Hope Rising Book Novels & Stories

She studied him for another second. Then nodded. “Good.” ⸻ “There you are.” Emma returned with two novels tucked against her chest. “I leave you alone for five minutes and suddenly you both look suspiciously mature.” Stephanie snorted. “Don’t worry. It passed.” Emma held out one of the books. “Thoughts?” Rowan read the back cover. “The hero’s rich.” “How do you know?” “There’s a horse.” Emma looked at the cover. “There is.” “So?” “So nobody poses beside a horse on a novel cover unless they’re rich.”

“In there, there’s a book with some pictures. I was afraid if we were on the run this might happen anywhere, so… pictures. The page is marked. Gather those. They should be easy to find.” Jacob released her hand and pulled the book out, opening it and looking at the page. “Hurry, Jacob.” Jacob needed no more urging than that. He turned and ran. Cara couldn’t help but smile as she watched him dart so quickly through the passage and out toward the forest beyond. Sometimes it still startled her just how fast he could move. The contractions were only moments apart and she could feel the urge to push growing stronger with every passing moment. She carefully wriggled her way out of her pants and un

I could feel the power that brought us, and the little seed of hope for our future rooted and bloomed. Introductions went around. Alex’s mate Iris and Eric’s mate Tabitha were bombarded with questions from Kayla and Seren, while Alexis just sat back and watched with a smile on her face. Alex and Eric were both clearly besotted, and I doubted it would be long before they took their mates to their rooms to bond fully. I met Gideon’s eyes and saw the same hope I felt – he recognized the work of the Goddess here, too, giving us this last piece of strength before we moved into the final battle.