Nicole DragonBeck
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Nicole DragonBeck was born in California one snowy summer long ago, the illegitimate offspring of an elf and a troll. At a young age her powers exploded and she was banished to the wilderness of South Africa because her spells kept going inexplicably awry. There she was raised by a tribe of pygmy Dragons and had tremendous adventures, including defeating a terrible Fire-Demon that had been tormenting a sect of Dwarf priests. In gratitude they taught her the arcane magic of writing and the rest is horribly misinterpreted history.
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Guardians of the Path Book 1: First Magyc
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Fantasy
12-year-old Ria Westerfield helps a mysterious Guardian return to his home, a land of magyc and music she has never heard of - so why does it feel so familiar? Cedar Jal swears to fix his mistake and send the girl home, refusing to believe he has condemned her to die at the hands of Prophecy - but will that choice be taken out of his hands? The princess, the Witch, and the assassin await the return of the Guardians - can they succeed before the world is overrun by Demons and Sorcerers? 
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Guardians of the Path Book 2: Ria's Mark
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Fantasy
Thousands of years ago. The First Guardian, along with his band of unlikely followers, creates the Amber Torch, a magycal artifact to shield Demona from unfriendly eyes. Now. Cedar Jal has returned to Demona and been reunited with his fellow Guardians of the Path. With their newfound companions, the princess, the Witch, and the assassin, the Guardians make for the Sister Cities to collect the pieces of the shattered Amber Torch. Pursued by a mysterious foe, they race against the clock to save Demona, while all around them the sands are a-shifting. Ria, the girl from another world, dreads the day she will be forced to return home. After meeting Llaem Bli, a Maker of Marks whose magyc reveals the truth of a person’s inner self, Ria comes to terms with what he shows her and decides to take matters into her own hands. 
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Guardians of the Path Book 3: Omens
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Fantasy
In the Desert: One man is caught in the middle of an ancient struggle. What he loses, and what he gains, will make him a legend. In Demona: Torn between two worlds, and with the aid of a goblin Witch, Ria must learn and accept the Way of Things. In the Crescent Temple: The Guardians continue their quest to salvage the Amber Torch through ever more complex tangles of past and present, hindered by vague omens. When their course stalls, forcing the Guardians and their allies to split paths, they witness something that sets them back thousands of years, and makes them question everything they have done, and everything they believe in. For sometimes, it is the Demons inside oneself that are the larger enemy. 
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Guardians of the Path Book 4: The Other World
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Fantasy
Haunted by Riddles and Dreams Here: In Demona, the Guardians go to the Dale, a place of old magyc locked away in the past, hoping to find the Man of Tongues, a sorcerer of myth who they believe may have the power to send them across worlds. They get more than they bargain for, learn more than they ask for, and in the end, they must make a terrible choice: Aethsiths, or Ria? There: In the Other World, Maria Westerfield’s past comes back to haunt her when one of her friends is murdered and a mysterious symbol she never thought she’d see again appears written in his blood. The Girl Who Came Back must figure out what to do before everyone she loves is destroyed by the things she thought only existed in dreams. Everywhere: All those who wield magyc are drawn together to battle Demons, Wardens, and their own dark secrets to keep the Placer of Pieces and his Men in White from extinguishing the light of life called the Path. Assassins, Witches, princesses, Makers of Marks and even Death Himself all attempt to divert the fate of this world, but everything hangs on the choice of one girl in… …The Other World. 
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