Download or read book The Queen s Gambit written by Diane A. S. Stuckart and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A welcome way to spend an adventurous time in Renaissance Italy.”—Margaret Frazer As Court Engineer to the Duke of Milan, Leonardo DaVinci turns his superior mind to a variety of pursuits—from advances in painting to the invention of war machines. And with his favorite apprentice Dino to aid him, his keen intellect is perfect for sleuthing. . . . 1483. Milan, province of Lombardy. On a royal whim, Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, orders a living chess game to be enacted by members of his court. DaVinci conjures the spectacle in a single night, but his latest success turns bitter when one of the “pieces” is murdered. With even the Duke’s closest advisors suspect to treachery, DaVinci is the only man Sforza can trust to conduct the investigation. With his scrupulous eye for detail, DaVinci uncovers a vile nest of secrets—and danger—but the most surprising secret of all may be the true identity of his most talented, most trusted apprentice. . . . “Impressive . . . Vivid.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Readers can expect plenty of intrigue and danger in this refreshing new series.”—Mystery Scene Magazine

Download or read book The Vampire s Servant written by Zara Novak and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jess's scarred back hides her greatest secret: she is the next daughter in the prophecy. She's terrified of her impending fate and flees the safety of Castle Belmont to finish her scientific research. Jess is determined to outrun her destiny, but she forgot about one thing: A vampire named Eli York.Hunters killed his brother. Shifters destroyed his family castle. Jess Chaplin is the only thing Eli has left in this world and he's not letting her go without a fight. The dark vampire has protected the red headed human all her life, but the threads of fate are twining now, and he can't ignore the woman she has become. Together they journey across the valley and uncover a secret that has been hidden for twenty years, while trying to resist the insatiable attraction that now burns between them. Vampirism corrupts. Innocence withers. There's no way it could ever work... is there?War has finally arrived in the valley and Belmont Castle is about to fall for the first time in a thousand years. The High Vistor has brought an army to destroy the Belmont family and end the prophecy once and for all. If he succeeds, then all vampires will perish.Will evil triumph over good?Will the mates succeed with the prophecy?Is something even greater afoot?There's only one way to find out.*Tales of Vampires 5 tells the story of Eli and Jess. It can be read on its own but is probably best enjoyed with the full series. This book features the title couple, the return of Ruth and Logan and all the regular vampires from Castle Belmont (including Eric and Claire of course).Tales 5 is 120,000 words, action-packed, hot to the touch and has a HEA. Books 6 and on coming soon!

Download or read book The Vampire Queen s Servant written by Joey W. Hill and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His blood. His soul. His body. Hers for the asking¿ Lady Elyssa Yamato Amaterasu Wentworth is a centuries-old vampire who's been given a new servant - Jacob, a total alpha male unaccustomed to submitting to any woman's wishes. What really binds Jacob to her are not her sensual midnight hungers, but something far more provocative. It stirs her blood, renews her life and awakens her soul like only true love can. The passion between Lyssa and Jacob yields something else unexpected - a shared history that reaches back through the centuries and is fated to challenge their destiny like nothing ever will again.

Download or read book Bound by the Vampire Queen written by Joey W. Hill and published by Story Witch Press. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His soul is hers for the asking… Sworn to obedience, compelled by loyalty and love, Jacob entered Lady Lyssa’s service as a human servant. Now he is a vampire, but still bound to Lyssa, who struggles with the burgeoning powers in her paternal Fae blood. All while challenged by new enemies in the Fae and vampire worlds. The Vampire Council has threatened to take away Lyssa and Jacob’s newborn son. The Fae Queen has ordered Lyssa to appear before the Otherworld court. While the Fae have nothing but contempt for vampires, Jacob will follow his lady into hell itself. No one—neither Fae nor vampire--will compel him to break the oath he made to serve his vampire queen forever. Note: Lyssa and Jacob’s story kicked off the Vampire Queen series. Books 1 and 2, Vampire Queen’s Servant and Mark of the Vampire Queen, are therefore highly recommended before reading Bound by the Vampire Queen.

