colum mackenzie outlander

Tara Landon n'a jamais connu l'amour–encore pire–elle a enduré une vie de coups. Après avoir atteint son point de rupture, elle décide de s'enfuir pour commencer une nouvelle vie sans que personne ne l'entrave ou ne la retienne. Cependant, peu de temps après le début de son voyage, elle est interceptée par Victor Bane, un futur alpha, homme mystérieux aux yeux émeraude. La pensée de lui effraie Tara autant qu'elle l'excite. Elle ne pense pas beaucoup à la rencontre jusqu'à ce qu'elle apprend qu'elle est destinée à être Luna de la meute de Victor. La liberté qu'elle cherchait lui est rapidement arrachée et elle doit prendre une décision: accepter ou rejeter son compagnon de destin.

Tara Landon has never experienced love–even worse–she’s endured a lifetime of beatings. After reaching her breaking point, she decides to run away to start a new life without anyone pinning her down or holding her back. However, not far into her journey, she is intercepted by soon-to-be alpha Victor Bane, a brooding, mysterious, emerald-eyed man. The thought of him scares Tara as much as it arouses her. She doesn’t think much of the encounter until she learns that…oh, she’s destined to be Luna of Victor’s pack. The freedom she sought is quickly ripped away from her and she must make a decision: to accept or reject her fated mate. – “I have you for a lifetime, Tara. I can be patient,” he relayed with an erotic moan. He looked me in the eyes, as I gestured for him to unbutton my blouse. I whispered, “You might be patient, Victor. But, it isn’t polite to keep a woman waiting.” “What will it take for you to say yes?” he asked lustfully. “Something you can’t give.”

Activating a device that traverses across space-time, Taihen, a mysterious outlander with deep blue skin, appears to have landed in a cave. Unbeknownst to him, this apparent blunder may cost him a ton due to a series of unfortunate occurrences. Caught in the middle of many dilemmas, he finds every opportunity to leave. Or, he may change his mind viewing humanity as something worth staying for.

Eric and Nicholas Favre are, by all means, two normal middle-aged men who have decided to go on a camping trip in the Alps. Unfortunately, their normal lives would be turned upside down by a terrifying car crash that marks their journey into the New World and their search for a way back to their families. Returning to their youthful bodies, the brothers are forced to come to terms with the new order of things: unnatural magic running rampant, monarchies dominating, and monsters and other horrors lurking in the shadowy corners of the real world. Faced with threats both known and unknown, they will have to brave dangers, whether beast or men. Will the two brothers survive the harsh realities of this fantastical new world? Or will they fall, their names lost to the wind? This story will include: • Kingdom Building • Intrigue & Politics • Romance • Army Building • Magic & Knights • Academy • Vikings • Dynasty Building • Multiple POVs We aim to create a believable fantasy world where the main character isn't overpowered and faces real competition. Despite the presence of magic, our story will portray the stark realities of a medieval setting, including horrible things such as death, slavery, torture and plague. Key characters will face mortal dangers, and some might not survive.

What if Faith survived? What if the Jacobite Rising never happened because they were able to stop it and Claire didn't have to go back through the stones? What if Jamie and Claire moved their family to North Carolina after Brianna was born? What if Claire was William's mother instead of Geneva Dunsany? What if there was a third Fraser daughter? It's 1779 and the war is beginning to wind down. Even though the Frasers are self-declared Patriots, all they really want is to live in peace in their home in the backcountry of North Carolina. But when staunch Loyalist, heir to an English estate, young and handsome 25 year old Edward "Ned" Penwood arrives in the colonies and makes a fated trip to Fraser's Ridge in search of a wife, it's hate-at-first-sight for him and Lanie. But when crisis comes a-knocking, can Lanie and Ned put their differences aside and stop it? And will it eventually lead to love? Who knows? Follow 18 year old Lanie Fraser through her life as a young woman living during the Revolutionary War. All rights belong to Diana Gabaldon and STARZ. The only characters I own are Lanie, Ned, and other future OCs.

This is the story of Shi-heum and Yoon-sung, who found themselves living together due to circumstances beyond their control.

