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March 30, 2017
HOARDING SECRETS Now Available!
HOARDING SECRETS
She can’t remember. He can’t forget.
Once a powerful warrior, Grey’s greatest battle now is with his out-of-control magic. What empowers him to remember everything also threatens to imprison him in his most horrific moments. He yearns for peace, but with the dragon sorcerer, the Handmaiden, missing, he has nowhere to turn. So when someone ransacks the sorcerer’s chambers, he agrees to investigate, hoping he’ll find her. What he didn’t count on was having to work with an agent of the Dragon Court, who instantly captivates and soothes his writhing memories but endangers everyone he holds dear.
Tortured with a lack of memory, Ivy wakes each day not knowing who she is and having to learn again and again that she’s the servant of an insane prince. All she wants is freedom. When she’s assigned to the case of the Handmaiden’s chambers and encounters Grey, she realizes she can use his secrets to force him to help her escape… if she can just ignore how he makes her feel.
But they soon discover the Handmaiden has hidden a dangerous, powerful magic and the first key to finding it has been stolen. Now they must put their desires aside and race against time, risking everything, to save dragonkind and each other.
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She can’t remember. He can’t forget.
Once a powerful warrior, Grey’s greatest battle now is with his out-of-control magic. What empowers him to remember everything also threatens to imprison him in his most horrific moments. He yearns for peace, but with the dragon sorcerer, the Handmaiden, missing, he has nowhere to turn. So when someone ransacks the sorcerer’s chambers, he agrees to investigate, hoping he’ll find her. What he didn’t count on was having to work with an agent of the Dragon Court, who instantly captivates and soothes his writhing memories but endangers everyone he holds dear.
Tortured with a lack of memory, Ivy wakes each day not knowing who she is and having to learn again and again that she’s the servant of an insane prince. All she wants is freedom. When she’s assigned to the case of the Handmaiden’s chambers and encounters Grey, she realizes she can use his secrets to force him to help her escape… if she can just ignore how he makes her feel.
But they soon discover the Handmaiden has hidden a dangerous, powerful magic and the first key to finding it has been stolen. Now they must put their desires aside and race against time, risking everything, to save dragonkind and each other.
Read an excerpt.
June 13, 2016
The Medusa Files Case #12 & #13 Now Available!
THE MEDUSA FILES #12
TRAPPED IN STONE
No place to go…
For Morgan, running or hiding is no longer an option. With her powerful gorgon sight and her inside knowledge of Kin politics, the High Council will never stop hunting her. Nor can she in good conscience turn her back on the Kin world. Ander might have stopped coming after her, but his terrible plans are still in motion, and as the last living gorgon, she’s the only one who has the power to stop him. She’ll need all the help she can get. Except that means making an alliance and she doesn’t know who she can trust.
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THE MEDUSA FILES #13
HARD AS STONE
The final book in the Medusa Files series.
Hanging in the balance…
Morgan is out of options. Ander has proven with deadly force that he can possess anyone and she barely escaped the confrontation alive. As it is, the team is in shambles—injured and in shock. They need help… a plan… anything and everything. What they really need is more magic including magical healing, protection from possession, and anything else that could be used to defeat Ander.
But Morgan knows the truth. This is her fight. Alone. It’s always been her fight. Except even if she can somehow push her powers beyond their limits, she fears she is no match for Ander and her only real option to save her friends is to make the ultimate sacrifice.
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TRAPPED IN STONE
No place to go…
For Morgan, running or hiding is no longer an option. With her powerful gorgon sight and her inside knowledge of Kin politics, the High Council will never stop hunting her. Nor can she in good conscience turn her back on the Kin world. Ander might have stopped coming after her, but his terrible plans are still in motion, and as the last living gorgon, she’s the only one who has the power to stop him. She’ll need all the help she can get. Except that means making an alliance and she doesn’t know who she can trust.
Read an excerpt.
THE MEDUSA FILES #13
HARD AS STONE
The final book in the Medusa Files series.
Hanging in the balance…
Morgan is out of options. Ander has proven with deadly force that he can possess anyone and she barely escaped the confrontation alive. As it is, the team is in shambles—injured and in shock. They need help… a plan… anything and everything. What they really need is more magic including magical healing, protection from possession, and anything else that could be used to defeat Ander.
But Morgan knows the truth. This is her fight. Alone. It’s always been her fight. Except even if she can somehow push her powers beyond their limits, she fears she is no match for Ander and her only real option to save her friends is to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Read an excerpt.
June 2, 2016
The Medusa Files Case #11 Now Available!
