The Golden Wolf and the Stormwielder

 

Azalea Mortclaw, the battle-tested Crown Princess of Tyldon, has always known her future marriage would be for the welfare and prosperity of her kingdom. With a wolf in her soul and a sword in her hand, the Golden Wolf of Tyldon has never cowered from conflict or combat. When her kingdom comes under attack by a foe long believed dead, she stands ready to lead her people to victory by whatever means necessary.

 

Nilos Whitestar, Crown Prince of Zelarum, prizes his compassion and honor above all else. With the power to bend weather to his every whim, he knows he can never risk losing his control. For this reason alone, he has never allowed his parents nor their advisors to rush him into marriage or producing an heir. When his father is assassinated to bring about the resurrection of a monstrous army, he will do whatever his mother asks to protect their people.

 

Stormwielder and Golden Wolf must meet at the altar to secure an alliance between their rival nations in an impossible war. What happens when Nilos refuses to consummate their wedding night and robs Azalea of the only battle she has been assigned to wage-- the political warfare of producing an heir? Can Azalea convince Nilos that the obligation to their people must take priority over his moral code? In a crisis of duty over honor, only love can stand firm in the battle against death and darkness.

 

More Than Christmas

 

Ivy Holly Moore finds herself a widowed, single mother after her husband, Aaron, is killed while on duty. She thinks she's coping well until her son, Gavin, asks Santa for an impossible gift. When Santa fails to deliver, Gavin loses his faith, but a gift left for her restores Ivy's. With Gavin's acceptance into a private school, Ivy has to find some way to pay for the tuition. Encouraged by Aaron's former partner, Alex, she puts out an advertisement to rent out the attic room she and Aaron never moved into.

Aldwin Nicholas Claus is struggling to develop the powers needed to take up his father's mantle as Santa. In a last ditch attempt to make them manifest, he needs to restore the faith of a child who lost their's too soon. When the magic draws him to Gavin's letter, he knows the future of his legacy awaits him in the small town of Ostcrest, Kansas.

What happens when the son of Santa finds himself on the door-step of a family fractured by grief? Will he find a way to get through to the child who has cocooned himself safely in logic and reason? Can Ivy let go of the grief of losing her husband? Will Gavin finally receive the gift he's been longing for? When cupids get involved, it becomes about far more than Christmas.

The Hallowed House

 

A winning lottery ticket. An attempted kidnapping. Juniper Thatcher has learned the hard way that luck always came with a price. Determined to burn through her winnings to free herself of the danger her luck has drawn in, she purchases an abandoned house that offered her sanctuary. The auction listing didn't include the fact that the original owner still resided there, and old Mr. mcCullough isn't anything like the rumors she found online. When Juniper stumbles upon an attic that was not listed in the blueprints, she discovers the world is not as mundane as it appears.

A secret World War II project. A traitorous wife. The Druid has shared his home with many hopeful tenants, but none of them could handle the ghosts of his past. After seventy-three years as a prisoner of time in the house he built, he has taken to scaring them away before they can unpack. When a sobbing, bloody mess of blonde hair shoves her way through his kitchen door in the middle of the night, he can't bring himself to terrify her. For the first time in decades, he knows he must help. 

Together, the Druid and Juniper discover there is more connecting them than the roof over their heads. The truth of both their betrayals seems determined to bring them to despair, and they must face the demons of their pasts if they want a future where they can finally touch.