A princess thrown into a past she knew she would come to. A queen without a kingdom. An assassin whose past haunts her. And a sorceress who doesn't know who or what to believe. Four females and two timelines finally converge. With darkness and light and a fight with a god of death throughout worlds that will forever be changed.…
(Book 2 in the Of Darkness and Light Trilogy)A princess wrestling with the sting of betrayal. A queen grappling to connect with her past.An assassin gripping onto a glimmer of hope.And a sorceress whose curiosity will forever change her world.Four females, four fates intertwined by time and magic, both light and dark. And one death god who will do anything to rip his way through worlds to get to them.…
(Book 1 in the Of Darkness and Light Trilogy, spinoff of the Crowns series)A princess struggling get a hold of her magic.A queen trying to keep hold of her crown and protect her kingdom. An assassin with a heart of gold. And a hundred and fifty years before them, a sorceress's thirst for knowledge will turn her toward dark magic that will one day ravage the lands. Four females, four fates intertwined by time and magic, both light and dark. But within the darkness that creeped along through every world laid a threat greater than any one of them, one that would take all of them to destroy before it cast the worlds into an eternal night, including their own.…
(Book 5 in the fantasy series, The Crowns)Having watched Escarral's fall and grappling with her heartbreak with losing one she loved, Lyv struggles to keep her dark magic at bay. Knowledge is power in itself, though...and hidden within the depths of the Ayverian university library, she finds something that will twist everything they knew about Corliss on its head.For Jai, it didn't take long for him to figure out Lyv's light and dark magic were now intertwined. In watching her struggle, he knows he will do whatever it takes to help her, just as Corliss's mate Meron did before him. With their world threatened by Corliss's thirst for total darkness, they will do anything to figure out how to not only defeat her, but also rid Lyv of her own dark magic. For that to happen, though, they must dig into her past before the darkness took over...and learn what really happened straight from those who were there at the start of it all - Allel, Mik, and Kalla. But there are secrets even they kept from each other, secrets that take them all into lands unknown to get the answers they need before the final battle of darkness and light begins.…
(Book 4 in the fantasy series The Crowns)Across the lands of Dalcaine, Escarral, and Ethran, Jai is leading the search for Lyv with nothing but whispers to guide him. In the months that passed, he and those around him had yet to lay eyes on her, but the rumors that find them brought gruesome accounts of all she has done under Corliss's control. Those rumors are truths for Lyv, even as she continues to fight Corliss in any way she can. Though the dark magic manipulates her every move, she remembers it all - the screams, the blood, the magic she pulls from every single one of the lives the darkness makes her take. But another is fighting that darkness with her and the hold Corliss has on them both. It was a prophecy neither one of them wanted to come true, but they know it is one they can fight and break, even separated. But with Corliss's reign of terror spreading, war is on the horizon and Jai and Lyv will do anything to stop it.…
(Book 3 in the fantasy series The Crowns)Separated by two different continents, Lyv and Jai are still trying to cope with their loss and come to terms with the truths that changed their worlds. In Ethran, Lyv is on a journey to find herself again and fulfill her need to travel. In Dalcaine, Jai is struggling with the past and an uncertain future. Finally brought back together after months apart, along with Gideon and Thia, they set off across all three lands and a certain pirate island to answer questions that were raised after Queen Guinevere's attack on Asturia. However, they only end up finding more. A new foe has awakened with her intentions unclear, but there is something more to her cohorts Mik and Allel than they previously thought. And they will stop at nothing to get what their mistress wants - Lyv.…
(Book 2 in the fantasy series The Crowns)The land of Escarral has changed in the past year for Alyvia with her mother now sitting on the throne. Lyv's mission in infiltrating the Fae land of Dalcaine has finally come. Now, in the capital city of Ayveri, she and her oath-sworn guardsmen and friend Gideon must find a way into the lives of the royal family and, most importantly, closer to Jai, the Crown Prince. With her magic finally free and stronger than before, it doesn't take long for her to attract the attention of the prince...but the wrong one. In the Fae land, Lyv's past, both recent and distant, are quick to catch up with her. And with an impending invasion of Escarrali forces, Lyv must be careful of the bonds she forms and help save a land that is more important to her than she ever knew before.…
(Book 1 in the fantasy series The Crowns)Alyvia is the youngest daughter of the king of Escarral, a land where magic is feared and hidden amongst the humans who possess it...and just happens to be one of those humans herself. When Lyv befriends a mapmaker and warrior from another land, she finds the friendship and belonging she's yearned for without having to hide. Amory is an emissary from Dalcaine, a land ruled by Fae and one Escarral had been at war with just twenty years before. Along with his best and oldest friend Gideon, he works alongside the Escarrali king in opening relations between the two continents. He was anticipating doing his job and going back home, not irrevocably tying himself to the human lands after meeting Lyv, one of the most powerful humans he'd ever come across. With her magic growing, Lyv gains help in controlling and mastering it with Amory's help. Amory has secrets of his own, though, including one that involves Dalcaine's Crown Prince Jai. But with rebellion brewing right under the king's nose at the hands of the queen, Lyv must fight to keep everything she loves safe or risk losing it all.…
