About This Book
Trapped Within a Wish by Brynn Myers
For eighteen years, Nathan Wade has searched for answers regarding his father’s disappearance. Now, in 1920, he receives a letter from Calla Lily Mircea saying she’s in possession of some of his father’s belongings in a town called Havenwood Falls. Nathan wonders how a field camera lost on an archeological dig in Egypt could end up in a small town in Colorado, but something draws him in. Nathan takes the leap of faith, only to have his world turned upside down when he finds not only the camera, but a hidden treasure within.
Amani lost everything the day she came of age and her true nature was revealed. Now, having been trapped for eighteen years, her only hope is that someone will save her from the hell she’s had to endure. When a handsome stranger inadvertently releases her, the wait is over, and the truth of her imprisonment comes to light.
Nathan and Amani are now bound to one another and determined to piece together the past. Someone wanted her gone, and she and Nathan race to solve the mystery that connects them both before it’s too late.
Blood and Damnation by Belinda Boring
With the world laid out before him, Marcus St. James enjoyed the many fruits of society, none more so than the women who fell at his feet and lifted their skirts. A few whispered promises and he could have whichever beauty caught his eye. Until the night he led a young gypsy woman into the alleyway, where more than just heated kisses were exchanged.
Knocked unconscious, Marcus awakens to find his companion dead in his arms, her blood screaming for justice. Before he can uncover the truth, her family arrives—hellbent on punishing the person who murdered their kin. Ignoring his pleas of innocence, they curse him to an existence as a blood drinker.
In the wake of death, a new purpose is born, transforming Marcus into a monster. Driven by his thirst for vengeance, he focuses on hunting down the gypsies who destroyed his life. But when an innocent girl finds her way into his fortress, Marcus must decide what the true curse is: a life filled with blood and damnation or one void of love and hope. He’ll discover one lasting truth—love can soften even the hardest of hearts. And can also stoke the fires of retribution.
Fated Beginnings by E.J. Fechenda
Ever since he was a young boy, Daniel McCabe and his family have been running to escape his father’s past—a past scarred by the cruelty of humans against their kind. Indian reservations, the Japanese internment camps of World War II, and racial segregation only reinforce what he’s been taught: humans mistreat those who are different. Fearing the same treatment if his shifter abilities are ever discovered, he keeps to himself and trusts very few. While the war may be over, the 1950s seem to be a time of conformity, and Daniel is anything but a conformist.
After Daniel moves his mom back to Colorado, the only place he has really considered home, a job opportunity brings him to a small town nestled in the Rocky Mountains. Havenwood Falls offers the promise of a new beginning—a chance to help the town grow and to establish a life for himself and for others like him. He even finds his mate.
Colleen Campbell is smart, funny, bold, and beautiful. And human.
Havenwood Falls has everything Daniel has dreamt about, offering a stable future with a woman he could love. But if he can’t overcome everything he knows and believes, this fated beginning may already be at its end.
Legends of Havenwood Falls Volume Two
A Legends of Havenwood Falls Collection
Brynn Myers
Belinda Boring
E.J. Fechenda
Copyright © 2018 Trapped Within a Wish by Brynn Myers, Blood and Damnation by Belinda Boring, and Fated Beginnings by E.J. Fechenda, Ang’dora Productions, LLC
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Legends of Havenwood Falls Books
Lost in Time by Tish Thawer
Dawn of the Witch Hunters by Morgan Wylie
Redemption’s End by Eric R. Asher
Trapped Within a Wish by Brynn Myers
Blood and Damnation by Belinda Boring
Fated Beginnings by E.J. Fechenda
Emeline by Katie M. John
Released From a Curse by Brynn Myers
A Pack of Lies by Kallie Ross
Kiss the Ashes by Desiree Lafawn
Hidden Truths by Colleen Nye (April 2019)
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Contents
Brynn Myers
Trapped Within a Wish
Also by Brynn Myers
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Belinda Boring
Blood and Damnation
Also by Belinda Boring
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Epilogue
About the Author
Acknowledgments
E.J. Fechenda
Fated Beginnings
Also by E.J. Fechenda
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Epilogue
About the Author
Acknowledgments
An Excerpt
Emeline
Trapped Within a Wish
Brynn Myers
Also by Brynn Myers
The Prophecies of The Nine Series
Entasy Book 1
Redemption Book 2
The Jorja Graham Duology
The Life & Death of Jorja Graham
The Echoed Life of Jorja Graham
Falling Out of Focus
Captivated by Cr
imson
Fairytale Confessions—print only
One Last Con—e-book only
Chapter 1
The hallway of New York University bustled with students roaming around—some were on their way to exams, while others were chatting about the upcoming summer break.
