"Why the masks, why did you scare me?" I asked Austin. He laughed, flashing his white teeth. "You used to love that game, Harlow. Eden was hoping it would jog your memory." "That wasn't a game, Austin. I thought you were going to hurt me." His eyes flicked down to my mouth, and I winced as he pinched my cheeks. "The games are just beginning again, Harlow. You're ours to do with as we please." - Memories are what can make you or break you. Something bad made Harlow forget about her youth, but now her youth, the men she grew up with and loved, have come to claim her. - Memories flooded past the wall that I had so carefully constructed in my youth, a wall that now lay in shambles. Destruction lay all around me in the form of forced silence and stolen youth. - “Secrets in the Ashes: Fragments of Desire” is the original work of Jasper Quirk, an eGlobal Publishing Company signed author.

"We need to get going," one said in a low growl as he came up beside me. "Not playing with some toy at the bath house. There's plenty of things to play with at the party." "I don't know," the other one responded loud enough for everyone to hear. "This toy is nice to look at." --- Vasilia came from humble origins, and she craved to be more in life, what she never expected was, to climb so high, taken by four powerful and corrupted sinners. --- I couldn't help the smile that tugged at the corners of my lips. Perhaps I was finally losing my mind or maybe the heat was just getting to me. Crazy or not though, it didn’t matter. These men were nobles, powerful men with pull and sway. Getting close to them was my potential foot in the door to the life of the rich and the powerful. --- The 4 Faces of Corruption is the work of Jasper Quirk, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.