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The cost of survival isn’t just power —it’s becoming someone else to wield it. Brida has always known the world to be cruel —but she never expected to be dragged into its darkest corners. Abducted by one of the people she trusted most, she’s thrust into the heart of the Court of Whispers, where secrets are currency and she has none. Surrounded by cryptic allies and shadowed truths, Brida is desperate to uncover why she was taken —and what he knows about her mother’s past. But the deeper she digs, the more the world around her begins to fracture.

Shadow magic is extinct. The Veil Worshippers who honor the shadow god’s wall are hunted for their artifacts, including the Veil shards that break off the wall in Valisea. Brela vows to steal it all back. With the dagger of her people and a Veil shard embedded in her collarbone that has infected her with shadow-cursed magic, she is determined to keep her secrets or suffer a fate worse than death. That was a lot easier when the uptight and infuriatingly handsome Captain Cason Valkip wasn’t hunting her.

They say I am a queen. They say I married a monster. That I did so willingly. They say he cannot die, that he does not age. That, together, we rule a ravaged world. They say I used to be one of them, but now I am a traitor. They say many things, all which I cannot remember, but.... I fear what they say is true. Then there is what they don't say, what I see in their eyes - the king terrifies them. He cannot be stopped. And, most worrisome of all.... He is coming for me.

In the depths of the bayou lives a secret race of puma shifters. The creators of a powerful magic, they have lived in peace until the threat of extinction drives them to seek the world beyond their homelands. Now the Pantera must discover the answer to their dying magic and halt an ancient enemy before it can destroy them all. Raphael, the brilliant and dangerous diplomat of the Pantera shapeshifters, has devoted his life to discovering the key to the infertility that is threatening the extinction of his puma race.

For the past thousand years, the dragon Vakandi has watched the people of Vakfored grow from a wandering band of refugees to a glorious city of art and magic. Under his protection, the city has survived monsters, floods, and wars all without building an army, dam, or even a wall. But time changes everything and now the citizens of his beloved city want him dead.

King’s bastard Shianan Becknam buries himself in his military career to avoid the dangers of drawing political attention. When the artifact intended to end an interdimensional war is damaged, the mage Ariana is trapped on the other side of the rift with her servant - only, the cheery young boy is really one of the monstrous enemy, disguised as a human.

"Kill or be killed historical romance with bandits, Pinkerton agents, bounty hunters, mystery and more. Melissa Lenhardt writes with passion and does not hold anything back." -RT Book Reviews Laura Elliston and William Kindle are on the run-from the Army and from every miscreant in the West...

After the tragic death of his parents when Talon was young, he's dedicated his life to protecting the Pantera. To the strikingly gorgeous man, loyalty and honor mean everything. So it's no surprise that he's determined to treat Isi Rousseau as the enemy. If the elders believe she is a danger then he will do whatever necessary to prevent her from destroying his beloved Wildlands. But discovering the delicate beauty sleeping in his bed, Talon discovers his noble intentions wavering.

The fight continues in the Wildlands. Facing extinction, the Pantera have been given a miracle. A child. The first one in over fifty years. But even as they prepare to celebrate, the enemy strikes, putting at risk the fragile female who carries the hope of their people.

His power is great. The price he had paid for it and the pain he carries are even greater. "The pain takes over sometimes," as he puts it. He can be ruthless then. However, he still has a heart. He is learning to let it beat once again. This is a combined edition of Books 1-3 of the Dark Elf of Syron series of fantasy novellas.

She’s never felt like she’s enough. But to another world, she’s more than she’d have ever dreamed. Amy Larkspur is an awkward, socially anxious college girl who loves romance novels, pop music, and ketchup on her steak fries. Despite her crippling childhood inferiority complex, she’s finally coming into her own. She’s a sophomore at the college of her choice, she has a fantastic gaggle of friends, and she’s on the cusp of a new relationship with the frat boy next door.

An adored Christmas classic loved worldwide through the ages, coupled with a new and fun foreward about the joys of holiday cooking, with a tried and true cookie recipe as well!

Laura discovers their enemy, the Shayatin, evil humans who steal magic from shifters, have targeted large shifter communities. The last thing she expects when she brings them valuable intelligence is running into shifter law. A law that states if a human finds out about shifters, they are either killed or must find a shifter mate - fast.

An unlimited supply of gold is tempting, but what price will Zerrin have to pay? Zerrin's time at Grimm Academy has been everything she ever wanted it to be. But now her prophecy is about to start, and she has to escape before it's too late. Can she resist temptation, or is she as doomed as the stories say?

It turns out not even witchcraft can defeat child custody laws, and Kate is forced to spend the summer with her completely odious demon father. Worse yet, he intends to force her to do a soul coin deal at the end of the summer. Plus, both of her best friends have become pregnant at the exact same time, which means something weird is going on.

Left destitute by her enemy's treachery, Dulcea struggles to come out the victor. As inevitable circumstances threaten her position as the Golden Dragonmistress, Dulcea must decide to what ends she's willing to go to in order to save her long-held dream from disintegrating. Grom is coming, and there may not be a new dawn for Caeryn unless she can convince both the dragons and her people to fight beside her and the vampire lord Krath. Both fire and steel must unite if the rebels are to survivee.

Hakan never apologizes for being a lethal, barely civilized Hunter, but he understands that he has to be careful when it comes to his future mate, Payton. Humans have always been the enemy. Séverin has lived the last ten years of his life in his puma form. And when he comes upon a human female running scared through his Wildlands domain, he wants nothing more than to get her back to the border.

Sebastian Duval has devoted his life to ensuring the survival of his people. He'll do whatever is necessary to protect the Wildlands, even if it means working with the human FBI to prove the Pantera aren't responsible for the sudden rash of puma attacks. But his honorable intentions have met their match when his liaison turns out to be a beautiful, mysterious woman who stirs his most primitive instincts.

No one said being a princess was easy, and for Aledwen, the fae princess of spring, it's even harder. Especially with her lack of magic and the upcoming Birth of Spring. A ceremony she should be performing for the first time but can't. Luckily, she doesn't have to figure it out alone. Though at times, her shifter mates seem to be more of a hindrance than a help, and her elf's sense of duty may just override the bond between them. Can Aledwen become the queen she was always meant to be? Or will she be stuck as a magic-less princess?

A kelpie, an incubus, and two wraiths walk into a bar. Things were going so well until Macey got kidnapped. Again. Except this time, the kidnapper knows exactly why he has her, and none of his plans are good news. She could wait for her men to save her, but then again, she's not the kind of princess who needs a prince to save the day. A reverse harem (still) drenched in Scottish mythology. Book Two in the Seven Wardens series.