One Night With The Fae

One Night With The Fae

Claire Farrell

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Young Adult / Short Stories

A group of short stories relating to one event. Each story focuses on a different character's involvement and point of view.A human girl is lured to a faery festival hosted by the Irish Fae. To survive, she must avoid the attention of two warring Queens whilst risky attempts are made to break a fragile peace treaty.The novel's lead character - teenager Humik- is living with his immigrant family in LA. He is longing for his childhood’s native home and struggles with his parents, as he wishes to ‘return to the Hell of Israel’ (as his mother calls that). He leaves home and stays in NY for some months, while his family refuse to finance him, because they contradict his adventurous aspiration. He really follows the example of his 'hero' -Elkano - his mother’s young lover, who had fallen in battle, and his father married Humik’s mother (being then herself already a widow). Now Humik is in the same age of his hero, that he had known in childhood: He is also handsome like him, Now Humik is in the same age of his hero; he is handsome like him, and as such he is having a love affair with an Israeli girl who has come to NY to study in Manhattan High School of Music. But soon Humik reveals that she has suffered from schizophrenia. Not long after having shocked by that- he is tempted by a good looking and impressive NY young woman of 23, Raphaella. She studies ‘Managing Artists and Movies Producing’, and persuades Humik ‘to make a living' by being her sex-mate in a Peepshow Brothel. Humik is not aware of her complex character (She could not bear her father’s pedantic control over her, and escaped from home in her teenage)...Suddenly, after two months of sexing with Humik, Raphaella’s ex guy-friend, a mini-market owner – boasting for his business success, re-contacts her and promises a marriage. She leaves our protagonist and returns to that guy, who is revealed to be a queer person, on the verge of psychopathy, who soon sinks into enormous debts. Meanwhile our young Protagonist arrives in his native land, to join the parachutes’ troops there. He has reached his goal – but is wounded in the battlefield. While in recovery- he is faced unexpectedly with an ‘American bad guy’, who is suspected by Humik to be the run-away murderer of his attractive girlfriend Raphaella from NY. The knowledge that such a person would live not far from him, and not caught to get into court and be punished- dims the light of Humik's voyage. But he is too stubborn and proud to admit his adolescence illusion: He continues to choose his own way, and refuses to get back to America.
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Usurper

Usurper

Claire Farrell

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Young Adult / Short Stories

It’s been a year since Cara returned to the human realm with her daughter, and the fae have come knocking again. The game of kings is still being played, power is the ultimate prize, and Scarlet is an asset every court wishes to acquire. As Sadler’s next move is revealed to be his deadliest yet, and Scarlet’s burgeoning powers begin to develop into something that can’t be hidden, Cara realises that something more significant than a faery promise is needed to protect her family. It’s time for her to build on what she started in Sadler’s court. But although the game is seductive, the price of winning might be too costly for a human to pay.
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Soul

Soul

Claire Farrell

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Young Adult / Short Stories

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here. A novel inspired by the short story collection, One Night with the Fae. Soul is the first in a brand new series by Claire Farrell. Cara Kelly’s life is going nowhere when she’s lured to a faery festival. There she sees darkness and magic, madness and lust, and she comes out the other side with new eyes and an addiction to the fae. When the faery who saved her life returns to her, Cara knows there’s something wrong. Two souls exist in one body, and both need her, but to help one, she’ll end the life of the other. At first, her mind is made up, but both souls know how to charm her. As the days pass, it becomes clear that the faeries need a leader, and Cara finds herself sucked into a world where morals don’t exist. The truth of her past is hidden in the magic, but all Cara needs to do is survive the king’s coronation, then the fae will let her go forever. But that’s not what she wants anymore, and it’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference between a king and a half-blooded solitary fae. Cara’s losing her way, and her heart, to the fae, but there’s still her life, and her humanity, left to lose.
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Adversity (Cursed #2.5)

Adversity (Cursed #2.5)

Claire Farrell

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Young Adult / Short Stories

Intended to be read after Clarity (Cursed #2). Approx. 50,000 words.Kali is the seventh of seventh, born with a destiny she'll risk lives to escape. Her choices will ripple dangerously into future generations.Amelia's haunted by a gypsy girl and her own lack of bravery. To make amends, she'll do whatever it takes to help her brother and best friend, even if it's something neither of them want.Intended to be read after Clarity (Cursed #2). Approx. 50,000 words.Kali is the seventh of seventh, both blessed and cursed. With a father willing to sell her, and a life already mapped out for her, she’s desperate for an escape. But her way out can only come from the most unavailable person she knows, and stealing happiness comes with a price that many generations will bear.Amelia’s haunted by disturbingly vivid dreams about a gypsy girl but ignored by everyone else in her life. She’s desperate to prove herself. To show everyone she can help. So when her brother and best friend display the influence of the curse on their free will—or lack of it—and a spirit warns of Perdita’s fast approaching death, she knows she has to do something. Yet she can’t ignore that something huge is happening to her too, and her journey leads her back to where it all began, but not everyone wants her help, after all.
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Tithes

Tithes

Claire Farrell

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Young Adult / Short Stories

Ava’s been trying to help her past and her future co-exist, but when it all goes wrong, she’s barely able to take a breath when the next drama begins, and she begins to wonder about her string of bad luck. Tensions are already running high when evidence of slavery appears on Ava’s doorstep, quickly followed by an unwelcome blast from the past with news that forces her to rethink where her trust lies. The only thing Ava knows for sure is that it’s time to finish cleaning up the mess that started with Fionnuala because bad luck is catching, and everyone she cares about is affected.
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Kings: Chaos Book 5.5

Kings: Chaos Book 5.5

Claire Farrell

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Young Adult / Short Stories

Set between books five and six in the Chaos series, Kings is a brief look into the lives of Drake and Brendan.After sealing the rift, Drake hears word of his wife’s sickness only to find that the cause is exactly what unites his enemies against him.Brendan’s journey across unexplored waters is only beginning, and if he finds what he’s looking for, he’ll owe a determined woman a throne by his side. But can he do it?Whatever course of action is taken next, they will change their world.
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Adversity (Cursed #2.5)

Adversity (Cursed #2.5)

Claire Farrell

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Young Adult / Short Stories

Intended to be read after Clarity (Cursed #2). Approx. 50,000 words. Kali is the seventh of seventh, born with a destiny she'll risk lives to escape. Her choices will ripple dangerously into future generations. Amelia's haunted by a gypsy girl and her own lack of bravery. To make amends, she'll do whatever it takes to help her brother and best friend, even if it's something neither of them want.
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Usurper (Chaos #4)

Usurper (Chaos #4)

Claire Farrell

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Young Adult / Short Stories

It’s been a year since Cara returned to the human realm with her daughter, and the fae have come knocking again. The game of kings is still being played, power is the ultimate prize, and Scarlet is an asset every court wishes to acquire.As Sadler’s next move is revealed to be his deadliest yet, and Scarlet’s burgeoning powers begin to develop into something that can’t be hidden, Cara realises that something more significant than a faery promise is needed to protect her family. It’s time for her to build on what she started in Sadler’s court.But although the game is seductive, the price of winning might be too costly for a human to pay.
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Soul (Chaos #1)

Soul (Chaos #1)

Claire Farrell

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Young Adult / Short Stories

Cara Kelly's life is going nowhere when she's lured to a faery festival, but afterward, things get too exciting. The faery she's fallen for now shares a body with a charming king who's only wish is to take back his crown. Helping him will help humans everywhere... and end the life of the faery she cares for. The stakes are high, and Cara's liable to lose everything to the faeries before the end.
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