HOW TO KISS A FLOWER GIRL (AND LIVE)
". . .Five for their lips, painted red. Six for their kisses, which kill you dead."
The de la Fleur women have always had bad experiences with men.
That is to say, the men that they fall in love with always end up dying. Lux's great-grandfather was found with a dozen miniature roses blooming in his lungs; her father was discovered dead in Providence with traces of nightshade in his bloodstream.
Because of this, her aunts were known throughout town as the Flower Girls, wild and beautiful and deadly. To upset them meant that you would have horrible abdominal pain and hallucinations from foxglove that mysteriously ended up in your nighttime tea. To mistreat them or harm them in any way meant poison ivy rashes and withered gardens and never being able to eat blackberries again without them tasting of dirt. Unlike her late grandmother, who met the love of her life when she was fifteen, or her Aunt Perrie, who falls head over heels for some man or another at least three times a week, Lux is not particularly interested in love.
That is, until she meets Ari Decoteau.
When Lux moves back into the house at the end of Coquelicot Lane, the house where everything happened, she will have to unravel the past if she has any hope of saving her future.
A girl called murder
"They called us a murder, as in crows."
Tannyn Carter has always had a thing for nightmares.
Other people's nightmares, that is. She can smell them on people's skin, taste them on her tongue. Lightning, the sight of blood, fire, darkness. She's been surrounded by nightmares her entire life. But nothing could have prepared her for the day her best friend, Eve, turned up dead in an oak tree with her heart carved from her chest.
Tannyn's friends, known throughout town as the crows, decide to take matters into their own hands. But investigating into Eve's death attracts the attention of the killer, who begins leaving them sinister messages, taunting them.
In the midst of her friend's absence, Tannyn begins spending more and more time with Eve's twin brother, Theodore. She finds herself drawn to him in the same way she was drawn to Eve—but it is a dangerous and alarming attraction. She trusts Theodore with her life, but she isn't sure if she should.
Theodore's fears are like broken glass between her teeth. He's afraid of thunderstorms—and of someone finding out his secret.
As Tannyn navigates a world of heartbreak and boys with razor-sharp fears, she must face the worst nightmare of all: her own.
If it doesn't kill her first.
what happens in the forest
"Once upon a time, there was a family of women who lived in the forest . . ."
The forest is the only home Sylvie has ever known, ever since her mother found her as an infant beneath an oak tree. She knows that she should be content with her simple life, but she can't help wonder what the world outside has to offer.
So when a group of strangers find their way into the forest, Sylvie is entranced. A chance encounter brings her face to face with a boy named Peter Glass, and Sylvie finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew. Her mother and grandmother have always tried to protect her—but what could be so terrible about grape soda and boys with laughter like starlight?
But as her curiosity and her friendship with Peter Glass grow, Sylvie also begins to learn of the dangers that the world can hold.
And it isn't long before her family—and the entire forest—learn as well.
the morrowlands
". . . when the Morrowlands had called to her, she had answered."
Six years ago, Willa closed the door on the Morrowlands forever. Or so she thought.
As she struggles to find her place in her own world, still mourning the loss of her mother and bearing the weight of caring for her younger sister, she cannot shake the memories of what happened to her--or the promises she broke. Because even after all these years, the Morrowlands still calls to her.
With one foot stuck in each world, Willa must decide once and for all where she belongs.
But how can she choose, when she isn't even sure who she is anymore?
Our Sacred bonds
“I did not come here on this night to strike a bargain. I came to honor one.”
On the anniversary of her sister’s death, Asher is kidnapped from a party and dragged to an abandoned church, where she finds herself at the mercy of the very same cult members who murdered her sister.
Only Asher has been waiting for this moment. She has bled and bargained and damned herself for a chance at revenge, and tonight, it is finally within reach—as is a demon whose only intention is to claim her.
As the night goes on, Asher must ask herself: Is revenge worth the risk of losing her humanity—and her heart?
*NSFW. This is a Dark Romance/Fantasy short story. This book is not intended for anyone under the age of 18, as it contains graphic violence and sexual content which may be triggering to some readers.*
between the wood and the wild
"To lose your heart or to lose your mind."
Ellis Bell is too old for fairytales. At least, that's what she tells herself when she and her sister move out and return to their childhood home.
But when a night of partying takes an unexpected turn, Ellis finds herself thrust into a hidden world of magic and trickery and blood--a world which feels all too familiar to her.
Because six years ago, she made a bargain she can't remember.
And now the truth will cost her.
*NSFW* This is a dark romance/fantasy short story and is not intended for anyone under the age of 18.