A paranormal romance that spans the centuries from modern England to 19th century Paris and ancient Cappadocia. Madison Greene is in foster care until one day she inherits a fortune, she inherits a house, she inherits a cellar full of danger. Alexandre Chevalier lives in 19th century Paris. On an archaeological expedition, he discovers a lost underground city where his life changes forever. Their lives entwine, but this is only the beginning...

Prince Roderick loves Rosa. He always has and he always will. But Rosa wants to sail the Seven Seas and climb the Mountains of the Sun. Roderick’s sorrow is everlasting. It freezes roses, tears and time. What will it take to thaw him?A short, sweet fairytale with a twist.Prince Roderick loves Rosa. He always has and he always will. But Rosa wants to sail the Seven Seas. and climb the Mountains of the Sun. Roderick wants four children - he's already named them. But Rosa wants to climb the Mountains of the Sun and meet the dragons there.Roderick’s sorrow is everlasting. It freezes roses, tears and time. What will it take to thaw him?A short, sweet fairytale with a twist.

John Bedford leads an honest if unremarkable, life as a train station manager.But a chance encounter with a strange woman on the way to work looks set to shake his ordinary world to its core. Forgotten and disturbing events from his past begin to unravel the present as the bizarre Mary takes him on a whistle-stop tour of the OtherWhere, a world that only exists on the flip-side of reality.John Bedford enjoys his work at a busy train station, and leads an honest, if unremarkable, life. But one morning a chance encounter with a strange woman on the way to work looks set to shake his ordinary world to its core. Forgotten and disturbing events from his past begin to unravel the present as the seemingly disturbed but enigmatic Mary takes him on a whistle-stop tour of the OtherWhere, a world that only exists on the flip-side of reality. We follow John and Mary on their strange journey, as John discovers people and places from his hidden past, and Mary attempts to guide him to his destiny.This 11,000 word Novelette is the first story in the OtherWhere series of Novelette/Novella sized stories.Some free short-stores are also available in this series.

Children should be given an opportunity to bloom to their fullest without the worms of hatred and distrust eating away the petals of happiness in the little buds. Unfortunately, ADHD, ADD, dyslexia and dyscalculia were unheard of many years back. Such kids were considered lazy and beaten up by parents and teachers alike. An extreme reaction to this situation—the suicide pact— burns their souls.Back home after an eventful day, I watched my thirteen year old daughter’s face as she read the newspaper. Her anguish said the news was about something that tugged at her heart. She motioned her brother to read the news with her. His face too reflected the same distress. She exclaimed with pain in her voice, “Why can’t they just let the kids live? They will somehow grow up.”I immediately understood what they were reading—the suicide pact—the bane of our society!Each child is unique. Children see the world through their own innocent eyes. Nothing is more precious than their innocence. They should be given an opportunity to bloom to their fullest without the worms of hatred and distrust eating away the petals of happiness in the little buds. Unfortunately, ADHD, ADD, dyslexia and dyscalculia were unheard of many years back. Such kids were considered lazy and beaten up by parents and teachers alike. Unfortunately, in India parents consider education as the only way to excel in life. This is especially so if the parent is a teacher. The sadness in their lives is doubled as they are unable to accept the fact that their children are different. This kind of a situation has an adverse impact on these child and also their siblings. An extreme reaction to this situation—the suicide pact— burns the souls of hapless children even if they survive it…

The women of the Waverley family -- whether they like it or not -- are heirs to an unusual legacy, one that grows in a fenced plot behind their Queen Anne home on Pendland Street in Bascom, North Carolina. There, an apple tree bearing fruit of magical properties looms over a garden filled with herbs and edible flowers that possess the power to affect in curious ways anyone who eats them. For nearly a decade, 34-year-old Claire Waverley, at peace with her family inheritance, has lived in the house alone, embracing the spirit of the grandmother who raised her, ruing her mother's unfortunate destiny and seemingly unconcerned about the fate of her rebellious sister, Sydney, who freed herself long ago from their small town's constraints. Using her grandmother's mystical culinary traditions, Claire has built a successful catering business -- and a carefully controlled, utterly predictable life -- upon the family's peculiar gift for making life-altering delicacies: lilac jelly to engender humility, for instance, or rose geranium wine to call up fond memories. Garden Spells reveals what happens when Sydney returns to Bascom with her young daughter, turning Claire's routine existence upside down. With Sydney's homecoming, the magic that the quiet caterer has measured into recipes to shape the thoughts and moods of others begins to influence Claire's own emotions in terrifying and delightful ways. As the sisters reconnect and learn to support one another, each finds romance where she least expects it, while Sydney's child, Bay, discovers both the safe home she has longed for and her own surprising gifts. With the help of their elderly cousin Evanelle, endowed with her own uncanny skills, the Waverley women redeem the past, embrace the present, and take a joyful leap into the future.

