"The thing on top of Keira got up, slowly, and stood smaller than I thought. It stood on four legs, like a dog, and growled like a wolf. I swore under my breath as it leaped at me, claws extended, and I knew I was about to die." Behind the clouds on a dark night in London, the full moon is rising. Little do teenagers Autumn and Keira know how this moon will change their lives forever. Attacked in an alley, Autumn and Keira find themselves deep in a world they never knew existed - a land where all the stories are true. Faeries, vampires, werewolves...even Shapeshifters. Suddenly the two friends are alone in a place they don't understand. They're submerged in the Rebel Camp of Aldeari, a place under constant threat by the King. As Autumn learns more about Aldeari, the more she wants to go home - but she's in too deep to leave now. Will love - or loss - change her for the better? Or will she fall, like so many others, in the fight for justice?

"Mommy tell us your favorite story" I smile. "Well my mother always told me the story of Cinderella the brave and kind girl with no mother or father. Just her ugly step mother and sisters. They mistreated her very badly. But she stays kind and happy through it all. Then there is a royal ball and she wants to go but her step mother doesn't let her. So her fairy godmother comes and makes her a lovely dress and carriage and glass slippers. She danced with the prince all night long then at 12 she ran off but lost her slipper. So the prince searched the whole kingdom for this maiden who fit the slipper and when he did Cinderella escaped her step mother an sisters she lived happily ever after" they giggle. Then my Prince Charming comes. "You know kids mommy has her own Cinderella story" they gasp. "Really tell us mommy tell us" I giggle. "Ok ok the story starts like this" I take a breath. "On the morning of the first and most beautiful day of spring. With the birds chirping and flowers blooming over the never ending meadows. Animals coming out. The Lucius green grass across the fields. The trees in there full grown glory. Two beautiful babies were born..."

NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK AND E-BOOK This is a 10-chapter sample of a published novel. A stolen kiss. An unstable curse. One big mess in the making. Derric Harver never expected to amount to anything more than the palace stableboy, but when Princess Maria's curse keeps her from accepting a prince's proposal, she turns to him for help, and he doesn't dare refuse. With the help of a lady's maid and a prince, Derric and Maria embark on a dangerous adventure to find the sorceress who cast the curse. Along the way they battle monsters, make friends, and discover new truths about themselves--not to mention the undeniable chemistry between them. Reaching their destination won't be easy, but the true danger lies in the truths they've fought for years to hide. A Stolen Kiss is the first in the Stolen Royals Series--an adventure with magical creatures, dangerous lies, and being true to the power within.