Magic Lost, Trouble Found Raine Benares #1
A girl with attitude. An all-powerful amulet.
This could only mean trouble.
My name is Raine Benares. I’m a seeker. The people who hire me are usually happy when I find things. But some things are better left unfound…
Raine is a sorceress of moderate powers, from an extended family of smugglers and thieves. With a mix of street smarts and magic spells, she can usually take care of herself. But when her friend Quentin, a not-quite-reformed thief, steals an amulet from the home of a powerful necromancer, Raine finds herself wrapped up in more trouble than she cares for. She likes attention as much as the next girl, but having an army of militant goblins hunting her down is not her idea of a good time. The amulet they’re after holds limitless power, derived from an ancient, soul-stealing stone. And when Raine takes possession of the item, it takes possession of her.
Now her moderate powers are increasing beyond anything she could imagine—but is the resumé enhancement worth her soul?
Paperback, 345 pages
Published May 29th 2007 by Ace (first published March 29th 2007)
original title
Magic Lost, Trouble Found (Raine Benares, #1)
ISBN
0441015050 (ISBN13: 9780441015054)
Armed & Magical Raine Benares #2
New from “a definite star on the rise.” (LINNEA SINCLAIR)
My name is Raine Benares. Until last week I was a seeker—a finder of things lost and people missing. Now I’m psychic roommates with the Saghred, an ancient stone with cataclysmic powers. Just me, the stone, and all the souls it’s ingested over the centuries. Crowded doesn’t even begin to describe it. All I want is my life back—which means getting rid of the stone and the power it possesses. To sort things out, I head for the Isle of Mid, home to the most prestigious sorcery school, as well as the Conclave, the governing body for all magic users. It’s also home to power- grubbing mages who want me dead and goblins who see me as a thief. As if that’s not enough, Mid’s best student spellsingers are disappearing left and right, and I’m expected to find them. Lives are at stake, goblins are threatening to sue, mages are getting greedier, and the stone’s power is getting stronger by the hour. This could get ugly.
Mass Market Paperback, 293 pages
Published April 29th 2008 by Ace
original title
Armed & Magical (Raine Benares, #2)
ISBN
0441015875 (ISBN13: 9780441015870)
The Trouble with Demons Raine Benares #3
For seeker Raine Benares, a demon infestation on the Isle of Mid couldn't come at a worse time. Already fighting the influence of the Saghred, a soul-stealing stone, Raine discovers she is also magically bonded to a dark mage and a white knight, two dangerous and powerful men on opposing sides.
Turns out, the demons want the key to unlock the Saghred. As a seeker, Raine should be able to find it first. As the axis of light and dark powers, she's a magical cataclysm waiting to happen.
Paperback, 370 pages
Published April 28th 2009 by Ace
original title
The Trouble with Demons (Raine Benares, #3)
ISBN
0441017126 (ISBN13: 9780441017126)
Bewitched & Betrayed Raine Benares #4
Raine Benares is a seeker. She finds lost things and missing people- usually alive. But now she's been bonde with the Saghred, a soul- stealing stone of unlimited power, and must hunt down its escapees. Especially since one of them is also hunting her...
Paperback, 366 pages
Published April 27th 2010 by Ace
original title
Bewitched & Betrayed (Raine Benares, #4)
ISBN
0441018726 (ISBN13: 9780441018727)
Con & Conjure Raine Benares #5
Raine Benares is a seeker who finds lost things and people. Ever since the Saghred, a soul-stealing stone that's given her unlimited power, has bonded to her, the goblin king and the elves have wanted to possess its magic themselves. Which means a goblin thief and her ex-fiancé-an elven assassin-are after her. To survive, she'll need the help of her notorious criminal family.
Paperback, 322 pages
Published March 29th 2011 by Ace (first published February 23rd 2011)
original title
Con & Conjure (Raine Benares, #5)
ISBN
0441020186 (ISBN13: 9780441020188)
All Spell Breaks Loose Raine Benares #6
literary awards
Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) Nominee for Fantasy Novel (2012)
My name is Raine Benares—and it sucks to be me right now.
I’m a seeker who found the Saghred, a soul-stealing stone that gave me unlimited powers I never wanted. Now I’ve lost the rock—and the magic it gave me—to a goblin dark mage whose main goals are my death and world domination. This is more than incentive enough for a little trip to the goblin capital of Regor with a small band of good friends, not-so-good friends, and one outright enemy. Don’t ask.
All we need to do is destroy the Saghred, kill the mage, and put a renegade goblin prince on the throne. Did I mention I’ll be doing that with no magic?
Kindle Edition, 1st Edition, 303 pages
Published May 29th 2012 by Ace (first published May 1st 2012)
original title
All Spell Breaks Loose
ASIN
B0072NWIZS