From #1 New York Times and international bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon comes an all new world unlike anything ever seen before...
TAKE BACK YOUR KINGDOM
For centuries, they've been bitter enemies and their kingdoms at war. But desperate times call for desperate measures. Tanis's beloved older brother and heir to their throne has been slain by a human who continues to flaunt her brother's death.
In order to restore her family's honor, she's willing to make a deal so that she can infiltrate the human world and recapture what was so cruelly taken.
But Dash Coeur de Noir is the most hated and feared of his breed and he's on his own mission when Tanis crosses his path- he must keep the kingdoms from destroying each other.
In a world built on magic, blood and betrayal no one can trust anyone. With a bounty on their heads and assassins and enemies out to claim them both, they must somehow learn to trust each other or watch their world burn.
From the moment he was born a god of light and darkness, Xevikan Daraxerxes was rejected by those who should have embraced him. A child of both realms, he was embraced by none. His is a lonely path that he's walked for centuries as he's done his best to avoid the divine politics of his parents.
But one can only stay neutral for so long. Now, Xev must face his past and learn from his mistakes. The world is in turmoil and his best friend and brother are facing enemies at every turn.
The evil he rejected is on the brink of destroying everything he knows and everyone he cares about. Either Xev embraces the savage inside himself that he's spent centuries caging or he'll be the last god ruling over a vacant, hollowed-out world.
From #1 New York Times and international bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon comes an all-new world unlike anything ever seen before...
TAKE BACK YOUR KINGDOM
Unicorns and Dragons never mix. For centuries, they've been bitter enemies and their kingdoms at war. But desperate times call for desperate measures. Tanis's beloved older brother and heir to their throne has been slain by a human who continues to flaunt her brother's death.
To restore her family's honor, she's willing to make a deal with a Unicorn shapeshifter so that she can infiltrate the human world and recapture what was so cruelly taken.
But Dash Coeur de Noir isn't just any Unicorn, as the High King he's the most hated and feared of his breed and he's on his own mission when the Dragon, Tanis, crosses his path- to reclaim his sister's horn that was brutally taken. In the wrong hands, that horn could destroy the fragile peace that has kept the Thirteen Kingdoms from destroying each other.
In a world built on magic, blood, and betrayal no one can trust anyone. With a bounty on their heads and assassins and enemies out to claim them both, they must somehow learn to trust each other or watch their kingdoms burn.
It does not matter if you are male or female... anyone from the ages of teen to adult would love this story...Tales by Sherrilyn Kenyon are major awesomeness! -Huntress Reviews
The world of the Dark-Hunters is unlike anything you've ever seen before. It's dark. It's gritty. It's dangerous...
And it's a whole lot of unexpected action and snarky comebacks.
My name is Nick Gautier and I was born to end the world.
Or so I thought.
For years, I believed my destiny was beyond my control. But the Fates love to play with folks and I seem to be their favorite punchline.
Just when My crew and I thought we were done with the Apocalypse, the Fates had dragged back for another round. Now, we have to stop the Powers-That-Be and my future son or the ones I love and cherish will become memories.
It's a demon-eat-demon world and we are all the stands between humanity and total subjugation.
Kenyon writes for a mixed audience to great success, easily maintaining the excitement, intrigue, and humor of a series that appeals to guys and girls alike. -Booklist
The reigning queen of the paranormal scene. -Publisher's Weekly
A terrific action-packed fantasy. -Midwest Book Review
I don't know how many more ways I can gush over Nick but as long as the books keep coming, I'll keep thinking them up. - Paranormal Haven
Kenyon keeps the supernatural action careening along. -Booklist
The holiday season is always interesting when you live in a world with paranormal entities. As a Daeve demon, Caleb Malphas never really understood why humans wanted to celebrate anything.
Until the day a human saves his life.
Lilliana isn't just human, she's the one person capable of taming a vicious demon whose sole goal is to end the world and claim it for his masters. Caleb fights her at every turn, but in the end, he can't deny what she comes to mean to him. Vowing to never again battle for his demonic overlords, he lays down his sword to spend eternity in the human world.
But his enemies won't allow them to live in peace. They return with a vengeance to claim everything he's learned to care about.
It's an unforgivable act.
Centuries later as he joins Nick Gautier and their friends for a very special Christmas gathering, he finally learns the real meaning of giving ... and receives the best gift of his immortal life.
Unravel the secrets to crafting a masterful magic system from best-selling fantasy author Charlie N. Holmberg.
Whether using magic as flavor or as an essential piece of plot, this book will guide fantasy authors, from new to experienced, through the delicate layers of creating, utilizing, and mastering magic systems.
In this book, we will...
With workshops, work pages, and reference materials included, this succinct one-and-done guide to crafting the magical elements of the fantasy genre is a must-have for speculative fiction authors.
