Mel Todd

New city, new job, new threat?With my best friend going to college to learn how to use her magic, I'm job hunting in Atlanta. We're sharing an apartment and I've never been happier. The last thing I needed was to be involved in a murder investigation. Now the police are sure I had something to do with it. News alert: I don't. I've got a job, Jo's going school. I finally am on the track to have my own life.Working as an EMT is great, but something...

Being a double merlin sucks.You'd think having power, having people treat you with respect, an insanely awesome inheritance waiting for me, and knowing you could do really awesome(awful) things would be cool. It isn't.I've got strings you wouldn't believe attached to the inheritance. Then it turns out other people want it, so instead of suing me, I mean that would be logical, right? No, they are trying to kill me. And I don't mean a single person,...

I hate the nickname Cori Catastrophe, it's accurate though.In my world, magic weaves through society, seemingly giving mages the leg up. I'm no mage, yet bad luck clings to me like a shadow. Everything changed when my twin brother died in my arms. My parents never forgave me, not that I blame them. Since then, I've been on my own, except for my BFF Jo and her family. Still, trust doesn't come easy.Paying for college sucks while mages get free rides....

Trusting others is the hardest thing you ever do. When McKenna turned into a cougar, JD Davidson rolled with it. After all, he turned into a bear. But standing on the sidelines with Toni Diaz as McKenna was kidnapped as well as Toni's kids? That proved harder than he expected.Falling love with a beautiful woman should have been easy, but why would she love him? Not to mention aliens, government, and an impending invasion. Anyone smart would have turned...

A shifter caught on film. A cop with unwanted fame. Will she embrace her new identity, or become a monstrous beast? McKenna Largo loves police work and hates being in the spotlight. But when the California cop transforms into a cougar in the middle of a bank raid, she knows there's no dodging the publicity. Now a viral video sensation, she's the reluctant public face of a newly created race of shifters…As the police department uses her for "PR"...

Having a dragon walk out of a portal changed everything. When a member of the Drakyn race, the ones the Elentrin want to destroy, shows up to offer aid in Earth's fight for survival, McKenna has hope. Their visitor unlocks information buried in her friends' heads and gives them a chance against this enemy. Calling in the government seems like the best idea, after all it's a worldwide battle. The Drakyn don't have weapons, ships, or even troops to...

Turning into a wolverine was fascinating. It would be better if she could take notes while in wolverine form though. Affected by the strange event sweeping the Earth, Cassandra Borden decides to keep this new ability secret. None of her family has changed, and it isn't all that relevant to her life, though fascinating. Trying to get a new discovery recognized, something that could save lives, seemed much more important. Though her sister would call...

Want to learn more about JD, Perc, Charley, and Cass? Curious as to how they got in this mess or what happened with the kids during Commander? Dive into this set of four novellas to see their stories. New GamesShifters have to stick together if they want to survive.Perc Alexander is one of the rare humans who can shift into an animal, in his case the form of an extinct cat. As a professional athlete who trained his body for years before the shifter...

This is the Second Novella but the Fourth story in the Kaylid Chronicles. They follow and weave in between the novels.When his foster mom is captured, along with the mom of his best friends, Charley Davis finds himself responsible to keep them safe. Trusting adults is hard, but he makes the choice to do just that and calls McKenna's police officer friends. When Child Protective Services gets involved, Charley knows adults can't be trusted.The twins,...

Charles Wainscot never expected to be a mage, but when it came with a familiar he thinks it might all be worth it. College, new life, maybe new friends. Too bad his old life has followed him with the presence of a high school bully. Either way, he'll manage by himself. But when Cori Munroe bursts into his life things get a lot stranger. Charles will have to decide who he wants to be and exactly how he is going to handle a bully. This is a short story...