THE MEDUSA FILES #11
FALLEN STONE
On the brink of death and on the run…
Morgan doesn’t know how everything went so wrong. Once she was a United States Marshal; now she’s a fugitive wanted by the Kin’s High Council. She doesn’t want to get her human friend involved, but Kate is more likely to know a place to hide that doesn’t have a Kin connection, making it harder for the council to find her. Except everything she’s learned about not getting caught while hunting fugitives never took magic into account.
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FALLEN STONE
On the brink of death and on the run…
Morgan doesn’t know how everything went so wrong. Once she was a United States Marshal; now she’s a fugitive wanted by the Kin’s High Council. She doesn’t want to get her human friend involved, but Kate is more likely to know a place to hide that doesn’t have a Kin connection, making it harder for the council to find her. Except everything she’s learned about not getting caught while hunting fugitives never took magic into account.
Read an excerpt.
April 11, 2016
The Medusa Files Case #10 Now Available!
THE MEDUSA FILES #10
SHARDS OF STONE
No one left to trust…
After a disastrous hunt to stop the bomber and find a cure for the contagion that’s turning Kin into humans, Morgan is arrested and accused of colluding with the bomber. Every instinct she has screams the madman toying with her, Ander, is involved. Just like her instincts are certain a member of the Kin’s High Council is working with him. Except anyone, not just a council member, could be involved with his plans—even someone on her team—and Morgan doesn’t know how to escape the council’s custody or who she can trust.
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SHARDS OF STONE
No one left to trust…
After a disastrous hunt to stop the bomber and find a cure for the contagion that’s turning Kin into humans, Morgan is arrested and accused of colluding with the bomber. Every instinct she has screams the madman toying with her, Ander, is involved. Just like her instincts are certain a member of the Kin’s High Council is working with him. Except anyone, not just a council member, could be involved with his plans—even someone on her team—and Morgan doesn’t know how to escape the council’s custody or who she can trust.
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March 14, 2016
The Medusa Files Case #9 Now Available!
The ninth episode in the Medusa Files series.
THE MEDUSA FILES #9
SHATTERED STONE
Time is running out…
Another bomb has exploded and more Kin are infected, including Lachlin’s sister. If they don’t stop the bomber, more Kin will become human and go insane, or die. Every instinct Morgan has screams the madman toying with her, Ander, is behind the attacks, but she can’t prove it. All she knows is that he wants her dead and he wants control of the Kin High Council. Except Gage doesn’t believe her and proving herself right could get her infected—or worse, killed.
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THE MEDUSA FILES #9
SHATTERED STONE
Time is running out…
Another bomb has exploded and more Kin are infected, including Lachlin’s sister. If they don’t stop the bomber, more Kin will become human and go insane, or die. Every instinct Morgan has screams the madman toying with her, Ander, is behind the attacks, but she can’t prove it. All she knows is that he wants her dead and he wants control of the Kin High Council. Except Gage doesn’t believe her and proving herself right could get her infected—or worse, killed.
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February 8, 2016
The Medusa Files Case #8 Now Available!
The eighth episode in the Medusa Files series.
THE MEDUSA FILES #8
CUT FROM STONE
This disaster could destroy everything she hadn’t realized she needed.
While Gage might be out of human custody, the Kin High Council remains suspicious of him and the team, and Lachlin is now even more determined to force Morgan to quit. The only person Morgan can trust is Gage, but her attraction to him has made her powers dangerously uncontrollable.
When someone sets off a bomb at a Kin high society party and releases a contagion that turns Kin into humans, the team must put their difference aside and stop their most dangerous threat yet.
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THE MEDUSA FILES #8
CUT FROM STONE
This disaster could destroy everything she hadn’t realized she needed.
While Gage might be out of human custody, the Kin High Council remains suspicious of him and the team, and Lachlin is now even more determined to force Morgan to quit. The only person Morgan can trust is Gage, but her attraction to him has made her powers dangerously uncontrollable.
When someone sets off a bomb at a Kin high society party and releases a contagion that turns Kin into humans, the team must put their difference aside and stop their most dangerous threat yet.
Read An Excerpt
January 18, 2016
The Medusa Files Case #7 Now Available!
It's time for another release! The seventh episode in the Medusa Files series.
THE MEDUSA FILES #7
SET IN STONE
To free the one man she trusts, she must work with a man who hates her.
If Morgan had thought life couldn’t get more complicated, she was dead wrong. The attraction between her and Gage has risen to sizzling heights—making Lachlin determined to force her from the team. As well, the madman toying with her has made it clear he has plans for her, and the team’s undercover operation didn’t eliminate the High Council’s suspicion of treason.