If you haven't had the fortune of attending one of Charlie's writing classes (which I have), this is the next best thing. Book of Magic contains so much wit, wisdom, and practical suggestions for helping any beginning author, or veteran, make their magic systems rise up and be noticed. She uses expert examples from other authors you know as well as teaching a masterclass on developing magic systems from scratch based on methods she's invented. You just may need this book to help find out what kind of magic-based diseases might be festering in your neighbor's cabbages. -Jeff Wheeler, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Kingfountain series
From the moment he was born a god of light and darkness, Xevikan Daraxerxes was rejected by those who should have embraced him. A child of both realms, he was embraced by none. His is a lonely path that he's walked for centuries as he's done his best to avoid the divine politics of his parents.
But one can only stay neutral for so long. Now, Xev must face his past and learn from his mistakes. The world is in turmoil and his best friend and brother are facing enemies at every turn.
The evil he rejected is on the brink of destroying everything he knows and everyone he cares about. Either Xev embraces the savage inside himself that he's spent centuries caging or he'll be the last god ruling over a vacant, hollowed-out world.
After being viciously stabbed and left for dead, Hadrian Becket, Earl of Ravenhurst struggles back to health only to discover he is cursed with a vexing ability to see visions he can't explain. Terrified he may be going mad, he must keep the disturbing skill secret. But when it proves helpful in tracking his would-be killer, he has no choice but to embrace the newfound power. The retrocognition leads him to the house of a man recently deceased, where he encounters the clever and intriguing Miss Matilda Wren-who may be able to help him solve the many questions raised by the attack.
The death of Tilda's cousin has left her and her beloved grandmother in a precarious financial position when she discovers their investments have gone missing. Between the lost money and the mysterious Lord Ravenhurst's incessant queries, Tilda begins to wonder if her cousin may have been murdered. Desperate to determine what happened, she'll exhaust every possible line of inquiry to stave off destitution. For a price, Tilda agrees to work with the earl to uncover the truth, though she suspects he's hiding a dark secret.
As their investigation grows, so does the body count, but can they trust each other enough to expose the puppet master pulling the strings? Or will the villain's malevolent machinations end with more than a whisper of death?
Jayne Erixour believes she knows everything about the universe. As a bounty hunter and assassin, she's seen the worst dregs of humanity and every sentient species ever spat out of a hell realm. To her, there is no truth outside of her blaster's recoil and her resolve to let no one get too close.
Hadrian Scalera is on the run from the same brutal assassins who slaughtered every member of his family, both birth and foster. He has no refuge and no one he dares to call friend as it will mean the end of them. He expects no mercy from anyone, until the day one assassin hesitates to pull the trigger.
An assassin's code is simple: Kill or be killed. No prey, no pay. Every life has a price.
If Jayne doesn't fulfill her contract and kill Hadrian, she'll be the next target on the League's menu. But as old enemies return to hunt them both, they quickly learn that neither will survive unless they can learn to trust each other. Yet things are never so simple and survival means only one of them can be left standing . . .
#1 New York Times bestselling author, Sherrilyn Kenyon returns to her League: Nemesis Rising series in this novella that also features the very first short story she sold in 1978, The Neighbors.
Every Life Has a Price
Dakari Tievel has been marked for death by the infamous League. Staying barely one step ahead of the assassins out to end her life, she must find the legendary Eve of Destruction. But Eve is a lot more than just a bounty hunter who calls the shadows home. She comes with an interesting crew of friends and family who have no problem defying the League that rules their worlds with an iron fist.
Now they must rely on the most unlikely of allies to keep Dakari safe, and themselves alive. Provided he doesn't betray them.
In a universe where the League is law, it's killed or be killed.
Cadence Cady Bloomquist knows two things for sure: First, shelving books at her shop, Nevermore Bookstore, totally counts as cardio. Second, staying late every Thursday night to take a certain mysterious customer's order is not the same as waiting by the phone for some man.
Until.
Until the calls with the man who identifies himself only as Fox last for hours, and become the highlight of her week. Which leaves her to wonder, if his jagged velvet voice can kindle her fire over the phone, what sort of alchemy might it inspire if they met in person?
There's nothing Roman Fawkes wants more than the brilliant, beautiful bookstore owner, but Roman Fawkes knows it can never happen. Secreted in his mountain hideaway high above sleepy little Townsend Harbor, his hermit's existence shields him-and those around him-from the pain of his past.
Until.
Until one of their weekly calls is interrupted by a break-in, and Fawkes is powerless to protect the woman who has become his one link to the world. Orchestrating a trap for the fool who dared harm her, Fawkes finds himself not just ensnared, but beguiled by her. Now so close to Cady, he discovers she's fallen for Fox, and yet he's unable to reveal her heart's desire is closer than she thinks.
Can Fawkes resist the temptation to get between Cady's covers, knowing they'll never have a happily ever after?
