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Jane Wilson disappeared when she was a child. When she learned to make herself invisible, her teachers made her disappear from Neighborlee Children's Home. And just in time, right before some nasty folks known only as the Rivals tried to take her away to turn her into a weapon.

Etrusca was a warrior woman in the distant past of Nisandros, who defied the clan heads and fought to turn her world from the worship of the Ancestors and back to worshipping and serving Enlo.

Tress Lore, daughter of the chief engineer and chief linguist, was born on the Defender. Only nine years old, her life is about to change. While exploring the space station where their ship is undergoing upgrades, she overhears people saying things that frighten her. Threats against her friends, and even the ship. But when she tells the adults, nobody else has heard what she heard. Tress is confused. What is wrong with everybody? When she hears Lt. M’kar wishing to play a nasty trick on some people who are giving her trouble, Tress breaks some rules to try to help.

The shadows from Lanie's past continue to haunt her and her friends as Neighborlee moves from Christmas to New Year's Eve. Something or someone is tampering with the magical defenses of the town. Things and people disappear and reappear, with no explanation, leaving gaps in memories and time. As New Year's Eve approaches at Eden, the Neighborlee community center, the disappearances and time gaps increase. Instead of trying to convince town officials to cancel the New Year's Eve party, the guardians prepare for a showdown, and brace themselves to do what they have always done.

The guardians face their greatest dilemma when a new-age cult threatens to drive the Grandstones out of Neighborlee—and take their place. Better the devil they know than the one they don't? Saving Neighborlee Children's Home from foreclosure and stopping an invasion from otherworldly forces could all depend on Pastor Rocky "getting the band back together". Problem: Everyone else died in a fiery crash. Or did they? Multiple enemy forces unite to attack the town of Neighborlee, attempting to turn Pastor Rocky into their newest weapon. Big mistake.

Athena Longfellow and Doni Halliday are granddaughters of one of Neighborlee's guardians, Ford Longfellow. When danger threatens Neighborlee, the girls awaken to their duties and their gifts, and slowly grow into their heritage.

Saundra Bailey has a rough few first days after moving to Camden Township to be the new children's librarian. First a strange man who smells of cheap cigars tries to get into her apartment, then she’s caught between two Welcome Wagon teams, which results in her feeling rather unwelcome. When Cigar Man later tries to steal her purse, she meets Kai, owner of Book & Mug, a coffee shop and bookstore. Cigar Man tried to break into the building Kai owns with his cousins, Eden and Troy, after trying to hire Eden, an investigator, to find lost family documents.

Pregnant, widowed, and alone, 33-year-old Kendra McFarland yearns for family for herself, and for her unborn baby. She strives to put the pain of her emotionally abusive marriage behind her. With her strong faith, and optimism leading her forward, she visits the small town of Shallow Stream, thrilled to meet her late husband's family for the first time. To her shock, her grieving mother-in-law accuses Kendra of being a gold digger and rejects her. Will Pierce, her late husband's cousin, offer her the love and family she seeks? The relationship may just create new heartbreak.

High school is rough enough, but the town of Neighborlee, Ohio, has traditions that make it even harder - culminating in Senior Prank Night, when some seniors try to ensure they never walk through graduation. Lanie and her friends even have to cut short their own Senior Prank Nights to protect their classmates. It's rough being a semi-pseudo-superhero, especially when you don't even get a costume or a cool name. Lanie and her friends grow into their duties as guardians. The threats to Neighborlee grow darker as enemies gather from many different directions. Other worlds.

Just when the guardians of Neighborlee believe they can relax and enjoy the results of their labors, a new enemy makes a strike, aiming at some newcomers who have come to town seeking shelter. Is this another roundabout attempt to break down the defensive shield around the town, or a more sinister plot? Are the attacks aimed ultimately at Angela? Clues indicate this isn't a new enemy at all, but an old enemy making another attempt to get a foothold in Neighborlee and perhaps not just steal magic, but break open the gates that Divine's Emporium and Angela keep securely closed.

