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Tilley galloped into Judge Joe Blackwell's yard, trying not to think of what she had just witnessed. Jasper had rushed home after he had asked her to marry him yesterday, to a woman who had to be five months pregnant, his Ann. Why didn't he just tell her? But then she told him she didn't care; it was not as if she didn't have enough shit going on in her life at the moment.

This is our story, and you will tell it someday. It is a sad tale of perseverance, overcoming many hardships, but not once in that journal let it be said that Tilley Hall gave up. She fought for her life and her sister's; whether it was a man or a nasty old bear, Tilley always won. You, dear sister, will always win.

Mag stiffened her backbone before glancing up at the slight movement on the third-floor window: A woman, really only a shadow, stood behind the sheer flowing drapes. Mag felt the intense hatred of the glaring face. Shyly lowering her gaze, Mag realized the maid Dansie already hated her too. It had to be Dansie, for Joe said they were the only females there. Thoughts ran through her mind, "Just run, girl," as she hesitated to step up onto the porch. After that step she was obligated to go inside; but east to west, there are woods all around calling to her.

Elrod Deupree was just going about a normal day in his self-imposed hell as the father of his newly adopted nieces. He had been the owner of Deupree Logging Company ever since his own father's death in a logging truck accident 25 years ago. At 15, the responsibly of his brother, sister, and mother fell upon him. Now he is guardian to his sister's four girls while mama, Beula Bell, pulls 10 years in the big house for growing pot.

The train ride was going to be the first trip the twins had ever taken. Tilley and Faith Hall had just met their absentee father, Tillis Grasdon, a few weeks before; now they are going to live with him and his mother, Agnes. They have their new clothes in new suitcases, for their life of extreme poverty had never afforded them anything new until now. With promises of the finest schools and a better life in Roanoke, Virginia, they leave their mother, Marcie Hall, and Wilmington, NC, behind them.

Tilley and Faith Hall are living with their grandmother Agnes Grasdon on the plantation they now owned near Smith Mountain in Bedford County, Virginia. Agnes had obtained the massive mansion and over a thousand acres for back taxes, giving her granddaughters the love and security they had never had in their young lives. As Marcie Hall is dying, she is taking a secret to her grave: She had signed over guardianship of her twins to Judge Joe and Beth Blackwell, the last people Agnes Grasdon would want her grandchildren raised by. Once again, Marcie's bad decision will cost her daughters.

It would be just another beautiful day in the Deep South, if you were not a slave. Off in the distance, the Whip-poor-will is softly singing, lying to everyone, like all is right with the world. How can it be so happy when a child is lying naked in the hay, while its very young mother, covered in blood, is worried she will be killed for having him? What if Madam Tibbs found her child, the very blonde heir to Tibb's Plantation? The hanging trees in the woods are calling her name, "Lucinda, come float from my branches, sweetmeat, for you girl, have blasphemed God and your Master Tibbs."

Justene Bell always wanted to travel, to escape the valley she had existed in for many years. Her spiritual mother, Odesa Freewoman Bell expects the same sacrifices from this girl, the one she had stolen as her own daughter. Together they claim the Bell House, for in the backyard lies a horrible family secret.

Dale and Deloris Justen have searched for weeks for the perfect place for a long delayed honeymoon. When the messages start showing up in Deloris' business emails, the one she uses only for her book sales under the name of Deloris Blue, she wondered if the last name had something to do with the fantastic offers and coupons for the Bonnie Blue Lakeside Lodge. She never considered for a second the final decision to go there was anyone's but her own.

Queen La'Bell, a Luckelee Fairy, the notoriously wicked Lavender Queen of Skye, spent 6000 years disrupting kingdoms and cursing the lands of her enemies, altering entire species of those she envied or hated.

Willowdean is in the warmth of her cave, dressing in furs for today as she must hunt, although the blizzard is still raging across the valley. This is her domain, her wonderful valley of Natitta.

When Tomilyn calls upon the wind to seek revenge upon her sister, Seraphina, she forgets she is in a state of rage. The wind goes after Seraphina but it is boosted a hundred fold by Tomilyn's need for revenge. The cyclone hits the solarium where Seraphina is hiding and when the dust settles, all that is left is two black wings and two beautiful black eyes.

There is conflict brewing between Swenson Castle, Norway and the Crystal Palace at Fairystone. The younger generation of Faes and Goddesses are overly protective of their families, as everyone scrambles to cool the tension between Fae and Lilith. Newly developed powers are tested and the results of the battle could tear both kingdoms down to their foundations.

When Ava the Dragon's Daughter finds an orphaned fae burned and covered in wood ashes in a swine pen, she quickly takes in the baby as her own. Each day Fae's powers emerge letting Ava know that her adopted daughter is no ordinary fairy. Swenson Castle is the place Fae is destined to live, for there, under Freya's army's protection, she will live to inherit her powers to defeat her many enemies.

Life at Paradise Plantation is full of hazards in 1886, just as expected on any working ranch. This is why Tilley decided to move to Charleston and study medicine, thus following in the footsteps of her uncle Grayson Clark. Then, just when it seems her life is charmed, she breaks her leg riding a stubborn stallion, so her plans are suddenly out of reach. That is, unless her twin, Faith, can be persuaded to go with her. Then Faith agrees to take classes for Tilley, who is bucking authority in her classes.

As the residents of Swenson Castle in Norway watch nervously, the returning are coming out of the sea, a promise made by God just yesterday. Leah made her choice in haste, without forethought, so as Sarah walks out of the water holding Zeal's child, Leah heartbrokenly flees.

The trio of Freya, Leah, and Zeal are living in the Swenson Castle on the North Sea in Norway. Each day there are new unique challenges, for they are led by orders from Freya. Coming in from all over the world are the calls for help, some right in their own backyards. The family is constantly growing, as the need to find homes for so many abused children is answered with joy by the residents of Swenson Castle. Leah tries to adjust to the life, so different from her home in Virginia, as her past life calls, tugging at her heart: "Be careful what you ask for."

Number six in The Eyes of Freya series, The Infamous Fairies of Fairystone is a prelude to The Eyes of Freya set in ancient North America when Asmodeus ruled the underworld. Lilith is fighting for her life as her baby is struggling to be born. The child's father, Aries the Archangel, has shunned her, so she ran right into the trap the evil Asmodeus set for her. The child is being cut from her, and this gives Asmodeus two children to carry on his evil, as Lilith is forever trapped to look on as her children grow eviler every day.

Freya Swenson is being pulled from the sea. As the rough hands lift her aboard, she looks around. The realization hits her. It is him, the man in her yearlong nightmare. He has her now, and like a fool she delivered herself right to him. A year ago, she was planning a future--her own fleet of merchant ships and her dreams to sail the seas like her father had taught her. Then the nightmares began after her mother's death. A man so vile that she would elect death rather than ever be handed over to him.

Ava Dean was living a charmed life, the oldest daughter of famed football coach Dean. In a instant she was kidnapped and sold into Washington's most notorious sex trafficking rings. Her captors were famously known, for they had the power of DC behind them. As the iceberg of their secret society was melting while they thought it to be well hidden in Norway, Freya was watching. This was a easy job for Draykerr, the golden dragon. As she made a quick decision to let Draykerr run unencumbered on this mission, suddenly in a spit second, Ava's life was forever transformed.