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Eden is not a paradise. It’s a prison. Lucifer is dragged from Hell and forced back to the Garden—the place of his fall—to restore the dying Tree of Life. Long ago, God and His divine siblings wagered over who could create the finest humanity. Each built an Eden. Pride ended the contest. Jealousy ended everything else. Now only a handful of gods remain inside a fading Garden never meant to belong to one alone.

In Prodigal Son, book number four in Sister Christian Series, much to Richard Mason's dismay, love blossoms between his sister, Hannah Rice and the dusky hunk Nick Jackson - a man with a dark past. Just as it appears Hannah will be able to regain control of her own life once more a shadowy stranger sets his sights on Hannah and her $3,500,000 trust fund even if he has to kill her to get it.

Zeus subjects Raven to the Olympian Trials—ancient, lethal tests meant to break the unworthy. Raven survives, but resentment hardens and power awakens. Refusing to suffer in silence, Raven slips into the mortal world with Apollo at his side. What begins as defiance becomes revolution.

Alena brings Christmas and Yuletide to barren Olympus in this holiday-themed short story. When Raven goes to bed to await Santa's delivery Alena has a special gift for her husband, Ares God of War.

Doctor Richard Mason is alone and bored one hot summer night when he decides to take a jaunt down to Tony's Bar to cool off. Little does he know things are about to get a whole lot hotter when a redheaded vixen sets her sights on him for a lustful one night stand. Waking in the morning wanting more, at the very least to know her name, he wonders if this is the end of a very sultry night or just the beginning of things to come.

Ares settles down with his wife, Alena, to await the birth of their son, Raven. The strong but delicate Fey is relentlessly bombarded by hostility from the Olympians, especially Zeus, who already despises the unborn Raven. With no way out and no way to keep his family safe from his father, Zeus, the God of Gods, Ares enters into a blood pact that could cost the God of War everything he holds dear.

Mysterious Ways, book number three in the Sister Christian series, sees a turning of the tables between Hannah Rice and her brother, Richard Mason. Hannah is just beginning to seize the reins of her own life when Mason falls mysteriously ill. Hospitalized and on the brink of death, Mason is caught deep in the clutches of a fevered coma when his mind sends him down the rabbit hole.

Cast from Olympus for a crime no god will name, Ares, God of War, rules a barren island of hollow pleasures—until a dying fey washes ashore. Alena MacLeod is bound by ancient magic and hunted by forces that never forget. Zeus wants her in chains. Desperate, she offers Ares the only bargain powerful enough to tempt a god: One night. His protection. But Ares sees more than desire—he sees opportunity. If Zeus wants her, she has value. Perhaps even the power to restore what he has lost.What begins as strategy ignites into something neither expected.

Hannah Rice is recovering from emergency surgery. In order to make her time in the tiny house more bearable and to find out more about his sister, Doctor Richard Mason begins sending for Hannah's items that have been locked away in storage for decades. All of these beautiful items from the past also bring with them memories Hannah would rather leave buried...it's up to Mason, and his unconventional methods to help Hannah confront the ugliness of her past in hopes that she can set upon the path to regaining her life.

Doctor Richard Mason has just received a certified letter informing him of several things; he's adopted, his biological father has died, and Mason has been put in charge of his physically and mental challenged sister, Hannah Rice. If that wasn’t enough to shatter the personal reality of this brilliant but jaded loner, according to the terms of the will, Mason must let his sister live with him in his tiny house and invade his tiny life or she will be sent back to a state run group home where she has spent the last 30 years of her desolate life.