Oaken

Wishing to crush the Federation and Oaken. Using a surrogate, Home World has once again tried to eliminate Demetri and his family.An unprovoked attack by Ariel, results in it's utter humiliation as the Oaken aristocracy massivly retaliates and the subsiquant expulsion and blockade of anything from Home World.

On an off world planet, Demetri's parents and five other families in the small village are executed for heresy.Six year old Demetri, his four year old sister Greta and four other surviving children of the heretics under the age of ten, are sent to Home World to be educated by the Holy Church.Three years before his graduation, Dimitri discovers some ancient manuscripts in an unknown language. He shares what he finds with the other five survivors.Once they return home, they slowly begin to implement what they had found and once the rest of the colonist see the results they follow. After the Holy Church tries to forbid these practices to no success, the Holy Church moves to put down the new heresy.

The Oaken...Humans long ago turned their backs on magic and the Oaken were charged with keeping it alive. Moving through glittering ballrooms and elegant manor houses, they find the most powerful magic…is love. Two Souls hoping for forever...Lady Serena Davenport knew her life would never be the same when she walked into Raice Waterstone's office and found her soul reaching for the man across the desk. And, after meeting him secretly for months, knew her future was meant to be tied to his. Now, she just needed to convince her family…Raice Waterstone had built a publishing empire by sheer grit and determination but had never been able to erase the secret desire hidden inside for a family of his own. Then Serena walked through his door and he knew that she was meant to be his-she was the family he ached for. But the Davenports were high Echelon and the odds that they'd allow one of their daughters to marry a man who'd grown up in the rookies was slim. A plan to use some Christmas Magic...Unwilling to let anything keep them apart, Serena comes up with a plan to convince her family and give Raice his first real Christmas by having her sister-in-law invite him to the Davenport family Christmas house party. Now, amidst a family holiday filled with frosty air, sleigh bells, and over-protective brothers, they both hope that Christmas will work its magic and give them both what they want...a future together. Light historical holiday fantasy romance with humor, heart, and a swirl of magic!Closed-Door Romance I love to read. I can't remember a time when I didn't have a book in my hand no matter where I was and that love of reading inspired me to write my own stories.As a young girl, I scribbled original short stories in cheap spiral-bound notebooks during class (after I finished my work, of course! I was one of those quiet, 'good' students) and then would read them to my friends during recess. I was writing romances even then.I continued writing during college and into adulthood (working as an assistant manager of our family's gift store, as an administrative assistant and as a kinder/1st grade teacher), finding my voice with stories and characters that seemed to fill my head fully-formed. I took the plunge and decided to join the indie publishing movement (I love the creative freedom), hoping to find readers who love romance touched with magic as much as I do.I write what I love to read: light fantasy romances with humor, heart, and a swirl of magic!My characters like to banter, have family and friends that offer humor and support, have magical Gifts and fall in love with their Seraphins (my take on the soulmate trope). The stories take place in settings from cozy magical bakery's to exotic mythical island kingdoms to elegant manor houses.Each book is light, emotional, and cozy with a guaranteed Happily-Ever-After at the end. My hope is you close each book with a sigh and smile, feeling uplifted and happy as you go about your day.

Two young souls touched by magicEverly Woodman met her Seraphin as a child when she looked across the room and saw a young boy in her bedroom mirror. Impossible as it was, they recognized kindred spirits in each other and, when they discovered Dalton could move through mirrors, spent every night together forging an unbreakable bond as they grew toward adulthood.Then one day everything changed and Everly was taken away when her family discovered the enemy interacting with their daughter. A spell was cast to hide her from him as they whisked her away, traveling the continent for years in an effort to protect her from what they saw as a threat.Seraphins Reunited at ChristmasFinally back home, they arrange to meet before Dalton takes her through mirrors to the home he's spent years creating for her. He's spent far too many lonely years desperately searching for her while carefully building a safe haven where they can live free from the Raeim. Everly is overjoyed to be with the man who's always held her heart but knows her family is worried about her.As the two of them work to bring the holiday to their home, she searches for way to make her Christmas wish come truefor the man who holds a piece of her soul and her beloved family to find peace together. It seems impossible, but in the season of miraclesanything can happen.Light, Cozy Fantasy Holiday Romance with humor, heart, and a swirl of Magic!No/Low Spice, Fade-to-Black romance

Humans long ago turned their backs on magic and the Oaken were charged with keeping it alive. Moving through glittering ballrooms and elegant manor houses, they find the most powerful magicis love.A connection between soulsIt only took one look for Lord Alastair Davenport to know that Lady Cecily Sinclair was meant to be his when they met as children. Only one obstacle stood in his waytheir families were enemies.After years of scheming, he finally puts his plan into place, with Cecily as the key to ending hostilities and bringing peace to both their families. He never thought his greatest challenge would be convincing Cecily herself.A dream finally becoming realityCecily knew from the moment she met him, that there was a tie that bound them together no matter what their last names were. She kept her fascination secret, and her dreams of what could be deep within her heart until she was faced with him once again during a house party.Finding the man fascinated her just as much as the boy had, she rapidly found herself falling under his spell. But there were secrets brewing in the house and mysteries she'd been charged with solving before she could look to her heart.But when she discovers just how far Alastair will go to have her, he will need to work fast to convince her it was all because ofthe Magic of You.Light Historical Cozy Fantasy Romance with Humor, Heart, and a swirl of Magic!No/Low spice, Fade-to-Black romance