Secret Defenders Series

Teenage boys are disappearing from once-peaceful Irish villages and rumors abound of unnatural beasts prowling the streets. When Arin Clevenger's sister is kidnapped, Arin fears the beasts have taken her, too. Even though Arin is blind, she won't let anything stop her from finding her sister. Cian Conn hates hiding what he really is — a young gray gryphon, destined to protect the helpless — but the grays' ancient rules of secrecy force him to live under cover. When a new sect of gryphons arise, declaring their independence, Cian longs for the same freedom, but he's leery of risking such change. For their feathers have turned black, and so have their souls. With war looming between the gryphon clans, it seems neither humans nor grays can stand against the blacks' growing power and savagery. A blind girl in the middle of that war… might be the hope Cian yearns for, and the key to victory.

Everyone else has fun in high school, but not Maddie Clevenger, the senior year's dork. Orphaned and living with her grandmother in the nowhere town of Coal Creek, she keeps her head down, her hair over her eyes, and herself as far away from the cheerleaders as possible… until she bumps into the cute new guy and he literally sends an electrical shock up her arm. Is it possible for a dork to fall in love at first jolt? Air Force brat Chase Donovan has moved from town to town forever, but now Dad's retired and promising they'll stay put for a while, so maybe he can get to know some of the Coal Creek girls. He couldn't care less about the cheerleaders, but there's something so vulnerable about Maddie, the shy girl with the beautiful jade eyes. Chase just knows taking care of her is his calling in life… but when bizarre, murderous flying monsters begin stalking her, he wonders if he is the key to solving her problem, and what it will cost him to protect her.

He'd earned it… As punishment for his past deeds, Dougal Lachlan was prepared to spend the rest of his days in prison. But without warning, he wakes up in an unexpected place and time with a new mission. Should he be thankful, or terrified? She didn't… Mara Hess hasn't spoken for the last ten years. Her family believes she's dimwitted. But Mara knows something — a secret she's afraid to share. The only way to make sure no one else ever learns what she knows is to never speak at all. In a nation at war with itself… Union troops arrive to fight the Confederate rebels for the lazy town of Wheeler's Landing. But the Union soldiers aren't what they seem. The town, and the Hess family, are in terrible danger. Can Dougal shake out his new, untested wings and fight for those he's come to love? Will Mara's secret doom the town and her family, or save them all?

Born magic. Never warned. Iceas Lachlan thought her biggest problem was getting a date for the high school dance. Her neighbor, Brendan Donovan, captain of the football team and utterly gorgeous, the guy she's crushed on forever, has suddenly become irritatingly protective and won't let anyone date her. And since he won't ask her out himself, that kinda crimps having any fun, and even though she really likes him, Iceas is just about fed up. When her father gets wind of the situation, he forces Brendan to ask her out, which is humiliating. It's bad when Brendan stands her up for their date and she's forced to make do with his friend, Malcolm, but then without warning, her father collapses in agony, and her mother won't let Iceas call for an ambulance. Instead, Mom entrusts his care to Brendan's parents… as if there's something different about her father, something strange that a doctor or hospital couldn't cure. Her parents finally admit there are some family secrets they've never told her. And considering her new, bizarre dreams, Iceas can't help wondering if she didn't inherit some of her family's weirdness. She isn't so sure Brendan is ready to protect her against things she can't even imagine.