Venessa Kimball

Cross the Stars is the first full-length novel in the Crossing Stars Duet - a new adult contemporary romance of forbidden love set in the Middle East. What would you risk for love? Would you cross the stars? Steal the moon? She is American. A commoner, an outsider. Min barra. He is Jordanian royalty. A prince, already promised to another. And their worlds are about to collide. A year shy of graduating from Georgetown University, Ella Wallace feels like she is losing direction. Having carved her own path through life, rejecting her family's elitist influences, the last thing she wants is to waste time and prove her parents right. A happenstance summer-long program abroad offers the perfect opportunity to immerse herself in volunteer work, finding richness in family and purpose she has never experienced before. Prince Rajaa bin Ammaar is returning home to Jordan from Georgetown University. His intent is to spearhead a refugee program meant to bring peace to his country. Amidst threats of civil war and revolt, Raj stands for his convictions, even when they challenge his family and the very culture he is preordained to uphold. A chance encounter at a crowded party in D.C. brought Ella and Raj together for one fleeting moment - two people never thought to meet again. But it's not until their diverse worlds collide in Jordan that they realize the power of their connection. With the refugee program as their reuniting bond, they must cross the stars and defy their clashing cultures to protect their forbidden love. With the culturally rich Jordanian backdrop, Cross the Stars will take you on a journey into the geographical and cultural Middle East, the resilience of humankind amidst turbulent civil unrest, the parallel unrest of two lovers' clashing fates, and the diversity they must challenge with every breath to keep their love alive.

Cross the Stars (Crossing Stars #1)

Steal the Moon

Life is unstable... ...What will be the trigger to dismantle it? When high school senior Evangeline "Evan" Phillips moves half way across the country with her parents to a quaint town in Texas, it should be a chance to start over. It should be. Typical of Evan, she doesn't share her parents' optimism. Always the loner, she is prepared to hide behind work at the school newspaper until graduation. That is the seemingly bulletproof plan until she meets her new neighbors, Gavin and Brody Ferguson. The more Evan gets to know her neighbors, their band of friends, and frenemies, the more unsettling her new high school and community gets in Braxton Springs, Texas. As Evan unwittingly digs deeper into the lives of those around her, her own skeletons begin to surface leaving her vulnerable and scrambling to keep her own sanity and reputation. Will Evan be able to get control over her spiraling secrets while discovering friendship and love for the first time? Or will the issues and pressures of life as a band of not-so-average teens in a very typical high school become too much, resulting in the tragic dismantlement of an entire community and Evan herself? Dismantling Evan is a fresh and edgy work of literary fiction that snapshots how life as a teen in modern society can be unstable and the social issues and pressures revolving around them can tip the fleeting stability of society over the edge.

Dismantling Evan

"An origin is supposed to be the beginning of everything, but I fear it's the end for me--for all of us. My name is Jesca Sera. My reality has been pierced and it is with absolute certainty that nothing will ever be the same in our world again. " Jesca Jesca's life is full of averages; average childhood, average family, average part-time job with her best friend while she attends college close to home. Life is predictable, controlled, consistent, just the way she likes it, until the odds of averages turns against her and the oddity that that has remained dormant within her can no longer be contained. Under the surface, Jesca's strong-hold with reality is slowly slipping away. The seemingly harmless nightmares of her youth have turned sinister with ill intention and a realness meant to provoke true terror. The minor trick of the eye revealing a shadow or glimmer of light becomes vivid hallucinations intent on terrorizing her. Her fear reaches extremes when her professor's presence coincides with her losing touch with reality, leaving Jesca questioning his stalking motives or influence on her shifting sanity. Confronting him is the only answer, and when she does, she is faced with an inconceivable explanation as to why her life is turning upside down; her role as a keeper of our world to save humanity from a potentially unstoppable apocalyptic catastrophe. Upon learning her purpose, Jesca is thrust into a new world of guardianship where training to use her new found abilities is the life-blood of survival for her and the tribe of guardians. About: The Copula Chronicles, Origin, is a roller coaster ride straight into an unreality - speculative, yet plausible. It's intent on spinning you around in the alternate history of origins of the new world Jesca has been thrust into, theories of genetic engineering and architects of a device meant to create travel within space and time through the cosmos. Make no mistake, your reality will be turned upside down with the techno-thriller plausibilities of what our world and its inhabitants could possess within. When all is said and done, you will find yourself planted in a new reality of weighty urban fantasy with profound thought-provoking conspiracies of the spiritual and scientific link to our existence and what our world may become now that Jesca's new reality has been set into motion. Strap in for the ride. *Intended for readers 18+ due to explicit language and some sexual content* All four books in the Copula Chronicles are now available. Origin (Copula Chronicles, Book 1) Descend (Copula Chronicles, Book 2) Ascend (Copula Chronicles, Book 3) Legacy (Copula Chronicles, Book 4) *Each of the books in the Copula Chronicles series are new content versions of the Piercing the Fold series, which is no longer in distribution.*

