Bond Villain Stupidity: Subverted with Dr.Brother Charley to Brother Leon in the second book, and nearly all the friars to Blanche.Fish tells Rose this is how he feels about her he doesn't let himself fall in love with her at first, but still goes to great lengths to protect her.He threw one against the wall, the other two ran away, and we can assume both the Denniston brothers were carefully respected afterwards.

Bear got his nickname in juvenile detention when he saw three inmates trying to drown Fish.

Upon the latter's fall into a coma, she becomes horrified and remorseful, and gradually works alongside Fish and crew to help her.

The Atoner: Donna in Waking Rose spends the first half of the book antagonizing Rose.

Amateur Sleuth: Rose and Blanche, but especially Rose.

Action Girl: Kateri Kovach, particularly compared to the series' other heroines.Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: In Alex O'Donnell and the Forty Cyber Thieves, when Alex and Kateri are sitting by the pool discussing Alex's uncle who was just murdered.There are currently six books in the series: The Shadow of the Bear, Black as Night, Waking Rose, The Midnight Dancers, Alex O'Donnell and the Forty CyberThieves, and Rapunzel Let Down. In this world, a sleeping spell is a coma, a magical passageway becomes a locked-away staircase that leads out of the house, the seven dwarves are replaced by seven quirky Franciscan friars, and so on.

Waking Rose by Regina Doman