Books with author L.Q. Jones

Ajek is a promising young surgeon, whose gift to manipulate electricity earns him a prestigious internship at a genetic altering company. Waiting for his life to begin, Ajek is caught in an explosion of chaos when his home city literally crumbles around him. In order to escape the city he, and a group of talented strangers, must survive a relentless and unnatural hunter. As chaos and fire rain down on their journey, more of the city's dark history is revealed to them, and they discover they may not be as safe as society wants them to believe.

Secrets and death. The Isle is made of both. Enter a broiling mass of blood feuds and bitter conflicts between the battles races of Mage and Arcane. Life is a commodity to be bought and sold. To some it is murder, to the Valley of the Ri it is business. Mistral, an abandoned orphan, finds her way to the mysterious Valley of the Ri to train as a warrior and assassin. There, amongst the dispossessed of the Isle, she finds there is so much more to life than death ... The first in the saga, 'The Assassin's Tale' introduces us to a spell-binding story of life, death, love and war.

Andrew and his twin sister, Poppy, thought they had defeated Vesuvius, the master of the Nightmare Factory, once and for all. They were wrong. Now his power is rising, and his army of Shadowmares have managed to cross to Earth. They rule the night, feeding off humans' fear in 'fear farms' where they have build hundreds of fear pods. Andrew learns that the only way to stop them, and stop Vesuvius, is to find an ancient artefact, the Fender's feather, which holds enough magic to power a dream catcher for Earth. The mission will be long and difficult, and time is running out...

Sixteen year old Rhemy Larousse is a Nephilim, the daughter of a human and of the archangel, Michael. She is predestined to fulfill a prophecy that will save the world. That fact took some getting used to, as did her transfer to Rosedown Seminary, a school for the supernatural.Although shes barely begun to settle into her new life and gain a full understanding of who she is, one of her new friends, Star, a powerful student witch, is kidnapped by a demon and sent down into The Shadows. For help, Rhemy turns to her lifelong best friend and protector, Jules Morgan, and Brick Southwood, the last living descendant of Eve (the last pureblood vampire), as well as Rhemys prophesied soulmate. Together, they must embark on a dangerous journey to rescue Star. Along the way, the trio will face the pain of their pasts, betrayal, and possibly even death itself. Only their love for each other and for Star will keep them from losing their souls to eternal damnation.In this paranormal young adult novel, three powerful teenagers must keep themselves and each other safe while on a mission to save their friend from the grasping darkness.

Sixteen year old Rhemy Larousse is a Nephilim, the daughter of a human and of the archangel, Michael. She is predestined to fulfill a prophecy that will save the world. That fact took some getting used to, as did her transfer to Rosedown Seminary, a school for the supernatural. Although she's barely begun to settle into her new life and gain a full understanding of who she is, one of her new friends, Star, a powerful student witch, is kidnapped by a demon and sent down into The Shadows. For help, Rhemy turns to her lifelong best friend and protector, Jules Morgan, and Brick Southwood, the last living descendant of Eve (the last pureblood vampire), as well as Rhemy's prophesied soulmate. Together, they must embark on a dangerous journey to rescue Star. Along the way, the trio will face the pain of their pasts, betrayal, and possibly even death itself. Only their love for each other and for Star will keep them from losing their souls to eternal damnation. In this paranormal young adult novel, three powerful teenagers must keep themselves and each other safe while on a mission to save their friend from the grasping darkness.

For readers with no prior knowledge of the innermost structures of businesses and industries, Hidden Gateways to Success offers a detailed outline of the five keys to opening the gateways to earning money in a free market society. Designed for grade levels 7 -12 specifically, any person without prior knowledge of the types of businesses that succeed in our society, or how those businesses operate, can benefit from reading this book. The book is of special benefit to those who did not grow up listening to office talk around the dinner table, or did not have an opportunity to work at a parent or relative’s company during their summers or after school. Instead, young adults who wish to enter the business world and find themselves without a mentor, can get a head start on determining their direction in life by reading “Hidden Gateways to Success”.“Hidden Gateways to Success” begins with a chapter describing in broad terms the mechanisms of our market economy. The second chapter begins to address the qualities needed by individuals who wish to operate businesses. Following are chapters devoted to businesses that address each of five needs in our society. Within the major categories or keys of Helping others, Making Things, Moving and Storing Things, Teaching, and Building and Extracting, many subcategories offer the opportunity to add value to the customer and therefore, add wealth to the business owner.“Hidden Gateways to Success” is a valuable reference tool for all ages. Detailed descriptions of the skills and abilities required to operate any business form the groundwork for this book. Each chapter devoted to the five keys contains questions designed to test the understanding of the reader, and to stimulate thought. Golden Rules gleaned from years of working with entrepreneurs appear at the end of each chapter. “Hidden Gateways to Success” will be a valuable tool to the teen or young adult seeking to understand how to participate in our free market economy.

As long as they can remember, Chris "Puck" Nadir and June "Bug" Deerstone have been neighbors and friends. Over the last year, the pair have grown apart. The sudden disappearance of June's beagle forces the two to understand why they had grown apart as they start a summer job at the carnival fairgrounds and launched their own investigation in what happened to the dog. The investigation leads the teens through Bleakwood, a small Northern Michigan town, and an array of suspects until they are confronted with a discovery- one that will change both of their lives.