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Download or read book Haunted Hearts written by Christine Pope and published by Dark Valentine Press. This book was released on 2019-09-07 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His prison lives in his very bones. She holds the key that could free him…or break him. Elena Salazar doesn’t exactly have permission to house-sit, but she’s sure her cousin Ava won’t mind the not-quite break-in. After all, Ava would want her to feel safe. And free. Two concepts Elena’s still adjusting to after eleven years a prisoner in her own home, thanks to her terrifying ability to summon demons. She manages to make peace with the resident ghost in Ava’s house, but she has to do some really fast talking when a tattooed, tautly muscled warlock shows up with Ava’s keys in his hand and deep-seated pain in his troubled eyes. The Salvadoran Escobar clan is healing under new primus Gabriel’s leadership. But no one is likely to forget that the cruel former primus used Alessandro Escobar and his fearful gift as a weapon, unwilling though he was. When Gabriel sends him to Ava’s house for an extended “vacation,” Alessandro packs his bags with a heavy heart. No one warned him the house was already occupied. Elena is beautiful, skittish, fragile, with a demon for a friend and a nervous habit of hiding behind her books and her art. Alessandro drinks in her sweetness like water from a desert spring. But if he dares reveal who he is, what he is, the key to her heart could vanish, leaving him the lonely prisoner of his gift. This time, for good. KEYWORDS: witch, witches, witch clan, witch family, soul mate, fated mated, psychic, Arizona, Jerome, Santa Fe, New Mexico, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, romance books full novel, warlock love, wizard love, witch love, romance novels, romantic novels, small town romance, series books, enemies to lovers, family feud, Witches of Cleopatra Hill

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Download or read book The Witches of Canyon Road written by Christine Pope and published by Dark Valentine Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 2043 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entire Witches of Canyon Road paranormal romance saga, now available in one super-sized boxed set! This set includes the complete text of all eight books (seven full-length novels + one novella) — more than a half a million words! HIDDEN GIFTS Their first kiss awakens Miranda’s long-dormant magic, but a dark spell could destroy their clans’ alliance…and any chance for love. DARKER PATHS A love broken by dark magic. A race to save it from an unspeakable evil that may be lost before it begins…. MYSTERIOUS WAYS With the Castillo clan caught in an evil web, Miranda surrenders to Simon—and dares to sacrifice everything to save them…and the man she loves. A CANYON ROAD CHRISTMAS A quiet Christmas for Rafe and Miranda? Not when the clan demands a proper wedding! But first there’s one loose end Rafe must tie up…. DEMON BORN A stranded demon. A beautiful ghost whisperer. A desperate race to save her from a dark warlock before she becomes a ghost herself. AN ILL WIND A de la Paz witch and a Castillo warlock risk all-out clan war to find a stolen grimoire. Failure could unleash unrelenting evil. HIGHER GROUND A witch in search of adventure. A warlock in search of his missing magic. Together they face a threat that could strip them of everything. HAUNTED HEARTS A witch craving freedom. A warlock who carries his prison in his very bones. She holds the key that could free him…or break him.

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