Strong-women Stories

From days forgotten, And winters cold, A harsh land spills The blood of the bold. To challenge the hardy, the brave And strong, With strength of limb And honor's song. Here grew a daughter, In hardship forged, To walk as a hero Upon the world. Fawnlum Raijum, a young, red-haired female warrior of a mighty barbarian nation, leads her comrades out into the world to make a name for herself, and get out from under the control of her overbearing mother. Instead of going to the obvious conflict taking place in an allied kingdom, she goes to a city suffering a more subtle threat, where she sees an opportunity to take charge of the battle, and win more personal glory. Entering the fight and escalating the situation, she finds a more sinister force and higher stakes than she could have imagined. If her strength and courage are not up to the task, then not only the city, but also the lands beyond the horizons will be plunged into darkness, and death will be the only comfort.

At 85 years old, Kamalathal, known as Idli Amma, wakes up every morning at 4 a.m. to make steaming hot idlis - selling them for just ₹1 each. In a world obsessed with profits, she stands tall with a priceless heart of service, feeding migrant workers and students who depend on her kindness. Her magnetic personality and selfless perseverance teach us what true victory really means.

Young women with courage. Swords with names. Vikings with tattoos. Danger. Passion. Survival. Warfare. Sheep. And Other Good Things... The year 871. Of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, five have fallen to the invading Vikings. Across this war-torn landscape travels fifteen year old Ceridwen, now thrust into the lives of the conquerors. But living with the enemy affords Ceridwen unusual freedoms - and unlooked-for conflicts. Amongst them she explores again her own heathen past, and learns to judge each man on his own merits. Her divided loyalties spur her to summon all her courage - a courage which will be sorely tested as she defies both Saxon and Dane and undertakes an extraordinary adventure to save a man she has never met. The first book of The Circle Trilogy, enjoyed by thousands of readers in over 125 nations. Available now for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Sony Reader and other popular platforms. Please visit http://www.octavia.net for more details.

Scandalous? Maybe they are. Ambitious? Certainly. Fun? Absolutely. This book is not for the faint of heart: its heroines are true feminists, free-spirited, forward-thinking, modern women who aren’t afraid to go against social and moral conventions to get what they want. When a lion-headed logo starts finding its way in Xavière, Galatea and Lena’s lives, it marks the beginning of a journey through which the three friends will discover what the notion of accomplishment truly means to each of them. Xavière works in venture capital in Silicon Valley, but her passion is endurance horse riding -a passion she has more and more difficulty combining with her professional and family obligations. When she meets Ashish, a young and extremely successful African businessman, she starts seriously questioning those obligations. Galatea fights hard to climb to the highest level in the French nuclear industry. An unrepentant seductress exclusively attracted to men of power, she discovers that she can't count on any of them when a strategic deal with Korea, her big chance to finally shine, mysteriously fails. Lena lives in Stockholm and is in search of a man of high status, with whom to have a baby and lead a fancy life -but is it really what she wants? Adopted from Korea as a baby, her only birth souvenir is a medallion with a lion head, around which much speculation will revolve as a sequence of events suggests that this medallion is nothing trivial –and neither are her origins. Indeed, that Ashish's company logo is a lion head, might only be a coincidence. And that Galatea's deal went awry when she mentioned that same lion-headed logo, might also only be a coincidence. Then again, it might not be.

Plukeri has been banished by her Sisters, she and her realm doomed to be outcasts, after helping them defeat a great darkness. She has lived in exile for decades until one moon child, an outcast in his own right, seeks her out, which is expressly forbidden. Events unfurl, Sisters plot, and if you're a moon child of pluto, your hair color might be a curse. Based on the planets and how Pluto was once the ninth, but isn't anymore.

Are you a romantic at heart? Fancy a little thrill and sometimes suspense with your romance? Well, come on into my world.... I bet you'll like what you see.