Millennia before the elves' exodus to Lasniniar, there was only the darkness. Over a year after the demon war, that same darkness stalks Iarion's dreams, haunting him with visions of an unspeakable fate.A tangle of secrecy and guilt surrounds Iarion and his companions as Lasniniar itself unravels around them. Within the festering darkness, an ancient evil has awakened, roused by the call of a new master and the promise of freedom. Nothing less than all...

Kira Brightwell never planned to become a private detective. Or a local hero, for that matter.She only wants to hone her MMA skills. And focus on her own personal need for vengeance and closure. While listening to Nine Inch Nails.But people call Kira a hero for a reason. She never walks away from trouble.And between her wits and her fists, she can take down just about anything that gets thrown her way.Meet...

Valanandir's throat spasms as he tries not to choke.He spits out a salty mouthful of seawater and grips some nearby rigging one-handed as the ship rocks beneath him.Under skies devoid of moon or sun, Valanandir fights for his life alongside his Sea Elf crew. But his ship already burns like a funeral pyre in the middle of the storm-tossed ocean....And far more than he realizes depends on his survival.Lose y...

A bootleg Nine Inch Nails cassette tape.Weird thing for Kira to find abandoned by a sewer grate on her way to school.The hand-drawn NIN logo in marker catches Kira's eye. Who tossed the tape? And why?Kira pockets it, of course. Seems a shame to leave it in the gutter. Who knows what kind of extra tracks she might find on it?...Now she only needs to figure out a way to play the thing.A twis...

Barlo lumbers through the snow along a narrow mountain path. A substantial trail follows in the dwarf's wake.Iarion leads the way. His light, elven feet barely make an impression in the snow. Barlo would like to blame his pulled groin for his own awkwardness, but he knows Iarion would never let him get away with it.As night falls, a storm closes in....Definitely not the holiday Barlo hoped for.A stand-alon...

Barlo stares at the limp, elven form on his couch. A poisoned goblin arrow protrudes from the creature's shoulder. A long knife hangs from its belt.How could his wife think to tend the elf stranger and leave her patient armed? Elves do not belong in Dwarvenhome. Especially not ones with weapons.But the elf's presence presents another problem to the dwarven clan chief....What brings goblins so close to Dwarvenhome?...

This is the fifth book in the series. Ben and Wanda Davis are building their lives with their son, little Ben. They are entrepreneurs in Fairville, Georgia, working in Cognito as humanitarians to support the last, the least, and the lost. Ben continues to lead by faith, making God his top priority, while focusing on his family and businesses. He serves as a leader while guiding his siblings to discover all that God has saved for them. As tragedies occur, the family is faced with the realit...

Kira Brightwell wishes she could forget her time in high school.But years after graduation, she finds herself walking the familiar hallways once more—thanks to her former tormentor and current sidekick, Trevor Wright. (Will he ever stop making her life difficult?)An old friend of his needs help with a problem. The kind only Kira can solve....Assuming she can step up to the challenge.A fun, stand-alone shor...

Deep sapphire, flecked with silver. Iarion's eyes mark him from any elf ever born.A strange, physical anomaly? Or a sign of his unique condition? Even after thousands of years spent wandering the lands of Lasniniar, the answer continues to elude him....Now Iarion's eyes sweep the harbor of the Sea Elves in the hopes that his ship might finally come in.In the Legends of Lasniniar fantasy series by Jacquelyn Smith, this stan...

Local hero and problem solver for hire, Kira Brightwell finds herself on the run. Again.Her running shoes pound the crowded sidewalk. A trickle of sweat slithers down her back in the California heat. And the damp remains of scrambled egg spatter the front of her favorite Nine Inch Nails T-shirt.The egg stain earns her a few looks from passers-by. That and her breakneck pace.Kira's quarry remains two blocks ahead of her...

An unplanned homecoming turns to homicide...Zee never expected to move back to her hometown to live with her parents. (And definitely not at the age of forty.) Then again, she never expected to stumble across a dead body either.She thought when she left Toronto for the quiet, small-town life, she had left her problems behind.But both cats and a killer have other plans...Meet Zee Quinn (only her mother call...

Demons roam Lasniniar, hidden in plain sight. The dwarf adventurer Paige and her companion Claire hunt them.In the months since the demon war, the pair's reputation has spread across the land. Two days before Solstice, they find themselves hired to solve a tricky problem in the human city of Nal Nungalid. But things get messy before they even reach the city gates, even though everyone should be celebrating the upcoming holiday....Becau...