Sweetandclean Stories

A young woman tries to escape her past by moving to a new town and bets a renowned Christmas-hating local that she can get him to fall in love with Christmas. 85-90,000 words

Stephanie doesn't give second chances. Has she finally met someone to change her mind? ------------------------------------------------------ Stephanie Halder thinks she has it all; the successful boyfriend about to propose, the beautiful downtown condo, and hopefully soon, her dream job. But none of that is on her mind when she's stuck in an elevator for hours with a stranger, and all she can think about is not peeing herself in front of him. When the life she thought she was building crumbles around her over the course of a half-eaten steak dinner, Stephanie starts over, looking for happiness in the exact opposite places she did before. [75,000-80,000 words]

'It had been two-hundred years since the last dragon was seen...' It was the day everyone in the Kingdom of Olmisea had been waiting for. The day that had called thousands of foreigners to the kingdom's capital. The Dragon Faer. The annual festival put on by the Kingdom of Olmisea, in hopes to call back the long lost beasts. And at the age of twenty, it would be Aideen's first time participating. Or so she thought. But then she ends up in a strange cave with two other people who shouldn't be people and is asked to do what fire dancers have been trying to do for two centuries; free the Dragons. She readily agrees and sets out with her companions to end the curse. But how do two imprisoned Dragons and one fire dancer stand against a witch? Why is Aideen the only one who can break the curse at all?

A bluestocking before her time, Rose Payne signs up as a ship clerk for a risky colonial venture and flees to the New World to outrun a broken heart. When she and her friends fall prey to a deadly conspiracy, she must turn to their only Native American ally for help. But the price for his services won't be cheap. He wants her!