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Readers around the world have fallen for Kelley Armstrong’s intoxicating, sensual and wicked tales of the paranormal, in which demons and witches, werewolves and vampires collide – often hilariously, sometimes violently – with everyday life. In Armstrong’s first six novels, Elena, Paige and Eve have had their way with us. Now get ready for Jaime Vegas, the luscious, lovelorn and haunted necromancer. . .Jaime, who knows a thing or two about showbiz, is on a television shoot in Los Angeles when weird things start to happen. As a woman whose special talent is raising the dead, her threshold for weirdness is pretty high: she’s used to not only seeing dead people but hearing them speak to her in very emphatic terms. But for the first time in her life – as invisible hands brush her skin, unintelligible fragments of words are whispered into her ears, and beings move just at the corner of her eye–she knows what humans mean when they talk about being haunted.She is determined to get to the bottom of these manifestations, but as she sets out to solve the mystery she has no idea how scary her investigation will get, or to what depths ordinary humans will sink in their attempts to gain supernatural powers. As she digs into the dark underside of Los Angeles, she’ll need as much Otherworld help as she can get in order to survive, calling on her personal angel, Eve, and Hope, the well-meaning chaos demon. Jeremy, the alpha werewolf, is also by her side offering protection. And, Jaime hopes, maybe a little more than that.“As I knelt on the cobblestones to begin the ritual, I opened not some ancient leather pouch, but a Gucci make-up bag. . . .I know little about the geography and theology of the afterlife, but I do know that the worst spirits are kept secured, and my risk of “accidentally” tapping into a hell dimension is next to nil. Even if I do bring back some depraved killer’s spirit, what can it do to me? When you deprive someone of the ability to act in the living world, he’s pretty darned helpless. In death, even the worst killer plummets from lethal to merely annoying.Yet whatever had been trying to contact me apparently could cross that barrier, could act in the living world. . .at least on me. I added an extra helping of vervain to the censer.”—from No Humans Involved

One drink. Three maniacal mates.Drink me.This is no ordinary task. It’s a compatibility test. A way for the Silver King to find a suitable mate. All because he needs an heir.Every eligible maiden in the kingdom has to drink.Including little old me—Ailsa Marvel—a simple mortal living in a land of magic and wonder.Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would become the Chosen Omega. But the moment I swallow, I find myself falling down, down, down and landing in the middle of mayhem.Monsterland is in disarray.Everyone is hunting the Silver King’s salvation. His intended. The one who can give him an heir. Me.But what if I don’t want to be brēd? What if all I want to do is run?Craze offers to help me.Catum says he’ll k*ll for me.And Krolic says he’ll guide me.But each step toward potential freedom has me questioning who to trust. Where to go. How to run.My fate has turned into a deadly game.One where I’m the rabbit and my only salvation is to win the hearts of those pursuing me.Otherwise, I’ll find myself in the Silver King’s brēēding cage.Or worse, I’ll end up dead.It’s time to play, little rabbit.You run.We’ll chase.And when we find you, we’ll show you what it means to be the Queen of Monsterland.Author’s Note: This is a dark standalone paranormal romance where choosing a mate isn’t required. There are themes of knotting, primal play, brēēding, and A/B/O dynamics. Check the introduction for more details.

His praise is forbidden―his touch irresistibleJack St. Claire is desperate. A grieving single father, he buries himself in his work―running a brand-new kink club in Paris. Instead of handling his grief, he's built a fortress around his heart, and it's time he hired someone to help him take care for his daughter before things get worse.Camille Aubert wasn't looking for a new job. She just wanted to return a lost love letter she'd found within the pages of a book. But when she's mistaken for a job candidate and hired as Jack's live-in nanny, something tells her this is exactly where she needs to be.Shortly after arriving, Camille discovers a strange room in the apartment that sparks her curiosity―and hints at a dark, mysterious side to Jack that she's desperate to uncover. The lines between professional and personal blur dangerously as the heat between them becomes impossible to ignore. She's drawn to the broken man who hides his grief in ropes and bondage, and she challenges him in ways he never thought possible.Caught between her growing feelings for Jack and the ghosts of his past, Camille must decide: can love heal a heart still grieving, or will their passion destroy them both?

