Urban Fantasy Magic

Cleaning up crime scenes and juggling supernatural politics is hard enough, but now Scarlett must face changes to every part of her personal and professional lives. What happens when the world's most powerful null goes on parental leave? And what will the Old World have waiting for her when she comes back?

The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a San Francisco Web-design drone - and serendipity, sheer curiosity, and the ability to climb a ladder like a monkey has landed him a new gig working the night shift at Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. But after just a few days on the job, Clay begins to realize that this store is even more curious than the name suggests. There are only a few customers, but they come in repeatedly and never seem to actually buy anything....

I foolishly believed this day would never come, that life in charming Chipping Cheddar would always be pleasant and somewhat predictable—but all good things must come to an end. And it seems the dormant portal is no exception.

Lily Locke has never believed in witches and wizards, ghosts and magic, shifters and vampires - especially cute blonde vamps with blood-intolerance issues. A rising star at a hotshot marketing agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota, all Lily knows is that she's a PowerPoint guru, an Excel ninja, and a coffee-maker extraordinaire. Not to mention she's next in line for a huge promotion.

Thren Felhorn is the greatest assassin of his time. All the thieves' guilds of the city are under his unflinching control. If he has his way, death will soon spill out from the shadows and into the streets. Aaron is Thren's son, trained to be heir to his father's criminal empire. He's cold, ruthless - everything an assassin should be. But when Aaron risks his life to protect a priest's daughter from his own guild, he glimpses a world beyond piston, daggers, and the iron rule of his father.

Scarlett Bernard is used to cleaning up messes. As a human who cancels out any magic around her, Scarlett's job is to keep the supernatural world hidden - at any cost. But on the eve of the Vampire Trials, a two-day tribunal that allows the otherworldly community to air their grievances, Scarlett receives a blood-soaked message from Molly, her estranged former roommate. Molly, a vampire, had been living with 12 human college students...and in one terrible night, she slaughtered them all.

A 39-year-old bookshop owner with chronic anxiety develops the magical ability to reunite lost objects with their owners. It's going to take all of her courage and the support of many great friends to step out of her comfort zone and into the types of adventures she used to only read about in her beloved books. Along the way, Juliette learns that she's tougher than she ever suspected and creates a life that is richer and more wonderful than she ever dared dream.

Jules Cavanaugh would like nothing better than to settle into midlife, bury her toes in the sand, and sip margaritas with her hot new shifter boyfriend, but that's not what the universe has planned. As the Mistress of Balance, it's her job to keep the scales of light and dark from tipping, and so far, she's doing a bang-up job. Since she found out she's magical, she's been kidnapped, attacked by a sea serpent, battled an army of Dark Fae, and even fought off biting pixies that make Florida's mosquitos seem tame.

When a vampire serial killer sends Anita Blake a grisly souvenir from Las Vegas, she has to warn Sin City's local authorities what they're dealing with. Only it's worse than she thought. Ten officers and one executioner have been slain - paranormal style. Anita heads to Vegas, where's she's joined by three other federal marshals, including the ruthless Edward. It's a good thing he always has her back, because when she gets close to the bodies, Anita senses "tiger" too strongly to ignore it.

In the dramatic conclusion to "The Greenwillow Chronicles," hidden gates between the worlds of the living and the dead have been unlocked across New York City. The coven prepares for a final showdown with the Incarnators and their godlike necromancer, Victor Morgen. But can Greenwillow, poisoned with jealousy and mistrust, remain intact long enough to recover the grimoire? For more visit http://greenwillowchronicles.weebly.com/

No victory is worth the blood of the ones you love ... Threats have unpredictable outcomes with Francesca. With the looming danger, she does the unexpected again. Much to Zoltan's dismay, she has risen Soren, the one uninterested in anything but his own peace. The Fae is awake and determined to indulge the one giving him a new will to walk among the living. But the moral compass between him and Francesca when it comes to everyone else differs in many ways. Enough to make the half-blood regret her hasty decisions. While Drake is struggling to justify waking the powerful Dragon Blood, ...