Behind every legendary ship are the little people who make the incredible discoveries possible. In the case of the AFV Defender, they really are little: the children of the crew, growing up below decks, learning lessons on faith, honor, loyalty, and what it really means to be a hero. No matter what it costs. Cadets long before they go to the Fleet Academy for official training, they are preparing for the day the fate of the alliance, and maybe the human race, lies in their hands.

Christmas in Neighborlee means magic. This year more than ever. The Fae have come to visit. And hide. And seek true love. Lori is allergic to mistletoe, thanks to a traumatic encounter with Dickens. She comes to Neighborlee to hide from matchmaking relatives. Bethany just wants a quiet Christmas with her dad, but her rising stardom is getting in the way. Harry might be able to help her, thanks to a malfunctioning invisibility spell. Wilfred and Philomena are best friends, have been for centuries, and want to be much more. Then there's Maurice. They all need a Christmas miracle.

Captain Genys Arroyan has a problem with her shiny new command - the dregs of the universe are laughing. While the Defender is in spacedock, getting upgrades, Genys has to deal with mind-hunters and farting fur balls, merchants-of-insanity and diplomatic intrigue. Her Chief of Talents is hiding from forced matrimony, and her new crewmembers aren't too happy to be transferred to the Nanny Ship.

Lost Kids: toddlers found on the outskirts of town. When no one claims them, they grow up at the Neighborlee Children's Home. Some are adopted, some develop superpowers, and some vanish without explanation. Lanie is a Lost Kid. She teams up with Kurt and Felicity, two other Lost Kids, to figure out what they are, and why they are. Mutants? Escaped genetic experiments? Alien visitors? Sometimes they protect the magic, the weird and wonderful of Neighborlee, from the world - and sometimes they have to protect the world from the mysteries and dangers of Neighborlee.

Merrigan wasn't really an evil queen. Her royal siblings referred to her as the brat, and she lived down to it. However, she was married to an evil king. When he lost a fight with a magic apple tree and got himself killed, she did whatever she could to hold onto the kingdom. Including lying to a powerful seer. Big mistake. Merrigan was cursed: turned into an old woman, she was doomed to wander until she learned to care about others.

Dinah doesn't want a new man in her life, after her current boyfriend seriously blew their first Christmas together - and became her ex-boyfriend. She has to find a new church and job, after being fired from her position as church secretary (and dealing with the church politics fallout). Then there's the suitor who insists they are perfect for each other, despite the fact she never filled out a profile at "A Match Made in Heaven".

Lanie saved her student's life on Senior Prank Night, but broke her back and blunted some of her semi-pseudo-superhero powers. Now it's four years later, and Lanie's orderly life is starting to fall apart. Her brothers are living with her while their parents are out of the country on another book research trip. Not so bad, but their parents have missed two check-in phone calls already.

Lanie saved her student's life on Senior Prank Night but broke her back and blunted some of her semi-pseudo-superhero powers. Now it's four years later, and Lanie's orderly life is starting to fall apart. Her brothers are living with her while their parents are out of the country on another book research trip. Not so bad, but their parents have missed two check-in phone calls already. The newspaper where Lanie works has been taken over by a conglomerate she now refers to as the Evil Empire. A series of increasingly nasty pranks lead her to believe someone is out to get her.

Amber's father, Max, betrayed her and her mom when she was sixteen. Determined to make it on her own she refused all contact with the man and paid her way through college by making jewelry. Now, she finds it hard to let any man get close to her heart. Months ago, he asked her to make some jewelry. She reluctantly agreed, needing the money he offered to set up her new venture, a studio for artists. Then he died, leaving a jeweled trail of trouble connected to a ring of cybercriminals.

The crew of the Defender had run afoul of the irritating, silly little con man Jorono Cynes one time too many. He was supposed to be in custody for the rest of his life, but somehow Cynes showed up in the middle of a shore leave that was anything but relaxing. Lt. M'kar and Security Chief Decker were supposed to be guiding some of the ship's children through a wilderness survival experience, but even though they were on shore leave, they knew their duty. They had to deal with Cynes and get him back into the hands of the authorities ASAP.