Download or read book Bound by Light written by Anna Windsor and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The night holds endless pleasures . . . and hides nameless terrors. As the broom end of her Sybil triad, Merilee Alexander has the sacred duty as a warrior witch of taking out the trash. Lately, though, she’s been a little overwhelmed: Manhattan is a mess. And her prophetic end-of-the-world nightmares aren’t helped by the waking fantasies of love. Or the fact that the object of her affections, gorgeous Jake Lowell of NYPD’s Occult Crimes Unit, is playing it so cool. Actually, Jake wants Merilee desperately, every luscious inch of her. Still, he’s holding back. He’s got secrets. Dark, dangerous, demonic secrets. But as Jake and Merilee trawl the city’s supernatural underbelly to out a demonic kingpin who, disguised as a charismatic leader, is amassing dark power, it’s make-or-break time. For their lives, their love, and the world are about to be sucked into the undertow of the tides of an unstoppable evil. From the Paperback edition.

Download or read book Dark Archives written by Megan Rosenbloom and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand? In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. Dozens of such books live on in the world’s most famous libraries and museums. Dark Archives exhumes their origins and brings to life the doctors, murderers, and indigents whose lives are sewn together in this disquieting collection. Along the way, Rosenbloom tells the story of how her team of scientists, curators, and librarians test rumored anthropodermic books, untangling the myths around their creation and reckoning with the ethics of their custodianship. A librarian and journalist, Rosenbloom is a member of The Order of the Good Death and a cofounder of their Death Salon, a community that encourages conversations, scholarship, and art about mortality and mourning. In Dark Archives—captivating and macabre in all the right ways—she has crafted a narrative that is equal parts detective work, academic intrigue, history, and medical curiosity: a book as rare and thrilling as its subject.

Download or read book Bound by Dark Waters written by Elora Morgan and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promised to a strange prince Forced toward an arranged marriage, the chosen braenese has a new enemy and he's not at all like the boy who washed ashore in Elowa. This one hates her before she even sets foot upon his sand. Bound for a strange land To survive, Zaria must learn the ways of this new world and fight alongside its people. She'll need to gather as many assets as she can to help her escape back to Kirwyn. Did he find his boat that fateful night... or did he meet his doom at the bottom of the ocean? Eluding two powerful brothers If navigating court politics isn't tricky enough, outmaneuvering the prince determined to dispose of her, as well as the one set upon marrying her, proves downright deadly. To her surprise, it's not her betrothed who poses the biggest threat -- it's his cruel and overprotective brother. One boy to marry, one boy to battle, and one to steal her back... ...she hopes. ******** Bound by Dark Waters is Book II in the Beyond the God Sea Trilogy. Please be advised: This is Dark/Mature YA. While there is little-to-no explicit content, the themes and challenges within this story are more appropriate for older teen readers. As Zaria straddles the line between Young Adult and New Adult, so do her experiences.

Download or read book Darkness Bound written by Sarah Piper and published by Two Gnomes Media. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “We are, all of us, bound for darkness.” Ten years ago, my mother was brutally murdered before my eyes. Now, after killing my best friend and kidnapping dozens of other witches, the hunter who stalked my nightmares for a decade is ready to unleash his twisted fury on me. Good thing I’ve got backup: five strong, impossibly sexy supernatural guardians who’d do anything to keep me safe. With my rebels by my side, the hunter can’t hurt me. But the disappearance of Blackmoon Bay’s witches has shifted the balance of power, leaving our communities in upheaval. Add in a rogue vampire from my past, traitorous supernaturals wreaking havoc in the Bay, and the dark magic I still can’t control? We’re staring down some bleak odds. My loyal protectors have helped me face down every threat, and I love them for it—more than they realize. But in the end, there are some battles a witch must fight on her own. Starting with the ones raging inside. DARKNESS BOUND is book two in The Witch's Rebels, a red hot paranormal reverse harem romance series featuring a kickass witch and the sexy supernatural guardians fated to protect her. Expect sizzling paranormal romance, dark magic, and plenty of supernatural thrills.

