Laura R Cole: 10 books

Layna’s simple life has turned into a fairy tale. From unassuming maid to hopeful Queen, having survived the tumultuous world-saving quest that was thrust upon her...she'd hoped that the birth of her daughter would mark the beginning of her happily ever after. Fate, however, has other plans....

With her royal parents busy dealing with a crisis in the tribes, Phoenix is left with the duties of emissary to travel to the empire and meet the revered Empress Morvanna. It is a task she is only too happy to do, especially in light of recent events. The empire seems a perfect haven: potions are...

Tension mounts in the continuation of the BloodRunes Trilogy: As Layna and Gryffon race to alert Treymayne about the impending danger of King Nathair's use of blood-magic, menacing evidence implies that the Sleeping God, Nuko, is waking. The two of them know that if he is awakened he will spread...

In the last book of the BloodRunes Trilogy: With Nuko woken, a foe from their past out to murder them, and the King on the verge of war, it seems as though the situation can't get any more serious. But as Layna and Gryffon are drawn deeper into the complexities of their dilemma, they can't...

The celebration of Princess Phoenix’s safe return is tainted by tension. Other than Hunter’s guess of who the tribe really is, they know next-to-nothing about them, or what the end goal of their actions may have been. Gelendan can only wait until the next attack comes. While Layna worries what...

Years of planning and preparations are finally culminating in the unification of the two countries of Gelendan and Treymayne. The year of Phoenix’s eighteenth birthday will mark the end of their rocky histories of blood-magic and the Order and the beginning of a new era. Being the figurehead of...

Layna and Gryffon work tirelessly with the royal mages to find a way to break the terrible curse placed upon them by the Forgotten. The containment dome around the city of Naoham, designed to keep it from spreading to the rest of the country, has bought them some time. The curse won’t immediately...

During the time of the Massacre the Dark King reigned, declaring himself a god and securing his leadership with fear and blood-magic. Overthrown in a bloody revolt and the knowledge of the forbidden arts lost in the book burnings of the ensuing chaos, Gelendan has risen above its gruesome history....

The Empire has many secrets. From its mysterious potions brewed by the Alchemist, hidden away in a secret lab...to the much more conspicuous Nightwind, the beast that plagues the Empire's citizens, consuming their life force under the cover of darkness. But there is another secret yet to be revealed...

Viewpoints on Media Effects: Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers continues the ongoing research of media effects by illuminating not only the negative effects of media consumption, but also some of the pro-social aspects, with a special focus on social media. Recommended for scholars...