Love. Family. Are these most important of human connections formed only by blood or legal documents? Or by something deeper and metaphysical? Julien and Aurelie have never been blessed with a child of their own during their 25 years of marriage. Angelica is a teenaged orphan longing for parents of her own. Fate brings the three of them together. They love one another. They become a family. What transpires over the course of their first year together changes them and their lives irrevocably and completely--for love is accompanied by pain and sadness.

Throughout his brief, tumultuous life, Percy Bysshe Shelley, the self-proclaimed rebellious bad boy of the early 19th Century, sought perfection. Shelley desired perfection in government, in organized religion, in society, in himself, and in his wives. The idealism which guided him also blinded the young poet to the truth that perfection is perhaps the most impossible achievement for any human being. Shelley's reluctance to accept this truth caused him to suffer perpetual disappointment and frustration. This examination explores Shelley's search for perfection, the literary works influenced...

Eight years after the birth of her son and heir, Prince Eric de Valdavia, Angilia's life continues down the path which God destined her to tread. The 40 years which follow are filled with the heights and depths of joy and sorrow. Many of their family members and friends die. Prince Eric grows to manhood and finds his true love, only to experience a tragedy that mirrors the one suffered by his beloved grandfather many decades earlier. Alongside her cherished father, King Eric de Valdavia, Angilia co-reigns as the first hereditary Queen de Valdavia in the nation's history. Together, they lead...

Short fiction that explores the landscape of the human heart and psyche.

In the 42 years that span 17 November 2070 to 20 August 2112, the DeBruce Martineau dynasty continues the legacies of King Eric I and Queen Angilia. While so very much changes as the 21st century segues into the 22nd century, one constant is the compassion with which the Royal Family leads Valdavia. The other constant is the love that surrounds the Royal Family. The influence of King Eric I and Queen Angilia remains steadfast, guiding King Eric II and his sons Prince Eric and Prince Patrick. The three men not only inherit their benevolence from Eric and Angilia, but their lives' purposes. As...