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The Kingdom of Virgo has lived in peace for thousands of years...until now. The humans from Terran have always been real assholes to the witches of Virgo. Now a silent war is brewing, and the timing couldn’t be worse. Princess Azure will soon be crowned queen of the Kingdom of Virgo. In the Dark Forest, a powerful potion-maker has been murdered. Charmsgood was the only wizard who could stop a deadly virus plaguing Virgo.

When life hands you lemons, you can either make lemonade or lob them like hand grenades at your problems. Nothing is going as Idina Moorfield planned. It’s what happens when magical powers you don’t know you have manifest when you least expect it. Idina needs to make new plans, even if those plans are loosely based on her CO telling her to figure things out. Time to make lemonade. There’s all sorts of tasks Idina and her unit could be doing. Getting them to help out is another issue. Can she figure out how to get them to help her without asking them to help?

Idina Moorfield's elemental magic has changed. The problem may be spreading. Now, it's affecting Hellion Squadron and the monsters they face. But how does Idina's team do their job when magic keeps changing all the rules before they can learn them? Hellion's missions can't pause just because Bravo Team's abilities are causing a little more havoc than normal. They'll have to improvise, work together, and cover each other's backs until Uncle Richard's deadly research provides either an explanation or something they can use. If it ever does.

The search is on for a spell in the Valley of Keepers while everyone else tries to keep things running smoothly back home - which is easier said than done. But Raven Alby is a war mage, and she never needed things to be easy. Will a vision from the Keeper monks’ magical gardens give her the edge? Armed with her mom’s sword and a magical map, Raven and her dragon set off to find the last thing they need. Will the two of them be able to find it? Can Raven and Leander get back to Lomberdoon in time to set things straight?

Alison is in Mongolia to rescue Mr. D’s nephew, but things aren’t adding up. Are the other Drow people trying to push Alison and her team away to secure their succession? The Drow haven’t learned their lesson about messing with a Brownstone. Any Brownstone. Still, the challenges keep coming. The Drow aren’t the only ones making trouble. The Guardians are involved, as well, and they aren’t as neutral as everyone thinks.

Graduation is right around the corner, which means finals, long good-byes, and difficult decisions about the future. But Alison and friends have to make it to graduation first. Easier said than done, especially when the consequences of saving Christie’s mom come home to roost. Dead animals are discovered. Magic is stolen. And someone, or something, targets the local shifter pack.

It has to be a trap. Rogue Agent Diana Sheen has no option but to walk right into it. The Rhazdon cult has been biding its time, but their leader's life is on the line. Time to remove the thorn in their side. Everything has consequences. Avoiding the fight means more innocents die. Not an option on the Rogue Agents' watch. Diana, Cara, Rath the troll, and the RAM team will fight on to end the battles once and for all. Their trusted allies, Ruby Achera and Cali Leblanc, can come to their aid. Even Kevin and Natasha might be game to help.

Norah tries to get to the set to locate Frondle but is barred at the gate and given an unceremonious exit. Someone doesn't want her getting too close. Good thing she's not the only one trying. You knew our favorite witch had more than one plan. Will Cleo get in and get the answers? Is there something sinister going on with the movie? Norah needs to prepare for whatever is coming their way from this film. It hasn't gone unnoticed that even the magical community is going onset and coming out brainwashed.

"Alison bloodied the Tapestry, but has she defeated them? With her foes operating under the radar, Alison thinks she has time for reviewing pet parks and PR jobs, but when the mysterious magic-enhancing drug Ultimate arrives in Seattle, she is faced with a shocking conspiracy that might reach from Las Vegas to Seattle. Sadistic wizards willing to experiment are flocking to town, including a mysterious and lethal woman testing a newer, purer form of Ultimate with no consideration of the human costs.

What could be harder for Alison than hunting magical beasties? Meeting Mason’s parents. Now she knows what Mason felt like meeting her father. Well, that was James Brownstone, so...maybe not. No time to ponder impressing the parents anyway - she has other issues to deal with. Sonya’s father has reappeared, seeking their help. But will they? And an unknown person has reached out to Tahir and Hana about Omni’s owner. Something smells a bit fishy about the whole situation - and it’s not Omni being a fish.

