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Protector
Kiyarran just wanted to become a Protector of the Realm, a member of an elite order of fighters. Strange and powerful magical abilities awaken inside him once his wish comes true. The Priesthood that secretly controls the realm see his skill as a threat, and Kiyarran begins to learn that little about life as a Protector is what he thought it would be. To top it off, Kiyarran is falling in love with Princess Issiyanna, his friend of many years.Issiyanna faces and arranged marriage, but she has been dreaming of another man, her one true love. Now her long gone mother is calling to her, promising she will return and take Issiyanna to meet the man from her dreams.The world is split in half by a barrier called the Veil. A terrible sacrifice was made to put it in place and now, as the 1000th Anniversary of the Veil draws near, a second sacrifice is called for to keep it in place.Both Kiyarran and Issiyanna are needed for the Anniversary. Even though they only just learned of the Veil and neither know the role they must play ...
The Grower's Gift (Progeny of Time #1)
The future is bleak in the year 2102. The planet is in chaos and the weather patterns have completely shifted, turning most of the world into an uninhabited wasteland. The rich and powerful of North America have pulled back into the six remaining megacities, erasing all trace of a central government and leaving millions displaced by the environmental crisis to fend for themselves in the dying world. Sixteen-year-old Maya has a gift, a power she thinks can heal the earth and make it habitable again. A gift that she must learn to harness. The school for the gifted in Neo York is the only place where she can learn to control her power and reach her potential. Yet the school is not what it seems. Ran by the ruthless head of the city of Neo York, the school's only objective is to extract the powers of the gifted and then discard them. Only Ty, heir to the city, can keep Maya from being destroyed there. But Ty has a secret, and his loyalty to his family has never wavered. Will his growing love for Maya be strong enough to save them both?
Decision Maker (Anniversary of the Veil, Book Two)
Decision Maker (Anniversary of the Veil, Book Two) is the second volume in the Anniversary of the Veil fantasy series. It concludes the story started in Protector(Anniversary of the Veil, Book One), but can also be considered a standalone book that you can read at any time. Though it is enhanced by both Book One and the upcoming Book Three. Kae, a warrior Protector, has followed Princess Issa across the Veil separating two worlds. They were told Issa will be a key player at the Anniversary of the Veil, but have been mislead! Kae will have to make a terrible choice when the Anniversary finally comes. He is the Decision Maker and will have to play a part in a ceremony that will join Issa's Lif...
Forever Husband (Anniversary of the Veil, Book 3)
Forever Husband is the third and final installment in the Anniversary of the Veil series and brings the story of Kae and Issa to a satisfying conclusion. While this book can be considered a standalone novel it is greatly enhanced by first reading Book One and Two of the series, Protector and Decision Maker. The Anniversary of the Veil has come and gone, for better or worse. Now all that is left is to pick up the pieces and move on. Easier said than done, that! Kae only wants to be left alone to live or die in peace, Issa makes plans she can't realize, while Alet and Ardnan are drowning in guilt over their past mistakes. Yet someone must rise to wake them all, rouse them and let the past truly become the past. Only, can any of them still pick up the pieces of their old lives?
Developmental Editing
The only guide dedicated solely to developmental editing, now revised and updated with new exercises and a chapter on fiction. Developmental editing—transforming a manuscript into a book that edifies, inspires, and sells—is a special skill, and Scott Norton is one of the best at it. With more than three decades of experience in the field, Norton offers his expert advice on how to approach the task of diagnosing and fixing structural problems with book manuscripts in consultation with authors and publishers. He illustrates these principles through a series of detailed case studies featuring before-and-after tables of contents, samples of edited text, and other materials to make an otherwi...
The Adventure of Creation
With a Foreword by Holly Lisle Adventures and Creativity can be found everywhere as the 35 short stories of this anthology show. Each author found a different angle for the unifying theme: The Adventure of Creation. Follow a girl to the Below-World to slay the Sharkshadow, or help a timid girl to overcome the destructive criticism of her art teacher. Witness a solitary drone on Mars or a naive homunculus struggle to become human. Sew with a mother who lost her daughter in a unicorn quilt, defeat bank robbing super-villains with an unlikely superhero, or join a great mage in the fire. In thirty-five imaginative stories, emerging authors present the diversity of their creativity. Witness the t...
Developmental Editing
"First published in 2009, Scott Norton's book is the only guide dedicated solely to the art of developmental editing. With more than three decades of experience in the field, Norton offers expert advice on how to approach the task of diagnosing and fixing structural problems with book manuscripts in consultation with authors and publishers. He illustrates these principles through a series of detailed case studies featuring before-and-after tables of contents, samples of edited text, and other materials to make an otherwise invisible process tangible. This revised edition includes a new chapter on editing fiction, which presents similar challenges to nonfiction plus a range of additional ones...
Knock-Off Nina
Nina Dupree is the hottest urban model in the game. When she's not gracing magazine covers or shaking it in the latest music videos, she's hosting star-studded parties and getting love from fans all over. Her flawless, natural beauty and curvaceous physique have men lusting after her and women envying her. Not that being the industry's "it" girl doesn't have its downside. The gossip blogs stay in her business stirring up rumors, and every other week there's a new imposter stealing her photos and imitating her somewhere on the web. But what happens when someone takes it too far? Nina comes across an imposter like no other; a woman so obsessed she's determined to not only look, talk and act like Nina, but to actually BE her. Nina's knock-off puts on such a convincing show, no one can tell the fake from the genuine article. When people go missing and bodies start turning up, Nina is blamed but swears she's innocent, and Knock-off Nina sets out to eliminate the real Nina for good.
My Sweet Little Virgin
Ryland Boyd is a man who knows what he wants and goes after it with single-minded determination. But he's having an internal tug of war between his code of honor and the desperation to possess the one thing he desires the most in this world, his best friend's daughter, the precious gem he'd willingly die to protect. He might just ruin her in the end. How can he resist plucking this innocent flower when she's badly asking for it? Temptation burns hotter when it's forbidden. Rizzy Parker has had a crush on her "Uncle" Ry since her pubescent years. He's her real-life superhero and he's been starring in her romantic fantasies for so long. But she's done day-dreaming. She's done calling him uncle, too. She wants real. She wants Ry to see her as a woman who's madly in love with him and not the little girl who used to follow him around like a puppy. Then an opportunity presents itself. She has to live with Ry for a few months. She's ready to be his anything.
