Download or read book Blooded Blade written by J.C. Daniels and published by Shiloh Walker. This book was released on 2022-12-05 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kit Colbana—half breed, assassin, thief, jack of all trades. Master of none. Or so she’d always been led to believe. Over the past few years, Kit Colbana has dispatched some of the worst threats the non-human races could have imagined. Pandora—a mother of monsters. Puck, a father of nightmares. Jude, a vampire who nearly drove Kit to the brink of insanity. Then there was the Lemera, an ages-old creature of myth, born from Kit’s own people, an unseen, undead assassin that hunts without rest, kills without remorse. Yet Kit walked away. Her grandmother’s pet assassin failed to kill her so Kit wasn’t surprised when yet another unwanted memory from her past shows up, looking to take her down. But her blood-hungry, homicidal aunt disappeared without a trace only hours after arrival. Is it a reprieve? Or something far worse? Kit’s lover Damon is keeping secrets. Her grandmother’s pet assassin, the Lemera, seems to have taken a liking to Kit. And her grandmother, Kit’s own worst nightmare, is haunting her dreams. They’re all on a collision course with fate and it can only end one way...bloody.

Download or read book Haunted Blade written by J.C. Daniels and published by Shiloh Walker. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haunted, Hunted...and harassed. Never let it be said that Kit Colbana had ever been given the easy road. Or even the semi-paved road. Only weeks after dealing with the mysterious—and murderous—being called Puck, she’s got another killer on her hands. Perhaps even two. Some of the bodies turning up bring up haunting memories of a past she longs to forget, but as always, that past is chasing her at her heels, like a hated shadow. As the body count racks up, there’s an imbalance of power, particularly among the vampire population, and Kit must yet again deal with ugly memories as one of the monsters who tried to break her is set free to deal with the imbalance of power. Yet while a power struggle rages in East Orlando, there’s another, more subtle battle taking place and Kit feels like the center of it all. Arrogant? Maybe. But the dead bodies don’t bear the mark of her grandmother’s pet killer by sheer coincidence...and she doubts her nemesis being released is either.

Download or read book Blade Song written by J.C. Daniels and published by Shiloh Walker. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Do yourself a favor and read this book. This story is original and hard-hitting with terrific world building and some of the best characters I’ve read. Yum.” Patricia Briggs, author of the #1 NYTimes Mercy Thompson series Kit Colbana—half breed, assassin, thief, jack of all trades—has a new job: track down the missing ward of one of the local alpha shapeshifters. It should be a piece of cake. So why is she so nervous? It probably has something to do with the insanity that happens when you deal with shifters—especially sexy ones who come bearing promises of easy jobs and easier money. Or maybe it’s all the other missing kids that Kit discovers while working the case, or the way her gut keeps screaming she’s gotten in over her head. Or maybe it’s because if she fails—she’s dead. If she can stay just one step ahead, she should be okay. Maybe she’ll even live long to collect her fee…

Download or read book Edged Blade written by J.C. Daniels and published by Shiloh Walker. This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With friends like hers, who needs enemies? In the year since her life was torn apart, Kit Colbana has slowly rebuilt herself. There’s a promise of hope in the relationship with the alpha of the local shapeshifters and she no longer comes screaming into wakefulness. Life’s not perfect but then again, when was it ever? When her best friend Justin comes to her for help, there’s little question as to what her answer will be. Witches are disappearing and Justin won’t rest until he has answers. Soon, they learn that it’s not just witches who’ve gone missing, but vampires and shifters, too. Unlikely alliances are forged as Kit and Justin found themselves drawn into a twisted web of lies and betrayal. As the clock counts down and the culprit behind recent disappearances is revealed, those Kit loves the most become the target of somebody who will kill to protect an ugly secret. Bonus story: HUNT ME, written by J.C. Daniels' alter-ego, Shiloh Walker

Download or read book Night Blade written by J.C. Daniels and published by Shiloh Walker. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kit Colbana is always biting off more than she can chew. She has a knack for finding trouble. This time, though, trouble finds her. Someone from her past drops a case into her lap that she just can’t refuse...literally. People on the Council are dying left and right and she’s been requested to investigate the deaths. The number one suspect? Her lover, Damon. If she doesn’t clear his name, he gets a death sentence. Even if she succeeds? They still might try to execute him. Oh, and she’s not allowed to tell him about the case, either. The stakes are high this time around, higher than they’ve ever been. Kit may be forced to pay the ultimate price to save her lover’s life...a price that could destroy her and everything she loves.

Download or read book The Wayfarer written by Aaron Jones and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Wolds of the West, across the Seas of Lorth, came the long elf, Gyral. In wild and unfrequented realms he sought for truth and enlightenment of the mysteries of his world, a treacherous world infested with strange and evil life-forms, ferocious predators, riddled with countless perils. But for Gyral, curiosity was far more powerful than the fears that confronted him. Curiosity was his addiction; knowledge was his quest. He had heard of the great immortal city, the citadel of mystery and foreboding. It was the fabulous infamous city all outsiders feared to enter. Yet the bold wayfarer became obsessed by its existence; thus he sought to find it. On his far journeys, he would confront all evil obstacles, encounter the wizards of science, the wondrous characters, wild and weird communities. He visited the inns and taverns, braved the deep forests, and he relished the damsels. But he knew he must one day find and behold the phenomenon, thence brazenly enter into the citadel of Bilbabalbabul.

