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Darkbeam by Adrienne Woods is almost upon us! B

7/13/2020

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Title: Darkbeam Part III Series: Beam Series Author: 

Adrienne Woods Genre: Fantasy ISBN: 
Page count: 583 
ASIN: B0832WQHJR 
Publication Date: 23rd June 2020 Publishers: 

Fire Quill Publishers Description:
 
The Third part in the Darkbeam Novels: The Rubicon's Story. Blake Leaf is fighting against the Dent. He truly believes that the Dent is an enslavement spell. One where he would lose himself and that the bond is not natural. He takes extreme measures with the help of Sam and Dimitri, a very dark sorcerer, that might cost him his life, if he caves. Darkbeam is the Rubicon's story and also part of the Spin off series from the INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SERIES The Dragonian Series.

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BookBrushImage-2020-5-23-20-2444 The next day Elena felt lighter. It was her birthday. I still didn’t care, but what choice did I have? I hadn’t even Dented. The fucking spell was trying to suck me in, forcing me into what it wanted me to become. Maybe George hadn’t been strong enough to fight it. Maybe he’d had Becky’s yapping in his mind and gave in. Well, I wasn’t some fucking Moon-Bolt who didn’t have the balls to fight. I would break the spell. Whoever had come up with it would learn they’d made a mistake trying to control dragons. I’m the Alpha. I won’t go down like that. Until then, I had to endure every fucking moment of her rescue. Luckily, my father came through. He got her away from Stan and back with friends. Her happiness clashed with my darkness, and their reunion made me shudder. It felt as if I would throw up, and I wasn’t even near her. My body felt wrong. I tried to push her thoughts away and get my fucking life back. With effort, and some killer headaches, her yapping became more dull, like whispers. It was bearable. I could still see the events taking place in Elena’s life. It was exhausting. I wasn’t giving in though. I’d fight until the bitter end. * * * I woke up just after lunch. Her voice was ringing inside my head, like an alarm clock I couldn’t snooze. At least she was having fun and not whining. She was riding jet-skis with Emanual, King Helmut’s dragon. She was sitting behind him, with her arms wrapped around his waist. She felt conflicted. She was happy, but it was more than that. I laughed as I realized what it was. She was attracted to Emanual’s human form. Better him than me. I tuned in. “It’s like flying,” she said, the jet-ski speeding through the water. What did she know about flying? As I remember, she was scared of heights when she became a dragon. “I forgot to ask you. How did it feel to be a dragon?” Emanual asked. “Don’t. I miss it more than anything in this world.” Had she embraced her dragon side? When? Why couldn’t I remember?

About the Author


AdrianneAdrienne Woods is a USA Today Bestselling author, living in South Africa. She’s been in love with books all her life and knew at the age of 13 that she is going to be a writer one day. That dream happened ten years ago and she started to pen her stories down on paper. Firebolt, her debut novel, were released 4 years after that, and she hasn’t stop since. Now she almost have 15 novels under her belt, and it doesn’t look like she is going to stop soon. To find out more about Adrienne and her books, please visit her website at www.adriennewoodsbooks.com.
FOLLOW LINKS Facebook Instagram Twitter Bookbub Goodreadsenne Woods is a USA Today Bestselling author, living in South Africa. She’s been in love with books all her life and knew at the age of 13 that she is going to be a writer one day. That dream happened ten years ago and she started to pen her stories down on paper. Firebolt, her debut novel, were released 4 years after that, and she hasn’t stop since. Now she almost have 15 novels under her belt, and it doesn’t look like she is going to stop soon. To find out more about Adrienne and her books, please visit her website at www.adriennewoodsbooks.com.
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HOPPY EASTER GIVEAWAY HOP! Exclusive free book and book title

4/14/2020

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Thank you for stopping by my blog!  

  • I am excited to share a bit of me with you today. Hoping this hop arranged by Mary at bookhounds gives you some distranction, fun and excitment in these difficult times. I would also like to offer anyone who needs to vent or just connect in a safe space an listening ear. Feel free to hit me up on any of my social media platforms. I might be busy with some book dedlines but I check in as often as I can to connect, share and start conversations with book loving people, bloggers, artists and kind hearted souls like you!  

