Bøger af Shirley Siaton

I want to go homeTo the days when you were thereWhen I had your voiceYour lightYour heartbeatWe all had that one love.The kind that came into our lives like an unexpected super typhoon.A love that, no matter how short-lived, left a devastation so profound in its wake. An emotion that cut so deep it would take forever to heal.A collection of romantic poems, this book unravels decades of buried feelings, a lifetime of words left unsaid, and countless moments of hidden sighs and unshed tears for a love that never was.

Four standalone romance novellas set in the Philippines. Four compelling heroes who will capture your heart...and never let go.A twisted guardian angel.A daredevil racing king.A shadow assassin.An irresistible visionary.ANGEL (Aug 2023)He was her twisted guardian angel-someone she only ever saw in the shadows. In the face of a deadly turf war, could she make him stay in the light...or will he disappear into the darkness forever?HEART CHAINED (Sep 2023)They have the perfect friendship-but their hearts refuse to let each other go. After a night of revelations, will they be brave enough to admit the true ties that bound them...or will they forever be doomed to run in chains?SHADOW & LIGHT (Sep 2023)She was like the sun, on a day without clouds-he was only a shadow, steeped in a legacy of secrets. With time running out, could he tell her the truth about his heritage...or will he remain hidden in his blood-drenched past?THE LAST DIVIDE (Nov 2023)Rivals, competitors, training partners-never friends. Brought together after 15 years by a passion that could put a raging storm to shame, will they finally reach out for a love long since hidden...or will the walls of the past keep them apart?Suggested for mature readers 18+ Also available in ebook, paperback, and hardback editions.

Here I am, at the crossroadsOf thought and memory and sensationAwaiting the curtains to rise.The ink, in the penOf unbridled spiritSpeak and question-and speak some more.An omnibus collection of 80 free-verse poems written across decades by award-winning author Shirley Siaton, When I Bleed Words tells the riveting story of a young woman's journey through life.Each piece is an evocative, eye-opening treatise from her heart, soul, and blood. Each verse is an honest, unpretentious testament to a world rife with beautiful intricacies, tribulations, and triumphs.This is the special hardcover with dust jacket edition, a true collector's item.

Four standalone romance novellas set in the Philippines. Four compelling heroes who will capture your heart...and never let go.A twisted guardian angel.A daredevil racing king.A shadow assassin.An irresistible visionary.ANGEL (Aug 2023)He was her twisted guardian angel-someone she only ever saw in the shadows. In the face of a deadly turf war, could she make him stay in the light...or will he disappear into the darkness forever?HEART CHAINED (Sep 2023)They have the perfect friendship-but their hearts refuse to let each other go. After a night of revelations, will they be brave enough to admit the true ties that bound them...or will they forever be doomed to run in chains?SHADOW & LIGHT (Sep 2023)She was like the sun, on a day without clouds-he was only a shadow, steeped in a legacy of secrets. With time running out, could he tell her the truth about his heritage...or will he remain hidden in his blood-drenched past?THE LAST DIVIDE (Nov 2023)Rivals, competitors, training partners-never friends. Brought together after 15 years by a passion that could put a raging storm to shame, will they finally reach out for a love long since hidden...or will the walls of the past keep them apart?Suggested for mature readers 18+ Also available in ebook, paperback, and special jacketed hardcover editions.

Four romance novellas set in the Philippines, each with an unforgettable hero who will capture your heart...and never let go.A twisted guardian angel. A daredevil racing king. A shadow assassin. An irresistible visionary.The Four Love StoriesANGEL (Aug 2023)He was her twisted guardian angel-someone she only ever saw in the shadows. In the face of a deadly turf war, could she make him stay in the light...or will he disappear into the darkness forever?HEART CHAINED (Sep 2023)They have the perfect friendship-but their hearts refuse to let each other go. After a night of revelations, will they be brave enough to admit the true ties that bound them...or will they forever be doomed to run in chains?SHADOW & LIGHT (Sep 2023)She was like the sun, on a day without clouds-he was only a shadow, steeped in a legacy of secrets. With time running out, could he tell her the truth about his heritage...or will he remain hidden in his blood-drenched past?THE LAST DIVIDE (Nov 2023)Rivals, competitors, training partners-never friends. Brought together after 15 years by a passion that could put a raging storm to shame, will they finally reach out for a love long since hidden...or will the walls of the past keep them apart?Suggested for mature readers 18+ Available in discreet paperback, hardback, and special edition hardcover editions as This Love of Ours (January 2024).

