Vampire Panther

Vampire Panther Royal Council Volume 3 A Draoithe Saga Tale Supernatural magic and a quest for answers Lily Sanders used to be a shifter in hiding, working as a chef in the Domhain. When those hunting immortals for Peter Elliot, a powerful man mixing magic and illegal medical experiments, discover her secret, her quiet life comes to a quick end. After an abduction and a horrific captivity, Lily escapes, but she needs answers and a place for recovery as she realizes she’ll never be the same. Hurt and exhausted, she takes her anger and frustration out on a man who means her no harm when the dream leads her to Draoithe. Lieutenant Ryker Talbert is a man haunted by his past and searching for the truth about his future. After a fateful encounter with a wild panther which nearly kills him, Ryker seizes an opportunity to become a vampire and take control over his destiny. But with power comes responsibility, and Ryker's newfound abilities draw him into a dark realm of mystery and danger which he never could have imagined. As Ryker reunites with his former colonel, he discovers magic and creatures beyond his wildest dreams. With dragons, shifters, and other supernatural beings lurking in the shadows, Ryker must navigate a treacherous landscape filled with new rules and hidden dangers. But what he seeks most of all is the answer to the question which has plagued him since his transformation: what happened to the panther who nearly killed him? Lily Sanders is the one thing he needs to understand the most. Vampire Panther is the third Volume in Ophelia Kee's Royal Council miniseries. A fast-paced, thrilling adventure filled with steamy paranormal romance and dark urban fantasy. Vampire Panther will keep readers immersed in the dream until the very end. With mystical characters, dark magic, and a shadowy evil from the past, it's a must-read for anyone who enjoys steamy paranormal romance and dark urban fantasy. It’s more than a story; it’s an experience. Welcome to the dream… Urban Fantasy with Steamy Paranormal Romance and Fated Mates 18+ HEA! NC! ***Warning: Adult Themes, Fantasy Violence, and/or Explicit Sexual Situations. Intended for a Mature Audience.

Vampire Knight Volume 1 in Royal Council A Draoithe Saga Tale Vampire Knight follows the story of Andrei Alexandrescu, a vampire desperately seeking help for his vjestice princess after their enclave is destroyed. Andrei turns to Draoithe, a group of powerful shifters, for aid. However, he soon learns Draoithe harbors immortals with powerful magic, which could put a man with his secrets in grave danger. But leaving isn’t an option. Upon his arrival, Andrei faces a hostile reception from some members, particularly Fox, who holds a personal vendetta against vampires. In order to convince the others to help his cause, Andrei must overcome numerous obstacles and prove that adding two homeless vampires to the pack is worth the gamble. Just as he's grappling with these challenges, Andrei meets the captivating Nadine Cruz, an eagle shifter who captures his heart. But when Andrei finds himself in a compromising no-win situation, he must decide whether to reveal his true identity as a zduhaci unbound and risk everything for a chance with Nadine. Vampire Knight is volume one in the Royal Council miniseries in the Draoithe Saga by Ophelia Kee. A tale of danger, romance, and sacrifice is set in a world where magic and creatures of the night coexist. Will Andrei succeed in his mission, win Nadine's heart, and ultimately realize his destiny? Or will the secret magic he wields finally see his destruction? Find out when you read Vampire Knight. Welcome to the dream… Urban Fantasy with Steamy Paranormal Romance and Fated Mates 18+ HEA! NC! ***Warning: Adult Themes, Fantasy Violence, and/or Explicit Sexual Situations. Intended for a Mature Audience.

Organized by heretical movements and texts from the Gnostic Gospels to The Book of Mormon, this book uses the work of James Joyce – particularly Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake – as a prism to explore how the history of Christian heresy remains part of how we read, write, and think about books today. Erickson argues that the study of classical, medieval, and modern debates over heresy and orthodoxy provide new ways of understanding modernist literature and literary theory. Using Joyce's works as a springboard to explore different perspectives and intersections of 20th century literature and the modern literary and religious imagination, this book gives us new insights into how our modern and “secular” reading practices unintentionally reflect how we understand our religious histories.

The Ultimate Collection of Vampire Facts and Fiction From Vlad the Impaler to Barnabas Collins to Edward Cullen to Dracula and Bill Compton, renowned religion expert and fearless vampire authority J. Gordon Melton, PhD takes the reader on a vast, alphabetic tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the blood-sucking undead. Digging deep into the lore, myths, pop culture, and reported realities of vampires and vampire legends from across the globe, The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead exposes everything about the blood thirsty predator. Death and immortality, sexual prowess and surrender, intimacy and alienation, rebellion and temptation. The allure of the vampire is eternal, and The Vampire Book explores it all. The historical, literary, mythological, biographical, and popular aspects of one of the world's most mesmerizing paranormal subject. This vast reference is an alphabetical tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the soul-sucking undead. In the first fully revised and updated edition in a decade, Dr. J. Gordon Melton (president of the American chapter of the Transylvania Society of Dracula) bites even deeper into vampire lore, myths, reported realities, and legends that come from all around the world. From Transylvania to plague-infested Europe to Nostradamus and from modern literature to movies and TV series, this exhaustive guide furnishes more than 500 essays to quench your thirst for facts, biographies, definitions, and more.