Origin

"A descendant of the architect pierced my reality, leaving me and the others the responsibility to inherit the earth, then save it from those we never fathomed existed among us. My name is Jesca Sera. My reality has been pierced, and it is with absolute certainty that nothing will ever be the same in our world again." Jesca Corruption of our world is spreading, threatening the evolution of the entire galaxy. Conspiracies to save or destroy humankind give strength to an impending catastrophic event. And salvation lies in the hands of fractured guardians who have inherited the earth. Jesca has accepted her fate as a keeper of the world, and will do anything to win this war. But when the lines between ally and enemy are blurred, and her growing attraction to the two men fighting for her heart spirals out of control, everyone is left vulnerable. Jesca and her fellow guardians' fortitude is further tested when their battle for earth takes them to the far reaches of Japan's Aokigahara Forest, where the mysticism it covets brings weighted supernatural challenges they could never have anticipated. The predestined links she and the guardians share have the power to keep them safe or send them into a tailspin of sacrifices that may destroy them all.About: The Copula Chronicles, Descend, pulls you deeper into the inherited reality Jesca and her newfound clan of guardians are forced to surrender to in order to save the earth and humankind. The reality of genetic manipulation, ancient myths and theories, and the immediate threat of extraterrestrial abduction and invasion are revealed in this second installment of the Copula Chronicles. Edge-of-your seat conspiracies paired with dramatic mystery, suspense, and sacrifices are fulfilled in this spiraling global cataclysm Jesca and the guardians are faced with at every turn.NOTE: Descend was previously published as Surfacing the Rim: Book 2 for a young adult audience. Descend, and the entire Copula Chronicles series, is now considered adult due to some graphic content and language. All four books in the Copula Chronicles are now available on Amazon.Origin (Copula Chronicles, Book 1) Descend (Copula Chronicles, Book 2) Ascend (Copula Chronicles, Book 3) Legacy (Copula Chronicles, Book 4)

Descend

"With the breach of our world by those intent on invading it, a veil has been opened, giving way to the evolution we needed to stop. Now, I must ascend this veil that has released boundless evil into our world. This inheritance I possess is the key to a legacy bestowed to me, one that I have not yet discovered. My name is Jesca Sera. My reality has been pierced, and it is with absolute certainty that nothing will ever be the same in our world again." Jesca The global invasion has begun, threatening the evolution of mankind. Evil is seeping into the world through the veil, a celestial barrier meant to separate our universe from all others. And the only ones who can seal it are trapped in a fight for their own lives.Two of the men in Jesca's life have made the ultimate sacrifice in a daring attempt to save her from near death. The fate of Ezra and Nate is dismal unless Jesca, Xander, and the other guardians can find a way to rescue them. Saving them means finding a way to close the ethereal veil separating the world from the evil that lies beyond it. To do so, Jesca must ascend beyond the veil, where malignant illusions turn allies against one another and nothing is as it seems. Only one truth among the illusions is bestowed to Jesca: the celestial inheritance from her ancestors, along with the prophecy of what is to come. Now she must learn to use this vision to save the guardians, or the entire world will fall.About: The Copula Chronicles, Ascend, takes you beyond the veil of our world and into one beholding the supernatural, spiritual, psychological and techno-thrilling futurism in terrifyingly perfect harmony. Your own reality will be threatened as you face haunting illusions meant to confuse and terrorize Jesca as she battles the global invasion the evolution of mankind. As the fight for survival edges closer to insanity, you will discover the heartbreaking reality Jesca must face, and feel the weight of her sacrifices as she discovers her true fate.NOTE: Ascend was previously published as Ascending the Veil: Book 3 for a young adult audience. Ascend, and the entire Copula Chronicles series, is now considered adult due to some graphic content and language. All four books in the Copula Chronicles are now available on Amazon.Origin (Copula Chronicles, Book 1) Descend (Copula Chronicles, Book 2) Ascend (Copula Chronicles, Book 3) Legacy (Copula Chronicles, Book 4)

