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Sunset
Arshad Ahsanuddin - 2011
When the terrorist known as Medusa threatens to kill millions with a stolen nuclear bomb, Nick Jameson makes a fateful decision. He reveals himself on global television as a Daywalker - a vampire with a soul. To save Los Angeles, Nick exposes not only his own gifts but three separate cultures based on millennia-old magic.By NightThe three metahuman races exist in careful balance, working to maintain a fragile peace. Nick and his fellow Daywalkers successfully master their natural bloodlust. The Sentinels, armed with both magic and steel, repress their warlike instincts. And even some Nightwalkers, normally their natural enemies, have deserted the Court of Shadows to join the triple alliance. Nick Jameson is deeply involved with two such Nightwalkers - handsome Lorcan and powerful Rory. Both men love Nick. But neither can protect the new Ambassador to Humanity from the events he has set in motion.By the SwordJeremy Harkness was lured into Medusa's service under false pretenses. A loner with no one and nothing to cling to, he was willing to die for his cause. But the night Medusa tried to obliterate Los Angeles, Jeremy met Nick Jameson, triggering the onset of his own psychic gifts. For Jeremy is the third race of metahuman, a Sentinel, born to kill the Nightwalkers with no quarter asked or offered. And neither Medusa nor the Court of Shadows will settle for peace when they can make war.Betrayal and treachery lurk around every corner on the road to coexistence, and at every turn, Nick must question who to trust among his metahuman allies, friends, and lovers—before their civilization is plunged into the depths of darkness and bloodshed. With millennia-old magic, emerging romance, and ever-shifting allegiances, this inventive series unveils a scintillating, homoerotic world of Nightwalkers, Daywalkers, Sentinels, and Humans, who battle for world dominance in the not-too-distant future.
The Beast Within
Jonathan Yanez - 2013
Concealed throughout the pages of time, there has been a powerful race of human-like creatures manipulating mankind. This Elite race is made up of five ruling families, who have obeyed The Law and remained content to keep their identities a mystery. Now after centuries of secrecy, an ancient foe is forcing them out of hiding. When a dark-haired mystery woman named Laren crosses Connor’s path his life is turned upside down. Soon Connor is taken on a heart-pounding journey that leads to a startling discovery of who he really is and a daunting future of what he is to become.
Immortal Blood
Magen McMinimy - 2012
A date with a handsome man is the catalyst for events that she thought only happened in fairy tales. Thrust into a world of danger, Isabelle has no idea what is in store for her as the Light and Dark Fae fight over her future.Isabelle Moreno is a young woman working her way through life, finding little time for love and adventure. Until she agrees to a date with a mysterious stranger, only to find out the secrets this man holds are something she could have lived her entire life without knowing. The Dark Fae Luck Eater has found something enticing in Isabelle’s humanity.Bain is an arrogant playboy and an Immortal Light Fae Warrior. He and his four brothers fight for the safety of the human race while remaining something of myth. After weeks of tracking the Dark Fae Luck Eater, Bain comes across yet another victim, Isabelle. Bain has finally found his match in this feisty human as she fights against him and her ever growing attraction to the Immortal who is bound to protect her.
Dragon's Treasure
Isadora Montrose - 2016
Women throw themselves at him hoping for one night in his bed, or at least a nice piece of jewelry.Curvy, independent Leah never set out to net a billionaire dragon shifter. All this BBW wants is a decent job and a decent man. That lets out indecently wealthy playboy Hugo. He might make her drool but she doesn’t want to be a notch on anyone’s bedpost. But so long as he confines himself to looking, she’ll put up with her bad boy boss. Trip to Caribbean island? Check. Big bonus? Check. Turning into a dragon? Not so much. Hugo thinks just one taste of curvy, Georgia Peach Leah will satisfy his raging desires. He isn’t expecting to wake up to an infuriated dragoness. But one night of passion is enough to turn his obsession with juicy Leah into an obsession with his one and only mate. Nobody told Hugo that turning his mate into a shifter was the easy part. How can he persuade his delectable treasure that loving her has transformed his wayward ways? A word to the wise: Smoking hot dragon lord seduces nubile virgin. The fiery passion ignited in this innocent BBW may shock and titillate. A hard-living, hard-bodied shifter will go to great lengths to pleasure his luscious mate. Dragon’s Treasure is Book 1 in the Lords of the Dragon Islands Series. It is a standalone novel with no cliffhangers and an HEA.
