Up-and-coming musician Maxwell Stoddards leaves his Maryland home for London in the 1980s, hoping to find fame and fortune as a musician. He soon finds himself out of luck and homeless. By chance, he meets Claire Ogilvie in a down-and-out cafe and, with her help, shoots to fame. Amid his success, his lover is yanked away from him by a jealous husband. When Claire disappears from his life, Maxwell falls into a deep depression. A faded promise to meet at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade keeps Maxwell going.. Will Claire appear and bring the spark back to Maxwell's life? Find out in Meet Me at Macy's.
Priscilla Everstow lived a sheltered life until her brother, Joel, was expelled from Oxford University. When Joel returned home with his pregnant fiancee Charlotte Plumb, the situation spiraled out of control quickly. Faced with sudden jealousy and turmoil, Priscilla longs to get away from the home she grew up in. When handsome Spencer Wilkes-Porter begins courting her, she discovers a means of escape. He proposes to her, and she starts planning her wedding—but her well-designed plans change daily. Deep in her heart, she knows her brother's new wife is involved in the deception but, when she complains, no one believes her. As Charlotte begins to dominate the Everstow family, Priscilla falls further into the background until she becomes a part of the Shadows. .
Happy days with Jeremy haunted Jessica's memory as she considered her life without him. The song Auld Lang Syne meant a lot to them in happier days. But the loss of her husband during the war affected her deeply. It was a struggle to live without him. Unable to bare it any longer, Jessica cannot endure. The song returned to her on New Year's Eve, bringing to life her frustrations and her inability to endure.
Rishad Khanna, a quiet and introverted young man, has always lived in the shadows of his powerful family. Despite being surrounded by wealth and success, his heart is consumed by a secret love for Alia, the girl who became part of their family after a tragedy. Unable to express his feelings, Rishad sends her love letters and gifts anonymously, watching from a distance as Alia tries to uncover the identity of her secret admirer.
But when someone discovers this secret, things take a surprising turn. What happens next turns Rishad's world upside down, leading to a twist that will leave you questioning everything.
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Mateo Brook, a young Pinta Park Ranger, must learn the legend of the Green Guardian to save the Paperblank Forest from a ruthless basilisk. What starts as an enjoyable mission soon becomes a matter of life or death. ***
The fae are an ancient race in Pinta Country, but no fairy is as old as the Green Guardian. Sixty years ago, she trapped a little boy in time. Now, she begs for the Pebble Masters to rescue them.
Eleven-year-old Evie Amanda Madison and twenty-one-year-old Mateo Brook are part of a specialized camp to train aspiring Pinta Park Rangers. Evie, who dreams of being just like her hero, Ranger Anthony, is unaware of the danger she is about to face.
There is a basilisk loose in the Paperblank Forest. It's a creature of old magic that dates back to the Green Guardian herself.
Together with a talking Red-Crowned Crane, John, and Pinta's young king, Benjamin, Evie, and Mateo must find a way to free the time travelers if they hope to defeat the monster. Little do they know that this is all part of a prophecy—a prophecy held dearly by the people of Paperblank Village.
Sixty years ago, history changed forever. A dark shadow is looming over Pinta Country, but Evie and Mateo are the only ones who can reverse the past. ***
*This is a solid Fantasy novel with soft worldbuilding, chapters ranging between 2,000-4,000 words, and character development for the MC.*
Word Count: 100,000-135,000
After Greg, Lucia's father, left her and her mom, Lucia is left to pick up the slack after her working yet alcohol-addicted mother, working a 9-5 at a grocery store with an occasional sub art teaching at her former high school to pay for the rent, and maybe earn enough money for that art program. Her life just isn't working as she'd always hoped. Then again, she hadn't been much of a dreamer since she overheard her dad call her a mistake when he was arguing with her mom, but she at least hoped it wouldn't be this...messy. So, what's a mistake gotta have a dream for, right? Maybe wrong. Maybe right. Her life is upside down. Her relationship with God is a mess. Her relationship with herself is a mess. Heck, she doesn't even have friends for her relationship with them to be a mess. And maybe much won't change even after her supposed book-inspired night in shining armor appears. Who knows? But there is one place she doesn't feel a mess--The Saint Patrick's Cathedral. There is one being who's loved her despite not feeling loved--God, and there are people who love her-- Priest Dixon and... someone else (find out in the story). So come aboard on this rollercoaster and have fun. Passengers, please don't forget to breathe.
***Currently Editing***
***(Don't discount it because it's a Christian book, and you don't want mushy or cringy or Christian-y stuff. Please give it a try. I guarantee you'll like it.) ***
[Naimah Flashback]
The test results revealed an alarming truth: she had been overdosed on a black-market contraceptive pill.
[END OF FLASHBACK]
As the flashback ended, Naimah accidentally spilled juice on her skirt. Excusing herself from the dining table, she headed to the female bathroom to clean up the stain. However, she halted at the male bathroom door when she overheard two familiar voices:
Voice 1: "Here, it's specially made for her, different from the last one I brought. Mix it in her coffee drink, and she'll never know. All we need to do is wait patiently for her to start hallucinating and showing signs of paralysis before sending her to a psychiatric hospital to die."
Voice 2: "I can't wait for her to die, so her inheritance and company shares will be ours..."
Voice 1: "You're not eager to be with me..."
Voice 2: "You're everything I ever needed..."
The voices continued, accompanied by the sound of kissing. Naimah was grateful to have her phone with her, and she discreetly recorded the conversation instead of crying out and risking discovery.
She abandoned her plan to clean up the stain and returned to the table, pretending nothing had happened. "What next?" she thought to herself, her mind racing with the sinister plot she had just uncovered.
𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐒Daina is a woman who married out of love to a man whom she thought was hers. Oh, how she is sorely mistaken. Only when they are married, is when he decides to show her his true colors. And the only person who notices and who happens to be there is his best friend. Her only escape and a chance at happiness.