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Raven's Blood: Chapter 9

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Chapter 9: Family Secrets

Raven Demarco grew up living a sheltered life. When she starts University to get away from that she is caught up in the world of the paranormal. Secret organizations, magic, creatures from myth and legend, and worst of all, her own legacy and the Demons who want her blood.

 

“There are Demons after me; they put a price on my head. I need you to teach me how to fight,” I admitted.


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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1250.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1250
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Demands My Soul -02-

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Demands My Soul

A Transgender Heroine's Journey & Romance Novel

From THE ONE Universe

Chapter 2: Echoes of Before

By Ariel Montine Strickland

Can Delores cope with the final evidence in the will that her parents did not see her or love her enough to let go of their fear?

Copyright 2025 by Ariel Montine Strickland.
All Rights Reserved.



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Routes 1

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I posted in a blog that I was writing this, and I am afraid it will be an exercise in complete self-indulgence. I just fancied letting a collection of my favourite people relax together. Don't expect any dazzling revelations here; then again, as I am still writing it, who knows? For new readers, this story won't make much sense unless you have previously read my novel 'Mates', available on this site and on Kindle.



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Curse of the Fountain by Melanie Brown from DopplerPress

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Neil wanted to be famous in his old age for discovering the Lost City of Zed with the Fountain of Youth, according to legend. Now she wants to discover the perfect nail color to go with her prom gown.

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Curse of the Fountain
by Melanie Brown
Ebook Now Available from DopplerPress



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Heroes of Romance - by Maryanne Peters - Now on Kindle!

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Everyone needs a hero, especially if they may be falling in love.

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Heroes of Romance
by Maryanne Peters
On Kindle from DopplerPress


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Cindy's Prom and the Unwilling Princess by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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Everybody wants to go to the Prom!

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Cindy's Prom and the Unwilling Princess
by Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle from DopplerPress


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Space and Time for Romance 2 by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

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Science fiction is all about what if.

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Space and Time for Romance 2
by Maryanne Peters
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The fertile mind of Maryanne Peters has written another collection of gender-bending short science fiction tales about visiting alien spacecraft, dystopian futures and strange households with stranger romance.



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My New Assignment by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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Captain Granger didn't expect to be rewarded for saving the galaxy. And he wasn't.

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My New Assignment
by Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle


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The Reluctant Co-Ed by Melanie Brown now on Kindle

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It's been a series of madcap adventures for Chrissie, starting in middle school when she posed as a Reluctant Girlfriend and on through her high school career as a cheerleader.

Now she's in college! Can you get a degree in crossdressing shenanigans?"

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The Reluctant Co-Ed
by Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle


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BigCloset TopShelf - Status Updates!

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Hey Everyone! I thought it might be a good time to give an update on what's what, what's not, and what will be :)

Firstly, the site is back, for the most part. The missing things may not seem cosmetic, but mostly they are.

Things like Kudos and Like / Love / Thank will re-appear as I get the time to edit themes.

BigCloset is not currently as redundant as it was because to get things back up and useable, I booted a new larger VM and haven't worked out load distribution yet, which is why the site is slower at some times compared to others.

Hired Girl by Joyce Melton on Kindle

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Harold needed a job so bad, he could taste it...

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Too small and pretty to be hired as a boy, Harold turns to his sister who has a plan to help him find employment.



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Reset Switch by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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The Switcher virus wasn't done with Harry Grant...

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Reset Switch
by Melanie Brown
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Harry Grant at 25 fell victim to the international criminal, Ron Simon, AKA the Switcher. Poor Harry had been mind-swapped with an old man of 65. Forty years of his life stolen in a moment…



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Masks 22 - Golden Opportunity

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The world moves on, even for superheroes. Some problems, though, seem universal and eternal.

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A long-ago wrong being righted is seen by some as an opportunity for illicit gain. Can the heroes save Christmas? Or even the stolen treasures?

Masks XXII


by
Rodford Edmiston


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Peace Bringer 3&4 by Maggie Finson from DopplerPress

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Just in time for Halloween! The saga is complete!

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In a war between demons and the undead, must you choose the lesser evil?

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Peace Bringer
Parts 1&2
by Maggie Finson
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Murder at the Shapeshifters' Ball by Rodford Edmiston now on Kindle

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Worlds where being different ISN'T your biggest problem!

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Murder at the Shapeshifters' Ball
by Rodford Edmiston
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Stickmaker's collection of classic SciFi Transformation Tales leads off with a great detective yarn!

Everybody who can be anybody is at the party, including someone willing to kill a beautiful elf!

Thirteen stories set in about ten different worlds deliver mystery, suspense and adventure. With a few important transgender transformations among the furries, aliens and fantastic creatures!

There's a sample of the first story after the break!



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Headlights Girl on Amazon Kindle

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A hightech bodysuit allows Jimmy to experience being a Headlights Girl! It's fun, it's profitable and it's a complete change of lifestyle that anyone could enjoy - even you!

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Dragon's Fang by Shauna Rousseau now on Kindle

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Book 2 of Shauna's Dragon Saga!

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Dragon's Fang
by Shauna Rousseau
Now on Kindle


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Brainjacked! by Melanie Brown on Kindle

Some experiments are supposed to fail..

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The "Too Successful" Experiment

by Melanie Brown



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Racing Hearts by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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Tommy and his twin sister, Cynthia share almost everything. Their looks, their love of cheerleading. But maybe sharing a preference for street-racing bad boys is going too far?

