Download or read book The Queen s Daughter An Urban Fantasy Action Adventure written by Martha Carr and published by Alison Brownstone. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alison Brownstone has the leader's name and is ready to kick ass. Time to take the fight to the Seventh Order dark wizards. Tracking dark wizards is hard but no one is good enough to evade the bounty hunter for long. Unless a friend goes missing first. Shay asks Brownstone Security for help finding Lily and Alison can't refuse. The dark wizards can wait. The team is off to Japan in search of the magical she thinks of as a sister. What should have been a simple search and rescue mission is anything but simple. Drawn into a power play over an ancient Japanese artifact, Alison and her team must find a resolution and Lily at the same time. Problem is, the Japanese don't want any outsiders involved. Doesn't help that Hollingsworth Retrieval Specialists are complicating matters. They want a crack at the artifact too. Time to kick ass and chew gum. Too bad Alison is all out of gum. Follow Alison and Brownstone Security's adventures in Japan in The Queen's Daughter. Click BUY NOW to start reading.

Download or read book Her Father s Daughter An Urban Fantasy Action Adventure written by Martha Carr and published by Alison Brownstone. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drow Princess for Hire.Skills include wielding dual magics, stabbing bad guys with the pointy end, and protecting the good people of Seattle from dark wizards.Also wraps a mean sashimi roll.The name Brownstone evokes a certain reaction no matter who hears it. And for Alison Brownstone that's both a blessing and a curse.But it's time for her to step out of her dad's shadow and make a new name for herself.She just has to decide what she wants that name to mean.At twenty-five years old, it's time Alison chose who she wants to be now that she's grown up. She has many role models who've shaped her and trained her into the woman she is now.But she is her father's daughter...Old face, new attitude. Join Alison as she faces off against technomagic, cults, criminal organizations, and the growing discrimination against all things magical. NOTE: While the series continues in the same world with some returning characters, it takes place years later and does stand alone. No prior experience necessary.

Download or read book The Dark Princess An Urban Fantasy Action Adventure written by Martha Carr and published by Alison Brownstone. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a Power Broker is threatened, she knows who to call... a Brownstone.Alison and her team have to travel across the world to protect Abigail Wilson, CEO of Aeternum, as she negotiates for mining rights of a mysterious crystal. Drysi Jones comes along for the ride.The simple escort mission turns deadly. They aren't the only ones interested in the crystal's power.Dark wizards attack... again. Haven't they given up yet?Nothing like getting tested by a hail of ammo to see if Drysi is a good fit for Brownstone Security.Together, they must discover the truth behind the crystal's origin and stop the devious bastards from fulfilling their dastardly plot.Failure is never an option for this Drow princess.Click BUY NOW to continue the adventures of Alison Brownstone in The Dark Princess.

Download or read book My Name Is Alison An Urban Fantasy Action Adventure written by Martha Carr and published by Alison Brownstone. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's stronger than magic itself? A Brownstone with a mission.Brownstone Security continues cleansing Seattle's magical mobster underbelly while Alison draws strength from her trusted circle as she fights off the virus draining her powers.She uncovers the smuggling of magical pets and the harmful side effects of testing savage spells on humans and still has time to chase down her enemies.It's dirty, dangerous work and leaves her friends the targets of vicious attacks.Not smart, bad guys. Do you even know who you are messing with?It would help if Hana wouldn't let her guard down in her continuing quest for companionship.But it takes a direct assault on Brownstone HQ for Alison to stop playing nice. A warning to the bad guys: a Brownstone never backs down from a fight, especially when protecting those she cares for. Don't miss the third thrilling adventure in the series that's guaranteed to keep your heart pounding!

Download or read book The Queen s Bastard written by C. E. Murphy and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2008-04-29 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wow. C. E. Murphy is good. Court intrigue in an alternate Elizabethan-era fantasy world: realpolitik with the sex included.” –Kate Elliott, author of Crown of Stars In a world where religion has ripped apart the old order, Belinda Primrose is the queen’s secret weapon. The unacknowledged daughter of Lorraine, the first queen to sit on the Aulunian throne, Belinda has been trained as a spy since the age of twelve by her father, Lorraine’s lover and spymaster. Cunning and alluring, fluent in languages and able to take on any persona, Belinda can infiltrate the glittering courts of Echon where her mother’s enemies conspire. She can seduce at will and kill if she must. But Belinda’s spying takes a new twist when her witchlight appears. Now Belinda’s powers are unlike anything Lorraine could have imagined. They can turn an obedient daughter into a rival who understands that anything can be hers, including the wickedly sensual Javier, whose throne Lorraine both covets and fears. But Javier is also witchbreed, a man whose ability rivals Belinda’s own . . . and can be just as dangerous. Amid court intrigue and magic, loyalty and love can lead to more daring passions, as Belinda discovers that power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. “C. E. Murphy vividly reimagines Renaissance Europe as a world both familiar and strange. Filled with intrigue and betrayal, her story is a chess game with six of seven sides, and I look forward to seeing what the next moves are.” –Marie Brennan, author of Warrior and Witch From the Trade Paperback edition.

