Lola's Bookshelf
Grand Epic Elemental
Book 1 of the Grand Epic Elemental trilogy
In a world overseen by the goddesses of the four elements, Leiyu accompanies a trade caravan traveling westward to the Kingdom of Ishkhandar. Little does he know, he is about to meet someone who will change his life and embark on a journey to escape fate.
THAT FIRST BREAK (Broken Redemption Prequel)
Choosing her cost me everything I’d ever loved… including her.
I had everything a guy could ask for, a loving family, the perfect small-town life, and a promising future I had worked hard for.
It should have been enough.
She was off-limits, my parent’s best friend’s daughter, practically my sister. I fought my feelings, pretending our soul-deep connection didn’t exist. When she confessed she felt the same, I pushed her away, believing our friendship mattered more than temporary infatuation. That she agreed should have come as a relief, but it left me with this void I didn’t know how to fill.
It’s what drove me to the bonfire that night. Right there, with our friends as witnesses, I claimed her. Told her I loved her and made her promises I shouldn’t have made.
Hours later, it all came crashing down in a whirlwind of fire and ashes. That one split-second choice to go after a girl that wasn’t meant for me cost me everything I loved.
I never should have crossed that line or given in. It’s why she’ll forever be my greatest love and deepest regret.
This tragic story is the beginning of our end…
Border Crossing
After fleeing sexual assault at the hands of his Alpha’s son, submissive wolf Gil finds himself captured in enemy territory. Fearing for his life, he still pleads not to be sent back to face his tormenter’s wrath.
He’s given a chance, but the price is steep; he has to convince one of the dominant wolves here to “take him home”. When the rough, aggressive man who captured him offers to do just that, Gil can only hope there’s more than a big bad wolf under that prickly surface.
Content Warning: Prior abuse, reference to amputation, attempted/threatened sexual assault, blood, explicit sex, firearms, kidnapping, PTSD, violence
Every Boy's Nightmare
Billionaire. Bad boy. Mafiosos.
...None of which describes Christian personally; he just happens to know them all.
Meet Christian, a self-contained, self-imposed shut-in, struggling failing business owner. Partial agoraphobic... Possibly the next future model in Good Ol' Paris?...Debatably maybe. ~
When one crazy night between him and his best friend gets out of hand, the result changes the course of his life forever. Plunged into a reluctant love triangle between some of the most high-profile killers in the Industry, Christian must confront the reality of his past, the consequences of his present, and adapt to a future he never thought to prepare for. For a man who could barely open his front door some days, Christian's life is swept up in a whirlwind of betrayal, love, hatred, enmity, and bitter rivalries, and the only question is, will he even live to find The One? ~ They say love conquers all, but whoever said that sure as hell never met the criminal underbelly of Roster, New Mexico.
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Follow the story as Christian finds his way out of the ashes of his tragic past, finds his voice, and learns how to pull his own triggers.~
*Contains mature content, themes of BDSM, Domination and violence, drama, love, sex, and hate all on the winding journey to Self-recovery*
SILK AND STEEL
The world ended. The apocalypse came. The gods waged war on each other across the realms of reality and at last wiped themselves out. Angles and devils took the souls they wanted to who knows where. And then it was over. And you and others like you were left behind. Maybe your soul was trapped inside your body and couldn’t leave. Maybe it was bound to a demon. Or maybe you have no soul at all. Either way, you must be some kind of monster. All that is left is to decide – what kind of a monster are you going to be?
This is the premise of the short novel Silk and Steel – a dark dystopia / mythpunk story set in a post-apocalyptic world. It’s heavily based around Romani and Eastern European mythology and crammed full of LGBTQIA+ romance. Forget shiny heroes wielding even shinier weapons to defeat 'evil' foes. Instead, every monster here must simply try to survive and carve a place for themselves in this new confounding reality. At the end of the world, there are no heroes, everyone is some kind of monster and each choice they make will shape what kind of monster they eventually become...
Silk and Steel has:
Larger than life characters that you can invest in - a complex plot full of intrigue and suspense - a dark gaslamp/steampunk setting rich in folklore and mythos - graphic violence - steamy sex scenes - villains you'll really love to hate - heroes with troubled pasts and hearts of gold - supporting cinnamon rolls you'll want to adopt and take home.
CWs:
Violence, consensual and non-consensual sex, physical, emotional and sexual abuse, prostitution, drugs, alcohol, addiction, theft and organised crime, swearing, murder, mental health issues including self harm and suicide, demons, magic, religion, cults.
Each chapter will have its own flags so you know what's coming up but please be advised that this is a grim story told in a harsh world - no chapter will be suitable for under 18s and all chapters may include content which some readers may find disturbing.