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He wants his bloodthirsty rival for a wife. She only wants the queen's head on a pike. Scarlett Bloodletter narrowly escaped her own assassination at the tender age of fourteen. Why had her mother, the queen, tried to kill her? Beats Scarlett, but she assumed it was because she was a nomaj.

Adrik is trapped by his unrequited love. Wounded by a dead woman who can never apologize for what she did to him. He doesn’t know if he’ll ever feel whole again, or at peace. But after catching the attention of a lusty pair of Spiders during Gareth and Cecillia’s date night, Adrik must decide if he’ll let his bleeding heart drain him dry, or if he can forget the pains of the past for one night and let these two beautiful women into his lab for some experimentation.

Royal secrets trade high on the black market, and being a quiet princess allows Alyse to hear many things in the palace. What she does with those pilfered confidences would have her mother fuming, but Alyse’s altruism is the only bright spot in her bleak existence outside the pages of her fantasy books. Yet that spot is being swallowed up by a depraved shadow that haunts her steps: her wretched fiancé.

She’s a beacon of hope against a powerful queen. He’d steal the sun to save his people. Jasper's mission to overthrow a tyrant king in the south hinges on one thing: finding a woman of superior royal lineage to use as bait. Reina, the spirited fourth princess of Fynren, fits the bill. He knows he shouldn’t take her, that her fiery defiance is going to make his life a living hell, but something about her draws him in and won’t let go.

He wants nothing more than to be her everything. She can't stand the thought of being his void. Gareth knew the moment he saw Cecillia that she was the only woman for him. Her strength, her fire, her dedication... she pulled him in. Cecillia died a little inside when she thought Gareth might be the kind of man to show her love again. She can't have those thoughts so soon after the passing of her husband, can she? This sweet, short story is set in the Princesses of Ruin series following Gareth and Cecillia.

Tick. Tick. Tick... The clock on the wall moved, the hands winding round and round, yet time stood still. There seemed to be no end in sight; only a beginning that had been frozen in place. Ophelia knew her life was different than those around her. She was the only daughter to the King. The only one of his eight children who did not contain a lick of power. And for that, she paid dearly. Until the day her power showed itself, Ophelia was trapped inside the castle at her father's behest, unable to run the fields of wildflowers, unable to breathe in the fresh breeze.

Always under my father’s thumb, forced to assist him and the Shadow Order because of my cursed gift—I see the dead, speak to them, even command them. I’ve hunted monsters alongside him my whole life.

In a kingdom where magic is forbidden, Princess Elowen has spent her life hiding her growing powers. When the mysterious Lord Jasper Nightshade appears at court, she finds herself drawn to the charming nobleman with secrets of his own. But as their forbidden romance blossoms, Elowen discovers the truth: Jasper is the last heir of a family sworn to protect magic, now bent on destroying it—including the legendary Ember Rose, the source of Rosentia's power.

Charleigh faces a life-altering decision when she is thrust into a world of vampire hunters and given an ultimatum by the man she loathes: join their order or face death. As she sharpens her skills in combating the undead, Charleigh unexpectedly becomes entangled with vampire Alexander, a captive of the order she is bound to.