Stories by tag: Novella

Borderland

Setting: AU
Words: 21,600
Rating: Teen

A historical AU set in Roman Britain in AD63. Tribune Tiberius Matius Buccio (Major Beck) has been posted to the fringes of the Roman empire — Britain — to help keep the peace following the Boudiccan revolt three years earlier. Settling in to his role, he becomes friendly with local chieftain’s son Jago (Jake Green). When an ongoing local feud takes a murderous turn, he finds himself caught between his friendship with Jago and his duty as a Roman officer.

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1 reviews | 4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 54 votes, average: 5.00 out of 54 votes, average: 5.00 out of 54 votes, average: 5.00 out of 54 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5 (4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated)

A Little Divided

Setting: AU Pre-series/Season 1
Words: 29,580
Rating: General

A sequel to Tanaqui’s (Follows You) Back Home. Sent back in time, Jake Green has successfully prevented the September attacks—at the cost of his relationship with the woman he loves, Heather Lisinski. While he has been working to rebuild his life and his relationships with his family in this changed world, fate has thrown him back into Heather’s path and he has been able to rescue her for a second time. Having won her admiration, he now has the opportunity to win back her heart. As their relationship develops, however, he finds it increasingly hard not to mix up the past he shared with the Heather in that other life with the history he’s creating with the Heather in this one. How can he build a successful relationship with this Heather while concealing the truth of who he is and what he’s done?

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3 reviews | 6 votes, average: 4.67 out of 56 votes, average: 4.67 out of 56 votes, average: 4.67 out of 56 votes, average: 4.67 out of 56 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5 (6 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5, rated)

Manifest Destiny

Setting: AU
Words: 29,200
Rating: Teen

Kansas, 1855. At a time of turmoil in the Kansas Territory, with pro-slavery and free-state settlers clashing violently, Jake Green unexpectedly arrives back at the home of his estranged family in the frontier town of Jericho. On the run from trouble further West, he is planning to pay only a brief visit to claim the inheritance left to him by his grandfather, but finds himself drawn in to staying to defend the town from the escalating violence. Amid the fighting, and as the danger increases, he finds himself growing closer to one of the new settlers, a schoolteacher called Heather Lisinski. Meanwhile, he crosses paths with Robert Hawkins, who claims to be a trading agent for an Ohio factory owner, but who seems to have an agenda of his own….

Warning: some period-appropriate attitudes and language

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3 reviews | 1 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 5 (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated)

Fertile Ground

Setting: AU August 2007 – April 2008
Words: 17,755
Rating: Teen

An AU to Awesome!Jakeverse

Part of the Genderswap!verse, set a few months after the end of S2. Jericho and Beck’s troops are holding out against a besieging force from the Allied States of America. A biological weapon sent by Cheyenne has resulted in Jake and Stanley finding themselves in female bodies. As Kenchy, the town’s only doctor, looks for a way to turn them back, the change begins to have an effect on those around them, especially Beck.

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1 reviews | 1 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 5 (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated)

Tailspin

Setting: Late May 2007
Words: 34,820
Rating: General

Part of the Awesome!Jakeverse

On his return from Texas, Jake tries to fit back into a Jericho gearing itself up for continued resistance to Cheyenne control. But he finds everything has changed—and that everywhere he goes, he runs into Beck.

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1 reviews | 3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 53 votes, average: 4.67 out of 53 votes, average: 4.67 out of 53 votes, average: 4.67 out of 53 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5 (3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5, rated)

(Follows You) Back Home

Setting: AU Pre-series/Season 1
Words: 20,910
Rating: General

A sequel to Tanaqui’s New Day Rising. Separated from the woman he loves and sent back in time, Jake has successfully prevented the September attacks and dealt with the immediate problems that faced him in the days before the bombs. Now, settling into a new job as a pilot for a charter airline and mending his relationships with his family, he longs to rekindle his romance with Heather. When he’s finally able to return to Jericho, fate presents him with a chance to again rescue her and her class from danger.

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3 reviews | 3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 53 votes, average: 5.00 out of 53 votes, average: 5.00 out of 53 votes, average: 5.00 out of 53 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5 (3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated)

Dangerous Enough

Setting: 1.19 Casus Belli
Words: 15,590
Rating: Teen

Part of the Awesome!Jakeverse

When Eric tells Heather that New Bern is planning to invade and occupy Jericho, she wants to see the evidence for herself.

Warning: Discussion of rape

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0 reviews | 2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 52 votes, average: 5.00 out of 52 votes, average: 5.00 out of 52 votes, average: 5.00 out of 52 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5 (2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated)

Honor Bound

Setting: AU for Scribbler’s Devil’s Due
Words: 45,820
Rating: Adult

An AU to Scribbler’s Devil’s Due. Heather has been kidnapped by Phil Constantino, who intends to execute her. Discovering where Heather may have been taken, Jake and Beck set off on horseback to try and get her back. But the rescue attempt goes wrong when they run into one of the AS Army’s patrols.

Warning: Non-con/dub-con, sexual assault, torture, non-sexual violence

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2 reviews | 7 votes, average: 5.00 out of 57 votes, average: 5.00 out of 57 votes, average: 5.00 out of 57 votes, average: 5.00 out of 57 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5 (7 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated)

New Day Rising

Setting: AU Pre-series/Season 1
Words: 15,970
Rating: General

A sequel to Scribbler’s Times Like These. Sent back in time, Jake Green has successfully prevented the September nuclear attacks. Armed with the memories of nearly a year of events that haven’t happened, he must pick up his life and find a way to fix relationships that are once more broken.

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2 reviews | 3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 53 votes, average: 5.00 out of 53 votes, average: 5.00 out of 53 votes, average: 5.00 out of 53 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5 (3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated)

Devil’s Due

Setting: July 2007
Words: 40,484
Rating: Adult

Part of the Awesome!Jakeverse

Constantino once again has Jericho in his sights. In a race against time, Jake and Beck must bury their differences to protect the people they care about. Sequel to Tanaqui’s No Good Deed.

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1 reviews | 8 votes, average: 4.88 out of 58 votes, average: 4.88 out of 58 votes, average: 4.88 out of 58 votes, average: 4.88 out of 58 votes, average: 4.88 out of 5 (8 votes, average: 4.88 out of 5, rated)