Download or read book On Her Own An Urban Fantasy Action Adventure written by Martha Carr and published by Alison Brownstone. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's the harm in taking a break from protecting the city for one date? Alison is about to find out...Bounty hunter license in hand and attitude in place, Alison is ready to house-train the city's malevolent magicals.But even a Brownstone needs a little downtime!Cleansing Seattle of the Eastern Union's threat was hard business.Exhausted and dripping with sweat at the gym, she collides with a man who gets her pulse pounding. Great first impression...Courting can be tricky when you're busy taking out the neighborhood trash and facing off assassination attempts by power-armored goons.Add in an unknown entity attempting to hack her computer and an ancient Oriceran Drow woman searching for a princess to worship.Finding time to enjoy a date quickly slips from the top spot of Alison's to-do list.ON HER OWN is the second action-packed adventure in the Alison Brownstone series.Cast a spell to send it to the top of your to-read list today!

Download or read book Daughter of Smoke Bone written by Laini Taylor and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Download or read book The Queen s Secret written by Melissa de la Cruz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz comes the heart-pounding follow-up to The Queen's Assassin, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Holly Black. Lilac's birthright makes her the Queen of Renovia, and a forced marriage made her the Queen of Montrice. But being a ruler does not mean making the rules. For Lilac, taking the throne means giving up the opportunity to be with love of her life, the kingdom's assassin, Caledon Holt. Worse, Cal is forced to leave the castle when a horrific set of magical attacks threatens Lilac's sovereignty. Now Cal and Lilac will have to battle dark forces separately, even though being together is the only thing that's ever saved them. In the riveting conclusion to Melissa De La Cruz's fantasy duet, love and magic are at war, and victory rests on a knife's edge.

Download or read book Shadow written by Jenny Moss and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventure, romance, and magic fill this tale of a girl who longs for love and freedom, and above all, to know herself. In a time of kings, queens, and conspiracy, it's impossible to know whom one can trust. . . . In a kingdom far away and long ago, it was prophesied at her birth that the queen would die before her sixteenth birthday. So Shadow, an orphan girl the same age as the young queen, was given the duty to watch her every move. And as prophesies do tend to come true, the queen is poisoned days before her birthday. When the castle is thrown into chaos, Shadow escapes with a young knight, whom she believes was betrothed to the queen. Unsure of why she is following Sir Kenway, but determined to run as far from her longtime prison as possible, Shadow sets off on an adventure with the handsome knight. But the kingdom is dying around them, and Shadow senses there are unknown forces at work. As mystery and romantic tension build, will Shadow uncover her own destiny?

Download or read book So You Want to Be a Wizard written by Diane Duane and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mysterious library book opens the door to a world of magic and danger in the first book in the beloved Young Wizards series. Bullied by her classmates, Nita Callahan is miserable at school. So when she finds a mysterious book in the library that promises her the chance to become a wizard, she jumps at the opportunity to escape her unhappy reality. But taking the Wizard's Oath is no easy thing, and Nita soon finds herself paired with fellow wizard-in-training Kit Rodriguez on a dangerous mission. The only way to become a full wizard is to face the Lone Power, the being that created death and is the mortal enemy of all wizards. As Nita and Kit battle their way through a deadly alternate version of New York controlled by the Lone Power, they must rely on each other and their newfound wizarding skills to survive--and save the world from the Lone One's grasp.

Download or read book The Twiceborn Queen written by Marina Finlayson and published by Proving. This book was released on 2015-06-21 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kate O'Connor's had a rough week. Thrown into the middle of a war of succession between the daughters of the dragon queen, her introduction to the hidden world of the shifters almost proved fatal. Now, because of Kate and her new powers, that hidden realm has been revealed to the world, which hasn't exactly won Kate any popularity contests. Still, it's not all bad news. After all, it's not every day someone you love comes back from the dead. Throw in a hot new boyfriend, and suddenly Kate's got a lot to live for--which is bad timing, because now the queen's set a bounty on her head and every shifter in Sydney is trying to collect it. Kate may have defeated a dragon already, but there are plenty more where that one came from. As her enemies close in and the body count mounts, Kate begins a desperate search for allies. The deadly game of the proving continues. If Kate is to save the people she loves, failure is not an option. The rules are simple: win or die.