In a world still healing from the Transparency Revolution that exposed global corruption, violence begins rising again across Mumbai—quietly, strangely, without warning. Ordinary people display inhuman reflexes, unpredictable instincts, and terrifying bursts of clarity in fights. Officials blame stress. The media blames unrest. No one knows the truth. Arjun is the kind of boy who should never be caught in this chaos—quiet, overlooked, bullied, living each day in survival mode. He’s not fast, not skilled, and not brave. Yet whenever danger closes in, something inside him reacts before he can think. A glance he shouldn't notice. A footstep he shouldn't hear. A punch he shouldn't avoid. Everyone around him is changing in violent, unpredictable ways. But Arjun… stays calm. When he survives an attack that should have killed him, he begins to notice the truth: the world is shifting, people are breaking, and whatever is happening to them… isn't happening to him. As more strange incidents spread across the city, Arjun finds himself caught between students who fight like cornered animals, strangers whose instincts feel manufactured, and forces far bigger than any schoolyard conflict. He isn’t trying to become a hero. He isn’t trying to understand the world. He just wants to stay alive. But survival comes with a cost—because once the wrong people notice someone who doesn’t break, they don’t let go. And Arjun is about to find out that the most dangerous thing in this changing world… is a mind that refuses to fall apart.

Bria Stephens was an artist once. She painted cities at dusk in colors no one else could see — until someone she trusted told her she wasn't good enough. She never picked up a brush again. Now she's a senior editor at Caelum Press, one of the most prestigious publishing houses in the country. Her colleagues call her the Ice Queen of the slush pile. Authors fear her rejections. No one knows she still sees the world like a canvas — she just stopped letting anyone see her. Ryan Malcolm wasn't always Ryan Malcolm. He was born Dante Wards, in a neighborhood that tried to bury him. He failed. He lost everything. So he left, changed his name, and rebuilt himself from nothing. Now he's the cold, elusive CEO of Caelum Press — the company he built with his own hands. The only people who know the man beneath the armor are the younger sibling he raised alone, and the anonymous scholarship he funds for kids from his old streets. When an anonymous manuscript lands on Bria's desk — a story about a young artist who stopped painting, written with details no stranger should know — her carefully constructed walls begin to crack. Someone inside Caelum Press knows her secret. Someone is watching. At the same time, an inquiry into the Dante Wards Scholarship threatens to expose the past Ryan has spent years burying. Forced together by the threats circling them both, Bria and Ryan discover what they've been hiding from the world — and from themselves. Two people who built the same walls. Two people who recognize the armor because they wear the same kind. The world has already written Bria as the villainess. Ryan has been written as a ghost. But the story isn't over yet — and some stories can be rewritten. The Color of Cold is a slow-burn contemporary romance about art, survival, and what happens when two people who forgot how to feel finally let someone in.

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Fu Xiaoxiao transmigrates into a book and immediately faces the crisis of being sent to the countryside. As the unloved middle child, her younger sister is the one meant to go — but her mother transfers her job to the sister instead. A disaster of a start. To avoid being sent away, she has to marry within seven days. She meets a few ordinary men and decides she'd rather go to the countryside. Then she runs into a neighbor who's also looking for a spouse — and his conditions are surprisingly good. A dowry of three hundred? Bicycles and a radio? Just take care of the kids, and separate rooms are fine? The others may pass, but she won't. Every day is a battle of wits with the two kids. Life is eventful, she gets a salary every month, and the boss is never home. Absolutely perfect. Except... wasn't this big shot supposed to be infertile? Then why does he keep strutting around naked in front of her? She has professional ethics. She won't be seduced by a good body. Hmph. Men only slow down her sword swing. Lu Feng grits his teeth at Fu Xiaoxiao, who remains completely unmoved by his countless attempts to seduce her, and traps her in his arms. "Boss, let's talk this through. I know forty a month is a bit much — how about... five less?" Trapped in his embrace, Fu Xiaoxiao thinks he's unhappy with her high salary and starts bargaining. "I'm giving myself to you for free." Lu Feng grinds out through clenched teeth. This woman has no heart. "...Can I say no?" Fu Xiaoxiao swallows, staring at the washboard abs so close. "Such a good deal — are you sure you don't want it?" Lu Feng squints, tempting her. "Fine." A fool turns down a bargain.