Imagine a city divided…a city readying itself for a war. The vampire Blood and the shape-shifting Beast Kind seek to seize control now that the treaty is broken. Only the humans stand in their way…but they stand without their Fae allies…and they desperately need help.... I chose to stay with the humans when the Fae withdrew from the City. I am a healer, and they need me. I know the odds are against them. I know they need reinforcements. But I never expected them to turn and seek aid from the depths of my past. Asharic is a powerful Fae, exiled by the Veiled Queen thirty years ago. Leaving me behind. But now the queen is dead and the throne is vacant, and Ash is returning to the City—my City—with his mercenary army. It would be false to deny that there is still a spark between us, but I will not be taken in again. And I’m not the only one disturbed by his return. A Blood lord is poised to conquer the Half-Light City, and other enemies new and old are gathering to eliminate the threat Ash poses. To save the City, we will have to join forces. And pray we’re not the ones who burn…

Get ready to be swept away by this darkly intense and steamy romantasy series from RITA® Award nominated author M.J. Scott… In a city preparing for war, I've chosen a side. When my kind—the Fae—retreated, I remained behind with the humans, knowing they’d need my talent for healing as they try to defeat the Night World. The humans are desperate, outnumbered by the Blood and the Beast Kind. But I never expected them to seek aid from the one man I’ve tried everything to forget. Asharic is Fae like me and once my heart was his. Until he was exiled by the Queen whose death has splintered the city’s peace and whose empty throne is dividing the Fae. Now he’s coming home with his mercenary army to fight a battle I’m not sure we can win. I tell myself he means nothing to me now, but Ash’s power is fire, and he still makes me burn with just a look. I'm not the only one thrown off balance by his return. The vast magic he commands threatens more than just the Night World and there are those who would sacrifice the city to take him down. As old enemies move against him and the Blood push for conquest, navigating past hurts and new alliances seems impossible. To stand against the dark, I need to embrace the fire, and hope it doesn’t leave me with nothing but ashes… Fire Kin is the fourth and final book in the Half-Light series, a dark and steamy romantic fantasy series from RITA® Award nominated author M.J. Scott. It's an intense and scorching second chance romance between a Fae healer and the disgraced Fae warrior returning from exile to stop a war. If you love worlds with vampires, shapeshifters, Fae and human magic, intrigue and action a la Sarah J Maas, then this is your next binge-worthy series! Author's note: This series is complete but in the process of being re-released (all books will be available again by the end of October 2024). For tropes and CW, please check the author's website.

The New York Times bestselling author offers “absolutely everything a reader could want in a book: action, sex, craziness, passion, lunacy and . . . humor” (Fresh Fiction). The trouble with humans is that they’re far too sensitive. Forget you put a woman in the local jail for a few months—and she takes it so personally! And yet she is the one trying to assassinate the queen. And now I’m trapped with Elina Shestakova of the Black Bear Riders of the Midnight . . . gods! That endless name! But what am I to do? I am Celyn the Charming with direct orders from my queen to protect this unforgiving female. Even more shocking, this unforgiving female is completely unimpressed by me. How is that even possible? But I know what I want and, for the moment, I want her. And I’m sure that she, like all females, will learn to adore me. How could she not when I am just so damn charming? Praise for the Dragon Kin Series “Aiken’s patented mix of bloodthirsty action, crazy scenarios and hilarious dialogue have made this series a truly unique pleasure.”—RT Book Reviews (4½ Stars) “A chest thumping, mead-hall rocking, enemy slaying brawl of a good book.”—All Things Urban Fantasy “Laugh-out-loud funny—I loved it!”—Thea Harrison, New York Times bestselling author

Does Jerusalem Stand? It was the question all human star travelers asked one another. The ancient city of Jerusalem, holy to three human religions, had become the touchstone for anyone not yet absorbed into the Na’id Empire, under its twin banner of Galactic Dominion/Human Supremacy. Iry— A planet out of myth, whose very existence could bring down an empire. Alihahd— The captain was a notorious rebel runner. To most of the known galaxy hewas a legend without a face, to the rest, a face without a name. He was called Alihahd. “He left.” It was the word Na’id enforcers heard when they demanded to know where the rebel had gone—always one step ahead—as if he knew his enemy very well. Hero, villain, coward. Three times a legend on both sides of the same war.

Reprint of 1914 book:IN "THE TOTEM OF BLACK HAWK" I have tried to do something more than just to write a story that will thrill and interest-I have endeavored to put real historical value into it, to give correct pictures of how the pioneers of the Middle West lived, how they built and furnished their homes and planted and tilled their fields. The plot becomes involved in the Black Hawk War and that famous Indian chief plays an important part in the tale. In writing of this war I have sought to tell the truth, so far as I could learn it, even when the truth was discreditable to my own race; for, in this war, as in many of our other Indian wars, the white man was far from blameless. - EVERETT MCNEIL