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“His lips met mine again, this time in a slow, soft caress, conveying everything he had just said in those beautiful words that had reached my very soul. I could have drowned in that kiss. I could have lived there for eternity. It filled me up with everything I needed to survive. He gave me life through his lips and I treasured it." Recovering from recent losses, Lucinda finds herself in a Dark place. She starts to doubt who she has become. She seeks reassurance that despite the Prophecy and what that has meant for her life, she is still remaining true to herself. The American ...

To survive, she must become one of them. To thrive, she must become the best. The walls of Dökkálfa have ears. They have ears, and they whisper. And what they have to say can be chilling, but not all fairies hear them—only those blessed by the Old Gods. Kara Middleton wasn’t always a fairy. Heck, even now, she couldn’t be called completely Fey. Because the Queen of Ljósálfar made her what she is, and what she is… is frightening. But there is one fairy who is not afraid of Kara and the devastating power she wields as if her very own. For he, too, hears the whispers of the castle ...

“You may not be aware, ma douce, but not all vampyre have a kindred; some will live out their existence without such beauty in their lives. I have waited five hundred years for you." In a world where vampires, shapeshifters, ghouls and magic users co-exist in relative harmony, one young woman finds herself the centre of all supernatural desires. Born to hunt them and destined to love them, Lucinda Monk must find the strength required to save them and hold them all dear. But can she trust any of them? NEVER SHOW FEAR. NEVER GIVE AN INCH. ALWAYS STAY ON GUARD. And is she more than she ...

“Oh, this was sweet torture. To be this close to nirvana and walk away because I am coy. I closed my eyes tightly and swallowed down my fears. Theo wanted me. Like this. He craved me in any way he could get me. Even if I wasn’t his, even if this all was torn asunder tomorrow, how could I not take the chance to feel this, to share this, with him? Even if just for a moment." Casey Eden is a normal twenty-three year old woman, whose life becomes anything but normal after waking up covered in dirt. Seeking answers, but only finding more questions, she turns to the one person she believes ...

“I'm supposed to be the one that calls him back toward the Light. ' I am the Light to your Dark. You call to me as I call to you. I will always hold you dear.' But it was getting harder. I loved him and it's not as if I never knew it would be difficult loving a vampire. I just never knew the degree of difficulty it would entail." Michel battles his rising Dark, all but losing his Light within. His line falters, his life is in turmoil and Lucinda is ultimately shut out. Without his kindred to draw him back to the Light, just how Dark will Michel become? And can Lucinda survive ...

"I felt hot tears streaming down my cheeks at his words. Spoken so carelessly, but with such shameless intent. He knew how I felt. How I had been feeling. How lost and alone and full of grief my days had been. Avery was not a friend. Not even a trusted acquaintance. But he understood what I was going through. Even if he didn't have a compassionate bone in his entire buffed body, he knew what I had suffered. I didn't have to justify my behaviour to him." Walking out on her life and hiding in the only place she can think of that the Iunctio - the vampire governing body - and in particular,...

Meet the exhausted group of caregiving mothers who offer extraordinary care to a child with disabilities or unique needs. These unsung heroes, who walk invisibly among us, dedicate time, energy, love, and their entire lives to help their loved one who is unable to help themselves. A child with a rare degenerative disease. A sibling with autism. A teen wading through anxiety and depression. An adult child with a debilitating illness. A child with extreme ADHD.

"What was wrong with me to antagonise a vampire of his standing to such a degree? I knew I had become too rebellious, too sure of my own place in this world. I was aware that Dark had been encroaching, that I played so often in its shadow I was losing sight of the sun, of my Light. There were times when I truly felt consumed in anger, for all that had happened, for all that I had suffered and lost." Leaving Auckland and moving to London, Lucinda has to learn new rules and assimilate into a new life she has no love for. Rebelling against everything that just doesn't seem fair, Lucinda upsets...

Have you been a model Citizen today? Selena Carstairs has been raised an Elite. She lives the life of privileged luxury, never wanting for anything. Respected. Admired. Honoured. But life is not what it seems... The island of Wánměi has a strict set of rules. Be a model Citizen and all will be rewarded. Disobey the law and the consequences are dire. For Selena, the urge to defy is in her blood. Out of boredom? Or something else? But she never knew just what penalty she'd have to pay for her latest stunt. Trent Masters is a Citizen, born and bred. The leader of a small group of ...

"You do realise," he whispered, his hand reaching up to brush my hair from my face. He began twining a strand around one of his fingers. "That you are my most magnificent obsession." Magnificent obsession. I think I liked that. I certainly understood it. He was mine too. Confronted with yet another curve ball, Lucinda finds herself in Álfheimr at the mercy of the Dökkálfa. And the Fey have unusual rules, rules which even the Dark Fairies like to stretch. Throwing herself into the political machinations of her hosts, Lucinda must negotiate her release. But what could the ...

