The Warden Series

The Warden An enigmatic contemporary fantasy series that straddles the line between the real world and the paranormal world. Book 1: Successors   Be prepared to be imprisoned by The Warden.   Hidden deep in the arctic tundra, an unnamed prison holds creatures straight out of myth and legend.  Vampires caged in the shadows, devils and demons sequestered and silenced, and an ancient power locked behind spells older than civilization itself. The caretakers of this prison are sworn to secrecy, trained to subdue the supernatural, and bound by the rules intended to keep them alive. For longer than he cares to remember, Danato has served as the Warden of this secret supernatural prison. His duty is clear: maintain the prison, punish the offenders, and protect the world from the nightmares it holds. But time is running out. He is just one in a long line of wardens—but Danato is the last. Without an heir to take his place, he must find a successor. In a world where failure means catastrophe or death, it's no easy task to choose who to trust. Bringing someone new into this hidden world of vampires, werewolves, and things far worse is dangerous enough. But once the choice is made, there's no going back. Not for them… and not for him. Successors is the beguiling first book in The Warden series by Felicia Jedlicka—an expansive fantasy story that piques your curiosity at every turn. The dynamic characters leave you begging for more.  

The Warden An enigmatic contemporary fantasy series that straddles the line between the real world and the paranormal world. Book 2: Rivals   Four powerful inmates have seized control of the prison, forcing a group of unlikely heroes to rise up and fight back.   For the newest recruits under the warden's command, the world as they know it is gone. They've been thrust into a covert operation charged with containing and protecting humanity from deadly supernatural forces. They've encountered night creatures—vampires driven by an insatiable thirst for blood. They've faced the fury of full-moon beasts, and stared into the hollow eyes of parasitic doppelgangers that wear the faces of those they love. They've even resisted the deadly allure of the seducers. But two prison floors remain untouched, cloaked in whispers and fear. Just the thought of them puts the warden on edge, and even the bravest guards speak of them only in hushed tones. If Cori wants to challenge Ethan for the mantle of warden, she must confront the horrors locked behind the final doors, and survive. She will enter the wizard's den, where the mysteries—and the perils—of magic await. If Cori can survive what lies within, only one last obstacle will remain between her and the title of warden.  

The Warden An enigmatic contemporary fantasy series that straddles the line between the real world and the paranormal world. Book 4: Bad Blood   This is not how Cori wanted to start her day. Luckily, she'll get a chance to do it all over again...and again...and again.   Cori is struggling to carve out a place for herself in the prison hierarchy, but her obstinacy is unraveling her already fragile relationship with Belus. To make matters worse, her least favorite fem-wolf has just hired her husband to be her personal bodyguard and possibly chew toy.    But all her concerns about alliances and betrayals fade when her grip on time begins to slip. She arrives at the same morning again and again. Each successive time jump distorts her sense of reality, and the threads of her sanity begin to fray. With her usual allies unable or unwilling to help, Cori is forced to turn to the last person she'd ever trust.   Efrat—the electrical elemental who nearly killed her in their last encounter—is the only one who seems to understand what's happening to her. Desperate and out of options, Cori gives him a sliver of trust and joins forces with him in a risky plan to outmaneuver Danato.   Her choices are reckless, dangerous—and possibly irreversible. But Cori knows one thing for certain: Belus's life may hinge on the success of whatever comes next.

The Warden An enigmatic contemporary fantasy series that straddles the line between the real world and the paranormal world. Book 3: Lovers and Liars   A tragedy has befallen the prison, and the warden is gone.   Ethan must rise to the position he was destined to claim—and make an impossible choice. The fate of the one he loves hangs in the balance. Torn between two loyalties, he must put the greater good above the pull of his heart.   An old friend has been summoned to the prison to help turn the tide of this unwillable game of hide and seek. While the enemy lurks in the shadows, Daniel McGrath and his team change the rules of the game. With Cori's life hanging in the balance, it will take more than a knight to win this deadly game of chess.   ***   Daniel McGrath isn't used to being the hero. As a self-proclaimed womanizer and drunk, he is much happier being the rogue hunter employed by Danato than actually being useful. Unfortunately, when he gets word that his best friend and former partner, Ethan Pierce, is having a problem with a transmorph, he is the only one who can help.   Daniel is reluctant to reveal his full resume to Ethan and his new partner, but he must swallow his pride and unleash the awful power he has been cursed with. With Daniel leading the charge, the prison's most misunderstood parasites are about to get a lesson on the new rules of this game.   Checkmate.  

