The Stable Boy

In the little town of Bethlehem, many years ago, a young boy lived with his mother. They lived in stables throughout the village, finding work with the innkeepers. Although they were poor and had to work hard to survive, the boy's mother had a strong faith in God. But the boy was afraid the coming Messiah she always spoke of would be unable to find them since they traveled from stable to stable. When the boy was just six years old, his mother became sick and passed away. The boy was very sad, and from that day on, he did not speak a word. For the next two years, he wandered the streets of Bethlehem, struggling to carry on. No one knew his name, so he became known simply as the Stable Boy. One evening, the Stable Boy overheard people talking about the Messiah his mother used to tell him about. He fell asleep dreaming of the King coming for him. Would the Messiah really come for The Stable Boy?

Here comes the new job, same as the old job. At least that's what Kyle thought when his agent told him to audition for an exciting new opportunity. However, a good actor (or whore) never turns down a gig. What he never expected was how different this job would be. Working for a genetic science company, he was hired for one purpose: to look after what appears to be a horse. Kyle quickly realizes that Aden is more human than animal. While working to keep Aden happy and compliant, Kyle finds himself torn between his desire to keep his job and his need to explore the strange relationship growing between the two. At the end of the day, Kyle has to decide whether it is worth it or not to keep being Dr. Ramon's little stable boy.

Did you ever wonder who prepared the stable where the baby Jesus was born? In this imaginary tale, Eli, who longs to be a shepherd like his father, is given the task of making the stable ready for the sheep to come down from the hills. But little does he know that in being obedient to his father, Eli is actually getting the stable ready for the Promised Messiah.

Broderick knew who he was: a peasant, a commoner, a nobody, at best a stable boy. Why couldn't everyone else see him for who he truly was? Especially her! Ever since Princess Charlotte had ordered him to ride with her to the old mill, his life had been turned upside down with no one granting him the right to choose his own future. With every new situation that befell him with the princess, Broderick only felt the chains tightening about him, the cell door in the castle dungeon looming that much closer, and the hangman's noose appearing more and more a sure certainty to soon be draping about his neck.And what was all this nonsense that the princess kept repeating that she herself was no different than the animals under his care: that she was only something to be bartered for, and that none of her own dreams for herself could ever be attained? Why had she chosen him of all the people in the castle to share her deepest sentiments and hopes with, continuing to intrude into what had once been a simple life, and vexing him to no end with all of her questions?A simple life? A certain, if forgettable and humble future? Was that not what most men only hoped for? Yet, it appeared as the months and the years passed by, despite his assured unworthiness, Broderick found himself being forced into becoming someone he was not and being given responsibilities for the realm that were far beyond his humble beginnings and lesser abilities. Truly, all he had a talent for was the care of the horses and the barns.But far direr than these troubling circumstances were Princess Charlotte's own words to him: "When all is done. When you have accomplished all that I ask. Come for me. Come for me for I will be waiting. Only for you, Broderick. For no other."How could she make such claims upon him and attest to possessing feelings for him that he had no right to? Did she not understand her lofty station in life and his own total absence of such? Yet. it was not only Princess Charlotte who would deny him his true status. There were others of royal position who had other plans for Broderick too.

Paige They told me he was dead. That Oliver was never coming back to me. It wasn't a lie. The boy who had given me all of himself no longer existed. In his place, stood a man who didn't even leave tiny cracks in his heart which could be filled with love. He could destroy me all he wanted with his hatred. But this time, I was going to make sure that someone saved him. Someone who would remind him that life was so much more than the darkness he had buried himself in. .. Oliver They took everything from me. Ripped into my soul like savages until all I was left with were shattered dreams of a life that could have been. But I found something to replace the loss. Something that kept me alive when I wanted to give up. Something that tasted bitter but was more faithful than anything else I had ever known. The fire of retribution. It burned through me every second. And now...they were all going to burn with me. ... 'The Tyrant Prince' is Book 2 of the Dreamhaven Duet and cannot be read as a standalone. Contains graphic sex and violence along with sensitive themes which could be triggering for some. Reader discretion is advised.

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The Stable Boy is historical fiction. It is a love story, a rags-to-riches story, an anti-racist story and a triumph over injustice story. Taking place in the antebellum South, it tells the tale of how a lowly slave... a hidden genius... defies all odds and becomes one of the richest men in America. In Pygmalion* style, the young slave is taught proper elocution and English grammar, a gift that takes him from picking cotton to dealing with some of the wealthiest and most powerful men in America. It’s also a touching, tender... if unlikely... love story between two young men... one a slave, the other his owner. It takes the reader from the rural South to New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and London. It makes the incredible, credible. *Pygmalion is the George Bernard Shaw play on which the movie "MY Fair Lady" was based. It shows how the gift of language can change a guttersnipe into a princess.