Those suspicions increase when Gage is arrested by human authorities for murder, and now Morgan must find a way to work with Lachlin—and his dark, seductive draw—to clear Gage’s name.
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THE MEDUSA FILES #7
SET IN STONE
To free the one man she trusts, she must work with a man who hates her.
If Morgan had thought life couldn’t get more complicated, she was dead wrong. The attraction between her and Gage has risen to sizzling heights—making Lachlin determined to force her from the team. As well, the madman toying with her has made it clear he has plans for her, and the team’s undercover operation didn’t eliminate the High Council’s suspicion of treason.
Those suspicions increase when Gage is arrested by human authorities for murder, and now Morgan must find a way to work with Lachlin—and his dark, seductive draw—to clear Gage’s name.
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December 14, 2015
The Medusa Files Case #6 Now Available!
It's time for another release! The sixth episode in the Medusa Files series!
THE MEDUSA FILES #6
BROKEN STONE
This test of loyalty could break even the hardest stone.
Somehow Morgan and Gage survived the collision of Gage’s past with the present, but not without drawing accusations of treason from the Kin’s highest authority, the High Council. With no time to catch her breath or figure out how she feels about Gage and what she’s learned about him, the team is forced to prove their loyalty and go undercover to apprehend a black market magic dealer.
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THE MEDUSA FILES #6
BROKEN STONE
This test of loyalty could break even the hardest stone.
Somehow Morgan and Gage survived the collision of Gage’s past with the present, but not without drawing accusations of treason from the Kin’s highest authority, the High Council. With no time to catch her breath or figure out how she feels about Gage and what she’s learned about him, the team is forced to prove their loyalty and go undercover to apprehend a black market magic dealer.
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November 9, 2015
The Medusa Files Case #5 Now Available!
It's time for another release! The fifth episode in the Medusa Files series!
THE MEDUSA FILES #5
COLD AS STONE
The monsters of the past never truly let you go.
For Morgan Jacobs, the last two weeks have been hell. She’s learned she’s a monster of myth with the power to turn someone to stone, that those powers are barely under control, and that a madman is toying with her, torturing her before her kills her like he killed her mother.
To make things more confusing, she’s now living with her too-sexy co-workers, Alexander Gage and Lachlin Kincade, and attracted to both of them. Both men are keeping secrets from her, and Gage’s secrets are about to make everything more dangerous.
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THE MEDUSA FILES #5
COLD AS STONE
The monsters of the past never truly let you go.
For Morgan Jacobs, the last two weeks have been hell. She’s learned she’s a monster of myth with the power to turn someone to stone, that those powers are barely under control, and that a madman is toying with her, torturing her before her kills her like he killed her mother.
To make things more confusing, she’s now living with her too-sexy co-workers, Alexander Gage and Lachlin Kincade, and attracted to both of them. Both men are keeping secrets from her, and Gage’s secrets are about to make everything more dangerous.
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October 31, 2015
The Medusa Files Case #4 Now Available!
I'm excited to announce the release of the fourth episode in the Medusa Files series!
THE MEDUSA FILES, CASE 4
CARVED FROM STONE
Even clearing her name might not keep her from prison.
After chasing down a Kin fugitive, Morgan Jacobs must face the truth: she’s dangerous. And the only way to protect herself and those around her is to gain control over her powers. But a madman, Ander, is toying with her, torturing her physically and psychologically, and in the end he plans to murder her.
She’d love to lock herself away, hide from the threat and get her powers under control, but Rika — the team’s computer specialist — is accused of hacking a Kin leader’s server and stealing all the secrets on it, and that leader is threatening to charge the entire team with the crime. Now the team needs to clear Rika’s name, figure out who hacked the server, and return the stolen secrets — before they’re all locked up alongside the fugitive they just apprehended.
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THE MEDUSA FILES, CASE 4
CARVED FROM STONE
Even clearing her name might not keep her from prison.
After chasing down a Kin fugitive, Morgan Jacobs must face the truth: she’s dangerous. And the only way to protect herself and those around her is to gain control over her powers. But a madman, Ander, is toying with her, torturing her physically and psychologically, and in the end he plans to murder her.
She’d love to lock herself away, hide from the threat and get her powers under control, but Rika — the team’s computer specialist — is accused of hacking a Kin leader’s server and stealing all the secrets on it, and that leader is threatening to charge the entire team with the crime. Now the team needs to clear Rika’s name, figure out who hacked the server, and return the stolen secrets — before they’re all locked up alongside the fugitive they just apprehended.
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