Mary Borsellino Mary Borsellino i(6053619 works by)
Also writes as: Julia Leijon ; Isobel Dorian
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Ice in Sunlight Julia Leijon , Australia : Mary Borsellino , 2016 21018001 2016 single work novel fantasy romance

'“I think I’m supposed to be dead.” Corwen’s emotions are a frozen wasteland after years of enslavement and abuse. When he’s finally rescued, freedom isn’t enough to thaw the wintry landscape of his heart. Slowly, his new compatriots teach him that physical intimacy is a sacred gift, that pleasure can be shared without pain. With endless patience, they offer him a different way of being. In order to be whole, Corwen must surrender the self-loathing he wears like armor. Can he learn to see himself the way his new companions do? Or will he hide from love forever in the icy vault that shields his deepest soul?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 The Australian Gang Mary Borsellino , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: And Then... The Great Big Book of Awesome Adventure Tales : Volume 2 2016;
1 y separately published work icon Little Ghosts Mary Borsellino , United States of America (USA) : Omnium Gatherum , 2015 21017906 2015 single work novella horror

'Growing up on a crumbling plantation at the beginning of the 20th century can profoundly shape an imagination and when I grew up and went away to university in New Orleans, I realised my imagination wasn't the only weird thing about me. My family's reaction to my wild new life almost killed me. The way back to feeling alive was stranger than even I expected. Now I want to tell you all about it.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Thrive Mary Borsellino , Melbourne : Clan Destine Press , 2015 10168451 2015 single work novel young adult fantasy science fiction

'In a time and place where the gulf between the haves and the have-nots has grown painfully wide, Olivia lives a life cushioned with abundance.

'Until the day she is kidnapped and held for ransom by Hannah, a girl from a very different kind of life.

'Olivia discovers a taste for things not commonly condoned in her world: black-market books, daring friends, wild creativity.

'From the depths of factory oppression to the dizzying heights of vigilante rooftops, Olivia travels the margins of society, where the misfits gather and build homes for themselves out of whatever they can get their hands on – and fight to make a life worth living.'

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1 y separately published work icon Ruby Coral Carnelian Mary Borsellino , United States of America (USA) : Omnium Gatherum , 2013 6105869 2013 single work novel fantasy

Where do you hide if the forces out to destroy you can find you anywhere? For three students on the run from cruel sorcerers, discovering an answer to that question is a matter of life and death.

1 Kestrel Mary Borsellino , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Little Visible Delight 2013; (p. 122-130)
1 y separately published work icon The Wolf House Mary Borsellino , 2012 United States of America (USA) : Omnium Gatherum , 2012 7439415 2012 series - author novel
1 y separately published work icon Last Girl Mary Borsellino , United States of America (USA) : Omnium Gatherum , 2012 6081148 2012 single work novel horror

In horror movies, the last girl is the one who triumphs where others have failed. But in real life, what if the reward for surviving for centuries is nothing but an endless chance to lose everything over and over again?

1 y separately published work icon Fire Proof Heart Mary Borsellino , United States of America (USA) : Omnium Gatherum , 2012 6055268 2012 single work novel horror

A story of two vampires, very different from one another: Blake, the capricious, charming leader of the most powerful vampire pack in the city, and Ash, the broken debutante gripped by a bloodlust she can’t control.

1 y separately published work icon Fair Game Mary Borsellino , United States of America (USA) : Omnium Gatherum , 2012 6055057 2012 single work novel horror

A tale of memory, violence, loss, and the gleeful manipulative wickedness of the games vampires play with those around them.

1 y separately published work icon Roads and Crosses Mary Borsellino , United States of America (USA) : Omnium Gatherum , 2012 6054161 2012 single work novel horror

Roads and Crosses follows two vampire hunters as they navigate the aftermath of the shattering events of Mary Borsellino's Origins and Overtures.

1 y separately published work icon Origins and Overtures Mary Borsellino , Omnium Gatherum , 6053768 2012 single work novel horror

When Bette and Jay’s lives crash headlong into the alluring, lethal underworld of the city’s vampires, they’re not afraid, but rather fascinated: could this subculture of hunters and predators, villains and heroes, finally be somewhere that they fit in?

1 Liberated Mary Borsellino , 2011 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Steamlust : Steampunk Erotic Romance 2011; (p. 171-183)
1 y separately published work icon The Devil's Mix Tape Mary Borsellino , United States of America (USA) : Omnium Gatherum , 2011 10196982 2011 single work novel horror fantasy

In 1999, Ella arrives at her Denver school with a cache of weapons and a plan to use them. Years later, from a hell different than she ever imagined, she recounts tales of other violent women in a series of letters to a little sister forced to grow up in the shadow of the Cobweb massacre.

In 1952, Sally and Amy, a strange girl with a secret, run away to hitch-hike around Australia. They navigate a landscape scarred by old memories and tragedy as they search for a safe place that feels like home.

In 2011, Charlotte, a music journalist on tour with a band, uncovers stories of loss and hope.

Demons, fallen soldiers, hunters, rock and roll stars are among the cast of characters thrown together into a web of legacies and second chances. The result could never be anything but The Devil's Mixtape.

Source: Publisher's Blurb

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