Two years later, back in Rome, she should be enjoying college life; instead, the memories of his lapis lazuli eyes and Mona Lisa smile still haunt her. Gaia longs to meet him again and unwittingly sabotages her romantic life by refusing to move on. Only her anthropological studies about the mysterious Etruscans make her feel alive. A chance to breathe new air is presented to her when she wins a full scholarship to study abroad at the University of Washington. In rainy Seattle, Gaia finally meets the man of her dreams, but he proves to be... otherworldly. Meanwhile, in her field of studies, what starts as an interesting archeological finding about a six-fingered human image, soon evolves into the discovery of the millennium, but not where Earth is concerned. Although Gaia is a companion novel of Elios, you can read these in either order. They are both stand-alone stories from different points of view. You met Gaia and Elios in his book; now hear her story.

    This series has me completely bewitched!"Caitlyn's world changes when she learns that she was found as an abandoned baby and adopted by her American family. Now, her search for answers takes her to the tiny English village of Tillyhenge where a man has been murdered by witchcraft - and where a mysterious shop selling enchanted chocolates is home to the "local witch"...Soon Caitlyn finds herself fending off a toothless old vampire, rescuing an adorable kitten and meeting handsome aristocrat Lord James Fitzroy... not to mention discovering that she herself might have magical blood in her veins!When she's dragged into the murder investigation and realises that dark magic is involved, Caitlyn is forced to choose. Can she embrace her witchy powers in time to solve the mystery and save those she loves?

    HarperDark, dangerous dragon shifters who just need true love...Dazzled"I could NOT put it down. This is one sexy mesmerizing love story.""OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I absolutely loved it. Everything about it was amazing especially the chemistry between Sebastian and Lacey."Dark dragon shifter Sebastian must find his family's stolen legacies, or he will die. Curvy human Lacey is his fated mate--but only if she can unlock his shattered heart in time.Thrilled"A water dragon that can also fly, sign me up! Kai is my new book boyfriend!""The story was well-plotted out, superb and extremely entertaining." -Night Owl Reviews, 5-star Top PickDevastating loss destroyed the heart and powers of gorgeous water dragon shifter Kai. Sexy daredevil Gabi is his mate--but she has a dangerous secret that might mean his total destruction.Burned"The perfect level of heat with a nail biting ending, I couldn't put it down.""I love Teagan and Ash! ... They are each carrying scars, Teagan's on the inside and Ash's on the outside. ... I loved seeing them open up to each other."Beauty & the beast...with dragons! Fate brought scarred dragon shifter Ash and nerdy girl Teagan together, but their love may be a double-edged sword...

    War is raging between the mages and seventeen-year-old Sara Fairchild will be right in the middle of it.She just doesn't know it yet.Sara is the daughter of a disgraced imperial commander, executed for desertion. Sara is also the best duelist and hand-to-hand combatant in Sandrin. She lives quietly with her family’s shame but when challenged about her family’s honor, her opponent inevitably loses.On the night she finds out her father’s true last actions, she takes the Mercenary Guilds’ vows to serve in the emperor’s army. Using her quick wits and fierce fighting skills, she earns a spot in the first division. There she discovers secrets the mages on both sides would prefer stay hidden. Dark enemies hunt her and soon it's not just Sara questioning the motivation behind this war.While fighting mages, blackmailing merchants and discovering new friends, Sara comes across something she’s never had before - passion. The question is - can she fight for her empress against a mage who might unwittingly claim her heart?This is year one of the Initiate Wars. Sara is hoping it doesn't become the year she dies.

    But it wasn’t the lesson the guard wanted to teach me. Down in the bowels of the dungeon, I met a prisoner. He looked dangerous. He looked terrifying. His orange hair with black streak is unreal. Those greenish-yellow eyes so intense. For the first time in my life, I wanted someone. But there is so much wrong with me. I am a bastard and I have premonitions. But there is also so much to him. He is a dreaded shifter – a tiger shifter. And he wants me to run away with him. Author's Note: Indented for 18+ due to the steamy content.

