Ergebnis für "The Winter Secret" in Anthologien & Kurzgeschichten

From Dickens's A Christmas Carol to the ghost stories of M.R. James, the tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. The twelve stories of The Winter Spirits are all centred around Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience. Taking you from a haunted Tuscan villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark secret, and drawing inspiration from festive traditions from all around the globe, these vibrant haunted stories are your ultimate companion for frosty nights.

I was supposed to find him and hate him. Now, I never want to leave his side. After the brutal death of my older brother, I didn’t know how to move on. Everything inside of me was angry at his best friend, the jerk who ran away. Now, I have every intention of finding him but I was not prepared for who I met. Caspian, a gigantic man with a heart so kind that I couldn’t stay mad at him. When a snowstorm hits, he is kind enough to allow me to stay in his cabin. Things happen, very intense moments, and it causes a rift to happen that I had never expected.

A happily ever after with my summer fae men was within our reach...until the Heart of the Mists tied me to one of the foreboding winter arch-lords. I can't escape the connection between us. The enemy can speak from right within my soul. I'm not willing to give up on my happiness so easily, but I can't let the realms descend into all-out war. I'll brave the uncertainties of the winter realm if that's what it takes to protect the men I love. My chilly Unseelie arch-lord isn't quite what I expected, though. There's passion beneath his icy front...and also so much pain.

I should have known when I couldn’t keep my eyes off her that this would be a mistake. I was hired to protect her, this woman who’s lost everything, yet there’s an obvious fire that blazes behind her beautiful gaze. She stares back, daring and tempting me. It calls to a side of me that’s darker and longs to tame her. The moment she agrees to my terms, I know I’ve crossed a line. One of many rules I’m willing to break. No one can know, not a soul, but secrets in the life I lead never last for long.

"The Secret" is set in the world where the Broken Empire and Red Queen's War trilogies take place. I've been writing short stories based on the various members of Jorg Ancrath's brotherhood of the road, exploring their origins. When I saw that the Blackguards anthology was seeking tales of assassins, I thought it was time to write about Brother Sim.

I never expected to fall for the most forbidden girl in the world… Hopefully her father doesn’t murder me in the process. I’m an actor, a very well-loved one by the entire world. Now, I have taken on a role of a Motorcycle Gang leader. But to do my best, I have to learn from one. But then I met his daughter, and everything felt right. Kaia, a beautiful girl with fiery red hair and ocean blue eyes. A killer body that could bring any man to their knees but that doesn’t matter to me. As we grow closer, I just know that she is it for me.