Between the years 1977 to 1989 I had several friends and seemed to be out every night with one or all of them. The thing that didn’t occur to me then was they were all female but I had no intention of being anything other than a platonic friend with all of them and can’t think why.Each Sunday I would meet 3 girls at the café across the street from the church we attended and we would decide what adventures we would ‘get up to’ each week. If it was hot and sunny we could go to the seaside if not – which was more likely coming from Glasgow – we would visit places of local interest or just ‘hang out’ together.Being friends with them brought me into contact with several of their ‘other’ female friends and I found myself getting emotionally involved with them as well - but I had ‘fairly steady’ girlfriends most of the time so never thought of any of these girls as anything other than platonic acquaintances. One girl was Jewish – she rebelled against everything, her father, her religion, the world in general (when it suited her) and regarded the holocaust as a personal insult - although she knew nobody involved.One was a lesbian – the other girls tolerated her, because she was very funny and entertaining, as long as she kept her sexual preferences at a distance from them.One was a nymphomaniac – it wasn’t her fault, she often told me, she hated to sleep alone –and seldom did.One I met when she was 5 years old, then later when she was 11, and the last time when she was 16 and on her way to join a convent. She confessed she had a massive crush on me when we first met, which was re-kindled when my friends and I had helped her out when she was 11. She promised, the last time I saw her, to remember us all in her prayers.One was twice the age of the others, including me, and had been a ‘bit of a girl’ when she was younger and tried to convince all who came into contact with her that she ‘still had it’. Several of the girls doubted she ever had ‘it’ and no matter how hard she tried she was never likely to find ‘it’ again.One was, without doubt, the most beautiful girl I had ever met. A few years after I left their group she turned up in the local press and was lambasted by them when it emerged she was the mistress of a local businessman and dared to go to a prestigious function on the arm of a famous millionaire. They slaughtered her for about a week until the famous man quickly married his childhood sweetheart and she was never mentioned again. Each ‘Diamond’ in this adventure is based on several aspects of these ‘friends’. Their stories once told, their secrets once kept. Hopes and desires often shared - confessions and fantasies seldom overheard. Could it be it was all so simple then (The way we were)?

After a horrific car accident, 13 year old Grace Richards is deaf. She has trouble connecting to a new world with no sounds. Grace soon discovers she's developed a new gift -- though she can't hear people, she can read their thoughts.Slow Fall is a mystery in The Wekiwa County series. Set in the pre-Disney torpor of rural central Florida, it tells the story of an ex-Miami-cop who returns to his small-town Florida home to bury his father, an apparent suicide. Troubled by the circumstances of his father's death, he is drawn into a maelstrom of intrigue involving televangelists, drug runners, and corruption. A secret past connects the threads in a startling climax of greed, unbridled ambition, incest and death.

A group of men on a mission in the far reaches of space crash land on a savage planet, Earth. The only way their kind can survive is to drink human blood, which they take no pleasure in. On Earth they are known as "vampires". One member of the group, Shae, encounters a teenage girl named Abigail, who challenges the group's loyalties to each other, endangers their survival, and steals Shae's heart.A group of men on a mission in the far reaches of space crash land on a savage planet, Earth. The only way their kind can survive here is to drink the blood of humans, which they take no pleasure in. On Earth they are known as "vampires". The youngest member of the group, Shae, encounters a teenage girl named Abigail, who challenges the group's loyalties to each other, endangers their survival, and steals Shae's heart.

A story of love between a dragon and a human.After struggling with the death of her mate of over a century, Tara sees a dragon intruder attack a shepherd. She intervenes and saves the young man from certain death. Breaking a two hundred year old pact between man and dragon forbidding contact, a powerful bond grows between the dragon and her boy.A short story. Stories two and three out soon!A story of love between a dragon and a human.After struggling with the death of her lifemate of over a century, Tara spends what the leaders of her clan considers an unreasonable amount of time in finding another. The clan needs offspring, they insist.While soaring over a meadow, Tara sees a dragon intruder attack a shepherd. Outraged, she intervenes and saves the young man from certain death. Breaking a two hundred year old pact between man and dragon forbidding any contact between the two, a powerful yet dangerous bond slowly grows between the dragon and her boy.A short story/episode. Stories two and three of Dragon and Her Boy will be available shortly!

