A roll of the dice and Fate thrusts Corporal Anna Mackenzie into a new situation. With her soul hanging in the balance, the young gargoyle, Shadowlight, makes a deal with the Lord of the Underworld to save Anna’s life. The demigod saves her, then sends the pair to Haven, a city outside time, where they will heal. The price? Thirteen years. The length of time Anna will need to embrace the healing stone sleep of gargoyles. When she wakes, an adult gargoyle is waiting for her. He goes by the name Obsidian, but she’d once known him by another—Shadowlight. Obsidian might be a stranger, but she’d promised Shadowlight she’d never leave him. Now his older self wants her to honor that promise and stay, training alongside him to become one of Lord Death’s military leaders. To honor the memory of a gargoyle cub she’d once loved like a little brother, Anna agrees to join the Lord of the Underworld’s cause. Is she working for the good guys? Or has she traded in one Overlord for another? Either way she’s staying. Her promises don’t come with an expiration date and the more she gets to know Obsidian, the more she sees Shadowlight in him. There’s no way she’s abandoning the kid a second time. The Gargoyle and Sorceress Tales: Dawn of the Sorceress (A prequel short story) Sorceress Awakening (Book One) Sorceress Rising (Book Two) Sorceress Hunting (Book Three) Sorceress at War (Book Four) Sorceress Enraged (Book Five) Legacy of the Sorceress (Book Six) Sorcery & Firedrakes (Book Seven)) Scion of the Sorceress (Book Eight) Sorceress Eternal (Book Nine)

"Once upon a time, there lived three witches…." As a child, Amarrah loved her grandmother's stories of three witches who were members of the king's harem. But they were more than just stories. Amarrah knows she was there with them…and now their legacy, along with an ancient box that once belonged to them, lies in her hands. Charged with keeping the box safe, Amarrah is heartbroken when it is stolen from her while she moves to America. Years later, she is shocked to see it on TV and is determined to get it back. Tracking the artifact leads her to Sergeant Harrison Brockson, a handsome soldier who stirs memories of a man she knew centuries ago in ancient Babylon. Is Harrison the key to finding the box—or could he be her destiny? Prequel novella to Maggie Shayne's exciting trilogy, The Portal.

Most people in the country of Saphradea admire sorcerers and dream of having magical powers. Not Merina, a young woman who detests magic because she thinks it ruined the life of her mother, a failed sorceress candidate who abandoned her in infancy. When Merina's fianc�, Trinames, announces he has decided to go for training as a Healer sorcerer, her personal world turns upside down. As heiress to a tract of rich farmland, she wants only to manage her own property and bring up a family in peace, a dream she thought Trinames shared. Yet events conspire to force her into a realm of magic and intrigue she never wanted. When Trinames gets kidnapped and she strikes out across the wilderness to rescue him, in company with a wandering trader who turns out to be more than he appears, she runs into a crisis that awakens magical powers she shouldn't even possess. Previous-generation, stand-alone prequel to the "Wild Sorceress" trilogy.

In a world where hostile nations wield magic in combat, twin sorceresses separated at birth and brought up on opposing sides of the war find each other. Together, they face persecution for using wild magic, fight against traitors and assassins, explore family secrets, and discover the hidden origins of magic itself. Above all, to protect their world, they must deal with ancient, powerful dragons that most people don't even believe exist. Most people in the country of Saphradea admire sorcerers and dream of having magical powers. Not Merina, a young woman who detests magic because she thinks it ruined the life of her mother, a failed sorceress candidate who abandoned her in infancy. When Merina's fiance, Trinames, announces he's decided to go for training as a Healer sorcerer, her personal world turns upside down. Merina is heiress to a tract of rich farmland, and she wants only to manage her own property and bring up a family in peace--a dream she thought Trinames shared. Yet events conspire to force her into a realm of magic and intrigue she never wanted. When Trinames is kidnapped and she strikes out across the wilderness to rescue him, in company with a wandering trader who turns out to be more than he appears, she runs into a crisis that awakens magical powers she shouldn't even possess.

