Something evil is calling to her. Is it the mysterious man who finds her in the woods, or something within the forest, itself? An ancient evil hidden among the trees... Crystal is driving across the state for a job interview when she feels a pressing need to stop her car and get out. She’s on the edge of a woodland and she finds herself drawn within to help the trees that are crying out for her attention. An ancient vampire who treads the fine line between his nature and his duty... Marco senses the trespasser and expects a confrontation. What he finds is something altogether different. A beautiful, magical woman walking through his woodland, talking to the trees. Enchanted by her innocent magic, he must discover why she is there and what she intends to do. The estate has an evil history and he’s been working to reclaim it for the forces of Light, but he’ll have to fight his own dark desires for this woman to discover if she is one of the good guys...or very, very bad. A shared destiny bigger than either of them expect... Crystal’s unique abilities allow them to discover what has been sickening the trees, and they must work together to protect the entire world from the evil that lurks just below the surface. Will they prevail, and can they find a way to be together when she is a child of the daylight and he is a creature of the night?

Females young and old, beautiful and plain crave Valerian's touch. None can resist his blatant sensuality and potent allure—until he steals Shaye Holling from a Florida beach and holds her prisoner in his underwater kingdom. The cynical Shaye wants nothing to do with the mighty warlord, but she's inexplicably drawn to him. For underneath the warrior's arrogant beauty lies a complex and powerful man. A man whose caress is like fire…. Now Valerian must fight for the privilege of claiming her as his own. Because there's one thing Shaye doesn't know…. That when a nymph discovers his true mate, she's his for life.

Sexy, dark and exciting, NYMPHS is the novel of the smash-hit international TV series. Perfect for fans of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and THE ORIGINALS. Meet the nymphs: living among us, they're forever young, dangerously seductive - and ever so deadly... A young man is found dead after a college party in a small town. His body bears the marks of a brutal attack, but police are mystified as to the actual cause of death. Afterwards, student Didi Tiensuu is approached by two mysterious women. Beautiful and other-worldly, they have come to warn her she is in danger. And to live, she must for ever leave her old life behind. There are evil forces at work that mere mortals can never comprehend. And Didi is about to discover her past is a lie. The night of reckoning is coming and the choice is hers. Reject her fate. Or accept her destiny and embrace her power...

An addictive fantasy romance from TikTok sensation Piper CJ, now newly revised and edited. Two orphans grow into powerful young women as they face countless threats to find their way back to each other. Farleigh is just an orphanage. At least, that's what the church would have the people believe, but beautiful orphans Nox and fae-touched Amaris know better. They are commodities for sale, available for purchase by the highest bidder. So when the madame of a notorious brothel in a far-off city offers a king's ransom to purchase Amaris, Nox ends up taking her place — while Amaris is drawn away to the mountains, home of mysterious assassins. Even as they take up new lives and identities, Nox and Amaris never forget one thing: they will stop at nothing to reunite. But the threat of war looms overhead, and the two are inevitably swept into a conflict between human and fae, magic and mundane. With strange new alliances, untested powers, and a bond that neither time nor distance could possibly break, the fate of the realms lies in the hands of two orphans — and the love they hold for each other.

What you are about to read is a sample of what is too come. A 4 book series of a hidden world within our very own. A war that has been fought for you and me since the beginning of creation of time. A war for magical power, and the fire that comes with it. A girl who has been born unknowingly has the power to end it. But first she must discover who she really is. Grieving over the death of her father, she set’s out the find answers to his mysterious death , but finds way more than she could have ever imagined.

Reveals the narf, a rare sea nymph who lives beneath a swimming pool until she is seen by a person who, after that experience, will someday do something important for the world.

When Sophie Champion first meets the notorious "Earl of Scandal" Crispin Foscari, it's while she's looking for clues in the suspicious death of a loved one. But when she's implicated in a murder, her only hope lies with Crispin--who has a mysterious agenda of his own. Locked in mutual mistrust, Sophie and Crispin strike a seductive bargain that binds them together in their search for answers.

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