Avalon Dreams

If all you had was one choice, would you choose your soulmate, or the fate of the world? An Arthurian retelling packed with a slow burn romance, a tortured knight, a bad guy with Merlin issues, and a talking dog/demon lord/ancient deity. Welcome to the new Camelot. Vivienne du Lac has everything she could wish for – a normal life, easy-going job, cushy nest egg, and the best dog a girl could ask for. If only these recurring dreams of medieval times, mercurial knights and evil sorcerers would stop, she’d even call it the perfect life. One night, the thin veil between reality and dreams snaps – and Vivienne’s magical past tumbles into her orderly reality. Because she’s not just a regular person… She’s the reincarnation of the Lady of the Lake, mythical sorceress from King Arthur's time, and Merlin's apprentice. Sébastien Dubois is trapped. Ages ago, he made a choice that would define his future lives, all to save the woman he loves. Now, Vivienne is back in his life, yet despite the sizzling chemistry between them and his desire to forget the past, outside forces demand their separation. And then there’s the people he swore allegiance to, and an old foe with his own twisted agenda… Caught between darkness and light, Vivienne quickly finds out not even her closest allies can be trusted. Can she look within and access powers from long past, become the enchantress Merlin meant her to be… Or will she sacrifice it all for Sébastien’s salvation? Book I in a completed trilogy with a happily ever after.

What would you sacrifice to save the one you love? Vivienne du Lac has a simple life - or so she thinks. As a freelance researcher, she travels the world with no worry for tomorrow. Then one fateful night, an intruder threatens her life. She wakes up the next morning with no recollection of what happened, and no trace of the stranger. Dreams she thought were innocent start making a helluva sense, and so begins a clash between what she was taught is real and the life she was always meant to live. A tormented lover with shady connections to the local Mob, a sorcerer bent on destruction and a demon dog as a protector complete the cast of the first instalment. But Avalon Dreams is only the beginning. To find out what the past is all about, you'll have to delve into Avalon Wishes, deeper into Camelot and its politics, into the Fae world and Arthur's own bed. Yet the adventure only comes to an end in Avalon Nightmares, with an epic conclusion and a battle between good and evil that does not go as expected... Love, magic, betrayal and sacrifice run this series into a spiral of emotions. Get lost in a modern-day Arthurian retelling packed with a slow burn romance, a tortured knight, a bad guy with Merlin issues, and a talking dog/demon lord/ancient deity. Welcome to the new Camelot. Boxset contains Books 1-3.

What would you sacrifice for that elusive happily ever after? Dreams and Wishes lead to Nightmares and beyond, in the conclusion to this arthurian retelling set in modern times. Vivienne is still reeling from the fight with Carleigh and finally enjoying some well-deserved quality time with Sébastien. Absorbed into each other, neither is aware of the dark forces lurking in the shadows that threaten their newfound happiness. The one who could warn them stays silent - not out of choice. Alistair finds himself bound to a mysterious new enemy, only for an old lover to come to his rescue. Will his demon lord powers be enough to help the Lady of the Lake and her savior? Or will he be faced with a choice that could change everything, including his loyalty? And what of Merlin, whose sole purpose was to imprison the now-immortal Carleigh? Try as they may, none of the heroes can reach him, and his eerie silence is worrisome. Lost opportunities, bitter lovers and ambitious sorcerers collide in one last battle for the fate of the world. In this final installment of the Avalon Chronicles, everything will come full circle...but not everyone may get a happy ending.

Any listener knows the power of music to define a place, but few can describe the how or why of this phenomenon. In Lonesome Roads and Streets of Dreams: Place, Mobility, and Race in Jazz of the 1930s and ’40s, Andrew Berish attempts to right this wrong, showcasing how American jazz defined a culture particularly preoccupied with place. By analyzing both the performances and cultural context of leading jazz figures, including the many famous venues where they played, Berish bridges two dominant scholarly approaches to the genre, offering not only a new reading of swing era jazz but an entirely new framework for musical analysis in general, one that examines how the geographical realities of daily life can be transformed into musical sound. Focusing on white bandleader Jan Garber, black bandleader Duke Ellington, white saxophonist Charlie Barnet, and black guitarist Charlie Christian, as well as traveling from Catalina Island to Manhattan to Oklahoma City, Lonesome Roads and Streets of Dreams depicts not only a geography of race but how this geography was disrupted, how these musicians crossed physical and racial boundaries—from black to white, South to North, and rural to urban—and how they found expression for these movements in the insistent music they were creating.

Gods, Faes, demons and sorcerers are all dispensable in this epic saga set in the Arthurian legend period. Love. Magic. Betrayal. Corruption. Welcome to the new Camelot... Before he was Merlin... Meet Emrys, a young wizard with uncommon powers, trying to find his way in a world suspicious of the unknown. A wizard of light magic, he attracts darkness like honey does bees. Enter Atrox, Merlin's ever foe, and sometimes friend. A deity banished to the Underworld, he is tasked with creating havoc on earth and corruping the hearts of easily influenced humans. And who is the woman entering Merlin's life, mysterious and elusive, with a hint of sadness that tugs at his heart? Will his love save her, or become both their doom? As these opposites' fates intertwine in fights, bonds and heartache, Merlin grows in his powers...Perhaps too much. Read on to find out how one man's choices changed destiny as it was written. After all, they say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions...

Kaitlyn Collins didn't have much experience with the opposite sex, but when a handsome stranger came along and rescued her in an Australian bar, she knew he was the one. Ten years and two kids later, she has it all: an elegant home, a luxury car, and everything she's been told would make her happy. But she isn't. Haunted by a secret past and unable to live up to her husband's impossible standards, she struggles to hold it all together.Fate throws twists and turns her way when a chance meeting with a mysterious, older man sends her down a new path. For the first time in years, she's reminded of who she is and what she wants out of life as she chases a dream she thought had died long ago.Follow Kaitlyn as she finds the courage to reconcile her past, heal old wounds, and move forward in this in-depth examination of secret yearnings, dysfunctional family dynamics, and the tremendous hurdles women must cross to follow their dreams.

Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds was an American science fiction writer. His pen names included Dallas Ross, Mark Mallory, Clark Collins, Dallas Rose, Guy McCord, Maxine Reynolds, Bob Belmont, and Todd Harding. His work is noteworthy for its focus on socioeconomic speculation, usually expressed in thought-provoking explorations of Utopian societies from a radical, sometime satiric, perspective. He was a considerably popular author from the 1950s to the 1970s, especially with readers of science fiction and fantasy magazines.

In the summer of 2001 Carol Ohmart Behan made her first pilgrimage to Glastonbury, re-tracing the ancient pilgrim-path to the Isle of Avalon, luminous sanctuary of the Goddess and the Grail. Her quest became a catalyst for her work as a writer, pilgrimage leader, and teacher of Earth-wisdom. A dramatic encounter with her past-life self as a 16th-century healer opened the door to her true 21st-century identity as an Earth-healer and voice of the Divine Feminine, which is re-emerging in the world once again.