Download or read book The Demon s Mistress written by Jo Beverley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Vandeimen returns home from Waterloo to ruined estates, his family all dead. His attempts to recreate something of his heritage leave him deep in debt, and he is ready to commit suicide when a woman bursts into his room with an extraordinary proposal. Mrs. Maria Celestin, widow of a wealthy foreign merchant, will pay him a small fortune to pretend to be her betrothed husband for six weeks. Van cannot refuse, but he is wary of this outrageous good fortune. He is also intent on getting into the widow’s bed. He doesn’t expect to be dragged back into life, and into love, or into a battle to win the woman who bought him.
Download or read book Demon Mistress written by Yasmine Galenorn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Menolly, Camille, and Delilah are the D'Artigo Sisters-half-human, half-Faerie operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. Their latest assignment is to root out the secret society responsible for unleashing chaos magic against the city-and to stop a demon from devouring Delilah's soul.
Download or read book Devil s Mistress written by Heather Graham and published by Dell. This book was released on 1986-07-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HE IS A MAN POSSESSED—BY A WOMAN WHOSE BEAUTY DRIVES MEN TO MADNESS. If there was ever a devil who could lure and seduce the innocent, Lord Sloan Treveryan is that man. Captain of the Sea Hawk and bound to the king’s business, Treveryan may be a lord but he is no gentleman. Yet even he cannot ignore a lady in distress—or the temptation she provides. Bewitched by Brianna MacCardle’s beauty, Scottish inquisitors have called her the devil’s own. Though Treveryan saves her from the witch-hunter’s clutches, how can she be grateful? He has carried Brianna off to America, claimed her, and taken her innocence. She vows that he will never capture her heart. But against her will she begins to fall in love—while swearing to reap revenge against the arrogant lord who has made her the devil’s mistress.
Download or read book Delirium s Mistress written by Tanith Lee and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Azhriaz, daughter of Azhrarn, Demon Lord of Night, and a mortal woman, is hidden on a mysterious island, destined to spend her life in dreams, but her father's enemy, Prince Chuz, is determined to rescue her and make her powerful.
Download or read book Mistress of the Catacombs written by David Drake and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to the the epic tale of the Lord of the Isles, David Drake's saga of magic and might. For the first time in a thousand years, the Kingdom of the Isles has a government and a real ruler: Prince Garric of Haft. The enemies joining against him intend to destroy not only the kingdom but humankind as well. The rebels gathering in the West outnumber the royal army and the magic they wield can strike into the heart of the palace itself, but far greater dangers lie behind those. On the far fringes of the Isles, ancient powers ready themselves for a titanic struggle in which human beings are mere pawns--or fodder! Reptilian and insect monsters from out of the ages march on the kingdom, commanded by wizards no longer human or never human at all. If unchecked, their ravening slaughter will sweep over the Isles as destructively as a flood of lava. Garric, ripped from his time and body, must make new allies if he and his kingdom are to survive. Watching them all from the blackness of a tomb walled off in time and space, the Mistress waits... And her fangs drip poison! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book The Borgia Betrayal written by Sara Poole and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Tudors, there were the Borgias. More passionate. More dangerous. More deadly. From the author of Poison, called "stunning"* and "a fascinating page-turner," comes a new historical thriller, featuring the same intriguing and beautiful heroine: Borgia court poisoner, Francesca Giordano. In the summer of 1493, Rodrigo Borgia, Alexander VI, has been pope for almost a year. Having played a crucial role in helping him ascend the chair of Saint Peter, Francesca, haunted by the shadows of her own past, is now charged with keeping him there. As court poisoner to the most notorious and dangerous family in Italy, this mistress of death faces a web of peril, intrigue, and deceit that threatens to extinguish the light of the Renaissance. As dangers close in from every direction, Francesca conceives a desperate plan that puts her own life at risk and hurls her into a nightmare confrontation with a madman intent on destroying all she is pledged to protect. From the hidden crypts of fifteenth-century Rome to its teeming streets alive with sensuality, obsession, and treachery, Francesca must battle the demons of her own dark nature to unravel a plot to destroy the Borgias, seize control of Christendom, and plunge the world into eternal darkness. *Booklist +Lauren Willig
Download or read book The Devil s Mistress written by J W Brodie Innes and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Devil's Mistress by J.W. Brodie-Innes is about young Isabelle Goudie married to boring old John Gilbert. Isabelle attempts to find love, excitement, and meaning in her life. Excerpt: "IF the story which follows were to be regarded as a work of imagination, it might justly be characterized as too wildly fanciful to deserve even serious consideration. But it is not this: it is an attempt to portray exactly one of the most curious phases of belief or superstition that ever passed over this country, the witchcraft, namely, of the latter part of the seventeenth century."
