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Sylvaine 8

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Tiktok: Sylvaine8Writer Insta: sylvaine_8_writer Face.book page SylvaineEightWriter Group Author page Scribble Nook (F.b.k) Solo Author Group: Oracle of Eight Completed books: On Dreame: The Royal Witch The Royal Flower The Royal Wolf and Hades\' Daughter Judgment in Glass Dance of the Mermaids Scent of a Rogue Wealth (may not stick around) On A.ma.zon: Firebird Lullaby Tourniquet A Kingdom of the Senses Figure Eight Fairy Tale Junction Sea Myths - Goalkeeper *** - Wealth ARCS coming - Beyond Lynx Hall - Gold Digger - Future Releases: More hockey romances: fantasy romances Phoenix Trilogy: Winter Fire Forest Flare Blazing Sky Splinters (standalone) Winter Wolf Gothic Romance: The Ninth Door Horror Romance novellas: Stone, Sugar, Stage Erotic Horror Romance novel: Marionette I am an MSc in Instructional Design and Bsc in Animation graduate but I also almost finished my MFA in Creative Writing. Pre-Covid, I was supposed to begin my Ph.D. (Instructional Design). Now, I am not so sure. Let\'s see. I am a teacher/proofreader/wife/mom/visual artist/instructional designer. *** Please support me by checking my Pat.re.on. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=82959696
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The Ninth Door
Updated at Mar 10, 2024, 16:42
Graduate student Annette Fairly works as a librarian not because she needs the money. She has always had an attraction to books and a deep need to drown some of her past traumas. One day, she finds three books that catch her attention. One is named Lilith, another named Estella, and another one is blank. She takes the books home to further investigate them, only to be welcomed by a leopard right inside her studio apartment.
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Mistress of Blood and Fur
Updated at Mar 4, 2024, 15:04
From the same world as Scent of a Rogue but can be read as a stand-alone: The scent wolf hybrids are running out of pups. A massacre has Alpha breeds killed left and right. The other packs especially target female pups to stop the hybrids from producing more of their kind. Manipulating scents, after all, can cause chaos. Someone who can control them can also control the other packs. Grace Sloane has been saved from the attacks because her family lives far away from other scent hybrids. Her mother's aunt brings her to the Opium Fields, where young male wolves are hungry for a mate. When they see her, all hell breaks loose and each one wants to claim her. How will Grace's presence change the fate of scent hybrids like her? Will she have to make a choice or will she become their queen - as the mistress of blood and fur?
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Changing Positions (Brooks Haven Bears 3)
Updated at Jan 4, 2024, 15:35
This is the third book in the Brooks Haven Series (the first two are now on K.U.) but it can be read as standalone. Hans Blom has been scouted for the NHL since he was eleven. Smart, handsome, talented, and rich, he has everything going on for him. The NHL wants the new Brooks Haven captain to sign a contract right away, but another dream is holding him back. There’s also only one girl he can never impress – a family friend’s daughter and someone he grew up with, Emily Strauss Park. Just like Hans, Emily seems to have everything. She’s set to become a doctor, a dream that her father aimed for and failed at. Her rebellious streak has her wandering in the wrong lane and looking for trouble. When her mother decides to set her up with a friend’s son, she thinks of an extreme and possibly disastrous solution – and it may involve Hans Blom. Themes: dual virgins, forbidden love, mistaken identity, reverse grumpy sunshine, mental illness
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Wealth (free and completed)
Updated at Nov 19, 2022, 15:00
