The Last Mage Series

Carter Nash is the Last Mage, a powerful, nearly immortal person that has been drawn to the small Mississippi town of McLain in 1987. AT first, he has no idea why the power residing in him has led him there. After a few months, as he's beginning to settle in, events transpire that not only affect him, but also the entire town. A pact that has been in effect for decades finally nears its culmination leading toward the destruction of not only the town, but eventually the entire world. Carter, with a handful of allies, takes on the greatest challenge he's yet faced - a demon with a plan.

Sophie's world has been turned upside down.    MAGIC IS REAL. ANIMALS CAN TALK. And everything she thought she knew – even about herself – was wrong.   Her life in tatters and desperately alone, she has no idea how to use the magic flowing through her veins. And when the animals that befriend her need it most, will her new powers kill or cure?   Can she find her place in this strange new world?    Can she become everything her friends need her to be?   And will anyone accept her for who she now is?       The Little Mage is Book One in The Last Mage Series, and the debut novel of J. L. Jerard, author of Earth Magic and Quest  

      In the months since Carter Nash, the Last Mage, stopped the demons from unleashing Hell on Earth, things have changed in the town of McLain, Mississippi. The number of supernatural events has grown and Carter has dealt with them all. He has settled into a relationship with the town's mayor and life is as good as he thinks it can be for an immortal Mage living with a mortal.       Then things changed. A late-night call offering him a large sum of money for a meeting turns into a revelation that vampires actually exist and a quest to aide the vampire nation in its very survival. The situation makes sense to him and he agrees to the offer.             Once he's left town to being that quest, strange things start happening in McLain. Without the presence of the Mage, the few that know the truth about him band together to face this new threat. As they learn more, they discover that something entirely unexpected has come to McLain and only the return of the Mage can keep it from destroying the town and then infecting the world.

Months after the conclusion of Book II, Carter Nash, the Last Mage, finds himself facing more challenges as he continues to protect and defend the town of McLain, Mississippi. With assistance from the eternal goddess Athena, now using the name Alana Jordan, he finds new allies and sees allegiances change as he faces the threat of a new power to rival his own. In the midst of this, he must also deal with a rampaging murderer loose in the town. Thought depressed and confused, he finds the strength, with the aid of his allies, to learn the truth and face the challenge.

SOPHIE SHOULD BE HAPPY.   THE FOREST MAGE IS REAL, AND HER TRAINING HAS BEGUN.   But just when it seems she has finally found her place in this strange new world of magic and talking animals, it all comes crashing down.    The community she's so desperate to belong to doesn't trust her. Her magic isn't behaving as it should. And her twisted uncle has been given free rein over her.    Can Sophie juggle her parallel lives?   Can she survive her uncle's hatred, or the evil lurking in the shadows of the Black Forest?   And will she ever win the acceptance of the community she loves?     Earth Magic is Book Two in The Last Mage Series from J. L. Jerard, author of The Little Mage and Quest

WHAT IF MONSTERS ARE REAL?   WHAT IF THEY KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, AND THEY'RE COMING TO GET YOU?   At long last, Sophie has something to smile about. She's escaped her uncle's vicious spite and has begun the challenge that will prove, once and for all, that she is worthy of the woodland community she longs to serve.   But what begins as an adventure, quickly turns into a nightmare, and Sophie soon finds herself fighting for her life – and the lives of her friends.   Can she survive against all the odds?   Will she make it to the Beacons?   And who (or what) is it, that so badly wants her to fail?

Nearly two years following the conclusion of "Dawn of Night," Carter Nash, the Last Mage, is now faced with an even greater challenge. While the love of his life, Sara Berkley, has gained the Power and become a Mage, new sources of the Power appear in the small town of McLain, Mississippi where he resides. One source of the Power remains hidden from him while a group of five high school girls become Blood Sisters and are controlled by the return of a different power that holds a grudge against the Mage. He has to find both sources before they combine to destroy him.