House of Xannon Series

Tarian Xannon fights demons like the rest of us. This time, the demon just happens to be real. Tarian Xannon stands to inherit the water artifact, one of four elemental objects that grants the user enormous power and responsibility. With it she'll lead the secret magical Society, hiding in plain sight in the modern world.  But when Tarian is blindsided by a demon-like creature who steals her blood, it launches a chain of events that marks the beginning of change for her family and the world.  As Tarian struggles to contain the chaos, her world unravels. Each step she takes makes things worse. In her quest to save her family, she might end up destroying the things she tries so desperately to protect. Stronger Than Magic is the first book in the House of Xannon elemental magic series. If you like urban fantasy featuring strong women using magic, skill, and courage to save the world one catastrophe at a time, you'll love the House of Xannon.

All that has been is written on the Wind, but will the past save the future, or destroy it? *********** Book 2 of the Xannon Series introduces Macari, First Daughter of the Benata Daemon Court. Daemons have lived thousands of years sequestered on their own plane, separated from humans by the Between, a barrier thought to be impossible to cross. But nothing stops the Corsairie, a storm of Air magic that holds all of history in its grasp. Macari is the only daemon capable of Walking the Wind, a talent she uses every day to witness history unfold. Her latest report stirs old wounds and forgotten fears in the most powerful daemon of all, her mother. While walking the Wind, Macari witnesses an intimate scene between a daemon man and a human woman. Returning to the Benata court, she casually reports the incident to First Mother and the Court, but what seems an innocent moment sends the daemon into a turmoil of suspicion and fear. First Mother issues Macari an order bound by magic: find the woman seen in the vision and learn why she's conspired with the Mayfanta leader. Discovering the human woman's identity requires crossing the boundaries of existence, a feat no daemon has ever accomplished. The task seems impossible, but the penalty for failure is banishment. Even if Macari succeeds, will the answers soothe her mother's fears or merely fan the flames of a larger fire?

Book 3 of the Xannon Series returns to Tarian and the changes being wrought in her life by the events in Stronger Than Magic. It's highly recommended to read this series in order, as each new story picks up where the previous ends.  Some promises are deadly to keep.  It's been several months since an attack on Tarian Xannon started a chain of events that resulted in her mother's murder and her current pregnancy. Her body is an unwieldy mass gestating what feels like an alien. And the intense magical power already emanating from her unborn daughter makes Tarian more uneasy than she'd ever admit.  When Tarian takes a night swim to soothe her taut nerves, the leader of the Water Ancients herself appears. The old dolphin reminds Tarian of her promise to free the Caraigg, Earth Ancients imprisoned in a deep cave for thousands of years.  To assist the task, the Water Ancient floods Tarian with power, but the exchange leaves Tarian overloaded. If she doesn't release energy, and fast, both she and the baby could die. Driven by the need to protect her child and the desire to help her friends, Tarian sets out on a mission to keep her promise of magic.  To succeed, she must break one of the four pillars of elemental power that keep the plane of existence separated. But while breaking the Stulos will free the Ancients, it might also break the world.

The whole world can change in 24 hours. Letta Roberts, a young Philadelphia detective, is tracking a villain who abducts young girls and sells them in an underground market. The department has given her one more chance to uncover the identity of this elusive kingpin, and she's determined to find this worthless rat and make him pay.  Strange weather is brewing, and Letta hopes to use the coming storm as a distraction to catch the kidnapper out in the open. But when the storm dumps magic instead of rain, the city plunges into chaos and Letta gains power she never knew existed. Now she's a target for the very man she hoped to capture. Can she adapt to magic in time to save herself and the life of his next victim, a twelve-year-old girl?

Balance is hard and sometimes deadly Tarian Xannon uses water, air, and fire to fight against injustice, to protect her family, and to do just about everything in between.  But now the elements are out of control. Can she fight fire with fire? When downtown Ft. Worth, Texas is leveled by bubbles of elemental power, Tarian Xannon and her team step in to put the situation right. But when one explodes right in front of her, Tarian is branded a terrorist. Worse, more bubbles crop up all over the world, and she must race to find out who or what is creating them, and stop it, before the elements of magic destroy the world. Elements of Magic is the fifth book in the House of Xannon elemental magic series. If you like urban fantasy featuring strong women using magic, skill, and guts to save the world one catastrophe at a time, you'll love the House of Xannon.