Download or read book Bronte s Mistress written by Finola Austin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] meticulously researched debut novel…In a word? Juicy.” —O, The Oprah Magazine The scandalous historical love affair between Lydia Robinson and Branwell Brontë, brother to novelists Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, gives voice to the woman who allegedly brought down one of literature’s most famous families. Yorkshire, 1843: Lydia Robinson has tragically lost her precious young daughter and her mother within the same year. She returns to her bleak home, grief-stricken and unmoored. With her teenage daughters rebelling, her testy mother-in-law scrutinizing her every move, and her marriage grown cold, Lydia is restless and yearning for something more. All of that changes with the arrival of her son’s tutor, Branwell Brontë, brother of her daughters’ governess, Miss Anne Brontë and those other writerly sisters, Charlotte and Emily. Branwell has his own demons to contend with—including living up to the ideals of his intelligent family—but his presence is a breath of fresh air for Lydia. Handsome, passionate, and uninhibited by social conventions, he’s also twenty-five to her forty-three. A love of poetry, music, and theatre bring mistress and tutor together, and Branwell’s colorful tales of his sisters’ imaginative worlds form the backdrop for seduction. But their new passion comes with consequences. As Branwell’s inner turmoil rises to the surface, his behavior grows erratic, and whispers of their romantic relationship spout from Lydia’s servants’ lips, reaching all three Brontë sisters. Soon, it falls on Mrs. Robinson to save not just her reputation, but her way of life, before those clever girls reveal all her secrets in their novels. Unfortunately, she might be too late.
Download or read book Mistress of Rome written by Kate Quinn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in an unforgettable historical saga from the New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Diamond Eye. “So gripping, your hands are glued to the book, and so vivid it burns itself into your mind’s eye and stays with you long after you turn the final page.”—Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author First-century Rome: One young woman will hold the fate of an empire in her hands. Thea, a captive from Judaea, is a clever and determined survivor hiding behind a slave’s docile mask. Purchased as a toy for the spoiled heiress Lepida Pollia, Thea evades her mistress’s spite and hones a secret passion for music. But when Thea wins the love of Rome’s newest and most savage gladiator and dares to dream of a better life, the jealous Lepida tears the lovers apart and casts Thea out. Rome offers many ways for the resourceful to survive, and Thea remakes herself as a singer for the Eternal ’City’s glittering aristocrats. As she struggles for success and independence, her nightingale voice attracts a dangerous new admirer: the Emperor himself. But the passions of an all-powerful man come with a heavy price, and Thea finds herself fighting for both her soul and her destiny. Many have tried to destroy the Emperor: a vengeful gladiator, an upright senator, a tormented soldier, a Vestal Virgin. But in the end, the life of Rome’s most powerful man lies in the hands of one woman: the Emperor’s mistress.
Download or read book The Demon Mistress written by Ashlee Sinn and published by . This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A feisty demon. A sexy angel. A forbidden love.A demon in control, Arabella was content. She didn't need to get married like her twin sister. She didn't want a life in suburbia with some human to take care of and no ties to the demon world. Arabella had no problem hunting souls and seeking the comfort of another when it suited her. She enjoyed her solitary life, even if that meant giving up her sister and starting over on her own.But when Arabella is sent to collect a delinquent soul, she doesn't expect to run into a guardian angel. Especially not one that makes her second guess every decision she's made. Tall, handsome, witty, and undeniably sexy, Jericho is a formidable opponent to her demon. Unable to complete her job, Arabella soon learns there's more to that lost soul-and the angel protecting it-than she understands. With her own eternity on the line, she's forced to confront the striking angel and finish what she started...despite the fact she's starting to enjoy his broody ways.Yet fate has a different plan. One that involves corrupt angels, headstrong archdemons, delicate humans, and an attraction neither can deny. Arabella and Jericho must work together to fight for the lives of those they've chosen to protect. But that may mean losing their identities-and each other-for all eternity if they fail.Each of my novels is a stand-alone, but take place in the same world and are part of a greater series. The suggested reading order is: The Vampire Huntress, Obeying the Bear, Releasing the Bear, Catching the Bear, Lured by the Bear, Tempted by the Tiger, Caught by the Cougar, Desired by the Bear, Wanted by the Wolf, Charmed by the Cougar, Donovan, Maximus, Rhys, The Demon Mistress, and The Green Mountain Pack.
Download or read book CASTELLANO S MISTRESS OF REVENGE written by Melanie Milburne and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now widowed, Ava faces a cruel reality?her late husband left her with crippling debt. To make matters worse, the creditor is Marc Castellano, her former lover. Five years ago Ava had no choice but to leave Marc and marry his business rival. Determined to take revenge, Marc has now invited Ava to his suite to give her two options: become his mistress or pay off her debts. Without the resources to do the latter, Ava has only one choice left…
Download or read book Mistress of Souls written by Michelle Zink and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second of three haunting novella spin-offs to Prophecy of the Sisters to be published as original eBooks. After the tragic events of Prophecy of the Sisters, Lia Milthorpe left Birchwood, leaving her twin behind. Alice spent months isolated in the estate, her story of solitude untold. Until now. Alice Milthorpe barely eats. Now that her sister, Lia, has left Birchwood, her brother dead, her family gone, there is no one left to keep her from doing what she's always wanted to do. She sits every hour and wills her spirit to travel to the Otherworlds, where the Souls welcome her, where the demon Samael gives her companionship. If she could only persuade Lia to open the Gate and let him into the mortal realm, she would be happy. But she is not in the Otherworlds. She is here, on earth, in Birchwood, chained by a prophecy she would undo and a body she must care for. When she encounters James, her sister's fiancé, his kindness and understanding are the first human touch to reach her in months. She may have found her anchor to the physical world, after all.