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Racing Hearts
A Sudden Romance
by Melanie Brown
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Her by Angela Rasch from DopplerPress

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Ten transgender stories of explorations on the boundaries of gender by our Transmagellanic Navigator, Angela Rasch.
 

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Her
by Angela Rasch
Now on Kindle


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I'm With the Band

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Mike wanted to be in his brother's band in the worst way, but this was ridiculous!

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by Melanie Brown

Now available from Kindle!
Also, Kindle UK!

Copyright © 2005 Melanie Brown


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Voices Carry by Angela Rasch on Kindle

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A classic of transgender romance now on Kindle

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Voices Carry
by Angela Ranch
Buy on Amazon
with Alleviate Suffering


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TransGlimpses by Wanda now in Kindle Store

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Wanda Cunningham's TransGlimpses, a collection of her shorter fiction, is now available in the Kindle store.

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Sledgehammer by me from DopplerPress on Amazon

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This is the same story that's been in the Hatbox for some time, now released with new editing and a new cover on Amazon. The story of Jake and Cody, friends--and Freds--for a lifetime. See story for joke about the Freds.

Hugs,
Erin



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The Arctic Fox by Rosemary Howell - Now on Kindle

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When his family moved to Alaska, Patrick had a new life to begin...in more ways than one.

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The Arctic Fox
by Rosemary
Now on Kindle

The new kid is a genius. At thirteen, starting the ninth grade, he just wants to fit in. His Air Force dad moved the family to Alaska and it's a whole new life.

Maybe in a new life he can be his real self, a girl who decides to call herself Marcia to make it more different from her old name.

A new life means new friends, new challenges. Like dealing with bullies and boys who think she's pretty. There is drama—a death in the family, danger in her father's job as a pilot, romantic complications—can Marcia deal with all the changes?



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Uncivil by Angela Rasch Now on Kindle

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Originally posted on BigCloset as "Frank, My Dear" now on Kindle from DopplerPress

Uncivil by Angela Rasch

 

Uncivil
by Angela Rasch


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The Darker Side of Melanie Brown - Now on Kindle

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The Darker Side
of Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle


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All for Love - 'The Kiss' & more - A Melanie Brown Sampler

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Melanie Brown's newest collection from Doppler Press!

All for Love

Now on Kindle!



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Game of Spies by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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Who hasn’t had a bad day? But Capt. Wainright’s rapidly went downhill after answering a distress call only to wake up from suspended animation in the wrong body—that of a 15 year old girl! His ship now overrun by heavily armed troops, he (or she), will just have to soldier on—it’s going to get worse before it gets better!

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Game of Spies
by Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle


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Princess Warrior by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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John was pissed that he died on the beach at Normandy.

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It was June 6, 1944 and to say Private John Burton was unhappy would be an understatement. Even though he had heard General Eisenhower's speech on the radio, he really wanted to be elsewhere. Not that he wasn't a red-blooded American and not that he didn't grasp the importance of the mission. It's just that he was convinced there was a German bullet with his name on it. It was a feeling he just couldn't shake. All the trouble his parents went through to raise him, scolding him into good behavior, getting onto him to make good grades. And then all the money and effort Uncle Sam went through to prepare and train him for this exact moment, everything his life was moving towards would come to a wasted end on a beach in France he'd never heard of. He just knew it. And he was mightily annoyed about it.

Being annoyed couldn't describe how John felt when not even ten feet from the landing craft onto the sands of the beach before being cut down by German machine gun fire. Talk about being angry as he fell onto the sand...

And then even more angry when he woke up in another time and place as a naked teen girl...
 

Princess Warrior
On Kindle!
by Melanie Brown



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Moxie (Texas Belles #2)

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The sequel to Melanie Brown's Texas Belles is now on Kindle!

Moxie

by Melanie Brown

Ayumi did it before, can she do it again?

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She stayed in Japan after the breakup of her first J-Pop band, Texas Belles. The other American members went their own ways, some of them back to the states.

But no one in Japan ever knew Sam, the American bass-playing boy who joined his sister’s band and helped make them a hit. Sam is Ayumi now, as real as a girl can get. And she wants to keep doing what she does best.



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Misfortune by Maryanne Peters and Joyce Melton on Kindle

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Return now with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear when women were women and men were men — except when they became women!

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Misfortune
and Other Romances of the Old West
by Maryanne Peters with Joyce Melton
Now on Kindle


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How You Play the Game by Angela Rasch on Kindle

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"Sport is life, life is sport, they're different but the same...
It's not about win or lose, it's How You Play the Game."

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How You Play the Game
by Angela Rasch
Now on Kindle

A collection of stories with a sporting theme by Angela. Seven of her best tales centered on the worlds of golf, basketball, football and cheerleading, all with plenty more going on outside the sporting action.



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Spell Check: I Wish Book 2 by Amethyst on Kindle

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Shannon's adventures continue:

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Being sixteen is a big deal for a teenager, it's an even bigger deal when you've transformed yourself into a girl using powers you didn't even know you had.

Coping with a new body is one thing, learning to harness your new abilities is something else, then add a fledgling career as a model on top. It's fortunate Shannon has her friends at her side as she follows in her sister's footsteps.

It's bad enough having classroom politics, now you have to worry about celestials and demons and the fate of your world and several others... and it's not even Wednesday.

I Wish Book 2

Spell Check
by Amethyst

Now on Kindle!



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A Modest Proposal by Melanie Brown - on Kindle

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It was a simple idea.

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A Modest Proposal
by Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle



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