Books with author Heather McCollum

Book Three of the Award Winning Guardians Series!Trapped for two-hundred years in a golden urn, Deidre Lamont’s soul has lived and died eleven times. Freed from the curse and given a new body, Deidre must learn to survive in the modern world as high school senior, Avery Sanders. But navigating the social, cultural, and family dynamics of 21st century America is dizzying, despite the Magic Alliance’s assistance. With help from the three siblings she’d protected in 18th century Paris, and a good dose of magic, Deidre tries to assimilate into Avery’s life while retaining her own identity. But when a sinister shadow stalks her, tormenting her about the past, Deidre can’t deny her magical powers or her secret love any longer. Both are growing out of control, which could lead to utter destruction.

Jule Welsh can sing. She enthralls people with her bel canto voice. But it takes more than practice to reach her level of exquisite song; it takes siren’s blood running through her veins. Jule is starting her senior year at Cougar Creek High when her relatively normal world begins to resemble a roller coaster flying through a carnival scare house. Her mother is diagnosed as insane and committed, a psycho-stalker is snapping pictures of her to put into his homemade Jule-shrine, her voice is suddenly putting people into comatose trances, oh and the gorgeous new guy in town, Luke Whitmore, is interested in her . . . but also wants to kill her.

Book Three in the Award Winning Guardians Series! Young Adult Paranormal Romance Trapped for two-hundred years in a golden urn, Deidre Lamont’s soul has lived and died eleven times. Freed from the curse and given a new body, Deidre must learn to survive in the modern world as high school senior, Avery Sanders. But navigating the social, cultural, and family dynamics of 21st century America is dizzying, despite the Magic Alliance’s assistance. With help from the three siblings she’d protected in 18th century Paris, and a good dose of magic, Deidre tries to assimilate into Avery’s life while retaining her own identity. But when a sinister shadow stalks her, tormenting her about the past, Deidre can’t deny her magical powers or her secret love any longer. Both are growing out of control, which could lead to utter destruction

Taylin Banes’ familiar world shatters when the cruel curse that kept her unable to love is broken. Now she’s bombarded by all the piercing human emotions she’d been forbidden over eleven torturous lifetimes. The nightmares of her deaths crack through her tough exterior, reminding her that this last life is fragile, and fear becomes a new type of torture. Even though the dark curse is broken, the stigma remains, especially amongst the members of the Magic Alliance. Zach Buchanan comes from a long line of Guardians and has trained with the Magic Alliance his whole life. With the shake-up in the organization over the recent end of Lamont’s curse and psychotic breakdown of a high-powered Guardian, he’s been reassigned. He is to help The Cursed learn basic protection skills. But can Zach set aside his hatred for the infamous Taylin Banes who targeted his family two generations ago? As Taylin and Zach clash, a sinister force rises up, targeting members of the Magic Alliance and Taylin. With her last life on the line, Zach turns from instructor to protector as the frenetic conflict sparking between them transforms into a fierce attraction. Together they must stop the malevolence threatening those with innate magic before darkness consumes them all.

Hope Phillips is an attractive, shy, naïve 17 year-old girl seeking to begin a new, drama free life in college where she can be herself without drowning in a sea of peer pressure, boys who only want one thing, and backstabbing friends.However, she soon discovers that no such place exists.Pushing the hurt of her parents’ recent divorce aside and learning to live with her party-craving, unpredictable roommate, Hope must keep herself occupied with homework and projects to numb the sting of her lingering bad decisions that once ended up in her arrest during high school. As her new college life begins to take off, trouble stirs once again in Hope’s heart when Jace Giovanni, a charming sophomore, flatters her with attention and sweet words. However, she soon finds herself in a familiar situation from her high school partying days, one that she tried so hard to avoid since swearing off boys. Low and behold, when Hope meets Aiden Williamson, a tall, dark, and handsome classmate, her feelings become even more conflicted and her heart even more confused. To top it all off, her troubled roommate soon reveals shocking news that brings Hope head-to-head with a painful secret from her past.Didn’t Hope select a college away from home to leave the drama behind and obtain a fresh start? Will she be forced to stare her past in the eye and ask God for forgiveness? Surrounded by a whirlwind of betrayal, resentment, and ultimately learning how to let go and forgive, Hope must also learn to stop running in the dark from her broken road and learn to walk in the light by faith.

Hope Phillips is an attractive, shy, naïve 17 year-old girl seeking to begin a new, drama free life in college where she can be herself without drowning in a sea of peer pressure, boys who only want one thing, and backstabbing friends. However, she soon discovers that no such place exists. Pushing the hurt of her parents’ recent divorce aside and learning to live with her party-craving, unpredictable roommate, Hope must keep herself occupied with homework and projects to numb the sting of her lingering bad decisions that once ended up in her arrest during high school. As her new college life begins to take off, trouble stirs once again in Hope’s heart when Jace Giovanni, a charming sophomore, flatters her with attention and sweet words. However, she soon finds herself in a familiar situation from her high school partying days, one that she tried so hard to avoid since swearing off boys. Low and behold, when Hope meets Aiden Williamson, a tall, dark, and handsome classmate, her feelings become even more conflicted and her heart even more confused. To top it all off, her troubled roommate soon reveals shocking news that brings Hope head-to-head with a painful secret from her past. Didn’t Hope select a college away from home to leave the drama behind and obtain a fresh start? Will she be forced to stare her past in the eye and ask God for forgiveness? Surrounded by a whirlwind of betrayal, resentment, and ultimately learning how to let go and forgive, Hope must also learn to stop running in the dark from her broken road and learn to walk in the light by faith.