Patricia Jones Libri

A universe where technology and magic co-exist. She was betrayed by her own brother. She was sentenced to death by her own father. Visaka thought obtaining a proof against her brother would be enough to prove her innocence. Enough to end her troubles. She was wrong... Raiden survived without magic for so long, but his dark, strange powers have attracted attention from the Mage Emperor himself. Now, if he wants to live another day and save his dark mage girlfriend - Anna, he must find the next piece of his armor and fight until his last breath. Anna has her own hidden agenda too, to kill Raiden... For fans of light Gamelit fiction who love set pieces, character progression, and mages who can level up to gain new powers, but don't need to have a game world.

The Post Lauren Rawl is a professor in a small catholic college in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. She experiences a life changing event which involves her struggle to cope emotionally when she learns of her adult son's drug addiction, and the frustration of not being able to "fix" him, consensually or legally. After much urging, Lauren begins attending Al-Anon meetings and, with the support of other attendees and that of friends, she slowly is able to manage her feelings of shame, loss and helplessness. to further complicate Lauren's life, she becomes entangled in assisting law enforcement in investigating the disappearance of a female student in her department. Plus, she is drawn into a problematic relationship with a man whose wife is hospitalized in a coma.

Meridith Stevens, a young academic, is in Yellowstone National Park searching for her wayward niece, a seasonal employee. After she observes an attaché case passed from one man to another while at Old Faithful she thinks nothing of it, but shortly thereafter her car is forced off the road. Rescued from the car crash by Jake Crockett a photo-journalist in the park doing an article for his magazine, Meri accepts transportation from Jake to where her niece is working. Meri and Jake develop a contentious relationship, among other things, regarding wolves and grizzlies on the Endangered Species List and become entangled, along with Meri's niece, in drugs among seasonal workers in the park. Along the way, Meri is stalked by an unknown person and she and her niece confront professional and personal crossroads in each of their lives.