Emma Woodhouse, aged 20 at the start of the novel, is a young, beautiful, witty, and privileged woman in Regency England. She lives on the fictional estate of Hartfield in Surrey in the village of Highbury with her elderly widowed father, a hypochondriac who is excessively concerned for the health and safety of his loved ones. Emma's friend and only critic is the gentlemanly George Knightley, her neighbour from the adjacent estate of Donwell, and the brother of her elder sister Isabella's husband, John. As the novel opens, Emma has just attended the wedding of Miss Taylor, her best friend and former governess. Having introduced Miss Taylor to her future husband, Mr. Weston, Emma takes credit for their marriage, and decides that she rather likes matchmaking.

For months Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her - and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out...

the most eerie, yet interesting, unsolved cases/mysteries or deaths warning: all true stories. some may be unpleasant. - #2 in thrillers 6/8/19

"She was the spark of the revolution, and chasing embers is impossible once the fire begins to burn." - For all of her life, Ember Matthew's horizons had consisted of the North Pacific and the skyline of West Seattle, but she had always craved more. When a boy named Hunter promises her just that, Ember hesitantly joins him and finds herself in a world beyond anything she has ever dreamed of. She finds that it is a world where magic and science meld, part of everyday life, and where strange gods walk among men. However, underneath the shimmering beauty of this place, a cruel power lurks. Ember unexpectedly gets tossed into the secrets and greed. If she wants to defeat this darkness, she must work with newfound friends and watch her back at every turn. For she is the spark of the revolution, and a fire cannot be chased once it starts to burn. War will rise as darkness and evil begin chasing embers. Highest Ranking: #6 in Fantasy