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The first time she knew real happiness was when she found out that the man who raised her wasn't her real father. She thought there couldn't be monsters in the world that were any worse than the monster she had called 'daddy' for most of her life. Then she stumbled into the world of demons. The Demon King knew the second his fated mate had been brought into the world. After living years too numerous to count, it meant little to him other than to keep him from living as he had. He now belonged to only one female—and he would have to wait years for her to mature enough to matter.

When monsters stepped into the light to rule, most humans were forced into servitude. My family was one of many. I hold a secret inside me. One I don't dare share. Until I meet my new vampire master—who wears cold and angry like a second skin—and his shifter friends. While he can't compel me, I long to share every part of me with them. Only fear holds me back. I need the courage to move from within the darkness to the light. Maybe with the support of the three men, I can embrace my true self. If I bring change to humanity along the way, that will be an even bigger win.

Anna needs to find her way out of the mysterious and confusing new world that she was dragged into. Her captors want to use her for their own benefit, but can Anna turn the situation around on them? Meanwhile, the pack is desperate to get Anna back, but that's not the only battle they are fighting.

Events in her past have held Anna down and caused the inner fire that burns within us all to be dampened. Now that her pack is relying on her, Anna needs to connect with her inner wolf and stoke those flames back to life. Anna finds that passion is one of the emotions that she has kept repressed for so long. It's difficult for her to keep the heat rising within herself down, but does she really have to?

High in the mountains of Colorado, mountain lion shifters hold rare power among mountain lions and humans, able to live in both worlds at once. Secrecy has kept them safe for centuries. Daniel Hayes returns to Painter, Colorado, after learning he's a shifter, a secret kept from him by his parents after his brother died. Daniel encounters the breathtaking Sophia Ashworth by chance. The lion in him wants her with a force he can't deny.

Forced to flee, Wintry embarks out into the Wastelands wrought with peril. A dark god is hunting her, hoping to thwart Wintry’s role in a centuries-old-prophecy. The fate of Dangere—a race she hates—and the fate of humanity now rests on Wintry’s unwilling shoulders. Her only hope of staying alive is finding shelter with the beasts. If only her traitorous heart wasn’t drawn to the Alpha, Blaize. Lethal and oozing with wicked dominance, Blaize is everything Wintry knows she should avoid.

An enchanted mask. A harrowing castle. A reclusive dark lord. With the helping hand of the village witch, these three ingredients form a spell that will warm your heart as much as it chills it. When a village maiden finds herself in a forbidden castle, she discovers that its sole occupant might be less of a monster than he has been made out to be. However, dark secrets and black magic are afoot, and a "happily ever after" could turn disastrous.

From moonrise to moonset, the beast will rule. Caleb’s family had a secret. One they’d held for over 300 years. One he’d reveal to save one woman’s life. Because she was the other half of his soul, even though it was her kind who condemned him to be the beast he was...Lissette knew her family had secrets. What family in New Orleans as old as hers didn’t have family legends, most she disregarded as nonsense. Until she came across something leaving her no choice but to believe. Especially, when it meant her life...or his.

Temporary peace descends on the Deschanels in New Orleans. Loved ones have returned. A calm appears in the chaos. Life is, seemingly, back to normal. Those who had been away look to establish their new routine. They trade intrigue for dinner parties. Survival skills for day jobs. Settling into a quiet life comes with a sense of long-awaited relief, and they want, desperately, to embrace it with open arms. Yet under the surface lurks the shadows of their past, and the promises of tomorrow. A whisper in their ear, reminding them, “Soon.”

Known only as Jag, he leads the Knights of White against the soulless Darkland Beasts who took his wife and his life. Jag is immortal, destined to live with the vengeance he feels in his heart and the dreams that haunt his soul. Sensual dreams of a woman. Karen Gibson is an innocent mortal, unwittingly thrown into this millennia-old battle, and - unwillingly - under Jag's protection. She and Jag are about to discover they have met before - in the dreams they share. Neither trusts the other. Neither can survive alone.

Ama Chilton is the matriarch of the Wharton wolves: unfathomably old and impossibly strong. But, she wasn’t always Angus’ packrat granny with a penchant for muumuus. After the bloody end of both World War II and her relationship, Ama Chilton abandons the Big Apple in search of what she’s never had: a wolfpack, a family. Wharton—and the Cove Motel—was just supposed to be a rest stop on her journey south.

Little did Alexandrite know that when the little brass shop bell rang, and four insanely seductive men walked into her mother's shop to have their fortunes read, that her and the strangers’ fates would become entangled. The crystal can show the future, but not the path that must be taken to achieve it. With many twists and turns, can Alexandrite make them believe in fate?

The only child born of a Predator and a mortal is all grown up. The product of fiercely overprotective parents, Zazu Matsumoto sets off on what she fully expects to be the grand adventure of her life - seeking out a killer who exists only in legend and story. She never expected to actually find him, much less awaken his appetites. Her first adventure could very well be her last as she truly learns what it means to play with fire.

The story continues from book two, Angel Within, where we left Eloise in a state of unrest at Kai's disappearance. Can Eloise save Kai? If she does, is he going to be the same man she fell in love with? Or will he revert to his old persona? Confused by overwhelming emotions of despair and betrayal over losing her lover, Eloise finds inner strength and rages with determined purpose to aid her husband's return. Together with her comrades and the angel Anael, she makes her plan to rescue Kai, but as always when dealing with angels, it is not so easy.

Seventeen-year-old Alis Winters has been called crazy her whole life for her unusual relationship with her imaginary friend–her shadow–but when he walks into her room just days before her eighteenth birthday as the sexiest man she’s ever seen, she knows for sure she’s not crazy.

Jackson and Lenah are from different worlds. Lenah is among the elite in Sundale City. Jackson, on the other hand, is broke, Psycho Infected, and has a criminal record growing by the minute. It's safe to say, in another life, the two would never have crossed paths. But when Jackson is assigned to work for Lenah in an effort to use his PI abilities for something productive, things get complicated. As their worlds collide, they realize how much they've both suffered and struggled with the darkness the infection brought the world. But the closer they become, the more dangerous things get.

A pyrokinetic former thief who fears the destructive power of flame at his fingertips.... A beautiful shape-shifter with fiery talents of her own hiding in the tunnels below Manhattan from those who destroyed her family and her race.... Put them together and you have Within the Flames, a powerfully sensual and totally gripping new Dirk & Steele romantic adventure from New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Marjorie M. Liu.

Black clouds of xenophobia gather over Radvadur, the western province of the Empire. The political climate is strained and fragile. A surge of Nymph refugees has stirred widespread hostility towards non-humans. When the investigation of a gruesome triple murder linked to the refugee camp ensues, it takes Inspector Käyru Skaer and his lover, Count Ellydhar Finn-Jánn, along an unusual path, at the end of which a precious gift awaits. Käyru and Elly are worlds apart in social standing, but they have found common ground in the bedroom - up against the wall and the stable doors, too.

Alpha werewolf Eric Martin was killed in battle, but that hasn't stopped his spirit from mating with the medium vampire Ivan Belekoff. Eric is not the only spirit Ivan can see and touch, and the other spirits are constantly attacking him for possession of his body, until Eric becomes Ivan's protector and battles them off. Soon, their arrangement brings out Eric's guilt. He is dead. He had no business mating with Ivan.