A Touch of Greek
Tina Folsom - 2010
When the mortal Sophia – recovering from an eye operation and virtually blind – needs a home healthcare worker, he takes on the role, hoping she will be his ticket home. While defending Sophia from an unknown adversary, Triton’s protective instinct emerges. At the same time rival Gods do everything to doom him to failure. And even if Triton can win Sophia’s love, will he throw it away to return home, or will he lose his own heart to the only woman who truly sees him? A Touch of Greek is the first book in the humorous and sexy paranormal romance series Out of Olympus following the romantic adventures of four Gods: Triton, Dionysus, Eros, and Hermes.The next book in the series (Dionysus) is planned for March 2011
Inevitable
Tamara Hart Heiner - 2013
But when she witnesses a murder, Jayne finds herself caught up in a dangerous world of intrigue and suspense.As it turns out, she is not the only one doing the stalking. The killer is on to her, and all of her visions of the dying don't reveal how her life will end. Somehow, she must stop the murderer before he arranges Jayne's own inevitable death.
Magic in the Stars
Patricia Rice - 2016
As the Malcolm family librarian, she dutifully creates zodiac charts for her often eccentric and mysterious relations—until the day she realizes a dire conjunction of planets spells a fatal threat in a distant branch of the family. Lord Theophilus Ives, heir presumptive to the Marquess of Ashford, Earl of Ives and Wystan, is a dedicated astronomer who has perfected a telescope capable of seeing beyond Saturn’s moons. Living in an all-male family that distrusts the women who regularly abandon them, Theo is undaunted by the tumult of his life—until the day the luscious Lady Azenor arrives to warn them that the marquess is in danger. Can Aster, the Prophetess of Doom, convince a laughing disbeliever of peril? And what are the chances she can escape the fate her stars predict if she lingers too long in Lord Theo’s enthralling company? ~~~~~~~~~~~ "From this masterful storyteller comes the first book in the Unexpected Magic series. Rice packs her tale with whimsy humor and mayhem, along with a delightful female astrologer and an absentminded astronomer, who are often on a collision course--for love. Throw in some lovable canines and felines and Rice takes her readers on an amorous adventure in this magical tale." -- Joan Hammond, RT Book Reviews 4 1/2 top pick
Eternity
Tmonique Stephens - 2012
Reclaiming their love is their only salvation. He’s been her friend, her father, her neighbor, but never again her lover . . . until now.A late night walk home throws Stella into the path of a killer. The last thing she remembers are the deep blue eyes of the man trying to kill her—and the first things she sees after a seven day coma are the same blue eyes in the handsome face of the man hired to protect her. Is it fears she feels when Roman touches her or the memory of something sweeter? She will have to push past her fears and reclaim a love that has lasted two millennia.
Eternal Seduction
Jennifer Turner - 2008
But twisted or not, there's a satisfying irony in watching a well dressed vampire stand in the middle of a ghetto alley, windblown trash scraping circles near his feet. What she finds even more intriguing, is waiting for him to decide if he's going to kill her. Kerestyan hasn't made up his mind. As the Lord of New York, he can't let a drug addict, whose memories are packed with knowledge of vampires, run free in his city. It's not the first time he's been in this situation with a human, it's just the first time he's come face to face with one who doesn't seem to care. And that's what makes the decision so difficult. What horrors could you witness before you went numb? How long would it take before you felt that way? What could make you care again? Logan's answers are simple: the worst humanity has to offer, almost thirty, and something she never expected.
