Strong Heroine

— This is a game with human lives! I scream, turning toward the cameras. — Do you even realize what you're doing?! But they don’t care. To them, we’re just pawns. They crush human lives without a second thought, watching our suffering like it’s entertainment. And even those I once considered close... They’re on the other side too.

After a fierce battle on Serapion, Oksana returns home. But an unpleasant surprise awaits her—her magical powers begin to clash with each other. To uncover the cause, she sets off for Thea, the ancestral homeland of all sorcerers. Will she find the answers she seeks? Can she restore balance to her magic? And will she finally discover true love?

— So we met, prick. Who would have thought? — Don't you dare say anything, — Sofia looked at him boldly. — You don't want anyone to know about our little adventure? — It's personal. — So, Sofia? — a smile appeared on the attractive man's face, lighting up his blue eyes with warm sparks. — Too official. We need something softer, more tender… For example, Sonya. — Let me go! What did you find fault with? — You ran away at night. Why? — You wanted to and ran away. Why did you have to stay? — I didn't get enough pleasure, — the man's blue eyes became darker, flashing with the familiar fire of passion. — I want more. — You want more, — Sofia quickly melted under his gaze, but forbade herself to give up. — Nothing will happen. — It will happen, Sonya. You simply won't be able to refuse me.

There are three days left until New Year's Eve. There is a festive atmosphere all around, the final preparations are underway, everyone is choosing gifts and deciding where to celebrate. Only I have nowhere to rush to. I will be celebrating New Year's Eve in proud solitude in my student dorm room, because my friends have gone their separate ways, and the girl I was planning to celebrate with has traded me in for someone else who can take her to an expensive resort. I don't want to go back to my village, especially since I'm having problems with my studies... So I'll spend New Year's Eve at my computer, working. After all, it's just another day, no different from the other 364... Or maybe it is different? The collection also includes other stories about love.

A collection of short stories and novellas based on real life stories. Working as a journalist, I have often heard stories about people's lives, love stories, and trials that make people stronger and inspire them to fulfill their dreams. I sincerely hope that this book will help you, dear readers, make the right choice, not lose faith in yourself, and simply be happy!

When reality turns into a nightmare and troubles come pouring down like rain, it is tempting to “rewind” everything and permanently erase from your biography the person who caused all the trouble. No sooner said than done! You can start everything from a clean slate... But if only someone had warned me that now life would move forward, leaving me on the sidelines...

This is a story about the indestructible essence of the first vampire on Earth, which passes through the entire history of mankind, each time incarnating in a new Lord of Darkness: from the Babylonian Nergal to the Slavic Veles, from Veles to the Roman Caligula, from Caligula to the Varangian Rurik, from Rurik to Dracula. From Dracula to our contemporary, a resident of a metropolis. She did not ask for this. But now the power and millennial experience of the Vampire Princes flows in her veins, and in her hands - power over an entire race of Children of the Night.

The warrior Ike, known by the nickname “the Fierce” is granted the title of earl and lands by King Egbert for his military merits. Ruthless to enemies and traitors, he tolerates no defiance. A new threat looms over the kingdom of Wessex—another impending attack by the Danish Vikings, for whom Ike is one of the fiercest adversaries. During an enemy raid on the earl’s fortress, a young Danish woman named Erna is captured. Ike spares her life, but seeks to break her will and crush her spirit… Can true, passionate love blossom amid hatred and bitter enmity?

During the mayoral candidate’s speech in the city’s main square, an explosion rang out. Investigator Oleksiy Pylypchuk is firmly convinced that the candidate’s assistant, Myroslava Zahorovska, is involved ‒ even though the girl has an alibi. Meanwhile, Myroslava discovers a set of mysterious runes hidden inside her late brother’s old record player ‒ runes that open a path to magical power. Through them, she learns of a bloody danger looming over the city. A ravenous monster, called a Mikmak, kills without mercy. Only Myroslava, with the help of the runes, a stray cat named Moonnie, and an unexpected alliance with the investigator Pylypchuk, has a chance to stop it. This is a story of loss, choice, and those who dare to go to the end ‒ even when the city has already turned its back on them.

"No one in this world needs a frigid, wooden thirty-year-old woman." Those were the last words my husband spat out before slamming the door behind him. For eleven years, I lived a quiet life. I had a family. I thought I was happy... But one single day shattered everything—splintered my so-called happiness into sharp, bitter fragments. Because the truth is, it was never real. Just a sweet illusion. My husband cheated on me. He broke my heart, crushed my dignity, and tore away what was left of my self-worth. And now, he wants to take everything I have left. Even my children. To stop him— I accepted a most unexpected offer.

