Angel Bait The Angel Assassins

He's not that kind of angel.Jarrid is a "Bound One": half angel, half human, trained from childhood to enforce Heaven's laws on earth. An assassin with no remorse. And no choice. When he discovers an ancient ritual called Ascension, which might give him a shot at freedom, he can't resist his lifelong dream. He only needs to find one last Renegade angel and take him down...using a certain woman to flush the angel out of hiding.She's not what he's expecting.News reporter Ionie Gifford has no clue an outlaw angel wants her dead, much less why, but she does know one thing: the enigmatic Jarrid, with his penetrating silver eyes and his worship-worthy body, is her ticket to the city's supernatural underworld, where she might finally be able to locate her mother's killer. For that kind of information, she's willing to risk everything...They can't be together -- but can't keep apart...Blindsided by Ionie's beauty and tenacity, Jarrid finds the millennia-old glacier around his heart melting. But when he's faced with a choice, will he sacrifice Ionie for freedom from his brutal servitude--or agree to be bound for eternity, to protect the life of the woman he's falling in love with?From novelist Tricia Skinner comes a story that will have fans of action-packed love stories applauding. Seamlessly combining elements of paranormal romance and gritty urban fantasy, the Angel Assassins series is a heart-pounding spin on angel mythology.

Saved by the angel sent to kill them, four half-angel boys are trained and employed as Heaven's assassins. Jarrid and his nephilim brothers are raised as members of The Eternal Order, and must enforce Heaven's laws by hunting down those who defy the Directorate. His only shot at freedom is Ascension, but his employers won't permit the ancient ritual. Then Jarrid learns a Renegade angel is in Detroit. Such a high-level take-down is the answer to his prayers - all the leverage he needs to Ascend. For freedom, Jarrid is willing to do anything to lure his elusive enemy out of hiding. Even use an innocent woman as bait. News reporter Ionie Gifford has no clue an angel outlaw wants her dead. She agrees to help Jarrid, the enigmatic nephilim with penetrating silver eyes and a worship-worthy body, but only because he accepts her terms. He's her all-access pass into the city's supernatural underworld where she hopes to locate her mother's killer. Blindsided by Ionie's beauty and tenacity, Jarrid soon finds the eternity-old glacier around his heart thawing. With duty and desire at war within him, he's forced to make a choice - either save Ionie from the trap he snared and stay chained to Heaven, or allow her to become collateral damage. "Sensuality Level: Sensual"

The prophesied child has been found. Many factions will fight to gain control of him. Will the Drakim rise again? Jake Avalon lives a privileged life on his Grandfather's estate. He has everything a 16 year old boy would want, money, freedom and great friends. His life, however, begins to unravel when he encounters a man hiding in a corn field on the estate. The man turns out to be the brother he didn't know he had, Xavier, his protector. Jake is a phenomenon, he is half human and half angel. He is the prophesied child, who would re-establish an ancient order of angel assassins. He bears the mark of The Drakim, destined to become a very powerful man and all hell, heaven and everything in between wants a piece of that power. Some will come to take that power for evil, others as leverage to secure their own precarious position of power. There are those, like his brother and a certain suspected renegade archangel called Gabriel, who will do everything in their power to ensure that Jake has a choice.

The second book in a complete urban fantasy series filled with found family, assassins, and angels. With enemies determined to jump-start the Apocalypse, Night Sanchez must risk everything she has to stop them. But can she hold on to new life and new love? Or will the coming battle sweep it all away? Night never wanted to be a player in the Apocalypse, but the Angel of Death forced her hand. She fears losing her hard-won humanity and the love of her life when enemies close in. To buy time, Night takes her found family on the run. But she can’t run from the Angel, who strains at the chains that bind him, threatening to break her mind. And she can’t keep her family safe when they risk everything to join the fight. With them by her side, she must make her stand or the world will fall.

What happens when the Order operative who trained Night tracks her down—not to kill her, but to make her an offer she can’t refuse? When the stakes involve her daughter’s life, Night will do anything—risk everything. The Order fears the sleeping god inside her daughter Faith. If Night prevents the god from waking, will she save Faith or doom her? The Order’s help comes with deadly strings attached, and a secret draws Night into the terror she believed she left behind forever.

"Alexandria Hayes-Lewis was blessed with the perfect life. By day she managed her family's detective agency. By night she made love to her devilishly handsome husband. Lexie never knew she's been marked at birth by an Angel's Kiss-until one ordinary case turned deadly. A brutal attack awakens a deeply hidden family legacy: a superhuman strength and vitality. Not only is she stronger-her gift also increases the power of immortal beings. With the secrets of her heritage unlocked, and her legacy revealed, Lexie becomes the prey. Terrified by changes she doesn't understand and sensual nightmares she can't control. Lexie desperately searches for ways to harness the power flowing through her veins. But when people die and her family is threatened, she takes the ultimate step against those who want to shield her, those who want to possess her, and those who want to kill her. In a frantic bid for freedom, she enlists the help of an unusual guardian and an ancient weapon"--Page [4] of cover.

Kate Westcott, a gifted American art student, has come to Florence to study Michelangelo. Exploring the cobbled streets of the Renaissance city with her fellow student Marco, Kate feels the pull of destiny. And when the two uncover a chamber in a corridor sealed since the time of the Medicis, they make a stunning discovery: Michelangelo’s Midnight Angels—three small, exquisite sculptures long rumored to exist but never before seen. It is the find of a lifetime—and the beginning of a nightmare. Pursued by criminals, suspected by the Rome Art Squad, and navigating the underground network of a secret society, Kate and Marco must use all their cunning to protect Michelangelo’s work—and their lives.

Can Night fight an enemy that hides in plain sight? That can be everywhere at once? Night feels relieved to have a moment of peace with her family. But the illusion is shattered when she discovers a possessed man and an archangel on her turf, both warning signs of rising danger. The End returns, targeting all humans and taking control of those closest to Night. With the Angel of Death’s help, she must fulfill her destiny to save them. But embracing her fate will change her forever. Will it cost her everything and everyone she loves?