It all begins at 666 West Alchemy Road...  

A young woman in a world of Demons, Shayds and half-breeds, struggles to protect herself and her mother as they flee from the Great City and its new Lord; an evil Immortal practicing the dark arts and Necromancy. With fear of being hunted, their arduous journey leads them to the Isle of Castillion where she meets an ancient dragon and is bestowed an orb-stone that had been searching for centuries until now for it had finally chosen. .. 

Secrets of Ravenstone; book one of the urban/dark fantasy and paranormal romance "Keeper of La Tecla (The Key)" series