Portal (Shayne)

Anything for their child Magdalena knows Ryan is a playboy from the start, but is compelled by his resemblance to the man of her recurrent dreams and fantasies who'd adored her in another lifetime; the man who'd tried to save her life, and failed. She can't resist him.The affair is fire, the pregnancy unintended, his reaction predictable. So without telling Ryan why, she retreats to a house on a broken-down one-time vineyard with her mom. They're a pair of natural witches laying low in New York's wine country and though she misses Ryan, life is good.For a little while.Months later, upon learning the truth, Ryan appears at her door. And that's when the trouble begins, as townsfolk, including her own doctor, begin to show a creepy level of interest in her baby, and something supernatural seems to be trying to keep her from leaving the area. Then she has a vision of Ryan plunging a golden dagger into her heart- a dagger she later finds hidden in his truck.Ryan only wants to protect her and their child as a vengeful demon plots to take possession of the infant's body and kill Magdalena.The only hand capable of wielding the dagger of her death is Ryan's. As labor hits hard, the demon's power over him grows.Magdalena's only hope is perfect love, perfect trust, and all the magic she can muster. Will it be enough to save her baby?The Portal is a 4-book series: Legacy of the Witch, Mark of the Witch, Daughter of the Spellcaster, Blood of the Sorceress.

For the crime of loving an ancient king's favorite harem slave, Demetrius, the king's most trusted soldier, was forced to watch his beloved Lilia executed alongside her sisters-pitched from a cliff outside ancient Babylon. But for Demetrius, the fate was worse than death, for his soul was stripped away and he was sentenced to eternal darkness, solitude, stasis.Lilia has reincarnated over and over, awaiting the time when she could rescue her soulmate, restore his soul, and make him remember the powerful love they share.Now that moment has come. With her sisters' help, Demetrius has broken free. His body has been restored. But he's still missing pieces of his soul and held in the thrall of the same high priest who cast the terrible curse so long ago.With neither an intact soul nor any memory of where he's been or why, he devotes himself solely to pleasure and power, and finds plenty of both.Somehow Lilia must convince him to reclaim his humanity, even though it means giving up all the rest. The wealth, the women, the power are a small price to pay for his soul. But only he can choose, and if he chooses wrong, he and Lilia and the love that might save us all will be lost forever.The Portal is a 4-book series: Legacy of the Witch, Mark of the Witch, Daughter of the Spellcaster, Blood of the Sorceress.

"Once upon a time, there lived three witches."All her life, Amarrah's grandmother told her stories of three women, members of a Babylonian king's harem, who practiced forbidden magic.On her deathbed, her gidaty confessed that the tales were not just stories, but rather the oral records of a timeless curse and a terrible wrong that must be made right. She leaves her an antique box she calls the witches' chest and tasks her with keeping it safe until the eventual day when the three return to claim it.She is heartbroken when the chest is stolen from her, but years later she picks up the trail again and is determined to get it back. As she draws closer to recovering the chest, memories of her grandmother's tales begin to surface in her mind, as if she was there in ancient Babylon, and lived them.Tracking the artifact leads her to Sergeant Harrison Brockson, a handsome soldier who stirs memories of a boy she knew in that other life, centuries ago.Is Harrison the key to finding the witches chest?More importantly, could he be her destiny?The Portal is a 4-book series: Legacy of the Witch, Mark of the Witch, Daughter of the Spellcaster, Blood of the Sorceress.