"I didn't fall for her. I plummeted."Pham Minh Nam will do anything for power and respect. Even make the Dragon-Princess, Hue, fall in love with him. But when her stupid companion turns out much more irresistible than any person he has ever known, the task doesn't seem easy anymore.+ + +Minh has one task - destroy the Dragon-Lord Lac Long Quan's prized crossbow. That's the only way he can avenge his family's impoverishment. But the crossbow is looked after by Princess Hue, and the only way to reach it is through her. With his devilishly good looks and witty humor, Minh did not feel this would be tough even though Princess Hue seemed hard to please.Until that girl.Anh.…
Ophelia, the Heir-Princess of Vedessa, on the sultry morning of twelfth February, wakes up in the mysterious kingdom of Theronsia, in a cinnamon sack. She has no idea how she has landed up in a place thousands of miles away from Idgard. All Ophelia knows, is that now, she cannot return without help from the Royals of Theronsia and Asmarsis, for these two are identified by Vedessans as "the lands of no return". In order to secure their help, Ophelia has to become a part of their tangled royal lives. Not as a guest, but as the bodyguard of the eldest Theronsian Princess: Natalia. Seventeen year old Ophelia, encounters a woven plot of friendships, rivals, a game of making a sworn ascetic fall in love and an ultimate, indigestible betrayal. Everything being done only to find the lost anklet of the venomous Queen Flora, without which, the Queen will unleash her wrath on Theronsia, destroying the entire population in a matter of days. And the Royals have promised Ophelia: if she succeeds in saving their land - they will facilitate her dignified return to Idgard.Flung into her own, arduous odyssey with even higher stakes and another ravishing, enigmatic King who she can't help falling for - Heir Ophelia has no idea that she is NOT writing her own tale yet. That she is only concluding her father's story, something which began fifty years ago with a visit from a mystic who knew everything.* * * *This is the BOOK 2 of the Flawed Gems series. There are several subplots, characters and story details that cannot possibly be explained here. I strongly recommend you to read The Exiled Gem first, a story following in footsteps of Exiled Princess Alexandra, the haughty and very dissimilar female counterpart of Alexander the Great.…
Villains.The only characters whose loss makes us happy. The only characters whose death, often leads to our famed "Happily Ever After" endings. The only characters whose faces are often depicted as twisted, ugly blotches of vaguely humanoid features. And that, was what we all read as children. What we all saw and imbibed.It is time to change that.This is the story of Madonna Tremaine, the wicked stepmother of Cinderella. And while her atrocities to Cinderella cannot be justified, Lady Tremaine's side of the tale deserves to be heard. For the title story, Impermanent Names, in less than 1000 words, in a petite read of 5 minutes, with a simple tale of innocence, pain and heartbreak, hear me prove that quote on the book cover. Hear me prove that...Every villain has been a victim.…
Exiled from her own land - to be executed if she ever returns, Princess Alexandra finds herself turning a spy for the enemy. Because, well, they impress her. Especially the splendid emperor, who is indebted to Alexandra for a number of things he wouldn't tell. She doesn't mind that - because life just turns a lot more colorful outside the Palace walls - until one (not so) fine day, she realizes that the emperor no longer *only* impresses her. Unfortunately, the course of true love never runs smooth. And before she can even give herself a chance with Liam, Alexandra has to sort a few things out. Namely, all the mistakes the previous generation did.**The story starts from 339 B.C. but language used is completely modern because I don't know Ancient Greek**…