May the Goddess guide you. And may the Champion protect you. Kara Middleton didn't ask to become a fairy. She didn't ask to be made the Dark Fey's Champion, either. And she certainly didn't ask to be a general in a fairy war. But sometimes life throws curve balls at you. The Light Fey are coming and their Queen has her mad gaze set on Kara. The lower castes of the Dark Fey Court are rebelling and Kara's maids are in the thick of the revolt. And then there's her lover, Aliath, King of Dökkálfa. He wants Kara. He wants her to be his mate and queen. He wants it all. But can Kara give in to ...

"Oh, this was sweet torture. To be this close to nirvana and walk away because I am coy. I closed my eyes tightly and swallowed down my fears. Theo wanted me. Like this. He craved me, in any way he could get me. Even if I wasn’t his, even if this all was torn asunder tomorrow, how could I not take the chance to feel this, to share this, with him? Even if just for a moment." For the past year Casey Eden has nurtured a crush on handsome, confident and slightly arrogant Theo Peters. For the first time in her life she's actually been able to flirt with a man. She even believed he was about to...

Love at first sight has never been so dangerous and so very delicious at the same time. Immerse yourself in three steamy romances! Follow Genevieve, Evangeline, and Abi as they each meet a dreamy man who brings danger — and irresistible passion — into their lives. WARNING: This box set includes alpha males who know what they want and when they see it set out to take it, claim it and possess it - completely - mixed in with danger, excitement and a dash of intrigue creating three adventurous, romantic, knock-your-socks-off stories. The Sweet Seduction Book Bundle (Books 1-3) includes the ...

The much anticipated heartbreaking conclusion to the Elemental Awakening series... “Oh, sweet agony. How does it strike with such ease? So ruthlessly. Pain destroys. Just like me. It was what I was good at; hurting things. I hurt Theo with my rejection. I hurt the Nero with my rage. I hurt the world with my inaction. But most of all I hurt me.” The past few months have been hell of earth for Casey Eden. If it weren't for her Thisavros, Theo Peters, she’d have given up a long time ago. But when you’ve been chosen by an Elemental god to put things back together, you don’t have the ...

'His whole body jerked against mine, his arms tightened and a low growl mixed with a decidedly sexy moan came from the back of his throat. I could tell he was having an instant response to my biting him, I could feel exactly where his mind had taken the moment to. I gasped at his reaction, thinking this was having way more of an effect on him than me. And then the taste of his blood hit my tongue.' Working as a bartender at the most popular club in town, dating a handsome, sexy and ever so slightly mysterious Englishman, Georgia thought her life was finally going somewhere. Then one night a...

To survive, she must become one of them. To thrive, she must become the best. Games are afoot in the High Court Realm of Dökkálfa. The type of games a girl from Earth can get soundly beaten playing. Fairies, though, don't play fair at all, it seems. But Kara Middleton, former human, now something else entirely not even the Dark Fey are in agreement about, has learned a thing or two since she was stolen from her world and brought to Faerie. Ask no questions. Tell no lies. Give no thanks. Never trust a fairy. Rules to live by. Rules Dökkálfa's Champion has taken to heart. Rules that ...

"You are my most magnificent obsession, Lucinda. My treasure. My saviour. My heart. I care not if the Bond chooses to remind me of this fact. I wish never to lose that knowledge again. It is a small sacrifice to have it work its wonder." After battling possessed shapeshifters and reanimated corpses, Lucinda Monk-Durand thought she could handle anything thrown at her by the Old Gods. After all, she's a vampire hunter by birth and Kindred to the Champion of the Iunctio. But Apep, God of the Underworld, is not finished using her in his eternal war against Ra. And he has allies that are capable...

H.E.A.T. is a Contemporary Romantic Suspense Series with a strong leaning towards Crime-Thriller set in the Sweet Seduction World. "There are times when I truly believe humanity will not survive." This book bundle includes the first three novels in the H.E.A.T. Series as follows: A Flare Of Heat: With a spate of murders to solve, a tip-off about suspicious activities in a popular sex club, and the return into her life of the one man she never wanted to trust again, Detective Lara Keen's world becomes darker and much more sinister indeed. Having to rely on HEAT Chief Investigator Damon ...

Nicola Claire's captivating new Gothic romance series introduces a dark and sinister early settler New Zealand at the end of the nineteenth century - brightened by a fearless and talented heroine and a loyal and secretive police inspector... Free spirit. Brilliant. A Liability? Doctor Anna Cassidy has been trained by the best; the former Chief Surgeon for the Auckland Police Force. She knows how to dissect a body. She knows how to treat any ailment. And she knows how to find a cause of death. But society is not ready for a female surgeon. Fighting for what she believes in has been ingrained...

Ever wondered how the Norm War started? Now's your chance to find out. This Christmas Special Novella (approx. 23,000 words) from Michel's POV is set between DREAMING OF A BLOOD RED CHRISTMAS and DARKLIGHT. A sweet surprise full of a few Kindred secrets, wrapped up in a Michel package, just in time for Christmas. "Lucinda smiles that soft smile of hers, the one that tells me she has a secret. I would die a thousand Final Deaths to know all of her secrets. I have caused a thousand more to keep them secret for her. I had not realised that love could be so beautifully brutal until I met ...