I have something special planned for this stop! 

So please be so kind as to loose yourself in this lenghty post about my free offers, my giveaway, and my newest book title reveal has been especially held back just for this hop! 
Enjoy! 
Carlyle 
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Exclusive free gifts
Infallible free offer 

Is very sad to say that over the last year my bestselling romantic suspense has not been available on ebook in the USA, amazon has failed to help with this issue - this means only good things for you. I love this book, adore the cover and want my readers to enjoy it. 

About the book Cursed in love, death was coming for her once again... Sexy, smart and career-ambitious, South African Detective Scarlet Anne Martins gets the career opportunity of her life---working for the NYPD's Special Crimes Unit. After landing a high-profile case involving the escape of a notorious serial killer, her career jumps from freelance detective for the NYPD to consulting for the FBI. But never had she imagined how quickly those dreams could slip through her fingers when she meets her new partner Agent Blade, who appears to have a vendetta against the killer Scarlet is assigned to bring down. At a shocking turn of events, Scarlet finds herself a fugitive in a foreign country after being framed for a fatal bombing and aiding the escape of a serial killer. She starts to suspect her new partner was put on her path as a distraction, that is, until he saves her life. Despite herself she can no longer deny her feelings for Agent Blade, and her desperation to save him will ultimately be what could kill them both.
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Free digital gifts + Free ebook offer. ​

So here is the deal Ive made with my publisher, I am aloud to give you a free copy of this book in exchange for some help with our mystery boxset NOTORIOUS MINDS. 
Our sales goal is to sell 500 copies on itunes or nook to hit a bestseller status. 
If you are willing to spend 99c on itunes or nook to support our 20 author mystery boxset I can give you this book for free - and the set has a free reading bundle you can grab now! 
But you can absolutlely download a free digital bookark of infallibe and a free digital sticker of infallible for yourself no strings attached and have them printed once lockdown is over - IT IS SIGNED! 
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​TETHERED is also free in our free reading bundle with 99c boxset purchase of notorious minds!  

My book veiled will be exculsive to this boxset and as its the follow up of Tethered it only makes sense to grab it for free as a build up to book two! 

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​This mystery boxset is packed with 20 Nail biting novels that will hold you on the edge of your seat, crying for answers. A must for fans of Patterson, Lee, and Grisham.

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  I am working on book two of my Aftershock novels to be released this year if all goes well. 
Exclusively to this hop I am giving away free copies of book one,  Dead of Night, a romantic dystopian novel. 
About the book: 
In a dark and desolated After Earth, love still does exist, but the cost of bearing such a flaw is death. World War III has left Earth in utter turmoil. People’s beliefs are said to be the cause of the worldwide destruction. After The Clearing new laws are set about - to show certitude in anything besides the law is weak and chargeable as mutiny.
To be illogical and have faith in religion is illegal, to be limitless is dangerous. And Illness is seen as a defect – all flaws that are inexcusable. But to love is the greatest betrayal of all man kind. It is a fault the world has long forgotten and punishable by death, a fatal risk Aecker and Opel are fully prepared to take - because in love there is freedom. But how far can they push back before it claims their lives and those they care about.
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Thank you for stopping by, I am currently working on 5 novels to release this year and as another exclusive to this hop the title of my next release is.....

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THE TITLE OF MY NEXT RELEASE IS 
A BEAST SO BEAUTIFUL

THE IMAGE IS A COVER CONCEPT IDEA SENT TO THE DESIGNERS JUST TODAY. 

A dark fantasy involving the last of the viking royals. 
It has a beauty and the beast feel to it, but the genders are swappped,  and my publishers say it reminds them of Game of Thrones! 
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NOTORIOUS MINDS BOXSET COVER REVEAL

3/14/2020

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Excited to announce I will be managing and also be featured in this crime , mystery , thriller boxset hosted by Fire Quill Publishers.
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My second book in the Tethered duology, entitled Veiled will be exlusively available in this boxset. ( more about veiled to come soon)
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GRAB YOUR FREE READS TODAY
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE……

Pre order now and you will receive our amazing pre-order gift - products are digital and printing is at reader’s cost.

email carlylefqp@gmail.com to reserve your gift before 23rd of March
after that date, 

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Title: Notorious Minds Boxset
Genre: Mystery/Thriller Crime
ISBN:9781947649651
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Release day: 13th of October
Pre-order period: 17th March
Publisher: Fire Quill Publishers
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Boxset Description: 
What does it take to commit the perfect crime?


