Stephanie Spicer

Helena has come far from the day she became custodian of Abernathy's, the world's only living oracle. Now, she faces her greatest challenge yet: the oracle's prediction that it, and she, will end. As monstrous invaders strike city after city, leaving death and destruction behind, the Wardens scramble to defend humanity. Weakened by infighting, they turn to Abernathy's for guidance and strength. But the oracle's cryptic guidance may no longer be enough. With...

Helena and the oracular bookstore Abernathy's stopped an attack by the alien invaders' human allies and destroyed their attempt at a second oracle, giving the Wardens much-needed victories. Now, after months of fighting a defensive war, the Wardens plan a direct assault on the enemy stronghold. But as the battle approaches, Abernathy's has other plans. The oracle directs Helena to contact four ordinary people with extraordinary talents whose abilities...

For over seventy years, the use of familiars-monsters bound by magic to fight beside humans in the Long War-divided magery into two factions. Now, the monsters strike back. As Helena prepares for the Conference of Neutralities, reports of familiars breaking their bonds to attack and kill their masters raise tensions between the factions to an unprecedented high. Faced with the challenge of keeping her relationship with Malcolm Campbell secret from...

It's just a trip to the furthest-flung mega-space-station for a basic malfunction. For a ship's doctor, a new breed of implanted organic system medico, it should have been an easy job. Instead, this doctor walks into a crisis. First, there's a dead colleague. Then, the infected core, and a flight engineer who knows something about her past. Oh, and then there's the fact she's unwittingly assisted a military coup, which threatens to spread the infection...

With a successful challenge to the Accords behind her, and her relationship with Malcolm Campbell made public, Helena Davies' life seems perfect. Then the attacks begin. As the enemy magi known as the Mercy wreak havoc on Warden strongholds, Helena and the oracular bookstore Abernathy's play their role in guiding the Wardens. But the oracle knows a deadly secret, one Helena struggles to interpret while the enemy draws nearer. And the one question...

A guest with an axe to grind. A bridal party full of secrets. This wedding planner is about to turn detective... Annabelle Archer is a few days away from completing the most elaborate wedding she's ever planned. As she daydreams about the doors her perfect reception could unlock for her business, she stumbles over a dead body at the bottom of the stairs. The planner is horrified to recognize the body lying underfoot as the mother of the bride....

Helena Davies knows all about keeping secrets. Now her secrets will come to light. Helena's encounter with a terrible creature whose kind are bent on destroying the world revealed a terrible truth: a cabal of rogue humans works with those monsters, intent on gaining power. Charged to remain silent while her superiors prepare to attack the traitors, Helena fears trusting her friends, her colleagues, even her secret lover Malcolm Campbell. Any of...

In a world where ice sculptures turn deadly, it's up to one wedding planner to keep D.C.'s best chefs alive… If there is one thing Annabelle Archer can't stand, it's a diva chef. But her career as a wedding planner to the elite socialites of D.C. has her dealing with plenty of them. When one such prima donna rubs her the wrong way, she's not completely surprised to find him impaled on his own ice sculpture… After the hotel's catering director...

As the custodian of the oracular bookstore Abernathy's, Helena has faced several challenges in learning her new role. But when the store begins giving out false prophecies, Helena comes up against her greatest challenge yet: how can she fix Abernathy's when she doesn't truly know how it works? Armed only with a few special talents and her desire to protect her magical charge, and with the assistance of her best friend Viv, her reluctant assistant...