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Darkness Haunts coverDARKNESS HAUNTS (The Sensor Series Book 1)

Melena Sanders faced her fair share of danger with insurgents and terrorists when she served in the U.S. Army, but now she is about to go up against a new threat.  Her best friend, Aniya, has disappeared while on a trip to Fairbanks, Alaska—a supernatural haven.  Most humans have no idea darker races lurk amongst them.  Mel knows better.  If she wants to get her friend back, she’s going to have to go in alone—but not unarmed.

Melena has a few special skills the Army didn’t provide, but the odds are still against her.  She’s got to come up with a plan fast that doesn’t involve her, or her friend, dying.  But danger likes to play it rough.  A war for power is about to rise in Fairbanks and if she wants to get Aniya back, she’s going to have to step right into the middle of it.

Word Count: 92k (approximate)

*For a short prequel story to Darkness Haunts, click here.

**For a short story set between Darkness Haunts and Darkness Taunts, click here.

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Darkness Taunts - final copyDARKNESS TAUNTS (The Sensor Series Book 2)

Melena Sanders has managed to avoid all things inhuman for most of her life, but after coming to Fairbanks, Alaska to rescue her best friend from supernaturals she hasn’t been allowed to leave.  That is, until her long-time nemesis comes to collect a favor she owes him.  Lucas might be half angel, but he’s all bad as far as she’s concerned.

Paying him back might get her out of town for a while, but her new destination will be anything but enjoyable.  Mel’s got to help the nephilim take care of a demon possession outbreak in Juneau.  Although something like this hasn’t happened for thousands of years, Lucas is certain Melena’s rare abilities are the key to solving the problem.

With violence in the capital city growing, she’s going to have to figure out how to stop it fast before the trouble spreads to other places.  Not only that, but working closely with Lucas is changing the dynamics of their hate-hate relationship—worrying her even more than the demons.  Getting back to her captivity in Fairbanks never looked so good.

Word count: 101k (approximate)

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Teresa Yeh Photography ProofsCHAINED BY DARKNESS (A Sensor World Novella: Book 2.5)

The longer a man lives, the greater the chance his actions will cost him in the future.  When that man is an immortal nephilim, the misdeeds can really pile up.  Lucas has paid for the crimes of his past for centuries, resisting any close relationship that might make his life even more difficult.  Until Melena.  Only she could begin to melt the ice shielding his heart, but then he was captured by his greatest enemies—angels.

Now imprisoned in Purgatory, he’s awaiting trial for his latest crime and knows the verdict will not be in his favor.  Lucas is resigned to the fact his life might be over, but fears without his protection Melena may not survive for long.  She’s got her own enemies back in Alaska and her mortality makes her easy prey.  Whatever happens to him, he must find a way to keep her safe.  No matter the cost.

Word count: 45k (approximate)

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Tempting the Moon cover promoTEMPTING THE MOON (New Year’s short story)

Originally published in The Stroke of Midnight anthology in late 2014 this story is newly revised.  This story takes place between books 2.5 and 3 in the Sensor series timeline.  Melena is the narrator.

It’s New Year’s Eve and Melena Sanders is hoping she can survive the night without any more trouble in her life.  But then her adopted teenage daughter, Emily, confesses to a prank gone wrong.  Now her young werewolf admirer is caught in a trap on a full moon.  Melena’s got to figure out fast how to rescue him without either of them getting bitten in the process.  Of course, nothing ever goes quite how she plans…

Word count: 12k (approximate)

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Darkness Divides coverDARKNESS DIVIDES (The Sensor Series Book 3)

The blood and violence never ends—it only stops long enough for Melena to relax her guard, to think she might actually survive.  For the past year, she’s worked hard to pick up the pieces of her life.  The supernaturals in Fairbanks are tolerating her, the angels are shielding her from her enemies, and she’s getting stronger as her body changes into…something else.  If not for the man she loves being locked away in Purgatory, she might even believe she could be happy.

But for a sensor, peace is always an illusion.  A magical explosion is about to rock the earth between Alaska and parts of Canada, bringing with it a new wave of fear.  People she cares about will be hurt and she’s going to need answers.  Are her enemies trying to flush her out of hiding or are they up to something even more sinister?  It will take all of her newfound strength and the help of every ally she’s got to put a stop to their plans.

Word count: 108k (approximate)

 

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Playing with DarknessPLAYING WITH DARKNESS (A Sensor World Novella: Book 3.5)

There’s no avoiding it. Melena must keep her promise to return the fae device that opens the portal to Purgatory. Except there’s one problem—Kerbasi. How can she go when she has one of heaven’s minions practically attached to her hip? One who will strike fear in the hearts of the fae the moment they realize who he is.

When her shape-shifter cat suddenly gets sick, she can’t delay the trip any longer. Only the fae can help get Sable healthy again. And if Kerbasi tries to cause any trouble while they are there, she’ll just have to find creative ways to keep him in line.

Word count: 16k (approximate)

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Darkness Clashes coverDARKNESS CLASHES (The Sensor Series Book 4)

Between her service in the U.S. Army and her new life living with supernaturals in Alaska, Melena Sanders has had her loyalty and duty tested in every possible way.

Or so she thought.

Tensions among supernatural factions in Fairbanks are growing after the city’s recent attacks and she must pick a side.  Her nephilim lover, Lucas, needs her help to search for his missing brother—whose disappearance may not be all it seems.  And agents from the Department of Homeland Security are lurking about investigating the suspicious “earthquake” that rocked the region four months ago. 

It’s not the best time to be planning a trip out of town, but troubles in Fairbanks aren’t her only problem.  A greater supernatural plot is developing and only by attending an upcoming ball in New Orleans can she discover more.  There’s no way to avoid it.  Her loyalty and duty to those she cares for are about to clash.

Word count: 93k (approximate)

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Facing the Darkness (A Sensor World Novella: Book 4.5)

Originally featured in the “A Very Paranormal Holiday” anthology. Facing the Darkness has since been revised and updated.

Kerbasi, a former guardian of Purgatory, has resisted every effort to help him find his humanity.  After more than four-thousand years of ruling over supernatural prisoners in the cruelest of ways, he feels he’s above the petty concerns of mankind.  But what is he to do when he’s tasked with bringing comfort to a boy sick with cancer during the holiday season?  This is one child who just might break through the impervious wall he’s wrapped around his heart.

Word count: 22k (approximate)

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Darkness ShattersDARKNESS SHATTERS (The Sensor Series Book 5)

Winter has come to Alaska and it’s about to be joined by death.

Since moving to Fairbanks, Melena Sanders has watched too many of her friends die because she couldn’t react fast enough. When a mysterious illness comes along targeting only supernatural races she’s determined to stop it. But as the death toll climbs she realizes finding a cure is more complicated than she thought. Melena might have to give in to plans to reveal the existence of supernaturals to the human world—as it may be the only way to save them.

Word count: 96k (approximate)

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DARKNESS WANES (The Sensor Series Book 6)

Darkness Wanes medium coverMelena Sanders is locked away in Purgatory, which is no vacation, but she’ll soon be returning to Alaska where troubles are mounting once again.  Suspicious fires are breaking out, supernaturals are being attacked, and there’s an enemy lurking out there waiting for his chance to strike.  Her lover, Lucas, is managing to hold their home together during her absence, but he’s more than ready for her to return.  It will take the two of them working together, along with friends and family, to overcome the darkness that is about to unleash.

Word count: 126k (approximate)

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