Author Amanda Matula
Creating worlds with words
Current WIPs
Novels, Short Stories, and Other Works In Progress
The Tale of Aylen
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A Flight of the Lionheart Short Story
Release Date TBA
With her tribe on the brink of starvation, a naive Aylen must find a way to survive. After a chance meeting with a creature of legend, Aylen gifts her people with the skills to withstand the winter. But Aylen’s budding friendship harbors an unexpected secret. Will her tribe exploit Aylen’s discovery at the cost of her friendship?
The Assassin's Embrace
Submitted for consideration in an anthology January 15, 2020.
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When a princess is desperate to escape the clutches of the King, Audrey- a healer with a dark secret- in the kingdom of Straeborne will stop at nothing to ensure her freedom. But Audrey’s choices aren’t without risk, for her lover is a hired assassin of the crown. Will she become her husband’s next target? Will Audrey’s actions spell her own downfall?
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Title TBA
Plotted
Working on 1st draft
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On the verge of breaking into the American equestrian show circuit, meek Callie is left destitute by her mother, forcing her to take a job working with horses at Rocky Mountain Ranch to make ends meet; but when her mother steals her horse as well as her hard earned money, she must learn to stand up to the woman before everything she loves is lost forever.