Private investigator Matilda Wren's new client is a woman seeking evidence to divorce her husband. She is also the former fiancée of her last client-and dear friend-Lord Ravenhurst. Though he has enthusiastically offered to aid Tilda with future investigations, she can't very well accept his help in this matter. Especially when her client's husband is murdered, and Ravenhurst is a suspect.
Hadrian Becket, Earl of Ravenhurst has never felt more alive than when he was solving a mystery with Miss Wren, even when suffering headaches from using his newly acquired ability to touch an object and see a person's memories. He wants nothing more than to continue their professional association as well as deepen their friendship. Except now he must prove he isn't guilty of murder, even if that includes working against his former partner.
Tilda can't believe Hadrian is capable of harming anyone, but how well does she know him? She must rely on her intellect and investigative skill-and not allow her affinity for him to cloud her judgment. When the killer strikes again, Tilda sees that the danger is not to their friendship after all, but to their very existence.
It's a demon-eat-demon world for Nick Gautier. Just when he thinks he's finally gotten a handle on how not to take over the world and destroy it, Death returns with an all-star cast that is determined to end the Malachai reign and lineage forever. Worse? Death and War have found the one, true enemy Nick can't find, and even if he did, it's one he could never bring himself to banish or kill.
Now framed for murders he hasn't committed, and surrounded by new friends who might be turncoats, Nick is learning fast how his father went down in flames.
The heat in New Orleans is rising fast, and Nick's threat level has gone into a whole new level of intensity. He's learning fast that when War and Death decide to battle, they don't take prisoners. They don't negotiate. And they're both immune to his biting sarcasm and Cajun charm. To win this, he will have to embrace a new set of powers, but one wrong step and he will belong to the side of Darkness, forever.
Praise for Chronicles of Nick:
Illusion [is] another great story. The humour [is] spot on... great balance between action and storytelling. - Total Book Geek on Illusion
[Chock] full of action, suspense, emotion, Nick's perfectly timed humour and sarcasm, friends coming together to help one another, danger and peril at every turn, and of course Kenyon's brilliant world-building, character creations, and imagination that make you forget you are reading a work of fiction. -The Reading Café on Instinct
Nick never ceases to amaze me. ...My words don't do him justice. You won't understand until you read the book. So read the book, please? You won't regret it.―My Not So Salient Life on Instinct
The perfect amount of action, snark and intriguing character development.―Teen Library on Instinct
One of the fiercest soldiers the Phrixians have ever produced, Maris Sulle has been an outsider from the moment he was born different from the rest of his family. He grew up with a secret that cost him everything-his birthright, his family, and his military career. In all his life, he's only had one love, and he has sacrificed his own happiness to see his best friend reunited with the woman he loves. But now that his good deed is done, he feels lost and adrift. Even though they do their best to include him in their new family, Maris is once again on the outside looking in.
Ture has spent his life hiding from everyone around him-his family, the world, you name it-while trying desperately to fit in. Badly hurt by everyone he's ever known, he trusts no one except his own best friend. And honestly, he can't understand why he trusts her. Nor can he believe her when she describes a loyalty between friends the likes of which he's never seen.
But when Ture is in his darkest hour, he's saved by a hero he thought only existed in novels. A man who is every bit as scarred and mistrusting as he is-one who has no interest in being dragged into another relationship with anyone.
Having spent his life as a living study of doomed relationships, Maris is well aware of the courtship and fiasco that invariably follows. Still, there is something about Ture he can't resist. Something that won't let him walk away when he knows he should.
But when old enemies return to threaten them both, they either have to stand together or die alone.
She loves Christmas!
Opening a Christmas shop in her hometown of Winterberry, Kentucky is a dream come true for Lexi Hargrove. Lexi is no stranger to loss, but her holly, jolly approach to life has sustained her. She couldn't have imagined the first person to walk through the door of the Christmas Box would be Travis Hutchins, her long lost high school crush who stood her up for a date a dozen years ago. He's looking for coffee, not Christmas - and makes it clear he's a holiday hater. But why does he still have to be so hot? And when did he become so Grinchy?
He hates Christmas!
Travis never planned to come back to Winterberry, but his estranged father is dying. He just wants to keep a low profile, do his duty, then head back to his life in Chicago. Things he never expected: running into Lexi Hargrove, and an endless explosion of all things Christmas directly in eyesight of where he's staying. When did she get so pretty? And why does he keep going back?
Can one wish upon a Christmas star change everything?
Lexi isn't sure why she's wishing for Hottie McScrooge across the street to find the joy of Christmas, but soon a whole array of Christmas wishes begin to change both their lives. Can those wishes keep Lexi's shop open even when the situation looks bleak? Can they help Travis make peace with his dad before it's too late? And can Lexi and Travis look past all their fears and differences to fall in love?
