Urban Contemporary

Jane Yellowrock is the queen of the vampires, and that makes her a target as she fights to maintain control and keep peace in the city of New Orleans. She has enemies at every turn, because vampires live forever, and they keep their grudges alive with them. That includes the Heir, the vampire sire of the Pellissier bloodline, which gave rise to Leo Pellissier himself—Jane’s old boss and the former master of the city.

Just as Jane Jameson’s unlife seems to be stabilizing, fate sinks its fangs firmly into her butt. Despite her near-phobia of wedding planning, her no-frills nighttime nuptials to her sexy boyfriend, Gabriel, are coming along smoothly. That is, until she turns a fatally wounded teenage acquaintance, and the Council pronounces her responsible for the newborn vamp until he can control his thirst.

À la suite du tremblement de terre qui a détruit la cité des Anciens, Malta, le Gouverneur et sa compagne dérivent sur le fleuve du Désert des Pluies jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient recueillis par un vaisseau chalcidien qui les emmène vers une destination inconnue. Pendant ce temps, à Terrilville, la situation demeure très confuse : les navires chalcidiens font le blocus du port, la guerre civile réduit à néant l'unité de la cité, l'interruption du commerce, les incendies et les pillages ruinent la ville.

Dispersés, les membres de la famille Vestrit affrontent les épreuves les plus redoutables. À bord de La Vivacia, les esclaves révoltés souhaitent s'approprier le navire. Galvanisés par leur chef fanatique, ils veulent juger le capitaine Kyle, tandis que Kennit, à la tête des pirates, doit être amputé d'une jambe. Quant à Althéa, elle s'est embarquée sur L'Ophélie qu'un vaisseau chalcidien prétend arraisonner, au cours du voyage de retour vers son port d'attache.

Nava has come a long way from being a hot mess flying solo. She's now one of the major players on the chessboard, leading the charge against a witch with dark magic, a power-mad rabbi, and the impending apocalypse. Friends will die and secrets will be exposed. Add imprisonment, torture, and the biggest, baddest demon of them all who has plans for her, and it's a lot for a girl to take in. Time to rally the troops and make her last stand because she's damned if she'll let the end of the world stand in the way of her romantic, sexytimes galore, happily-ever-after.

Kelsingra, après la découverte du puits d'argent, source de la magie des Anciens, le capitaine Leftrin et ses compagnons s'efforcent d'évacuer les débris qui bouchent le conduit pour accéder à la précieuse substance ; ils espèrent ainsi permettre aux dragons et aux Anciens de retrouver leur magie, et surtout de sauver le petit Phron, l'enfant de Malta et Reyn, héritier des changements que ses parents ont subis auprès de Tintaglia mais qui sont en train de le tuer à petit feu.

Hellhounds ate my homework. Justin won Elyssa's heart and saved his dad from rogue vampires, but just when he thinks he can ride off into the sunset on a white horse, trouble not only knocks on his door, it plows through it with hellhounds. Spawn relatives with their own agendas, vampires running amok, and his father marked for death - it seems there's no end to the kinds of monsters out to make Justin's life miserable.

Dans ce deuxième volume des Aventuriers de la mer, La Vivacia, le dernier bateau qui subsiste dans la famille des Vestrit, est désormais confiée à Kyle, qui compte en faire un transport d'esclaves afin de restaurer la fortune d'antan. Pour parvenir à ses fins, celui-ci entend soumettre chacun des siens à sa volonté de fer : son propre fils Hiémain, qui s'est destiné à des études humanistes, est condamné contre son gré à travailler à bord du navire.

Tout juste de retour au camp des Myrmes, Cassiopée affronte une première déconvenue : Gabriel est en mission espionnage et les deux amoureux sont brutalement séparés. Arrive alors Leo, un jeune homme mal en point qui ne tarde pas à révéler sa véritable identité. Ancien Myrme devenu Narque, il a un message à lui transmettre de la part de Manassé : Cassiopée est en danger au sein de son propre clan. Le mal serait-il vraiment du côté des Narques ? Gabriel est bientôt porté disparu. Tout porte à croire qu'il est mort, mais Cassiopée, convaincue du contraire, décide de suivre son intuition.

