Walking into the building of Bradford Drake as an employee has an initial eye opening experience. He believed that all the employees of his family's business were happy with their employer. He learns immediately how wrong he is. Taking an instant dislike to getting brushed off for a promotion again, Madeline Maxwell makes her opinion of her new boss well known. The sharp-tongued legal assistant, known for her frankness, puts Sawyer in his place without even knowing who he is. Her quick wit, snappy comebacks, and head for business intrigue him. Not a man to back away from a challenge, Sawyer makes a vow to prove himself to Madeline and the rest of the company. It doesn't come as easily as Sawyer would like, when he finds himself in the End Game.

Alera lost her mother early in life and was raised by a strict king for a father and the many nursemaids who crossed themselves before touching her. It wasn't until she was of marrying age that she learned why the people feared her. She was canny... like her forest mother. Canny and feared to be fae. The only person besides her father who didn't seem to fear her was the handsome stable boy. He knew what she was and didn't cross himself before letting his hands touch hers longer than needed for helping her to her mount. And on her 18th birthday, neither could deny the bond that dragged them together. But her father had her sold off to make an advantageous match with the neighboring king's sullen and cruel son. Even a kingdom over, the whispers of the canny princess the people feared as fae reached royal ears. But they thought to use her to their advantage...to put fear in their own people's hearts and make them bend the knee. Now with the kingdom at war with the prince she would have married, Alera must save the people who feared her from an unspeakable fate brought to their door by the sullen prince wielding a dark unknown power. -------------------- Cover by Tina Glasneck ©2022 M.Dalto Published to Wattpad 06.01.2022 Completed 03/30/2023

Kelsey Founders was living her best life as a teenager growing up in Strawberry. That was until one day her parents decided they were moving to follow their dreams and took Kelsey along with her. Their idea of a dream life was nothing but hell for Kelsey. For the next ten years, she found herself dreaming about how different her life could be if she was given the chance to go back. One chance meeting gave her the opportunity of a lifetime, to leave her life of oppression and go back to the last place she remembered feeling pure joy. She has no idea that her old life won't be left behind so easily. Chaz Barlow was feeling a bit lost in Sacramento. In the last year he had broken up with his long-time girlfriend and his business partner made some poor choices that led to the end of his construction company. With nothing left for him in the big city, he ended up moving to the small town of Strawberry where his mom and sister were happily living. Chaz purchased a long-abandoned house on the outskirts of town, using his construction skills to build it back to its prior glory. When a young woman shows up one day to revisit her childhood home and befriend his mom, Chaz finds himself in a strange predicament. He feels connected to her, but she's way too young for him. When her past threatens their future, Chaz isn't about to back down.

Lizzy Stevens fell in love when she was just fifteen years old. The only problem was that she had managed to fall in love with her brother's much older friend, Brian Alexander. All of Lizzy's dreams were realized the summer that she turned twenty-one, but as soon as the affair had started it had ended, and she was left broken hearted. Brian had loved Lizzy from the first moment he saw her, but his best friend had sensed it and, not approving of a relationship, had warned Brian to stay away from his sister. Brian owed his best friend too much to go against his wishes so he conceded. Now, eight years later, they were both paying the price for Brian letting her go without a fight.

Model Laura Wren has worked hard to build up protective walls around her heart. She learned at an early age not to trust anyone, and she does her best to keep everyone at arms length and live up to her nickname, The Ice Queen. Davis Stevens falls hard for Laura the moment he meets her. He sees past her icy exterior to the warm passionate woman beneath and he's able to capture it with his camera. Mystified and frustrated by Davis's constant attempts to create a relationship where one doesn't exist, Laura fights him at every turn, but Davis knows what he wants and it's not The Ice Queen.

Agatha 'Aggie' Stevens decided to join the Army as a nurse to make a difference. Having lived a charmed childhood, she felt it was important to do something worthwhile as an adult, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult. Dr. Roark Merrick was a surgeon in the same unit. He never smiled or laughed, and he never mixed business with pleasure. He was an enigma who kept to himself, and there was nothing Aggie liked more than to poke the bear. It wasn't uncommon for her to let her mind wander in the direction of Roark because it made the days go faster. Now, Aggie's tour is over and it's time for her to go home, ending the business between her and Roark, but does that mean it's time for pleasure? What will happen when she returns home and Roark stays behind?

Beth Stevens had visited River Moss Plantation when she was nineteen on a fact-finding mission. There she met Wyatt Ramsey of the River Moss Plantation Ramseys. They had been trapped together overnight, a night that had ended in a kiss. It was a kiss that had haunted Beth for over five years. Now, she was back at River Moss Plantation as the historical researcher for her uncle, Mason Stevens's, new movie. Would she meet Wyatt again? Would he remember her and their kiss when she had her beautiful movie star sister, Mave, and family friend Katherine stealing the limelight?

"'They can't possibly be interested in me, can they?' I muttered to myself. I don't want to get to close to anyone, thats how things are, how they always will be. Getting close to people just puts them in danger. I was meant to be alone in life, forever." It's been a whole year since Katie's life was turned upside down, a whole year since her mother died in a tragic car accident. Left with an abusive father the only thing that keeps her going is her mothers dream for her to finish college. Starting her freshman year at the University of South Florida, she intends to make her mother proud but that dream becomes a mess when not one but two professors become interested in her. In a world where Katie knows little to nothing about the way it really is, will she succumb to her father or let the two men save her?

Rayne Berry was a twenty eight, living in Tennessee as a receptionist in a dentist's office. One day, she sees someone following her. Andy Long was a detective assigned to her case. As he spends more and more time with her, he sees her more than just a case to solve. Read on as Andy tries to stop the one responsible for Rayne's torment as well as keeping her safe from her stalker.

Book 1 - Completed Can love be found from the lies and manipulation of the past? Sadie has spent the past few years raising her son alone. She stayed in a loveless marriage with Will so that their son would have both of his parents as he grew up. It was a mutual understanding and secret that they both carried with them. After the passing of her husband, she is forced to confront the past. When life becomes too much will the only man she has secretly ever loved be able to pull her from the shadows. Ben's heart was broken that fateful night in high school when the girl he loved ended up with his best friend. Swallowing his pride, Ben stood by his best friend and watched Will created a life with that very same woman. Ben settled for less in his life not ever thinking he would have a chance with the woman of his dreams. After Will died, Ben made a point to help Sadie with whatever she asked, though she never did. One confession will change the course of his life. Book 1 of 5 and the journey of this family. Happy Reading! *This book contains mature themes, sexual content, some violence. (C) Copyright reserved - Otsana Stories 2019 The author expressly asserts all intellectual property and moral rights over this work. Infringement may lead to civil action, with associated potential financial penalties that may be imposed by a Court, including disgorgement of profits and cost orders against the defendant.