Kirjahaku

Twelve women are dead, and a thirteenth is missing. Detective Ray Reynolds races time to catch a killer. Nothing ties the victims together, except the way in which they died. What Ray discovers blows him away as the battle takes on a supernatural element. There's just one small catch - evidence points to Ray as the murderer.From a small town in Mississippi, Larkin Sloan is a dynamic young teacher in the equally small town of Eau Bouease, Louisiana. Abducted, she foregoes common sense and rational behavior in order to stay alive and not become the thirteenth victim of a serial killer.

The lust for adventure leads Rennin O'Rourke to read the memoirs of his ancestor and namesake as he shares parallel exploits. His quest brings him to his wife, the California gold fields, close encounters with death, a murder charge, the War Between the States, and ultimately back to a mythical land where only exceptional people may go.Rennin meets Rebekah Sinclair, and the two of them embark on a lifetime of love and adventure as both are constantly compelled to return to a mythical place they have only read about. Draconis calls them home.

Three teenage triplets, Tornabolt (Tor); Taekeyla (Tae); and Terkoyze (Terk), in a post-apocalyptic world are told they are Elementals reborn and embark on a quest to find and free their father-a deity that sired them. Once they meet their father, Yarwhin Ignis, a supernatural being, just short of an actual god, their powers gain strength. Their mother, Illuminet, is the missing Elemental, but she cannot use her powers until Yarwhin is free.Yarwhin has been imprisoned in an obsidian cavern, which siphons his power. Only the triplets can travel to distant worlds to find enchanted artifacts that hold his powers. Once all four mystical items are in his possession, he can break free of the cell somewhere in oblivion and track down his own brother who imprisoned him and caused their world, Salmyra, cataclysmic upheaval. Their search takes them to other worlds and puts their very existence in mortal danger. Once their powers manifest, they realize that alone they are nothing. Only together can they overcome the evil that almost destroyed their world.Ain't No Mountain chronicles Tor's quest and is the first book in a series of four in the Gods and Children series.

Their idyllic life shattered by the arrival of two U.S. Navy fliers, who washed ashore during a prolonged war, the inhabitants of Draconis must rise to the challenge to save a world that does not know dragons exist. Captain Laurel Elaine Moss leads Aidan O'Rourke, the heir to the governorship of a mystical land, into a battle for the survival of mankind. But Aidan will never go alone. His bonded dragon, Moonbeam, will never desert him. Humans and dragons from two realms must fight together to defeat what the outside world call mutations from bio-chem weapons, but what Draconians dub "the evil gene."Will the forces of good overcome a persistent evil that just will not die?Are humans ready to become one world with creatures of lore?

From the author of the critically acclaimed Pirates' Alley Faulkner Wisdom semi-finalist, Lucky Thirteen, comes the second book in The Raiford Chronicles.Police Chief Ray Reynolds did not think there could be a more brutal, heartless killer than Latrice Descartes whom he had encountered fourteen years earlier. His thirteenth wedding anniversary dinner is interrupted by one of his detectives to tell him an old married acquaintance, who also happens to be a United States Senator, has been found murdered in the presence of a much younger woman and that both are missing their hearts. Ray becomes embroiled in another murder mystery that touches even closer to him than the one involving Latrice Descartes.

Detective Raiford Reynolds has always done whatever it takes to crack a case, but when the case involves hurting his family, and he is not the one even investigating, he changes his tune quickly. Suddenly, whatever it takes includes putting the life and well-being of his family and friends in danger, especially his headstrong youngest child, Cherie. Ray must come to terms with the fact that he is growing older and many things are changing. He must learn that whatever it takes means letting go and not being the one in control of a situation.Whatever It Takes makes a detour from tracking a crazed killer as in its three predecessors. This time the residence of Eau Boueuse, Louisiana, deal with an organization of neo-Nazis who will do whatever it takes to advance their warped agenda. Ray suspects that the Feds have an agent undercover within the group, but he has no clue how close his own family is tied to the operation. Whatever It Takes is filled with intrigue heightened by forbidden romance. And once again, the underlying theme of faith in the worst circumstances encompasses the characters.

Alone, confused, desperate, Aidan O'Rourke never dreams that talking to old Diggory Danaher will take in on an adventure of a lifetime. After months of stories about a mythical island and his father, Aidan decides to find out for himself if his father is alive and living as a panther on the enchanted island.Stowaway wives, a lost father, bewitched human beings, a wicked witch, pirates, and friendly dragons combine to draw Aidan into a web of intrigue of good versus evil as he becomes the champion of a land that only exceptional humans can reach. Aidan proves how exceptional he truly is through the power of faith and unconditional love.