Download or read book The Vampire s Slave written by Zara Novak and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was late when Claire first heard the knock on her door - too late. Upon opening it she is met with a mysterious and beautiful stranger, who claims to have just moved in across the hall. She makes the mistake of inviting him in - not realizing that her life has just changed forever. Claire quickly learns the man she has invited in is no man at all. He's Eric Belmont - heir to one of the most powerful vampire families in the world, and a highly sought after bachelor.Eric's appearance at Claire's door is no mistake. He's been watching Claire for some time, waiting for her to reach her Red Moon. Claire may think she's just a normal human, but she's in possession of a rare and extraordinary power - she can breed with vampires. Eric takes possession of Claire and escorts her back to the Belmont family castle. Here he begins the long and tantalizing torture of the human vampire mating ritual. It will be some time until Claire's body is completely ready for him, and during that time Eric has to do everything he can to keep her safe from other vampires within the castle.Little do they both realize, they are just a small piece of a much bigger story...*The Vampire's Slave is a full-length stand-alone novel with a HEA. It is also the beginning of the 'Tales of Vampires' series.Coming Soon:The Vampire's PrisonerThe Vampire's ServantThe Vampire's Mate

Download or read book Nightshifted written by Cassie Alexander and published by Cassie Alexander. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a real nurse and blurbed by New York Times Bestselling Author Charlaine Harris— Nursing school prepared Edie Spence for a lot of things. Burn victims? No problem. Severed limbs? Piece of cake. Vampires? No way in hell. But as the newest nurse on Y4, the secret ward hidden in the bowels of County Hospital, Edie has her hands full with every paranormal patient you can imagine-from vamps and were-things to zombies and beyond... Edie's just trying to learn the ropes so she can get through her latest shift unscathed. But when a vampire servant turns to dust under her watch, all hell breaks loose. Now she's haunted by the man's dying words-Save Anna-and before she knows it, she's on a mission to rescue some poor girl from the undead. Which involves crashing a vampire den, falling for a zombie, and fighting for her soul. Grey's Anatomy was never like this... "Cassie Alexander's first book about Nurse Edie Spence is dark and energetic. You'll really enjoy it; I'm looking forward to reading the others in the series."-Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The Southern Vampire Mysteries

Download or read book Bound by Flames written by Jeaniene Frost and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The climactic third novel in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost's Night Prince series finds Vlad and his newly turned bride, Leila, at odds with each other—and vulnerable to the one vampire powerful enough to end the Dark Prince's reign . . . Play with fire, pay the price Leila's years on the carnie circuit were certainly an education. What she didn't learn: how to be a vampire, or how to be married to the most famous vampire of them all. Adjusting to both has Leila teetering on a knife edge between passion and peril, and now the real danger is about to begin . . . Vlad must battle with a centuries-old enemy whose reach stretches across continents and whose strength equals his own. It isn't like Vlad to feel fear, but he does . . . for Leila, because his enemy knows she is Vlad's greatest weakness. As friend and foe alike align against him—and his overprotectiveness drives Leila away—Vlad's love for his new bride could be the very thing that dooms them both . . .

