A Hardened Heart

By Candace Osmond

Dark, Gory, and Totally Sexy! Continue the #1 Bestselling Dark Paranormal Series with Bianca in A Hardened Heart!

“Like my mother before me, the unstoppable force and power of water fills every inch of my body, aching to be set free. But, I was raised to hide my gift form the world, trained to lived a mortal life and for years I believed that was the right way to live.

Until the only thing tying me to this mortal world, my beloved husband, betrayed my love and hardened my heart.”

Scrambling for her husband’s affection, Bianca has had enough. Finally, she opens her eyes and considers the fact that he may be cheating. She just never thought it would be with one of her best friends. Now she can finally sever the thing that tethers her to this mortal life, and fully invest in her coven’s quest for immortality.

But will her unexpecting husband survive the wave that’s headed straight for him? Will Bianca have his death on her hands?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Guardian Publishing
• Release date: Oct 5, 2017
• ISBN: 9781988159362

Candace Osmond

Number 1 International and USA TODAY Bestselling Author Candace Osmond is an Award-Winning Screenwriter from Fogo Island, NL. Her more popular works include her Internationally Bestselling Series, Dark Tides. A Time Travel Fantasy Romance set in 1707 Newfoundland. She now resides on the rocky East Coast of Canada with her husband, two kids, and bulldog.

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A Hardened Heart

The Wayward Witches Novella Series

Story Three

By

Candace Osmond

Copyright © 2023 Candace Osmond

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ISBN-13: 978-1-988159-36-2

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Cover Design by Majeau Designs

The characters, places, and events portrayed in this book are completely fiction and are in no way meant to represent real people or places.

Table of Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

About the Author

Chapter One

Teaching high school wasn’t for everyone, but Bianca felt a sense of accomplishment at the end of each day. She imparted knowledge to the children in her classes that was essential to life, and they respected her and even liked her in many cases. Not many teachers could say that.

Then again, she doubted most teachers took the extra measures she did to make English and Literature fun. In her classes, they didn’t just read the stories, write reports, and take tests. They acted out the plays, discussed what the author might have been thinking or going through, and delved into the psychology of the tales. They wrote their own pieces that reflected the same moods and lessons learned and shared them with the class.

Today had been a particularly good day, the culmination of a long project, and Bianca’s students had been quite satisfied with their results. She felt a great sense of pride as well. They had worked hard and turned in amazing projects. Not a single student deserved less than a B for their efforts. It put her in a phenomenal mood, especially knowing what waited for her after school.

As she finished grading a few papers that she’d had her students complete to satisfy the constraints of the curriculum, she stacked them neatly on the corner of her desk and stood, stretching. It was time to leave. She had to get home and cook dinner for her daughter and her husband, and then she had a meeting with Lenora and Ridley that was apparently a high priority. She wondered what Lenora was so anxious about, but she didn’t think too hard about it. She would find out soon enough.

She checked the time and sighed. She had to hurry if she was going to take care of all of her responsibilities before heading out to the cottage where her coven met. It was actually Lenora’s house, but it also doubled as their House of Magic. And she loved it. It was so rustic and quaint and picturesque for a witch’s home!

Nothing like her own suburban contemporary-Roman-style