Bøger af Rachel Higginson

An heir to the throne . . . Tessana Allisand might have proven that she's the oldest living daughter of the dead king of Elysia, and that she's the rightful heir to the Seat of Power, but that doesn't mean she gets to be queen . . . yet. Forced to wait until her twenty-first birthday, Tess is supposed to be learning how to navigate court life and all the ways she will one day rule the realm. But circumstances and her nefarious uncle keep getting in the way of her education. A kingdom in turmoil . . . While Tess is pampered with the luxuries of castle life, the rest of the kingdom suffers under the oppressive thumb of the Ring of Shadows. And while no other ruler seems all that concerned with the evil rebels intent on destroying everyone and everything, Tess alone must find a way to stand up to the dark magic threatening to choke the life from her precious kingdom. A love shaken by distance . . . Tessana and Taelon found each other in the depths of the Blood Woods. And just like when they were children, their affection for each other saved the realm. But now, with separate kingdoms to fight for and royal duties to attend to, life is pushing them in impossibly opposite directions. Tess wants nothing more than for Taelon to be at her side. And yet, she will never ask him to leave his own kingdom for hers. Fate seems determined to keep them apart. But it was love that brought them back together. And love that will defy titles, crowns, and destiny.

Five years ago, I escaped a dangerous life I had always wanted to leave. I got away. I found freedom. But it cost me the love of my life. For five years I lived in hiding, protecting my most valuable secret while Sayer Wesley sat in prison paying for both our sins. I promised to love him forever. I promised to never leave him. I broke my promises.Five months ago Sayer found me. Five weeks ago, I was forced to face my past. Five days ago, someone took my daughter. They kidnapped her in order to make Sayer and me suffer. I will do anything to get her back. Even if that means coming clean to Sayer, letting him into my life and introducing him to our daughter. All I wanted was to protect her from this life and now she's right in the middle of the chaos. Sayer is the only one that can help me. He's the only one that can get her back. But it might mean losing him again. Fifteen years ago, I met Sayer Wesley. Now I must pay the consequences for falling in love with a con man.

It's not easy being a badass Zombie killer. But somebody's got to do it. Page Parker finally convinced her family to return to the former United States and fight the battle she's been dying to finish. She finally gets to hunt down the man she blames for so much evil and make him pay for his sins. They just have to travel across jungles and barren wastelands and survive Mexico first. When she finally reaches the Colony, she hopes to have all her family with her. She hopes Luke is who she remembers him to be. She hopes this war is everything she expects it to be. But the thing about the end of the world? Nothing ever goes like it should. Love and Decay is a Dystopian Romance Novella Series about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with. Every L&D Volume is a compilation of four episodes and approximately 80,000 words long. Look for Love and Decay, Volume Eleven, the final installment of the Love and Decay saga coming, available now.

My name is Clover Calloway and I've lived two separate lives. The first, I like to call "my past." I never talk about it. I try not to think about it. My rockstar days of playing in one of the hottest bands on the planet are over. Along with the most volatile, beautiful, tragic love story of all time.Over the past five years, I've settled into my second life. My "normal life." The one where I work a normal job, hang out with normal people and fall in love with a normal, but wonderful guy. The life where I'm admittedly a little bored, but also safe. My past wasn't boring. But my past broke my heart into a million, unfixable pieces. So, I'm determined to keep it where it belongs-behind me. And the man responsible for the shattering of me? Malachi Porter, lead singer and mastermind of Bright Tragedy, should stay there too. Far away from me and this idyllic life I've carved out for myself. But what happens when my two lives collide? When Malachi comes crashing into my perfectly normal world, he threatens to destroy it, promises to annihilate everything I've replaced him with. He upends everything I thought I wanted and forces me to question the reasons I left Bright Tragedy all those years ago.But I didn't walk away five years ago, I ran. As fast as I could go. And while my heart is whispering that it's different this time-that he's different-my brain is screaming for me to run again.Malachi Porter isn't a normal guy. And he doesn't belong in my "normal life." But, nevertheless, he's bound and determined to make a place for himself here.I just hope my heart can survive him, that we don't burn into another bright tragedy.

Eliza English has grown up in the shadow of her two brothers, Will and Charlie. Protective, pigheaded and overwhelmed with the day-to-day of their co-owned bar, they get in the way of every romantic relationship she's ever attempted. She would do anything for them. And for the bar. But lately, she wants more than a life grinding through every day with only her brothers to share her burdens. Lately the crush she's had on her big brother's best friend is demanding more and more attention. Jonah Mason has known the English siblings almost his whole life. Will is his best friend, practically family. Charlie is the kid brother he never had. And Eliza... well, she's nothing like a sister at all. Actually, lately, he's been thinking about her way more than he should. Lately, he can't seem to think about anything else but her. Eliza and Jonah have always drawn firm lines between friendship and anything else. Sure, there's always been attraction, but both of them have always known anything beyond that is strictly off limits. For the sake of their work. For the sake of her brothers. Until one moonlit night when they share secrets they never meant to whisper out loud.

I'm over men. I'm done with them. Or at least the ones that work in my kitchen. Fine, one man in particular. Wyatt Shaw is cocky and condescending and so far out of his element that he doesn't know which way is up. Or how to run his brand new kitchen all by himself. That's where I come in. Sous chef extraordinaire. Second in command. Bane of his existence. I am the reason Wyatt's doing so well as the new executive chef of one of our city's most prestigious restaurants. He has me to thank for his glowing accolades and five-star write-ups. Only if you were to ask him, he'd say I'm his biggest problem. Despite his discouragement and bullish behavior, I've set two goals for myself. The first? I'm going to fight my way to the top of this male-dominated industry and claim my own award-winning kitchen. The second? I'm going to do whatever it takes to ignore Wyatt and his rare smiles and the thickening tension that's started to simmer between us. Wyatt Shaw might be Durham's new shining star. He might be up for a James Beard Award. He might be my new boss and key to my future success, but he's also in my way. So he can keep his smoldering looks and secret kisses. And he can be the one that figures out how to make it through service without getting distracted by me. I'm not the problem. The problem is him.

I was there the day the wall fell from the sky. The day they gunned down my mother and permanently separated the rich from the poor. I was there the day my father decided he could force utopia on a certain half of the population and leave the rest to rot. Pragmapax was once a great city, the only remaining outpost of civilization in our part of the world. But now, divided by an impossible wall, we've become two cities. Two peoples that despise each other. Two different ways of life-one idyllic and peaceful, the other savage and lawless. Civil war seethes in the air, breathing down our necks. The only thing I know is that if war finally breaks out, I'm trapped on the wrong side of the wall.

Fifteen years ago I met Sayer Wesley. I fell in love with him. I promised I would never leave him. I swore nothing could break us apart.Five years ago I broke my promise. I ran away. I took the one secret that could destroy us both and disappeared. Five days ago I thought I saw him. I knew it was impossible. Sayer was locked away, serving a deserved sentence in federal prison. He couldn't find me. He wouldn't find me. I was too good at hiding. Too good at surviving. Because if Sayer ever found me, there would be hell to pay for a plethora of sins. The worst of which, he didn't even know about. Five hours ago, I told myself I was crazy. Five minutes ago, I saw him again. Five seconds ago, I was too late.