Rene and his men are known as D.O.A., Dragons of Anarchy. They were created centuries ago, by the great Heck, to find and destroy serialists by any means necessary. Each member was gifted with a dragon that was connected to their soul. If one died, so did the other. The men didn't shift into the dragon, but they would call out and the maharishi would join them in the fight against evil. Not wanting their secret discovered, D.O.A. lived in a town called Drago, just outside Poconos Boulevard, and they hid behind their image as a bad ass motorcycle clubChildren were being murdered and Rene, otherwise known as Pit, along with his men were out to find out who was behind the copycat murders of a long time serial killer known as the Alphabet Killer. While questioning a victim's mother, Rene discovered his sentience, his mate. Now all he had to do was figure out how to tell the man he was not exactly human, and he better do it fast because his dragon heat was already kicking in.Bren was the local town veterinarian. He figured something was off about SI Rene Telkin. If not from the leather jacket with a large D.O.A. patch on the back, then maybe because he drove a navy Blue Harley Davidson CVO Street glider instead of a tan sedan. Bren was not the type to get mixed up with a biker club, even if the man was a cop. However, something kept drawing him to the sexy man and it seemed that nothing would break the bond they were forming. Not even when he discovered the secret all D.O.A. agents held. A large dragon for a partner.Now Rene needs to do his best to claim his mate and also track down a serial killer, because on the last body was a note threatening the good doctor of Poconos Boulevard.

Sienna Andrews found herself in danger, alone, and out of options. She ran...straight into the arms of Razor from Shepherd Security, who, has been under cover in a joint Shepherd Security-DEA mission for six long months. She hires the notorious motorcycle gang-leader to transport her to the wilds of Colorado, which is in the vicinity of a suspicious facility he wants to investigate. Intrigued by this mysterious woman, Razor makes finding out who she is and what she's running from his mission. He quickly realizes that she is desperately in need of his protection and is as innocent as she is attractive, not what he'd expect of a woman hiring him to help her disappear. With the entire agency backing him up, her secrets don't stand a chance of remaining hidden. Her biggest secret is that she just might have everything to do with his mission. The question is, will she trust him and Shepherd Security? Shepherd Security recruits only the best. They can protect someone in trouble like no other because they work in the shadows, invisible, and outside the system where the rules don't apply-just the oath they took. They don't exist. That's also why they can break any suspect and can get answers out of anyone accused. That's when they're called in, when someone must be protected at all costs, or when answers must be obtained, by any means necessary.Warning, this story is realistic, with adult language and violent content on the way to the HEA. This is book 3 in the Shepherd Security Series. Even though the story does continue from book to book, each is a stand-alone story and can be read without reading the prior book(s), but they are best enjoyed in order.

AresI was suffocating until the club saved me. I've sent the pain below, buried it and taken control of my life.Now, I cause the pain. I make people break and beg for their lives, as I decide their fates. It's up to me as the Enforcer to protect my club, by any means necessary.She comes into my life, like a stiff punch to the gut, making me question everything I once believed. She belongs to my brother and it goes against everything to take her from him. However, I don't want to take just her. No, I want them both.Can my club handle it? Can he? Because she already loves me...This book can be read as a standalone or as a series. The series order is Secrets, Exposed, Relinquish, Corrupted and Forsaken Control.

Sinners Series: Book 2.5 Miki St. John's life has been turned upside down, but it's the best thing that's ever happened to him. His best friend, Damien Mitchell, is back from the dead. He has a dog named Dude. And more importantly, he and his lover, SFPD Inspector Kane Morgan, now share Miki's converted warehouse. For the first time ever, Miki's living a happy and normal-ish life, but when Valentine's Day rolls around, Miki realizes he knows next to nothing about being domestic or domesticated. Nothing about the traditional lover's holiday makes sense to him, but Miki wants to give Kane a Valentine's Day the man will never forget. Can he pull off a day of wine and roses? Or will his screwed-up childhood come back and bite Miki in the ass? Again.

