Grace, the illegitimate daughter of Edward IV, finds her life turned upside down when he dies and her family flees into sanctuary when her uncle takes power. Torn between family loyalties and her need for love and stability, Grace struggles to survive a dangerous world. A historical fiction story set during the War of the Roses. One fateful night, a young woman flees with her family to take sanctuary in the church. The illegitimate daughter of the late king, Grace, is told her uncle Richard has stolen her half-brother, the new king and is seizing power. Her stepmother, Elizabeth Woodville, takes her children and Grace into sanctuary and begins recruiting others to take down Richard. Young Grace is sent on a mission and meets her uncle. His kindness makes her doubt that he is as bad as her stepmother claims. But she sticks to her loyalty to her family even as everything falls apart. Elizabeth's plan fails, Grace's half-brother is taken by force out of sanctuary, and Richard reveals Elizabeth was never legally married to Grace's father, making Richard the king. Elizabeth refuses to leave sanctuary, keeping Grace and her half-sisters trapped as rumors grow about the disappearance of the girls' brothers. The only bright spot of Grace's life is meeting with a messenger, a young man who is the first person to see this forgotten king's daughter. As much as she wants to leave, her loyalty keeps her buried alive. Shortlisted in the Open Novella Contest 2020 Shortlisted in the Wattys 2021 and Wattys 2022

She's formidable. He's resolute. Hailing from starkly contrasting backgrounds and families with unexpected values and priorities. Despite daunting obstacles, they strive to unite, to forge an eternity together, and they come agonizingly close to victory. Unlike conventional tales of love, theirs lacks a joyful conclusion. Not when one's deception has cost the other their liberty, and perhaps even their life. The grip of the adversary is chilling - as it should be - prompting the other to take justice into their own hands, with vengeance as the ultimate aim. Yet, the past looms ever-present, a specter poised to obliterate the future, and somehow, they both succumb to its destructive force. "Her heart was tender as a rose, His love protected her heart, As a thorn that protects the rose." -Luffina Lourdurajs Started: 14 Aug 2021 Finished: 13 Oct 2021

The War of the Roses has ended. After a thirty year power struggle, House Tudor reigns victorious, and Henry VII has crowned himself King of England by right of conquest. This is a final, very bloody revenge for the deaths of his Lancaster cousins during the War of the Roses. Now, Henry has to win the hearts of the people of England, and more importantly that of his future wife, Elizabeth of York, who is the niece of the king Henry just deposed and murdered. Henry has always been much better with numbers and account books than he has charm, much less charming women. And Elizabeth has no intention of being charmed. Both, however, know that the union is in the best interest of the people of England. Enemies to Lovers has never been quite this dramatic. Inspired by the true story of one of the most successful marriages in English history. In all technicality this comes before Son of Prophesy, but that actually explains the War of the Roses whereas this does not go through the whole thing. Trigger/ Content Warning: Bloody violence, survivor's guilt, and sexual assault are all discussed on page. A couple of characters have traumatic flashbacks to past violence. Some suggestive conversations and mildly sexual content. Some brief profanity.

One planet. Two kingdoms. Two rival families. The Maxwells and the Daltons. War has dominated planet Earth and split it's citizens in two, and it is up to two royal families to ensure the survival of the remaining humans. "A long time ago, a royal couple, both from powerful, rich kingdoms combined their forces. But they were both very greedy. Their already powerful kingdom wasn't enough, and they began to attack other kingdoms, taking them down one by one. Nearly half of the planet was destroyed and and thousands were dead, so they built a wall to hide the horrific sight from their subjects. But the once happy couple fought constantly, both wanting to be stronger than the other. They grew a burning hatred for one another and went their separate ways. So, once again, they built a wall. Those originally from Christopher's kingdom went on his side, and those from Elizabeth's on her side. All you need to know is that that family is pure evil. Promise me, Olivia, you will never associate yourself with the Daltons." I sigh, looking at the ground, "I promise, Uncle." Little did I know, that promise was soon to be broken.

