TheLonelyDaffodil
Dear Oliver...Love, Bella

Dear Oliver...Love, Bella

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Dear Oliver...I hate you.Love,Bella*"I wish..." he struggled for a minute, then he seemed to give up, his shoulders slumping. "I wish goodbyes didn't exist.""Good one. I wish I could eat red velvet cake for the rest of my life."It was a stupidly superficial wish to make right after what he'd said, but I couldn't possibly say what I really wished for. I would protect myself that much."You can," Bennett said, smiling again. "Just ask my mom to teach you how to make it.""And give my husband the first piece?""Yeah. Lucky."*Bennett cut Bella off four years ago, right after she'd moved states away with her family. They'd been best friends, twin flames if such a thing existed.When Bennett's dad dies, they reunite at his funeral, and it's obvious Bennett's changed.Bella decides it's time to put old ghosts to rest-literally and figuratively-and get over the hurt Bennett caused her.But her parents have another thing in mind when they go home by themselves and tell Bella that she's staying with Bennett and his mother for the summer.Now Bella has two questions she wants answered: Why did her best friend cut her off?And how do we live when we know someday we'll die?…

A Tale of Two Sisters

A Tale of Two Sisters

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**image contained in cover is not mine"Magic is about desire," he explained, tapping my cheek. "What do you desire, Maya?""Nothing," I said, too quickly, brushing his hand away."Fame, power...a person, maybe," his eyes darkened like he didn't like that idea. "Maybe there's a man eagerly waiting for your return.""There isn't," I insisted. "No man...nothing.""Find something, then."***Gods. Kings. And two sisters who will bring them to their knees.Within King Darius' court, assassinations and coups whisper in deserted halls.Kept hidden by the gods, an ancient secret has rotted for thousands of years.Two sisters come across a fallen star and both absorb the magic contained in it.Years later, Ophelia Sinclair has wings like a dragonfly, and Maya Sinclair has a capacity for power beyond anyone's imagination, her own included.Maya is taken by the gods to be guided in her power, and Ophelia enters a marriage contest required of every noblewoman who is of age. Whoever wins gets to marry the king, so Ophelia will do whatever she can to lose.…