The Warden An enigmatic contemporary fantasy series that straddles the line between the real world and the paranormal world. Book 5: Tenants and Tyrants   For some, the prison is a sanctuary.  For others, it's pure torment.    As Cori's sense of morality clashes with her loyalty, she begins to question the legitimacy of the elementals' imprisonment, and her timing couldn't be any worse.   Amid her growing unrest, a sudden and haunting vision surfaces—one that blurs the line between friend and foe and unveils a doomed love story with consequences that could unravel everything...including her mind.   It's a full house at the prison, and Danato is forced to recruit his guests to help with his to-do list. The Council of Moon has arrived to hear Callin's petition for paternal rights, a long-time friend has stopped in for a little dragon magic, and a surprise event looms on the horizon.    It's the worst possible moment for fractures to appear within the ranks—but rules and reason have never been enough to hold chaos at bay.   

The Warden An enigmatic contemporary fantasy series that straddles the line between the real world and the paranormal world. Book 6: The Ring Bearer   The only thing worse than working for a clandestine prison in the middle of nowhere is being one of the prisoners.   Danato has found a new definition for the word outrage. Cori's short-sighted betrayal has put him at odds with his least favorite tenant. With allegations of trespassing and theft being laid at his feet, he has no choice but to allow Clark to imprison Cori.    However, when the conversation turns to extradition, Danato is forced to remind the general who he is dealing with.   *** Cori thought she understood what she was getting into—but now at the mercy of General Clark, she is only beginning to understand how far he will go to secure his elemental weapons.    Though she still doesn't understand the magic sustaining her rings, she knows very well how powerful she is becoming. And now so does Clark.    With more than one man having a vested interest in Cori's rings, it's only a matter of time before one of them risks everything to confiscate the power she wields. 

The Warden An enigmatic contemporary fantasy series that straddles the line between the real world and the paranormal world. Book 7: Gods and Monsters   Little did Cori know, but her wishes have been adding up. On her third unintentional call to the genie, she is thrust into a life that might have been—if she had never been recruited by Danato to work in his prison.    Cori's new life is surreal. Her mother is alive and well, never having succumbed to the cancer that killed her. Not only is Cori free of her life as an indentured servant, but she is apparently happily engaged to the man standing next to her.    At another time, this scenario might have appealed to her, but at the moment, all she can think about is what she's lost. Somewhere far away are three men she loves with all her heart and she must return to them.    Cori says a final heart-wrenching goodbye to her mother and sets out to restore her life to what it was meant to be. But when she returns to the prison, she's met not with relief—but with suspicion and hostility. To them, she's a stranger, and earning the trust of three cautious men is only her first obstacle.   Somehow, she has to convince a demi-god to release her from her wish reality without insulting his gifts. And to make matters worse, the woman who took her place seems just as attached to the prison as Cori.   If only she had a few more wishes.  

The Warden An enigmatic contemporary fantasy series that straddles the line between the real world and the paranormal world. Book 8: Beasts & Burdens   Nobody would mistake Nevia or Cori for Little Red Riding Hood, but when the big bad wolf threatens them, it will take a hunter to rescue them. However, there will be no need to cut open the wolf, because there will be nothing left when Daniel is through with them.   Daniel's life has gone from complicated to catastrophic. His girl trouble has officially doubled-and now he's stuck babysitting Cori, a favor for his employers which couldn't come at a worse time.   The Council of the Moon is suddenly very interested in Nevia and her radical, anti-matriarch views. When a werewolf coup erupts, Daniel finds himself caught squarely in the crossfire. Forced to choose a side, he takes action-but killing Frederique's men only fans the flames of council retaliation.   With danger closing in, Daniel flees to his childhood home in Ireland, bringing Cori and Nevia with him. It's a desperate move to keep them safe-but it also means introducing Nevia to his mother, right in the middle of their already tense, undefined relationship.   Scratch that-his girl trouble just tripled.

The Warden An enigmatic contemporary fantasy series that straddles the line between the real world and the paranormal world. Book 9: Magic & Mayhem   A routine visit into the wizard's den endangers the lives of the entire prison.   Everyone has gotten much too comfortable with their resident time schism. The creature comforts she provides have never been free. The price of her valuable contributions is a steady stream of electrical sustenance.   And she is very hungry.   When the time bubble suddenly expands, trapping the prison in the growing anomaly, Efrat and Cori must once again put their uneasy alliance to the test. Together, they must escape the schism and find a way to sever its dependence on the prison's power supply. Preferably before everyone inside starves to death or gets murdered by wizards.   But the world outside the bubble offers its own challenges. For the first time, Cori is forced to step into a leadership role—effectively becoming the prison's acting warden. While many of the stranded men are grateful for her guidance during the chaos, others aren't so quick to accept her authority. To save them all, Cori must prove to them and herself that she is capable of leading them—and fast.