(Book 1 in The Other Worlds Series)***2016 FCRA's Wondrous Worlds Winner and a Wattpad Featured Story!******A science fiction retelling of Beauty and the Beast***As Paragon of her planet Terra, Odette understood what her duties included - intergalactic diplomacy, flight and defense training, and the knowledge and understanding of each alien race in the universe, friendly or otherwise. With the rogue tyrant leader of the planet Anur, Comae, threatening a path of destruction, she found herself on assignment to Earth, a planet she had a connection to in the past. Passing as a human girl, her mission was to get close the President of the United States...and she found a way when she met his son. Duke Mitchell was used to the cameras on him at all times, being the son of one of the most powerful men on Earth. With a new girl shaking up his world, he found himself falling head-first, especially with her fascination of random things, like sunsets through the autumn leaves and libraries filled with books. It wasn't until he learned her true identity that he, along with the rest of the world, realized they really weren't alone in the universe. When Earth fell into chaos, Odette and Duke were separated by both space and time - years passing for Duke, changing him into a scarred, beastly man, but only moments for Odette. When her ship was taken down by his forces in the ruins of New York City, Odette was captured and held captive, though friends from her time spent on Earth before made it more bearable. But with a final threat from Comae, promising complete annihilation, she must stand up and defend the planet and the human boy she grew to love...and somehow make Duke Mitchell stop thinking of her as the enemy.…
(The Forgotten Passages Series Book Three) After twenty years, I was used to life - used to playing a part, used to knowing my life was in danger with every step I took, used to the fact that I had people out to kill me...and Vince Peters thought he did.It's been a year - a year since the Order attacked us in the tunnels under the ruins of Seward House, a year since I'd been on the edge of dying, a year since I somehow found it in myself pull myself from what would have been my watery grave and get to Scotland and the one family I knew would help me and keep my secrets. To everyone I loved, I was missing and more than likely dead...that is, until the one girl who disappeared herself showed up. When Vince Peters thinks you're dead, it's easy to travel around the world undetected. Now, after months of being hidden away and taking on a new identity, Kenna and Cruz convinced me to begin the search for the third and final key. This time, however, it was in the clutches of the one man who took everything and almost everyone away from me. Somehow, we would get it back and find whatever the three keys opened. And expose every secret Vince Peters kept, tearing down his world around him.…
(The Forgotten Passages Book Two)After almost nineteen years, I was used to life - used to the parties, galas, and benefits, used to keeping secrets, and used to the dangers my life with the Brotherhood of Time brought me.It's been two months - two months since Drake Garner came back into my life after four years of silence, two months since he trusted me with the secrets he kept, two months since we started our own adventure his great-grandparents had gone on before us...but only two weeks since that adventure came to a halt when one of my best friends was dumped at our doorstep, broken, unconscious, and bleeding.It wasn't just Drake's reappearance that changed everything. Vince Peters was set on getting his hands on me, but there was no way it was happening. Not only could I protect myself, but I had the strength of the Brotherhood and the Knights behind me. He thought he could break me by hurting those I love, but he didn't know what was coming for him. Because I was and there was no stopping me. But some secrets are meant to stay hidden...even when you become one yourself.…
(The Forgotten Passages Book One)After almost nineteen years, I was used to life - used to school, used to having to put down my beloved books in exchange for heels and pearls, and used to lying to everyone who wasn't aware of my second, secret life in the Brotherhood of Time.It's been five years - five years since the Order's been heard of, five years since my life became a little more exciting...but almost four years since I saw the one person I thought I never wanted to see again.Drake Garner's reappearance wasn't coincidental. He'd been hiding something, something he's finally ready to reveal, and I'm apparently one of the few he trusts. I thought I knew about secrets...until I knew his.…
