He was the most powerful man in the world — yet everyone called him a beggar. Ethan Blackthorn hides a terrifying secret: he is the Dragon Lord, a being of unimaginable power who has consumed a dragon and commands forces that could shake empires. But when a forced marriage binds him to the icy, breathtaking beauty Serena Blake, he chooses to play the part of a worthless husband... for now...
A tribute story in The Vallis Defense universe, continuing worlds created by Refusenik and Cold Creek
A sovereign on Mars. A Marine veteran in West Texas. A defenceman in Michigan. Three men who have never met, and a signal from deep space that will not wait for them to be ready. Waylon Eckermann builds a nation. Scott MacIntyre wants a quiet life and gets a much larger one. Michael Stewart picks up where Parallel Ice left him and writes code that reshapes the world. They begin as strangers. They do not end that way. A tribute blending Cold Creek's Defenceman with Refusenik's Human novels.
A business trip to Berlin. A family he hasn't seen in seven years. A little sister who isn't little anymore—and a game whose rules he doesn't even know exist. She smiles like innocence and teases like sin. He tells himself she's family. She knows better. This is not a love story. It's a countdown.
Succubus: A Soul Shared is a urban fantasy, harem series about Harry, who summons a succubus to help him flirt with the girl that he likes. The problems start there, because Lily is in a lot of trouble, and she's on a journey to prove that she's a real girl.
A Story in the Damsels In Distress Universe
In Lazlo Zalezac’s Damsels in Distress Universe, Damsel Charlene Stewardess escapes from her captors and runs to a forge seeking help. Her two pursuers kill the village’s smith but are also killed. The smith’s wife and the Damsel use a grisly method to hide the bodies and then flee to the rumored safety of a warlord named Hastert. This stand-alone story will read better if you’ve read 'Pēteris' and 'Monica Mechanic'. The eleven chapter story is complete and will post Fridays and Sundays.
A sun-drenched boardwalk, a quirky indie bookstore, and a trio bound by love, loss, and ambition—welcome to La Alegria, where the stakes are as high as the surf. Sky, orphaned young and raised by his best friends’ family, now manages TBR Books alongside the dazzling twins, Pearl and Ruby. As a ruthless competitor threatens their livelihood and secrets simmer beneath the surface, Sky must fight for his found family, his hidden dreams, and the future of the Waterfront.
Delores Vance has always wanted the captain's chair. She just never expected to get it this way. Promoted from lieutenant and handed command of the aging U.S.S. Seeker, Delores has six months to prove Starfleet didn't make a mistake. Ambitious, unconventional, and carrying a reputation she'd rather not discuss, she quickly discovers that wearing four pips is the easy part. Becoming Captain Vance is something else entirely.
John Taylor When Taylor learns that Roy Breyer, his former military mentor and the man who shaped him into the operator he is today, has died in a small Minnesota town, he expects to pay his respects and help Roy’s daughter Milly navigate the aftermath, what he finds instead is a wall of silence. The sheriff won’t release the body, the coroner calls it an accident but refuses to say what kind, and everyone Taylor talks to seems terrified to answer even the simplest questions.