Sylvie Lightner is no ordinary P.I. She specializes in cases involving the unusual, in a world where magic is real-and where death isn't the worst thing that can happen to you. But when an employee is murdered in front of her, Sylvie has had enough. After years of confounding the dark forces of the Magicus Mundi, she's closing up shop-until a man claiming to be the God of Justice wants Sylvie to find his lost lover. And he won't take no for an answer.

Lady Casterton is found strangled in her bedroom shortly after seven when her housekeeper went to discover why her employer had not appeared for dinner. From an examination of the body, it was clear that she had been killed a little after six at the very earliest. Suspicion naturally fell onto her nephew, her inheritor, with whom relations had been strained in recent weeks. He would have looked like a prime suspect, were it not for the testimony of the housekeeper. But then the nephew turns up dead in a locked room. The question for John Handful is, who murdered the murderer?

Single mother Ella is struggling. About to turn forty, the last thing Ella needs in her life is more complications, but she suspects her brush with angels may not be over yet. Ella’s daughter, Indie, is keeping a huge secret. But it's not until she meets the new kids at school that she begins to learn about her true powers. Luci has been busy. With the help of her whisperers, she’s figured out how to destroy the Angelic Realm. The only problem is the one person who can help her secure the final ingredient won’t help. As Indie explores her growing abilities, she enters a world of fate and power that Ella left behind sixteen years ago. She will soon discover that this world is on the brink of war, and that she may be the most powerful weapon of all. For over two thousand years, Ella’s and Zac’s lives have been intertwined. When fate no longer exists and the past catches up to the present, will the bond of blood be enough to unite two worlds?

What is your deepest desire? An unknown phenomenon has given people the power to manifest their deepest desires at will. However, the blessing of instant gratification comes with a curse: demons that manipulate aspirations into sin. After losing her brother to a school shooter under demonic influence, seventeen-year-old Aliyah Dawn yarns for a better tomorrow in a city of increasing violence and corruption. In hopes of protecting her family, friends, and her boyfriend, she is given the power to purge demons and undo the curse before humanity succumbs to its own sins.

Stone-Cold Killer One night while on patrol, the Slayer and her friends are outnumbered and receive aid from a totally unexpected source: Buffy's old flame, Pike. He and Buffy had a complex relationship back in Los Angeles, when the Chosen One was first called. Now, Pike has arrived in Sunnydale, on the run from a stone demon with a grudge. Faced with this blast from the past, Buffy finds herself caught between her history with Pike...and her future with Angel. But there's little time to contemplate this situation as vamp activity rises and Giles, in particular, becomes the target of mysterious, brutal attacks. Buffy suspects a deeper connection between old friends and new enemies. With the help of her friends, Buffy unmasks the evil entities -- and discovers that even a Watcher can be watched....

Everyone walks between the shadows of life. Sometimes you drift into the shadows, and sometimes you drift inot toe light. The feelings that flow through everyone can be overwelming at times and sometimes you feel you are alone in the shadows. In this book i feel that everyone will be able to find poems that they like, or relate to. All the poems in this book should make you feel something, sad, happy, laughter, or mad. It is not my intention nor is it why I wrote the book to offend anyone, nor was it to tell you that this is the way. It was put together to let people know that you are not alone no matter how it seems to be that way at the time. I hope you enjoy the journey for it is the journey that i have been on in my walk between the shadows.