Saturdays (but hopefully become more regular after I'm done with my other books) For more regular updates, check my other ongoing books, Scent of a Rogue (almost completed), Lullabye (M-W-F) and Dance of the Mermaids is now completed. Crippled and orphaned at fourteen, Valerie Matthews was taken in by leather goods billionaire Theodore Sangster IV and treated like his own child. He had three other wards, but Val was not officially adopted like the rest. A decade later, the old man is found dead in his study. The suspects include everyone living in the isolated mansion called Briar Hill: his three adopted children and the servants. Only Val seems to be exonerated because she uses a wheelchair to get around. Unsurprisingly, Sangster’s will names Val and his three adopted children as his principal heirs – together with one other name. Janus Malcolm arrives at Briar Hill to claim his inheritance. His arrival comes at the most unfortunate moment, as investigators pry into the lives of the Sangster children. Janus claims to be Sangster’s only living biological child. As Sangster’s death seems to be quickly forgotten, Val suspects that money has changed hands between her siblings and the corrupt authorities in the small town of Raven Ville. She finds some hope in the presence of the handsome and brooding Janus Malcolm, who may be as interested in finding out who murdered his father. Janus is overwhelmed by the change in his wealth. While the ethereal beauty Valerie seems innocent enough, a glint in her eyes shows she is hiding something. Will they trust each other enough to work together? Rated 18+ for dark themes, brief violence, steamy scenes
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Scent of A Rogue
Updated at Sep 2, 2022, 16:00
#Dreame Love Story Contest #enemiestolovers Went on PTR 8th August 2022 COMPLETED Gideon has so much to gain as the new Alpha of the dreaded Wolfless Pack, but he continues to mourn his losses. His pack is wolfless, godless, and corrupt. It makes and keeps them the wealthiest and the most hated in Oak City. His first battle was a failure, leaving him with a limp and causing the death of his mate. He wonders if it is time to give up a brotherhood he no longer believes in. Riva is a witch on her second initiation. She choked on her first attempt to kill a target. Determined to solidify her membership, she willingly accepts her next mission – to kill a corrupt politician with spells and a knife if needs be. However, it means passing through a dangerous forest owned by the Wolfless Pack. Sent to kill, she is attacked instead, taking a deadly bite from the Alpha. The attack is not what it seems, though, and instead of scaring her away, the bite seems to have forged a bond that she is afraid to acknowledge. The chance encounter fuels a passion that both try to quench as each focuses on their own missions. Even a melancholy wolf and a vengeful witch can find redemption in each other, even if they have to sacrifice their pride and respond to the seductive pull that is equal parts carnal and spiritual.
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Dance of the Mermaids
Updated at Jul 7, 2022, 16:00
#Dreame Love Story Contest #royalfantasy Hidden Gems June 2022 Honorable Mention List Top 50 - Dreame ACE BOOK CONTEST through the support of fellow writers and its first few readers WENT ON PTR: 14th June 2022/Completed on the 7th of July 2022 DAILY UPDATES *Feedback is most definitely welcome* Impatience. Sense of adventure. Both urge the mermaid Fiorentina to dive deeper into the murky sea depths. Forbidden. Dangerous. The mirror of clairvoyance can reveal the future. Fiorentina and her perpetual rival Carla believe that it can reveal the faces of their future husbands. The dive takes the wayward mermaid to that very mirror. However, it does not reveal her future husband. Instead, it shows dead young human women floating over the surface of the water. Pale, with open, slightly bulging eyes. One of them has her face. Frightened but intrigued, Fiorentina takes on her human form to investigate her true identity on land. A ball is going on at the palace by the shore. A drunken prince beckons her to the party, trying to make her stay. She cannot. Sleeping on land means death for mermaids, and half-drunk herself, she is close to shutting her eyes forever. The younger prince Alexander saves her from his brother's clutches but sees her transform into a mermaid right before she plunges into the sea. The initial attraction becomes fury, as the sighting reminds him of his mother’s death by drowning. “The mermaids were at fault,” they say, and the prince believes them. So, a cat and mouse game begins as Fiorentina continues to search for answers and Alexander – for revenge. However, both cannot deny that something else pulls them towards each other as their interactions become frequent, something more dangerous – like love.
