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With her life and career in shambles, Ali Dearborn goes in search of her mother's roots in Ireland. Immediately lost, she offers handsome Aidan O'Connell a lift from his broken-down car and gains an impromptu tour guide. But is Aidan only looking for a brief Irish Fling?

When paramedic Jason Armitage responds to reports of wounded from a bank robbery, he finds pretty art teacher Maya Thompson shot. It's a coincidence his brother, Jack, a detective with the city PD, is assigned the case. And there's another brother, firefighter Jordan. For Jack, not only is she attractive, she's the perfect witness. To the men who robbed the bank? Maybe too perfect. Three handsome, appealing men born to protect and serve. Maya can't choose....

What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? Exacting justice on behalf of her father comes at a steep price for Felicity Patterson. Now, she’s the one being pursued by enemies wanting revenge. Help comes from an unlikely source: charismatic riverboat gambler Jack Devereaux. But his offer of assistance is not without its own price. Tragedy forces Felicity to flee West, only to find herself in the path of a vicious gang of stagecoach robbers, where she and Pinkerton Detective Ty Parker must team up if they want to live.

A grim shadow has returned to cast its darkness over the Kingdoms threatening all who live within them. Now a member of the Council, Elon is called once again to fight for the Alliance he's given almost everything to preserve. One ally is lost, even as a breath of hope is offered for another. With Colath, Jalila, and Jareth, he goes in answer, but a terrible tragedy nearly tears them apart.

After centuries of war, an uneasy peace has finally been negotiated between elves, dwarves, and men, thanks to Elon of Aerilann, elven councilor to the High King. One final task yet remains - one bone of contention - to set the boundaries between those lands. It's a task that's easier said than done. Although most of the lesser kings signed the agreement, not all wish to see it succeed and some oppose it. Violently. For journeyman wizard Jareth, it's the opportunity of a lifetime.

For Delae, a lonely landholder on the edge of the kingdoms, a frantic knock at the door on a stormy winter's night brings more than a cry for help. After centuries of war, elves have little contact with the race of men, but Dorovan can't bring himself to ride past those so obviously in need.

Elon of Aerilann, elven advisor to the high king, helped negotiate the treaty between his people, the dwarves, and men. He suddenly finds that fragile truce threatened from without by an unknown enemy and from within by old hatreds and prejudice. Can he and his team uncover the threat, and can he convince the high king to act before it's too late? At what cost?

It's said of fairy that if you're in dire need and call the name of one, they'll come. With his young son, Gawain, in his arms and his castle under siege, High King Oryan couldn't be in any more dire need. With only Morgan, his high marshal, and a handful of Morgan's men at his back, he has only one direction left to run...up. There's also only one ally to whom he can turn. Kyriay, queen of the fairy.