Humans view gemstones as pretty adornments, but what if some of them are sources of power? And what happens when some of them are sentient? Hope Willows was normal till the age of 7. Now 13, she has a strip of white hair in her previously pure brown hair. Changing schools seems like a good way to avoid bullies, but is meeting others like her really a good thing? - - - A man once tried to seize certain gemstones. Their spirits, however, chose differently, granting their powers to five children instead. Now the question is whether this was a gift or a curse, as he will not stop until he reaches them.

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There was always stars there, here, everywhere in the night sky. Is that star yours? Maybe, just Maybe. You loosed your star. A story of two faraway lovers, for when might their fate meet again on this planet?

In the era where swords rule, where women consider their modesty their greatest virtue. Where a man would kill to find his wife warming another mans bed, a time when women would consider it the greatest of adultery or fornication to warm a bed other than her husbands. A time when an honorable man guards his gaze, for his gaze is solely for his wife alone, as well as his heart. He's feared, ruthless, cold, heartless, manipulative, cunning, a rake. Or so they assume... She's beautiful yet silent, not by a defect, she simply dislikes to mingle with gossip.Yet she has emotional scars that no one sees behind her smile, but a few. Cover by @forcade

For years he was despised, loathed and hated. Those very emotions became him as he fled, vowing to never return and to be used as a spawn. But life has a funny way to put us in situations we despise, he had to return to the very thing he despised to carry out the duties which were rightfully his. She was taught to be a lady, one of status. Her sole purpose in life was to provide heirs for her future husband, nothing more, nothing less. And that is what she lived by, what she believed, until he came along....... He stirs feelings inside of her she never knew existed. She awakens feelings he thought he had buried long ago. Together, they discover each other. But old enemies are plotting. Could their beginning be their end?

By a mere telegram Sophie's world has changed forever! Now a war widow, she is raising her son alone. Her faith is shattered and anger replaces her tears. How can she move forward when she's lost her way? Then, on the second anniversary of her husband's death, in walks a stranger, the dark haired soldier who wears a mysterious star around his neck. But like she, his burdens lay deep and he struggles with his own faith. Together, they form an unconventional bond. Thus the love story begins! But it all could end by a community that wishes to tear them a part? Friends and even family are filled with prejudice and hate, ultimately conspiring against them. It was dangerous to love so strong, and could prove fatal if they didn't stop.

Azayla is a twelve year old Jewish girl who has been in hiding nearly all her life. Her and her little brother, Jeremiah have only known living in fear. Azayla struggles to take proper care of Jeremiah, as their father had died whilst fighting the Nazi's. Their mama couldn't take it, and so she married a man that Azayla has suspicions about. When her Mama is found dead, she knows that there is something more to her Mama's new husband. Does she have the strength and courage to figure out what it is?