Lisa Blackwood [Blackwood - Gargoyle and Sorceress Boxset 2

Gargoyle Rising

Gargoyle & Sorceress Tales

Books 4 - 6

Lisa Blackwood

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Sorceress at War 2017 by Lisa Smeaton

Sorceress Enraged 2017 by Lisa Smeaton

Legacy of the Sorceress 2018 by Lisa Smeaton

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Table of Contents

BLURB

A modern sorceress and her medieval gargoyle protector battle evil and their own forbidden love in this action-packed contemporary fantasy series.

SORCERESS AT WAR:

War is coming. The Lady of Battles will have it no other way.

Lillian and Gregory fear the demi-goddess is already moving her pawns and dark knights into place, preparing for the first strike. Earth must be ready, but first Lillian needs to ensure that the uneasy alliance between the Fae and the human military does not fail. Every ally is needed if earth is to have any hope of surviving the coming war.

As fate draws friends and enemies closer together, one new player has appeared unexpectedlyLillians new doppelganger clone. She isnt certain if its pure, old-fashioned jealousy or something more sinister that has her watching the newly cloned Sorceress with distrust, but the fact remains that her doppelgangers allegiance remains mysterious.

For the good of the alliance, Lillian needs to find out if this new sorceress is on their side, playing for the Battle Goddess, or if she has an agenda of her ownone that no one can predict.

SORCERESS ENRAGED:

While Lillian and Gregory have their hands full trying to track down Commander Gryton and preparing for an imminent invasion, Corporal Anna Mackenzie has her own set of problems. And surprisingly, it doesnt have anything to do with the fact that shes been converted into a gargoyle by a well-meaning cub.

No. Her new gargoyle nature is something shell come to grips witheventually. Having that same gargoyle cub abducted by an evil demigoddess? Thats another story altogether.

Anna has never failed to accomplish something once shes put her mind to it, and her mind is now firmly set on seeing the young gargoyle freed at any cost. And if the evil demigoddess gets in her waythe Lady of Battles will be in for the fight of her immortal life.

LEGACY OF THE SORCERESS:

A roll of the dice and Fate thrusts Corporal Anna Mackenzie into a new situation.

With her soul hanging in the balance, the young gargoyle, Shadowlight, makes a deal with the Lord of the Underworld to save Annas life. The demigod saves her, then sends the pair to Haven, a city outside time, where they will heal.

The price? Thirteen years. The length of time Anna will need to embrace the healing stone sleep of gargoyles. When she wakes, an adult gargoyle is waiting for her. He goes by the name Obsidian, but shed once known him by anotherShadowlight.

Obsidian might be a stranger, but shed promised Shadowlight shed never leave him. Now his older self wants her to honor that promise and stay, training alongside him to become one of Lord Deaths military leaders.

To honor the memory of a gargoyle cub shed once loved like a little brother, Anna agrees to join the Lord of the Underworlds cause. Is she working for the good guys? Or has she traded in one Overlord for another?

Either way shes staying.

Her promises dont come with an expiration date and the more she gets to know Obsidian, the more she sees Shadowlight in him. Theres no way shes abandoning the kid a second time.

Sorceress at War

Blurb

War is coming. The Lady of Battles will have it no other way.

Lillian and Gregory fear the demigoddess is already moving her pawns and dark knights into place, preparing for the first strike. Earth must be ready, but first Lillian needs to ensure that the uneasy alliance between the Fae and the human military does not fail. Every ally is needed if earth is to have any hope of surviving the coming war.

As fate draws friends and enemies closer together, one new player has appeared unexpectedlyLillians new doppelganger. She isnt certain if its pure, old-fashioned jealousy or something more sinister that has her watching the newly cloned Sorceress with distrust, but the fact remains that her doppelgangers allegiance remains mysterious.

For the good of the alliance, Lillian needs to find out if this new Sorceress is on their side, playing for the Battle Goddess, or if she has an agenda of her ownone that no one can predict.

Prologue

B ehind her, the hamadryads bark creaked softly as it slid back into place, closing the fissure from which shed just emerged. As she took in her new surroundings, she flexed her toes in the soft grass of the Mortal Realm.

The small glade she found herself in was quiet. The only noise was the soft rustle of her hamadryads needles as the tree shifted her branches out of the way. Yet, she was far from alone.

Other Fae and mortals looked on, silent and full of tension.

Were they too shocked to speak?

Well, she supposed, it wasnt every day that they witnessed a dryad being born into the world.

She dismissed the other onlookers. Even had they shouted and yelled, or otherwise acted aggressively toward her, she still wouldnt have paid them much mind, considering them relatively harmless in the rich fabric of the universe.

Her attention focused on her gargoyle protector.

He was all that mattered. The one constant in her existence. Presently, he was standing next to her firstborn body, that of a young dryad. Her beloved protectors expression was understandably startled.

Shed surprised him.

A rarity in their long existence together.

Typically, they thought as one mind. He knew what she was thinking long before she acted. But this plan was one shed only put in to motion a day ago.

Yesterday, when she still thought with the slow, steady determination of a hamadryad tree, it had not occurred to her to give her other half some warning. But then again, perhaps it was for the best. After all, if even the other half of her soul hadnt guessed her plan, then it made it more likely that their enemies would not be expecting this either.

As she took her first faltering steps, relearning how to move her new body, memories unfolded in her mind. Oh, yes, shed had a name. Her beloved gargoyle had called her Daryna in her last life.

She stumbled over a bit of uneven ground and nearly fell. Weakness coursed through her body until she felt as feeble as a newborn foal. That wasnt a surprise. Shed just been born. Unfortunately, there was more to it than that. The dire situation in the Mortal Realm had required her to act, but the only way to do so was to clone her dryads body to house the soul and power of an Avatar. Shed been forced to grow this body to maturity far too swiftly.

If the inability to manage a graceful walk proved the greatest hardship she had with this body, Daryna would consider herself blessed. Already she knew that her new body wouldnt live more than a handful of seasons. Less if she were required to do too many great workings of magic. Yet it would serve its purpose. After that, her soul and powers as the Mothers Avatar would return to her firstborn body and they would become what shed always been meant to be.