Delve into these dark and twisted tales by twenty USA Today and International Bestselling Authors. No matter what kind of crime story typically catches your imagination, there’s sure to be something for everyone. 

Conspiracies, political plots, and yes, even murder, are just a few of the crimes waiting inside this box set. Discover a narcissistic grandmother running an underground syndicate, or a support group bent on murder…and even a serial killer who turns his victims into fairytale creatures. 
Prepare to delve into an elite killing team who made a mistake, an oil rig filled with secrets ready to explode, and a reporter uncovering a treasonous plot.
Uncover how fatal passion, jealousy, and fear can be to a group of royal marines and learn from a detective who is far from home fighting demons from his past in order to stay alive.
Can you figure out how the police solve a killer’s confession to nine murders that haven’t happened yet? or how a girl that got a heart transplant became the FBI’s number one ally in solving crimes?


This box set is packed with thousands of pages that will hold you on the edge of your seat, crying for answers. Definitely a must for fans of Patterson, Lee, and Grisham. One-click it today!

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Midsomer's eve Giveaway HOP

12/13/2019

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WHOOHOOO ITS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR!!


Welcome to Worlds Away Book blog during this giveaway blog hop you can find bookish giveaways, free books and christmas book sales . Thank you for stopping by and have a very amazing festive season. 

dont forget to join the other blogs for amazing prizes you can find all the participating blogger links at the bottom  - and here you can enter to win ebook of your choice from any author you want, any bookish mug from amazon and paypal cash prize! 
Happy Holidays 


BOOK SALE SECTION 

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A supernatural suspense from USA Today bestselling author Carlyle Labuschagne
A action packed, intense mystery that will have you begging for more!
" This book is full of sitting on the edge of your seat, nail-biting suspense.Quite the page turner and not a book you can easily put down once you start reading it.
Action-packed , Haunting, Original, Page-turner "
About the book: A girl tethered to a serial killer by heart leads the FBI to the undiscovered bodies of The Devil's breath victims.
Tethered follows two sisters, Willow and Raine Viviers along side two rogue FBI brothers on what seems like an impossible task to solving a dead end case. With no leads, and a corrupt government cover up, their time is running out to stop the spread of a Serial Killer Cult before another victim is claimed.
But they have a secret weapon...
Willow is a young adult who has just undergone a heart transplant who's trauma has changed her, she's gained a strange supernatural gift - she can see into the heart of the Devil's Breath Killer. She not only feels the serial killer's urges, knows his thoughts, but can somehow get's visions through the eyes of his victims too.
These visions are chaotic, menacing and evil, and Willow can hardly make sense of her own reality without going insane. How will she decipher and hone in her special abilities in time to save a missing agent and stop another Devil's Breath Killing.
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Young, French, and working in the USA, Danielle Laurant has it all—including the love of heartthrob Marick Young.
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NEW RELEASE FROM ADRIENNE WOODS 
STARBEAM IS OUT NOW!!! (first book in the dragonian series is free) 

He is royal, dashing, and would become known as the greatest king that ever lived. Elena Watkins' father, Albert Malone did not have things easy.
His life is complicated, filled with prejudice, betrayal and intrigue. His father married his mother for all the wrong reasons and he rules the country with an iron fist. His overbearing mother means less to him than his childhood nanny.
Just when he thinks things couldn't get any worse, he falls for a commoner at a fancy-dress ball.
Catherine Squires, a commoner, growing up in the poorest of circumstances struggles to help her family.
The King's obsession with killing off Chromatic dragons are leading the country into another war. A war that will change her world forever.
The adventure of Catherine and Albert against the backdrop of the dragons' struggle for equality and justice is a fast paced page-turner.

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Teaser Tuesday To Curse A Kingdom + Giveaway

9/3/2019

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One month away from release day for The Playing With Fire Boxset!!!

