Complete (First Draft) The year is 1815, sixteen year old Margaret Woodbridge thinks her world is ending as she watches the youngest of her three brothers whisk away her best friend from Somerset as they leave on their honeymoon. The feeling of loneliness is almost as suffocating as when she found out she was orphaned and left in the care of her eldest brother and his wife almost four years ago. With the sudden realization that marriage is a fact of life and she has no prospects, the uncertainty of her future weighs heavily on her. After a little nudging from her guardians soon there are plans to make for London for the Season with the hopes that Margaret will find a suitable match. Is this the adventure that her best friend alluded to as she left? Follow Margaret as she navigates the sea of Society as she attempts to find true love. My Beautiful Cover by Frappell

Alexandra Hunt has only two things on her list to do when she gets to Hollywood. 1. Surprise her boyfriend, James who is interning at a movie set. 2. Avoid Flynn Mathers, Hollywood's ultimate A-Lister and who also happens to be her biological father who asked her mother to have an abortion. It certainly didn't involve her running face first into Dylan Rush, Hollywood's heartthrob and desired by many since his film debut 6 years before. As if some crazy writer was messing with their fate, they end up starring together in a movie as leads, confirming Dylan's belief that Alex is just another stalker that is in love with him. But what is Alex doesn't know who Dylan Rush is? And will they be able to finish shooting before they strangle each other to death? It's a Hate Story turned Love Blockbuster! COMPLETED : 14/02/2015 #1 of the 'Hate at First Flight' Series * HIGHEST RANKING #20 TEEN FICTION ** 1 MILLION READS - 25th Aug 2016 *** 2 MILLION READS - 14 July 2018

Someone once said, 'A muse can be a mirror: a reflection of the artist's desires, anxieties, dreams, and needs'. Right now, I was his muse. I was his desire. I was his anxiety. I was his dream. I was his need. I was his love. ______________________ Trapped under her rich mother's pile of ambitions, Dawn Riviera is failing at life. Silas Dale? He's a distant dream from her high school days whose only purpose is to keep Dale Enterprises safe from his very own brother Adrian Dale. And Adrian Dale? He's a walking contradiction whose purpose is to sink Silas down in any way he can or that's what it looks like from the outside. There's bad blood between these brothers and they always want the same thing. As kids, their father's undivided affection and attention. As adults, Dawn Riviera. Silas is neat, disciplined, utterly empty while having no plans to fall in love whatsoever- until the night Dawn comes to his life, as a tangle of pale limbs and a whirl of long chestnut hair. Both of them being intoxicated, find themselves on Dawn's parent's bed. All's shot to hell when Adrian hires her as his top writer in Wild-house Publishers, his years of hard-work. Both brothers are determined to keep her as his own but not include her in their cutthroat world. Thrown into their black & white world, Dawn finds strokes of colors and unforeseen creativity. Will she be able to understand the meaning behind Silas's paintings or Adrian's choice of words? And the brothers, will they be able to resist the storm of emotions inside them and keep Dawn safe from their own demons? Will the artist and his muse find love? Here's to A Match Made in Hell. Copyright © 2016. All Rights Reserved.

I left him. I never thought in a million years I would be the one to walk, but I was. I left the man I was madly in love with, I had no idea where I was even going to go, but I couldn't care less. I walked out and left him, left him standing there looking like I had slapped him across the face. I couldn't stay, only to then have him leave me, only have him stay with me for the baby's sake. Our child. Alex and Blake's relationship came to an end, she could see it coming but didn't want to believe it. How will she cope when she has to watch the man she's desperately in love with marry another woman, can she do it? Or will she finally give up and leave him for good? Can Blake put everything on the line and leave the trapped marriage for good? Especially when he realises just how much he's about to lose with Alex. Will he leave the woman who's made his life nothing but miserable? Who has wrecked all his chances of ever having another shot with Alex, the woman who's carrying his child? Can they ever be together again? Free and able to finally be a family? But as we all know, secrets eventually come out and the heartache comes back. Only this time it's worse than ever.

