Now she must trust her fate to an enemy who has hunted her people or the entire world will end. Night Play How does a wolf convince a human to trust him with her life when his enemies are out to end his? In the world of the Were-Hunters, it really is dog-eat-dog. And only one alpha male can win. Seize the Night To win against evil, Val will have to loosen up, learn to trust, and put everything on the line to protect a man he hates and a woman who drives him crazy, in every way possible…

    Now his life and fate are in the hands of a human who threatens his very existence. But Maggie isn’t just anyone. She’s the daughter of a prominent senator. Dark Side of the Moon Born into a world of predators, Ravyn was betrayed by everyone he knew. Now with the ultimate battle about to begin, one very human woman holds the power to shatter all worlds.

    But can he hand over the one woman who has finally taught him to be human? Devil May Cry The Sumerian god Sin is out for revenge on the goddess Artemis. But when she sends in her closest handmaiden to stop him, he finds the ultimate bargaining tool and a key that can end his slavery and the world forever. Upon the Midnight Clear Aidan’s troubled past isn’t the only threat he and Leta face. Leta has an old enemy who wants her dead and Aidan has just become the perfect pawn.

    It was bad enough when just the dead relied in her. Now Xypher needs Simone to open a portal to hell. And you thought you had bad days… Acheron Great heroes aren’t born… they are forged. For centuries, Acheron has guarded the secrets of his birth that could destroy the world. Now a human woman threatens to expose him and will stop at nothing to do so. One Silent Night The deadliest Daimon, Stryker, has finally met his match. Only this isn’t a Dark-Hunter who stands in his way. It’s a woman so evil, she makes Stryker look nice.

    If she fails, the gods of Olympus will fall and the realm of man will never be the same. Bad Moon Rising Old enemies threaten Sanctuary and only Fang and Aimee can keep the peace. The war is on, and it is fierce. Will Sanctuary survive the coming onslaught? No Mercy After the battle for Sanctuary, Dev and Sam are guarding ground zero. But in order to win, they will have to break the most cardinal of all rules and pray it doesn’t unravel the universe as we know it.

    Kate Winters had gone from a girl whose mother was dying to the Queen of the Underworld. Join Kate on her life-altering journey and meet the powerful, compelling gods who test her every step of the way.Bonus!Includes a signed poster of THE GODDESS TEST.

    He's sexy, rich, and... persistent. Against her better judgment, she falls for him harder than she ever thought she could. But, Devin's secretive eyes and cryptic conversations leave her worried a stinging heartbreak is inevitable. Devin's secrets come to light, leaving her completely shocked and horrified. But not as horrified as she is when she learns her own secrets. Adisia never believed in the world of supernatural until it came crashing down at her feet. Now she's stuck in between the two realms, both promising to leave her destroyed. Devin refuses to lose her, and to keep her safe, he'll sacrifice everything. With death's breath on their back, they're forced to face a force they're not ready to contend with. Too many fates lie in their hands, and too many are ready to tear them down. Their love may just be the key to saving the world from the fate the dark hands are trying to deal.

    Before his heart turned black and his biggest goal in life became destroying mankind, he was just like any god. Compassionate, loyal, and dedicated. So where did it all go wrong? Sometimes broken hearts don't heal...Word count: 35,000.

    She's not a warrior, has no magical abilities, and the only weapon she has is her sharp tongue. To make matters worse, she's blind. Hardly the qualifications for the leading role. Jewel isn't one for borrowing trouble, and she's never left Belthain Castle in her short nineteen years. But being a Priestess of Elahandra seems to come hand in hand with trouble. As soon as she steps into her position, her goddess gives her an impossible task: go find the missing four crystals that have been lost for the past two hundred years and put them back in place. She would love to know how she became the heroine of some non-existent tale, gallivanting around Evard dodging bounty hunters, Minister lackeys, Daath assassins, irate politicians, and childish gods when all she wanted was normalcy. She really would.