Download or read book Dragon Bound written by Thea Harrison and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING ELDER RACES SERIES! Half-human and half-wyr, Pia Giovanni spent her life keeping a low profile among the wyrkind and avoiding the continuing conflict between them and their Dark Fae enemies. But after being blackmailed into stealing a coin from the hoard of a dragon, Pia finds herself targeted by one of the most powerful—and passionate—of the Elder races. As the most feared and respected of the wyrkind, Dragos Cuelebre cannot believe someone had the audacity to steal from him, much less succeed. And when he catches the thief, Dragos spares her life, claiming her as his own to further explore the desire they’ve ignited in each other. Pia knows she must repay Dragos for her trespass, but refuses to become his slave—although she cannot deny wanting him, body and soul...

Download or read book Roar of Neptune written by Maggie Shaw and published by Harley Romance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventure, Love and Drama in this Romantic Urban Fantasy standalone story. Ayra has never been able to sit still, not when she hears the siren’s call of the ocean. She’s been drawn to it ever since she can remember - and before being adopted by her older mother, she doesn’t remember much. Everything is a blur. During one volatile storm, Ayra gets swept up by vicious waves who pull her under. But instead of drowning her, they save her. They take her to a palace with no ruler except a tyrant who has turned the people into slaves. But one thief recognizes Ayra. He claims she’s the heir to the throne. The only hope for these underwater people. In order to save them, Ayra must unleash her power and be brave enough to claim what is hers. If she doesn’t die trying first.

Download or read book The Queen s Daughter written by Susan Coventry and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joan's mother is Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, the most beautiful woman in the world. Her father is Henry II, the king of England and a renowned military leader. She loves them both—so what is she to do when she's forced to choose between them? As her parents' arguments grow ever more vicious, Joan begins to feel like a political pawn. When her parents marry her off to the king of Sicily, Joan finds herself stuck with a man ten years her senior. She doesn't love her husband, and she can't quite forget her childhood crush, the handsome Lord Raymond. As Joan grows up, she begins to understand that her parents' worldview is warped by their political ambitions, and hers, in turn, has been warped by theirs. Is it too late to figure out whom to trust? And, more importantly, whom to love? The Queen's Daughter is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Download or read book The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl written by Theodora Goss and published by Gallery / Saga Press. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Jekyll and the Athena Club foil a plot to unseat the Queen and race to save one of their own in this electrifying conclusion to the Locus Award winning trilogy that began with The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter. Life’s always an adventure for the Athena Club...especially when one of their own has been kidnapped! After their thrilling European escapades rescuing Lucina van Helsing, Mary Jekyll, and her friends return home to discover that their friend and kitchen maid Alice has vanished—and so has their friend and employer Sherlock Holmes! As they race to find Alice and bring her home safely, they discover that Alice and Sherlock’s kidnapping are only one small part of a plot that threatens Queen Victoria, and the very future of the British Empire. Can Mary, Diana, Beatrice, Catherine, and Justine save their friends—and the Empire? In the final volume of the trilogy that Publishers Weekly called “a tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight” in a starred review, the women of the Athena Club will embrace their monstrous pasts to create their own destinies.

Download or read book Woman of Blood Bone written by Annie Anderson and published by Annie Anderson. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was burned at the stake at fourteen... I was drowned in a lake when I was twenty-four... At twenty-seven, I was stoned in a public square... I have died a hundred times in a hundred different ways, usually at the hands of the humans I've tried to save. But when a pregnant young woman finds her way into my tattoo shop with a demon on her tail, things go from bad to worse. Being a centuries-old witch isn't going to help me—nothing will. This time I might just die in a way that sticks... Permanently. If you enjoy foul-mouthed heroines, dark humor, and enemies-to-lovers, then check out Woman of Blood & Bone, the first book in the action-packed Rogue Ethereal series.

Download or read book The Trade of Queens written by Charles Stross and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stross's Merchant Princes series reaches a spectacular climax in this sixth volume. Praised by Nobel laureate Paul Krugman as great fun, this is state-of-the-art, cutting-edge science fiction at its best.