Showing results by publisher "QUEST from W. F. Howes Ltd" in Fantasy

Julian Rousseaux has a problem. He's single, and for the world's wealthiest vampires, the social season is about to begin. Julian would rather stake himself than participate in the marriage market. But as the eldest, eligible Rousseaux he's expected to find a wife before the season ends—whether he likes it or not. When cellist Thea literally stumbles into his life at a gala, he knows she's the last person he could ever fall in love with. She's too innocent, too kind, and way too human. But now that she knows about his world, she's also a walking target.

Thea Melbourne has a broken heart. A month after her world turned upside down, she's struggling to return to the life she left behind. Her mother is in a coma, she's selling off designer gowns to pay the bills, and her roommates seem to think she's made of glass. But when the vampire who broke her heart shows up at the hospital, she learns a devastating secret. To save the love of his life, Julian pushed her away. Now he has to live with the pain and regret or find someone to put him out of his misery. When it becomes clear that Thea is still in danger, he has a choice to make. 

As Thea takes her place as Queen with Julian by her side, their world splinters. A new game of deceit begins between factions vying for control. Power is the prize, and Thea and Julian are caught in the middle of it. Targeted by the Vampire Council, the Mordicum, and their families, they soon discover an even deadlier threat to their future. Someone killed the Queen whose throne Thea now reigns on, and time is running out to find the killer before they get to Thea.

Thea and Julian have made their choice, but can they survive the fallout? Returning to the world of the vampire elite as Solstice falls, they must navigate new dangers, treacherous allies, and morally grey friendships. The past might hold the key to their future, but to find out, Julian must face the monster he was once, and as forgotten magic stirs in Thea's blood, the search for answers leads to devastating consequences.

Underhill is my ruthless mother. Her realm is my deadly home. The brutal creatures here are both foe and friend. But the group of fae that just attacked me? They're all foe. Dragged from my game of hide-and-seek with a dragon, and my home of twenty-one years, I'm thrust into a weak, ugly realm. Earth.

He’s not human, but he’s always felt like home. Alex They say we know our mates the moment we see them. I knew she was mine the night we danced. One moment—then I let her go. Too young. Too human. Too innocent for a Born Immortal vampire like me. But now she’s back: older, shattered, and...

Stay out of the forest, Gran had said: it’s no place to be at night. Especially, when it’s a full moon. Zoelle Baudelaire should have listened. Now she must navigate a world she’d only ever read about in fairytales, full of formidable witches and domineering werewolves out for blood. Yet no story could have prepared Zoelle for Aleksandr ‘Xander’ Adolphus - the volatile Alpha of the Adolphus Pack - or the seductive soulmark that bound their souls together.

The sixth instalment of the bestselling world of Honey and Ice...

Fae exist only in children’s stories, or so I thought. That was before a nightmarish creature of the Fae Realm dropped into my life. He claimed a seven-pointed mark on my skin signified my magical lineage, the bit of DNA my mother passed down. Days after I arrive in the Fae Realm, I’m thrown into a series of trials titled ‘The Devotion’. I must compete with demons, vampires, elves and more who want to claim their place at the future King’s side. I have no interest in this guy, but it doesn’t help that the King-to-be is a gorgeous, brooding fae. 

Callie Sawyer has a secret - one that could cost her life: a soulmark. Kept hidden all her life from family and friends, Callie’s secret is exposed at the worst possible time, while the Wardens are being robbed. Now, burdened with the knowledge of her soulmark, she finds herself at an unforgivable crossroad. Do right by her people, or unravel the truth about the mysterious and stoic wolf who bears her soulmark.

I was trapped in my life, until the day a dragon slammed down in the middle of my village and burned it all to the ground. Taken from everything I’ve ever known and thrust into a world I don’t understand, I discover I was more trapped than I realized. But my family is still all I have and I need to get back to them. This place of magic, and dragons and ryders, and powers I could have never dreamed of, overwhelms me and I can’t find my footing. The only solid thing to hold on to is him. Nyx. The creature who stole me away. And I don’t know if I like him or loathe him, but he needs my help.

Julia's life takes an unexpected turn when she witnesses something she shouldn't have. Desperate for protection, she attempts to summon a Demon Lord. But in a cosmic joke, she conjures the wrong one, catapulting her into the treacherous realm of the Underworld. Now, Julia finds herself caught in a whirlwind of danger and desire. On one side, an unknown threat lurks in her own world, waiting for her return. On the other, a devilishly handsome demon seems intent on making her afterlife a delightful misery, awakening sensations she never knew existed.