Im totally in love with my writing at the moment - I hope  you can feel the mojo in my recent WIP return. The first few chapters are off to my beta reader, and I am anxious. It has been a while since Ive been able to write without the doubt monkey sitting on my back. So I'm sharing an excerpt of Chapter for today in hopes you feel the loved in my work too!
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EXCERPT FROM TO CURSE A KINGDOM

The bang of wood against stone reverberates down the passageways; the sound of a staff weapon hitting the ground.
“Stop standing there opened-mouthed like two frightened maidens. Go now, or you will have something more than a baby beast to fear.” 
It is Erik; Khan would recognize his voice anywhere. It is the voice of the man who took him from his father’s beating fists on the day of his mother was found dead. The man who has fed and clothed him for the last four years. The man who talked him down from his demonic transformation as a child and taught him how to stay human. The man who trained him in weaponry and combat; to show discipline in times of high stress. Khan’s heart sinks - Erik is also the man that stood by as his father tricked him, and lead him into a trap. The man who told the watchman to chop off his head. Prince Khan snaps from his macabre thoughts as Erik speaks, “Go get the king, watchmen; take him to his chambers. You might need to seek out Birger for assistance.”
“Oh,” one of them replies.
Khan knew what that meant. Birger literally means keeper in Viking. He is the biggest of all the king’s chevalier and made useful mostly to escort a very drunken king - and by escort, it meant to carry the king. Khan had seen his father carried past the tower doors almost every night following his mother’s death. It is only of late the king had tried to sober up. But now Kahn knows the reasoning behind his father’s attempted to sober up. The king kept a sober mind long enough to devise his plan to steel Ashlan away from the future heir - him. 
When the watchmen don’t move down the passage quick enough, Erik calls after them. “Move with haste you idiots, his harem lay in wait. If King Ivor passes out before his last romp, it will be your funerals we attend tomorrow.” 
“Sir.” There is uncertainty in silver beard’s gruff voice; then he takes it back quickly. “Nothing, sir.” 
As the men go about their instructions, Khan catches a whiff of a familiar scent; so intoxicating it takes all his strength not to reveal himself. 
His racing heart always chances gear when Ahslan is around, and the closer she gets to him, the harder and faster it pounds. To such an extent Khan imagines it might explode through his ribcage or leap from his throat. 
His tail’s coil tightens, the beam creaking in protest. Khan quickly recoils back into the dark domed ceiling as Erik and Ashlan hurry past. Ashlan’s eyes dart toward the Well-room as if she knows he is there. If Khan has to be honest, he feels it too. The undeniable bond that tethers them to each other - like the earth and the moon that could not exist without one another. Forever in each other’s orbit. Khan is the earth admiring the surreal beauty of the moon, and without the moon, there is no light during the dark times. His heart a tide that breathes by the bloom of her moon.
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To Curse A Kingdom excerpt and NEW COVER REVEAL + GIVEAWAY

8/29/2019

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To Curse a Kingdom
By
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Carlyle Labuschagne
Excerpt 

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The Dark Hunt
Europe 900 AD
 
 Leaves touch down on the forest floor in stark hues of red, orange and yellow against the dark earth. The wind a slow whistle as it swirls around thick stumps of towering Oak trees, kicking up a fine layer of sand that dance in the rays of the rising sun. Autumn has always been Prince Khan’s favorite season, for its undeniable beauty, wood-fires, and apple-cider smell. But it’s also the season the young prince associates with hope, light, love, and renewal after being buried in the dark, stifling tomb of his grief, betrayal, and regret for what seems like an eternity. Autumn is the color of Ashlan’s hair; the spirited heroine that is responsible for saving him from his devouring demons. Ashlan, the girl who knows his deepest darkest secret and guards as if it were her own. When the temperature drops suddenly Khan is pulled from his blissful musings.
Around them the trees hunker in, as if shielding themselves against the outside world, or do they keep something in? Khan cant’ help but wonder as the soft haze of blue light dissipates in the shadows of the narrowing woods as the four of them head in. The drastic change in the environment marks the border into uncharted woodlands. But without fear, they cross out of desperation to track, hunt, and exterminate their enemy. A big black beast had been glimpsed near the border a few times; its existence has threatened the safety of their scouts for far too long. No man or woman has survived an attack yet. It is now up to these four Viking warriors to hunt, and bring back its decaying body of the menace that has plagued their people for the last four years.
The melodic trot of the horses’ hooves reverberates off the dense bark of Pine Trees. The light strangled by their clumping. The bigger birds and forest animals pushed out by the overgrowing Ivy and cutting Holly, giving the forest an empty quality. The forest becomes even darker, the path thinning until they have run out of pathway completely. They zigzag through the thick of the forest, caved in by branches, brush and a thick blanketing fog. Prince Khan takes in the lush surrounds, his eyes accustomed to the dark, he appreciates the beauty of the outside world in any form. It has been nearly four years since he’s been outside, and ashamedly he has to ride pillion with this guardian Erik as the rider.
As soon as there is a break in the darkness as the awakening day steals through the canopy of trees, the soft hoot of an owl makes it presence known, and king Ivor takes this as a warning sign to leave the horses. He’s always been a superstitious man, and you can’t blame him after the strange circumstances to the death of his Queen. 


