Kirjahaku

Set in the stunning region of the Western District - Soul Keepers of Glenormiston South: A Victoria Collection Novel.Mother Earth has been cruelly impacted by the uncaring and the ignorant. Her foundation is wavering, her biodiversity declining. Humanity is failing her, and malicious forces are working to ensure that evil continues to reign. The demise of the planet is imminent...unless a saviour can answer her cry for help.That saviour is Angel Cloud.Along with her family of royal-souls, known as the Soul Keepers of Glenormiston South, they fight the malevolent Veins; a vile species who spread chaos and destruction throughout the world, devouring all in their path. But Angel soon discovers that not all who are born from evil, become it. All Angel desires is to help and heal every soul. But even Soul Keepers must obey the laws laid down by the High Council; to disobey is to be punished. Although she struggles to follow these rules, Angel soon discovers why she, especially, must be protected: a powerful Vein has come to Glenormiston South. One who seeks to destroy everything she loves.Under the guidance of her blood-sibling, Michael, and his soul-sibling, Bowie, Angel must learn to harness her immense power and unite with the one person who can help her reach her full potential; her soul-partner. Only then will she be able to do what she was born to do-save the world. With her soul-sibling, Sam, by her side, Angel is determined to do all she can to protect the ones she loves.At any cost.Will she become strong enough to save Mother Earth and all her innocent creatures, ensuring the restoration of her biodiversity? Or will the Veins' malevolent plan to destroy the one planet they all need to survive, Earth, overpower them all?

Set in the stunning region of the Western District, Noorat - Obsidian Souls: A Victoria Collection Novel. Samantha Storm can't remember a time when she wasn't in love with Maxwell Black, despite him telling her they could be nothing more than friends. When he returns home from Italy to Glenormiston South, she keeps her distance to protect herself from falling under his spell. Just when she fi nds the strength to survive living in the same town with a man she still longs for, she's thrust headfi rst into his world, right beneath his brooding, dark eyes that see all. Assigned to watch him and the decisions he makes as he chooses a path that could put them all in danger. Maxwell Black has fought against the darkness within him his entire life. Born from Veins and raised by their mortal enemy, Soul Keepers, he was always reminded that he was less than the mighty Royal Souls - some kind of parasite. Returning to his childhood home in Noorat, he swears to protect those who have suffered in the war between Veins and Soul Keepers. Acting on a decision that will impact the world around him and everyone in it as he fi ghts against the injustice his species have suff ered. Having Samantha Storm under his roof is an added complication he wasn't prepared for as dark secrets from his past emerge, and an enemy he thought long dead, returns to destroy everything he holds dear. Can mortal enemies work together to save Mother Earth? Or will greed, and prejudice forsake all?

BOOK ONE OF THE GIVEN TRILOGThe world no longer tolerates vicious, repeat offenders, and deals with criminals accordingly. The survivors of these heinous crimes are sent to private establishments around the globe, known as, The Given.The Louisiana's Given is run by the ever charming and handsome brothers, Damon and Cam Night who are obligated by their rule to mentor, protect and offer all the wounded a safe haven, a place to heal mentally and physically, whilst coming to terms with their new life. New Given must follow strict rules and an intense regime that comes with the gift of a superior education that only The Given establishments can offer.Lilliana becomes one of the Given, after suffering a horrific event that separates her from her family forever and she finds herself thrust into a foreign world of volatile individuals, challenging situations and unyielding rules. Her unexpected attraction to Damon Night confuses her all the more, as she tries to deal with her trauma and get a grip on her undetermined reality, amidst the broken minds of society.Damon is puzzled by the lure the beautiful Lilliana has on him, as he continues to run the family business in a respectful manner, expected of him with his responsibilities, but finds it harder to fight his growing, forbidden attraction to her. An unexpected desire that adds to the already challenging day to day running of The Given.Can friendship, animal therapy, education, and love weave their magic around the souls in The Given, and in time, heal the abused and injured? Or does danger and tragedy strike once too often and tear their safe haven apart? To Whom Much is Given, much is expected.

Damon Night has left the Louisiana's Given Establishment to work undercover in a fallen world full of despicable mayhem. Partly to help the Officials eliminate an Underworld narcotics epidemic, partly to escape his lust and overwhelming desire for Lilliana. Existing day to day without him, Lilliana completes her studies, to then thrive in her role as a leading therapist offering support to the mentally and physically wounded souls the outside world has delivered to them. Between a hectic schedule, expected from the establishment, to juggling free time with her friends, life flowed around her in a complex, yet meaningful way as the years passed, longing for Damon's return. Five years undercover can do a lot to a man who had to fully commit himself to his role in order to convince the black minds of society he was one of them. When Damon returns, Lilliana hardly recognises the dangerous and unpredictable man who stands before her, but when her eyes meet his, questions of who the man he has become, fade as memories of the past ignite more than just an inferno of feelings. Can Damon overcome the abuse he subjected himself, and others to whilst undercover, and Can Lilliana forgive him his crimes? Just when they are so close to coming together, evil forces weave their sticky web of destruction. Will they be able to finally overcome these dangerous hurdles, or will they once again be forced miles apart?

HOFFMAN, OKMULGEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA: DOING BUSINESS ON THE INDIAN TERRITORY FRONTIER is a 240-page history of business activity at what was first a Creek Indian Nation and then later an Okmulgee County town site, documented by means of a unique collection of photographs and other graphic forms that illustrate what life was like there between around 1870 up to more recent times. The focus of the book is on the businesses of Hoffman Townsite, but information about many former residents, buildings, homes, landmarks, and key events is included as well. The intent of the author was to capture the look and feel of day-to-day life in one of the many town sites that were incorporated soon after land in the Oklahoma Indian Territory was made available for outside settlement.

MOCK'S BAD STOMP IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY OF PRE-STATEHOOD OKLAHOMA, a brutal assault has been committed against a young Creek woman by the name of Etta Jane "Mock" Burnham. A full description of how and why the assault occurred is revealed, but, surprisingly, sympathy for the victim is not what it ought to be. Soon, the focus shifts more toward the consequences of the crime than the incident itself. TWO PERSONAL PROBLEMS turned Mock into the rebellious and angry young woman she was - the toxic relationship that existed between herself and her parents and her outright hatred of her backwater hometown. Things had been said and done that could not be taken back or forgotten, much less forgiven; blind and thoughtless anger on Mock's part had made it much too late for that. All she could think of was how to escape the choking constraints of her parental home and the hometown she abhorred. MOCK'S OWN TERRIBLE ATTITUDE had turned her into a vengeful bridge burner as well, a young woman who had not only taken full advantage of but also perversely relished every opportunity that arose to alienate the very people - family members, friends, and neighbors - who in the normal course of things would have helped her when the going got rough. Her own behavior led first to an ill-fated association with the man most everyone in her community referred to as "Crazy Early" and then to what eventually came to be referred to as "The Story of Mock's Bad Stomp". Mock was a young woman who asked for trouble, and, sadly for her, that's exactly what she wound up getting. *****