Download or read book The Vampire s Sanguine Servant written by Elaine Harding and published by eGlobal Creative Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2024-07-24 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavinia, a vampire on the cusp of her fourth century of life, loses her Blood Servant and must find another. She chooses Casey, a college student working at a grocery store. But before Lavinia can bring her into service Casey is kidnapped. Lavinia is then forced to go to the black market only to find Casey. A small fortune later, Casey is hers. Soon, Lavinia will bite her, and her true service will begin. Meanwhile, Casey must grapple with her own feelings. She was taken from safety only to be sold to a vampire. But she sees kindness in her mistress. As Casey delves deeper into a world far stranger and more dangerous than her own, she also finds her fate tied with that of her vampiric master. What does it mean to be a monster? Can Lavinia stop the feelings that begin to form for Casey? Can a vampire love a human, much less a servant? Can Casey love a monster? The Vampire’s Sanguine Servant is created by Elaine Harding, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Download or read book Taken by a Vampire written by Joey W. Hill and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joey W. Hill's Vampire Queen novels "keep the pages turning, your imagination running, and] your dreams carnally vivid" (Bitten by Books). In her newest installment, a servant sentenced to death is sent into hiding and finds a passion she never expected in her new protector... Groomed from birth to be an Inherited Servant and serve only the most powerful vampire Masters, Alanna never resented her destiny. Then she did the unthinkable: she betrayed her Master to the Vampire Council. Now death is her future, but until her Master is captured, she must be protected. The Vampire Council assigns her to Evan, a vampire whose wandering lifestyle makes him the perfect guardian... Alanna's training was for a vampire of power and ambition, not for someone like Evan who lives in mountainside shacks and caves. Even his servant, Niall, is rough mannered. But these two men are about to teach Alanna something her rigorous training never did: how to feel, how to desire...perhaps even how to love. Then the Council captures her Master, and Alanna has no choice but to accept her destiny. But Evan and Niall are no strangers to defying fate--and they will stop at nothing to make Alanna theirs forever...

Download or read book Vampire King written by Zara Novak and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name is Olivia, and I am an empath. Not only can I see and feel people's emotions, I can use this information to look into their minds and find their deepest darkest secrets. Now they want me to interview someone new, a dangerous serial killer that has never broken. Until now. When I journey to Carcoza city I know the trip is a mistake. America's new capital is a rough jewel in a desert of blood, a boiling pot of murder, sin, and far worse. My target is Lucas Vancino, an incredibly dangerous alpha vampire locked behind bars for the murder of thirty women.He claims he was set up, and after seeing past that roiling wave of lust raging through his vampire mind, I see something else too, something that worries me. I think I believe him, but it doesn't really matter, it just so happens I picked the worst day of the year to enter this deadly prison. As a thousand rioting prisoners battle to the death all around us the dark alpha takes me and we escape into the depraved city of Carcoza, a fugitive vampire on the run with his hostage. Before long those fierce red eyes of his turn on me, and I find myself unable to look away...He wants me to submit. He wants me to obey. He says I'm his. The scariest thing?I'm starting to think he might be right.Publisher's Note: Punished contains strong sexual scenes, submissive themes, and a powerful alpha vampire with a playful dark side. You have been warned.

Download or read book Blood Memories written by Barb Hendee and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shocked when an old friend destroys himself by walking into the sunlight in front of her, vampire Eleisha Clevon finds herself the target of two very special police detectives with some unique gifts of their own and a knowledge of who and what she really is. Original.

Download or read book The Vampire s Mate written by Zara Novak and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A war is rising in the vampire world, and a new enemy emerges from the darkness, threatening to wipe vampires from the earth forever. All Kat can do is try to survive, but she already made the most crucial mistake: she fell in love with a vampire, and now it could cost her life.Ansel and Kat are summoned to help the Belmont vampires with the troubles that plague their family. A new breed of vampire hunters have risen, and the dark magic possessing them poses a serious threat to the vampires around the Castle Belmont. As the groups come together, new friendships and relationships are formed, and love and romance blossom in the strangest places. The vampires need to secure the prophecy to save their kind, but new enemies appear at every turn, threatening to end them once and for all.Kat's sister, Ruth, finds herself trapped in the Red Keep and her mind is only focused on one thing: escape. She forms a friendship with a fellow runaway and soon finds that there is more to the mysterious man than she first realized. A strange power lurks behind his curious yellow eyes, which stirs up unusual emotions inside of her.Love and lust spiral out of control as alpha vampires fight to protect their destined mates, and the fate of the next generation is left hanging in the balance...*The Vampire's Mate is Book 3 in the Tales of Vampires series and continues characters and stories found in the first two books. It can be read on its own, but is part of a larger story and best enjoyed with the other books.Note: Tales of Vampires is HOT! Beware of smoldering alpha males, curvy heroines, explosive action sequences and bedroom scenes that are hot enough to melt your e-reader!!!

