Cinderella retold: Fae, vampires, shifters, and a Godmother who’ll grant you any wish—if you pay the price. Elle is desperate enough to do the one thing she promised herself she’d never do: bargain with the Godmother for a wish. But if she pays the price, it will leave her forever changed. So she makes the daring decision to lie to the Godmother. She’ll pretend to pay the price. Can she get away with her freedom before the Godmother finds out? ~ ~ ~ This is episode 3 of 6 of a SERIALIZED Cinderella retelling. It is not novel-length. Expect cliffhangers! Approximately 23,000 words or 100 print pages. **Prefer to binge-read all the episodes together? Look for City of Wishes: The Complete Cinderella Story (ASIN: B07V82HCNY)** ~ ~ ~ In a world of fae, vampires and shifters, where wishes can be bought and bargained for, Elle is human, bound to her stepmother by a slave charm. Her only hope at freedom is to wish for it. But the Godmother rules the illegal wish trade, and the price she demands is steep. Is Elle willing to pay it?

The MacGreagors began with the Viking Stefan, became Highlanders, and now begin a new life in America. She was the most beautiful woman Duke Hannish MacGreagor had ever seen. He loved her, he married her, and then he left Scotland and bought an American silver mine. Fortune smiled down on him when he sold the mine, and became one of the richest men in Colorado. Certain she would be happy wherever he was, the duke built a mansion and sent for his wife. Yet, nothing could have prepared him for the disaster that was headed his way. A clean 20th-century Scottish family saga.

What do you do when you’re not who you thought you were? When Lira is returned to the alternate dimension of her birth, she discovers that she is Our Lady of Joy, the only Emotion Conduit to survive to maturity in that world’s history. While being so important might seem like a dream come true for some girls, for her, it’s closer to a nightmare. Making things even worse is her violent Guardian Rease, who seems like he might be even more troubled than she is. Too bad he’s still the cutest boy she’s ever met. As Lira struggles to adapt to a life she never wanted, her father Jonas is coming for her. Only he has a secret of his own, a dark and dangerous past he thought abandoned long ago. But he has no choice, because he knows what she does not: the future will bring a war to their peaceful world, a war in which Our Lady must stand for the light. Author’s note to potential readers: this is a lengthy, character-driven epic romantic fantasy written exclusively for readers who do not wish to look at maps or check character lists, but prefer to read for the emotionally immersive experience of "befriending" characters they love. Throughout the series, there are numerous slow-burn romances between strong female characters and the intelligent, honorable gentlemen who respect and appreciate them, as well as war dogs, horses and a fussy, highly pampered cat or two. This series does contain adult themes, but there are no explicit or graphic sex scenes.

✔ Having nearly lost her career, she had suffered an uncomfortable breakup when her then-boyfriend and cousin started seeing each other. ✔ Melissa’s painful experience from her previous relationship with Paul, and the insecurities that she developed as a result, begin to catch up to her. ✔ While she is falling hopefully in love with Derek, she doesn’t want their relationship to be public for fear of losing her sanity and her career. ✔ When a colleague spots them both together, Melissa’s insecurities come to the surface leading to a confrontation with Derek that threatens to break them apart. ✔ Will her losing control tear her relationship with Derek apart? Will Derek break up with her for being obviously disrespectful and mean? ✔ Now, what in the world Paul is thinking showing up on her doorstep?

What if you discover Heaven is a rundown mess? Eighteen-year-old Taylor is about to find out when she ends up dead and in a dystopian Heaven full of teens just like her. Part of her wonders if she might have landed in someplace far worse when Taylor learns her afterlife coach is her former tyrannical fifth grade teacher. Plagued by questions her whole life, Taylor finds Heaven prompts even more. Why can’t she remember her death? Why isn’t Heaven the idyllic place she thought it would be? While Taylor tries to solve the mysteries of Heaven as it slowly crumbles around her, she learns there are dark forces at work behind the celestial show and they are after her. This leads to the biggest question of all: Is she the only one who can stop them? Find out if in Nine Lives Part One in the Katran Legacy Series by author Karin De Havin. If you enjoy dystopian fantasy stories that are filled with adventure and make you laugh and bite your nails at the same time, scroll up and get your copy of Nine Lives Part One today! **Part Two picks up where this book ends.**