In this steely and intense novel from New York Times bestselling author L.A. Banks, lust, envy, and revenge prove to be the most lethal weapons of all... Secret government operative Sasha Trudeau arrives at the scene of a murder, only to discover that a Fae creature has been killed, in a whole new kind of way. What is the meaning behind this mysterious ritualistic killing? What did the victim do to deserve it? Sasha fears that the Vampires and Unseelies...

Pierre Niemans (Jean Reno) investigates a series of ritual murders that are somehow tied to a secretive order of monks, hidden treasure, and the Apocalypse.

"Readers of early Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, and the best thrillers out there should try Liu now. "-Publishers Weekly"Anyone who loves my work should love [Lui's]. "-Christina FeehanAward-winning, New York Times bestselling author Marjorie M. Liu's magnificent Dirk and Steele novels are the gold standard of paranormal romance fiction. Stepping briefly away from her unique detective agency of shapeshifters, psychics, and extraordinary beings,...

Congratulations! Either one or both of your parents has vampire blood. Welcome to the vampire race! Please keep a few things in mind as you ease into the most difficult phase of your life: 1. Light sensitivity, humming teeth, and stomach pains are completely normal. You'll also be faster, stronger, and sexy as hell (if you're lucky). 2. You'll bloodlust and go crazy if you deny your body's urge for blood. Why fight it? 3. Do not pierce the skin of...

"In 1856 New York, Heather Fitzpatrick, a bashful abolitionist, falls for young Army lieutenant David Whitman, who is tracking a runaway slave - the very slave she and her parents rescued from the hands of the slavemongers a few nights earlier. Despite their divergent views on slavery, romance ensues when David dances with Heather at the Cotillion Ball and later that night, walks her home. An engagement quickly follows. When he receives word that...

"When you're young, and passionate about your first theatre job, you do everything your director tells you to. Don't you? Tor Douglas can be charismatic, rude, angry or captivating. And Marigold is lucky to be starting her career in the Tower Theatre Company-so she'd better do as he says. But she's used to speaking her mind, sometimes too impulsively, and this soon gets her into trouble with her director and the other actors, who are far more wily,...

"After the Fall ratchets up the tension as time traveler Gigi Perrin and her husband, the Roman warrior Quintus Magnus, join forces with the Visigoth King Alaric to march on Rome. There waits Princess Galla Placidia, the admirable sister of the despicable Emperor Honorius. About to be forced into an arranged marriage by her brother, Placidia fears a bleak future, trapped in a loveless union. In an attempt to save Rome from barbarian invasion, Placidia...

"Liz Fairchild is through with relationships. Widowed in her twenties, now divorced halfway through her forties, it's time to live life for herself. No man need apply. With the proceeds from her divorce settlement-and business advice from an unexpected source-she opens an art gallery in Northwest Portland, trades her McMansion on the Columbia River for an apartment above her gallery, and looks forward to her new, independent life. Everything is working...

"Electra Shipley lies in a mite-infested bunk, weak from lack of food and seasickness. Imprisoned and sentenced to seven years' transportation, she sails towards the penal colony of New South Wales, Australia. Despite the odds, she is determined to survive, to clear her name, and return to her life of wealth and ease in England. William Radcliffe has fled the betrayals of his father and fiancee to make a new life in the colony. When a transport ship...

"Kathryn Delroy thinks the management training session she's been asked to attend will be a dream come true. The excitement hits a new level when an old family friend, Thomas Ryan, shows up as well. When the training ends, their passion for each other finds them stranded in a cabin in the Alaskan mountains - a cabin that belongs to a wanted fugitive. When they discover documents that identify illegal activities, they panic and report what they've...