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When a prominent Sacramento businessman is killed and his wife injured in a brutal home invasion, Detective Emily Hunter and her partner, Javier Medina, are called to investigate. At first glance, it seems like a crime of opportunity gone horribly wrong, but Emily soon finds there might be more to both the crime and the dead man. The high-stakes investigation also comes at a time when Emily is caring for her mother, who has early-onset Alzheimer's, and Emily struggles to balance her job with her personal life.

Kelsey Strand's encounters with a hunting panther and a mysterious stranger force a dangerous magical talent to the surface and change everything she thought she knew about herself and the world around her. Only the sudden arrival of Marti Rider, a Sidhe sorcerer allows Kel to escape with her life.

High school is ending and Amelia cannot take one more second of people telling her to cherish every moment and be excited for the future when her future is anything but certain. Needing a change of scenery, Amelia hatches a plan to steal her best friend’s time traveling umbrella. She’s expecting the same adventure her best friend had - castles and gowns and falling in love with an enigmatic Lord.

There was once peace and prosperity in the realm of Daearen, but war has torn the lands apart and scattered the people into two factions: those who willingly bend the knee to the self-appointed Queen Morrigan, and those who refuse. As the life force known as awen is slowly diminishing, the fight to relinquish the invading forces is growing ever more desperate.

It’s the first day of senior year, and Brolly J. Parker is running late. When a storm knocks the power out, she finds an old umbrella in her mom’s closet. But when she opens the umbrella, Brolly is thrown through time, landing on the shore of a lakeside French castle in the year 1826.