Bright Soul Series

BOOK ONE: Souls of Fire and Lightning!

In this world, magic, mayhem and myth are a given. It's been a full century following the last Great War, but the land and it's people still bare the scars. With the Provence's mostly at peace, the need for Soul Stones have dwindled, and the more rare Soul Gems are even fewer.
Which brings us to Zara, a twenty-two year old with dark hair, tan skin and a no-bullshit attitude. Orphaned at the ripe age of seventeen, she was left as the only blacksmith worth a damn this side of the magical border. She can usually be found in tattered oversized cargo pants, and a black crop top smeared with oil and ash. From forging spires, to fixing odd and end mechanisms, Zara has managed to keep her family owned business afloat in the plummeting marketplace, but a deal comes along too sweet for her pass up.
Everything was under control, for the most part, until she stumbled upon a pulsating, violet colored, amethyst gem cluster. That's when all hell breaks loose. Turns out, the Gem was sentient, and occasionally took the form of a beautiful, naive woman with a bad habit of finding the worst kind of trouble; like being hunted by a notorious cult of power hungry, exiled Druids kinda trouble.
On the run from murderous, kidnapping Dregs, Zara and her new companion face down unknown wilds, temperamental Fae folk, and scholarly witches in order to find some answers. Hopefully they make it to Elysian, the only known safe haven for powerful Soul Sone and Soul Gem users alike, before they both get eaten, cursed, or sawed in half by battle hungry War Dwarves.
Throw in a couple love triangles, some harrowing doom, and an oddly knowledgeable damsel in distress, and BOOM. You have yourself an adventure.