Guardians #4.5, Elemental #3.5Devon Sanders, a private investigator known for his efficiency and discretion, is planning on being alone for the holiday season. His plans change when a case takes him to a small town in the mountains, where he learns that it’s not such a small world after all.Dylan Yatunus just wanted to give his family a chance to live a normal life for a while. As the Guardian of Earth who has already fought demon and god alike, he is used to defending his world, but when the children of his small town are endangered, it might be a little too close to home. Views: 21
“A Prize Plot.” -San Francisco Examiner “A bright, light, cleverly written tale.” -Cincinnati Post Things were going lousy for ex-reporter Paul Mcdonald: No money, no girl friend, no bright new career as a mystery novelist … and then along came PI Jack Birnbaum with an offer. He’d detect, and Paul would write the client reports. It wasn’t much, but it would keep Spot the cat in Kitty Queen tidbits. And then this: “That stuff’ll kill you.” “What? Your coffee?” Jack was just doctoring his second cup. “No. All that sweetener. You’re poisoning yourself.” “We’ve all gotta go sometime.” Jack went right about then. His eyes rolled back and he let go of the cup. Coffee sloshed all over my rug. His big body fell forward in the chair. A day that begins with a body in your living room really ought to get better, but next comes burglary and after that, assault-by-cop. And Paul’s got a feeling that’s just the beginning. There must have been something someone didn't want him to know in one of those client reports. But what? These were the facts: I was thirty-eight. I’d spent fifteen years on one major metropolitan daily or another. I’d written six unpublished detective novels. Unpublished in spite of my name. John D. MacDonald did it daily. Ross Macdonald did it deeper. Gregory Mcdonald did it with dash. Wrote thrillers and got them published. But not Paul Mcdonald. I just wrote them, supporting my habit with clients like Jack. I had about two hundred bucks to last me the rest of my life. My only client was dead. The market for mysteries was terrible. I didn’t get out enough. The only thing I’d ever done successfully was write newspaper stories. And I was sitting on a great story. A story he can sell, if he can catch the murderer before the murderer catches him. Birnbaum's last report concerned a kidnapped child, so Paul begins there. The trail leads him to the laboratory of a Nobel laureate geneticist, and then to City Hall, where an extremely nasty surprise awaits. But there’s an upside—lovely witness Sardis Kincannon. Nothing like falling in love while you’re running for your life! “One more blithe San Fran outing with a likeable journalist-sleuth by the name of Paul Mcdonald … Smith improves with each story and this is her best to date.” -Kirkus Reviews The San Francisco Bay Area shines here, as does the author's wit and humor. Fans of CASTLE, MURDER SHE WROTE, even ELLERY QUEEN will enjoy this fast-paced and funny take on the mystery-writer-as-detective. Views: 21
He is seeking absolution. Flynn Caldwell has a hero complex and it’s one of the reasons he joined the New York City Fire Department. He has spent his entire professional career trying to atone for that one person he failed to save. Because, if he can do that, then perhaps he can be worthy of love again. She is seeking escape. Rowan Page’s life is nothing short of a disaster. Always immersed in trouble, she has only herself to depend on. She’s determined to pull herself out of this mess and make something of her life, despite the hard years she has lived on the streets of New York. Together, they have the chance to become complete. Flynn and Rowan’s worlds exist miles apart, but when a chance meeting brings them together, neither of them can deny the instant pull that connects them to each other. What starts as a tiny spark eventually flares into a fire so hot, it refuses to be extinguished. For it to work, both of them will need to jump feet first into the flames to see where it takes them, despite the risk of being burned. Views: 21
Book Six in the Primani Series. This darkly intense story is a standalone in the urban fantasy romance series.Finally freed from a century in purgatory, former-wild child Aisling just wants to raise her son and live as a normal human again. Her demon hunting days are over. Her taste of freedom is cut short the moment her past comes searching for her. There's a reason she was exiled, and his name is Cain. He is the one demon she couldn't kill. One she couldn't resist, didn't resist. With him, there was only darkness, and the angels help her, she liked it that way. Now he's back to keep her on a short leash. His commands are simple. Stay away from Sean or else. But when he threatens to take her son, she turns to the one man who can save them both. Sean.Primani Sean is sick and tired of his baby mama's hateful attitude. He's been more than fair for five years. Her mood swings give him whiplash, and he's seriously thinking of strangling her. But when a brutal old enemy shows up to... Views: 21
The lines are drawn, and Zayn and Nikole must face each other in a battle of forgiveness and power; each attempting to right their wrongs, each battling their own inner demons.Haydar and Leigh prepare for war, rounding their men and setting into motion courses that cannot be undone.The tales will fall in line as the four of them come face to face with each other, and they will watch loved ones perish.When the dust settles and dawn breaks, who's going to be left standing and who will be missing? Will Nikole forgive Zayn for his betrayal? Will Leigh and Haydar overcome their differences? Will Adara say yes?Blood Yellow...Because the stories only just begun.... Views: 21
Elly’s exposure as a half-fey was a shock to all around her. Her attempts to hide her ears and the change in her reality were foiled by class bullies. The next thing she knew she was being whisked away to a private school that catered exclusively to the half-breeds left behind by fey who travelled in the human world. On her first day at the school, she learns what she is and what kind of magic runs in her family. It will take a while before she actually meets her family. Years later, she has completed her training, and she has not only learned what she is capable of, but she has learned what she can withstand and her personal strengths. She will need them all as she goes from being a master musician to the court’s main entertainment. After five more years, she is sent out on loan to the Crossroads, but leaving the court is dangerous. Five years’ worth of cursed nightmares are following Elly, and she will be lucky to make it out alive. Eric is in charge of the nightmares and their discharge of their duties. A clerical anomaly points him in the direction of the Crossroads, and it is a point of honour that he will keep Elenora alive. He will hold her hand through the terror and help her to the other side. Perhaps then, they can grab a burger.
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Apples and oranges, dogs and cats, everybody knows witches and immortals don't mix.A
young witch, Callie, returns home from exile after a traumatic Ouija
board incident seven years earlier. She falls for classmate James
MacLauren and struggles to keep her magical abilities a secret from him.
Then there's the even trickier problem that her rogue warlock father
and his coven will kill anyone who prevents Callie from joining them in
dark magic. Someone like James . . .But James has a secret of
his own. He's part of a hidden race of immortals living in the
Appalachian hollows and the last thing he needs in his life is a witch
who could imprison him with a binding spell.But it will take all
of his superhuman physical strength, and all of Callie's extraordinary
magical skills, to survive when two covens and an army of immortals
engage in battle. Should they fail, they face either death or utter
domination by the power of dark magic. Views: 21