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ABOUT THE BOOK 
A Beautiful witch with an agenda, royal rivalry, a secret love, betrayal and ultimately a curse unto a kingdom that spawns all mythical creatures born from purgatory - all in the name of love!

To Curse A Kingdom
out this October
exclusive to the
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Cover Reveal and Giveaway for Playing With Fire 

PLAYING WITH FIRE BOXSET HAS GONE THROUGH THE EXTREME OF RE BRANDING THEIR COVER. All 12 USA and international bestselling authors are proud to introduce to you our NEW Playing with Fire Boxset.
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It doesn't matter who you think you are…falling in love with the wrong person can have dire consequences.

They say love conquers all, but in the paranormal worlds of these twelve USA Today and international bestselling authors, falling in love means playing with fire…
Someone's about to get burned.

Dig into hours of forbidden love, lust, and heat as these heroes and heroines long for their beloveds, break taboos, and fight for the ones they never should have chosen—but could never resist. This boxed set is bursting at the seams with romance grounded in all things magical—from dragons and sexy shapeshifters, to angels, warlocks, and uninhibited masters. We have something to strike everyone's fancy. There are 1000s of sizzling pages full of forbidden love and the trials these gorgeous paramours face to fulfill their deepest desires.



Authors in the
Playing with Fire set include:

Adrienne Woods – USA Today bestselling author
Carlyle Labuschagne – USA Today bestselling author
Kristin Ping – USA Today bestselling author
Ashlee Nicole Bye
Toni Cox
Carissa
Andrews
Kathrin Hutson
Kat Stiles
Majanka Verstraete
Kat Parrish
Karen M. Bryson
Monique Singleton

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My first Character card for To Curse A Kingdom 
Prince Khan 
The last son of a Viking royal bloodline. Born out of the curse, his destiny is to give rise to all supernatural beings. His strength – powers of a human hybrid gargoyle, 
His demise – his love for his father’s bride. 
His life’s purpose – to avenge the death of his mother.

You can get my other character card Ashlan along with 23 other cards from our boxset authors! 
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Book photo template for  you!

8/17/2019

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I love making book photo templates! 

My theme this week is fantasy.
Below is a free template for you to right click and save to your desktop - then insert your book cover and upload to your favorite social media sites with your chosen hashtags. Perfect for instagram worthy book pretties. These work well with urban fantasy, fantasy, SF romance and paranormal books. 
Find the collection below that are for sale this week for only $5 and I will insert your book cover for free this week only
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For sale ! $5 via paypal

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    Fill out the order form. I will email you soonest I can to complete your order 
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Tethered, a supernatural suspense OUT NOW! + GIVEAWAY!

