Publisher's Synopsis
Alex Reyes is a mid-thirties mom of three, living in Upstate New York and negotiating the everyday juggle struggle of working parenthood - until her daughter's eighth birthday party unexpectedly devolves into surreal chaos. The birthday girl, Anya, wields impressive magic no one knew she had, precipitating an attack by demonic minions and the arrival of the Blake siblings, an enigmatic trio fated to protect Anya, and other children like her, from Dark forces. Alex is determined to do whatever is necessary to navigate her new reality and protect her family from unimaginable threats. At the potential cost of her marriage, the career she loves, and everything familiar to her, she and her children abandon ordinary suburban life to prepare for an impending battle between Light and Dark. While Alex and her family acclimate to the magical world and their newfound companions, darkness is gaining traction on earth. A powerful demon with a link to the Blakes' past sets a plan in motion to tip the universal balance in favor of the Dark. Strange happenings, like the meteoric political rise of a polarizing reality TV star, could have devastating consequences for humanity. Whether confronting demons or wrestling with her conflicted feelings for Lucien, the eldest of the Blake siblings, Alex must come to realize her power lies in being exactly who she is, in all of her flawed, minivan-loving glory. Minivan Warrior: The Odyssey Begins is the first book in the Minivan Warrior Trilogy. Laced with humor and pop-culture references, it swaps the typical young, single urban fantasy heroine for an average suburban mom thrust into the intersection of motherhood, magic, and a stranger-than-fiction reality that looks an awful lot like the one we're all grappling with outside our own front doors.