These six stories are all set in different times and places. They are very loosely based on fact. Six girls with hidden strengths; all facing hardship and all determined to survive. Rahenna never felt she belonged so marriage offers a means of escape; Dimti was born to dance to become a Sacred Dancer. Hesta was born into slavery and her mother keeps her daughter s beauty and healing gifts hidden from the world. Wolfstar. At her birth the Shaman chose her name and destiny to defend and protect her people. Songbird. No-one knows her name; the seven-year-old is found traumatised and mute. Her past is gradually unravelled and when a miracle cures her voice all hell is let loose; Princess. She s feisty and stubborn; too feisty for her husband s family so they decide to tame her; All my characters and events are pure imagination and I do love to weave a little myth and magic into my stories.