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I have no alternatives—I have to throw myself to Carl Svensson’s mercy like a wretched Victorian romance heroine in order to save my dog. I wish all I had to do was lounge around a haunted mansion in a pretty dress. Instead, Carl is forcing me to run outside in the morning, clean my apartment, and finally do something about my credit card debt. Yes, I am side-eyeing all of this. Carl’s in for a shock of his own, though. I’m a free-spirited, art-loving girl with tattoos, multicolored hair, and piercings. An uptight, suit-wearing investment banker is not going to change me.

Jeb and Sophie welcome a new little Shepherd into the family nearly three years after an EMP changes the world. The community surrounding the family farm is growing and thriving in this new world and they are comfortable until they see the planes. What will this new development mean for them and for the world?

Sophie and Jeb begin their new life together just months after an EMP hits the United States, destroying the grid and transportation system. Sophie survived the first days, walking home 58 miles from Birmingham, Alabama. Now she and Jeb are building a new life in this new world along with his family. They are sheltered in their rural community and have been spared many of the hardships that the rest of the country has faced, but how long will that continue, and will they be ready to face all the challenges ahead?

She took justice into her own hands. Now someone is blackmailing her for her vigilante magic.... Two years ago, Kai Geller used her magic to end the life of her sister’s killer. And she never regretted it. And never looked back. Until now. Someone saw her, someone has evidence of what she is, someone wants to use her for their own dirty deeds. So, now everything about that night is vital to finding who’s blackmailing her into using her magic to destroy businesses and property across the city.

Firemountain Chronicles is a dark lovecraftian fantasy set on the back drop of Ragnorac. Dinah Steele didn't know what she was getting in for when she found herself in the sleep town of Firemountain, but a chance meeting with a playboy heir and an encounter with cultists trying to kill an entire night club, Dinah, with Jake's help, faces down a demon from another dimension to save the town by start the end of days.

Nine-year-old Carol O’Brian wakes one morning to discover her world has been altered. Where she had once been abused by her tyrannical father, family life was now the warm and nurturing environment she should have had. Bewildered by the changes, she nonetheless resolves to find her place in her new life, even if it means giving up one of the few bright lights of her previously bleak existence. Now, over 20 years later, she and her sisters embark on an over-due road trip that takes them farther than they ever could have imagined.

The fourth novel in the EMP series. Civilization comes back to the farm and so do all the problems associated with it. Jeb and Sophie have differing feelings about how to handle the changes for themselves and for their daughter. The family as a whole is divided. Some embrace the return of technology and junk food, others reject it, while others try to pick and choose options.They have survived an EMP, the breakdown of civilization, and a catastrophic earthquake, can they survive this, too?

Sophie is at work on Friday morning, when the power goes out. As she waits for it to be restored, she notices that her fully charged cell phone won’t turn on. A horrifying thought crosses her mind, and she runs to look out the window. The street is full of cars that are all stalled, and people milling around looking at their non-working cell phones. She realizes that this is much worse than a simple power outage, and that she must act quickly if she wants to survive.

As civilization encroaches more and more on their lives, life on the farm continues to change in ways both good and bad. When a tipping point is reached, a difficult decision must be made, but will everyone be on board? Follow Sophie, Jeb and the rest of the Shepherd family on their journey to navigate the new world after the EMP.

The sixth novel in the EMP series, Jeb and Sophie have finally made peace with the return of "civilization" and are living the perfect life spent between the beach and the new farm with their children. But "civilization" once again crashes into their lives. Battle lines are being drawn and the family is forced to choose a side. Will they be forced to once again pack up and start over, or will they fight for their new home? What will be lost in the fight?