In his office on campus, Nathan Wade rifled through term papers, trying to find a student’s dissertation on the 42 Laws of Ma’at when the door to his office opened, startling him.
“Is this what you’ve been waiting for?” Lillian asked as she entered the room.
“I don’t know, Ms. Hartman. What is it?” Nathan replied as he continued to shuffle through the stack of papers in his hands.
“Enough with that formal business, young man. There are no students around,” Lillian scoffed as she wagged the paper she held in the air. “This came in about an hour and a half ago, but you were teaching, and I didn’t think it was important enough to interrupt the class to give it to you,” she replied with a sly grin. “And why is he sending telegraphs anyway? Has he forgotten we’re in the twentieth century? It is 1920, after all.”
Nathan shook his head and chuckled under his breath. “What did Edgar have to say with his antiquated form of communication?”
Lillian reached for the silver chain holding her cheaters and pulled them on to see the words clearer. She read the two words and clicked her tongue in frustration. “Nothing yet.”
“Nothing yet, what?”
“That’s it. That’s all it says.” Lillian walked over to her desk and sat down. “I do not know why you continue to pay him to look for your father’s satchel—it and the camera are long gone.” She shook her head slowly. “I’m sorry. I know that is not what you want to hear, but it’s true. It’s been eighteen years, son. You have to move past this.” Her tone shifted from judgmental to soft as she took off her glasses and let them hang around her neck.
“I can’t stop searching and you know why,” Nathan said as he stared into the eyes of the woman who’d cared for him after his father’s disappearance.
Lillian Hartman was widowed, like his father had been. Before Nathan was born, Lillian and her husband, Charles, had been neighbors and close friends with his parents. When Nathan’s mother died of consumption, Lillian became Nathan’s surrogate mother. Then, after his father disappeared, she and Charles raised Nathan—gave him a life in lieu of his loss.
When Charles passed away a few years ago, Lillian was in need of a hobby to keep her mind busy. All that unused energy was going to waste, and Nathan was in need of an office assistant, now that he was an associate professor at the university. Lillian was the perfect assistant and the most qualified candidate to manage all of Nathan’s pastimes.
“Nathan,” Lillian soothed, “the clue to where your father disappeared to is not in that camera. Edgar can search the world over and still conclude what we already know. Sam and the camera are gone.”
“I want to know what happened, Lillian. Not knowing is what binds me to this quest.”
“But some mysteries will never be unraveled. You simply have to move on.”
Nathan bowed his head and whispered, “I know.”
“You’re better suited spending your energy uncovering the mysteries found in those Egyptian tombs you love so much.” She grinned and then threw her hands in the air. “That reminds me. I received notification from Howard Carter’s office about an expedition opportunity. I’m not certain how that will work with your current class schedule, though.”
Nathan glanced up. “They requested me?”
“Yes,” she said, handing him the letter. “Here, read it. It’s very complimentary.”
“Wow, I didn’t expect that,” Nathan said as he put on his glasses to read the letter. When he read the last line, he grinned appreciatively. “It is indeed very complimentary, but sadly, I’m going to have to pass on this offer and use my time here to study linguistics in my off time.” He sighed. “Maybe they’ll ask again, for another dig. I can’t imagine there won’t be more to come.”
“Always wanting to learn more. You always were such a curious boy.”
“I received word that new funerary texts have arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They’ll need to be translated, and as you have pointed out, it may do me some good to dive into a distraction.”