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Judgment in Glass
Updated at Mar 31, 2022, 16:00
COMPLETED/UNDERGOING HEAVY PROOFREADING/EDITING - Please check my DAILY UPDATED book, "Scent of a Rogue, before it goes on PTR next week. Several chapters are up! Please support Scent of a Rogue and Dance of the Mermaids, my Dreame Love Story Contest entries. *Romantic Suspense Rafina just wants to be prettier, stronger, wealthier, and more popular. She wants it all. Then, she finds out that a mysterious company has taken residence in their community. The night shift business peddles all kinds of relics. One of them is a mirror that can bring Rafina everything she has ever wanted - at a cost. Framed in gold and stained with a dark history, the mirror can give her either glory or death. She must know how to fight through the many twists and turns that follow after she realizes that she has placed herself in a trap. The man who may help save her from ruin or death is someone she has always loathed. The mercenary Dragomir had a monster living inside of him - possibly a literal one - but he may have enough firepower and viciousness to help her out. A victim of the same dangerous company, he offers his help and possibly more. In the end, Serafina must come to terms with herself - her real identity - which hell is drawn towards. Would they both escape with their lives? Excerpt: “What do you want from me?” “I love you, Rafi. I had cared for you when you were a kid. Then, as I got to know the young woman, I knew you understood me. You saw my worst, and still, you did not push me away.” “Are you just saying that because I am the only one who is here?” she asked, afraid to respond to his confession of love. “No. I am used to being alone. I could have taken this as a solo mission, but you have become my true mission.” “I love you, too, Dragomir,” she finally said as he took her in his arms. For the rest of the night, they just embraced. Their bodies were sated, but more importantly, their hearts were full.
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The Royal Wolf and Hades' Daughter
Updated at Jan 29, 2022, 14:15
Completed on the 29th of January 2022 Book 3 of the Mogochislenian series but can be read as a standalone The best order would be as follows: Book 1 - The Royal Witch (completed, PTR) Book 2 - The Royal Flower (completed, PTR) Firebird (free, completed) - You can check this free book to check if you will enjoy my writing style. Prince Samuel is set to take over Shadowcreek, but he still battles with insecurities. At twenty-five, he still does not have magical powers - unlike most of his family members. The prince also carries the brunt of Erishkigal's curse, as he transforms into a wolf during full moons or moments of great anger. Without a pack, he becomes involved with various shifters hunting through the Forests. Some may be deadlier than they first let on. As the new Shadow King, Samuel also has to deal with further rebellions and an intense hatred for shifters. Even the People of Nowhere start being banished from the forests as new human kings attempt to take over Shadowcreek and the Forests of Mogochislenia. His mother may rule the Above and Beyond, but even she cannot protect him from the new unease that has been spreading across the continent. An encounter with a beautiful shifter makes him wonder if his current state is not as harsh a punishment as he initially believes. Discovering where her loyalties lie, on the other hand, may make his melancholy turn into a greater rage. Excerpt: “Yes, goodbye. I will be leaving Queenspell soon. I would be taking my father’s place in Shadowcreek,” the prince inwardly kicked himself for revealing too much. Still, it was too easy to say the words in front of this mysterious young woman. It was her turn to look melancholy, but she tried to hide it with a wide smile. “An abdication? That is a happier way to rise as king. Your father must be healthy still?” she asked. “Yes, he is. He wants me at Shadowcreek. It has to do with wolves. Therefore, a wolf must be sent there to do something about it,” the prince gave the shifter maiden a crooked grin to make it clear he was half-jesting. Melinoe did not smile. She was thinking hard about something, Samuel could tell. “What is it?” “Nothing. The hounds and some rebel wolves seem to be getting out of hand.” “Are you afraid of them?” “No, I am not afraid of them,” she said indignantly. “Come with me, Melinoe.” Samuel did not know where that came from, but he felt the urgency to tell her those words. “My mother needs me.” The prince was surprised that she did not laugh or protest. It almost seemed that she would come with him if not for her mother. “Is your mother old and ill?” he asked, concerned. She scoffed at that. Then, she held her mouth with a hand as if it had already given too much away. “No, she is not. But she controls me and everything that I had to do.” “Is that why you are still not married?” “At my age? A spinster?” Melinoe was now openly laughing. There were tears in her eyes, from mirth or something else; the prince was not sure. “Melinoe, you do not look like a spinster at all,” the prince said, closing the gap between them. He did not know why he was bold enough to hold her on both shoulders, but that was what he did. She looked up into his eyes, wondering what was going on. She did not protest when his lips descended on hers for a kiss.