Download or read book The Trouble with Demons written by Lisa Shearin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For seeker Raine Benares, a demon infestation on the Isle of Mid couldn't come at a worse time. Already fighting the influence of the Saghred, a soul-stealing stone, Raine discovers she is also magically bonded to a dark mage and a white knight, two dangerous and powerful men on opposing sides. Turns out, the demons want the key to unlock the Saghred. As a seeker, Raine should be able to find it first. As the axis of light and dark powers, she's a magical cataclysm waiting to happen.
Download or read book The Audacity of Demons written by Trina M. Lee and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blaze is The Circle of the Veil's newest recruit, and it isn't by choice. Secret supernatural society, The Circle of the Veil, is recruiting rogue supernaturals to protect their kind. The job: make life hell for The FPA, a shady government organization known for hunting witches, vampires and werewolves to use in mad science experiments. A vampire with deadly blood magic and a penchant for violence, Blaze makes a reckless mistake that gets her busted by Nova, the mesmerizing incubus demon who makes her the offer she can't refuse. Because the alternative is death. She's forced to train alongside other badass beasties, including the playful werewolf Rayne, the mysterious werewolf Corr, and Ghost, an elusive and lethal vampire, the one night stand Blaze never thought she'd see again. It's a misfit team of deadly recruits. If it wasn't for the hot but infuriating as hell Nova acting as her handler and trainer, Blaze might even grow to like this gig. If it doesn't get her killed first. This is an adult reverse harem urban fantasy set in a supernatural secret agent style academy. Assassins of Mayhem Academy is set within the Alexa O'Brien Huntress world. Although there is some crossover you don't have to read Alexa first to enjoy this one.
Download or read book Elvira Mistress of the Dark 12 written by David Avallone and published by Dynamite Entertainment. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Witch Cult Saga concludes, and a surprise villain returns from Elvira’s past! (At least… it’s a surprise if you don’t look at John Royle’s variant cover...) The Mistress of the Dark can deliver you a climax like no other, and here it comes, in the twelfth and final issue of Elvira’s ribald romp, brought to you with joy, laughter and terrible puns.
Download or read book His Mistress by Christmas written by Victoria Alexander and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For three years, Lady Veronica Smithson has been perfectly happy as a widow—and thoroughly independent. Still, the right gentleman could provide the benefits of marriage without the tedious restrictions. And in Sir Sebastian Hadley-Attwater, renowned explorer and rogue, Veronica is sure she has found him. Sebastian will come into his inheritance in a matter of weeks—if his family deems him responsible enough. There's no better way to prove his maturity than with a wife. But though Veronica will share his bed, she refuses to marry. However, Sebastian has a plan: An intimate sojourn at his new country house will surely change Veronica's mind. For Sebastian never takes no for an answer. And he intends to persuade his Christmas mistress that they belong together—in this, and every season to come. . . "This Victorian yuletide romance provides erotic sizzle and delectably clever dialogue on every page." –USA Today
Download or read book The Sixth Demon Book Four written by R. A. Steffan and published by OtherLove Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2023-05-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fae Queen and the ruler of the Demon Council can agree on one thing. They want a war to end all wars, and they'll flatten anyone who gets in their way. They've already crushed the demon spymaster Nigellus, while angel Neveah Lane barely escaped into hiding with her lover's ragtag group of friends and allies. The three realms are in danger of collapsing into chaos as political tensions that have been simmering beneath the surface for centuries erupt into all-out conflict. In many ways, Nigellus has always been a cold-blooded, manipulative, underhanded bastard. He's also loyal, courageous, self-sacrificing, and quite possibly the love of Neveah's cursed immortal life. With reality crumbling around them, can she and the others rescue him from the heart of the enemy's stronghold, and somehow stop the madness before it descends into unimaginable cataclysm? Find out in the exciting conclusion to The Last Vampire saga! * * * The Sixth Demon is an urban fantasy romance series by R. A. Steffan, set in the same world as the bestselling series The Last Vampire, Vampire Bound, and Forsaken Fae. Download Book Four today, and return to a world shared by humans, angels, demons, fae, and vampires. It's a place where the supernatural threatens the mundane, nothing is as it seems, and love will either be the world's downfall—or its salvation. Series arcs set in this world: The Last Vampire (six books) Vampire Bound (four books) Forsaken Fae (three books) The Sixth Demon (four books)