***Inspired by the upcoming TV series event DIG on USA Network.******Companion short story to two of my series, The Triumvirate Histories (completed) and The Forgotten Passages (completed).***Lorraine Ellis was used to her father's stories - impossible stories about kings and pharaohs, pirates and sunken treasures, lost cities and forgotten peoples. And yet, somehow, they all turned out to be true. But the ruins of Seward House held something far more mysterious than she or her father ever imagined - a secret hidden for thousands of years - and they were about to be pulled right into the middle of it all.…
(The Triumvirate Histories Book Four)What does the world think when a girl who'd been dead for three months turns up at the site of a huge CIA raid, which ended up with an explosion and four deaths? That she might have been in a stickier situation before than they'd known. What did they think would happen when she had a major panic attack after she realized that everything about her was gone, locked away in her mind? Well, obviously what did happen...or else they wouldn't have been prepared to knock her out again with morphine. And just who would that girl be? Me, Emmy Alexander...at least, that's who they told me I was. You know the stories of people with amnesia after a traumatic accident. They don't remember weeks, months, or maybe even a few years of their lives. I'd call them lucky, because they at least had a foundation to build on. Me? I couldn't remember a thing when I'd woken up after they'd knocked me out after my panic attack. I couldn't remember me, my family, my best friend, how I'd gotten the burns and cuts that now marred my body...I couldn't remember whose green eyes haunted my dreams every single night. My therapist said that my memories might come back in my dreams, when my subconscious mind was free to be revealed. And so far, she'd been right. Parts of my life were slowly coming back to me - my father's laugh, my mother's smile, my brother Jason's and best friend Drake's annoying overprotectiveness.But there were others that I couldn't explain - a tale of secret societies, puzzle keys, bronze boxes, and break-ins to museums and government buildings around the world. It wasn't until I saw those eyes on a man, who seemed so familiar that it made my heart ache, from across a gallery in the Louvre.A man who introduced himself as John Raymond. And it didn't take me very long to realize that maybe, just maybe, he was the key to everything.…
(The Triumvirate Histories Book Three)What do you call the girl who gets on a jet with the supposed enemy rather than one that would have taken her normal, not so dangerous life in New York? A traitor to the people who call her family, betraying them to the people they'd called the enemy for centuries.Now, add a woman who had almost successfully killed you just a few months before, though had turned extremely nice and even protective, and her nephew who looks at you with an expression you want to just slap right off his face? The two people who supposedly had a plan that would pretty much make you disappear off the face of the earth. And what happens when that plan completely breaks the heart of the man you love, even if it works perfectly? You shatter your own in the process...which you think you deserve for doing it to him and everyone else who loves you.Anyone who hears my story might think I'm a traitor, but I'm not...no matter how much I feel like I am. I was going off with the Knights learn more about their side of the story. Being with them, I knew it was going to change me, too. They were the fighters, the protectors of the Brotherhood, even though they thought they were out to destroy them. And I was going to protect them now, too. According to the reports, the Order wasn't hiding out anymore. They were on the move, infiltrating giant corporations and governments of wealthy, powerful countries. We were going to try everything to stop them and their ambitions of molding and controlling the future in their favor.And how could I forget the inside, the one who was telling all the Brotherhood's secrets, even if the Knights had already known them? But before I could do that, I had to disappear, make sure that no one came to look for me...and that involved breaking the hearts of my family, friends...and, most importantly, John. His heart had been broken so many times in his life...but now I was going to shatter it.…
(The Triumvirate Histories Book Two)What do you get when you add a girl whose life has been more than boring over the last few months and another who looks like a Southern Belle Barbie come to life? Two roommates who are bound to not have anything in common.And what about when you add her nerdy, yet extremely good-looking boyfriend into the mix? Getting to think about that guy you fell for who thought it'd be nice to tell you he loved you before disappearing. And what do you get when you add seeing the guy who'd shot you in your first college class, the next day almost being kidnapped by the secret society that he was a member of, and finding out that your roommate and her boyfriend are totally not who you expected? Yep. The second kidnapping of Emmy Alexander, though I was more than happy to go along with it this time. After months of waiting, I thought I wasn't going to be a part of the mission of the Brotherhood, the secret society that was hidden to the world, as they continued to try and piece together the puzzle of where their hidden history was located. But when the leader of the other secret society makes a promise to come after you, she definitely intended to keep it. So now, I was back in the protection of the Brotherhood, back with John Raymond, that guy who apparently forgot about those three words he said to me before disappearing. But was I complaining? Heck no. Because, along with being with him again, I was officially back to being a part of the mission and we were traveling the world yet again, only breaking into the government buildings of the wealthiest nations in the world this time. And, of course, the Knights, that other secret society, were going to try to do anything to stop us just like the last time. They wanted me...wanted my help in getting into the heart of the Brotherhood, which I still didn't want to happen.And I thought my life was going to be boring again. Yeah, whatever.…