Ellis Burton is taking a dangerous chance searching for answers about her mother. The Drow Protector of the City of Angels takes after her mother, looking out for those who roam the streets at night. But first, Ellis has to regain her shadow magic. That can't come soon enough. There's a dangerous mushroom disease that is plunging victims into dark hallucinations, and a friend of her brother's is missing. Nothing is ever what it seems in LaLa Land.

Nothing is ever a coincidence in LaLa Land. When a friend's ex-wife is murdered, the city's guardian Drow, Ellis Burton suspects something more is going on. But what? The clues say the police cannot be trusted in this case. The question is, who can be? And who is covering up the truth, and why?

The City of Angels is under attack and the Silver Griffins are calling all agents. What monster is making the rounds and threatening to expose magic? Gruffbar has returned and is invading dreams. The sinister Dwarf has figured out how to sap away magicals' dreams and aspirations. Silver Griffins Agent 485 Lucy Heron is on it! But it's getting worse. How will she protect a growing band of magicals who won't even raise a wand to protect themselves?

It’s the beginning of the end. The other Drow princess and queen just don’t know it...yet. It’s business as usual for Brownstone Security. Drow threats or not, they still have work to do. Agent Latherby requests Alison’s help on an off the books assignment that is more personal in nature. The government has basically said to leave it be, but after Alison and the team find out what it is, they can’t refuse. It’s time to find a ghost ship and any survivors left from more than 100 years ago.

Now that they've recognized the pattern, Idina and her unit need to close the Monstrous Pandora's Box to balance out the scales after defeating the Olc. But supernatural entities in Scotland are nothing like what Bravo Team has dealt with back home. Neither is magic. That's a problem when their primary objective is to get in, stop the source of monsters, and get back out. When everything leads Idina and her team back to her Muirden ancestral home in Scotland, the mission takes on a completely different meaning none of them saw coming.

Not even William Moss knows how to train magical dragons. Can he trust that Raven will know what to do? But the Consortium has secrets they need to keep, adding a dangerous wrinkle. Can Raven convince Lomberdoon to accept magic’s new terms? Or will the Guardians balance the deadly scales? The mistakes mages and humans made centuries ago must never be repeated. Raven and Leander, with their friends by their side, will see to it.

Emily Trigger and the Prodigal Suns are following Heka's calling card. The trail of injured and dead bodies is a dark trail leading them to the ancient god of magic. Not before a whole lot of searching for Emily and her new unit. While the Prodigal Suns wait for new intel on Heka's whereabouts, Emily finds herself faced with a few new threats of her own, and her newly altered magic suddenly doesn't seem so accidental anymore. There's a rhyme and a reason to her electrifying new abilities-somewhere-and Emily needs to figure out what that is if she wants to stop having so many close calls.

Matt and Natalia can’t catch a break. All they want to do is chase bounties, get paid, and live their lives in peace. If only life in the Big Easy was that simple. Everywhere they turn, something or someone is hell-bent on interfering with their plans. Winston Blackwell’s plotting against Matt and Natalia turns dark when he hatches a scheme to remove Matt from the equation and leave Natalia vulnerable. Will Matt prevail, or will Winston claim his ultimate prize?

Z Thornbrook and her pixie cousins are all dressed up with somewhere to go. Major Winters is taking them to meet his bosses and the people who sign off on whether the OIP gets to stay or if they're all out of a job. They will need to be on their best behavior if they don't want to get shipped back to Oriceran. Easier said than done. Especially when the pixies realize General Lark is the same Lark whose papers they stole from the bank and is on a list of partners for Arbitum.

Idina Moorfield is a new kind of magical with a dark and twisty lineage. Any other combat engineer in the 82nd Airborne Division would be proud of how far Idina's come, but the visions and voices in her mind are only getting worse. When it affects her work, Idina gets transferred to a new unit—a unit of misfits with their own problems. But sometimes, what seems like the worst move ever, can turn out to be the beginning of something great. Who says outcasts can’t be heroes?