Eve Erixour is a mercenary with a past no one would envy and more enemies than anyone should have. Death stalks her relentlessly. So when she gains the attention of a League assassin, she considers it par for the course.
But Jinx Shadowbourne isn't after Eve. Someone has it in for him and his brethren. High-ranking assassins are falling, and Jinx is convinced one of their own is selling them out. He's on the trail of his key suspect when fate throws him headfirst into Eve's life.
Now the two of them have to find the League leak and plug it or neither one of them will live to face another enemy, and the ones they love, and the universe at large, will be left alone to face a power-crazed madman.
It's a demon-eat-demon world for Nick Gautier. Just when he thinks he's finally gotten a handle on how not to take over the world and destroy it, Death returns with an all-star cast that is determined to end the Malachai reign and lineage forever. Worse? Death and War have found the one, true enemy Nick can't find, and even if he did, it's one he could never bring himself to banish or kill.
Now framed for murders he hasn't committed, and surrounded by new friends who might be turncoats, Nick is learning fast how his father went down in flames.
The heat in New Orleans is rising fast, and Nick's threat level has gone into a whole new level of intensity. He's learning fast that when War and Death decide to battle, they don't take prisoners. They don't negotiate. And they're both immune to his biting sarcasm and Cajun charm. To win this, he will have to embrace a new set of powers, but one wrong step and he will belong to the side of Darkness, forever.
Praise for Chronicles of Nick:
Illusion [is] another great story. The humour [is] spot on... great balance between action and storytelling. - Total Book Geek on Illusion
[Chock] full of action, suspense, emotion, Nick's perfectly timed humour and sarcasm, friends coming together to help one another, danger and peril at every turn, and of course Kenyon's brilliant world-building, character creations, and imagination that make you forget you are reading a work of fiction. -The Reading Café on Instinct
Nick never ceases to amaze me. ...My words don't do him justice. You won't understand until you read the book. So read the book, please? You won't regret it.―My Not So Salient Life on Instinct
The perfect amount of action, snark and intriguing character development.―Teen Library on Instinct
It does not matter if you are male or female... anyone from the ages of teen to adult would love this story...Tales by Sherrilyn Kenyon are major awesomeness! -Huntress Reviews
The world of the Dark-Hunters is unlike anything you've ever seen before. It's dark. It's gritty. It's dangerous...
And it's a whole lot of unexpected action and snarky comebacks.
My name is Nick Gautier and I was born to end the world.
Or so I thought.
For years, I believed my destiny was beyond my control. But the Fates love to play with folks and I seem to be their favorite punchline.
Just when My crew and I thought we were done with the Apocalypse, the Fates had dragged back for another round. Now, we have to stop the Powers-That-Be and my future son or the ones I love and cherish will become memories.
It's a demon-eat-demon world and we are all the stands between humanity and total subjugation.
Kenyon writes for a mixed audience to great success, easily maintaining the excitement, intrigue, and humor of a series that appeals to guys and girls alike. -Booklist
The reigning queen of the paranormal scene. -Publisher's Weekly
A terrific action-packed fantasy. -Midwest Book Review
I don't know how many more ways I can gush over Nick but as long as the books keep coming, I'll keep thinking them up. - Paranormal Haven
Kenyon keeps the supernatural action careening along. -Booklist
A delightful adventure, perfect for fairytale lovers of all ages. Noble paints alluring scenes with soulful characters that will keep you reading late into the night. -Laura L. Zimmerman, author of the Banshee Song Series
An 1880's coal town is no place for a girl with antlers.
Once upon a winter's day, a childless miner and his wife find baby Sabella in a mysterious basket. When she suddenly grows a pair of silvery gray antlers, they hide her from the world in embarrassment and fear.
Seventeen years later, Sabella's life is nothing but housework and loneliness-but charming, nineteen-year-old Calder arrives on her doorstep determined to change that. He knows her secret and has plenty of his own. Among them: he's been her unseen protector for years, he has the wings of a moth, and he's part of the Springborn: a group of people with extraordinary gifts like theirs.
As Calder strives to win Sabella's heart and the Springborn welcome her with open arms, disaster strikes. She and Calder must work together to save their exceptional family from an unlikely enemy-and in doing so, discover what it means to be true to themselves, their gifts, and each other.
The exciting sequel to The Serpent's Bridge...
A serial killer is on the loose. With her insidious tattoo and venomous killer strike, they're calling her the serpent woman.
Two of the best in their field, LAPD Detective Anaya Nazario and FBI Supervising Special Agent Blake Huxley are forced to work together yet again, despite their strained romantic history and a baby on the way. Together on a nationwide hunt, they must find this serpent woman before she strikes again.
But, as the cat-and-mouse chase evolves, Nazario and Huxley begin to realize that their killer is on a mission of vigilante justice and they must struggle with the question of who really deserves their justice: The killer, or her victims?