Lillian picked up a stack of mail from the inbox on the corner of her desk and started to flip through it. As she did, she pulled her glasses back on and examined one envelope with an odd symbol pressed into a wax seal.
“Who uses letter seals anymore?” she mumbled under her breath. “Well, I guess whoever this is from,” Lillian said to herself as she reached for her letter opener.
Lillian pulled out the neatly folded letter and read the words, disbelief and shock contorting her face with each word she read.
Dear Mr. Wade,
I’m writing this letter to inform you I am in possession of a camera I believe belongs to you. Inside the top flap of the tattered brown leather case is a tag with this New York address. The inscription reads, Samuel N. Wade. I do hope I’ve not contacted the wrong person in error and that this field camera indeed belongs to you. When you receive this, please reply to the address listed on the envelope.
Sincerely,
Calla Lily Mircea
“What’s wrong, Lillian?” Nathan asked.
“Someone in,” she paused to flip over the envelope, “Havenwood Falls has found your father’s camera. They even have the bag,” Lillian muttered. “I can’t believe it.”
“Where is Havenwood Falls?”
“According to the postage mark, it’s someplace in Colorado.”
“Colorado?” Nathan exclaimed. “How in the hell did the camera get there? It has to be a mistake. Egypt to some random place in the middle of nowhere is a bit of a stretch, don’t you think?”
Lillian nodded, still trying to comprehend the words she’d just read. Sam’s camera had been missing for as long as he had been, and no one, besides Nathan, thought they’d ever see it again. She eyed him over her glasses. “Nathan, I don’t want you to get your hopes up.”
Nathan took the letter from Lillian and stared at the words on the page for a moment before responding. “It may be nothing, but this is the first lead we’ve had. I will have to contact this Calla Lily and find out for myself.”
“No, you can send Edgar. That is why you hired him, is it not?”
Nathan sighed. “It is, but there is something odd about this letter—this woman’s writing. I feel like this is it. This,” Nathan paused, “this is my father’s camera, Lillian. I have to do this.”
“Oh, Nathan,” she replied gently.
“Look, it won’t hurt anyone. Only another week and classes will be out for summer break. I can go then, and that way nothing will be affected here.”
Lillian laid her hand on Nathan’s. “This could indeed be a mistake, but I understand what you’re saying. I will cover you here. I want you to have peace of mind, and I need you to find closure and put your father’s death behind you.”
“What if it is his? What if he is alive and has been living in Colorado all this time?”
She pulled him into a hug. “Then I guess that is all the more reason for you to go,” she said as she stepped back. “Either way, you’ll have an answer.”
Nathan nodded. “I don’t know, Lillian. I have a feeling I can’t shake.”
“Well, then let me respond to this Miss Mircea and make the arrangements for you to stay a few days,” she said, before she kissed him on the forehead and walked over to her desk.
“This had better not be another dead end,” Nathan mumbled under his breath as the gentle clicks of the typewriter sounded in the background.
Chapter 2
The week passed by quickly, and Nathan was almost ready to go. Lillian had made all the arrangements with Calla Lily for Nathan to stay at Whisper Falls Inn upon his arrival. She also made sure Nathan’s colleagues were aware he’d only be g
one a short period of time on a fact-finding mission and would be back before summer’s end at the latest.
Lillian thought back to when Samuel disappeared. He’d been working at the excavation site for Hatshepsut’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Everything was going as expected according to his correspondence, and then one day they received a telegraph stating he’d gone missing—simply vanished, no trace of him found by the other Egyptologists on the dig. The only evidence they had was from a worker who reported seeing him taking a photograph of two young women near the excavation site.
Nathan had convinced himself that his father’s satchel was the key to finding out what happened. He’d go on and on about photos, or maybe something Samuel found, and how it could show not only inside information about the tomb, but could also provide clues as to what happened on that day. Either way, Lillian worried about how all of this would affect Nathan in the end. Not knowing left him sad, but hungry for information––a conclusion could leave him broken.
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