Kissing Shadows

Do we ever really know or understand the motives of the ones we love? When Vivvie Caird is faced by the sight of her beautiful, strong-willed mother lying limp and speechless in a hospital bed, she feels empowered to begin unlocking the mystery that is her father's legacy. Vivvie's naïve undertaking soon finds a parallel in her mother's own account of what happened when her husband left home one day, never to return. A family, and a court must confront a devastating event that occurred in the midst of the hard times of last century. This fast-paced, page-turning novel takes the reader into an absorbing and moving world of shadowy relationships and intrigue.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Meet Merry Gentry, paranormal P.I., and enter a thrilling, sensual world as dangerous as it is beautiful, full of earthly pleasures and dazzling magic, and ruled by the all-consuming passions of immortal beings once worshipped as gods . . . or demons. Merry Gentry, princess of the high court of Faerie, is posing as a human in Los Angeles, working as a private investigator specializing in supernatural crime. But now the queen’s assassin has been dispatched to fetch her—whether she likes it or not. Suddenly Merry finds herself a pawn in her dreaded aunt’s plans. The job that awaits her: enjoy the constant company of the most beautiful immortal men in the world. The reward: the crown—and the opportunity to continue to live. The penalty for failure: death. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Laurell K. Hamilton’s A Shiver of Light. Praise for Laurell K. Hamilton and A Kiss of Shadows “One of the most inventive and exciting writers in the paranormal field.”—Charlaine Harris “Sexy . . . Merry’s adventures are engaging and keep the reader turning the pages.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Stunning . . . steamy . . . an exciting and original world.”—San Jose Mercury News “I’ve never read a writer with a more fertile imagination.”—Diana Gabaldon

She is his only chance for happiness. He is her only chance for survival. They must overcome their differences if there is to be a future for either. Violet Archer wakes in a strange cabin amidst a violent storm only to have her host, tall and powerful Elijah Stone, make an attempt on her life. Yet a cataclysmic bond, neither can deny, stays Elijah's hand. Although Violet escapes certain death, there is just one problem: she cannot recall any memories prior to waking at Elijah's cabin. Radiants, immortals of the light, have been warring with their enemies, the Shadows, for eons. Now Violet and Elijah must work together to not only restore Violet but, indeed, to save the entire Radiant race. All the while a dark and malevolent being is hunting them- the Shadow Prince himself.

A witch outrunning her past. Five smoldering-hot guardians. And the dark secret that could destroy them all… Blackmoon Bay is a city of monsters. Surviving here means never leaving home without a sharp stake. It means keeping secrets, even from friends. And unless I want the hunters finding me again, it means my witchcraft stays on permanent lockdown. Good policy—until the night I accidentally resurrect a dead girl, rekindling my magic and drawing the Bay’s most dangerous men to my doorstep. Asher, the bad-boy incubus. Darius, the cunning, oh-so-sexy vampire. Emilio, the wolf shifter with a big heart and a treacherous past. Ronan, the only demon I trust with my soul. And Death himself, bound to my magic for reasons I don’t understand. Together, they’ve sworn to protect me from the evil out there, but it’s not the evil out there I’m worried about. A shadow lurks inside me, as black and deadly as a bomb. And I’m pretty sure my magical mishap just lit the fuse. SHADOW KISSED is book one in The Witch's Rebels, a red hot paranormal reverse harem romance series featuring a kickass witch and the sexy supernatural guardians fated to protect her. Expect sizzling paranormal romance, dark magic, and plenty of supernatural thrills.

“Come home with me.” At that, Kiss tilts her head back to look at him, startled. Zane gazes back at her—and there it is again, that rawness from those days they spent together, that honesty, that realness that was never part of the game they were playing back then. Their emotions, at least, had been true. But she has changed. Kiss has left. Zane thought he would no longer know loneliness—but he was wrong, and now he roams the earth kissing monsters into angels. Being a Gifted One, humans no longer recoil from him but instead are drawn to him like moths to a flame, begging for a touch of his lips; yet with every touch, all that he’s kissing are shadows. He wants Kiss back. He craves her love. But she has changed. As he discovers the truth about her, Zane sets out to find a way to tame the beast in her heart, so he can once again claim her kisses—without turning her into an angel. Yet as both monsters and angels try to come between them, Zane and Kiss have to make a choice: To give up on each other. Or to fight instead.

Handsome LIonel Ashton finds himself drawn to Lady Philipa Nielson, a young bride who unwittingly and unknowingly has become the center of a dangerous plot that could put her life in jeopardy and whom Lionel has vowed to protect, at all costs, in the sequel to To Kiss a Spy. Original.

The sea has sent Leilani and Keanu back to Hibiscus Island. This is where it all began. And where it all will end. They soon become the people’s hope for defeating the false Queen poisoning their ocean, their island, and even their children, but Leilani and Keanu both know that this battle is different from the one they fought against the Twins. This has become a war. One they cannot hope to win on their own. But even as familiar and unexpected allies arrive, Leilani and Keanu soon realize nothing is as it seems, and that they’ll have to look with more than their eyes in order to see through the games that are played and the masks that are worn. As Yuka opens the hunt for the fourth Ocean Spirit in order to prevent Leilani and Keanu from awakening him, time is quickly slipping as shadows gather between the walls of the fallen castle where he resides. Even with their pasts and true identities unraveled, Leilani and Keanu both still have demons to conquer and choices to make. It brings them closer and deepens their love— but will it last, will the outcome to this war bind them together forever… or tear them apart instead?

She was chosen to save the world, he was chosen to end it. They weren't supposed to be enemies but love had other plans... After losing the only person who ever loved her — her mother — seventeen-year-old Atlas Morgan feels like her world is falling apart, only to discover that the end is truly near. The mystical river that has protected the fragile human world from the demonic invasion will run dry by midnight of the winter solstice. The paranormal community known as the Shadows was given seven chances to replenish the river… And they have failed six times. In a desperate attempt to prevent the bloodbath and the destruction of humankind, the Shadows choose a mortal: Atlas. Still drowning in grief and sorrow, Atlas musters up the courage and accepts her role as the chosen one, not realizing where the true danger lies. Werewolves, vampires and witches seek to destroy her, but it’s love that’s going to be her undoing...