*WATTYS 2018 SHORTLISTED* *FEATURED ON WATTPAD JANUARY 2018* NATASHA BLACKMORE is barely hanging onto her crown after all five of her suitors have been murdered, making her the prime suspect. Determined to stay on the Arlean throne, she coaxes (or rather, forces) one unsuspecting duke into marriage. After all, he was out of the country for all the killings, so he can't be the murderer, right? That duke is CONNOR WHITE, who wanted to live as low-profile a life as possible for a noble, even moving to a foreign country to teach school. But when his father dies, he's called back home. In Arles, however, all he finds are betrayals, family secrets, and a completely unwanted marriage. Because he's already got a girl... VICTORIA RUTHERFORD has just moved back from Xianggang to Arlea, only to discover the schoolteacher she was courting is actually a duke, who has just married the queen. To enact her revenge, she joins a rebel group determined to take down the monarchy, but ends up in way over her head. Whoever the killer is, this murderer either wants a crown or a heart. And he's closer than it seems to both.... one m a r r i a g e | two e n e m i e s | six m u r d e r s | will love or hatred ensue? {#178 IN HISTORICAL FICTION ON 05/23/2017} [#1 in #asiansinlit on 03/01/2019] SEQUEL: OF HEIRS AND HAVOC

*Now available for purchase on amazon. If you would like to read the entire story you can find it there!* *Sacred Crowns- Book 1* When Hadassah was a young girl she lost her beloved father prematurely to illness, marking her forever as an orphan. Her cousin Mordeccai, a palace scribe, loves Hadassah as if she were his own daughter. Hadassah grows under Mordeccai's careful guidance into a beautiful young woman. Then, unexpectantly, her modest life with Mordeccai is interrupted by all the splendor and luxury Persia has to offer. Hadassah is captured and taken to the palace against her will, along with hundreds of other young virgins. Each maiden will undergo beauty treatments in the palace's infamous harem, in order to vie for the enigmatic heart of King Xerxes. Only one can win the crown. The stakes are high and threats lurk behind every corner. Especially for those who harbor dangerous secrets.