Obsidian Sisterhood

She may be too old to start a fight, but she's not too old to finish one. At sixty-nine years old and with two black belts to her name, former nun Monica Barrett has never backed down from a fight. So when a woman turns up on her doorstep with an attacker on her heels, Monica is quick to step in. But this assailant has powers-he moves with uncanny speed, strikes with brutal accuracy, and isn't after the woman at all. Instead, he wants what she has: a smooth, flat piece of rock that she throws to Monica. The instant she touches the stone, everything Monica has ever known turns upside down. Inhuman power surges through her, and she destroys the attacker. Horrified, she is determined to rid herself of the stone and whatever it holds. Then more attacks follow, and suddenly, the stone's dark power is all that stands between her and losing everything she holds dear. Like it or not, Monica has become its keeper ... And its wielder. Lydia M. Hawke is a writer possessed of both a light side and a dark one. On the dark side, she's the author of the Grigori Legacy, an apocalyptic urban fantasy series featuring a hard-as-nails cop caught up in the war between Heaven and Hell. In her lighter moments, she writes romances (contemporary and suspense) as Linda Poitevin. And when she's not plotting the world's downfall or next great love story, she's a wife, mom, friend, coffee snob, gardener, walker of a Giant Dog, keeper of many pets, and an avid food preserver (you know, just in case that whole Zombie Apocalypse thing really happens).

Chasing shadows and saving the world at the age of sixty-nine? Not on her bingo card. Former nun Sister Monica Barrett is the reluctant keeper of a stone that holds immense dark magick. She'd abandon it if she could, but it's become attached to her-literally-and there are five more like it in the hands of powerful, corrupt Mages determined to control the very fabric of the world. Even if they destroy that world in the process. Fortunately, Monica's foes haven't been able to find the one thing they need to help them tap into the stones' powers-a mysterious being named Methuselah, who brought the fragments to Earth millennia before. Unfortunately, neither has Monica. On her side: a fractured secret sisterhood, an off-the-clock cop, and a tech-less tech whiz. On the enemy's? Unlimited financial resources, their own dark magick, and a host of terrifying monsters. The race to find Methuselah is on-and the entire planet hangs in the balance. Lydia M. Hawke is the author of bold urban fantasy for women who know their power. When worlds collide or apocalyptic disaster strikes, Lydia's mature, magical heroines are more than capable of saving themselves–and the world. Her paranormal women's fiction novel Becoming Crone has won multiple awards and was featured on Felicia Day's Felicitations! Book Club Show. Lydia makes her home in Canada where she spends her free time drinking what some would argue is too much coffee, thoroughly enjoying the grandparenting stage of life, caring for her collection of pets, and tending to her ever-evolving garden. Her self-appointed mission in life is to reclaim the title of "crone" as a positive thing on behalf of all women of a certain age.

The enemy of her enemy is not her friend ... but they may be her only hope. Sister Monica has defeated the dark Mages' attempts to seize the magickal stone she holds ... so far. But victory has come at great personal cost, and one of her own has been kidnapped. Now, in exchange for Talia's return, Monica's enemy demands not just the stone, but the ancient and powerful Methuselah to wield it for them. If she hands them over, the Mages will have unimaginable, awful power. If she doesn't, Talia will die. But a second faction of Mages has emerged to offer Monica their help. She knows she can't trust them, but with no idea where to look for Talia, she may have no choice but to accept the alliance ... And then hope to hell she can beat them at their own power game before they destroy the very fabric of the universe. Lydia M. Hawke is the author of bold urban fantasy for women who know their power. When worlds collide or apocalyptic disaster strikes, Lydia's mature, magical heroines are more than capable of saving themselves-and the world. Her paranormal women's fiction novel Becoming Crone has won multiple awards and was featured on Felicia Day's Felicitations! Book Club Show.Lydia makes her home in Canada where she spends her free time drinking what some would argue is too much coffee, thoroughly enjoying the grandparenting stage of life, caring for her collection of pets, and tending to her ever-evolving garden.Her self-appointed mission in life is to reclaim the title of "crone" as a positive thing on behalf of all women of a certain age.