Kyla's Fate
Kyla's Fate

Author: Ross Richdale

Publisher: Ross Richdale

Published: 2017-12-21

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1877438685

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In 450 AD there was no United Kingdom, the Romans had left Britannia a generation before and the land was ruled by dozens of waring pagan kingdoms. This left the way open for different invaders from across the sea. Saxons arrived and violently overran Glouvia Kingdom in the southwest where nurse Kyla O'Knife was helping survivors of a recent plague, wounded warriors and civilians in distress. However, fate was about to deal Kyla a hand. Whether it was good or bad was still to be determined when Kyla was summoned to the dying king's bed and informed that she was his daughter by one of his wives. The entire royal family had been assassinated so after the king's death she became Crown Princess Kyla and ruler of Glouvia. This was a pyrrhic position for the Saxons now ruled the kingdom. They wanted her dead to discontinue the royal family line and she became a refugee. After rescuing enslaved women, Kyla who was helped by independent forest people, headed towards the hill country and sanctuary at a Christian monastery. Her troubles were not over for Llandover Monastery had been hit by the plague and only one monk survived. He was Brother Anthony who declared that the sacred building was for males only and women were not permitted. How did Kyla persuade Brother Anthony to let the women and herself in? What problems were there with a clash of beliefs and personalities? And what of the land left behind? Kyla was determined to help and set about to do just that. This is her story.

Fate Is a Double-Cross
Fate Is a Double-Cross

Author: Harry E. Keller

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2002-04-17

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0759681414

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This is a story that covers many of the controversial issues of our time, such as abortion, child abuse and abandonment, prostitution, and gambling. It illustrates how one child without good parental love and guidance became an anti-social criminal, while on the other hand, twin boys born from a mother who had high moral standards were taught the proper road to follow in life. One of the twins became a priest, the other a stock manipulator, and gambler, but even though they went on opposite paths in life, both stayed within the limits of the law. The twins were conceived from an act of violence, and their mother Sara would not rest until she was sure their biological father was caught and put in prison. When he is sentenced to five years, he vows to come back and kill her. The twin's biological father was the child without parents who became an anti-social criminal. The story continues with the lives of the twins and has many unexpected turns of fate. It has adventure, intrigue, murder, and even comedy.

Blossoms in the Wind
Blossoms in the Wind

Author: Ross Richdale

Publisher: Ross Richdale

Published: 2018-03-13

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1877438537

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Blossoms in the Wind is a romantic thriller centred around two families, the Suttons and the Knights who are linked when two senior high school students, Jeff Sutton and Ava Knight meet and are attracted to each other after Jeff transfers to a liberal co-educational high school rather than having his final year back at a conservative single sex school. Through them, their parents, Chloe Sutton and Adrian Knight meet. Chloe is a victim of a dominating husband with the ongoing violence finally stopped when Jeff steps in after years of seeing his mother suffer. One evening he retaliates rather than continuing to ignore the latest outburst by his father when his fear of the older man turns to anger. David Sutton suddenly finds he is the victim rather than the perpetrator of a thrashing and is thrown out of the family home. Adrian Knight is a widower after his wife died of cancer and has two children, seventeen-year-old Ava and son Logan who is twelve. When he meets Chloe she is separated from her husband and their friendship becomes more serious. David Sutton's true character begins to show when he perpetuates his violent streak against his latest mistress, Nicole Wilks while he seeks revenge against Chloe and Jeff. Deanne, her date Ryan and Fluer, three of Ava and Jeff's friends, find a party after an Easter school dance is more than just a get together when alcohol and drugs are brought to the Blue Waves Motel. Ava is awoken in the early hours of the morning after the dance by a distressed Deanne and with Adrian's help, picks her up on a deserted road after she fled the motel. Meanwhile at the motel, a distressed Fluer seeks Ryan's help to get her home. He can't find Deanne so agrees to do that. Repercussions back at school follow the situation but the trio avoid punishment as they had already left after a police raid on the premises. Chloe's love for Adrian is complicated by her becoming pregnant. This affects Ava and Jeff's relationship and the future of both families as they try to solve the situation. Will this drive the pair apart? David Sutton goes missing and a police investigation find that he had numerous extramarital affairs and violence towards his partners as well as shady business deals with the city's criminals. A beachcomber on a remote beach discovers his body and a murder investigation is begun. More problems complicate their lives with Nicole and Terri, two of David's mistresses involved. One is befriended by Ava and Jeff who help her through a stressful situation. How do the lives of the two generations of the Sutton and Knight families pan out? Also, what is the conclusion made about David Suttons's death. Was he murdered or killed in self-defence by one of the women he violated. Only a court case against the woman who killed him will solve the final outcome. This and other happenings over two years of the character's lives are told in this exciting drama. Like blossoms in the wind, Ava, Jeff, their families and friends are blown around but pull together to challenge life to the fullest.