Born to a wealthy Virginian family, privileged Jordan's got her life all planned out. Get her PhD, find the perfect Virginian man to marry, pop out a few more Kacys, and make her state senator father proud. If only Jordan could let the past rest. When your mother disappears without a trace, it carves a gash that bleeds a long time. Jordan has never given up hope that her mother is alive. So when Jordan's old nanny shows up with a mysterious locket containing a portrait of Jordan's mother, Jordan believes her hope was not in vain.

Verity King has a problem with her husband. He’s been turned into a frog, and contrary to opinion, that’s not an improvement. A cryptic message, a severed finger in her fridge, and no signs of forced entry make it clear to Tempest why he was called, but Mr King’s worrying transformation is just the first act. Almost before he can add up the clues, a second victim confirms the theme and Tempest finds himself up against someone performing modern retellings of the Grimm Brothers’ Fairy Tales … with real live human characters. Tempest also has a new partner and it’s not his old army...

Scrapbooking is magic, and so am I. Or at least I would be, if I could take a freaking nap already. What kind of dream witch can't even make herself fall asleep? A tired witch. A middle-aged, raising-her-teenage-son-alone witch. I'm supposed to keep the magic world a secret. I'm supposed to dream the future. But supposed-tos are for suckers. At 41, I'm done with doubt. And I'm not about to let anyone else tell me what I can or can't do.

When haute couture meets the supernatural, death should never be this stylish... Aziza isn't your typical fairy godmother. With custom dragonfly wings and an eye for Chanel, she's made a name for herself as New York City's premier Fairy Glamother—protecting creative women and keeping the supernatural world under wraps. But when renowned fashion designer Vivienne Laurent is found dead in her locked dressing room minutes before her breakthrough show, Aziza's world of runways and magic collides in the worst way possible. The human police are baffled, but Aziza recognizes the telltale shimmer...

Sometimes a graveside goodbye isn't the end. That's usually when I get a middle of the night phone call. In this case, the person seeking help from their friendly neighborhood reaper is none other than the director of Beechwood's funeral home. Who may be more of a frenemy than a friend. Oops. Here's to hoping I can help rid the funeral home of its latest unwanted guest without burning the last bits of kindling on the bridge back to Karla's good graces. After all, if there's one person you want on your side, it's a summoner of the dead.

Federal Bureau of Magic Agent Eden Fury spends her days catching demons and returning them to Otherworld where they belong. Grandma spends her days catching Little Critters on her favorite game and never the twain shall meet. Until they do. When a spell goes awry and allows Little Critters to escape the game, Eden and her family are forced to team up and find them. The creatures might look adorable in the app, but Eden quickly learns they’re far more terrifying and dangerous in real life. Will Eden catch ‘em all or will it be game over for the residents of Chipping Cheddar?

When a renowned fashion photographer is found in a catatonic state after a high-profile photoshoot goes terrifyingly wrong, Aziza senses the unmistakable shimmer of forbidden magic at work. As New York City's premier Fairy Glamother, Aziza had hoped for some peace in her magical Freehollow sanctuary. But when strange distortions begin appearing in photographs throughout Manhattan's fashion elite and subjects mysteriously vanish from frames, she knows her services are needed once again. With her psychopomp boyfriend Claude detecting disturbing ripples in the boundary between worlds, and her ...

The rise of dragonsAs Tom Cassidy and his friends venture through the Shadowlands, dragons arrive to halt their progress, the crew riding the creatures intent on causing maximum damage. Tom and his teenage army go to battle once more, knowing the odds are against them to lift a generational curse. The odds decrease as a storm of sorcery ignites and the casualties mount up, the clock ticking to locate a cursed kingdom. The stakes have never been higher, and the cost of acquiring the ultimate prize never greater: a price only a few are willing to pay.

Things have really turned sour. I'd been looking for answers, but then along came the biggest plot twist of my life, with me as the star. Core-shaking stuff, details I would've been happy to never know. Sometimes, it's good to be left in the dark. Damn. My relationship with the mega-yummy billionaire vampire Tae Frost is now on the line. One moment, things were heating up between us, the next… WHAM! Rug pulled out from under. Hard. I only have myself to blame.