Showing results for "The Kiss" in Paranormal

Lucian: I am a Dragon Prince of the House of Smoke...and I am dying. Five hundred years is truly enough for a man like me. A monster. Yet a 10,000-year treaty will die with me, if I don't spawn a dragonling to take my place. My two brothers are no use in this task. It falls to me, the eldest by a hair's breadth, and yet, I cannot face the horror of another sealing. Another death. Another woman's blood on my hands.

There are three rules to surviving the Fae—and I'm about to break every single one. Rule #1. Never cross into Faerie. When I'm chased across the wicked border and caught by its reclusive ruler of the sky, the pretty trickster with a clever tongue offers me a deal. Rule #2: Never bargain with a Fae. But I don't have a choice. For thirteen days, I have to survive in his mountainous maze of sinister paths, deceptive stairways, and devious creatures. Refuse, and my sisters will suffer as punishment. Rule #3: Never fall for the enemy. I should have known my sexy captor wouldn't play fair.

Carter. I couldn't remember the last time I'd craved the touch of a living person so badly. This woman was irresistible to me, and yet I couldn't allow myself to have her. Supernaturals like her didn't belong with a thing like me. While I didn't take the souls of the dead to the afterlife or drag the evils of the world into Hell, I did something much worse. For her safety, it was paramount for me to stay away. Then, her father came to me, demanding I bring her home. As a member of the vampire council, telling him to go shove it wasn't an option nor a war I wanted to wage.

Mische made the ultimate sacrifice to save those she loves—and plunged the world into an eternal night. Now, imprisoned by the gods and obsessed with revenge, Asar is desperate to find her again. When a goddess offers them a final path to redemption—and back to each other—Asar and Mische embark on an extraordinary mission. Together, they must seize the power of the god of death so Asar may do the impossible: ascend to true divinity. Their journey will take them through mortal and immortal realms, alongside both old friends and ruthless enemies.

Seeking the truth of his tortured heritage at court, Jankyn McNachton finds something he never expected - true desire. Efrica Callan is beautiful, innocent, and possessed of a courageous heart. She spurns the men who court her dowry, but all Jankyn can offer this lovely creature of light is life in the darkness - and in his arms.

Dumped by her boyfriend and passed over for a promotion, Diana Miller is sick of always being a good girl - and always finishing last. When she meets an attractive stranger at a work event, she sheds her good-girl persona, and sets out to seduce him. Like most Minotaurs, Mac Bodie keeps to himself and never lets anyone get too close. He adheres to a strict relationship code: hit it and quit it. Their night of passion leaves Diana sated and ready to focus on her career. But Mac finds it harder to let go.

When a 15-year-old girl is abducted by vampires, it's up to US Marshal Anita Blake to find her. And when she does, she's faced with something she's never seen before: a terrifyingly ordinary group of people – kids, grandparents, soccer mums – all recently turned and willing to die to avoid serving a master. And where there's one martyr, there will be more… But even vampires have monsters that they're afraid of. And Anita is one of them...

My fathers want me to find my mates, settle down, and learn how to control my inner dragon. I want the freedom to decide my future. What I got was an unexpected journey to 1742 Scotland and two full-blooded Highlander dragon shifters who think I belong to them. When I stumbled through ancient...

Mara Vance never thought her useless psychology degree would lead to studying an actual monster. Subject X-13, aka "The Nightmare," is armed with sharp teeth, claws, and a constantly shifting form… yet Mara finds the huge shadow creature as intriguing as he is terrifying. As Mara studies him, she soon realizes that The Nightmare is far more intelligent than her shady superiors say he is. And every night, she indulges in twisted fantasies about the same monster. What happens in her dreams stays in her dreams—right?

Laura Whitney is the newest member of the Paranormal Intelligence Agency. Too bad she feels like a complete fraud. Failing sections of her training didn’t stop the PIA from passing her because no one has a talent like hers. Unfortunately, it’s killing her. Valentino Moretti had forsaken his race long ago. Now, on the brink of extinction, with his demon long gone from the world, he welcomes his death. He feels nothing.

Marley Whitaker is no ordinary ghost—she’s a rule-breaker, a trickster who steals ice cream and hearts with equal mischief. When she sets her sights on Robert Martell, a skeptical London schoolteacher, what begins as harmless teasing spirals into a forbidden romance that defies the underworld’s decree. Robert’s reason collapses under the weight of her playful hauntings, as failed exorcisms leave only chaos and laughter in their wake. But desire has a dangerous edge: can a spirit bound by frost truly melt into love, or will Robert’s devotion be crushed beneath an eternal curse?

A witch on a mission. A misunderstood monster. A curse that can only be broken in the heart of winter. Sable Thornwood has never feared the shadows of the Black Forest —but this year, they’re calling her name. Cursed by Baba Yaga to sever her fated bond, Sable’s last hope lies with the one creature mortals are warned never to seek: Krampus. Not the storybook fiend, but the ancient guardian with horns, fur, a wicked tongue, and a reputation as sharp as his claws. What she finds isn’t a monster.

Since the moment of her defection from the PsyNet and into the Snow Dancer wolf pack, Sienna Lauren has had one weakness: Hawke. Alpha and dangerous, he compels her to madness. Hawke is used to walking alone, having lost the woman who would've been his mate long ago. But Sienna fascinates the primal heart of him, even as he tells himself she is far too young to handle the wild fury of the wolf.

Ollie Dormier’s tattoos are deadly. She is a Scrivener - an employee for Death - and her skull tattoos mark her clients for their demise. She does her job, and she stays out of trouble. But when her hands start to burn hot and fierce and her control goes leaping out the window, all hell breaks loose. Ollie is showing the early signs of being a Master...demonstrating power that is forbidden. That power is exactly what Reaper Brent Hume is counting on. 

A desperate shop keeper. A very grumpy Krampus. A Christmas miracle? Noelle Green needs a miracle. The town of Mistletoe Hollow is being devoured by a Grinch-like developer, and her beloved Christmas shop is next to the list. Fueled by peppermint schnapps and desperation, she performs a ritual...

Forty-seven, perimenopausal, and armed with a lethal wit, ex-barrister Charlotte Marelli runs a supernatural coffee shop. Her small and carefully controlled life shatters when someone from her past reappears just as her no-strings-attached relationship becomes complicated. Thrust into a web of surveillance and old traumas, Charlotte must unravel a conspiracy tied to her own kidnapping, forcing her to decide whether trusting anyone is worth the risk of being broken again.

Welcome to a dark new world where lethal, beautiful archangels hold sway over immortals and mortals both, with the Guild Hunters caught in between, tasked with retrieving those vampires who break their contracts with their angelic masters. Elena Deveraux is a Guild Hunter. She was hired to do...

The trials for the heir of the city have begun, and the stakes have never been higher. Red, a hunter, is struggling with her growing hunger for blood and the truth of her identity. Octavia Beaumont, one of the original three vampires, is determined to win the trials and take control of the city.

What was supposed to be a dream vacation just turned into a nightmare. It's not every day you board a private jet for an all-expenses-paid trip to Scotland with your two gorgeous bosses. And it's not every day you spot your fiancé kissing another woman across the terminal. The man I was ready...

Mal has been fighting terrorism and fascism in Europe since he was a child. It’s a rough life, but he believes in his cause. He saves people every day from terror attacks and worse. When he first encounters SEAL Team Twelve, they’re an inconvenience - albeit a very attractive one. The next time he encounters them, they’re in the same place, looking for the same crew. When Mal and his sister intervene to save the SEALs’ lives, he’s thrown into a mission from which there is no turning back.