Sienna Diaz has lived the life of a nameless face, a retreater from threats, and a thief of lives. Every time she lights a match, she is transported to another world. Surviving as a woman with many pasts and identities, she can hardly call herself her own. Despite her desire for control, however, the fire -- her matches -- remain her only escape. But as a pawn to the universe and to the flames themselves, Sienna finds that escape is only a delay of the inevitable: a life of wandering and loneliness. After an accident, another burnt match Sienna lands in a new world where Fire is an entity, a deity to its citizens. The opportunity is clear: overpower Fire and rewrite her identity. This time, starting afresh would be real and permanent. Settled. But this Fire is unpredictable and temperamental, worshipped by his priests and guarded in his own temple like a treasure. When Sienna Diaz was younger and still lived in a place she remembered as Nevada, her parents told her to never play with fire. She agreed -- no, she would never play with it. She would kill it. *Open Novella Contest 2020 Entry* *Awesome cover by @CelticWarriorQueen17*

**Highest Rank: #16 in Historical Fiction 5/1/21** Between Two Worlds - A Novel of Ancient Rome Enid hates the Romans who enslaved her. Broken-hearted over the life she lost in Britain, she vows to bury her name and her past where the Redcrests can never reach it. As years of servitude pass, bitter resignation replaces her longing to return home. Then an unlikely friendship with a fellow outcast raises Enid out of her isolation, bringing both hope for the future and questions about the confusing God of the Christiani. Yet memories of her childhood haunt her, urging her to cling to her old identity, while the barriers of Roman society remain in the way of her deepest dreams. The peace she thought she made with the past is crumbling. But time is running out for Enid and those she loves. Danger threatens the household she serves as persecution stalks her few friends. She must decide if risking it all for the one she loves is worth giving up the world she knows. Even if it is a choice between life and death. Fabulous cover by my sweet friend, @FayLane! Best Overall in Dream Walking in The Dreamland Awards held by @TheDreamlandCommunity First Place in Historical Fiction/Romance in The Pen and Ink Awards held by CarolineDonica Final Five in the 2019 Standout Contest by paulapdx Best Historical Fiction Winner in The Fiction Awards 2019 held by @thefictionawards First Place in Historical Fiction in the World of Champions Awards IV held by @World_Of_Champions First Place in Historical Fiction in The Academy Awards 2020 held by @TeraVera 1st Place Overall Winner in The Academy Awards 2020 held by @TeraVera First Place in Historical Fiction in The Cosmic Awards 2019 held by @thecosmicawards First Place in The Warrior Awards 2020 held by @warrior_awards © Cheyenne van Langevelde 2021. All Rights Reserved.

EXCERPT ONLY How do you shoulder responsibility... when responsibility is everything you ever feared? Fred Thorne takes his duty seriously. When a stove fire destroys his home, plunging livelihood and family into chaos, he sets out to lead his younger sisters to a safe haven. But the terrifying burden of protector weighs on him, and he waits eagerly for the moment to pass it on. If only it were so easy. Misfortunes and setbacks multiply. Peril stalks even the safest roads. And as a wedge of resentment deepens between the siblings, Fred is losing his own self under a relentless spiral of guilt. Where will the Thornes find their place of safety? More importantly, can their fractured relationships weather the intervening storms? ORIGINALLY POSTED ON WATTPAD, 2016-2018. I wouldn't be anywhere without you amazing fam.

Feared by his enemies and tolerated by his allies, Sedgewick Alverdyne, the cynical Minister of Magic, was content with living an attachment-free life whilst striking fear into the hearts of witches, sorceresses, and wizards everywhere. And after several hundred years of faithfully serving the royal family, he's become very comfortable in his position-including his indispensability. But when a mysterious curse starts wreaking havoc on his powers, his stable existence is pulled out from under him. Facing old and new enemies on one side and his own department on the other, Sedgewick finds himself stranded with little magic and less help. With time of the essence, his reputation on the line, and no one willing to help but Feyla, his meddling-yet surprisingly devoted-assistant, he's forced to confront one of the few challenges he hasn't prepared for. Because a mage without magic isn't a mage at all... A Wattpad Featured Story Published August 12th, 2016. Completed August 20th, 2017. Amazing cover by the equally amazing mahana258 ! 2nd place winner of Edit Review Club's fantasy contest. 1st place winner of The Midnight Awards 2nd place winner of The Fae Folk's Clash of Swords Ranked #486 in Fantasy on 12/20/16 Ranked #407 in Fantasy on 6/14/17 Ranked #401 in Fantasy on 6/15/17 Ranked #356 in Fantasy on 10/1/17 Ranked #290 in Fantasy on 10/27/17 Ranked #219 in Fantasy on 11/15/17 Ranked #198 in Fantasy on 11/18/17 Ranked #180 in Fantasy on 1/3/18

Elsa Silvereye, the greatest thief in all of Vordelle, cares for only one thing in the entire world: her twin sister Elaine. She would do anything to protect her. When a mistake in judgement leads to Elaine's abduction, Elsa is coerced into stealing the most precious artifact in Vordelle--the Lightshield. Little does she know that the Lightshield is the key to the banished demons' prison, and her theft of it threatens to release the demons upon the world. Forced to join forces with the two men she blames for her parents' deaths, Elsa fights to protect her sister and stop all of Vordelle from the destruction she's caused.

•Completed• In a small medieval kingdom, superstition and fireside stories are a way of life, making it hard to tell truth from tale. When young and innocent Charis weds the recently appointed earl, Lord Gavriel Vane, mysteries and doubts emerge. A romance story told through a blend of words and art: a struggle between her thoughts (verbal) and his intentions (visual). All illustrations are my own. ~I hope you enjoy it! November 2016 - January 2017 (with edits since)