The Writers' Festival
The Writers' Festival

Author: Stephanie Johnson

Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Published: 2015-04-22

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1775537994

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Wit, compassion and insight combine in this entertaining novel that explores the politics and human comedy behind writers’ festivals and the publishing industry. Writers’ festivals can be hotbeds of literary and romantic intrigue, and the Oceania is up there with the best of them. Rookie director Rae McKay, recently returned from New York, fears she has bitten off more than she can chew. Pressure comes not only from local and international writers but also from the prestigious Opus Book Award, which this year is being hosted by the festival. Add to that high-level diplomatic fallout surrounding a dissident Chinese writer, Rae’s slowly disintegrating private life and ongoing dramas involving much loved characters of The Writing Class, and the result is a wise and witty novel that explores the contemporary phenomenon of the public face of the writer. This lively, stand-alone novel is as ‘intelligent, tender and funny’ as readers found The Writing Class. '. . . a book that's sophisticated, witty and - best of all - generous in its attitudes to its characters. It's a love letter to reading and writing and things readers and writers share, especially the mutual effort to understand the world and the people in it.' - Paul Little, North & South on The Writing Class

Sunrise Island Sisters
Sunrise Island Sisters

Author: Maren Hill

Publisher: Sandpiper Press

Published: 2024-09-28

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1738865878

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Sisters, Secrets, and Second Chances Twins Alexa and Kyla may seem like opposites, but their bond is unbreakable—until a mysterious gift threatens to unravel everything. Will they find their way back to each other, or is their bond broken for good? Struggling to cope with life-changing news, Kyla makes a serious mistake that puts her job on the line. She's stunned when her hot, grumpy boss reveals a softer side, sparking an unexpected emotional journey. Meanwhile, Alexa longs to connect with her swoony neighbor dentist but always seems to meet him at her worst moments. When he finally asks her out, she’s over the moon and wishes she could share the news with Kyla—if only they still confided in each other like they used to. As excitement builds for the Christmas market builds, their mother Jennie is ready for anything—until the unexpected happens. This heartwarming family saga of sisterhood, secrets, and redemption explores the importance of family and the healing power of love. If you like clean, romantic women’s fiction in the style of Fiona Baker, Rachel Hanna, and Pamela Kelley, this book is for you.

Legacy
Legacy

Author: F. Bell

Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published: 2018-12-18

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1789017017

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It’s 1902, James is about to turn eighteen and experience his first taste of freedom. He has been aboard The Mars, a floating reformatory for orphaned boys, since his parents’ violent death and mysterious disappearance of his little sister six years earlier. He is not the average run-of-the-mill orphan, struggling to survive the daily perils of life, but the custodian of a millinery secret passed down generations. He knows, the legacy bequeathed to him will test his resolve to the bitter end, especially when the lives of so many are at stake. The ancient enemies have hunted his family long before he was born, waiting patiently in the shadows for the right moment to strike and wreak their revenge. Will he cling to life against all odds and find the place where it all began three thousand years ago? Legacy is suited to readers of historical fiction, or those who enjoy an exhilarating, well-paced adventure novel.

