When she meets Galen Sorbach, an aspiring photographer, she hopes she''s found a normal boyfriend, for once.

She doesn''t realize that Galen has been stalking her for latent healing powers, water magick she''s used accidentally in large quantities. A fire mage, Galen never mastered water magick. Adelaide''s gifts could be the power he needs to depose the Spirit Guardian and become a god.

Galen''s sister, Kait, has spent 400 years as elemental water guardian. Assigned to subdue Adelaide''s magick, Kait delays. Her reluctance allows Galen to manipulate Adelaide and threatens the safety of the person Adelaide loves most, couturier Étienne d''Amille, and his lover, Basilie.

These five people - a 400-year-old Irish witch, her adopted psychopathic brother, an American supermodel, a French fashion designer, and his rich ex-wife - find their lives intertwined as they explore how far they will go for love and how much they can forgive.

World famous fashion designer Étienne d''Amille knows he should be grateful. He''s survived several personal tragedies and almost died. He and his ex-wife, Zélie, will welcome their first born child into the world after 20 years of infertility. But grief has crippled Étienne. And his depression has threatened his relationships. So many questions linger about recent events: Did he take advantage of his protégé/ supermodel Adelaide Pitney? Did he miss warning signs that could have prevented everything? And when Étienne''s just about to crack-he discovers his house is haunted and the ghost stuck there begs him to free it before familiar supernatural creatures kill them all. Did Étienne receive the second chance he wanted? Or will he plunge into a magickal universe he''s not equipped to understand?

Dr. Jacqueline Saint-Ebène joined the French Defense Health Service because she had grown bored of vaginas. But neither her years as an Ob-Gyn nor her tour as a combat surgeon in Africa prepared her for her latest assignment: a supernatural immaculate conception, her pregnant oldest sister''s stroke, and the army''s concern that her brother-in-law might exist as the center of it all.

While Jacqueline grapples with family and military drama, she also finds herself in a personal crisis in Djibouti. She underestimated the role of Issa Somali culture in her boyfriend''s life and learns he has a secret that threatens the core of their relationship.

Throw in a sexy young werewolf- and, yes, werewolves are real- and Jacqueline doesn''t know where to find the truth.

When Jules Zwiegenbaum moved from the South of France to the United States, he knew culture shock would be a problem. He was half-American, so how bad could it be? As a high schooler who loved to surf, California might suit him nicely. He even starts making friends. But when the school bully challenges him to a fight-it reveals a hereditary condition that Jules didn''t know his family carried. Apparently, the abnormality prompted his parents'' whole career as medical researchers in genetics. This is the story of how one young man learned about the inherited curse that links him to a world he thought only existed in fairy tales and horror movies.

When she meets Galen Sorbach, an aspiring photographer, she hopes she''s found a normal boyfriend, for once.

She doesn''t realize that Galen has been stalking her for latent healing powers, water magick she''s used accidentally in large quantities. A fire mage, Galen never mastered water magick. Adelaide''s gifts could be the power he needs to depose the Spirit Guardian and become a god.

Galen''s sister, Kait, has spent 400 years as elemental water guardian. Assigned to subdue Adelaide''s magick, Kait delays. Her reluctance allows Galen to manipulate Adelaide and threatens the safety of the person Adelaide loves most, couturier Étienne d''Amille, and his lover, Basilie.

These five people - a 400-year-old Irish witch, her adopted psychopathic brother, an American supermodel, a French fashion designer, and his rich ex-wife - find their lives intertwined as they explore how far they will go for love and how much they can forgive.

World famous fashion designer Étienne d''Amille knows he should be grateful. He''s survived several personal tragedies and almost died. He and his ex-wife, Zélie, will welcome their first born child into the world after 20 years of infertility. But grief has crippled Étienne. And his depression has threatened his relationships. So many questions linger about recent events: Did he take advantage of his protégé/ supermodel Adelaide Pitney? Did he miss warning signs that could have prevented everything? And when Étienne''s just about to crack-he discovers his house is haunted and the ghost stuck there begs him to free it before familiar supernatural creatures kill them all. Did Étienne receive the second chance he wanted? Or will he plunge into a magickal universe he''s not equipped to understand?

Dr. Jacqueline Saint-Ebène joined the French Defense Health Service because she had grown bored of vaginas. But neither her years as an Ob-Gyn nor her tour as a combat surgeon in Africa prepared her for her latest assignment: a supernatural immaculate conception, her pregnant oldest sister''s stroke, and the army''s concern that her brother-in-law might exist as the center of it all.

While Jacqueline grapples with family and military drama, she also finds herself in a personal crisis in Djibouti. She underestimated the role of Issa Somali culture in her boyfriend''s life and learns he has a secret that threatens the core of their relationship.

Throw in a sexy young werewolf- and, yes, werewolves are real- and Jacqueline doesn''t know where to find the truth.

When Jules Zwiegenbaum moved from the South of France to the United States, he knew culture shock would be a problem. He was half-American, so how bad could it be? As a high schooler who loved to surf, California might suit him nicely. He even starts making friends. But when the school bully challenges him to a fight-it reveals a hereditary condition that Jules didn''t know his family carried. Apparently, the abnormality prompted his parents'' whole career as medical researchers in genetics. This is the story of how one young man learned about the inherited curse that links him to a world he thought only existed in fairy tales and horror movies.