Alex Verus faces his dark side in this return to the bestselling urban fantasy series about a London-based mage.
To protect his friends, Mage Alex Verus has had to change - and embrace his dark side. But the life mage Anne has changed too, and made a bond with a dangerous power. She's going after everyone she's got a grudge against - and it's a long list.
In the meantime, Alex has to deal with his arch-enemy, Levistus. The Council's death squads are hunting Alex as well as Anne, and the only way for Alex to stop them is to end his long war with Levistus and the Council, by whatever means necessary. It will take everything Alex has to stay a step ahead of the Council and stop Anne from letting the world burn. Views: 151
From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author comes the next book in the Laurel Springs Emergency Response Team.Trust Laramie Briscoe to provide engaging characters in a well-built world I want to revisit again and again. Carly Phillips, NY Times bestselling author.The storm raging in the Gulf isn't the only thing brewing between these two...Cutter ThompsonHurricane Tatum, a category five storm hell-bent on making landfall along the Alabama coast, is my opportunity, to show my friends and family the kind of man I've become.The kid who lost his scholarship and the love is life is ready for a change. A change I'm equal parts scared will and won't come.An EMT wasn't my first choice of careers, but it's become my calling. When the winds die down, the skies clear, and the rain stops, we're left with devastation the likes of which I've never seen. What I come to realize is ugly... Views: 151
A corpse in a corset. A dangerous gambling den. A perilous path between safety and evil.London, 1905. Leading milliner Emily Gates' illegal shortcut through a private park in the rain brought her straight to a scantily clothed corpse. Then her route took her straight into the hands of the indefatigable Lady Kaldaire, who recognized the body as a relative of her longtime friend, the Duchess of Wallingford. Lady Kaldaire blackmailed Emily before to find Lord Kaldaire's killer. Why not this murderer, too?Emily has plenty of reasons why not, but finding links between her father's nefarious family of crooks and conmen and the debauchery of the secretive Marlowe Club involves her in the investigation led by the handsome Inspector Russell of Scotland Yard. Emily discovers more than she expects about the licentious world of the corpse through her aristocratic customers, including Georgia, heroine of the Victorian Bookshop Mysteries, now the Duchess of Blackford.Are... Views: 151
"We're big fans of music mysteries here at CrimeReads, so I'm psyched for the new Nelson George...A complex mystery that should serve as the perfect quarantine distraction."—CrimeReads, One of the Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020"This dark, rollicking mystery is the fifth in George's D Hunter series...D's point of view, his self-confessed vulnerability, and his deep appreciation for music, from R&B on, make this thoroughly satisfying reading."—Booklist"A showcase of different approaches to values, business, and hip-hop seen through a lens that feels personal."—Kirkus Reviews"Nelson George's The Darkest Hearts: A D Hunter Mystery stars a talent-manager protagonist encountering human trafficking, reactionary politics, and a dead body near the Canarsie Pier."—Library Journal, selected by Barbara Hoffert as a 2020 Title to WatchIn the fifth book of Nelson... Views: 151
Hero. Soldier. Spy. Leader. Her name is Nancy Wake. A "thrilling debut" and "cinematic treat" inspired by the true story of World War II's greatest heroine (Publishers Weekly). p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'} To the Allies, she was a fearless freedom fighter, a special operations legend, a woman ahead of her time. To the Gestapo, she was a ghost, a shadow, the most wanted person in the world. But at first, Nancy Wake was just another young woman living in Marseilles and recently engaged to a man she loved. Then France fell to the Nazi blitzkrieg. With her appetite for danger, Nancy quickly finds herself drawn into the underground Resistance standing up to Nazi rule. Gaining notoriety as the White Mouse, with a 5-million-franc bounty hanging over her head, Wake rises to the top of the Nazi's Most Wanted list — only to find her husband arrested for treasonous activity... Views: 151
Shadow Academy has many secrets... and I'm one of them. After the death of his father, Ren Worthington has fallen from grace. Not so long ago, I'd have enjoyed watching him mucking the stables while I lived in luxury but now, I just want the old Ren back. To redeem myself, restore his fortune and find out the truth about our birth secrets, I vow to find his estranged mother. But Mrs. Worthington isn't an easy woman to find. The only person who can help me locate her is a former enemy and the price he asks is more than I'm prepared to pay. With a new evil rising, an unwelcome admirer and threats from all directions, it's going to take all my powers and smarts combined to get through this semester. Shadow Academy has many secrets and soon they will be revealed. Views: 151
From USA Today Bestselling author JADE LEE, a lush tale from the greatest, most notorious gambling den in London. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World!Intrigue Makes For Strange Bedfellows...Elliott, Lord Byrn, often found himself in strange places, but none is more bizarre than the infamous Lyon’s Den gaming house in a tony part of London. The gambling doesn’t surprise him, nor the salacious things rumored to happen in the upstairs rooms. What shocks him is a slip of a girl jeweler/fence who bargains with him over a missing brooch. He needs her to refashion the thing before anyone else realizes it is missing and she drives a hard bargain.Harder Than He Can Imagine...Amber Gohar lives her days in the gray world of a gambling hell, but she dreams of escaping into the vibrant world of the ton. When the opportunity arises for her to spend just one night at a society ball, she grabs it with both hands, never expecting that she would also be taking hold of a man who set her heart on fire. But once she realizes what she’s done, she won’t let go. She can’t. Happily ever after doesn’t come easily, or for free, in the world of The Lyon's Den.How these two unlikely bedfellows discover their best bargain will set both the ton, and The Lyon’s Den, on fire. Views: 151
Sixteen years ago, I took a vow that changed everything.Earth had done a lot of things to me over the years. I always had desires, hopes and dreams. However, wanting to follow my own heart over duty? That was new.Guardian knights protect the ancient heirs of Terra. This is an honor and a privilege. I was not created to follow my own path. I was bred, born, raised and trained to be a guardian knight. The single night I let myself forget my purpose resulted in death. One moment of freedom was all it took to kill my best friend, his wife and scar Emma forever. I know that if I had been there—if I was in that back seat with Emma, I could have saved them all. I vowed from that moment on that I would never let the ways of Earth corrupt my soul.I am Rykerian Dallard. I am a guardian knight of the first kingdom of Terra. I will stop at nothing until I find who murdered Emma's family. I will keep her safe.I can not, and I will not fail, not again. Views: 151
