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The Legend of Rachel Petersen

Did his book raise the dead?
Outraged when The Post Gazette overlooks him for a well-deserved promotion, 43-year-old Sports Writer Christian Kane quits the Paper and moves to the country to write fiction.
Inspiration flows from a lone grave he stumbles upon in the woods. He compiles “The Legend of Rachel Petersen,” a fascinating story revolving around the dead twelve-year-old girl laid to rest beneath the weathered tombstone. His book quickly becomes a Best Seller; then Hollywood turns it into a blockbuster movie. Kane becomes rich and famous. But then? Does an enraged Rachel become more than a figment of the writer’s imagination? Does she rise from her grave to seek revenge on Kane for slandering her name?

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A Dream of Stars and Curses: Chaos of Esta Anderson, Book 2

Alright, so, maybe taking photos of people who don’t want to be noticed was a bad idea. Esta knows this now, and she’ll never forget the promise she made the Mara and the Dreamcatcher:
Stay out of the Veiled’s business unless they say otherwise, and learn everything—the many different types of Veiled so she can help rather than accidentally destroy, and all about Magick 101 from Kate, her friendly witch neighbour.
Only, as it turns out, not all Veiled are easy to spot, and soon Esta has every reason to believe she’s been cursed: There are growing tensions between her and handsome vampire bookseller Leverett, and not all of them pleasant (and those are not helped by some very vivid dreams); her sisterhood with her life-long BFF Bonnie is suffering; and the huge power imbalance between her and the Veiled grows ever more obvious when a jealous and deluded friend from Leverett’s past decides to deal with Esta for good.
Can Esta find the source of the curse and break it before she runs out of time…
And before she loses everything and everyone she cares about—including her life?

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Daughter of the Beast: Book I of the Vyshivka Trilogy

“Fear not the beasts in your stories. For anything can be slain with a stout blade… and a stouter heart”
When her sleepy village is RAIDED by the Vulkari, the fearsome warrior-women of the Ancient Wilds, only Zyntael Fairwinter is TAKEN.
Claimed as a daughter by their infamous matriarch, Zyntael is trained to HUNT, to FIGHT, and to KILL.
In the company of their unruly young, she must find SISTERHOOD. In their ancient customs and beliefs, she must find BEAUTY.
And in the violence of their rades, she must even find a path to GLORY.
But it is a glory that must be earned in the BLOOD of those Zyntael once called her own. For the Vulkari are not like other women…
The Vulkari are MONSTERS.

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Sketching Rebellion

Conformity is mandatory. But seventeen-year-old artist Breel rebels anyway.
In the city of Lexum, personal choice is nonexistent, and defiance is severely punished. Breel is alone in seeing the injustices in her world. Isolated due to her beliefs and haunted by the disappearance of her uncle, she finds solace in the forbidden act of drawing. Creating art is a rebellion against an oppressive regime that stifles self-expression.
When a glimmer of hope emerges in the form of a resistance group, Breel faces a decision. Will she risk execution to join their fight for a society which would celebrate rather than condemn her artistic skills? Or will she continue hiding her non-conformity?
The outcome of her choice will not only define her own fate but may also set in motion a revolution that could reshape her world forever.

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The Olympus Reckoning: Book Three of the Medusa Legacy Trilogy

Forced to run, Mandy Burkhardt and Ryan Taylor escape protective custody from a defunct prison deep in the backwoods of Illinois. In a disturbing turn of tides, Mandy must now evade the very people who recently fought for her rescue.
Daughter of the ancient gods, Mandy has untold powers, only a fraction of which she’s discovered. But something is blocking her from using them. Unsure of who to trust, and needing full-strength to rescue Dino Marconi — captured in the attack on their transport convoy — Mandy sets off to find the reclusive witch known as Madame.
Meanwhile, the immortals bide their time, anxious to live out the prophecy of regaining their divine strength and ruling the dominion of mankind. But if there’s one thing the earthbound immortals want more than to rule the world, it’s Olympus. And Mandy is the key.
Bringing legend back to life, the Olympus Reckoning shatters the peace Olympian gods have upheld for centuries, reuniting the exiled immortals of earth with the privileged immortals of Olympus in a disastrous homecoming of epic proportion.

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The Dodona Prophecy: Book Two of the Medusa Legacy Trilogy

To save his life, Mandy Burkhardt brought Ryan Taylor back with her to ancient Greece. Now, they’re stuck. Unless they can find the witch who cast the spell of asylum and have it reversed, they face being trapped there forever.
Their journey is fraught with peril, their mettle tested against cunning and vicious foes of the time. With divine blood in her veins, great things are expected of Mandy though she’s yet to learn whether she’s gifted in any way – immortal, or even a god.
Back in Chicago, the present-day immortals await, the prophecy of regaining their strength and ruling the dominion of mankind at the forefront of their minds. Gathering for the next push, they prepare for the harvest -– her raw power so tantalizingly close.
While the immortals unleash havoc on the city of Chicago, Detective Dino Marconi fights to maintain order while learning his own hopes and dreams may be at odds with the fate of humanity.
Bringing legend back to life, the Dodona Prophecy teeters between present-day Chicago and ancient Greece — a time of gods, oracles, witches and cyclopes – unveiling myths with a new and exciting spin.