Grumpy Old Wizards Series

In this family friendly contemporary fantasy, as a category six wizard in her eighties and a retired grandmother, Josephine has always enjoyed a youthful body due to extremely slow aging but when she discovers she’s become immortal, she must return to the workforce and leave retirement behind for good. Soon after starting her investigative work for the police, Josephine finds herself smack dab in the middle of trouble when she discovers a secret organization called the Valituras that has amassed ancient magic and power with single-minded determination. To further complicate matters, her grandson’s new eighteen-year-old friend starts flirting with her like crazy but when she gives him a pity date, her intuition tells her there is far more to him than meets the eye. Josephine realizes she may be in over her head when the Valituras ramp up their attacks and end up casting an immortality curse on her best friend, Helen, by mistake. Fortunately, Helen isn’t too broken up by the curse. Who wouldn’t want to live forever in a young, perfect body? Of course, everyone knows that dark magic always comes at a cost. Can Josephine safeguard her loved ones while defeating the Valituras before they achieve their nefarious goals?

In this family friendly contemporary fantasy, Josephine uncovers an important secret about the Valituras, a power-hungry organization that has lived in secret for centuries. They have amassed powerful dark magic and infiltrated all levels of the government. Now that their existence is publicly exposed and Josephine’s discovery leads to the capture of more Valituras agents, they decide to make a big move and declare war against the country. Josephine scrambles to protect herself and her loved ones from this powerful foe. As she uncovers more clues in her search to expose the hidden identities of the Valituras leaders, her boyfriend grapples with his new talent of white magic which proves to be a potent yet unreliable source of power. Even as Mark’s abilities expand, he struggles to avoid burnout which will lead to a coma and reversion back to mainstream magic. When the U.S. government’s MADA department hires him to attempt restoration of an ancient historical site, American Stone Henge, the Valituras target him for termination. As Josephine’s investigation brings her closer to the truth about the Valituras, she fears the answers will come too late.

In this contemporary family friendly fantasy, when a mysterious and destructive magical force strikes near Sarasota, Florida, the chief of police assigns his best investigator and arguably strongest wizard, Josephine O’Connor, to the case. As Josephine studies and investigates this mysterious phenomenon, she learns that a young woman has become a lab rat to develop stronger wizards. As Josephine tries to help the woman control her abilities, it becomes apparent that the new wizard has a volatile power that may prove impossible to contain. Josephine and her friends face their greatest challenge yet when a hostile AI known as APU 81, created by an advanced civilization, resurfaces and targets them for termination. APU 81 has plotted for centuries to enslave humanity and the time has finally come for it to carry out its sinister plans.

Josephine must act quickly to save her friends and her fiancé from an ancient enchantment that is killing white magic practitioners. But even as she deals with this threat, a hostile AI from a distant galaxy has sent three androids to Earth. The AI intends on creating a stable portal between its world and Earth so that it can send its android army en masse. Josephine’s least favorite military operative, Captain Arthur Gallagher, is in charge of the task force to stop the AI invasion. Josephine’s specialized research team scrambles to develop the advanced technology needed to safeguard Earth while Josephine struggles to locate the source of the magic that is threatening the lives of her loved ones and may be responsible for the demise of the original White Knights dating back to the Great Wizard Wars.

In this family friendly contemporary fantasy, Josephine, a recently retired grandmother, lives in a modern society where magic is commonplace. Having lived and worked a full life, she spends her days like any other retirement community member with her two dear life long friends although there are a couple of glaring exceptions. She is a part-time consultant for the police because of her acute psychometry and she’s blessed with a youthful body due to slow aging. Josephine’s quiet world is shattered when she is assigned a case where the crime scene is virtually unreadable to her. Normally, she can identify the perpetrator of a crime with a simple scan but this time, it’s a murder investigation and the criminal is a dark wizard who possesses advanced skills that rival her own and he’s on a quest for greater power. She has never been an investigator and must now rely on the police to come to a speedy resolution unless the dark wizard makes a mistake and leaves a crime scene that she can read. When the case takes a personal turn and Josephine becomes a target for this dangerous wizard, she begins to wonder if she can survive this ordeal.

When Josephine joined the Earth Coalition and became part of the legendary White Knights, she thought she could leave the dangers of the world behind and raise her child within the peaceful sanctuary of Briodanis, an Ancient city protected by the most powerful magic the world has ever known. She couldn’t have been more wrong. The White Knights have returned, but their power is greatly diminished, and their lives are in mortal peril. As Josephine scrambles to understand her new abilities, she learns that a hostile AI from a distant world has discovered a way to travel to Earth. With a technologically advanced ship, the ruler of a vast and powerful army of androids will soon reach Earth, and the White Knights are the only ones capable of stopping the impending invasion.

With Josephine’s son and the entire city of Briodanis in peril from an unknown and powerful enemy, Josephine embarks on her greatest adventure yet when she follows a trail of clues that hint that the city of Sorianne may not have been destroyed after all. If the inhabitants of this ancient city are still alive, there may be White Knight elders among the survivors and the only ones who wield strong enough white magic to save her son and the world.