Bøger af Barbara M Hodges

The rift is open again. Because of her half elven bloodline, Angel Silverthorne has grown to adulthood in six short years. To save her life she must return to Daradawn. But the young girl feels only resentment on being forced to return to a land she does not know.

Samantha owns Basset Angel Rescue. When Deputy Michael O'Sullivan arrives on her doorstep with the basset hound Bella Sue in tow, alarms bells go off inside of Samantha. Where's Bella Sue's owner, Hildy? Why was Bella Sue wandering around by herself at Los Gatos Gordo County Park? When a visit to Hildy's, finds no Hildy, Sammie, Michael and Bella Sue return to Los Gatos Gordo County Park. Their hope is Bella Sue, who is trained to track, will lead them to the missing Hildy.

Three stories of crime fiction. In The Lost hours, a woman is a suspect in her ex-husband's murder. The problem is there are three hours of her day she has no memory off. In All in For Digger, a group of women from a senior mobilehome park are convinced their friend's death was no accident and in Legacy, a police officer must make a decision that will affect the rest of his life.

The fiery crash of a private jet leaves a mystery in its wreckage. Alone in the devastation is a man, unhurt who has no memory of the crash, himself or his past. It is up to FBI Agent Gail Crane, Santa Maria Police Detective Darcie Devonshire and Ex-CIA Operative Morgan Garrett to solve the puzzle. Not an easy task, because for each question answered, two surface to take its place.

Three pieces of short fantasy fiction. Each story involves storms that leave behind life altering aftermaths.

The Power, granted to the Chosen, is that stands between the dark mage Dirkk and the ravage of Daradawn. Dirkk has not been idle of the seven years the rift has been closed.With the help of Dadaodh, the demon who, lives inside the emerald dagger, he is again ready to challenge Queen Tessa for all of Daradawn. To this end he has conjured new dark beings to aid him: fenris'ena, once mountian wolves, now large beasts who hear only his words, and etain'daman, fairie demons with razor-sharp wing edges and poisoned talons. It will take the coming together of man, elf, fairie, dwarf, unicorn and dragon to defeat the dark magic. Can differences be put aside between those of the air and those of the ground? Can Regan Canterville, even though a chosen of the Power, reason with an enraged dragon? If not all will be lost.

Daradawn's peace is shattered when three Valkyrie warriors, in a desperate attempt to flee their blood enemy, the Followers of the Sun, call upon their magic within a circle of stones as old as time. The wild magic rips open two rifts into Daradawn. One for the desperate Valkyrie and one for the Dubv'Llewelyn, dark elves banished a thousand years ago into the world of the humans. Into Daradawn they come, the Valkyrie, the Followers of the Sun and the Dubv'Llewelyn. War wages, with the clash of the lightest and the darkest of magic. There is no middle ground. It is rule or be enslaved, and no matter the outcome, for those who live in Daradawn, life will never be the same.

Monty the basset hound puppy lives at Daphneyland Basset Rescue Ranch. monty's momma Polly was a rescue, so Daphneyland is the only home Monty and his brother and three sisters have ever known. The puppies are old enough now to go to their forever homes. But Monty doesn't know what a forever home is.Monty knows just who to ask about forever homes, Sonja. But Sonja lives at the kennel and Monty is way up the hill at the house.Monty is never supposed to leave the pen and his brother and sisters, but some questions just have to be answered.So begings Monty's big adventure.

Spirits talk to Dakota Lee. They have since she was twelve years old. Now an adult, she is happy with her life as the owner of, Sugar Babies, a small bakery in the quiet town of Santa Mesa, California. Dakota has accepted her gift for the most part and learned to deal with the sometimes demanding spirits.An early morning run leads to a gruesome discovery. A dead man slumped in his car, and a panicked basset hound pacing beside it.The dead man is Detective Rod Kane. After a prickly interview with Kane's partner, Detective Blake Scott, Dakota is ready to put the disturbing event behind her.When she sees the basset hound in the park the next morning everything changes. Coaxing the hound to her, she hears a man's voice consoling the dog. Seeing no one else around, Dakota knows it is a spirit and asks what the man needs.Detective Rod Kane has refused this dead mother's offer to join her in the beyond. He can't. Not until he finds out who killed him.He is startled that Dakota can hear him. Nonetheless, she is his answer. When Dakota asks, "What do you need?"His answer is "Give JB a home and help me find my killer."