Download or read book Whispers of Nightfall written by Alexa Turczynski and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She heard a hundred undecipherable whispers floating through the atmosphere, surrounding her in an invisible wall, but amongst the murmurs she perceived one distinct voice calling out above the rest. Though her instincts told her to release the unnatural object, she clasped it and stared up at the spectacular spiral that towered above her. The one voice graduated closer to her, growing louder and louder. Slowly, the words became distinguishable, and her ears were pricked to catch them. Lauria thinks that her life might never hold anything more for her than the occasional festival or the conflicts with her family. But one night when she sneaks out in hopes of stealing a few moments alone, a strange raindrop changes her world forever. It bursts forth into a vortex of light and sound and releases a creature of unnatural beauty and power who tells her there is a task she must complete. Far across the plains of her homeland, Austurea, a dying soldier named Jestun lies in an empty battlefield. As Lauria struggles to discern the task laid before her and make sense of the strife within her family and her own heart, Jestun searches for the answers surrounding his family's mysterious past. Meanwhile a Dark power hovers over them and their fates, their only shield the Light that is bringing their paths closer together. Whispers of Nightfall is the first book of a saga that rages across land and dimensions, questions issues of identity and destiny, and reveals the battle between Light and Darkness.

Download or read book Be Mine Tonight written by Kathryn Smith and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am called Chapel . . . For nearly six centuries I have roamed the night, a mortal man no longer. Would that I could undo the past -- when I entered the sanctuary of the Knights Templar to wrest from them the Holy Grail, only to discover the chalice I raised to my lips was not the sacred relic but a hellish cup of damnation. Now I shun the day and all things human, driven by an ungodly thirst. And yet... Never have I known a maiden the like of Prudence Ryland, whose beauty and spirit awaken a heart I feared long cold and dead. But her young life is slipping away, and she also seeks the deliverance of the Grail -- unaware that the cost of her search could be her soul. I must help Prudence, for in six hundred years, no other woman has stirred my passions so. But dare I tender to my beloved that which she most desires -- the sensuous "gift" of forever that is both rapture and a curse: my immortal kiss?

Download or read book The Way of the Wolves written by Jeff Townsend and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-10-06 with total page 983 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cole Hawkins began his American journey in early nineteenth century New York but eventually made his way to the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Through his many adventures, he always followed his Indian animal totem, the hawk. Now, his saga continues, as do his travels and his loves. His children grow to take and make their own place in the land. They journey along the western trails, where Native Americans still play a prominent part of life in the wild. Journey into the dangerous and greedy time of the California Gold Rush. Ride beside the cattle drives of the Southwest. Finally, witness the horror of a prolonged and hateful Civil War. Sons and daughters rise above hardships aplenty to make their own ways as America tries to heal its wounds and grow to nationhood.

Download or read book Sophocles 1 written by Sophocles and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jealousy and suicide, love and passion, grief and intrigue, honor and deceit are the order of the day in four of Sophocles's great tragedies. The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of classical Greek drama. The aim of the series is to make both the works and their interpretations accessible to the reading public.

Download or read book The Crimson Artist written by Sonja Santangelo and published by Sonja Santangelo. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paintbrush is mightier than the sword… Ahsa, a young artist with a strange magic, has been sent to serve her people's greatest enemy. She knows nothing of the Ahmian king or the kingdom he rules, but the fate of her homeland depends on her gaining his favor. Cheerful and optimistic, Ahsa is determined to serve as King Elgin's court painter to the best of her ability. But, she needs to get there first. Ahsa and her Ahmian escorts are beset with challenges on their way to the capitol, from kidnappers to vicious storms. Through it all she grows closer to Jonsus, one of the men sent to guide her. With a shared goal of peace between them, the pair must work together to thwart the powers that would drive a greater wedge between their kingdoms... or fall to the distrust long rooted in their hearts.

Download or read book Leviathan written by R. M. Huffman and published by BrownBooks.ORM. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Noah begins a epic quest to destroy a monster and save the planet from destruction in this fantasy adventure inspired by the Bible story. The Earth is cursed, humans scrape meager livings from the soil, and legendary beasts roam the wilderness. When a fearsome leviathan threatens his homelands, Noah must find a way to defeat the monster. Desperate to discover its weakness, he journeys to seek the aid of the half-angel giants called the Nephilim. Meanwhile, the angelic Watchers known as the Grigori have seized the great city of Enoch, and their powerful leader has become obsessed with Noah’s bride-to-be. Friendships and faith are tested, and Noah is thrust into the middle of an impossible revolution against the fallen Grigori. His Nephilim comrades must choose whether to fight on the side of humanity or the angels, and their decision may mean the difference between the earth’s salvation and its annihilation. Praise for Leviathan “This exciting story about the event that changed our world and the unforgettable man Noah, who God used to make it come to pass, will captivate your interest.” —Tim LaHaye, #1 New York Times–bestselling co-author of the Left Behind series “Huffman has woven a richly textured and engrossing biblical what-if tale. Prepare for a thrilling journey into the antediluvian world!” —Mark Andrew Olsen, bestselling co-author of Hadassah, author of The Watchers and Ulterior Motives “A captivating tale of Noah’s earlier years, combining romance, riveting action, and exhilarating adventure.” —Tim Chaffey, author of the Remnant Trilogy