4/24/2019

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Tethered follows two sisters, Willow and Raine Viviers along side two rogue FBI brothers on what seems like an impossible task to solving a dead end case. With no leads, and a corrupt government cover up, their time is running out to stop the spread of a Serial Killer Cult before another victim is claimed. 
But they have a secret weapon...  
​Willow is a young adult who has just undergone a heart transplant who's trauma has changed her, she's gained a strange supernatural gift - she can see into the heart of the Devil's Breath Killer. She not only feels the serial killer's urges, knows his thoughts, but can somehow get's visions through the eyes of his victims too. 
These visions are chaotic, menacing and evil, and Willow can hardly make sense of her own reality without going insane. How will she decipher and hone in her special abilities in time to save a missing agent and stop another Devil's Breath Killing.
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EXCERPT

Willow was told that at some time during the night, she had sleepwalked her way out of her room and down a series of corridors, managing to slip into the service elevator undetected and find her way into the vast basement area a floor below the morgue. She'd traveled so far down underground that she'd been discovered in the maintenance section; the area where medical waste was stored until pickup.
Back in her room and safely in her hospital bed, Willow fought the tendrils of sleep as she sat surrounded by her sketches. Her hands and fingers moved of their own accord. Lines, curves, and soft edges blurred together to form an outline of the face that haunted her. She grabbed another piece of paper and started another sketch; her soul bleeding out onto the paper in shades of gray and black, soft and hard edges, smudged, defined curves and lines forming a heart surrounded by flowers captured inside a birdcage made of rib bones.
Nurse Benson entered with a tray of hot soup. “Willow? I thought you should eat before you sleep,” she said in her ever calming voice.
Willow half smiled back at her and pulled the blankets over the sketches as if ashamed of the secret she didn't quite understand.
“I’m okay, thank you, Bertha.”
Willow and Nurse Benson had become good companions in the last three weeks. Bertha was an older lady, who had no children of her own. Her husband had passed almost four years ago. Taking care of Willow was her latest purpose in life. Even after her shift ended Bertha came to spend time with Willow every lunchtime, bringing homemade cookies and sometimes bread with her. Willow hadn't the heart to tell her that her baking was awful. And Bertha's friendship was a welcome reprieve from the boredom of the endless days in hospital.
“Why are you really here, Bertha? Willow asked as the nurse stood with an expression of someone keeping a secret they were looking to relieve themselves of.
“I’m that obvious, huh?”
She placed the soup on the eating tray and wheeled it over to Willow.
Willow smiled, and adjusted her position on the bed as the delicious smelling soup got wheeled her way.
“I feel awful that I didn’t notice you were gone last night,” Bertha said, unpacking a spoon wrapped in a napkin from her purse.
“It’s not your fault,” Willow took a deep smell of the soup and her stomach growled.
“My child, in your condition you could have died! I feel terrible. Your immune system…”
Willow interrupted her. “Bertha, if heart failure couldn’t take me out, what makes you think anything else could?” She grinned sheepishly as she dipped into her soup.
Bertha gave a tight smile.
“I’m not sure what happened,” Willow said between spoonfuls. The soup was as almost as delicious as it had smelled.
Bertha sat down on the edge of her bed. “It’s not the first time you’ve left your room like that,” she began.
Willow’s eyes narrowed on Nurse Benson, the spoon suspended midair. “You never said anything before. I don’t have a record of sleepwalking…?”
Nurse Benson took a napkin from her Mary Poppins like bag and tucked it in the collar of Willow's gown.
“You need to slow your words, child. You know that accent of yours can be hard to understand.” She sat back with her hands in her lap.
She looked at Willow, "Don't worry yourself about the sleepwalking, it will blow over. A heart transplant is a serious trauma to the body and mind child."
She tipped her head to the side. “Stranger things have happened to heart recipients before.”
Willow arched her eyebrow in question.
“How about I bring you some articles about it?” Bertha offered.
“Ja, Sure.”
She took another spoonful of soup. Her big green eyes searching out the nurse’s. It wasn’t the best soup she’d tasted, but it was made with love, and that in itself made each spoonful feel like it was calming from the inside. Nurse Benson took her chart from the foot of the bed, noticing the shift-nurse had given her a mild sedative. She looked up and smiled at Willow.
