Genre: Paranormal Romance, Urban
Fantasy
Content Warning: Sexual situations and bad
language. Magical violence.
Cover designer: Steven Novak ~ Editor:
Rebecca
Attacks
from Hellish minions have cast the magical world into an uproar. Amid the
chaos, Sorceress Krystine Iamides conceals the supernatural from humanity by using
her precognitive talents. Unfortunately, luck is not always kind and fate
thrusts her alongside her estranged lover while investigating a cult's
ritualistic sacrifice.
Detective
Jean-Luc Chevalier has a reputation for returning from the dead, as well as
stealing Krystine's heart. At first, her psychic ability seems like the right
investigative tool to aid his case - until it attracts a demonic entity with a
taste for human flesh.
Now,
as cult activities risk exposing magical society, it becomes imperative for the
ex-lovers to combine their unique gifts to survive the deception at hand.
Jean-Luc and Krys must discover the meaning of standing united; for divided,
they will fall.
Jean-Luc capped the end of his penlight and
tucked it into his leather jacket, making it too dark to make out his pale
features beside her. She sensed him near and enjoyed the warmth of his breath
close to her. He may have been a working man, but Krys knew from experience
that he had soft, beautiful hands and a soothing touch.
“Do you trust me?” he whispered suddenly in
a low voice. His breath caressed her ear.
“I do. You know I do.” Her shoulder lifted
and her cheek pressed into his hand in the dark. “I’m sorry. I can do
this.”
“I know you can…” Jean-Luc’s thumb
continued to sweep tenderly across her skin.
Within seconds, her racing heart began to
calm and the dry lump in her throat eased. Her fears seeped away. In their
place, she felt a sort of cool detachment despite the overwhelming odds. There
was only one thing she needed to do first.
A turn of her head and a lift of her hand
brought his face to hers. She kissed him, firm and deep, daring to slip her
tongue between his lips and enjoy the ardor he reciprocated. Jean-Luc’s kisses
were a drug, as fine as her most beloved wine, but Krys pulled away before she
completely lost herself. It was hard. Especially, since he had returned the
display of affection with equal passion.
“I missed you, Jean-Luc, and I’m sorry.”
She needed to say it. With the danger they headed toward, she needed him to
know in case she never got the chance again. “I was going to call you this
morning, I swear it.”
“I… I have missed you too,
Krystine.”
Strange how something so simple meant so
much to her. “Thank you for helping us.” Thank you for finding me.
Again.
“There is never a need to thank me for
doing what is right. This will go well, cherie, have faith in
that.”
Nick Taylor
enjoys writing as an outlet for her creativity. The works of Tolkien have
inspired her and remain among some of her favorite novels. She is a videogamer
by nature and enjoys horror movies, the outdoors, animals, and renaissance
festivals. Nick currently lives in Texas where she hopes to acquire her
registered nursing degree and is the mother of two beautiful children ages nine
and eleven.
Alisha Payne
loves to read and has always had a fondness for creative writing. She started
with poetry and moved up to short stories, before eventually writing novels
with her friend Nick. She loves reading a whole range of genres and authors
from Tolkien to James Rollins, and blames her love for reading on her mother,
who introduced her to the worlds of Pern and Xanth. Alisha is a former Petty
Officer of the United States Navy, which is where she met her wonderful
husband. She currently resides with her family in Virginia.
Addison never asked to become a king among
the mages in his society. Now he protects the fragile balance between the
mundane and supernatural realms. The job is easier said than done, even with
the aid of a sultry half-dryad who possesses unique talents of her own.
Crumbling truces test boundaries of the new ruler and his elite wizards as they
are swept into a treacherous game of loyalty and betrayal. A sinister enemy
forges deadly plans for the city of New York, and it will stop at nothing to
achieve its wicked desires.
In a world where demons whisper seductions
into mortal ears and fae prey upon the desperate with underhanded deals, fate
thrusts an ordinary young woman and her child into the center of a building
storm. In Manhattan, trolls lurk under more than bridges, gentle nature spirits
become killers overnight, and necromancers raise the dead to benefit their
insidious plots. To save New York City from ruin, the lives of four strangers
must intertwine. If they cannot defeat their own inner demons, then all is lost
and the forces of Hell will triumph.
Griffin MacNeil makes his living as a treasure
hunter; an adventuring sorcerer with a knack for surviving against the odds.
Exploring perilous tombs and ancient ruins for lost treasure is satisfying
work, but his thoughts often travel to his first love Aisling, the best friend
he left behind.
As the orphaned child of a Changeling,
Aisling has a natural talent for the magical arts. Her compassion, generosity,
and gift for lifting devilish curses aid her in saving lives as well as mending
souls. Unfortunately, she's also inherited a stubborn streak that would make
her fae ancestors proud.
Relentless mage-hunters sabotage Griffin's
most recent quest in Egypt, with fatal consequences for those around him. After
a rough recovery, chance throws Griffin right into Aisling's path. The
unexpected meeting allows them to rekindle their friendship, but their reunion
is bittersweet. With trained mercenaries annihilating wizard-kind and a demon-summoning
cult on his heels, Griffin needs more than a Faerie girl and his lucky gold
coin to keep ahead of danger.
For centuries, the peaceful Wakani people
have enjoyed the protection granted by the nagual - fierce tribal champions
able to shapeshift to a feline shape. Among them, a man named Felipe struggles
to find his place and create his own path. Young, headstrong, and too
inquisitive for his own good, Felipe's life takes a dangerous turn after a
seductive encounter with a mysterious explorer.
Dynamite, guns, and the spread of invading
civilization are only some of the perils threatening Felipe's tribe. Another
hungry danger lurks just beyond the village boundaries, and it eagerly awaits
the chance to make the whole tribe its prey. The inexperienced warrior becomes
torn between duty and desire, but his beguiling adventurer's past makes them
natural enemies. Can they overcome their differences in time to face the
greater danger... or will a sinister presence consume them all?
This book occurs between The Collector's
Treasure and The Gatekeeper's Key, but it may be read as a standalone series of
short stories. Stories 1 and 3 contain adult content.
Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas! Take a step away
from reality and enjoy these magical holiday-themed paranormal stories starring
characters from A Spellbound Consortium.
A wizard cowboy named Noah enjoys a special
night with his lady on Christmas Eve. Lachlan, the fairy hound, makes a new
friend in the most unlikely place. The psychic journalist Krys has a special
dance with the object of her affection.
In the distant future,
the nations of Earth have merged beneath a single ruling body: the United
Empire. Under the protection of Her Majesty's Galactic Navy, humanity has
spread across our stars and entered a new Golden Age of prosperity and peaceful
colonization.
Doctor Victor del Toro rose from nothing to
escape poverty and a childhood on the streets. He serves the galaxy as one of
the Navy's leading cyberneticists and views the Royal Marines as his family.
But that doesn't mean they're privileged to know his career is a comfort from
his turbulent past.
Born to influential parents, Zoe Raines'
childhood dream was to make a difference without her father's money. To avoid
an arranged marriage, she enlisted and risked her life to save a fellow marine,
sacrificing a limb in the process. Her new prosthetic places her under Doctor
del Toro's watchful eye - and his talented hands.
Age and rank should divide them, but Victor
needs Zoe for reasons beyond their mutual attraction. Danger is on the rise in
the galaxy, and the mass abduction of entire colonies leads to one staggering
fact: someone out there has targeted cybernetic recipients. It falls to Victor
to solve the mystery. With Zoe as his empathetic ear and the gun to
guard his back, the doctor must discover the whereabouts of the missing cyborgs
and heal his own damaged soul.
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