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Johara's Choice

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Locked in a tower with the fear of prophecy holding her parents back, Johara dreams of freedom. However, her time in confinement is spent well, researching the true state of her country. When she realises her father has ignored the importance of ancient ritual, Johara must find a way to break free and avert the gathering catastrophe at the risk of being stamped a heretic, or face the annihilation of her people and their way of life.

Haunted by the horrors of war, Erik has given up hope of ever finding anything truly worth fighting for. With the guilt of his past weighing him down, he's unable to shake off what has been or move forward to a better future. When a twist of fate allows his path to cross Johara's, everything changes and he begins to hope there might yet be a chance at happiness. But can he embrace life and the spitfire princess who never does as she's told, running headlong into danger at every turn? Or will he let that, too, slip through his fingers.

Embark on a magical high-stakes adventure in this standalone retelling of Andersen's classic fairytale, The Tinderbox.All Rights Reserved

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Chimerical

Reyna has a perfect life. With three weeks left until her wedding, and the last box unpacked in her fiance's luxurious home, everything is as it should be. That is until she sniffs magical flower that teleports her to a fantastical world unlike anything she's ever seen before. She awakens in a cage overhanging an ocean and has to find her way out, with or without the help of the dog eared red eyed man in the cage next to her. Who only wants to use her to escape to her world. Then, she finds out that her crown birth mark isn't just that. It's a symbol that she is the rightful ruler of this realm. And the resistance wants her help in taking down the king. But all she wants is to find another flower and go home, back to her perfect life. To top it all off, five men from this new world all become attached to her. Literally. With threads of fate. And now she must tie the knot with one of them so the other four strands will dissipate. Who will she choose? Iseki- the dog earred man who has become her best friend Anoch- the emotionless horned man who knew her parents Sunlaw- the child of the sun who sees something great in her Brodan- the playful half giant that thinks she can't handle him Caleb- the racist man she despises and who hates her even more Or will she forego them all and go back home?