Here I am, at the crossroadsOf thought and memory and sensationAwaiting the curtains to rise.The ink, in the penOf unbridled spiritSpeak and question-and speak some more.WHEN I BLEED WORDSPoetry from my heart, soul and bloodAn omnibus collection of 80 free-verse poems written across decades by award-winning author Shirley Siaton, When I Bleed Words tells the riveting story of a young woman's journey through life.Each piece is an evocative, eye-opening treatise from her heart, soul, and blood. Each verse is an honest, unpretentious testament to a world rife with beautiful intricacies, tribulations, and triumphs.

Two unique love stories in one beautiful commemorative paperback-only edition. These are author Shirley Siaton's most captivating fiction works for the year 2023.The Last DivideRivals, competitors, training partners-never friends. Reunited after 15 years, the rules of their game for supremacy are about to change.Brought together by a passion that could put a raging storm to shame, will they finally be brave enough to reach out for a love long since hidden...or will the walls of the past keep them apart once more?AngelHe was her own twisted kind of guardian angel-someone she only ever saw and loved in the shadows.In the face of a violent turf war, will her love be enough to make him stay in the light...or will he disappear into the darkness forever?Originally published as the novellas Angel (Sep 2023) and The Last Divide (Nov 2023). Warnings for mature content. Recommended for readers 18+

HEARTS OF DANGERA Love Story Collection Three standalone romance novellas, set in the deliciously dark Philippine underworld. Three compelling heroes, who will capture your heart with inescapable chains. A twisted guardian angel. A daredevil racing king. A shadow assassin.

Just walk away, before I hold you back.Just leave, before I run towards you.Just forget me, before I learn to love you even more.Just stop.This unforgettable collection juxtaposes poetry with real-life letters, all salvaged from the deepest and darkest corners of the author's heart.The poems speak of romance's aspects, phases and stages; of experiences sweet, bitter and broken; and of a life where verses of love endure long after moments have become memories.

Breathtaking, compelling and unforgettable short stories set in the Philippines.Six standalone pieces of contemporary romantic fiction, with unique characters who will keep your heart captive long after the last page is turned.A dark angel. A shadow assassin.A street racer. A sports superstar.A trailblazing visionary. A fearless wanderer.NOW AND FOREVERA Love Story Collection

This is the discreet release of 'Now and Forever: A Love Story Collection' (September 2023)Six standalone pieces of contemporary romantic fiction set in the Philippines.Breathtaking, compelling and unforgettable tales of love, with unique characters who will keep your heart captive long after the last page is turned.A dark angel. A shadow assassin.A street racer. A sports superstar.A trailblazing visionary. A fearless wanderer.FOREVER LOVEA Short Story Collection

Shall I love you?My heart could never lie,even if I forever persistTo deceive it, and denyThat it has long since belonged to you.A compelling collection of free verse poems, 'Beloved' delves into the many facets, phases and stages of romantic relationships.Through heartfelt poetry accompanied by beautiful imagery, award-winning author Shirley Siaton captures enchanting and ever-enduring vignettes of love out of its immeasurable and unbounded totality.

Three standalone romance novellas, set in the deliciously dark Philippine underworld.Three compelling heroes, who will capture your heart with inescapable chains.A twisted guardian angel.A daredevil racing kingA shadow assassin.Warnings for mature content.

Present slowly comesEnfolding and unfoldingDawn and duskIn a circle never-endingRising and fallingEternally, so shall I goOnwards and seeingAuthor Shirley Siaton invites the reader to dance with her to the myriad rhythms of life, in the transcendental hours of darkness, in her compilation of poems, Dancing in the Dark.Featuring verses on tribulation, emergence and redemption, this poetry collection came into being after one too many jaunts and musings in the dead of night. Experience a distinctive, unfiltered view through the eyes of a woman raised and reared in the unforgiving cities of the Philippines, as she journeys through a world of greed, poverty, crime and despair with determination and hope.Scathed, imperfect and honest to the core, Dancing in the Dark is a celebration of a woman's infallible heart and the indomitable human spirit.

This is the discreet edition of the novella collection Always Yours: Hearts of Danger by author Shirley Siaton.Three standalone romance novellas, set in the deliciously dark Philippine underworld.Three compelling heroes, who will capture your heart with inescapable chains.A twisted guardian angel.A daredevil racing king.A shadow assassin.Warnings for mature content.

Thank you.For the pain, through whichI grope my way in dazed wakefulness.The void, where my tongue-tipscatch the essence of a hungering moon.A compilation of free verses written over the years in various stages of a young woman's life, 'Black Cat' is a journey of self-discovery, awareness and growth.Each poem is a story culled from an existence well savored, much like a cat's fabled nine lives. There are tales of lust, loss, melancholy, decay and awakening.Author Shirley Siaton gives her heart, body and soul to the reader bare-bones, with no inhibitions or pretensions.

