BOOKS | Barbara Pietron

Playing With Smokeless Fire - Legacy in Legend IV

What’s left after trying everything humanly possible?

Things that are inhumanly possible.

This is Jeni’s mindset when she arrives in Memphis, Tennessee. In the soulful backdrop filled with the ever-present echo of blues guitars, desperation leads Jeni to the crossroads, where she summons a demon to mend her defunct spiritual ability. Although her side of the bargain doesn't require her soul, the price is steep, pushing her ethical limits. But it's more than her own life Jeni is hoping to save, her family is in the crosshairs of her foe, so she makes the deal. When the bargain goes sideways, revealing the indomitable nature of the force she is up against, Jeni finds herself in a predicament where strength is useless, only wisdom and sheer cleverness will allow her to live to fight another day.

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Lost in Nowhere - Legacy in Legend III

Although Jeni has fully accepted her spiritual ability, she's unnerved by the apparition of a pioneer girl asking for help. But as the girl's tragic love story unfolds in her dreams, Jeni's resistance melts and she resolves to save the soul of the ghost's lost love.

Jeni dreams through the eyes of the ghost girl, Marielle, experiencing the ill-fated turn of events firsthand. When she discovers that her own impulses cause Marielle to act uncharacteristically, Jeni believes she can change the past. Despite warnings against meddling with time, Jeni forges ahead, convinced she can use the dreams to find the moment where the soul of Marielle's lover might be saved.

Deep inside a dream and intent on her quest, Jeni is lured into a trap which binds her soul to the ghost girl. If she can escape the evil force that tricked her, she'll still need to figure out how to return to the present. With no allies, no knowledge about crossing through time, and limited 18th century resources, Jeni is terrified by her prospects. Failure will leave her soul trapped in the past, or worse... lost in nowhere.

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Veiled Existence - Legacy in Legend II

Jeni thought she could deny her ability; forget the spirit world. Except the spirit world didn't forget her...

After her harrowing experience with the mythic underwater monster, Jeni Stonewall intends to discover the nature of her newfound spiritual ability. But debilitating nightmares derail her search, leaving Jeni desperate to go back to normal life. Then her boyfriend, Ice, doesn't show up to join her on vacation and she discovers that he's not only been abducted, but cursed—a curse that makes him a threat to Jeni's life. The quest for answers leads to an evil entity from Irish and Celtic legend that has been exacting vengeance for centuries. To best this formidable foe, Jeni will have to accept her "new normal" and embrace ancient druid magic if she hopes to break the curse before it takes her life.

“Fast-paced and plot-focused.” Kirkus Reviews

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Thunderstone - Legacy in Legend I

Indiefab Book of the Year Award Finalist

Sneaking out at night, driving without a license, and falling for a guy weren’t things fifteen-year-old Jeni expected to do while visiting Lake Itasca, Minnesota with her family. The guy, Ice, turns out to be the local medicine man’s apprentice, and when he tells Jeni she’s connected to the spirit world, her first instinct is to run. But after Ice’s stories of a mythical underwater monster—that Jeni allegedly released—prove true, she realizes it’s up to her to contain the beast. Jeni must first convince herself that she’s able, and then save the locals, Ice, and ultimately herself.

“…well-written and entertaining…Jeni makes for a likeable protagonist that readers will identify with” – Publishers Weekly

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Soulshifter

Sixteen-year-old Jack Ironwood knew exactly what he wanted.

Until he got it.

Jack was content to stay unnoticed by pretty and popular track-star, Natalie Segetich, until he overhears her claim that something took her friend Emma. As a soulshifter who can cross into the underworld, Jack knows the human-stealing Enuuki—hell’s messengers—are real and that a successful rescue mission would secure a future otherwise out of his reach. Working together, Jack and Natalie devise a plan to outwit the ruler of the underworld. Then on the eve of the quest, as Jack stands on the verge of seeing his dreams come true, he realizes he’s no longer sure what he wants. But it’s too late to back out. Pursued by the dark lord’s henchmen and ghastly mutant creatures, Jack and Natalie struggle to come out ahead in a battle and barter for souls. In the end, Jack will have to decide his own fate, because nothing short of a deal with the devil will get all three of them out of hell alive.

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Heart of Ice - Legacy in Legend Prequel

When sixteen-year-old Ice is visited by an evil spirit, his medicine man training warns him that things aren’t right in his quiet Northern Minnesota town. His suspicions prove true when he’s attacked by a Windigo—a human turned monster by a compulsive hunger for human flesh—and he soon discovers that a bad medicine charm is being used to spread the Windigo curse. The hunt is on to find the charm and the person using it before the town is overrun by cannibalistic monsters. Although the pieces of the puzzle come together to form an impossible conclusion, one which will challenge traditional belief and question numerous ritualistic items, Ice knows he must still reveal the truth. Because there are worse monsters than Windigos.

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Jeni never thought a family trip could change the course of her future, but a Native American artifact and a bit of her blood reveals her latent spiritual ability in the worst way possible; she unwittingly releases a mythic underwater monster. The ordeal brings her together with Ice, an apprentice medicine man. After his own harrowing confrontation with a legendary creature, Ice is chasing down Native American artifacts so they won’t fall into the wrong hands. Too late to prevent Jeni’s mishap, he joins with her to battle the underwater monster. But they soon learn that this is only the beginning of Jeni’s trials.

From the Mississippi Headwaters in Minnesota, to the river’s end in the Gulf of Mexico, the Legacy in Legend Series follows Jeni and her family as they visit various river towns where Jeni and Ice encounter malicious forces from local myths and legends. Jeni grows desperate to discover her spiritual heritage as each vengeful confrontation makes it more important for her to harness her spiritual ability. Only by learning to channel her power will she be able to protect herself and her loved ones and, ultimately, end the deadly attacks.