Download or read book Voyage of the Banshees written by H J Turner and published by H J Turner. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE TIGRESS OF THE CHROMA SEA HAS KILLED MY SON. I WILL KILL HER. On the drab island of Robberts Town, Dea has lived an uneventful colonial life for twenty years. But after an attack by a notorious pirate and its devastating consequences, Dea takes what is left of her life into her own hands, and vows revenge. Guided by seemingly clairvoyant dreams, Dea ventures into the seas alongside a crew of fierce seawomen and their leader, the enigmatic Quartz. Her want for revenge will see them all pushed to their limits, taking them to one of the most dangerous and dark places the Chroma Sea has to offer – the insidious Isle of Eyes – and lay bare for Dea the inadequacies of her life even before its recent tragedy. Introspective and bloody, Voyage of the Banshees is Killing Eve meets Treasure Island and Annihilation in a terrifying, high-seas tale that explores the price of revenge, the twisting perceptions of ourselves and others, and the meaning of truly living.

Download or read book Forged written by Margaret McGaffey Fisk and published by TTO Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A swordsmith’s unappreciated apprentice puts her career, and even her life, on the line to confront a knight with a deadly secret.

Download or read book The Empire Collection Volume I written by Anthony Riches and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 1224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first three stories in Anthony Riches' bestselling EMPIRE series, now available in one page-turning collection Including Wounds of Honour, Arrows of Fury and Fortress of Spears. Wounds of Honour Marcus Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life - condemned to dishonorable death by power-crazed emperor Commodus. The plan is to take a new name, serve in an obscure regiment on Hadrian's Wall and lie low until he can hope for justice. Then a rebel army sweeps down from north of the Wall, and Marcus has to prove he's tough enough to lead a century in the front line of a brutal war. Arrows of Fury The new Roman governor of Britannia must stamp out the northern rebellion or risk losing the province. For Marcus - Centurion Corvus of the 1st Tungrians - the campaign has become doubly dangerous. As reinforcements flood into Britannia he is surrounded by new officers with no reason to protect him. Death could result from a careless word as easily as from an enemy spear. Worse, one of them is close on his heels. The prefect of the 2nd Tungrians has discovered his secret. Only a miracle can save Marcus from disgrace and death . . . Fortress of Spears Marcus Aquila - burning for revenge on an enemy that has killed one of his best friends - rides north with the Petriana cavalry. He believes his disguise as Centurion Corvus of the 2nd Tungrians is still holding. But he is just a few days ahead of two of the emperor's agents, sent from Rome to kill him. Pitiless assassins who know his real name, and too much about his friends.

Download or read book Unholy War written by David Hair and published by Jo Fletcher Books. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In war, nothing is holy. Emperor Constant's crusade is teetering on the edge of disaster. In the wake of a devastating battle, everything has changed: the East is rising, bringing equal measures of hope and despair to Urte. For Elena and Kazim, the victory is a call to arms against the renegade spymaster Gurvon Gyle. For the Queen of Javon, it is a beacon as she seeks new ways to overthrow her usurper husband and reclaim the country for her brother. For Ramon, trapped behind enemy lines, it is one more obstacle in his desperate attempt to get his men safely home. And while the armies of East and West clash in ever-more-bloody conflict, emperors, inquisitors and assassins hunt the Scytale of Corineus, the key to ultimate power, which is in the hands of the most unlikely guardians: failed mage Alaron and market-girl Ramita, pregnant widow of the world's greatest mage. What they choose to do with the Scytale could change Urte forever. The third in David Hair's epic Moontide Quartet, perfect for fans of Brandon Sanderson, George R.R. Martin and Robert Jordan.

Download or read book A Plague of Shadows written by C. Rene Astle and published by C. Rene Astle. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mina Sun needs to die. Despite being one of the undead already. Too bad she’s a bit busy right now. Her best friend is missing. Her family is pestering her to visit. And she’s struggling to fit in with the group of vampires that invited her to join their conclave. These same vampires make their second thoughts clear in the whispers and sidelong glances when she enters the room. But Mina doesn’t need their whispers to tell her she’s different. She hears it when her blood sings and feels it when her gut twists, fighting a losing battle against the monster inside. The monster she’s doomed to become. And now bodies are turning up, sucked so dry they look like mummies. It’s not the gargoyles: they leave a mangled, gnawed-on corpse...if they leave a corpse at all. Instead, a new evil stalks the night. The best clue to its identity are the dying words of a homeless man, raving about the reign of night, the death of light and a blade of darkness. Can Mina unravel the riddle, find this new evil and save her friend without releasing the monster inside?