Download or read book Dark Bound written by Kim Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-23 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dark Bound is thrilling, exciting and one of the best paranormal series I've read." --Boundless Book Reviews In my life when things go bad, they go notoriously bad. As if having a Greater demon hunting me wasn't bad enough, or a demented archangel trying to kill me, try doing a job for a fae queen I hate. Why? Because someone close to me is about to lose everything if I don't find a crap load of money soon. But without any other jobs coming up, I'm stuck. So when the fae queen of the Dark court offers me a gig, I take it. But what I thought was a routine Hunt turns into a fight for my life. Oh, and my master plan for making easy money? Yeah, not so much.*The second book in the Shadow and Light series ends with a small cliffhanger.Don't miss the pulse-pounding continuation of the Shadow and Light series!Dark Bound is a sassy, fast-paced urban fantasy filled with demons, angels, vampires, werewolves, witches, fae, leprechauns, jinn, and shifters. If you enjoy urban fantasy books with a kick-ass heroine and plenty of action, suspense and humor, then you'll love reading Dark Bound. Grab your copy today!

Download or read book Bound By Darkness written by Alexandra Ivy and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tortured fairy and a vampire warrior unite to stop evil in this paranormal romance by the New York Times–bestselling author of Taken by Darkness. The Sylvermyst have a reputation as sinister cousins to the fey, and none are more mysterious than Ariyal and his tribe. To save his people from banishment, he sold himself to the evil Morgana. Finally free, he faces a new challenge: Jaelyn, an elite vampire warrior sent to capture him. By rights, he should kill her on sight. Yet he cannot bring himself to hurt her—or to resist her... Jaelyn is stunningly beautiful, utterly lethal—and always alone. Until Ariyal. From their first encounter, she knows that what's between them is more dangerous than simple lust. And as they unite to thwart a terrifying prophecy that will mean the end of his clan and of the world they know, she will risk everything to fulfill her destiny by his side . . . Praise for Alexandra Ivy “Beyond the Darkness kept me riveted! The Guardians of Eternity series is highly addictive.” —Larissa Ione, New York Times bestselling author “Ivy always packs her books with buckets of action, emotion and sexy sizzle. Another winner!” —Romantic Times on Devoured by Darkness

Download or read book Bound in Darkness written by Jacquelyn Frank and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Frank comes the captivating conclusion to the sizzling series featuring four immortal warrior brothers who love as hard as they fight. After drinking from the fountain of immortality along with his brothers, Maxum is condemned by the gods to be entombed in the earth. Even though he has now been granted a reprieve by day, each night he is buried anew, his rock-hard body immobilized, his bones crushed by the pressure. When he emerges, his body heals, but his spirit remains scarred. There is only one way for Maxum to be completely free: He must kill the god who cursed him. The task will require tremendous power, so Maxum must gather talismans to equip him for the battle. To help him on this quest, Maxum approaches the alluring Airianne and strikes a bargain as tempting as it is audacious. A skilled thief, Airianne could be a valuable ally, if only Maxum could trust her. Will this stealthy seductress also try to steal his heart—or will their boldness end up getting them both buried?

Download or read book Darkness Bound written by Larry Brooks and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twisting thriller that taps into a deep well of erotic obsession, sexual betrayal, madness, and murder, Darkness Bound goes to fearless extremes to become an authentic and shocking suspense novel. In Darkness . . . Two strangers meet. A woman without inhibitions . . . a man without limits . . . for a private game between two consenting adults. In Darkness . . . They indulge in every secret fantasy, cross every boundary of sexual deviation. But one of them has a secret yet to be shared, a desire yet to be explored . . . In Darkness . . . Fear will become the ultimate pleasure. Revenge, the ultimate reward—and reality, the deadliest fantasy of all. Now the real games are about to begin.

Download or read book Bound by Night written by Larissa Ione and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first installment in a sexy new paranormal romance series by Larissa Ione, author of the bestselling Demonica series! Nicole Martin was only eight years old when she narrowly survived a massacre: her family’s vampire slaves rebelled and killed everyone in her household. Twenty years later, Nicole now dedicates herself to finding a vaccine against vampirism…and eradicating the gruesome memories that give her nightmares. Riker, a member of the wild vampire Moon Clan, is haunted by his own demons—his wife Lorraine had been captured and enslaved by the Martin family. It was during a botched escape attempt that she was killed, along with their unborn child. Still wracked with grief and anger, Riker is now fueled solely by the desire to rescue vampire slaves…and slaughter their owners. When Riker stumbles upon Nicole in a chance meeting, he immediately recognizes her as a member of the Martin family that once enslaved his wife—and she recognizes him as the wild vampire she saw kissing a pregnant slave in the moments before her violent death—an image that has haunted her dreams for years. When Riker kidnaps Nicole and they spend a night together in a cave on the way back to his clan, suddenly they begin to realize that they aren’t as different from one another as they may have thought—and they’re finding themselves drawn to one another…

