Sherry Derksen
A Canadian Multi-Genre Author
The Complete Helden Origin Trilogy now available!
What new dangers will Helden and Eric face next?
Find out in Episode 4 coming in 2024!
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Action Adventure Series - Origin Trilogy
Studied by Candlewood Corporation since five years old, Helden McKnight is a genetic anomaly and sleeps only one hour in a 24 hour cycle. Believing she was orphaned, Helden lived complacent under the strict rule of her Corporate Guardian Korak Wood, until learning of his horrific new plans to discover her genetic secrets.
Escaping was the easy part. Staying hidden was more difficult than she realized.
As Helden attempts to hide from the unrelenting pursuit of Candlewood Corporation she becomes ensnared by an elite criminal organization called the Collective.
Eric, a powerful operative in the Collective takes an interest in her and Helden is not sure if his interest is personal or if she is his pawn in a dangerous game of territorial control.
Realizing her institutionalized life has left her unprepared for the real world, Helden finds she needs the protection of Eric but can she trust him?
Action Adventure Series - Origin Trilogy
Helden McKnight is a genetic anomaly and sleeps only one hour a day. Candlewood Corporation controlled her since childhood and they were on the cusp of understanding her unique biology when she unexpectedly escaped. Without her, their goal of unlocking the secret of cellular regeneration and longevity is unreachable.
Power struggles, secrets, and hidden agendas threaten to destabilize Candlewood Corporation even as they continue their relentless pursuit of Helden. Despite the volatility of leadership, their net continues to tighten.
Newly recruited into an elite criminal organization called the Collective, Helden must learn to navigate the complex relationships in the tight knit team. Not everyone is happy with her presence. She finds herself falling for Eric, the powerful and charismatic leader of the Diamond City Division. He said he would help her but Helden is not sure she can trust him.
Eric navigates shifting priorities as he deals with finding India, investigating what happened to Robert, managing his team, and keeping Helden safe from Korak Wood and the enforcers from Candlewood. His tasks are further complicated by his feelings for Helden, the depth of his passion taking him by surprise.
There is no room for her in his life, but there is no life without her.
Action Adventure Series - Origin Trilogy
In the final espisode of the Origin Trilogy, Helden McKnight finds herself recaptured by Candlewood Corporation and in a different city accross the Country.
As she navigates profound grief she learns shocking secrets that propel her to discover the depth of her resiliance and belief in Eric's teaching that she deserves to live her own life.
Nina Candlewood, the matriarch of Candlewood Corporation has avoided Dylan Mapp and the Collective for years, but now that their organizations are on a collision course they are forced to deal with each other and unfinished business from the past.
Relationships between Nina and her sons Korak and Omari are complicated. When lies and hidden agendas are exposed the subsequent power struggle threatens to further destabilize the organization.
Lovers, lies, loss, and deception mix with family, friends, foes, and revelations in an emotional magma erupting in a battle of control between Candlewood Corporation and the Collective.
Only one organization will survive intact.
Drama
A glimpse into the medical and emotional recovery of one man after a major heart attack.
It was another ordinary day until the unthinkable happened. Dean Ambert suffered a massive heart attack. Aptly named the widow maker, most people don’t survive it but then, most people are not like Dean Ambert. Born a natural survivor, Dean felt cursed and fought against his bad luck which followed him and spilled into the lives of those he loved with catastrophic results.
He knew he should have stayed away from Daisy to protect her but he couldn’t. Driven by passion, desire and need he pursued the relationship he craved with devastating results.
Could Daisy ever forgive him? Could he ever forgive himself?
As Dean recovers in the hospital, he experiences the reassembly of hope and forgiveness through the lens of a major cardiac event.
How many ways can a heart be broken and how many ways can it heal?
Thriller
Two sisters, Madeline and Delta, were born and raised in Samcora under the heel of dysfunction. After the death of their mother Madeline ran away and severed all ties to her family, disappearing without explanation.
Ending up in the city of Summerton, Madeline reinvented herself and married a rich but dangerous man. Living on a tightrope, she struggled to maintain her alternate identity and keep her true origins hidden from her husband, Mark. Wanting money and the good life it bought she was happy being a trophy wife. Madeline would do anything to hold onto Mark and his bank account.
Stuck in Samcora, Delta strived to find happiness in her loveless marriage. She wanted to feel loved and cared for but knew that her husband Tom was incapable of providing for her emotional needs. She was haunted by the disappearance of her sister and could not understand why she ran away. Delta would do anything to feel happy again, to feel part of a true family.
Both sisters were unaware of the struggles of each other until devastating events brought them together. Events that would push them to question their boundaries as they discovered how far each of them would go to get what they wanted.