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The Royal Flower
Updated at Dec 6, 2021, 14:18
Completed, 6th December 2021 PTR, 7th February 2022 (Rated 18+ for mature content: steamy scenes, brief fantasy-related violence, no abuse) It is part of a world, but can be read as a standalone book: Book 1: The Royal Witch (PTR, completed) Book 3: The Royal Wolf and Hades' Daughter (PTR, completed) Firebird (free, completed) - You can check this free book to check if you will enjoy my writing style. A brilliant man becomes a monk to run away from his father's influence. A woman's wicked wiles cause his fall from grace. When she leaves him for someone else, he retreats into the woods, where he discovers a different type of shifter. This young woman makes him believe in love and fate. Their connection goes beyond time and space and they have to fight mortal and supernatural forces to be together. Excerpt: When my eyes opened, I was in the courtyard. I saw a shimmering in the distance, close to the maze. They looked like heat waves creating a large wall. The waves were a mix of orange, yellow, and blue flame, looking like the sun had started rising in the middle of the courtyard. It was my eighteenth birthday, I knew it then, but it did not make sense. Why was I here? Then, as the shimmering became more transparent, I saw a face that was both familiar and strange. Daniel. He was wearing a black robe, a rosary around his neck. He looked like he was in quiet meditation, the small black bible in his hand open to a page. His mouth was moving, but I could not hear his voice. Suddenly, I saw that he felt my presence. His eyes looked up to me, looking like a cross between startled and pleased. It was the same face I was so close to only a few minutes ago, but it was also obviously a lot younger. He was coming closer. I could feel that he meant to pass through the waves. I was not usually speechless, but I did not say anything. Then, he was there by the shimmering, his mouth was moving, but I could not hear him. After a while, I started hearing his voice. “Good morning. Are you here to visit someone?” I laughed. What was he talking about? I was at home. “This is my home. I live here.” I could see Daniel looking at me, my clothes, and the castle at the back. He looked bewildered, but he blinked his eyes several times. He looked like he was in disbelief. Then, he looked at the opened page right in front of him and started muttering some words. He was praying. What did he think I was? A demoness? What would a young monk think when he saw a young woman across what seemed like cold flames? I went closer to the shimmering wall and touched it. It was suddenly gone.
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The Royal Witch
Updated at Oct 29, 2021, 15:52
Book 2 - The Royal Flower (PTR, completed) Book 3 - The Royal Wolf and Hades' Daughter (PTR, completed) Book 4 - Firebird (free, completed) - You can read this free book to check if you will enjoy my writing style. (each can also be read as a standalone) A spoiled princess. A stablehand. A handsome prince who is used to getting what he wants. None of them will end up where each started, as each goes through tests in character. In Kingspell, some rules do not get questioned: Witches are evil and must be burnt, Women can never take the throne Mortal men take the crown and scepter A Vessel Princess is just a pawn. But, Soraya, in the enchanted cabin, finds A young stablehand with power She just might change her heart and mind Before the final hour. ...and take everything: magic, love and the throne. Mogochislenia. The patriarchal continent is about to feel a power shift, as King Dante tries to find a husband for her daughter. Women have no right to rule as monarchs. So, they must be wed to someone with a high enough rank. Kingspell, Dante’s domain, is the highest kingdom of the land. The handsome Prince Killian of Swordsmith is charming enough to tempt Princess Soraya. Still, she is unsure whether he is enchanted by her beauty or the promise of absolute power. Things get more complicated when she meets Adrian, the stablehand, in a mysterious cabin that seems to be hidden from non-witches. It makes her question her legacy. Is she a witch? Witches are burnt, and women have no power. Could she turn her destiny around to take over the throne and still keep the love of her life? *This title is a slow-burn romance that explores the intertwined fates of Soraya and Adrian. It goes from sweet to steamy, with some violence.
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