Download or read book Beyond the God Sea written by Elora Morgan and published by Beyond the God Sea. This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No man may touch Zaria. Not even her own father. Envy of the other girls, Zaria was born for the sea. Nobody questions her fate as the chosen braenese to marry Keroe, God of the Sea -- least of all her. And even if she did, she has no choice. When Zaria's wedding day finally arrives, she'll become the only islander of her generation permitted to cross into the God Sea. There's nothing more she could possibly want. Until a curious boy washes up on her palm-fringed paradise and Zaria defies sacred law to hide the unconscious stranger. There are only two possibilities with his strange (and strangely handsome) face: he's either a village anomaly or the Sea God himself, in disguise. The alluring boy-creature couldn't have come from anywhere else, because there is no other land in all the ocean. But when the scoundrel awakens, he has the gall to ambush Zaria. As three pageants leading up to her wedding turn unexpectedly deadly, and the enigma of its true purpose looms, Zaria is torn between her long-desired fate as Sea Queen and the infuriating boy who tells her that everything her people know is a lie. ******** Please be advised: In this dystopian series the protagonist grows in a manner similar to characters such as Sansa Stark. She begins as sheltered/ and does not become a strategist until Book II when the story darkens and matures. There is no spice/adult content until Book III. Book I is Mid-Range YA. Book II is Dark/Mature YA better suited to older teen readers. Book III is New Adult and contains mature content. **Winner of Independent Book Review's "The Best Books We Read This Year (2021)"**

Download or read book Bound to the Dark Elf written by Lisa Kumar and published by Lisa Kumar. This book was released on 2014-08-16 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning author Lisa Kumar comes a contemporary fantasy romance of a banished dark elf with a torturous past who finds his salvation--and the warming of his heart--in a mortal woman. Liar, murderer, traitor … these are all names Eamon has been called, and he wears them with pride. Depending on which side one falls, those titles are only too true. But it's all part of his orchestrated manipulations. Up until the day he was banished from the fae land of Eria, he had schemed for millennia to protect his people, even resorting to murder. As punishment, the Erian king exiled him on Earth to live amongst the lowliest creatures of all — humans. Yet one frustrating and captivating woman shakes his ingrained beliefs to the core. Newly minted physical therapist Caralyn Alberts has been drawing images of a handsome, otherworldly stranger for as long as she can remember. She's chalked it up as a fluke occurrence of life. But when she finds the arrogant Eamon sprawled out on the ice at a local park, her life becomes just as slippery and dangerous as the hauntingly familiar elf. Enemies, friends, and unwilling partners inundate them from all sides. When Eamon's treacherous past makes a reappearance, they'll have to trust each other in order to keep their hearts — and their very lives — intact. This story is the third book in the Mists of Eria series and contains adult content and mentions past physical and sexual abuse. This book was previously published under the same title and has a new cover and fresh edits. The Mists of Eria series will be a crossover with The Faerin series. Kaiden and Ashlee from Falling for the Driade, the first The Faerin book, appear in this story. Both series are perfect for lovers of elf (fae)/human romance. Keywords: fantasy romance, elf romance, wicked elf, wicked fae, Elise Kova, Grace Draven, Sarah J. Mass, dangerous alliance, elf-human romance, fae-human romance, aristocratic hero, anti-hero, dark hero, human heroine, forced proximity, fae intrigue, morally gray hero, morally grey hero

Download or read book Vow to Protect written by Monica Corwin and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They call me a monster. Murderous and hateful. Beautiful but broken. Nothing can calm the ever raging storm inside of me. As the ruthless leader of the Doubeck family there is a certain standard of brutality, I have to uphold. Then I meet her. Beautiful, innocent, and so very afraid. Valentina is a rival family's daughter, and the little temptress has purposely tangled herself in my dark web. She seeks me out, needing my help, but the price for what she wants will be steep. Since my father's death, I've needed a wife to solidify my family name, and this woman has piqued my interest. So we strike a deal, intertwining our futures. I'll put a ring on her finger, own her body, keep her safe, and kill them all. I make a vow to protect her at all costs, that is until her secrets come to light, and I'm left with the choice of becoming the monster she's only ever heard rumors about. **This is a dark arranged marriage mafia romance. It contains dub-con/non-con as well as other scenes that may be triggering to some readers.**