Ulysses is in many ways an occult text, in that it deliberately hides meanings and significances from sight, and compels the reader to unveil its secrets by reading it backwards, from deceiving surfaces to underlying truths. To discuss the occult in Joyce is to analyse “the hidden” in the text. Ulysses is a “human” book. Its most profound meanings are encrypted beneath the surface of its “body.” To discover what’s concealed behind it implies an effort of anthropological archaeology. Accordingly, readers become really interpreters of the occult. Only by following the traces and signs left on the textual surface will they eventually dig out what lies dormant beneath. Joyce was extremely well-read in the occult. The variety of texts on the subject he possessed shows that his position was very eclectic, as if the occult were a kind of amalgam of different traditions, all marked by the signature of secrecy. In his own view, theosophy, mysticism, magic, spiritism, and the so-called occult science blend together to form a cluster of obscure erudition where he finds provocative ideas, helpful in building up his own cryptic system. To read Ulysses hermetically is also a way to show that the act of reading itself is always an experiment. The good thing about readings is that they are always provisional. Reading as a creative process implies the awareness that one will always be quite uncertain as to what lies hidden behind those concatenations of syllables and words we call texts. Interpretation is in fact a mark of our freedom, and all original readings are always subversive and provocative. Criticism to some extent implies often some kind of a subversive attitude, and the game of literature is a useful working ground for attempting to change its possible worlds. To see through surface inanity, in Ulysses, helps us understand that to read is often an act of revolt and resistance to past authoritative interpretations. Excavating the occult in Joyce’s masterpiece is a way to face more canonical readings that preferred not to acknowledge fully the author’s fondness for, and deep knowledge of, the subject. "This is a book which has the gift of explanation rather than simplification - and it will help to move Joyce Studies into new and exciting areas of investigation." Prof. Declan Kiberd, UCD Dublin School of English and Drama "Dr. Terrinoni's work is a very well researched and penetrating study of the occult and hidden in 'Ulysses' finding connections and meanings ignored or misunderstood by other scholars. It is a real contribution to Joyce Studies." Prof. Clive Bloom, Middlesex University

Earth is in (im)mortal danger. Only one man can help. One man and a chicken. When a smug but mighty talking tree asks him to retrieve one of the rune crystals of the Multiverse Gate Earth, John Zelm "Athanator" decides against his better judgment that he will do as he is told and recover the guard rune to save the planet. As the balance of the multiverse itself might be at risk, he is helped by powerful allies such as a chicken and a platypusbear. Can John save us, or are we dead already? You must read the book NOW to find out! Otherwise, it might be too late! A book by Gillbert Troll, who is in the process of making the renowned multiverse bestseller: "How to start great and meaningful conversations with dark elves." If you buy the book now a troll will or will not be named after you somewhere in the multiverse!

Angry King Royal Council Volume 4 A Draoithe Saga Tale Is his anger enough to face an invincible enemy? Enyeto Locklear, Griz, was both a bear of a man and a grizzly bear shifter. Born with both sides of the dream magic, he could walk through the dream and step onto the path in the stillness and see possible futures. Marked for kidnapping and poisoned at a bar is where the nightmare which led to his death began. Only he can’t remember what happened. Discovering the truth about his near death experience intertwines in the surprise meeting of the woman he would love. Melody Brooks is a young snowy owl shifter. She first encountered her mate, Griz, in a picturesque dream. When things changed and he begged her for help in a twisted nightmare which stole her sleep, she did the unimaginable, and stole him from himself. Unable to discover his location on her own, she sought aid from the immortals at Draoithe. Melody may have saved Griz from a fate worse than death, but she also altered him in ways he found difficult to understand. With his magic changed and a past he couldn’t remember, his frustration mounted over his weakened state until it was only a matter of time before things exploded. Melody needed her mate and a safe place to call home. Prophesied to be the seventh king, Griz would be the last member of the Royal Council at Draoithe. But before Griz could claim his mate and take his place as the seventh king of Draoithe, he needed a reckoning, and the ones responsible for it all had to pay. Angry King is an urban fantasy with steamy paranormal romance, and the last tale in the Royal Council, a Draoithe Saga miniseries by Ophelia Kee. If you love come-back-from-the-brink and utterly-destroy-the-enemy fantasy tales where the hero gets the girl and the crown, Angry King is your next intense read. It’s more than a story; it’s an experience. Welcome to the dream… Urban Fantasy with Steamy Paranormal Romance and Fated Mates 18+ HEA! NC! ***Warning: Adult Themes, Fantasy Violence, and/or Explicit Sexual Situations. Intended for a Mature Audience.

Dream Walker Royal Council Volume 2 A Draoithe Saga Tale Dreams entwine, destinies collide. Dream Walker tells the story of Kallik Tarkik, a unique individual who was born as a dreamwalker and a bear shifter. He has spent most of his life working as a horse whisperer, content to share his dreams with his unknown mate. However, his peaceful existence is shattered when he is forced to flee from Peter Elliot's men after they discover his true identity and abilities. Kallik arrives at Draoithe, a sanctuary for mythical creatures, where he meets the woman from his dreams. But his mate is weak and recovering from poison, and she is also a vampire. Determined to court her, Kallik must give up his solitary life and take up employment at Draoithe. However, the road to winning her affection is treacherous and filled with obstacles. To make matters worse, his mate is a powerful vjestice vampire, and convincing her to claim him as her consort won't be easy. When she is abducted, Kallik's desire to claim her becomes dangerous, and he must use all his skills as a dreamwalking shifter to rescue her and outmaneuver a vampire princess. Dream Walker is the second volume in Royal Council, an urban fantasy with paranormal romance. Enjoy a thrilling tale of love, survival, and perseverance, set in a world where mythical creatures and humans coexist, and danger lurks around every corner in Ophelia Kee’s latest addition to the Draoithe Saga. Will Kallik succeed in his quest to win his mate's heart and protect her from harm, or will his dreams turn into a nightmare? It’s more than a story; it’s an experience. Welcome to the dream… Urban Fantasy with Steamy Paranormal Romance and Fated Mates 18+ HEA! NC! ***Warning: Adult Themes, Fantasy Violence, and/or Explicit Sexual Situations. Intended for a Mature Audience.