AURA Series

An unregistered human con wizard and a duty-bound, straight-laced elf cop. As New York explodes with dangerous creatures, their passion goes nuclear. After a terrible magical accident at Berkeley created unpredictable holes between realities, all manner of non-human creatures started popping into our world. These displacements, called Random Anomalous Reality Events or RARE, have taken magic out of fiction and relocated it firmly in reality, resulting in a great deal of chaos and confusion. Displaced elf Valerian works with AURA, the Agency of Unnatural Resettlement and Assimilation, to intercept these beings as they appear in the human world, helping the peaceful ones and subduing the violent, malevolent ones. It's good, satisfying work, and Val would be happy if he wasn't so lonely. Quinten is a young mage just trying to get by, but New York isn't the easiest city to make a living in. If his methods are sometimes morally dubious, his heart is still in the right place. Of course, for Quinn, the right place means firmly locked away, protected at all costs. Living by his wits and sometimes magically induced luck, he works as a freelance magic user', or unregistered mage and small-time con, according to the authorities. The last thing Quinn wants is to draw the cops' attention, but when an Event happens right on top of him, he's forced to turn to AURA for help. Valerian isn't at all what he'd expected in an AURA cop, and he certainly wasn't expecting to join forces with the sexy elf, a snarky drow and a bitter incubus, when certain individuals in power try to stop the RARE by any means necessary. Things are not all what they seem at AURA headquarters, and a greater evil lurks at the top than anyone could have imagined.

A socially challenged pixie and a former playboy incubus find themselves in the center of the maelstrom as AURA struggles to find a source for the escalating violence threatening the city. The staff at AURA has had a busy summer. Between chronic understaffing, dealing with warring goblin factions and an unusual number of hazardous Events, everyone is overworked. Sinistrus the incubus, newly hired as an AURA medic, actually enjoys his busy new life of responsible employee and faithful lover to his gorgeous police sergeant, Ness the centaur. Life would be perfect, except for a niggling suspicion about a colleague. Everyone else seems to disagree, but Sin's certain something's not right with that pixie. Kellen, a pixie crossover, loves his job working in AURA medical, even if he is something of an outsider. His job and the friends he manages to make are happy spots in an otherwise dark and secretive life. As the rest of AURA tries to discover the root of the inexplicable rise in violence and large-scale Events, Kellen fights to preserve his own life and what dignity he has left. These two unlikely heroes must put their differences aside and navigate tragedy and ever-escalating disaster together in order to stop the sinister forces that hold Kellen in thrall.

FROM POPULAR AUTHORS OF LGBTQIA ROMANCE ANGEL MARTINEZ AND BELLORA QUINN Book four in the AURA series Ryld must learn to control his dangerous shadows before they kill someone he cares about or someone unscrupulous learns how to control him. AURA's offices have been quiet since the mage tower incident—as quiet as they can be for an agency dedicated to policing holes in reality—and the department heads have been free to turn their attention back to mundane matters. The return to quiet bureaucracy gives AURA's Director of Research, Kai Hiltas, the time to turn his energy to a new issue—a young drow with unusual and dangerous powers named Ryld. Though his shadows always lurk at the edges of his vision, Ryld does his best to live peacefully and not let them hurt anyone. He has his work, his apartment and a succession of minders assigned by AURA who are, ostensibly, there to keep him safe in his new world and to prevent him from causing any scenes with his shadows. Most of the time, the arrangement works. But one disastrous incident causes Ryld's minder to leave him unattended and lost—the precise thing he was hired to prevent. To replace the faithless minder, Kai suggests Hank, a half-goblin accountant recently in the middle of a string of terrible luck, while Kai works out how best to get Ryld the magical training he so desperately needs. For his part, Hank truly likes Ryld and insists he would be happier working as Ryld's companion rather than as a controlling minder. As Hank and Ryld slowly come to terms with sharing space—and eventually more—Kai's search for a teacher for Ryld takes them out west on the invitation of the Elvenhome's aelfe queen and right into the lap of inter-elven feuds, ancient prejudice, conspiracies and trafficking rings. What should have been a pleasant visit soon turns into more than even forever-scheming Kai can handle.

Libro primo della serie AURA Un truffatore umano mago non registrato e un poliziotto elfo puritano e ligio al dovere. Mentre New York esplode di pericolose creature, la loro passione diventa nucleare. Dopo che un tremendo incidente magico a Berkeley ha creato degli imprevedibili squarci tra le realtà, ogni genere di creature non umane hanno iniziato a sbucare nel nostro mondo. Questi trasferimenti, chiamati Rilocazioni Anomale di Realtà Esterne, o RARE, hanno portato la magia fuori dalla fiction e l'hanno ricollocata saldamente nella realtà, causando una grande quantità di caos e confusione. L'elfo trasferito Valerian lavora con l'AURA, l'Agenzia Ufficiale di Ricollocazione e Assimilazione, per intercettare queste creature quando appaiono nel mondo degli umani, aiutando quelle pacifiche e sottomettendo quelle violente e maligne. un lavoro utile e soddisfacente, e Val sarebbe felice se non si sentisse cos solo. Quinten un giovane mago che cerca solo di tirare avanti, ma New York non la città più semplice in cui sbarcare il lunario. Anche se i suoi metodi a volte sono moralmente dubbi, il suo cuore al posto giusto. Ovviamente, per Quinn il posto giusto significa messo sotto chiave e protetto a tutti i costi. Vivendo di mezzucci e, a volte, fortuna magicamente indotta, lavora come “utilizzatore di magia freelance”, ovvero mago non registrato e truffatore di piccolo calibro, secondo le autorità. L'ultima cosa che Quinn vorrebbe attrarre l'attenzione dei poliziotti ma, al verificarsi di un Evento proprio addosso a lui, costretto a rivolgersi all'AURA in cerca di aiuto. Valerian non affatto come si aspettava fosse un poliziotto dell'AURA, e di certo non immaginava che avrebbe unito le forze con un elfo sexy, un sarcastico drow e un incubo amareggiato quando alcuni individui al potere avrebbero tentato di fermare le RARE con ogni mezzo necessario. Niente ci che sembra nel quartier generale dell'AURA, e sulla cima si annida un male ancora peggiore di quanto chiunque avrebbe potuto immaginare.