The Staff of Water
The Staff of Water

Author: M.J. Smith

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2006-07-14

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1456725513

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All Kyla Thalius ever wanted was to escape from the dull and predictable life of a seventeen-year-old girl of nobility. As she desperately seeks a way to refuse an impending marriage proposal from her childhood friend, her kingdom comes under attack from an army of fierce monsters, devious wizards, and bloodthirsty soldiers. When Kyla uses her special powers to protect those she cares for, she is banished from her home as a witch. Despite that, Kyla embarks on an adventure at the request of her king. To prove herself as the heir to a legendary magic, Kyla must travel far from her sheltered and monotonous life to quest for the sacred symbol of her power The legendary Staff of Water.

Cosmos Quest
Cosmos Quest

Author: Ross Richdale

Publisher: Ross Richdale

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1877438340

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Starship Human Dawn is evacuating the last residents from a dying Earth in search of a new world. 5000 humans are in suspended animation while the vessel travels at post-light speed under control of computers. Commander Sophie Copland wakes up in deep space because of an emergency stop. A human, Kyla who is escaping from aliens has caused this. After no senior officers are found to be alive, two other crewmembers, Penny and Jack are awoken. They find the starship is occupied by of human terrorists who have killed the senior officers and are torturing two aliens, Daz and Foxin. They rescue the pair and before the Human Dawn is destroyed they escape in the Dawn Rescue 'lifeboat'. However, the computers have the ability to mutate into advanced forms! Are they really the new life species that supersede the 'inferior' humans and aliens? Only Sophie and her four friends can keep life from becoming extinct in a hostile cosmos.

Seven Mercies
Seven Mercies

Author: L. R. Lam

Publisher: Astra Publishing House

Published: 2022-01-25

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0756415837

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The second book in a feminist space opera duology that follows the team of seven rebels who will free the galaxy from the ruthless Tholosian Empire--or die trying. After an ambush leaves the Novantae resistance in tatters, the survivors scatter across the galaxy. Wanted by two great empires, the bounty on any rebel's head is enough to make a captor filthy rich. And the seven devils? Biggest score of them all. To avoid attacks, the crew of Zelus scavenge for supplies on long-abandoned Tholosian outposts. Not long after the remnants of the rebellion settle briefly on Fortuna, Ariadne gets a message with unimaginable consequences: the Oracle has gone rogue. In a planned coup against the Empire's new ruler, the AI has developed a way of mass programming citizens into mindless drones. The Oracle's demand is simple: the AI wants One's daughter back at any cost. Time for an Impossible to Infiltrate mission: high chance of death, low chance of success. The devils will have to use their unique skills, no matter the sacrifice, and pair up with old enemies. Their plan? Get to the heart of the Empire. Destroy the Oracle. Burn it all to the ground.

Demons & Damnation
Demons & Damnation

Author: C.J. Laurence

Publisher: C.J. Laurence

Published:

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13:

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Some say all it takes is one day to change a life. Kyla Marshall would beg to differ. She knows all it takes is a single, fiery act of rebellion. When Kyla accidentally sets an ancient oak tree ablaze, she unknowingly triggers a series of events that would make even the Devil raise an eyebrow. Enter Azazel and Balthazar, two of Lucifer's most notorious Princes of Hell, currently on their annual three-month vacation in a sleepy English village. Wrapped up in their own bitter feud and sibling rivalry, these demons have no idea they're about to become the catalyst for a woman teetering on the edge of darkness. Witnessing one of their explosive arguments firsthand, Kyla's dormant rage awakens, threatening to consume her entirely. As she delves deeper into the supernatural world, seeking answers, Kyla discovers her own place within it—and a whole lot of power to go with it. While the demon brothers trade barbs and blows, Kyla battles her inner demons, struggling to control her newfound abilities before they control her. But there's a dark, sinister force lurking on the horizon, one that not even the Princes of Hell saw coming. Can Kyla master her powers before she loses herself to the darkness? Will Azazel and Balthazar stop bickering long enough to help her? Or will they all fall victim to the evil creeping ever closer? Prepare for a wickedly humorous and devilishly steamy tale of power, darkness, and the thin line between salvation and sin. If you love your stories with flawed characters, dark twists, and lots of heat then this is the book for you. Get it now.