The 14th Tale

by Xann-shapella Smith

What does a centuries-old book in Ireland have to do with a teenage girl in Boston? Everything, if she wants to live past her fourteenth birthday. With his daughter, Ailee, growing weaker by the day, Detective Finn Donnelly reluctantly takes her back to his homeland to face the reason he left. Trying to keep the truth hidden from his daughter, Finn reunites with his eccentric in-laws, the Killians. Soon, he becomes immersed in a world he wants nothing to do with—a place where two worlds exist simultaneously and fantasy and reality collide daily. Racing against time, the Killian clan begins the foretold final journey to save Ailee's life and end the curse that has plagued their family for fourteen generations.

250 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 9, 2023

About the author

Xann-shapella Smith resides on a small farm where beauty and solace provide the perfect atmosphere for creating stories as far as the expanse of her imagination. Writing has been one of her life's great loves, and telling a good story is one of her passions.
Her zeal for storytelling has produced books and scripts that span many genres, including drama, romance, comedy, fantasy, adventure, and science fiction. Xann's writing is a skill that rewards her in abundance and a gift she's happy to share with audiences everywhere.