Case Files of an Urban Witch
8 primary works
Book 1
Lucy Heron is a mom with three kids, and a baker with a happy marriage in sunny Echo Park. She’s also Silver Griffins Agent 485.
The suburbs will never be the same.
Fighting supernatural crime from a minivan while keeping the magical world a secret is a fulltime job. Then there’s the PTA bake sale and the neighborhood barbecue.
Hard to balance even with a wand.
And now, a monstrous loan shark is spreading his shadowy empire from a hidden kemana. Mix in a tribe of ancient witches and tunnel-dwelling magical misfits.
Turns out, Los Angeles is hiding a lot of secrets just underneath your feet.
Can Lucy put the bad guys behind Trevilsom bars and still get home in time for family dinner? What are her magical kids up to and do they have their own spy network?
Book 2
Silver Griffins Agent 485 Lucy Heron is on the trail of a string of magical thefts. But first, she has to pick up the kids from school.
Talk about trying to find a life and work balance.
Dylan is in that awkward middle school phase when magic can turn a friend into a frog and back again. Did anyone notice?
And third-grader Ashley keeps recruiting friends for her own secret agency to fight magical crime.
Kids these days. The Heron children are even training the good dog, Buddy to track down magical bad guys.
So far, the family business is still a well-guarded secret. Can they keep it that way?
The criminals in town have taken notice and they’ve set up their own school of unwanted magic. Will the Heron Family figure out how to flunk them all before they overrun the City of Angels?
Join Lucy, her family, Jackie and Ellis as they take down magical criminals and show them don’t mess with a Heron. The suburbs will never be the same.
Book 3
Leave it to a Magical Mom to clean up the streets of the city of Los Angeles. Lucy Heron, Agent 485 is on the job, and trying to keep things together at home.
It’s not an easy job…. Especially when pipes are bursting, your kids are trying to solve crimes and a dangerous new monster is polluting the city.
Gives a whole new meaning to the LA smog.
More people, magical and mundane, are getting sick from breathing in the poisoned air. Do Lucy and her team have a way to fight back the invisible foe?
Here’s a hint - Their plant-talking skills better be on point. A little bit of the old Oriceran skill set is needed. Fast.
Join Lucy, Jackie, Sarah and more as they track down the Oriceran monster attacking the city of angels.
Book 4
Has anyone noticed Los Angeles is going to the monsters?
The City of Angels is under attack and the Silver Griffins are calling all agents.
What monster is making the rounds and threatening to expose magic?
Gruffbar has returned and is invading dreams. The sinister Dwarf has figured out how to sap away magicals’ dreams and aspirations.
Silver Griffins Agent 485 Lucy Heron is on it!
But it’s getting worse.
How will she protect a growing band of magicals who won’t even raise a wand to protect themselves?
Calling all family. This will take every Heron, even the little one with the secret superhero club to take down the evil lawyer before he comes up with an even darker idea.
Can Lucy figure out how to defeat this monster plaguing everyone’s dreams before he turns into her nightmare?
Book 5
Magical medieval artifacts are on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. They are the perfect target for magical thieves.
Look out Lucy Heron. It’s not the usual menace looking to steal a strange magical crown.
Good thing Lucy and the Silver Griffins are on the case.
Meanwhile, the Underfoot Brigade are on a case of their own. Monsters are in the underground tunnels. Time to find out why.
The answers to both problems are hidden in plain sight. Can they look to the past to solve the riddle of the present? Good thing the Heron family is good at researching history – including their own.
Will they be able to get the answers they need in time? Will Lucy, the Herons and the Silver Griffins be able to protect the artifacts and the City of Angels as more artifacts are revealed?
Book 6
Lucy Heron knew Los Angles was a little weird, but dangerous magic is upping the ante and making art 3D.
At first, it was just one incident, but trouble never stops there.
Graffiti is peeling itself off the walls and starting fights on the streets of L.A.. Paintings are coming to life and stepping out of their frames.
Tucked at the bottom of the art is the only clue – the tag, VX.
Can the Silver Griffin Agent tag the art back before humans start to notice it’s not part of a movie? And what is happening at a strange tattoo parlor? The Silver Griffins will need to cover the entire city to put a stop to it.
Tracking down the mystery artist, organizing PTA fundraisers, keeping an eye on the Underfoots. It takes a magical mom and her family to juggle it all.
Book 7
It’s getting harder to keep magic hidden from the mundane population of Los Angeles.
Good thing Lucy Heron and the Silver Griffins are working overtime to keep it a secret.
Will it be enough?
More magicals are flexing their powers. Nuada Industries’ magical owner is trying to take out the competitors so he can grow his business. But something’s off about Finn Nuada.
There’s something hinky about what he’s doing.
Meanwhile, the younger Herons have their own battle. The Underfoot Brigade have been finding ancient Tolderai sites. Will their discoveries help or hurt the Tolderai?
But wait, there’s more. A string of magical murders will raise an alarm. Can Lucy, Jackie, and the Silver Griffins prove who is behind it and shut it down before more are killed?
And how did an elephant end up in the backyard?
Book 8
Is it just a nightmare or a premonition? The suburban witch, Lucy Heron isn’t sure, but she has a bad feeling something is coming, not just for her family, but the entire city.
Sometimes intuition isn’t wrong…
Shadow Men are on the prowl, trying to return the world to shadow by fulfilling a prophecy. A prophecy that would plunge Los Angeles, then the world, into darkness.
It could be the end of the world as humans know it.
Magicals are losing their shadows resulting in comas, and eventually death. Lucy and the Silver Griffins need to track down who’s behind it and put a stop to it fast.
Lives, and maybe the world, depend on it.
Meanwhile the small fry in the Heron Family have been busy. The Mini Griffins and the Underfoot Brigade have magical tasks of their own.
Can all three groups achieve their goals and save their friends and family?