Curiosity has the ability to turn the smartest person into a reckless fool.Few dared live as close to the border as us. Not even the long-standing peace treaty between our two nations could make people forget how the savage Men of the North used to hunt down and kidnap women here.If only Devina hadn't been so damned curious by nature, she would have never picked up that letter thrown across the Northern wall. Now, she is horrified to see that it's ...

Althea and Maeve never asked for eternal life.Born in the early sixteenth century, their survival depended on hiding their special abilities from the superstitious village people they lived among. Controlling the elements and healing animals would get a person executed for witchery.As they grew older Maeve got tired of hiding and that’s when disaster followed. Soon the twin-sisters would come to wish that their abilities included going back in time to chang...

400 years in the future, men are few and women rule the world.Except for the area formerly known as Canada and Alaska, which is inhabited by the Men of the Northlands, a group of strong men who refuse to be ruled by women.Christina Sanders, an archeologist and professor in history, is fascinated with the past. As a modern woman of year 2437 she knows that women are better off without men, but longing for an adventure, she makes a spontaneous decision and vo...

Is one life worth saving at the expense of the collective?Althea has secured the spear that can end the terrible chokehold that the Cobra has on the world.Angry and pressured, he mobilizes his army of dangerous and powerful Faders to crush her and her kin.The Earthens understand that the time has come for the ultimate war between good and evil. But how do healers and caregivers fight a bloody war when it’s against their nature to harm anyone? Can th...

Elin Peer presents Book 0.5 in the Men of the North series. Contains mature themes.

Is immortality a prison or a playground?Lured by promises of a privileged life among the wealthiest in the world, Damon became a Fader back in the 14th century. Shifting shapes and being immortal has its perks, but following every order from his maker, the Cobra, is getting old. Especially when his order is to seduce Althea, an Earthen who stole something valuable from him once and who he hasn’t been able to track down for the past five hundred years.Now, A...

Four hundred years in the future, women control the world but Khan Aurelius, ruler of the last free men, is determined to take back the power that has been denied men for centuries. Outnumbered by far, he knows that women need to give up their power willingly and with one of their councilwomen as a hostage, he's certain he can influence her with his superior male intellect. She is just a soft woman, after all.Councilwoman Pearl has sacrificed herself to save an innocent priestess. ...

I met a random stranger in a coffee shop and felt an instant connection between us.That was five years ago but I never forgot him.Now, I have news. Turns out that Charles, my reserved and mysterious crush is the heir to one of the largest business dynasties in the US. Unfortunately, his fortune made him a target.According to his family, Charles is now in Ireland. He's been lured in by a narcissistic and cunning cult leader with a troubling reputatio...

Even the strongest man in the world has a weak spot!Magni knows what he wants and he's used to getting it. As the second in command in the Northlands, he doesn't care that he comes across as rude or domineering. Asking for permission or apologizing for his actions is for weaker men.Six months ago, Laura was Magni's sweet and submissive young wife. Tempted to experience the independence of women in the Motherlands, and to learn martial arts, she ran away. No...

Does a curse only work if you believe it does?Chosen to be a priestess from childhood, Athena knows everything about aligning her energy with the universe and spreading hope, healing, and wisdom to people. But her inner balance is disturbed when Finn shows up on her doorstep.The large, annoyingly flirtatious man kept her imprisoned in the past and now demands she lift the spell she cast on him. Rather than explain to him that the spell wasn't real, Athena s...

With three degrees and the highest measured IQ in the Motherlands, Shelly Summers knows that she's socially awkward. It doesn't bother her since as the head engineer for Advances Technologies she has little time for social interactions anyway.When she learns that one of the testers for the sex-bots her company manufactures is her old crush, Marco, she's curious to see if he'll recognize her now that she's ten years older and no longer has bushy eyebrows and a bad case of acne....

Everyone knows NOT to discuss how to raise children.The Men of the North have been living in exile for centuries, raising their boys without the influence of women. Now an experiment will bring girls and boys together in a new school with children and teachers from each side of the border. But how can two teachers work together when they don't agree on anything?Sparks fly in this clash of cultures when Archer Rex objects to Kya Rae's meditation "shit" that ...