    After interfering in a Hero’s Journey, they’ve cursed him. Yeah, he probably deserved it. But come on, does he really have to spend his daylight hours trapped in a woman’s body? And did they have to take away his power over the West Wind, too? As if his life isn’t complicated enough, a Muse – a supernatural tabloid journalist – appears on his doorstep. So what if she’s irresistible, whip smart and probably the only female on the planet who doesn’t find him charming, he has dangerous secrets that he’ll do anything to protect.Kalliope is a Muse on a mission: Find her wayward brother, Niko, and bring him home. By leaving her island sanctuary, she’s broken the “rules”, but she’ll risk banishment to save him from yet another ill-fated scheme. She’ll even accept help from Zephyr, the immortal world’s most undeniably gorgeous and notorious rake.

    In their ruin, the last gods of Earth, the Illyrians, rose victorious. And ever since, it's with a cruel iron fist they've ruled over their subjects--desperate to keep their thrones. Fast approaching his teens, Ionikus Reaves knows the gods' malevolence all too well, orphaned by them after their call for a military draft on Eldanar, his home island. But when a power once dormant in Ion boils to the surface, he's whisked off to a hidden world of the island, where he comes face-to-face with the mighty Illyrians. For Ion is a Guardian--a reincarnated god bound to serve and protect the pantheon he's so quickly learned to hate. Now torn between his obligations as a Guardian and his hatred of the gods he's to guard, Ion finds himself in the middle of a war within himself. A war that could uncover a dark secret of the gods'...and split the pantheon in two.

    He was a hero and a legend, the greatest knight of the age. But his most trusted friends betrayed him to the swords of infidels, and his goddess abandoned him, denying him Paradise.In death Breskaro refused to fade into Oblivion, like lesser lost souls. Instead he wandered the Shadowland for seven years until the dark goddess Harmulkot offered him the one thing only she could give, the one thing that still mattered to him... A chance to save his precious Orisala from a fate worse than his own.Returned as a wreck of embalmed flesh animated by sorcery, with a host of the desperate and the undead under his command, Breskaro will do whatever it takes to save Orisala, no matter the odds and no matter the consequences.David Alastair Hayden returns to the exotic land of Pawan Kor, first seen in Wrath of the White Tigress, with this seductive epic of swords and sorcery in the tradition of Brent Weeks, Robin Hobb, Michael Moorcock, and David Gemmell.

    Providing a survey of His ancient and modern cultus, it is also a deeply personal exploration of devotion, ordeal work and what it takes to walk the Odinic path.

    What he doesn't know, is that he's right. Instead of dying, he lands in the realm of the Greek gods. There, he meets a mysterious and uncooperative girl who seems to know more than she's telling. With great reluctance, and a bit of curiosity, he follows her into a land of myth where monsters are the people and gods actually exist.

    The war that followed tore the world apart. Two years after the Uprising, twenty-year-old Kendry is learning the hard way that the battle lines aren’t as clear-cut as human versus para. And the hard way means being hunted down by both human militants and para separatists. Trouble is, she has no idea why.On the run with only her mysterious gargoyle guardian, Kendry knows that finding out why she’s on everyone’s most-wanted list will be no easy task. It means charging headlong into a war she’d hoped to avoid, and is woefully unprepared for. So when she realizes that everyone in her life has been lying to her, discovering that she’s somehow the key to ending the war is the last thing she needs. With both sides tearing up the world to find her, it’s decision time for Kendry—keep running, or stand up and fight.

    Unfortunately, that job includes trying to save his distant world on the brink of disaster.Ryen is on a mission to Earth to find the answers to his distant world's most critical questions. While searching the Yucatan Peninsula for a mythic figure-a savior-who would live a perfect life and ultimately die to save their souls, Ryen meets Savannah, a beautiful woman hiding a painful past. On their dangerous adventures together through the untamed jungles of Mexico, he can't help but fall in love with her. As his time runs out, Ryen must decide if he is willing to give up everything he has ever known and loved to stay on Earth with Savannah.The Masters, a powerful clan of corrupt leaders, are plotting to take back Earth, the sacred planet, from the humans. Ryen and Savannah are thrust into the middle of The Masters' plot.