"This series is wonderful. I read J R award, Alexandra Ivy, Lara Adrian and a few others but Children of the Gods I can't put down! Now how long to I have to wait for book 13" "Seriously excellent book! I don't think there are enough positive words in the English language to adequately describe how good this book, this entire series, is. I'm captivated from the first words and devastated when I finish the book, anxious for the next one. I.T. Lucas is a master storyteller and does an amazing job bringing the characters to life while also threading in the previous stars so seamlessly, keeping us all apprised of each set of couples as they go through their lives. Such amazingly awesome books!" "5 Stars!! I waited until I finished reading all 10 books currently available in this series before leaving a review. It's rare for me to give 5 stars in a review, but this series deserves it. I wasn't disappointed with even one book and with 10 in the series that amazed me. Great world building, very likable characters, satisfying and engaging storylines. The books do include sex, but unlike a huge majority of today's paranormal/romance authors this author doesn't make the sex scenes crop up every 5 minutes. Nor do they go into the type of explicit detail that so many books have today. Not to say they are tame. They're hot alright! So you have great plots, characters you care about, sex, a paranormal wow factor...what's not to like?!!" ---------- Cautious after a lifetime of disappointments, Eva is mistrustful of Bhathian's professed feelings of love. She accepts him as a lover and a confidant but not as a life partner.Jackson suspects that Tessa is his true love mate, but unless she can overcome her traumatic past, he might never find out.Carol gets an offer she can't refuse-a chance to prove that there is more to her than meets the eye. Robert believes she's about to commit a deadly mistake, but when he tries to dissuade her, she asks him to leave. This time for good.

What happens when the Devil demands his due? Shapeshifter Rafael Valdez has always protected others, including his vampire friends during the day. Now he owns a successful nightclub, is married to werecat Lacy and has triplets. He's spent years trying to deny his demon side, but it's impossible once his daughter is born. She has inherited the dark powers he hoped never to use or pass on to his children. When demons start converging on Austin, Rafe knows something big is going down. Then he finds out the Devil has offered a huge reward to anyone who can capture and bring Rafe's little girl to Hell. No, he won't stand for it. Lilith, Rafe's mother and the most powerful demon there is, shows up offering to protect the child. Is she just another scheming demon or the loving grandmother she's pretending to be? Rafe has trouble believing her since she's ignored him most of his long life but he has no choice. Desperate, Rafe descends into Hell, determined to bargain with the Devil. What must he do to save his child? The Real Vampire gang offers to help him in what becomes a battle of good versus evil. But will right be enough to overcome might? Rafe can only hope so as he uses all his demon powers in the fight to save his family.

The first two books in the Scarred Souls series, in one volume!RAZEOne man stripped of his freedom, his morals... his life. Conditioned in captivity to maim, to kill and to slaughter, prisoner 818 becomes an unrivaled and unstoppable fighter in the ring. Violence is all he knows. After years of incarceration in an underground hell, only one thought occupies his mind: revenge... bloody, slow and violent revenge. Revenge on the man who wronged him. Kisa Volkova is the only daughter of Kirill 'The Silencer' Volkov, head of the infamous 'Red' bosses of New York's Russian Bratva. Her life is protected. In reality, it's a virtual prison. Her father's savage treatment of his rivals and his lucrative and coveted underground gambling ring-The Dungeon-ensures too many enemies lurk at their door. She dreams to be set free. Kisa has known only cruelty and loss in her short life. While working for her church-the only reprieve in her constant surveillance-Kisa stumbles across a tattooed, scarred, but stunningly beautiful homeless man on the streets. Something about him stirs feelings deep within her; familiar yet impossibly forbidden desires. He doesn't talk. Doesn't communicate with anyone. He's a man beyond saving. But Kisa becomes obsessed with him. Yearns for him. Craves his touch. Needs to possess this mysterious man... ... this man they call Raze. REAP Raised as a prototype for the Georgian Bratva's obedience drug, 221 fails to think, act or live for himself; his master's perfectly-crafted killing puppet. Standing at six foot six, weighing two-hundred and fifty pounds, and unrivalled in to-the-death combat, 221 successfully secures business for, the Georgian Mafiya Boss of NYC, in the dark world of the criminal underground. Until his enemies capture him.Talia Tolstoi dreams to break from the heavy clutches of Bratva life and dreams of another life-away from the stifling leash of her Russian Bratva Boss father, from the brutality of her work at The Dungeon-her criminal family's underground death match enterprise. But when she stumbles upon her family's captive who is more monster than man, she starts to see the man underneath. A powerful, beautiful, damaged man whose heart calls to hers.