Ascend

"I have returned to an evolved earth. A place I no longer recognize. A self I no longer recognize. My name is Jesca Sera. My reality has been pierced, and it is with absolute certainty that nothing will ever be the same in our world again. One thing is certain. I hold the blueprint of our salvation." Jesca Jesca and the guardians have returned from beyond the veil, to a world that has fallen apart in their absence. A galactic intersection, the following climatic shifts, and rigorous genetic manipulation has destroyed the earth's remaining populous. Humankind is being invaded, occupied, and destroyed under their invisible reign.The beings' intent? To possess our world and stop the other guardians from fulfilling the legacy that could save us all. Now, ushered into a world devolved into darkness, Jesca must utilize what she's learned of her ancient bloodline, supernatural legacy, and link between the guardians to save them all. With only Jesca's visions of what this ancient legacy holds for them, the guardians depend on the divining glimpses of her ancestry to put them on the path leading to salvation. Will the obstacles be too great for them to overcome, or will Jesca find the courage and strength to help them all fulfill their destinies?About: The Copula Chronicles, Legacy, is the final installment in this edge-of-your-seat urban fantasy, science-fiction-fused series. Kimball holds nothing back in her arsenal of spine-tingling, mind-boggling, thought-provoking, mystery-seeking, and heart-pounding content to bring the Copula Chronicles to full circle. Gear up for a race to save the entire galaxy, overcoming a populous destroyed by climactic shifts and rigorous genetic manipulation to fulfill an ancient world-saving legacy.NOTE: Legacy was previously published as Transcending the Legacy: Book 4 for a young adult audience. Legacy, and the entire Copula Chronicles series, is now considered adult due to some graphic content and language. All four books in the Copula Chronicles are now available on Amazon.Origin (Copula Chronicles, Book 1) Descend (Copula Chronicles, Book 2) Ascend (Copula Chronicles, Book 3) Legacy (Copula Chronicles, Book 4)

Legacy

- Life is unstable, but worth reviving - Just a few short weeks after the school shooting that rocked Braxton Springs, life has resumed. School is back in session, and, with it, the students who bullied Gavin Ferguson into bringing a gun to that fateful pep rally.But life can never return to normal for Evan and her friends. Gavin is still in the hospital. Asher and Nikki are planning futures away from home. And Brody is pulling away from them all, leaving Evan feeling more alone than ever.Just when she thinks she's gotten control of her emotions and secrets, the spirals strike again. Evan struggles to regain her life free of medication and control the urges to fall back into dismantlement. But Brody's hot-and-cold attitude confuses her, just as the community's forgiveness to the bullying elite creates a bitter rock around her heart.Will the suffering inflicted upon Evan and her friends throw her back into a spiral, threatening the life she has rebuilt for herself? Or will she rise above the tragedy and loss, reviving the life she thought she could never have?Reviving Evan offers an insightful look into the lives of six teenagers thrust together by shared grief, and how those lives are individually affected by love, loss, and painful mistreatment by others. *Reviving Evan is a novella following the events after the full-length novel, Dismantling Evan.***Bonus Material- both Saving Gavin and Resurrecting Gavin novelettes are included in this paperback**

An Evan Series Novella

Reviving Evan

***Bonus Material: SAVING GAVIN and RESURRECTING GAVIN are included in this special edition print.*** Just a few short weeks after the school shooting that rocked Braxton Springs, life has resumed. School is back in session, and, with it, the students who bullied Gavin Ferguson into bringing a gun to that fateful pep rally. But life can never return to normal for Evan and her friends. Gavin is still in the hospital. Asher and Nikki are planning futures away from home. And Brody is pulling away from them all, leaving Evan feeling more alone than ever. Just when she thinks she's gotten control of her emotions and secrets, the spirals strike again. Evan struggles to regain her life free of medication and control the urges to fall back into dismantlement. But Brody's hot-and-cold attitude confuses her, just as the community's forgiveness to the bullying elite creates a bitter rock around her heart. Will the suffering inflicted upon Evan and her friends throw her back into a spiral, threatening the life she has rebuilt for herself? Or will she rise above the tragedy and loss, reviving the life she thought she could never have? Reviving Evan offers an insightful look into the lives of six teenagers thrust together by shared grief, and how those lives are individually affected by love, loss, and painful mistreatment by others.

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