❝No flame burns like one's desire.❞ With a disabled and inarticulate mother as the only company, listening to silence became a part of Amaia Harris' daily routine after the loss of her father. But when she began to see things the naked eye cannot unsee, she's convinced herself that she's gone insane. She reached out for help, but help was useless. Her stubborn defiance against ignorance and her endless search for answers led her right into the violent world of vampires, where she meets a man who originated out of the one thing that Amaia feared the most, death itself. What Amaia thought was her one lead to answers wasn't the help she needed, especially when death is as deceitful as the only man who stood by her side.

"There's something in the woods." Still recovering from a tragic past, environmentalist Lur Perez, is sent to collect pollutant samples from an ancient forest in Germany, but while trekking through the dark woods, she finds something much more alarming than pollutants, a pagan altar, crumbling and over grown. And hidden deep within the dark trees is something that is eager to follow Lur home. What happens when the dark deity is stood up at the altar, literally? This is a Romance/horror with darker themes that are not suitable for younger audiences. #ShatterTheSilence #StopSlutShaming #FreeMentalIllness Lur Perez would be played by the lovely Sandra Echeverría.

Sadie Kingston, a shy, quiet, noble, soft-hearted soul stuck within the shifter world. A human amongst a people governed entirely by their animal instincts. This sweet, innocent woman is thrown into the thick of things, when a negotiation with the rising power of the land goes awry. Unexpectedly taken as a glorified hostage, she finds herself in a sticky predicament with an entirely too delicious for his own good, Balthazar. A man renowned for his bloodthirsty demeanor. Balthazar, a name that sends even the strongest men scurrying in terror. The new ruler over the barbaric and brutal shifters of the mountains, one of the few polar bear/lion hybrids to make it to adulthood, he is rumored to be an astoundingly savage and brutal shifter. A shifter ferocious and dangerous enough to take on an army by himself and is cold-blooded and heartless; a master at murder.

- Book One of The BrightStone Saga - In a world ravaged by death and oppression, a merciless and unhinged monarch commands his kingdom through the use of his ruthless death squads. Far to the East, nestled in the outer reaches of the Kankor valley, there exists a small village where an unusual phenomenon begins to unfold. Aurora - a young woman who possesses a captivating beauty that captures the attention of many. However, despite her shy demeanour, Aurora finds herself thrust into a perilous world where Men, Majic, and Mortality collide. As she embarks on a treacherous journey to unravel the mysteries of an ancient malevolence that has resurfaced, Aurora must confront unimaginable challenges and heartbreaking losses. For the evil she faces threatens to terrorise and obliterate every corner of Antar and its inhabitants. Immerse yourself in the bleak and majical landscape of Antar, where warfare, life, and death loom at every turn. But amidst the chaos, there lies a glimmer of hope. The one thing that has been buried for 900 cycles may hold the key to salvation. Copyright © 2017 Lee Dawson | All rights reserved. Word count - 173,000 ⛬ This is the first instalment of my epic fantasy series 'The BrighStone Saga'. It is a work in progress and will be edited once I have uploaded it in full. I would also love to hear from you all, so feel free to comment good or bad and any votes would be very much appreciated.

The tale of a thief. Nylah, an Arabian girl who steals to make an ends meet, until one day she makes a deal with two american men to go on a cross country journey all for one million dollars. #8 in Arabian nights - 20/06/2020 #1 in Arabian - 30/06/2020 #33 in Egyptianmythology -21/06/2020 Copyright ©2020

[COMPLETED] When professional hit woman Emmalyn Rivers gets accosted by a mysterious cloak-wearing man who carries a scythe, she is a little miffed. Not only is he interrupting what turned out to be an already problematic kill, but he is asking her to give up her day job. To make matters worse, all of this is happening on Friday night, her night off. His reason? She is stepping on his territory. The few people acquainted with Emma know well that her job is the only thing she has. Despite her hatred for her occupation, killing by contract is all that she knows. When Death threatens her to stop wreaking havoc into his plans, he expects her to fight back, though maybe not quite as hard as she actually does. On the other hand, what he does not expect is to become infatuated with the gun-obsessed, sharp-mouthed girl. Not only that, but when she gets in trouble for a crime she committed because of him, he finds himself for the first time in his existence doing the exact opposite of his job; saving a human, instead of killing her. (Rated Mature - Swearing, Violence and Sexual content)

As the small girl walked, his eyes lay on her tiny figure; watching her every movement. Like a predator would stalk his prey. She continued to walk with her back faced to the creature, oblivious to all. Like a lamb before the slaughter. If only she would have stayed at home. ***** Annabelle was sent to go live with her uncle at the end of the summer, after a fatal accident involving her parents. Anna was over excited when she found out that he worked with the newly discovered species; mermaids. She had been begging her parents to take her to see them the whole summer. Instead, they took her to a petting zoo. And the petting zoo would turn out to be a lot funner. ***** From the author of Their flower.

The life of nineteen-year-old Katie rarely goes the way she wants. Just when she believes things can’t get much worse, a baby immortal claiming to be her son and death’s personal assistant appear on her doorstep. Everyone around her begins to insist she’s someone she’s not, while demons, deities and immortals threaten to tear her life – and sanity – apart. Scared but brave, she confronts this new world head on, where she meets Immortals like Gabriel, a death dealer, and Rhyn, an outcast half-demon who claims her as his mate in a show of defiance to his Immortal half-brothers. Determined to spite the siblings that sentenced him to Hell, Rhyn rescues Katie from the demons and discovers what everyone is after: his little human has a gift that will safeguard – or annihilate – the immortal and mortal worlds. His defiance melts into possessive protectiveness of the fiery yet vulnerable Katie as he realizes the sorry truth: he’s the only ally she’s got, and he won’t leave her high and dry the way his brothers did him.

Charlie LaSalle didn't know she'd let the devil buy her a drink that night. Maybe if she had, she wouldn't have sold her soul later on. All she wanted was to get away from her chronically criminal father and crack-whore mother. She thought she had accomplished that between an acceptance to LSU's school of medicine and a steady boyfriend recently turned fiancé. But life has a way of pulling the rug out from under even the best laid plans. After catching her fiancé in bed with another woman, her plans crumble around her and she finds herself running into the arms of a man who tells her he can help solve all her problem. Who can help her achieve everything she wants to achieve. But he comes from a dark, bloody world. One that won't leave her unscathed if she accepts his offer. In a life where enough was supposed to be great fortune, Charlie made the mistake of wanting more. Cover made by @StormRidden Copyright © 2018

When Lisa Dumont travels down to New Orleans to stay with her mother for the summer, she finds herself entangled in a web of century-long territorial disputes between undead and supernatural forces. Lisa soon realizes that she has become torn between the blood-loyalty to her mother, Voodoo Priestess Madam Dumont, and the intrigue she has grown towards Elder Vampire, Hezekiah Mercier - the enemy. And consequently, the heavy discord between the two factions leaves Lisa with life-changing decisions to make that could possibly alter the fate of both groups and everyone else in between. ** **DISCLAIMER** This story is UNEDITED and UNREVISED. I haven't made any adjustments to this story since I first wrote it, which was when I was about 18 years old. I'm 23 now, for reference. I adore this story with all I have, but most of the chapters I haven't even revisited since I first uploaded them. Any mistakes, I'm usually notified of them by readers who point them out in comments. Please tread lightly, for there are undoubtedly historical inconsistencies, incorrect language translations, grammar and punctuation mistakes, and information that hasn't been properly fact checked. This is a work of FICTION. Have fun with it, please! But also beware that this is an amateur piece (that I had a great time writing). Follow me on instagram! @ceaselessmindwrites