They fell quiet as the sounds of the slow beeping machines coming from other rooms filled the space. Nurse Benson shifted uncomfortably on the bed, not sure if she should tell Willow that she was concerned about her symptoms after all. Instead, she decided to give the girl the rest she needed. The sooner she got out of the hospital the better for everyone involved in Willow’s transplant. As sad as it was to see her go, it was a case of moving on and forgetting.
Standing from the bed, she sighed and said, "You should get some rest,"
Adjusting the strap of her purse. “You need your sleep.”
She returned to clasping her hands before her, reminding Willow of a sweet old church lady, which she knew she wasn’t. She’d seen bertha throw enough tantrums, often swearing at the staff.
Willow watched after Bertha as she made for the door.
“I don’t want to sleep. What if it happens again?” she asked Bertha.
Dropping her eyes as she felt the shame of sounding like a frightened child; the last thing she wanted when her recovery was about finally becoming an abled adult.
Bertha stopped at the threshold and smiled warmly.
“Do you need me to stay?” she asked, almost as if she’d been expecting it.
"I won't let you wander off again, child."
Willow felt pathetic, she shrugged and answered shyly, “Ja, you can’t guard me all the time…”
“Oh. Yes. I. Sure. Can.” Bertha chucked her purse across the room where it landed perfectly on the sofa-chair.
Willow gave a soft chuckle, almost choking on the soup.
Nurse Benson walked over to Willow, hitting her on her back, “Easy child, breathe.”
Willow gasped, taking in a breath before the laughter erupted again. Nurse Benson removed the soup from her tray.
"Okay, I think your meds have taken effect."
“This is me, happy, funny me.”
Bertha wiped her bangs from her face and smiled down at Willow. “If I’d ever had a daughter, I’d have liked her to be just like you.”
Willow closed her eyes for a moment, feeling a swell in her throat.
“We'd make an odd combo, you and me.”
“Why’s that?” Bertha stared at her through her lashes.
Willow fell back into her pillows. “Well, I don’t really eat baked goods, and you seem to bake, like, a lot. And well I just keep eating them because...” she blushed at her confession.
The medication had taken hold and her thoughts were suddenly outspoken and as if coming from someone else.
Nurse Benson stifled a laugh. “I wondered when you would actually say something.”
“You sabotaged my cookies intentionally then?” Willow’s tongue was starting to drag.
She blinked, trying to push away the fog creeping over her.
“Stay with me please?” she pleaded, her eyes finally drooping.
Bertha took her hand.
“I will. You don’t have to be scared.”
“Okay.” Willow’s eyes shut as the drowsiness took over.
“Oh, and please check in on Tyler in room…” she said, lids still closed.
“I know. You do not have to worry about him. I’ll let him know you’ll visit him soon.”
Willow tried to put up one last fight against the sleep, having this overwhelming feeling, as if she might never wake up the same again. First she had to say one more thing to Bertha, just in case she didn’t make it back to reality.
“Bertha,” was all she got out.
What she had wanted to tell her was, how scared she had been about what she’d seen and felt in that basement. But she’d slipped into sleep too soon with the ominous feeling pursuing her. Singed behind her lids was the non-distinct face that stood out in the shadows of that basement. A face that only she had seen - with it the overly encroaching feeling, like one she’d never experienced before. The haunting face was somehow part of her now.
 
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Regrets are the barricades of live - inspirational post.

2/16/2019

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"Regrets are the barricades of life, They will only stop your path to greatness." - Carlyle 💙

I regret not one single thing, not those who hurt me so , Nor the things that brought me down and threatened to swallow me whole. I dont regret the bad decisions or sometimes shameful behavior. I am me because of those things. I am wiser, stronger and life has so much more meaning because I overcame my failures. What is left in the ashes of the old me is to Rise and be defined by my truthful actions now ♡ 
Go live your life to experience all it has blessed you with.
Keep your intensions pure and share your heart and smile with the world even at times you think they dont deserve it. Because that's when they need it most. 
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First edition Paperback giveaway

2/16/2019

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Should the button not work, find the giveaway on instagram @carlylelab 
Signed paperback giveaway of my debut novel The Broken Destiny . I only have two of these in my possession and one is mine... the other can be yours. 
💜🌿💜The leaves used for spacers between paragraphs are my own drawings .And the purple planet with the trees inside on the back page were also my own creation. 💜🌿💜
It is the expanded version that still holds a very very dear party of myself between the pages. This book got me the top 3 YA debut spot on goodreads Listopia awards in 2012. 
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