Instagram model, party girl Luna Star had closed herself off to love, content with her life as a local celebrity. She enjoys the fast life and didn't see herself slowing down, until meeting Bash one night at the club. What was supposed to be one night between Bash and Luna Star turns into more than what either of them were expecting.

For years, fans have been clamoring for an all-in-one collection of #1 best-selling author Sherrilyn Kenyon's novellas. At their enthusiastic behest, we have delivered this brand-new short story collection, including stories previously exclusive to Sherrilyn's website, as well as an all-new, never-before seen Dark-Hunter story! Sherrilyn Kenyon takes listeners from the Dark-Hunters to the demigods, from Dream-Hunters to demons, and everything in between.

In a few short weeks, Gabe's life has changed completely. He went from working nightmare jobs and living with awful roommates to a small studio apartment that was intended to be all his own to renting a house on a quiet street and sharing it with the woman of his dreams as he began to seriously pursue his ideal job. But the changes are far from over. Gabe now finds himself in the company of a staggeringly attractive redhead, Holly. For all her beauty, she is shy, awkward, and at just as unhappy a place in her life as he was not all that long ago.

When John Hunter finds out he can get paid $5,000 for trapping a rogue chimera, it's game on. Now, he'll have a crash course on the goings-on of the secret underworld and more than a few bruises to prove his mettle. But not all is as straightforward as it may seem. There are those closest to Jonny who are more than they're letting on. And the humans in his life turn out to be the worst kind of monsters. Jonny may be able to save himself, if he wants to save the city from an unspeakable, ancient evil lurking in the shadows, he'll have to catch up fast.

Once, only her own life hung in the balance. Oddly enough, when Yelena was a poison taster, her life was simpler. But she'd survived to become a vital part of the balance of power between rival countries Ixia and Sitia. Now she uses her magic to keep the peace in both lands - and protect her relationship with Valek. Suddenly, though, they are beset on all sides by those vying for power through politics and intrigue. Valek's job and his life are in danger.

When Owen Pitt and the rest of the Monster Hunter International crew are called away to mount a month’s-long rescue mission in a monster-infested nightmare dimension, Julie Shackleford - Owen’s wife and descendant of MHI founder Bubba Shackleford - is left behind. Her task: hold down the fort and take care of her new baby son Ray. The slow pace of office work and maternity leave are starting to get to her. But when a routine field call brings her face-to-face with an unspeakable evil calling itself Brother Death, she’ll get more excitement than she ever hoped for.

Mack might be, to all intents and purposes, a normal looking human, but she lives with a pack of shapeshifters in Cornwall in rural England after being dumped there by her mother when she was just a young child. She desperately wants to be accepted by her surrogate family, not least because a lot of them hate her for merely being human, but for some reason her blood just won't allow the transformation to occur.

À la suite de la crue catastrophique qui a frappé l'expédition vers la cité légendaire des Anciens, les survivants se retrouvent et s'efforcent de reconstituer un groupe cohérent, malgré les disparitions ; de nouvelles relations se forment, inattendues ou inespérées, d'autres poursuivent une évolution cahoteuse et malaisée, comme les dragons malformés qui continuent de grandir et de rêver de devenir un jour les maîtres du ciel, de la terre et de la mer.

All Trades, Inc. had cemented itself as the biggest and best business around. If you wanted armor, weapons, potions, or anything else you might possibly need on an adventure, nobody did it better. Unfortunately, a company in the real world took notice and decided they wanted what Jack had. When he said no, things turned ugly.

In the latest entry in Ilona Andrews's Edge series, Audrey Callahan is determined to stay on the straight and narrow - but when her brother gets into trouble, she takes on one last heist and finds herself matching wits with lawyer, gambler, thief, and spy Kaldar Mar.

Fans of Charlaine Harris’ best-selling Sookie Stackhouse novels will find much to enjoy in this companion to the immensely popular series. Included are a never-before-published novella and an exclusive interview with Alan Ball, creator of HBO’s True Blood. Sookie herself guides listeners on a tour of Bon Temps, gives them a peek at the werewolf and werepanther communities, provides a glimpse of her best friend Tara’s dress shop, and offers a look at Merlotte’s - the bar where Sookie earns her living.