This book first came to my attention as a very young teen, and I was instantly enthralled. The elements of time travel, metaphysics and romance captured my attention. It was my first taste of fantasy that was 'easy-to-swallow'. In fact, I begged my best friends boyfriend to let me borrow the addi...
Wade Ashby inherits his grandfather's estate in Oxfordshire, England, becoming 13th Baron of Ashby Manor. He travels from Australia with his friend Hugh to take up his birthright and find out why there is secrecy surrounding certain aspects of the baronage and members of the family. the two are c...
At a guess the forbidding castle-like structure dated back to the sixteenth century, but the dark energy emanating from the site was cultivated much further back in time. The gates were open and I spied Killian’s Porsche parked at the end of the long drive. Emmett was sleeping like a baby in the ...
Lord Devere had yet to disclose the name of his brother’s vessel to our captor, so it took Malory a bit longer to become aware that Ashlee and Mr Devere were now in the city. Coming on to evening, my lord and I were loaded into a boat and rowed to shore—after admiring the ancient city from the sh...
The Stones themselves seemed to be the only enduring landmarks in the vicinity. Even the elder tree that had grown over the witch’s implements and endured through the ages had not managed to survive the twenty-first century. This was the case with almost all the planet’s vegetation, due to over-e...
An icy film prevented her eyelids from opening and only with a concerted effort did they part to a squint. The sun was up and its light reflected off the surrounding thick, white blanket with blinding intensity. The windscreen was shattered and snow from the rockface she’d careered into had casca...
Through the aeons my spirit will watch from the hidden land and wait for the worthy few who have passed the trials of the outer. Summon me, the Key, and I shall come forth from the Halls of the Gods in Amenti to receive the initiate. I know where the gates to the Isle of Fire may be found and I w...
The reason for their stopover was to avoid their craft being detected approaching Nugia. They would teleport themselves into the heart of the only established city on Nugia, Su. This stunt was possible because Brian had visited the planet before as part of a good relations tour with the members o...
She was employed at a coffee shop close by the record shop where I worked. As I drink copious amounts of tea every day, Lisa got to know me fairly quickly. Within days she was making my tea to taste and that made her a goddess in my eyes. I could tell the second I laid eyes on Lisa that she was a...
Bursts of iridescent colour passed through the walls of the round structure. In the gardens, dynamic flowers grew, like tiny firecrackers in constant motion, blooming and changing colour in a never-ending stream of combinations. Soft mists constantly billowed out and fell from the fountains and w...
‘Wait here,’ Kassa said when they arrived outside the room where Taren lay unconscious, but picking up on Lucian’s recent activities, she reconsidered. ‘On second thoughts, that won’t be necessary.’ Lucian desperately tried to wipe the grin off his face with little success. ‘Kassa, please stay ou...
‘Rory … we’re going to flunk … If you don’t get your arse out of bed and make it to class!’ Zanthie, Aurora’s roommate on campus, had a booming voice, even when not at full volume. It cut through Rory’s dream state and sped her back to consciousness via a rude awakening. ‘Go away,’ Aurora objecte...
Tory would be wondering, by now, where the copy of the thought-recording I promised her was. I had sent a couple of urgent messages to the Governor, asking him to contact me as soon as possible. Tory may have already been aware of Maelgwn’s ‘blue lady’. I had no way of knowing if she was in our G...
I didn’t do much of my own writing there, but I did get an inside look at the industry and it very much appealed to me. I felt at home at the studio. I got to rewrite other people’s scripts occasionally, and sometimes I even got to help aspiring artists like myself. All the studio mail crossed my...