    Ditched and pregnant, Eve vows to be the best mother she can be. Nix falls for Eve the moment he beds her, but he knows that he has powerful enemies who won’t hesitate to use her to get to him, so he moves away, ghosting Eve to keep her safe. Will Nix be able to make it back in time to save Eve when she and the baby are snatched by a cruel dragon king? Or will he have to admit defeat and lose the love of his life altogether? Alpha's Claim (Rise Of The Alphas #2) After being involved in a legal scandal that brought too much publicity her way, Piper Lee moves from New York to the small town of Bethany Beach in Delaware for a fresh start. She soon finds herself crossing paths with Levi Carter, the chief of police in the town. Piper knows his type - cynics who hate defence lawyers - but she never expected to feel attracted to that kind of cop. Levi knows Piper’s secret - that she is a bear shifter - and although she isn’t a member of his pack, he vows to protect her as one of his own when a hunter comes to the small town. Piper is a lot to handle - stubborn and quick to run herself into danger - but Levi thinks maybe she’s worth the trouble. Will Piper find out Levi is trying to help her before it’s too late? And will Levi be able to save Piper from the danger she’s gotten herself into? Alpha's Territory (Rise Of The Alphas #3) Lila, a bar owner in a small town in Wyoming, finds herself caught up in a love triangle with two guys, neither of whom she wants to be with. They pursue her and refuse to take no for an answer. Lila finds herself getting increasingly uncomfortable with their advances, but she doesn’t know who to turn to for help. It all comes to a head when she finds herself alone with them. Convinced that things are about to take a disastrous turn when the two men shift into bears, Lila is terrified. She is rescued by a sexy stranger and declares the bear shifters to be monsters. Jasper has always liked Lila, but as the alpha of his pack, his rule is not to fool around with humans and risk them finding out about the bears. Now that Lila knows the bears’ secret, Jasper must decide if this human is worth pursuing or if he must make her leave town for good. The Hunted (Rise Of The Alphas #4) Brooke is a dragon hunter, hell bent on getting revenge on Alexandria, the Dragon Queen of Pengle. She is ready to take Alexandria and her pack down to avenge the deaths of her parents, but then she sees Adonis, son of Alexandria, Prince of Pengle, and she starts to feel herself softening. Adonis knows he has to step up and help to protect his mother from the dragon hunter who has found their town. But when his dragon catches the hunter’s scent, suddenly, he has other ideas about what he would like to do with her. Will Brooke and Adonis find a way to put their differences aside, or will one of them end up winning the battle and losing their heart? Will either of them manage to fulfil their destinies, or will they become each other’s destiny? Returning To The Dragon (Rise Of The Alphas #5) When Koy’s best friend’s sister, Lacey, returns to their village after six years, Koy knows he’s in trouble. Lacey is everything he has ever dreamed of, and his inner beast won’t let him forget it. Being with him is dangerous. As the alpha of his dragon pack, any mate of his will become a target to his enemies and Koy will do anything to protect Lacey from danger. Can Koy silence his inner beast and listen to his head and stay away from Lacey? Or will his animal instincts take over and claim Lacey as his mate, plunging her into a world so different to her own? Lost Land (Rise Of The Alphas #6) Acclaimed magic historian Ellie is just trying to live an ordinary, magic life. She’s finally getting her life going and making real strides towards making it in the world when she is kidnapped by dragons who are known for killing witches like her. Brought before the dragon king in chains, she’s presented with a choice: help him with a dangerous mission to investigate a cursed, abandoned island sealed off centuries ago from the world, or else. What was supposed to be a quick in and out to a forgotten island becomes something far more intense and passionate as she realizes the chemistry between her and the dragon king, a forbidden romance between two species who have killed each other for millennia. While they begin to fall for each other, they uncover that the reasons that the island was barred off is still there, and still very much alive. Alpha’s Hostage (Rise Of The Alphas #7) I moved to New Orleans to escape a dark past. I had never really believed in the supernatural or other beings I didn’t truly understand, but then the unthinkable happened… After being taken hostage by two wolves, I don’t know how I will make it out of this situation alive. My only flicker of hope appears when they finally take me to their alpha. He wants me as much as I want him, but when my past is discovered, I don’t know if he’ll ever let me go. Forbidden Bear AKA Forbidden (Rise Of The Alphas #8) When Madeline comes home from college, she is dreading having to see her annoying stepbrother again. But when she sees him, she isn’t prepared for the instant effect he has on her. She tries to explain away her feelings, but they are too strong, and she knows that she has to have him. Will she be able to get past the fact that he’s her stepbrother? And what will happen when she finds out Ethan is a wolf shifter? Way Out West Shifter (Rise Of The Alphas #9) First Shift (Rise Of The Alphas #10) Cleo is the black sheep of her family - a wolf shifter who refuses to embrace her true self and turn into a wolf. She is used to the ridicule and the laughter, and when Zane, the hottest shifter in her pack, starts talking to her out of the blue, she is just waiting for the taunting to start. But Zane doesn’t want to ridicule Cleo - he finds her refusal to blindly conform to the pack mentality noble. Unable to resist their powerful attraction, he kisses her for the first time, changing the courses of both of their lives. But then Zane’s father, the alpha of their pack, is killed and it is beginning to look more and more like Cleo is the killer. Has Cleo’s refusal to follow the rules gone a step too far, or is there another killer in their midst? Zane must find out before it’s too late and the life of another pack member is taken. And before he loses Cleo forever. Waking The Dragon (Rise Of The Alphas #11) Brinley has run away from home, and for good reason. The young witch is to be married off by her father to a rude upstart of a warlock, and she doesn’t understand why. Setting out on her own, Brin meets Garrick. With the witch very sick of men telling her what to do, the two don’t get off to a good start. And spirited Brin doesn’t bat an eyelid when she finds out the tall, handsome stranger in the vintage suit is, in fact, the Dragon King of Europe, and more than that, he’s centuries old. Initially, it seems an unfortunate coincidence that Garrick and Brin’s fates are more intertwined than they could have imagined. As the twenty-five-year-old witch’s powers begin to fully manifest, it becomes clear that she has a role to play in helping Garrick and his council of immortals save the magical world. As they work together, and a plan begins to form, her and Garrick’s feelings for one another grow as well. But can he give her the space she needs to become the witch she is supposed to be? And will Brin realize that love is right under her nose, and that first impressions should sometimes be discounted? Each story in this series features a bad boy shifter hero. Intended for 18+ readers due to adult content.