    “Drona’s Death” is part of the upcoming anthology xo Orpheus, available from Penguin September 26.

    It is the Angels who rule Heaven in his name and have done so ever since their rebellion. Their power should be absolute but Lucifer's betrayal and the Fall devastated their numbers. Their reign is weak and in their desperation many have committed unforgivable acts. Sariel is a powerless Arch Angel all but imprisoned in Heaven. She lives a bored, lonely existence pining for something more. little does she realise that she is a pawn in Heaven's power struggles, but her discovery of its secrets will reignite an ancient war. The Gods' power has been broken, they are either dead or imprisoned. But when Sariel frees two goddesses they remind the Angels and the world what they should not have forgotten. But beneath the power struggles of Heaven and Earth lies Hell and all its dark, forgotten secrets. It is within its tormented embrace that Sariel is drawn to her destiny. But can she survive Hell long enough to reach Lucifer and if she does the Beast will be waiting.

    Michael takes Tib to the Center of all that is, which leads to a confrontation about why Michael abandoned Tib's mother before he was born.

    She had always been more or less alone, for not only the children mostly avoided her, the staff did as well. Khrystiana would learn on her sixteenth birthday just how different she truly was, due to a series of event that would occur... Events that would prove that she had not been as alone as she had always thought.

    Mr. Murphy wants her to find the dirty scoop on Hades himself, and foil his plot to take over the world. Will she survive the clutches of Hell?*this is a short story based off the soon to be released novel, The World Among Us: Prince of Darkness.

    Lost and alone in the dark, ancient woods after a fight with her mother, she trembles at the thought of returning home to face an unwanted arranged marriage. But the old forest gods have other plans for her. Taking the form of mystical bears, they show themselves to her. It's a child they need. A messenger. And Laena is to be their virgin vessel. Will she succumb to their primal pleasures and let these magnificent beasts ravish her and fill her with their divine seed?

    He worked the streets for food and warmth, certain that one day his life would take a better path. That day arrived in the form of a flyer smacking him in the face after enduring a particularly rough trick. Walking through the front door of the Pride safe house became the best decision Skylar ever made. He began a new life with help from billionaire businessman Caden Fournier, his husband, Kellan, and their outreach center associates. That life also included a handsome, six-foot-two Italian who looked mighty fine astride a Harley. After a tense introduction, Skylar discovered Justice Salvatore was unlike any man he'd ever met. He’s about to find out just how different Justice is. The two grow closer as Skylar struggles with his own weird… ability. Just when he dares to dream of a happy ending, his past explodes into his present and threatens to destroy everything. Justice Salvatore has only been in love once, with the beautiful daughter of his werewolf pack’s beta. She was human, however, and Justice stayed away to protect her — only to mourn her death from a rogue attack. Skylar Foxx is stunning, but Justice is swept away by his incredible voice. Smitten on the spot, he sets his sights on getting to know the skittish young man. Bad things are happening to Skylar as they grow close, and Justice will do everything in his power to protect him. A terrifying secret shakes Justice to his core, and he is forced to decide whether someone close to him will live or die. After the hell Skylar has been through, Justice makes the only choice. There will be justice for Skylar.

    His religion splintered almost beyond recognition, Thallon sets out on a pilgrimage to seek divine assistance. How can one old man change an entire religion torn asunder?

    She decides to swear off men and gives up her dream of the perfect boring suburban life. She hadn’t counted on finding a very large, very yummy Viking in her favorite part of the library courtyard. Clover finds she has to trust this Viking, because she’s in danger from gangsters hunting her to collect on her brother’s debts.Rune is a thousand-year-old Viking trying to escape from a curse. He must fall in love with the woman the gods choose for him or suffer eternity in Norse Hel. Nine times he’s tried and nine times he’s failed. This is his last attempt. Resigned to his doom, he vows to save Clover from the gods’ petty games before his death. As the last round of the gods’ game begins, Rune discovers there are worse things than losing his soul.