"Look for her where you least expect, for she will be the downfall of the Human Reign." Jane is in search of herself. What her life was like. Having been adopted into the Royal Castle after a war with invaders, Jane grows more and more curious about her past, but eventually, her past starts catching up with her... Magic has been long forgotten in the Kingdom. But with the young Prince Alex refusing to commit to his responsibilities as heir, the King struggles to find how to tell the truth to his son when he is busy falling in love with Jane. Will Janes past threaten the Kingdom she had been so welcomed into? Will Alex accept Jane when he finds out what she really is... Lust, adventure, love, and power, what will conquer in the end?

When River Barnett's perfect life betrays her, she suddenly finds herself running back in the direction from which she came. Ashamed and lost, she is faced with a family she hasn't seen in a dozen years, and a town full of familiar faces. River wants nothing more than to find the headstrong, independent version of herself who stalked off the farm and headed to the big city twelve years ago. What she doesn't realize is the person to help unlock everything she misses about her former self, is the one person who has himself changed the most. Or has he? As the past catches up with them, with a heart scarred by betrayal and lies, will she be able to stand strong and trust in love again? *************** The Whispers Within has been recognized in the following contests: Third Place Romance - The Golden Star Awards - October 2017 Third Place Romance - The Discourse Awards - October 2017 First Place Romance - Athena Awards - September 2017 Second Place Romance - The Crayon Awards - August 2017 Third Place Romance - The Psyche Awards - August 2017 Third Place Overall - The Blue Rose Awards - July 2017 First Place Romance - The Blue Rose Awards - July 2017 Third Place Unknown Author - The Blue Rose Awards - July 2017 Second Place Romance - The Beauty Awards 2017

Tell us, this anger you are feeling, it is driven by the feeling of hurt and betrayal, no? Do you not want it to go away? All of it? "Of course I do. I want nothing more--" Then you know what you have to do. "No, I won't do it. My body is my own. You will not share it. You will not harm him. I won't let you!" I shouted angrily into the cold air. You still care about him even though he is causing you this grief? You still want him, don't you? Fine, we won't hurt him. We shall make him bend to your will. You would like that, wouldn't you? "What do you mean? You can't force someone to feel something for you if he doesn't." - • - • - • - Svenna's past and the fates of women in her family have changed her thoughts about love and finding her soulmate. Abandoning her hopeless romantic ideals, she adopts a more realistic view that seemed jaded for her youth, surrounding her heart with thick walls, which endowed her with a steely exterior. Her strong and "challenging" traits make securing lasting relationships tough, and she refuses to settle for something(one) less than what she wants. But when she meets familiar faces - one is a complete stranger, the other is her first love - she wonders why both want her and she finds her innermost desires, long repressed, now reawakened. Svenna found this nonsensical. Her argument? These things simply do not happen to her but she does not know that she had unwittingly revived a divine-like force. An entity forged in a gem decades ago with its own intentions, paves a new path that intertwines the lives of two women from different generations. Is the entity accountable for the changes in her life? What about the odd change in her disposition? When she realises what is happening to her, will she welcome the interference, at the expense of her self? Or will she renounce love to save her self?

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