Bøger af Tessa Stockton

Four brothers have fallen to darkness, each cursed for all time. Possessed with unique powers, they lure, charm, and sometimes unleash a fury to destroy.Four maidens venture out, each vulnerable and alone. Risking everything, they set out in search for answers to end the evil sourced from the brothers. The quests challenge the lives and minds of the maidens as they question motive. Are they still trying to save their people from harm, or futilely redeem heartless beings for the sake of love? Because somehow while daring, their hearts are stolen in what could be the quickest path to destruction, the greatest betrayal of all.The Brother's Keep is a compilation of four allegorical fantasy-romance novellas written from a Biblical worldview. Each novella focuses on one particular brother and one maiden in a specific domain. Along the way, meet Lily of the Valley, Bright & Morning Star, Promise the King, and The Messenger; characters vital to these young women who find themselves lost in the keeps of alluring yet unscrupulous brothers.This volume includes: Novella 1 Wind's AriaElected as the Songstress, Aria takes her place on the sacred platform to sing before every dawn. As long as she does so, peace and abundant life belong to her people. One morning, amidst a strange wind that brings with it a curse in its eerie howl, Aria loses her ability to make music. But the encroaching death that transpires isn't her biggest tragedy. It's that she adores the cause of her blunder, for he's a magnificent winged creature who's stolen more than her voice.Novella 2 Sea God's SirenAn accident left Syrena blind and only the sea god Dagon can bring her healing. But the cost of abiding in his aquatic prison in exchange for sight proves more than she bargained for.Novella 3 Tree Lord's OracleArekel becomes the chosen of her world to stop the Tree Lord menace from expanding his domain of Deadwood. Embarking on the fretful task, the young maiden learns that she alone holds the key to destroying the Tree Lord's malevolent heart. There's just one other problem. She's fallen in love with him.Novella 4 Ice Dancer's HoldA beautiful slave named Sasha holds the hidden power to destroy Master Kilian once and for all, along with his reign of terror. Instead, she openly sacrifices herself, silencing her own authority, deep within his arctic fortress. The question is, why? Now, among the confusion, evil prevails.

The misadventure happened while on a spelunking trip in southern Turkey. An invisible portal sent me to the center of the earth, a place known as the abyss. There, I discovered an unsustainable culture existing for centuries; a race starving underground. What unfolded next came out of the Book of Enoch.I encountered a savage giant and learned the truth on the origin of evil. He kept me alive, and I gave him hope. I'm not sure, I may have loved him. Frightful. Still, this strange event ends in tragedy, and yet with courage.My frail mind won't wrap around what took place. The incident, and later the outcome. I've asked myself these questions: Will we have peace when none exists? Can we find the mercy of God extended toward a group of grimy, deserted, battle-weary subterranean outcasts? A cursed remnant of giants hurled during the Great Flood to the burial grounds of The Fallen. Fallen angels who had rejected their divine stations to corrupt earth, now imprisoned under the darkest valley, awaiting their final judgment.Between the boundary of death and life I faced them and their predecessors.Wish I didn't, except it birthed a purpose.Or, as my surface friend, Bart, might say in one of his pub chats. "Hey, this woman I know got rocketed through a shaft to middle earth, fought in the land of the fearful dead, met living titans scrapping for escape-using her to get there-and survived to tell about it." Popping a few peanuts, he'd continue, "What do you think about religion?"

Falling for a Friend When Lana Applewhite skipped town after high school, from a small rural community bent for gossip, she meant never to return. Aside from getting jilted, she also sidestepped expectations to help run the family-owned candy store. Now ten years have gone by, and although she's reluctant, her grandmother's urgent plea brings her back home, only to discover news that has her reeling with indecision. When she seeks out her childhood best friend, Beau Monroe, it's as if things between them never changed. Yet beneath the surface, they have. Beau has kept a secret that may ruin their friendship. Steadfast yet shy, a man of few words, he's missed every chance over the years to tell Lana… until now. Confessing his love to her may change everything. Then again, Lana just might have a secret of her own.

Lorelei moved to Kenya when she married Hugh Berrand, an animal behavioral scientist at Tsavo West National Park. After a year of marriage, she feels abandoned when she takes a backseat to her husband's first passion, the maneless lions. Rejected by the field's family of researchers, she suffers from loneliness and discord, especially when her husband is never there to support or defend her. After Lorelei is assaulted and left for dead at Shetani, the devil's lava, she struggles to put the pieces of her existence back together; namely, the fragments of her fragile marriage. But her effort proves futile with a man who seems to prefer an independent lifestyle. When an unwanted child enters the equation, the Berrand's separate. Each tries to rebuild life from broken strands apart from each other. However, God has something else in mind and works on the hearts of Lorelei and Hugh for restoration and love anew. Love, adventure, tragedy, redemption-all is at stake in the inspirational romance series, Hearts in Africa, by Tessa Stockton. Complete list of titles in the HEARTS IN AFRICA inspirational romance series (although each can be read as a standalone):• Warm My Heart (Book 1)• Carry My Heart (Book 2)• Return My Heart (Book 3)• Color My Heart (Book 4)