Historical Romance complicated by ghosts of the past. Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne called themselves Adam and Eve as he suffered the shame of his family’s connection to the Salem Witch Trials. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s courtship of Sophia Peabody lasted over three years because he insisted on keeping it secret. He had his reasons, none of which Sophia agreed with. But she knew they were destined for each other and he was worth the wait. When they married in 1842 “we became […]
2020
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A MerMan’s Choice The shape-shifting mermen of the Morvann Islands live incognito among humans. But one of them, Yann, can’t stop rescuing humans. When he fishes Alex out of the sea, he doesn’t expect her to reappear eight months later. Alex wants to fulfil a promise to her dying grandmother, by gathering stories of the Morvanns. But she soon discovers that, on these Welsh islands, legends can become true! Yann and Alex grow close, but some mermen hate humans. Their […]
Lies and Love by Anne Krist “Did you ever tell a lie for so long that even you believed it? And then got caught? Ah… Then you understand Sara in Anne Krists’ Burning Bridges.” We all know what it’s like to tell a lie and how it can lead to other lies. We don’t mean them to grow. We don’t mean them to hurt anyone. We don’t mean them to entangle our lives over and over until we can’t tell […]
Monsters are Everywhere By Christina Lambert Monsters are everywhere, hiding in plain sight, but the scariest monsters aren’t the mythical beasts of folklore or people with abilities beyond comprehension. The worst kinds of monsters are the people who try to capture, destroy, or exploit anyone who doesn’t fit their idea of normal. In Bear’s Edge, bear shifter Grant is faced with the reality that there are people who will stop at nothing to uncover the ever elusive truth about the […]