Morna's Legacy: Box Set
Bethany Claire - 2014
In centuries following, archaeologists searched the ruins looking for any evidence of who had caused the untimely demise of the powerful Scottish clan. Efforts were fruitless until a spell put in place by an ancient Conall ancestor finally began to work its magic... When Bri accompanies her archaeologist mother on a dig in Scotland, they discover a spell room below the castle ruins, and Bri is transported back in time and suddenly married to the castle's ill-fated Laird. She must work to change the fate of his people, all while trying to find a way to return to her century. With each new day, Bri finds herself falling in love with her new husband. If she finds a spell to bring her home, will she use it? If she stays, will it ultimately mean her own death as well?Love Beyond Reason (Book 2): It all started with a spell. Arran Conall lives with the consequences of his foolishness daily, his mistakes guiding him into darkness. He had no way to know that his beloved would fall prey to ancient magic. Now, the only woman to ever give pause to his philandering ways lives centuries ahead of him while still holding on to his heart. Now, he must try to live without her and marries another. His love for Blaire haunts him. With every breath, he prays that she will be able to feel his love across time... Born in the seventeenth century, Blaire MacChristy lives each day adjusting to the challenges of modern life. Magic brought her here, but heartbreak keeps her from using the magic to travel back to her home. When visitors from her past arrive asking her to return to the life she’d known before, Blaire takes a chance on love. Will fate find a way to mend their broken hearts by bringing them together once again? Even if it does, will they be able to stop the darkness that is coming for them both?A Conall Christmas: A Novella (Book 2.5): Christmas is approaching, and Adelle is determined to make it the best one Conall Castle has ever seen, but loneliness haunts her. Love for her daughter sent her into the past, but she’d not expected the isolation she would feel. She finds that her current age seems much older in the seventeenth century than it did in the twenty-first and resigns herself to the fact that she will remain single for the rest of her days. At least until an unexpected visitor arrives. Hew Moray has spent the last twenty years all alone, only leaving his home once a year to pay homage to the wife he lost long ago. When a storm causes him to seek shelter at Conall Castle, he meets the first lass since his beloved Mae to make his heart flutter in his chest once again. Can he release himself from his past grief to allow another love to enter his life? If he does, will his love be returned?Love Beyond Hope (Book 3): Mitsy is in serious need of a distraction. With the ink still drying on her divorce papers, she flies to Scotland to forget about her own problems by helping her best friend re-enter reality. She knows Bri’s claims that she is able to travel back in time and is currently living in the year 1647 are a lie but, Mitsy falls prey to the same magic and is forced to believe the impossible. She finds few who understand her fiery personality in the seventeenth century, but she finds her match in Baodan, laird of McMillan Castle.
Her Alpha Wolf Protector (Cave Bay Shifters Book 1)
Cynthia Wilde - 2020
Desperate to leave her old life, and memories of her nasty shifter ex behind, she was all too happy to accept the position as the new Fae appointed “Archivist” in which she would be working closely with the local pack Alpha. She had no idea just how close they would be getting. Max Strata had his hands full being the Alpha of Cave Bay. Being responsible for his pack and trying to reverse the mysterious slow decline of his beloved town was already a full-time job. With the sudden appearance of a sinkhole, and rumors of something dark and dangerous in the waters offshore things are only getting more complicated when, on top of the rest, he is thrown into the uncomfortable role of temporary guardian of three orphaned shifter children. As if that is not enough he has to welcome the new archivist. And she will prove to be his greatest challenge yet… Bound together in a race to discover what’s happening in Cave Bay, Max and Heather have to navigate ancient legends of the sea, and a myriad of strange unfolding mysteries and dangers, all while doing their best to overcome their own rising passions. Can they set aside their fears in time to discover the truth of what is plaguing the town in time? Will they take the chance to fight for a true love, or will the mysteries of the town, and their own demons destroy them first? Come along to Cave Bay and the start of a new unfolding mystery… This story contains no cheating, no cliff hangers, and of course has a HEA! ; ) Warning: This ebook contains mature themes and language and is meant for 18+ readers only. Her Alpha Wolf Protector is a Wolf Shifter Protector Romance that will appeal to lovers of paranormal, urban fantasy, shapeshifters, contemporary, and, of course sexy sweet romance full of the “feels”.