Download or read book Bloody Bones written by Laurell K. Hamilton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-09-26 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in trade paperback: the fifth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Laurell K. Hamilton. When Branson, Missouri, is hit with a death wave 'four unsolved murders' it doesn't take an expert to realize that all is not well. But luckily for the locals, Anita Blake is an expert in the kinds of preternatural goings-on that have everyone spooked. And she's got an 'in' with the creature that can make sense of the slayings-the sexy master vampire known as Jean-Claude.

Download or read book Vampire Trinity written by Joey W. Hill and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vampire hunter Gideon Green never intended to become a vampire's servant. But when Anwyn, a woman with whom he shared an unforgettable night, is turned by a vampire pack, Gideon is forced into an uneasy alliance with one of the most terrifying vampires he's ever encountered: the mysterious Daegan Rei. Daegan has a vested interest in Anwyn. As Gideon and Daegan shepherd Anwyn through her dangerous validation with the Vampire Council, it's clear they must learn to trust each other. But as boundaries erode, Gideon realizes he has become irreversibly changed-by a bond with the two people in his life he can't survive without: vampires.

Download or read book Vampire Mistress written by Joey W. Hill and published by Story Witch Press. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes desire works three ways… Gideon Green is a hardcore vampire hunter with a scarred soul. Then he crosses paths with the owner of Club Atlantis, Mistress Anwyn. Though Gideon submits to no one, their connection is immediate and intense. But she has a silent partner--the vampire Daegan Rei. When Anwyn is viciously attacked and turned by a rogue vampire, Gideon and Daegan join forces to protect her through a dangerous transition. As the bonds between the three of them draw tighter, Gideon faces an unbelievable truth...that surrendering to the desires and needs of two vampires might be the road to his salvation.

Download or read book Vampire s Embrace written by Joey W. Hill and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nina's twin sister Sher has been groomed to be an Inherited Servant since she was six years old. At twenty-eight, she will be given to a vampire of the Council's choosing and serve him up to 300 years. While Sher insists that Nina is no less service-oriented than herself, Nina does not see any correlation between her own desire to pursue a career as a nurse and her sister's to be the slave of a blue-blooded vampire, where she is allowed no will or dreams of her own.It's 1941 and Nina signs up to serve with the Australian Army Nurses Service in Singapore. What happens to her when the city falls to the Japanese will shatter Nina all the way to the soul. But fate seems determined to give her more than she can bear. When her sister dies in a car crash, Nina is informed that she must take her place as an InhServ. She will be given to Lord Alistair, a vampire who sees Nina as his property, to do with as he pleases.Even as she rages against her fate, she is baffled at Alistair's insistence on having her as his servant. Especially when the Council offers the Queensland Region Master the option of another InhServ with all the proper training to support his political needs. But that's not the most confusing thing about her new Master. The ways in which he commands her surrender to him leads her to a terrifyingly different understanding of her will and her dreams. By binding herself to him, can she become whole again, but in a way she never expected?

Download or read book The Vampire s Prisoner written by Zara Novak and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kat had always believed in vampires, and one night her search for truth brought her to a dark and mysterious bar on the edge of town. She soon realizes she's made a grave mistake, and runs for her life, only to fall into the arms of a dark and mysterious stranger.Kat is bewitched by the man's strange beauty and mysterious ways, but what she doesn't realize, is that he's an outlaw vampire on the run, being hunted by a dark and powerful force...Ansel Draco is a vampire out for revenge. Hunted and kept as a prisoner by his own makers, Ansel managed to defy death at the last minute and break free. Now he's out and running for his life, waiting for the perfect moment to get back at the dark society ruling the world of vampires.That's when he runs into Kat, and everything in his life is turned upside down. Ansel quickly realizes that there is something different about Kat, and then, she's swept into his outlaw world, forced into running for her life right alongside him. Kat has a precious gift, and he'll protect it with his life if he has to. Now he has her in his arms, he's not letting go.Fate works in mysterious ways, but their story is just part of something even bigger...*The Vampire's Prisoner is Book 2 in the Tales of Vampires series and is the first book featuring Ansel & Kat. The series can be read in any order.Coming Soon:The Vampire's ServantThe Vampire's MateThe Vampire's Choice