Download or read book The Gilded Cage written by Lynette Noni and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kiva trades one cage for another when she leaves behind a deadly prison for a deceptive palace in this dark and dangerous sequel to The Prison Healer, which Sarah J. Maas called "a must-read." Kiva Meridan is a survivor. She survived not only Zalindov prison, but also the deadly Trial by Ordeal. Now Kiva's purpose goes beyond survival to vengeance. For the past ten years, her only goal was to reunite with her family and destroy the people responsible for ruining their lives. But now that she has escaped Zalindov, her mission has become more complicated than ever. As Kiva settles into her new life in the capital, she discovers she wasn't the only one who suffered while she was in Zalindov--her siblings and their beliefs have changed too. Soon it's not just her enemies she's keeping secrets from, but her own family as well. Outside the city walls, tensions are brewing from the rebels, along with whispers of a growing threat from the northern kingdoms. Kiva's allegiances are more important than ever, but she's beginning to question where they truly lie. To survive this time, she'll have to navigate a complicated web of lies before both sides of the battle turn against her and she loses everything.

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 Wolf Hunted written by Sadie Moss and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***Paranormal Reverse Harem*** Four renegade wolf shifters. An innocent young woman trapped in a web of lies. When their fates collide, sparks will fly... Diagnosed with a rare terminal illness, I've spent over half my life in the Strand Corporation's state-of-the-art treatment facility. I keep my chin up and do everything the doctors order, praying one day I'll walk out of here in perfect health. But when that day finally arrives, it's nothing like I hoped it would be. Instead, it comes in a hail of gunfire, along with four distractingly handsome men who say they're here to rescue me. On the run with these mysterious men and hunted by the very people I believed were my caretakers, I begin to realize nothing is what I thought it was. Turns out, I'm not really sick. I'm not completely human either... Wolf Hunted is the first book in The Last Shifter series, a slow-burn reverse harem story. If you love heroines with guts, hot alpha men, whychoose romance, and edge-of-your-seat action, dive into this thrilling new series today!

Download or read book Steel 7 written by Stephanie Brother and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven bodyguards are hired to keep me safe, but I want so much more than their protection. It's my first world tour, and my record company is nervous. They've crafted my innocent image and focused on marketing my appearance ahead of my talent, so they shouldn't be surprised at the dangers I'm facing. Girls like me are magnets for stalkers. When Steel 7 Security is employed to safeguard my trip, I expect my bodyguards to be middle-aged ex-cops with donut-bellies. My seven bodyguards couldn't be more different. Connor, Elijah, Ben, Asher, Jax, Hudson, and Mo are huge, powerful ex-military men with bodies made to protect and an impeccably rigorous attitude to my safety. They have nerves of steel, their eyes are watchful, and their attitudes are professional, but I can't help noticing how their gazes linger on my body and I can't help feeling the electricity between us whenever we're together. They're a team of specialists, hired to protect me. They know better than to fall for someone they're supposed to keep safe. But with every glance, every accidental touch, every word, I can feel their steely exteriors melting away. They're with me through the lonely days and long nights on the road. I can't hide beneath my well-crafted veneer when they're with me twenty-four hours a day. Slowly, they make me feel like nothing can ever touch me apart from them. I know it's risky. If the press discovers our secret, my image will shatter, and their careers will be over, but their magnetic pull is too strong to resist. How can they protect me when the connection between us is the very thing that puts me in danger?

Download or read book Bound a Dark Horse Novel written by J. S. Scott and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From NY Times and USA Today bestselling authors J.S. Scott and Cali MacKay...a new dark, steamy romance about two people who never should have met... Anna What are the chances of me getting kidnapped in a small town in the foothills of Colorado by a man who is the subject of an international manhunt? I'd say probably the same odds as winning the lottery...several times. Except I wasn't that lucky. I moved to this tiny town and opened a small diner to find some peace. I used to love staring at those beautiful, majestic, snow-capped mountain peaks. Now all that sight brings me is sorrow and heartache. Still, I'm here. I can't leave. I can't just run away like I wished I could. Then, on one cold, winter's evening, my entire world changes when a desperate man, one wanted for the rape and murder of a young woman in Seattle, drags me away from my diner and back to a dark place that I never wanted to go again. My kidnapper calls himself Phoenix. But I know who he really is. He's a cold-blooded murderer who would probably snuff out my life without one bit of remorse. As I remain his captive, dependent on his mercy, I have to pretend to trust him so I can try to make my escape. I'm defiant by nature; he wants me to submit. I hate the way my body reacts to him, craves him, but he considers that a victory. So one of us is going to lose this battle, and I'm not so certain the winner is going to be me....