JoElle Martín

     Julianne's life is great. She has a rewarding job, great friends, and a handsome boyfriend. Best of all, her apartment is adorable and her enigmatic best friend,Forest, lives right next door.

    Then her ideal life turns into a nightmare.  Her boyfriend becomes jealous of Forest, and cheats on Julianne. She discovers that  her employer may be involved in something illegal. And just when she's sure things couldn't get worse ... they do.

    Her father is seriously injured in a suspicious accident and is not expected to live.

    Julianne also becomes confused about the mysterious connection she shares with Forest.  He's supposed to be gay, yet she feels an attraction toward him and it is getting stronger.

    Lisa has an ordinary life. She works and takes college classes in a small city where nothing ever happens. Until now.

    Late one night during a quick stop at the grocery store, Lisa runs into two strange men who change her life. One wants to kill her. The other saves her life.

    When Gaelin is accepted into the ranks of the Ambassador Knight Apprentices, the elf’s dream of visiting Man’s Earth finally comes true. But the adventure takes a strange twist. Lighting strikes near him as his party hurries through the enchanted passageway, and Gaelin is separated from the fey group.

    Lost in Man’s Earth and unable to speak their language Gaelin wanders the streets of the strange human world. His ability to see aura allows him to save an innocent young woman from a violent man.

    When Lisa discovers that the handsome yet strange homeless man in the store parking lot has saved her life, she seeks him out to thank him and see if she can help him in return.

    It doesn’t take long before Lisa and Gaelin start to fall in love. But the odds are stacked against them. Not only, must they overcome language and cultural barriers, their duties threaten to keep them apart.  Lisa has been subpoenaed to testify against the killer and must stay in her world. Gaelin’s friends locate him and he must return to his duties as Ambassador Knight Apprentice and his own world.

    Can they find happiness together and still keep their obligations to others?

    While picking berries in her aunt’s yard, nine year old Morgan meets an elf. They quickly become friends and spend a pleasant few days together. Morgan promises her new friend that she’ll return the following summer. She does not keep her promise.

    Fourteen years later, a grown Morgan finally returns to her aunt’s town to begin a new job. She is astonished when she recognizes that one of her new colleagues is her elf friend, Blackberry.  Morgan is delighted to see Blackberry. She's surprised and hurt to learn that her old friend hates her.

    Morgan confronts Blackberry, who now goes by the human name Barry Blackwood, and learns that as a child she accidentally made Blackberry her slave. Morgan also discovers that her former friend feels that she has betrayed him.

    Now Morgan must find a way to free the elf and regain his friendship. But the price she must pay may be too high.  Morgan has begun to feel a strong attraction for Blackberry. She realizes that giving him back his freedom may result in never seeing him again.