Forever After Dark

Follow the Brazos family, a group of elemental black panther shifters from Denver as they solve elemental mysteries, conquer age-old foes, face heart-stopping danger in other species of supernatural beings, and ultimately find love. Full of romance, suspense, and gritty drama, this red-hot collection is sure to entertain! Notorious Circe Brazos is notorious. Notoriously hard. Notoriously bad ass. Notoriously alone. And she’s damned happy that way. Don’t give her any complications in her black and white world. Circe’s a shifter elemental hybrid. One of the very few who exist. Too often these hybrids do not make it to adulthood. The fact that she and her siblings did has made them uniquely qualified to run the Order of Elementals—a secret group designed to assist elementals, particularly those who share a host with a shifter. Long ago, Circe kicked Mae Forrester out of her life. Now Mae’s back, and Circe has to deal with the reasons Mae left. As if that’s not bad enough, a gorgeous hunk of a shifter shows up on her doorstep with a little girl hybrid who desperately needs Circe’s help. Except, Circe didn’t know at the end of the day who needed help more—herself or the young hybrid. Lincoln Avila has a damned good reason for hating elementals. They’ve torn everything in his life apart. Now he has to deal with the fact that his niece, his ward, is a hybrid. Thought that was bad, did you, Linc? Here’s bad, for real. Don’t fall in love with Circe, the hybrid elemental bad ass who has no fondness for gray areas or men. The beautiful, notorious, curvy hybrid has found a way to wrap herself around his heart. Convincing her to let love win won’t necessarily be easy. That’s okay, Linc’s up for a challenge. He just has no idea the challenge could lead to life or death—his own. Scandalous Twin bear shifters Tyler and Sean O’Reardon need a little help. They’ve got guardianship of a set of twin toddler girls who are hybrid elemental shifters. No biggie, right? Wrong. The twin girls are throwing tantrums that come in the form of tornadoes and earthquakes. Order of Elementals agents Camden and Eden Brazos—also twin hybrid elemental shifters—are assigned to Bear Canyon Valley’s mountain range to save the set of toddler twins. So, what’s the problem? No one told Camden and Eden they were expected to be nannies. Say it isn’t so. Oh, but it is. And Camden can bearly—oops, barely!—stop gritting her teeth over this one. Because the bear shifter Tyler is too sexy for his own good. What’s next? Oh, nothing. Except no one’s really sure why two single males are guardians of two toddler girls. As far as Tyler and Sean are concerned, they have a good reason for being guardians. And it’s nobody else’s damned business. Until the Shifter Council steps in. Then questions have to be answered. And custody of the twins has to be determined. Only problem is… The Order of Elementals issued an order against Tyler to keep him from having guardianship of the twins. Camden’s getting custody. Now Tyler’s pissed. Insta-attraction just turned scandalously close to Insta-hate. Delicious Twin bear shifters Tyler and Sean O’Reardon need a little help. They’ve got guardianship of a set of twin toddler girls who are hybrid elemental shifters. Tyler got his happily ever after with Camden Brazos, but things aren’t looking so hot for Sean. Actually, they’re looking too hot. Eden’s fire elemental has her sights set on Sean and she wants to make him spontaneously combust into flames—the wrong kinds of flames, by damn. Sean and Eden are going to need a little bit of supernatural help to get past this. And Circe’s just the one to overnight it. Except, Eden’s got a conscience, and she wants nothing to do with deceiving her elemental. Throw in Griz, a couple of wicked witches, a couple of a couple of hot sorcerers, and man-oh-man, have you got some trouble brewing in Bear Canyon Valley. Perilous Marco Brazos, the only male sibling of a quartet of shifter elementals has a problem. Actually, make that two. His first problem, the elemental that resides within him has gone silent. Total and complete silence. Second problem? A beautiful witch named Symone who lives on an island that’s off the grid. She’s not just any witch. She’s the witch that runs the southern hemisphere Circle of Witches. She has no use for shifters but tolerates them. As for elementals, she hates them, with a passion—for good reason. Marco’s on her island courtesy of an invitation from her brothers, Jenner and Cedric. He just wants to chill and get in touch with his elemental. He doesn’t need the drama that Symone’s cousin Brigitte brings. He doesn’t need to save an entire community of people. These are not Marco’s problems. Except, they are. Wish Marco some luck. This gorgeous hunk of an elemental shifter’s going to need all the help he can get.

