To save her family from financial ruin, Annaliese Dawson agrees to marry a stranger. She knows that the arrangement would probably never lead to love, but as the two begin to trust each other, could it be that they have a chance at true love? ***** Matthew Cassidy is a widower baronet with three young children. Convinced that his children deserve a mother, a marriage is promptly arranged between Matthew and Annaliese, a pair that have never met, and are complete opposites. What will it take to bring these two together? They have but one chance to get it right. [[word count: 80,000 - 90,000]] Cover designed by Morgan Sangster

short stories composed around characters and scenarios I love. each chapter is a new story, even if you've seen the characters mentioned before.

Morfius, lord of nightmares and terrors. he lives in a world detached from the humans, and honestly, that would be the best to summarize him. detached. Beyond the fact that he rules all things terrifying, there is another reason he is feared; all those who come to his bed, die. which, is a pity as he can scarcely go a night without the brush of skin on skin. They say he kills his lovers, that he cannot stand the idea of them in another's arms so he makes sure he is their last. They also say that the poor men whom he sleeps with, cannot stand him. and so they kill themselves as an escape from him. no wonder such a man refuses to love. no wonder such a man refuses to open up his heart. Aster Larkspur knows fear. but he also knows love. and even if he hates the man who stole him away, and keeps him in a black velvet cage, even if he would rather run than spend one more night in Morfius' bed... he can't leave. not until Morfius permits. and not until Aster knows.

Dante is a painter. He is a young nobleman who has everything the gods can offer. He has fame, status, money and a beautiful fiancée. He has nothing to lose until he met a pianist named Julian. He felt immediate attraction, temptation and lust towards the man but never love. Betrayal is his innocence. However things will not always be the same because, suddenly one day, he falls in love and paints it for him. But what happens if someone else steals the pianist's heart? Copyright 2013 © All Rights Reserved