Anastasia Ten is the owner of a cookery school and the author of several popular recipe books. She's paraplegic and has just had a knee surgery. To support and cheer her up, her publisher, John Holyoake convinces her to spend Christmas with his extended family in a sleepy village in the cosy and picturesque county of Fleckney. Anastasia doesn't know what she's getting herself into, allowing the Holyoakes and their significant others to lure her into the mad, magical, and life-altering holiday season in Fleckney. Will Roy Amaratunga, one of the Holyoake cousins, and the star of the latest television hit, a Regency romance series titled 'Oakerton,' prove to be the most unexpected Christmas surprise for Anastasia? The story takes place in the same fictional universe as my other webserials, and will hopefully bring back happy memories to those who've read them - and entertain those who haven't, possibly even making them fall in love with the Holyoakes as well.

Olivia Dane is an erotica writer and a widow of 7 years. She isn't at all interested in finding herself a man. When she's forced to go on a blind date, the last thing she expects is to find the perfect man - or to be precise, the perfect guinea pig for her writing experiments. **Disclaimer** This book is now part of The Ladies of Letters & Lust series. The second book -"Romance Test" - is ongoing and updated weekly, every Wednesday. **Disclaimed #2** This story is a part of the multiverse of my stories, and yes, it IS the Olivia Dane, whose books all my other protagonists read. Her books play a prominent role in the fate of Imogen Fox, the protagonist of "Official Town Business" posted here, and are enjoyed by Fiona and Dr. Viola Holyoake from the Fleckney series; so I hope you get a good laugh out of reading this one, my lovelies. This book became my most popular one on three previous platforms where it had been published before I posted it on Wattpad.

Jocelyn Burns returns to the county of Fleckney after ten years of building her teaching and education administration career in Bristol. She's divorced, disillusioned in romance and any sort of closeness, and set in her ways. When she's approached by a former pupil of Fleckney Comprehensive, Alexander Fergusson, a wunderkind mathematician and an owner of several lucrative businesses, including an ice cream parlour; Jocelyn is determined to resist the temptation, despite the magnetic attraction between them. How does one avoid melting in the arms of a man who is proficient in sugar and spice, and masterfully handles the cold? {The story is set in the imaginary county of Fleckney, just as the rest of my stories; but can be read independently}

Ulla Sensson has just turned over a new leaf in her life. She's given up her punk rock aspirations, has gotten a job as a low level editor in a publishing house, and is secretly harbouring the hope to see her own novel in print someday. When her boss, the publishing mogul John Holyoake, asks her to help his younger brother with his book, Ulla is hardly thrilled, but agrees nonetheless. Instead of a spotty teenager and a 'George R.R. Martin wannabe,' Ulla is presented with the most good-looking, well-mannered, and considerate man she's ever encountered in her life. So, where's the catch? He can't possibly be that perfect - and what is this weird feeling she's getting? Good thing, Ulla is over dating, romance, and even simple one-offs, otherwise being stuck with this specimen in a tiny cottage might become awkward - considering she keeps making one wrong assumption about him after another!

Fiona King has lived a sheltered life. Her father and her husband have been making all possible choices for her, always telling her she was too odd and too clueless for the real life. When she's offered a contract to illustrate children's books, will she venture into the world that scares her for the sake of her art, the only thing that feels right and true to her? Frederic 'Axeman' Holyoake has returned from Iraq and doesn't seem to be able to find himself a place in the civilian world. When his brother's wife offers him to stay in her old cottage for a few weeks, he doesn't expect to find himself in the company of a young woman, a talented illustrator of children's books, whom his brother, the owner of a large publishing house, has recently discovered creating her magical paintings of fairies and sprites while working in a village pub with her husband. Will a man with a difficult past find love and purpose sharing a cottage with a woman with a bright but uncertain future?

Two weeks before Christmas, Clementine Popplewell finds a man in her bed! To think of it, a random stranger would be almost better than John Holyoake, whose guts she hates because he destroyed the life and the career of her former literary agent slash her ex. And now she's stuck in self-isolation with him for a fortnight because he had the audacity to invade her household having arrived straight from the airport!

❝how do you kill a monster without becoming one?❞ In the last city ruled by man, fish soar in the skies above and monsters lurk in the alleys below. Ten years ago, Jase lost both his legs and his mother to one such monster. However, tragedy couldn't bind Jase's soul forever and he once again found himself standing on legs of metal and magic with the white-hot flame of vengeance raging in the very depths of his heart and mind. With his dark desires leading him, Jase will kill the monster who stole these things from him, even if he has to rip her heart out with his bare hands. CONTENT WARNINGS (18+) Profanity, graphic violence and gore, implications of abuse, self-destructive actions, self-harm, suicidal ideation and attempt, minor character death, and morally-questionable people doing morally-questionable things. [[WORD COUNT: 110,000]]

1902: Fourteen-year-old Aida Briar Norton's life at school is interrupted when two men arrive, claiming they are to take her to her parents. Every instinct declares that they are lying, but Aida has no choice but to go with them when they produce a letter allegedly signed by her father. On the train, every word they say makes her more certain she is not safe. She takes matters into her own hands and escapes them. With her parents missing and kidnappers on her heels, what is a girl to do but disappear in London? Aida does everything she can to search for clues of her parents' whereabouts. She takes up disguise after disguise until she becomes a maid in 221 Baker Street. There Aida waits for the return of Sherlock Holmes. Where have her parents gone? What secrets have they been keeping from her? Does she want to know or will the truth shatter her world completely?

Spray Painted Bananas is a romantic comedy about Amber, a broke temp working in a catering firm in London, who after one too many evenings scrounging free wine from wacky art gallery openings with her best friend Farrell, decides there’s no reason she can’t become a conceptual artist herself. A chance meeting with the wealthy, young art curator, Elliott Frinton-Smith, sets things off in a desirable direction. Now all Amber needs is a brilliant idea to grab the attention of the nation. Spray Painted Bananas explores love and ambition with the touch of the absurd and plenty of bananas. It is OUT NOW published under the title THE TEMP by Harper Collins.

"So this was all just a game to you . . .this whole time, you pretended to like me in order to humiliate me in front of the entire school?" An air of melancholia surrounded me, eyes watery like never before. "Were your feelings for me ever real?" There wasn't even a trace of an apologetic expression on his features as he tucked his hands in his pockets, before he gave a nonchalant shrug. The sudden urge for revenge became a prominent priority. He regarded me passively. "It's not my fault that you fell for me in the first place." he justified as he advanced my way, closing the gap between us. Unstably, I strode backwards on the concrete. ". . .stay back." I whimpered. "You're nothing but cold hearted." ·•● Two years ago, Emery Roy was tragically exposed to what some could call an intense betrayal all thanks to the originator - Dean Darnell. Everything went downward spiral after they started dating. What appeared to be a match-made in heaven, turned from blissful to disastrous the moment Dean humiliated Emery in front of the entire school, leaving her completely heartbroken. So to avoid him at all cost, she did what any person would do: transfer school. Fast forward two years later. What happens when she's returning back to Roosevelt High, for the first time during senior year? She only has a few tasks: avoid Dean and face her obstacles. The only question is will she succeed or will she get fooled again? Highest Rankings : | Teen Fiction #5 | | Romance #24 | | Basketball #1 | | Drama #2 | August 8th, 2020 | Humor #3 | September 6th, 2021 WARNING: Contains Uncensored Language Copyright © All Rights Reserved 2014