Discover a dark and wicked new world in Kresley Cole’s remastered tale “The Warlord Wants Forever,” the first scorching installment in her #1 New York Times bestselling Immortals After Dark series.... The Warlord Nikolai Wroth, a ruthless Vampire general, will stop at nothing to find his Bride, the one woman who can “blood” him, making his heart beat and filling him with strength. Coldly interested only in the power his Bride will bring, he can hardly believe when Myst the Coveted awakens him body—and soul. The Seductress Famed throughout the world as the most beautiful Valkyrie, Myst has devoted her life to protecting a magical jewel and to fighting the vampires. Wroth provides her with the perfect opportunity to torment her sworn enemy—for with his new heartbeat comes a consuming sexual desire that can only be slaked by her. Denying him, she flees, struggling to forget his searing, possessive kiss. The Hunt is on… She eludes him for five years, but he has finally chased her to ground and stolen her enchanted jewel, giving him absolute power over her. Now that she’s his for the taking, he intends to make her experience first-hand the agonizing, unending lust she subjected him to for half a decade. Yet when Nikolai realizes he wants far more than vengeance from Myst and frees her, will she come back to him?

For Shrek, life is good. He’s king of the fairytale kingdom of Far Far Away, surrounded by friends, and a celebrity to his people. But boredom takes hold . . . that is, until he meets the smooth-talking Rumpelstiltskin and a wish turns his world inside-out. In Shrek Forever After, the latest installment in the blockbuster series from DreamWorks Animation, Shrek’s desire to feel like a “real ogre” leads him to relive his famous adventures, but in a world where ogres are hunted, Rumpelstiltskin is king, and Princess Fiona has never even heard his name! Readers can join Donkey, Fiona, Farqhuad, and their favorite ogre for the behind-the-scenes story of his latest adventure, the first three Shrek films, and how the land of Far Far Away came to be.

After 150 years of hellish torture at the hands of the vampire horde, Lachlain, king of the Lykae (werewolf) clan, escapes his captors. He's disoriented and full of hatred, and yet he finds the mate he's been longing for for 1200 years in a small, delicate vampire. Desperate to find information on her parents, Emmaline Troy, a timid, overprotected half vampire/ half valkyrie, had travelled to Paris away from the protection of her valkyrie aunts for the first time in her young life (she's only 70), but she manages to be kidnapped by a raging Lykae who's tender to her one minute, though-if he is reminded she's a vampire-furious the next…

Polar bear shifters and their mates steam up the pages in these swoon-worthy paranormal romances. From trespassers with hidden agendas to curvaceous women who are ready to take a chance, the stories in this collection will capture your heart. Complication Curvy and bootilicious Laken Araya has to serve as a judge in the equivalent of a shifter Supreme Court. No problem right? Until the one presenting the case is a one-night stand she never should have had. Polar bear shifter Malachi—Ky—Romanoff is in a hell of a position. He’s representing the petitioner in front of a woman who was butt-naked in a reverse cow-girl the last time he saw her. He couldn’t even find the memorable woman because they’d never exchanged names. And now he can’t talk to her outside the confines of the case. Fascination Black panther shifter Cadence Araya, sexy, curvy, and edgy. She knows what she’s doing is wrong—ish. But why she’s doing it is quite right. Hopefully she’s not caught before she reaches her goal. Polar bear shifter Isaac Romanoff’s been selected to serve on a special Task Force investigating a string of burglaries committed by a very talented cat burglar. The elusive thief has evaded capture for a couple of years. He suspects the criminal is a shifter. He’s in for a hell of a surprise. Motivation Polar bear shifter Jonah Romanoff’s got one goal. Be the best agent he can be in the Paranormal Unit of InterForce. He didn’t expect his ex to show up, prying into his secrets, opening up a can of worms, and throwing his bear and his heart into pandemonium. Curvy falcon shifter Fiona hasn’t told him the truth about why she broke it off. Now she has to figure out why he’s lying to her. Except the secrets don’t seem to matter as much when the motivation becomes saving the life of the one you love. Captivation Polar bear shifter Bain Kozlov became an honorary family member of the Romanoff clan. But he feels honor bound to fulfill the blood debt his dead brother Vey left behind. And that same honor is keeping him from pursuing the curvy woman he hasn’t been able to get out of his mind. Panther shifter Carina Araya has held a secret since she was sixteen. Cleaning out her grandparents’ home has brought that secret to light—except the facts that Carina held to be true seem to be all lies. She can’t go forward with her life until she knows the truth. And part of that going forward is Bain. Bain, the mountain of a man with ice chip eyes. Join Bain and Carina as they travel to the West Coast to uncover secrets. See a few old friends along the way—Griz and the del Cruz brothers, plus Ciara, the mysterious Intuitive. Flirtation Braden Cartwright’s a polar bear shifter that fights demons. Except the demons he’s fighting are within him. He’s headed to Bear Canyon Valley to catch up with his nephew Bain, and hopefully to catch a break from his demons. Dakotah Lopez wonders if she jumped from the frying pan in to the fire. She ran away from Deep Hollow to escape the evil shifters but now finds herself in Bear Canyon Valley, a place that is teeming with shifters. As if matters weren’t complicated enough, she’s pregnant with the child of an extremely dangerous shifter. Griz, Mae, Doc, Tanner, Teague and Joe all come together to help the newly arrived duo, only to find that maybe this duo can help the Bear Canyon Valley in exchange. Infatuation Moscow resident Hawke, Terrence Hawke, is a polar bear shifter on a mission. He’s the witch hunter. His mission is to kill all witches in retaliation for the death of his sister at the hands of rogue witches. He and Vengeance are given a new assignment to capture a witch for trial with the Shifter Council. Sounds like it’s right up his alley—being paid to capture and turn over an enemy, right? Witch Alannah Autumn’s sister left for Moscow to serve in an apprenticeship and now she’s gone missing. Alannah packs her bags and with the help of Mikhail Romanoff, she’s off to Moscow to find her little sister, Mireille. What she doesn’t count on finding is the sexy witch hunter polar bear shifter who has a spider as an accomplice and an aviary full of falcons. Unravel mysteries, meet sexy new sorcerers, and find love with Alannah and Hawke.