While Lillian and Gregory have their hands full trying to track down Commander Gryton and preparing for an imminent invasion, Corporal Anna Mackenzie has her own set of problems. And surprisingly, it doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that she’s been converted into a gargoyle by a well-meaning cub. No. Her new gargoyle nature is something she’ll come to grips with…eventually. Having that same gargoyle cub abducted by an evil demigoddess? That’s another story altogether. Anna has never failed to accomplish something once she’s put her mind to it, and her mind is now firmly set on seeing the young gargoyle freed at any cost. And if the evil demigoddess gets in her way…the Lady of Battles will be in for the fight of her immortal life. The Gargoyle and Sorceress Tales: Dawn of the Sorceress (A prequel story) Sorceress Awakening (Book One) Sorceress Rising (Book Two) Sorceress Hunting (Book Three) Sorceress at War (Book Four) Sorceress Enraged (Book Five) Legacy of the Sorceress (Book Six) Sorcery & Firedrakes (Book Seven) Scion of the Sorceress (Book Eight) Sorceress Eternal (Book Nine)

An untried sorceress teams up with an immortal gargoyle to stop a goddess from enslaving Earth in this epic urban fantasy romance tale. When Lillian finds herself facing off against demons out of mythology, help comes from an unlikely source—the stone gargoyle who has been sleeping in her garden for the last twelve years. After the battle, Lillian learns the humans she thought were her family are actually a powerful coven of witches at war with the demonic Riven. Lillian is something more than human, a Sorceress and Avatar to the gods. The gargoyle has been her protector for many lifetimes, but when she was still a child, troubles in their homeland forced him to flee with her to the human world. But something from her childhood has followed them to this world. In a heartbeat, her ordinary life becomes far more complicated, and if her overprotective guardian is to be believed, there’s an evil demigoddess just waiting for the chance to enslave them both. SORCERESS AWAKENING is book one of the popular GARGOYLE AND SORCERESS TALES, an epic contemporary fantasy series with a strong romantic subplot. While each book is a complete adventure, the series does have a continuing story arc and should be read in order: Dawn of the Sorceress (a prequel story) Book 1: Sorceress Awakening Book 2: Sorceress Rising Book 3: Sorceress Hunting Book 4: Sorceress at War Book 5: Sorceress Enraged Book 6: Legacy of the Sorceress Book 7: Sorcery and Firedrakes Book 8: Scion of the Sorceress Book 9: Sorceress Eternal If you like Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, Nalini Singh, Jennifer Estep, Kim Harrison, Charlaine Harris, Karen Marie Moning, Anne Bishop, Seanan McGuire, Kelley Armstrong, Richelle Mead, Faith Hunter, Jane Yellowrock, Carrie Vaughn, Anthea Sharp, T.L. Cerepaka, R.L. Wilson, Alisa Woods, Donna Grant, Christine Feehan, Jessie Donovan, Mac Flynn, Thea Harrison, Genevieve Jack, Gena Callahan, Karen Chance, Milly Weaver, J.K. Harper, Anna Craig, Michelle M. Pillow, Mandy M. Roth, JR Ward, Kresley Cole, Jayne faith, Brenda K Davies, Layla Nash, Abigail Owen, Eve Langlais, Evangeline Anderson, Milly Taiden, Alexandra Ivy, Jeaniene Frost, or Melissa Marr, you might also like the Gargoyle and Sorceress Tales by Lisa Blackwood. Topics: urban fantasy, urban fantasy romance, shifters, fae, gargoyles, dryads, dragons, werewolves, demigods, dragon shifter romance series, portal fantasy, series starter, first in series, paranormal romance series, paranormal romance saga, vampires, shapeshifter romance, magic, sorcery, sorceress, paranormal romance dragons, paranormal romance gargoyles, paranormal romance fae, shifter romance, dragon shifter romance series, shapeshifter romance with sex, urban fantasy romance ebook, urban fantasy ebook, fantasy romance, female protagonist, paranormal elements, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, HEA, Witches, Magic, strong heroine, alpha hero, non-human hero, new adult paranormal romance, forbidden romance, romance fiction, top ebooks in urban fantasy, top ebooks in paranormal, speculative fiction, witch romance, Paranormal Romance witches, paranormal romance shifters, fire elemental, firedrakes, romantic fantasy series