    When Ariel Williams walks into his inn, he sees that she's the one he's been obsessed with in his night time journeys. But Ariel is fleeing an arranged marriage and keeps shyly to herself, until the worst happens and by mistake she casts a spell on a guest. Brayden works with Ariel to help her control her magic but discovers she's a High Witch - one of only three witches in the world with a rare kind of power.Immediately the two must flee; evil warlock Julius wants to enslave Ariel - mind, heart and body. Julius and his lover the High Witch Nadia will stop at nothing to capture Ariel, and the danger threatens to tear Ariel apart from Brayden. Ariel's only hope is that her love for Brayden and her newly-discovered powers are strong enough to save them.This is a NOVELLA of approximately 25,000 words.

    But soon it’s discovered that Warwick killed dozens of people as he strove to perfect another improved Ticker for Penny, and he’s put on trial for mass murder. On the last day of Warwick’s trial, the Farthings’ factory is bombed, Penny’s parents disappear, and Penny and her brother, Nic, receive a ransom note demanding all of their Augmentation research if they want to see their parents again. Is someone trying to destroy the Farthings...or is the motive more sinister?Desperate to reunite their family and rescue their research, Penny and her brother recruit fiery baker Violet Nesselrode, gentleman-about-town Sebastian Stirling, and Marcus Kingsley, a young army general who has his own reasons for wanting to lift the veil between this world and the next. Wagers are placed, friends are lost, romance stages an ambush, and time is running out for the girl with the clockwork heart.