Thank you.For the constancy. The mundane.This strange little taste that leavesa parched throat half-open.In expectation.A collection of free verses written over the years in various stages of a young woman's life, Black Cat and Blood is a journey of self-discovery, awareness and growth.Each poem is a story culled from an existence well savored, much like a cat's fabled nine lives. There are tales of lust, loss, melancholy, decay and awakening.Author Shirley Siaton gives her heart, body and soul to the reader bare-bones, with no inhibitions or pretensions.

I want to go homeTo the days when you were thereWhen I had your voiceYour lightYour heartbeatWe all had that one love.The kind that came into our lives like an unexpected super typhoon.A love that, no matter how short-lived, left a devastation so profound in its wake. An emotion that cut so deep it would take forever to heal.A collection of heart-rending poetry by award-winning author Shirley Siaton, Never You and I unravels decades of buried feelings, a lifetime of words left unsaid, and countless moments of hidden sighs and unshed tears for a love that never was.

I am not a warrior.My name is Uryana. I am twelve cycles old and a child of the Baraw tribe from the Sa-Babaw peaks.My people have been plagued by the Serpent, a beast made of flame. It first devoured our livestock, then burned our fields and orchards to ashes.Our strongest warriors were called to face this creature, but each of them, including my own father, met their end at its merciless jaws.I was chosen by our tribe Elders to fight the Serpent. Would I be seeing my final dusk tonight, or would the hope and fire in my heart be enough to guide me in my greatest battle?

I am not a warrior.My name is Uryana. I am twelve cycles old and a child of the Baraw tribe from the Sa-Babaw peaks.My people have been plagued by the Serpent, a beast made of flame. It first devoured our livestock, then burned our fields and orchards to ashes.Our strongest warriors were called to face this creature, but each of them, including my own father, met their end at its merciless jaws.I was chosen by our tribe Elders to fight the Serpent. Would I be seeing my final dusk tonight, or would the hope and fire in my heart be enough to guide me in my greatest battle?

Shall I love you?My heart could never lie,even if I forever persistTo deceive it, and denyThat it has long since belonged to you.A compilation of unforgettable free verse poems, Beloved delves into the many facets, phases and stages of romantic relationships.Through heartfelt poetry accompanied by beautiful illustrations, award-winning author Shirley Siaton captures enchanting and ever-enduring vignettes of love out of its immeasurable and unbounded totality.

She only ever saw and loved him in the shadows...For Stella, being a freshman and getting asked out by the richest, most popular boy at school is a dream come true. When her dream date suddenly turns into a nightmare, she runs into a mysterious young man who unwittingly rescues her from a destructive fate.Only known as Trey, he belonged in the deepest shadows and bloodiest corners of her city, dispensing a brand of justice no law could reach. He was her own twisted kind of guardian angel.When a turf war finally comes to their door, would her love be enough to make him stay in the light, or would he disappear into the darkness forever?Set in the unforgiving underworld of the Philippine Midwest, Angel is a poignant romance on finding love even in the absence of light.'Angel' is a star-crossed lovers crime family romance novella. Suggested for mature readers 18+ Also available in a discreet ebook and paperback edition.

Present slowly comesEnfolding and unfoldingDawn and duskIn a circle never-endingRising and fallingEternally, so shall I goOnwards and seeingA collection of poetry written across decades by award-winning author Shirley Siaton, 'I Bleed Words' encompasses a young woman's eye-opening journey through life.Each poem is an evocative treatise from her heart, soul and blood. Each verse is an unpretentiously honest testament to a world rife with beautiful intricacies, tribulations and triumphs.

The perfect killer falls for the perfect girl.She was like the sun, on a day without clouds. He was only a shadow, steeped in a legacy of secrets... For Nick, going to university was four years of borrowed time. The longer he lives in the guise of a college student and football player, the more he is convinced he could be any other young man. In an unexpected twist of fate, he finds himself falling for his classmate Jeri. Vivacious, popular and selfless, she was his antithesis, a bright presence he finds himself irresistibly drawn to. With time running out, could he tell her the truth about his heritage, or would he forever be buried in the shadows of his blood-drenched past?

He was a dark guardian angel, someone she only ever saw and loved in the shadows...Being a freshman and getting asked out by the richest, most popular boy at school is a dream come true for college girl Stella. When her dream date suddenly turns into a nightmare, she meets a mysterious young man who unwittingly rescues her from a world of hurt.Enigmatic and compelling, the man known only as Trey belonged in the deepest shadows and bloodiest corners of her city, dispensing a brand of justice no law could reach. As she learns more about his world and his secrets, the more she falls for her twisted kind of guardian angel.When a turf war finally comes to their door, would her love be enough to make him stay in the light, or would he disappear into the darkness forever?Set in the unforgiving underworld of the Philippine Midwest, 'Angel' is a poignant romance on finding love even in the absence of light. Suggested for mature readers 18+