Haven
Justin Kemppainen - 2009
They have ascended. A new layer has been placed upon the city, sealing anyone they deem unfit down below. In the dark slums beneath the city, something has been set in motion that will usher in a change. Something that will rattle the city of Haven to its core and forever alter the lives of everyone within.
Eluding Destiny: Book I
Charlie Nottingham - 2021
Having a soulmate doesn't seem too bad either. For the most part? Laila's pretty happy to be that girl. Until the best parts of her life are ripped out from beneath her.In just a few days, everything in Laila's life changes. The brother she never knew existed shows up from the Fae Realm looking for her and their mother. Her once perfect love life crumbles in the blink of an eye. If things aren't hard enough already, her oldest family friend is murdered too. And the nosy detective in town is pointing fingers Laila’s way.Is it all connected? How could it be?She saw what Jeremy did with her own eyes. Well, in someone else’s memories, but she still saw it. Why is she questioning it? Why can’t she shake the feeling that there’s more to all of this than she can see?Things started to go array before her brother entered the picture. And he seems nice enough. Surely, it can’t be his fault. But what else could it all boil down to?Or rather… Who could it boil down to?
Sisters of the Coven
Amelia Shaw - 2020
When Ava’s mother dies, the responsibility of her daughters safety falls to the eldest of the three. Heir to the Coven, she must locate the most powerful warlock in all the realms: her father. Only problem is, he has no idea he has a daughter, and the Counsel of Warlock’s is not about to allow an illegitimate heir to inherit their power. Now Ava must hide who she is…or risk the wrath of the most powerful warlocks in the Universe. But hiding the power inside her isn’t as easy as it sounds, and soon, she finds her life and the life of her sisters in danger. If you enjoy the action and speed of a CN Crawford novel and the romance and heat of Jeaniene Frost, then you’ll love Amelia Shaw’s new Urban Fantasy series, ‘Daughters of the Warlock.’ Scroll up and one click to start reading ‘Sisters of the Coven’ today, and see why readers are drawn to this fast-paced romantic adventure!
Ghost in the Machine
C.E. Kilgore - 2012
You stumble on to it blindly, it sucks you in and takes you somewhere completely unexpected. You can't fight it, because that would tear your ship apart. You can't control it, either. All you can do is set your thrusters on glide and let it take you where it's going to take you."Going against the rules of her Vesparian Sisterhood, which seeks to keep its entire existence a secret, Orynn is thrown into the open by a request for help that she could not refuse. Seeking to reconcile past mistakes and gain a forgiveness she feels she does not deserve, the fragile control over her empathic abilities is put to the test. The darkness that lives within her spirit has grown impatient and threatens to once again destroy any piece of happiness she allows herself to find.As a Mechatronic Automaton, Ethan navigates his world through a set of logically defined values and understandings. Encountering Orynn throws his system off balance as he tries to decide if he should trust the feelings he is developing, or if he should follow the logic telling him that she is trying to control him for some unknown purpose. As his understanding of her develops, he begins to question all of his preconceived notions about both himself and the universe around him.In his attempts to capture the Vesparian prey he has been hunting after for two decades, the First Commander of the Xen'dari fleet will stop at nothing and track Orynn to the ends of the universe. On a path of vengeance for a past he can't let go of, he will do everything in his power to burn her world down around her feet until nothing is left but ash and the bitter taste of regret.Ghosts of the past clash with hopes for the future in this first book of the series, set in a universe where nothing is as it seems at first glance and trust is a highly priced commodity.
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