Afton Feltham Author
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~Bloom of the Desert Rose~
Marie Bensworth has been married now for ten long years, living in the Wyoming plains' beautiful empty spaces with her husband, Lewis. Childless and lonely, it seems her life is faced with replaying the same hot, long days again and again. That is until an outcast stranger moves to town. In the weeks to follow, thoughts and feelings arise within her, she never knew she had, pushing and guiding her to this new and mysterious man. When their worlds abruptly collide, their attraction, at first ignored, becomes something much more powerful, stirring deeply within each of them. Now, as the golden band on her left hand sets her life, she must decide if this man is worth the cost of her reputation and marriage. But when Lewis becomes suspicious, Marie will be faced with the choice to stand firm or fall into the strong arms of a man she was destined to love.
~Sacrifice~
World War II rages across Europe, spreading fear and terror. In the cold northwest of Russia, a small military camp resides, hidden by a great forest. Boris Vlastimil a young soldier is ready to fight for his country, but when the camp is turned into a prison, leading to a large explosion, Boris awakes to find his fellow soldiers have fled. Leaving behind a wanted prisoner.
Mira Juska is alone, torn from her family in Latvia in their flight from capture. Waking in the rubble of the aftermath of the explosion and face-to-face with her enemy. Now they are each faced with a choice, to live or die with or without pride. With no language between them, Boris and Mira travel south for help. Cold and hungry, Boris begins choosing kindness over brutality. Mira resists, her past leaving a mark he couldn't see, but as gestures and moments grow, the kindness in him reveals itself. Now scarred by their places in the war, they will have to decide if their love is worth their lives.
~Verge~
James "Jimmy" Hendson is only thirteen when he witnesses a UFO landing in the woods near his home. After a brief encounter, Jimmy is left with only a memory of what happened that night, as the rest of the world brushed his imaginative mind aside. He spends his life in search of an answer, coming to look upon his thirty-eighth birthday lost in a fantasy. But as a call comes in on the radio, Jimmy finds himself standing before the same ship he saw as a child. In an instant, Jimmy is placed in a world he could never have imagined, and soon his life will become something he only dared to dream about. With the help of his crew and their spaceship 'Verge' Jimmy, and Captain Athera will be faced with the challenge to save Earth, as well as each other.
~Head Above Water~
What happens when you let your past shape your future? Joseph Laneau would have the answer. As a young man, with his life ahead of him, fate's ugly hand rolls the dice, altering his future and that of his dearly betrothed. For years Joseph sat by and watched as the woman he loved went on with her life, marrying and having children. Now the spring of 1915, in the isolated Canadian North, Mrs. Minnie Pierson has suddenly become a widow with two children to look after. The doors slowly open for them as the harsh realities of living a life in the north, push them together. But grief and guilt hold them back, even as their battle over desires and shame grow. Can Joseph learn to let go of the past and will Minnie allow love in her life again.
~Weight~
On the rugged shores of Cape Breton, the residents of Angel Port are doing more than weathering the Atlantic storms—they are trying to survive the shadow of the Great War. For Elsie Douglas, a war widow struggling to raise her daughter in a house filled with silence, the world has lost its color.
When Alexander Kelton arrives as the town’s new teacher, his presence is a disruption. Refined, different, and unable to hide his outsider status, he is quickly cast to the fringes of the tight-knit community. Yet, a chance encounter between the lonely widow and the misunderstood outcast sparks an unexpected connection. As a deadly plague begins to sweep through a town already wounded by grief, Elsie and Alexander must decide: will they let the burdens of the past anchor them, or will they brave the storm for a second chance at life?
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Better Sweet & Strange
Beyond the shadows of Dawnwell, beauty is waiting to be found. For Harmony Prost, life is a cycle of duty and survival. But when the chance to work at the decaying Dawnwell Castle arises, she accepts out of necessity, despite the chilling whispers that cling to its stones. The town sees a ruin; the rumors see a monster.
Inside, she finds Archibald Caine—a man who returned from the war with scars that run deeper than skin. Convinced that his brokenness belongs in the dark, Archie has retreated into the silence of his ancestral home. He has spent years perfecting the art of being invisible, but he didn't account for Harmony.
As Harmony begins to peel back the layers of dust and despair, Archie finds himself drawn to the light she brings. In a world that taught them both to settle for less, they must decide if they are brave enough to see what is hidden in plain sight: a beauty far greater than they ever dared to imagine.
Forbidden Tides: Trilogy
Love on the open sea brings adventure, challenge and a passion no one expected.
~Untitled 1800's Romance~
Two families, once close friends and neighbours, now forgotten strangers. As time passes and lives move on, their worlds are once again brought together, with a lingering residue of something unspoken or hidden.
To complicate things, the once childhood friends are all grown up and struggling with the truths of life. What will happen when love, eager and unapologetic begins to unveil a long held secret. Will love prove worthy or will truth stain a possible future.