What awaits us beyond the veil of death? Or is death the ultimate ending? Camran discovers the answer to these questions. In this, Book I of Lotus Isle, Camran finds himself in a land of mystery and magic. It’s a strange and beautiful world that is on the verge of descending into a land of evil darkness, unless he and the others are successful in their quest to find the magical bridge.What awaits us beyond the veil of death? Or is death the ultimate ending? Camran discovers the answer to these questions, at least when it comes to his existence and that of a number of others. In this, Book I of Lotus Isle, Camran finds himself in a land of mystery and magic. It’s a strange and beautiful world that is on the verge of descending into a land of evil darkness, unless he and the others are successful in their quest to find the magical bridge. If this bridge can be found and its secrets unlocked, then death and darkness will be banished forever.Camran and six companions set out on a quest for this illusive bridge. The Oracle of the Forth Order is their guide. Life in this strange world is wondrous and yet filled with unknown dangers. This group of seven must overcome all obstacles and difficulties, including death itself, in order to reach a successful conclusion to their quest, and thus gain the first key to eternal life.

'The Beautiful People's Society' is a harrowing tale of a group of high school girls who share a gruesome secret, pushing a mutual obsession to the limits. Yaeger's taste for the macabre and twisted is anything but lacking as he cleverly navigates (and exploits!) the small-mindedness of cliques and the horrors of bullying.Product DetailsAfter a massive earthquake ravages the world, one man becomes trapped underground in his car. Darkness, lonliness, and isolation become his only friends. If that wasn't bad enough, his own sanity begins to waver away, as well. Over time, he begins to reflect on his life and learns some very valuable lessons. Can they help him escape the black place inside?-This microshort story (five and a half pages long) is a coming-of-age drama with underlying taoist and zen-like qualities. I wrote it for people who struggle to figure out who they are and their place within the world.

Eleven year old Roland has been left in charge of his family’s castle. He does not know its many magical secrets but when a dangerous enemy attack he must learn quickly. Luckily he has good friends as well as an elderly and mysterious mentor. The defence of the castle will result in Roland leading his friends on a great quest for reinforcements that will take them to new, mysterious worlds.It is the Middle Ages. Eleven year old Roland has been left as the master of his family’s castle. He believes his mother is dead. His father has gone away on a mysterious quest. His wicked Uncle Dagarth, Auntie Hildegrind and his two bullying cousins have taken over the castle on the pretext of looking after him. What they really seek is the castle’s treasure, which they believe to be mere gold or silver. Neither they, nor Roland, know the castle’s real secret. At it’s heart is an invisible, magic tower, which is a trove of secrets and a route to other worlds.Roland is not alone. His father has left Firebrace, a trusted servant, as his son’s mentor. Roland also has a friend called Oliver, a boy from the nearby village.A visit to the castle by two strangers sets in motion a series of events which lead to Roland discovering the secrets of his castle and which sees he and his friends going on a quest to other worlds.

Jelina has finally left Jodie and Mel alone. Or has she? Will Jodie and Mel have to fight agian?Talluah has been born a vampire and Jodie finds something that she never knew about herself...Nicolas, a once successful author, now struggles to make a comeback. His agent pays him and unexpected visit, and triggers a series of things that start to go terribly wrong. A past as grave as Nicolas' is best left undisturbed.

In the mean streets of Ostere a girl needs to be careful, a boy and his sister are kidnapped, drugs skew a young lads life and a pimp meets his match. Four tales with more free stories to follow if you sign up to www.rooimacleod.comA convict serving his community service cleaning the dystopian streets of Ostere witnesses an attack on a young girl and becomes the hero and suspect at the same time.Three young ladies are chased from their house by a man with a hairy, flashy disposition. They don't take to his bullying attitude and plot his gruesome downfallWith his mother's jewelry in hand Tommy leaves home to seek recompense to pay his ailing mother's medication. Instead he returns with a pill pot of seeds. Coming ...Two children, surplus to requirements by their new stepmother are taken to the dark dingy streets of Ostere and left for dead. Knowing of her plans they have marked the many turns and find their way back home. Enraged she takes them back, deeper into the crime ridden streets of Ostere, to be used and abused by her evil sister.