DarkFyre Prologue

"An epic journey has its roots in blood and war."

Rain fell in a sporadic icy deluge. No true storm, it was nonetheless a persistent enough spattering of ice and water to make the battleground a wet, slushy mess of melting ice, frigid wind, and watered down puddles of mud...

The Bordunes Chapter 2

"The lusts and loves of a Gilded Age family"

Chapter Two Rose O’Toole Part 1 Dark circles shadowed Rose O’Toole’s green eyes. Three worrisome weeks at a boarding house in New York’s notorious Five Points section left Rose with fingernails gnawed down to nubs. On that April morn, she...

The Wolf’s Maiden

"Accused of witchcraft and driven into the forests of France, Annabel, Julia and Edward need to live."

Chapter 1 Annabel carefully walked through the tall forest, checking the traps her lover Edward had laid out to catch unsuspecting rabbits. It had been five months since they were chased out of their home in London. A priest had...

The Holiday – Part Two

"The first day of our holiday has been an exciting one!"

Our first day on holiday is coming to an end; the sun has slipped down behind the villa, and the scorching heat of the day has begun to fade. A dusky twilight spreads across the valley and the first few...