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.

A dangerous and filthy lie is prevalent throughout the land of Ralium. Nobles and Kings would have their subject believe that the kingdom resting in a time of peace. They say there is no war. No attacks. That there is no death, yet within this supposed peace there is a darkness creeping over the land. Men adorned with gilded snakes for tattoos wander the land in numbers, dragging broken peoples in chains behind them. These men, known as the Venom, serve the Savage King. The leader of Venom and the Royal family were tied by a peace treaty, one that ended a war many years ago. It was how Venom managed to prowl on the land. The people had achieved their peace, while Venom pillaged lesser villages. The people achieved their false peace, while countless lives are ripped from their families. Yes, they achieved their heartless peace, as people were reduced to nothing more than objects. However, the presence of an escaped slave had shattered their peace. By telling them of an emblem that rested on the Savage King's war table. |Book One of the Archives of Ralium trilogy| Special thanks to @pennywithaney for helping me with the blurb and for making the cover!

"Foolish Assassin, not even your tears can wash the stains of your sins." Scarlett Faye's youth was mercilessly torn from her the night of her parents' murder. For a young lady of noble background, there was nowhere to turn in a world of false promises and fabricated smiles. Bruised and battered, her innocence pouring red, the only way out was to follow a path of blood and shadows. And so she followed, walking as an apprentice in the bloodstained footsteps of the man who had rescued her that night, Badel's infamous King's Assassin, Dante Walker. Bound to the King of Badel, the two carry out his various assignments, eliminating threats that dared lurk about the Kingdom. When Thalan, a Kingdom to the North, begins its abhorrent and murderous ascent to power, seizing the rather valuable Elguvanose Islands, the Badel King resolves to dispatch Scarlett and Dante to stop them. For Scarlett, it was supposed to be just another mission, just another throat to slit, but Fate sought to play a dangerous game. And the first move has already been made. Cover credits to @mahana258 !!

|Book One of The Soul-Bound Chronicles| Classic J-RPG and anime elements collide with the Young Adult fiction writing style in this modern fantasy book following Josh Davidson, a teenage boy whose life flips upside down when he becomes soul-bound to a dragon ✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧ Magic, heroes, dragons. Josh Davidson has seen it all-in video games and movies, of course, because they would never be anything but fiction. Yet his dreams are slipping into reality, he is experiencing sudden energy surges, and a persistent voice is taking residency in his head. All of the insanity explodes when his bully goes on a murderous rampage, and the only one who can stop him is a beautiful girl wielding a bow and shooting magical ice arrows. The experience leads Josh to the truth: he's a Paladin, someone soul-bound to a dragon. Not only does he now have a dragon reaching into his thoughts, but the new status comes with magical powers meant to help him in his fight against the forces of darkness. Josh is more than eager to hone his new skills and help the Paladins in their fight, but the darkness they face is rising from its slumber, intent on destroying the Paladins and everything they stand for. Josh will have to learn fast, because the most important decisions are those he cannot escape. Decisions that risk not only the war which the Paladins fight, but the very people he holds dear. ➢ Word Count: 130,000 - 135,000 ➢ Amazing cover made by Dayisdemigod ➢ Featured in Fantasy account's Young Adult Fantasy Reading List ➢ Featured in YASciFantasy account's Quests & Queens - Fantasy Adventure Reading List ➢ The Fiction Awards 2019 Best Fantasy Winner ➢ Editor's Pick Featured January 2021

•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)