Bøker av Ruth Miranda

Song Jaesun knew what he was getting into, when he married Jok OnMi and became her child's legal guardian. He knew the challenges he'd face, raising a trans pre-teen alone, after his wife's death. He's known all this well in advance, and believes himself ready, eager, even, for it provides him with the one thing he's longed for but is beyond his reach: his own family. He believes himself man enough to stand up to the hurdles and face every trial.What he didn't count on, though - and sure wasn't ready for - is the father of his late wife's child.Now that Kai HaoTian's decided to make up for all his past mistakes and work hard on regaining his kid's affection, the two men find themselves forced to share living arrangements for the sake of a child both love immensely.And it's not gonna be easy, when all they feel for each other is resentment...

When Sasha Devereaux enters the offices of London based genealogist Ruth Fleming, she has no idea her life is about to change.Plummeted into a world filled with magic and lore, Sasha soon finds her vision of the world as she knew it come crumbling down, as she is forced to face the truth about herself and her origins.

On May 2003 Sebastian White comes home from his morning jog to find his wife and their four weeks old daughter dead. The deaths are deemed as a murder followed by suicide, but as he spirals down into self destruction, he insists there was foul play. Eight years later he crosses paths with someone who finally believes him and both set out to get to the bottom of what happened that morning, as they both must struggle to come to terms with their own past and the secrets they hide.

FIfteen years after the suicide of two of his friends, Ezra King returns to the prestigious University of St. Cyr, this time as a teacher. Following on the footsteps of his former mentor Darren Whitford, he reopens the elitist study group specialising in Chaos Alchemy, guiding his students in the pursuit of results that will make life easier for all the Nonpareil.When those connected to the prior group, of which Ezra was a part of, start showing up dead, his own demons resurface, and the ghosts lying dormant in St. Cyr threaten to rise from their graves...

Jayal Hasen has never had a one night stand, or taken someone home with for sex - he's just not that kind of man.Not with his past.But when his best friend introduces him to internationally acclaimed model Lu HaoRan, the attraction is immediate. The chemistry between them is such that, contrary to his character and all the fears he still can't shake, the two end up in bed. And though it was supposed to be just a one-night-stand, Jayal finds himself entertaining unexpected thoughts of something else...Lu HaoRan isn't looking for a relationship - he doesn't believe that's in the stars for him.Not with his life.But after spending the night in Jayal Hasen's bed, he can't think of anything else, the memory of what took place becoming the haven he turns to when under stress. After weeks of trying to fight his growing obsession with a man he hardly knows and has never seen again, he's ready to throw caution to the wind and do all he can to meet Jayal again.Still, a fine line stands between them, one that's made of everything they hide from one another, secrets that threaten to break them apart, even before they come together.With neither finding the courage to cross that line, they risk losing each other without ever meeting again.Who will take the first step?This book addresses subjects that may be harmful for certain readers, namely mentions and depictions of verbal, physical and emotional abuse in the context of domestic violence.Reader discretion is advised.

"The fabric covering my body makes my skin crawl, smothers me, adheres to both seen and unseen scars, ripping off scabs just barely healing, making me bleed once again, not only from the wounds, the cuts I inflict upon myself every night on stage; from my heart, my soul. The fabric that covers me is a mask I have no use for, and serves only to comply myself to what others want from me. And yet, the crowd roaring tells me they have come for more, they have come for something else, not for this, certainly not for something as wishy-washy and bland as this.""SCARS", the second novella on the BLOOD Trilogy, takes off two years after the events of "BLOOD". Caius Nilsson is back to being a rock star, the search for his father forgotten now he is reunited with his twin brother. But a darkness lurks inside him, and threatens his life. Now the brothers must take up the search for Titus McFee again, to understand the disease taking over Cai and a find a way to save him. But how far is Marcus willing to go only to assure his brother is safe?

All Night Andrews wants is to do his job and live his life in peace, so he can forget his past and all he's been through. Keeping to himself, he trusts no one, and lets no one near, other than the three people he shares house and work with. But when Rhodri Hughes walks into the nightclub owned by Night's benefactor, trouble follows him in the form of the gang he hangs with. When the group of troublemakers drag Rhodri to the toilets, Night decides to follow, triggered by the look he caught in the young man's eyes. What he comes upon wakes a killer rage inside him and opens the door to the kind of mess he wanted to steer clear off.Rhodri Hughes, on the other hand, could do with some help - seeing he's powerless where it comes to helping himself. When Night storms into the toilets where he's suffering the kind of assault he's become used to, he can't help seeing him as some kind of saviour, one he'd like to keep close, just in case. Night's insistence on keeping him away - when his eyes say otherwise - messes with Rhodri's head to the point he doesn't know where he stands, any longer, aware he should steer clear from that kind of man.But something seems to draw them together, like magnets. Slowly opening up to one another, they unravel the secrets of their lives and what brought them to where they are - the precipice they stand on the verge of, still unsure of whether they should jump or turn back.Because the results of such proximity might very well be what ends up destroying them, and all those they care for. This book contains mentions and depictions of subjects that may be harmful to readers, such as violence, assault, abuse (mental, physical, sexual) suicide, death, CSA. Reader discretion is advised

"I'm what's been made of me, a product of someone else's depravity. There are scars going deeper than the eye can see, they're carved into our blood, placed there by the actions of others. You, of all people, should know this. Threatening Caius was the only way I knew of to assure your undivided attention. If you couldn't love me, at least you'd hate me. But you would notice me."What secrets hide in Marianne's past?After being thrown to a time portal by Nora Bell's magic, Marianne finds herself face to face with her own past, one she must now share with Marcus. Will witnessing the life events, that led to having met her at Stuart Harlow's mansion, change the way he sees her? And will his worry about having left Cai alone, back in their own time, allow him to stay focused and clear headed, around a woman who once held such allure over him?Will Cai and Nora find a way to bring Marcus back from the past?And will they condemn Marianne to stay locked there, with her own demons?

He was chased, beaten, stabbed and left to die alone in the woods. But death granted him a gift, a second chance at life, if only he was willing to become the night.Now he must face secrets hidden in a past that should have been his, of a life he should have lived, if only those who should have loved him hadn't feared him so much...

'Chaos' Nilsson has it all: a successful career in the music industry, fame, money, the girl. He also has a monkey on his back, brought about by the visions that plague his mind and haunt his every waking moment; visions that will only be quietened when he numbs himself with generous amounts of alcohol and drugs. After an accident that nearly costs him his life, he embarks on a journey of self discovery, in search of his roots and the secret to the blood coursing through his veins

FIfteen years after the suicide of two of his friends, Ezra King returns to the prestigious University of St. Cyr, this time as a teacher. Following on the footsteps of his former mentor Darren Whitford, he reopens the elitist study group specialising in Chaos Alchemy, guiding his students in the pursuit of results that will make life easier for all the Nonpareil.When those connected to the prior group, of which Ezra was a part of, start showing up dead, his own demons resurface, and the ghosts lying dormant in St. Cyr threaten to rise from their graves...