Elisabetta "Eliza" de' Medici is only 13 years old when she becomes one of the most important people in Europe. The death of her mother leaves her the heir apparent to the Duchy of Burgundy, and her father's inability to care for her after the death of his beloved wife makes her future uncertain. Many see the young Eliza as a pawn for political gain, but the strategic, smart, and compassionate girl is determined to make her own way in the world. Eliza is forced to confront reality however, when her father's parenting incapacity convinces him to send his daughter to England under the care of her great uncle, King Henry VI, and his wife, Queen Margaret of Anjou, where she is quickly made the heir to the throne by the childless couple. Doted on by the queen, and cared for by a distant cousin Jacquetta Woodville, Eliza comes to consider England her home and begins to love the people she will one day rule over. Everything changes just a few months later when King Henry falls ill with a serious illness. When the physicians claim insanity a new faction, one that is against her great aunt to the queen, take power. The new faction, the York's, quickly separate Eliza from the people she has come to consider her family as the king and queen are moved into virtual exile at Windsor Castle during his illness and Eliza is left in the care of people that she neither knows nor trusts. As Eliza is tossed into this complicated new world she must learn to navigate her feelings and decide her loyalties as her love for a certain York Earl and what she feels is best for the country, collide with the love of the family that she has known and the loyalties of her past.

After being ignored for years by the small town she grew up in, Adelaide decides it's time to start fresh somewhere else as someone else. Fed up with the limitations that being a girl bring, she decides to take up the guise of a man in hopes of increasing her success as an artist. However, her plans get deterred when Adelaide accidentally becomes a stowaway on Henry Tudor's ships. Before Adelaide can fully grasp her situation, she's pulled into a world of feuding families where a generational war rages to determine the next King of England. XXX A historical fiction romance story centered around England during the late 1400s. It [loosely] follows the story of Henry Tudor and the War of the Roses as the royal houses of Lancaster and York fight to claim the throne. Written May 14, 2018 - April 22, 2020 120,000 - 130,000 words Working on edits now (Cover made using a Canva template.)

[EdwardxBella] Something is haunting Bella... She had seen the Dwyer House only in her dreams. Now Bella was here, visiting the grandmother she'd never met, and her newfound "cousin" Edward, too handsome by far, who wanted her to disappear. Grandmother was so cold, so distant. Why did she finally reach out to Bella after all these years? And why was Edward so determined to call her his "almost" cousin? To say she was adopted and had no place in his family? For all her prophetic dreams, nothing could have prepared Bella for Edwards astonishment when he first saw her...or the reaction of perfect strangers who looked at her with fascination -- and fear... Bella thought she knew who she was. Until she came to Grandmother's house. Until she met Edward, who angered and attracted her as no boy had ever done before. Then she began having dreams again, of a life she never lived, a love she never knew...a secret that threatened to drive her to the grave.

| ❝ 𝗛𝗜𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 in the darkness yet they have awakened me, a mistress of the night, kept secret for too long - I shall burn down the delicate petals you all cower behind and no longer stand as a pawn in this game. ❞ In which a child born from sin chooses to mark her own destiny in the ruthless Wars of the Roses - endless battles, and constant switching of sides, in the end only one precious rose will stand strong. Bodies will burn and hearts shall be crushed but this girl must fight her way through it all and make it out alive. ── THE WHITE QUEEN |NOT HISTORICALLY ACCURATE|

In which King Edward IV finds himself captivated by a woman he cannot have and no matter how many years pass or how hard he tries, he is unable to give up on their love. For she had a place in his heart no one else could have, a place not even his own wife was able to have. THE WHITE QUEEN BOOK ONE IN THE COUSIN'S WAR SERIES

-𝑂𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙- It's the year 1466 and King Edward IV is on the throne of England. His wife and Queen ,Elizabeth Woodville, has just given birth to her first daughter ,Lizzie, but not all is well... 12 year old Marian of Lancaster is the only surviving daughter of Margaret of Anjou and King Henry VI, twin sister of Edward of Lancaster. When she is captured by the Earl of Warwick, along with her father, she is brought to the English court at Westminster Palace and is made one of Queen Elizabeth's laides is waiting. It is at court that Marian will encounter friends and enemies alike and shall have to wade through blood to survive. Will this Lancastrian Princess ever find peace and perhaps even love during the turbulent years of The Wars of The Roses? Or will terror, grief and betrayal rule her life like it has done to so many others... I DO NOT OWN ANY CHARACTERS OR DIALOGUE FROM THE WHITE QUEEN I ONLY OWN THE CHARACTERS AND DIALOGUE THAT I HAVE CREATED MYSELF *NOT HISTORICALLY ACCURATE*