I often felt that the world around me was an illusion. Everything seemed unreal: me, the people around me, the houses, nature. I liked my life, but the disturbing thought of the illusory nature of the world constantly gnawed at my consciousness, undermining my confidence. People laughed at me. But with each passing day, I believed more and more that one day I would wake up and find myself in a different world. I would become someone else. The world would be different. I would lose everything that was important to me. I would be left alone. Fear became my constant companion. I tried to get rid of my obsessive thoughts, but they won out time and time again. They consumed me. Fear won. It destroyed my illusory world on an unremarkable autumn morning.

The adventures of the young leira are far from over. The mysterious killer is still at large. But now she will have to fight not only him. The secret she had so carefully hidden has been revealed. There is nowhere to escape prying eyes. And the emperor’s attention is not just bewildering — it is frightening. How far will young Mell go to defend her independence, and what else will she have to endure on her path to the truth?

It’s hard not to be tempted when, instead of a well-deserved punishment, you’re offered nothing more than to take part in an innocent adventure. Yet, deals with dark forces — especially with demons — have never brought anyone any good.

There is a Book Trailer for the book. She is single. I am Maylin, a mercenary with a rather unusual gift of the "Seeker of Paths", I help find what I want, and show the right path. But life has thrown up a case from which there is no longer any possibility of refusing. I was bound by magical bonds, leaving no choice. Now I need to help the prince fulfill the prophecy and find the lost, hidden and broken for centuries. Where powerful forces guard that treasure, waiting for a payment that may be unbearable. And now we have all become Seekers, and time flows rapidly. Where our every defeat has consequences. Where the heart is poisoned by the fears that a powerful force has given rise to. Where the main battle will be the hardest in life.

Your own life isn't going very well, you die and end up in another world, in another body. You run away from your own husband, who happens to be a duke and a rather attractive man. But the relationship between the former owner of this body and her husband is terrible. And no one takes the duchess seriously. They consider her too flighty and depressed. It's time to change that! I want a man like that for myself and everything that is meant for me here!

She is a student. He is a lecturer. A chance encounter, a brief conversation, and each of their worlds begins to unravel. At first, there's only a project between them. But with each meeting, the tension grows, boundaries blur, and feelings become too real. A path awaits them where there will be everything: intimacy, pain, fate-altering decisions, and moments they'll want to relive again and again. This story is about how unexpected love can become everything.

What to do if your only close relative — your sister — is slowly dying and only a miracle can save her? What to do if miracles are rare, and magic itself is on the brink of extinction? An evil sorceress destroyed magic when she cursed an ancient tribe, turning them from humans into wolves. There is only one way out: to restore magic and break the curse. Only then can she save her sister from a quick death. And perhaps, she will gain something more as a reward.

“Don’t you have something to tell me?” he asked, his gaze stern as he leaned over me. “Nothing,” I muttered, trying to pull back. “What if you think harder?” “Let go. I need to leave.” “He doesn’t need you anyway. So what? Am I your target tonight?” “You didn’t look like a victim,” I snapped irritably. “Then why did you run?” His arm wrapped tightly around my waist. “I was in a hurry,” I blurted, my voice shaky. “Care to explain that?” “Looked to me like you came here with another girl.” “Right now, I’m all yours.” “I don’t want that. Let me go.” I tried to push free, but his grip only tightened. “You seduced me, lit a fire in me, gave me a taste of something rare—and now you want to walk away?” he whispered, eyes locked on mine. “Exactly. Now let me go!” My voice was anything but steady.

It has been nearly seven years since Demi Louwed tied the knot with Count Eric Groundval. A young and energetic woman, she performs her duties as the lady of the county with remarkable skill… After the death of King Alfred the Great, turbulent times lie ahead for the Kingdom of Wessex. Eric and Demi, as always, find themselves caught in a whirlwind of events and intrigue. Will they be able to withstand the schemes and cruelty of their enemies, overcoming danger and adversity? Can the Groundvals preserve their passionate and fiery love as they face trials of jealousy and mistrust?

Coming back home and finding out the biggest secret of your life the moment you walk in? Easy. Leaving your old world behind for a new one? Almost easy. Remembering past lives? A bit harder, but I can do it. Bringing back the man I love from the astral realm? Very hard! But I’ll do it. Right?.. Right!