Wanting something you know you cant have is always tempting. Alexandra was with a guy she thought she'd be with forever. That was until he broke her heart. Hooking up with a random at a wedding probably wasn't the best thing to do, especially when he comes knocking on her door.. Giving her a slight surprise she didn't expect. A woman beside him wearing a ring. But the bigger problem was that Alex wasn't the only one wanting him. Blake wanted her just as much and was going to do everything he could to have her. But as always, all good things must come to an end. Leaving someone heartbroken, shattered and alone.

Georgiana Abel is a formidable business woman and her high powered, fast paced lifestyle doesn't leave much room for romance. Luckily it's something she has no interest in. She's very clear about this with the men she gets involved with...though when their expiry date arrives, male ego makes them bitter and leaves her with a reputation for a callous, man-eating bitch. Regrettable, but necessary. When Lincoln walks into her office, he has a very different idea about what he wants from her. He finds her fascinating and has every intention of sticking around for more than one night. But he discovers Georgiana to be quite a prickly individual, and she has no intention of giving him what he wants. So it's a good thing that Lincoln's a determined fellow... and he's not going to budge either.

Isabella, future queen of Gardia, unlike any lady of her time, is no damsel, but a fierce warrior. Though respected by men and shunned by women she fleetingly wonders what it would be like to fall in love. The Head Knight of Jaria, enemy nation of Gardia, Aiden has resented women for most of his life and relishes in the fact that his job keeps him out of their conniving clutches. What happens when war threatens and stoic Aiden meets the formidable Isabella? Sparks fly in more ways than one. Cover by DemeterLucy

(Historical Fantasy) A troubled Highland chieftain courting madness ... a heartbroken English noblewoman seeking vengeance ... Somewhere between magic and war lies love ... Lady Isabel de Clare is on the run - and out for revenge against the man she blames for her brother's death in the Crusades and her father's descent into madness. When she finds Black Cade, she isn't expecting him to protect her from the English fiancé she's fleeing. She also doesn't believe the tales of seillies and magic, until she uncovers a secret one night while under Black Cade's protection. At first intrigued by the soft-spoken yet strong Isabel, Black Cade is soon faced with a difficult decision: protect her against her enemies despite knowing she's there to kill him or leave her to deal with an abusive man out to steal her title and gold. When his secret is revealed, he decides to trap the beautiful Englishwoman in a loveless marriage to guarantee her silence and his life. Neither expects their hearts - or lives - to be threatened by the union, until danger breaks out in the Highlands, pitting fae against human, English against Scottish, husband against wife. Will the love of Isabel and Cade be enough to bring peace the Highlands?

AUTHOR'S NOTE Thank you for taking the time to read my story! If you want to learn more about me and my other books please visit my website, marychrisescobar.com (there's a link in my profile). DESCRIPTION Carolyn’s life has gone pretty much according to plan. She’s followed all the rules. Her star is rising at work, she’s just gotten engaged to an amazing man and she lives in a perfectly decorated apartment. A delayed flight throws her life and plans off schedule. What she learns, stuck overnight in the airport, has her questioning everything and puts her face to face with her own missed connection. Follow twenty-six year old Carolyn’s quarter-life coming-of-age story, the demise of her life as she knows it and the discovery of her own truth. PRAISE FOR DELAYED "I don’t know how Mary Chris Escobar did it, but she basically renewed my faith in the saying, 'Love is lovelier the second time around.'" - coffeebookmom.wordpress.com "The story renews your faith in forgiveness and the power of love." - Amazon review

College is just like her old life . . . bleak. Surviving it won't be easy, especially when the girlfriend of the guy she's loved her entire life would rather see her dead. So much for that clean slate. Instead she's constantly looking over her shoulder, watching, waiting and worrying. Lucky for Emma she met The Senator's Son. Zach Walker is the typical rich kid . . . or is he? He's all heart, not like all those other guys. She isn't supposed to fall for him. She doesn't even know if she can trust him. He is completely tempting and totally out of her league. Please note - there is profanity and sexual situations. All rights reserved. I hold copyright so my work cannot be copied in any form whether in print or electronically, or any other form for that matter. So please, don't plagiarize. It's not nice.