(The Triumvirate Histories Book One)What do you get when you add thirty eighteen-year-old high school seniors and a two week trip to Paris? One sometimes boring, other times not trip of a lifetime. And when you add your roommates sneaking out and your guy best friend sneaking in to your room? A night of movies and junk food until finally passing out at three in the morning. Now, for a more exciting question, what do you get when you add together a drink thrown in your face, getting lost in the museum you're in as you come back from cleaning yourself up, and walking in on heist in progress? That's right. The kidnapping of Emmy Alexander, who just happened to be me. But when you hear about all of these kidnappings on the news, you expect the worst. Not mine, though. Mine included a secret society that the public, after learning about it a few years before, thought was now a modern myth, searching the globe and stealing back the pieces of a puzzle that we didn't know what information it would hold, and running from another secret society that was bound and determine to stop us no matter what. Oh, and you can't forget John Raymond, who just happened to be the one who kidnapped me. It was technically his fault I was in the middle of this, thrust into a world of secrets.I couldn't complain, though. And no matter what, John couldn't say we didn't make a great heisting team. But when that other secret society came into our crazy, messed-up equation, it added even more danger. But then again, I wanted a little adventure in my life, and I sure as heck got it.…
Passport? Check.Book of maps to every country in the world? Check.The world's best treasure hunting dad and the most incredible stepmom? Check.My amazing boyfriend of over a year and a half? Check!The same crazy guy who'd been chasing us on our last exploration and the group of other crazy people he's basically teamed up with? Ugh, check. And the newest member of our group, my baby sister Addy, who's going on her very first treasure hunt at the tender age of four months old? Oh, my gosh, check!Call me, Callie Landon, a complete fool and I'd have to totally agree. As to what type of fool, I'd let you know. I was a fool in love, a fool to do what we did every day, a fool to trust Agents Jenna Hudson and Chris Turner when they said that they had another treasure for us to find, one that's only known by the FBI and the government and hadn't gone public. And just what was that treasure? Well, we didn't know. And neither did they. It was apparently life changing, though, so I was guessing pretty big. Our group was going to be bigger on this exploration, that's for sure. And we were adding another, rather unexpected person: Sophie Barnes, who was Max's ex-girlfriend. This treasure hunt was going to be even more dangerous than our others. It was going to full of sneaking into government facilities in other countries, stealing priceless items that were supposed to be heavily guarded, car chases, near kidnappings...and enough dirty diapers to knock out a hundred men just with the smell. It was going to be one crazy adventure. But then again, it always was in the world of treasure hunting. (Book 3 in the My Life Series)…
Passport? Check. Book of maps to every country in the world? Check. The world's best treasure hunting dad and the most incredible stepmom? Check.My amazing boyfriend Max who I hadn't seen in over five months? Check!The new crazy guy who's after us? Ugh, check. And my new baby sister who will be here in just a few weeks? Oh, my gosh, check!Call me, Callie Landon, crazy and I'd have to totally agree. How could I not be when I lived with the people that I did? Since Brielle was pregnant, we put our life of travel and treasure hunting on hold for just a little while. But once Dad found another lost treasure that was just too good to pass up, we had to go. The treasure? It was the Nazi gold that was lost after World War II. Today, it was worth almost forty billion dollars. Yeah, that's billion with a B. And since my baby sister was going to be popping out in just a few weeks, Max and I were going to be the ones doing most of the work. Along with Max's best friends Ben and Drew, who were going to help us along the way, it was sure to be fun. Especially when you've got another guy wanting the treasure and government agents on your tail. It was going to be one crazy adventure.Then again, it always was in the world of treasure hunting.(Book 2 in the My Life Series)…
Passport? Check.A book of maps of every country in the world? Check.Backpack and small suitcase that contains everything I possess? Check.The world best, international traveling, treasure hunting dad and the most awesome stepmom who is more like my best friend? Check. And new, totally gorgeous English intern of my father's who's tagging along on our next adventure? Double check.Call me, Callie Landon, nerdy and I'd have to totally agree. I mean, how could I not be nerdy when I graduated high school at thirteen and double majored in college and got my bachelor's in both history and international studies by sixteen? Again, just call me nerdy. But I loved my life of travel. I got to see the world with my dad and stepmom, searching for treasure that was thought to be lost for hundreds of years...until we found it, of course. And now we were going on an expedition to find one of the most sought after treasures: the hidden treasure of the infamous pirate Blackbeard.With the three of us, plus Max Knight, my dad's new intern, we were sure we would be able to find it with the help of some clues along the way. But then there are always those other people who just happen to think that they can find it before you and are willing to do anything to stop you. Oh, that's always fun. But then again, it's always fun in the world of treasure hunting.(Book 1 in the My Life Series)…