    Until a one hundred year old case gives her a new purpose.When Jacqueline, a self-professed detective with a dark secret, arrives in Whitechapel, she becomes embroiled in one of London's greatest mysteries.Buried SecretsWhen Jacqueline Frye heads to Chicago for a wedding, she never expects a homicide case to land in her lap. Another copycat killer is on the loose, and this time the culprit is obsessed with America’s first serial killer, H. H. Holmes. As Jack navigates secret passageways, coded journals, and charming locals, more victims disappear and the mystery deepens. Then there’s Jack’s best friend, Evelyn, who seems to be hiding a big secret…

    When she inadvertently leads her sister and best friend through a portal into a world she's dreamed of for six years, she finds herself faced with more than just the frightening creatures in front of her. Kate's forced to accept a new truth: her entire life has been a lie, and those closest to her have betrayed her. What's worse, she has no control over her new future, and it's full of magic and horrors from which nightmares are made. Will Kate discover and learn to control who she really is in time to save the ones she loves, or will all be lost?

    Will Cassie, and her P.I. pal Dash, find out the meaning behind the unusual artifact before it's too late? This Paranormal Cozy Mystery is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat, and make you laugh out loud too!

    All she has ever known are the artificial confines of underground fallout shelter, the ARC. Under the Council’s rule, ruthless officials roam the hallways, community comes first and everyone lives in fear of failing their annual testing. With one simple blood test you could be taken away without any warning or a word of goodbye.There are only a few people in the ARC who Elle truly cares about and she desperately tries to keep them at arm’s length away for fear of losing someone else. Especially, her best friend Sebastian who she denies her feelings for, even from herself. Chilling secrets and mysterious disappearances plague the ARC, but Elle would never dare to voice the forbidden questions that linger on her lips. That is until they take the wrong person.No one is truly safe in the ARC and Elle is about to experience her own personal apocalypse. With nothing left to lose she will risk everything to uncover the truth about the tainted.Will she find what she's looking for or are some secrets better left buried deep underground?Don't miss the first book in this young adult series!

    Mayor Riley has hatched a hare-brained scheme to turn the tranquil, picturesque village into an garish theme park, much to the disgust of the Whitewood Witches. Fortunately the Mushroom Convention arrives in town, buying them time to stop their crazy mayor. But then a famous mushroom expert is murdered at the convention, and it's up to feisty Lori Whitewood and her inventive family of witches to use all their magic potion prowess to catch a dangerous, unpredictable killer and save Fennelmoore from imminent destruction. In between Lori has trouble coping with the advances of the handsome but enigmatic Matt. What does he know about the murder that he's not sharing with her? Will she solve the mystery before the killer escapes from Fennelmoore?

    When her widowed dad uproots her to Seoul from her home in L.A., Jae thinks her biggest challenges will be fitting in to a new school and dealing with her dismissive Korean grandfather. Then she discovers that a Korean demi-god, Haemosu, has been stealing the soul of the oldest daughter of each generation in her family for centuries. And she's next.But that’s not Jae’s only problem.There's also Marc. Irresistible and charming, Marc threatens to break the barriers around Jae's heart. As the two grow closer, Jae must decide if she can trust him. But Marc has a secret of his own—one that could help Jae overturn the curse on her family for good. It turns out that Jae's been wrong about a lot of things: her grandfather is her greatest ally, even the tough girl can fall in love, and Korea might just be the home she's always been looking for.

    Driven out of her apartment in the midst of a disastrous Mercury retrograde period, she takes shelter with a client who's caring for two elderly aunts. One aunt appears stricken with dementia and the other has fallen under the spell of the Reverend Roy. To add to the confusion, a young man claiming to be a long lost nephew arrives. The longer he stays, the more dangerous things become. Is the young man truly a member of the family? Can astrology confirm that? Julia's not sure, but one thing she does know is that Mercury wasn't merely the messenger of the gods—he was a trickster and a liar as well.