It is New Year’s Eve 2025. Liberty, recently returned from a transformational journey to Argentina, is confronted with the forces that have shaped her life journey. Her reunion will Ray will reveal a shocking truth, and another stroke of midnight twist that will change the course of her destiny.
Liberty escapes Hollywood to journey to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where her son studies abroad. She meets a charismatic political activist at a protest, and embarks on a passionate affair that alters her perspective, and empowers her to speak out about social injustice and embrace an authentic voice.
After a fairy-tale 2024 New Year's eve celebration, Liberty awakens the next morning and can't remember anything after midnight. Determined to learn the truth, she enlists support of friends to return to the mysterious building on Sunset Blvd where she met Ray.
Liberty is escorted by Ray to iconic Hollywood haunts, where they explore the underbelly of the Los Angeles culture at a tango club, the walk of stars, under Hollywood sign, and at a virtual theme park. Their intellectual and philosophical kinship becomes apparent as they reveal hidden aspects of their personas as the night progresses. […]
ATTN KINDLE READERS: NEW Romantic Fantasy by Anastasia Blackwell set in Ancient Carnival now Available at Amazon
In her new young adult, coming-of-age romance, OUTLAW NIGHT, author Anastasia Blackwell explores the life of a teenage girl living in 1966, and the night that changes the course of her destiny.
1966, amidst turbulent change in America, Stacie Sheridan, a fifteen-year-old sophomore, falls in love-at-first-sight. The object of her obsession is Calvin Brewster, a star Portland, Oregon high school athlete and felon awaiting trial. At eighteen, he is a legal adult. Despite her parent’s strict rule she cannot ride in cars with boys, Stacie accepts Calvin’s invitation to join him and his buddy-in-crime on a road trip. The destination is a day of sun-bathing at the new Kah-Nee-Ta Hot Springs Indian Reservation public swimming pool.
Stacey enlists her thrill-seeking best friend, and they embark on a journey to the mysterious land. Not long after the foursome hits the border, their car breaks down. The guys are broke, and there is no money for gas, food, or repairs. Stranded, they must use their wits and cunning to survive the dangerous Native American territory. By nightfall, Stacie has transformed, and there is no turning back. An outlaw is born.
OUTLAW NIGHT is currently being adapted to a screenplay. This is the fourth novel published by Anastasia Blackwell. Her other works are contemporary gothic suspense,THE HOUSE ON BLACK LAKE,historical fantasy/ gothic romance, THE CHAMBER OF CURIOSITIES, and urban sci-fi fantasy, I AM HUMAN. Anastasia's stories are set in different time periods, in diverse genres, but all explore outcasts attempting to find a place in oppressive, patriarchal societies.
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Please Note: The House on Black Lakehas been adapted to screenplay. Visit Home Page to view cinematic trailer.
The themes of obsessive love, BDSM, alpha males, control and submission, the use of wealth and power to allure, exploit and control, are all explored in The House on Black Lake. Ramey Sandeley is a man who it has been said that "God gave too much and so he has price to pay". He has everything that a man or woman could possible want, but he has never known a truly soulful love. When he meets Alexandra their perfect lives are blown apart and they are taken on a journey that compels them to explore the dark side of human behavior and dig deeper into their psyches. He believes the body must be contained (and sometimes beaten) for the soul to to be released. He threatens Alexandra with a whipping when she returns from a liason with a young French Artist Andre Labat and warns her that once the soul has been released from its human bondage there is no turning back.
The House on Black Lake mirrors many of the same themes as the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. Yet, the characters are at different points in their lives. Ana and Christian are fortunate to meet when they are both without responsibility and available. Ramey and Alexander fall in love at first sight. However, they are both are newlyweds when they first meet, and have children when they reunite (she has divorced and he is still married). Yet, the longing and desire for something deeper, more profound and primal are universal at any age. Their journey is both exciting and torturous, as integrity and faithfulness are at stake as well as the confinements of society.
Other books popular with women who loved "Fifty Shades of Grey follow. The list offers a wide selection that includes recommendations from readers of all ages, and levels of sophistication and education.
Author Anastasia Blackwell grew up in the Pacific Northwest and is familiar with the world of Christian Grey. In a series of interviews set in Jacksonville, Oregon she discusses the controversial novel.
THE HOUSE ON BlACK LAKE HIS BEEN ADAPTED TO SCREENPLAY. GO TO HOME PAGE TO VIEW PROVOCATIVE TRAILER.
In The House on Black Lake there is more than one female cheater. A mature lady in the story adds incest to her list of betrayals. The story's heroine, Alexandra Brighton is a woman of great integrity who fights terrible desire for friend Ruth's husband, the darkly alluring, Ramey Sandeley. Yet, she soon finds that Ruth is not the perfect wife she protrays.
Following is a list of some of the most popular romance fiction in which heroines cheat. Thanks for Amazon romance forum:
(Morla Gorrondona) catches her husband, Ramey Sandeley, and friend Alexandra in compromising position in their bedroom. Yet, she is not so innocent, and may desire Alexandra as much as her husband.
(scene from cinematic trailer for novel/screenplay)
It's official! "The House on Black Lake" is now available to purchase. It's been a long journey to create book design, trailers, music videos, etc. But the journey has only begun. I look forward to promoting book and meeting friends worldwide to discuss book and promote artistic endeavors. Please feel free to e-mail me regarding any questions or thoughts regarding the themes and issues of my novel.