for during his inaugural season as an eligible bachelor. Cover designed by Adam Budny

Three sisters raised in the south side who work for the north side smuggling fermented treasures through enemy territory. All while hiding unique gifts that can either help them or end them. Will they survive or destroy one another in the process?

Sequel to The Tattooed Prince. Sebastian dark secrets start to haunt him.

Alexios has been a spy from an early age. And has just left behind the horrors of the great war of Troy. He now has to work out how to live a 'normal' life, by taking over his inheritance in Athens. Charmion was free until she was six summers old. It was then her island was attacked, and her and her family were separated and sold into slavery. Now in Athens eighteen summers old, her life has changed beyond all recognition, but can she survive what is to come? This is the sequel to Trojan Slave, it does not have to be read before this, but it would make more sense if you did! © 2014

Zaria was a princess-not by blood but by capture. She was abducted in her teens from the western Slavic tribes and kept as a virgin by the powerful warring king, Sharvur. Cruel and strategically gifted, his Scythian armies controlled all the territories in the shadows of the Altai Mountains to the east, some twenty-six hundred years before our time. Told by the oldest shaman in his land, that as long as Zaria remained pure of body and did not succumb to the lust which permeated Sharvur's court, his kingdom would remain invincible. But like the fanciful tattoos which Zaria had added each year to her supple body, her curiosity and desires increased, threatening to bring down the empire. In 1993 a team of Russian archaeologists discovered a rich burial tomb on the bleak steppes bordering Russia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan. Frozen and remarkably preserved in the permafrost, they uncovered the mysterious body of a woman they would call the "Siberian Princess." Her body was yet that of a young female, but she had the most compelling tattoos ever discovered in ancient history. This is her story. How she loved and how she died. [The two-part saga, "The Tattooed Princess" and "The Tattooed Princess: Book Two--Escape to the West" is additionally available in e-book format through Amazon Kindle Books. Find other completed works by Califia Montalvo on her Amazon profile page here: https://www.amazon.com/author/califia.montalvo ]

Torn from his home, Bion is forced to fight for his life against those he could call friend. Learning the hard way that the only way he will get anything in life is if he does it for himself. He needs nothing and no one and he will prove he is better than all those who look down on him because he is a slave. Forced into a marriage she did not want, with a male older than her own father, she must come to terms with her lot in life, or be forever unhappy. That is until she see a young fighter, so angry with life that his emotions rival her own. What will fate decide for them when they find themselves in each other’s lives at the most unexpected of times? This is the third book in my 'slave' series, Trojan Slave (book 1) has been taken down for editing and hopefully to be published. Athenian Slave (book 2) can be read without reading book 1 and can be read before this book.

"Y-you," she stuttered, staring at the handsome man sitting on the sleek black throne, "you're..." He rolled his eyes, waving his hand impatiently and said, "Hades. Come on, say it with me. Ha-des." "Hades," Ariel breathed out, still not believing the sight before her. Every picture she had seen of the gods had not depicted Hades' beauty. The god sitting before her was not a crusty old man with a white beard; no, he was a Calvin Klein model. "Yes," Hades clasped his hands together and grimaced, "the God of Death and riches; that's me." Ariel nodded, still refusing to believe but knowing she had to and Hades' grimace turned even bitter, "And you, darling, will be staying with me for quite some time." ~*~ Cover: _nymphomaniac Published: 8/6/14

Zaria was a princess-not by blood but by capture. She was abducted in her teens from the western Slavic tribes and kept as a virgin by the powerful warring king, Sharvur. Cruel and strategically gifted, his Scythian armies controlled all the territories in the shadows of the Atai Mountains to the east, some twenty-six hundred years before our time. Told by the oldest shaman in his land, that as long as Zaria remained pure of body and did not succumb to the lust which permeated Sharvur's court, his kingdom would remain invincible. But like the fanciful tattoos which the Slavic girl added each year to her supple body, her curiosity and desires increased, threatening to bring down the Pazyryk tribe. In "Book Two," following Sharvur's incarceration by two competing generals, Zaria, along with her lover Tsudros the tattoo artist, perform a bold escape. In the company of her fellow slave Branka, and her teacher-lover Moshtok, they attempt to return to the girls' homeland in the West. Many adventures await and confront them on this daring trek across the Eurasian plains. But how will they be accepted back in the Slavic tribe with their new foreign lovers? Will they ever return to the land of the Scythian nomads? In 1993 a team of Russian archaeologists discovered a rich burial tomb on the bleak steppes bordering Russia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan. Frozen and remarkably preserved in the permafrost, they uncovered the mysterious body of a woman they would call the "Siberian Princess." Her body was yet that of a young female, but she had the most compelling tattoos ever discovered from ancient history. This is her story. How she loved and how she died. [Find both "The Tattooed Princess" and The Tattooed Princess: Book Two--Escape to the West" newly formatted as e-books, available on Amazon's Kindle Books here: https://www.amazon.com/author/califia.montalvo

Adalyn lives a boring life, she has a scheduled routine, rich life, and parents who are barely home. For other teenagers life would be perfect but for her it's too boring, to lonely. Until one day it turns into total choas...her life changes in a blink of an eye. Sebastian Cortez was born in Span's Royal Family all his life he has been prepared to take the throne once his father steps down. But there's a problem..Sebastian isn't your common Prince. There is more to him then anyone could think. What happens when these two are force to get married? Can the deal with each other especailly when one of them is in love with someone else... Marriage wouldn't be their only problem, they would soon realize they would have to stand together if they didnt want to get destroyed. Would you be able to do it? Be a princess? Fight against people that hate you? Would you risk it all...