From the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award-winning author for Multicultural Romance, Bette Ford, a novel about family secrets, wealth and true love... “Poignant, gutsy and teeming with sensuality FOREVER AFTER is a stellar love story that no romance reader will want to miss. Once again, the inimitable Ms. Ford has created a sensational novel destined to become a keeper in the hearts of readers and booksellers for years to come.” –Romantic Times Tormented by dark family secrets, lies and deception, the beautiful Diane Rivers had to struggle to make a life for herself. Though a successful career in teaching finally awarded her the long-fought-for independence she craved, it came at a price...a future with the man she loved the most, Charles Alexander Randol, III. Charles Randol, Vice President of Randol Pharmaceuticals is shocked when he discovers that Diane’s promiscuous reputation is utterly false...Diane is a virgin. When Diane finally gathers up the nerve to share her true feelings with Charles, he immediately whisks her away to the island of St. Thomas for a private wedding, luxurious honeymoon and the intended happily ever after... But when they return to the States, Charles’ whole world is rocked when he learns that Diane’s virginity isn’t the only secret she’s kept from him. Faced with his wife’s traumatic past, Charles finds himself torn between his deep love for her and the bitter betrayal he feels at being kept in the dark on her dangerous past...and Charles desperately hopes the love in his heart is tough enough to save his marriage...and to save his wife.

Can a vicar’s daughter stop a vengeful Beast from destroying his enemies? As a vicar’s daughter, quiet Penelope Carlisle is accustomed to living on the thin edge of poverty. She’s content with her small home and a friendly village—until a cloaked and crippled Beast rides into her orchard. Badly scarred in heart and soul, Viscount Graham Trevelyan has no use for love. He has a need for revenge and a child to protect. The compassionate innocent who doesn’t flee his fierce visage is the perfect mother his silent daughter needs. Penelope understands the wisdom of a marriage of convenience to save her home. But how can she protect her heart from the gruff man who shows her kindness, only to keep her at a distance? And how long can Graham stay away from a courageous woman who dares tell him when he’s wrong—and threatens to desert him should he continue down his dangerous path? ~~~ “Beautiful Penelope Carlisle was an untouched innocent when she wed the Viscount Graham Trevelyan, who appeared to be disfigured. She knew theirs was a marriage of convenience, and thought Graham only wanted her to care for his motherless child. Graham, however, wanted her to give herself to him not out of duty...but desire. And this masterful man of the world sets out to teach this Vicar's daughter how pleasurable passion could be and how fiery love. . .” -- Romantic Times

A fire killed his best friend and his lifelong dream of being a firefighter. The same fire killed her husband and hopes for a family. Can new dreams replace old? Lucas Vermontez was a proud firefighter like his father. Now, not only has he lost his father and his best friend, Zach, in the fire at the Grove Street homeless shelter, but the devoted rookie can no longer do the work he loves after being crippled in the tragic event. When friendship with his buddy’s beautiful widow turns into more, he wonders, what could he possibly offer Jenna? Jenna Morgan is trying to grieve her husband’s death like a proper widow, but the truth is, she never really loved Zach. His death feels more like a relief to her. But that relief is short-lived when she loses her home and the financial support of her in-laws. Now the secrets of her past threaten to destroy her future. Can the two forget the painful past and discover new reasons to live and love?