Six award-winning authors bring you this spellbinding collection of stories about dark desires, mysterious worlds, and danger that lurks in the shadows of the night. Where nothing is black and white; where things might not be as they seem; where magic and mayhem rule.
MARION, MISSING by Rachel Caine
Valentine is a detective with two major problems: he’s been offered a kidnapping case that will probably get him killed, and his partner won’t let him turn it down. He owes her that much … since his partner’s a ghost, and he’s the one who killed her. A dark, haunting noir mystery of love, hate and loss.
FEMME FATALE by Cynthia Eden
PI Mick Swayne has seen it all—his clients have included liars, thieves, and even killers. He thinks he can handle anything and anyone. Then she walks into his office. Savannah Moreau is beautiful, seductive, and…a vampire? The gorgeous vamp hires Mick to help her track down a killer who is hunting in Chicago, but as Mick slips deeper into Savannah’s paranormal world, he wonders if he can really trust his new client…
DANCE WITH THE DEVIL by Megan Hart
When the devil starts the music, you’d better get ready to dance.
Kathleen Murphy has sold her soul to the devil. Fame, fortune, success…everything she’s ever dreamed of is hers, and all she has to do is the devil’s bidding. When love comes knocking, the last thing in the world she wants to do is involve Jake in her twisted world, but the devil’s started up the jukebox and Kathleen has no choice but to learn the steps.
Kathleen Murphy has sold her soul to the devil. Fame, fortune, success…everything she’s ever dreamed of is hers, and all she has to do is the devil’s bidding. When love comes knocking, the last thing in the world she wants to do is involve Jake in her twisted world, but the devil’s started up the jukebox and Kathleen has no choice but to learn the steps.
THE CONSORT by Suzanne Johnson
Faulkner Hearne, the captain of the ruthless Fae Hunters, finds his duty at odds with his heart when he’s ordered to capture the consort of Faerie’s cruel Prince of Summer when she flees across the veil into modern New Orleans. Can Faulk turn Liandra over to a certain death at the hands of the prince, or will he risk a war with Faerie in order to save her?
An all-new novella set in the Sentinels of New Orleans multiverse.
An all-new novella set in the Sentinels of New Orleans multiverse.
HEART’S BLOOD by Jeffe Kennedy, a Twelve Kingdoms novella
A dark fairytale retelling of a princess robbed of rank, husband and even her name.
Nix is nothing. The Princess Natilde—her former waiting woman—attacked her on the journey to wed Prince Cavan, stripping her of everything and taking her place. With no serving skills, Nix becomes a goose girl. Perhaps if Nix keeps her promise never to reveal who she really is, Natilde won’t carry out her vile threats. Prince Cavan entered his arranged marriage determined to have a congenial, if not loving relationship with his future queen—for the sake of both their kingdoms. But, his wife repels him more each day and he finds himself absurdly drawn to the lovely Nix.
With broken vows, anguish and dark secrets between them, Cavan and Nix struggle to find the magic to restore what’s gone terribly wrong… if it ever can be.
Nix is nothing. The Princess Natilde—her former waiting woman—attacked her on the journey to wed Prince Cavan, stripping her of everything and taking her place. With no serving skills, Nix becomes a goose girl. Perhaps if Nix keeps her promise never to reveal who she really is, Natilde won’t carry out her vile threats. Prince Cavan entered his arranged marriage determined to have a congenial, if not loving relationship with his future queen—for the sake of both their kingdoms. But, his wife repels him more each day and he finds himself absurdly drawn to the lovely Nix.
With broken vows, anguish and dark secrets between them, Cavan and Nix struggle to find the magic to restore what’s gone terribly wrong… if it ever can be.
THE DJINN IN THE MIRROR by Mina Khan, a Djinn World novella
A paranormal Cinderella story with a young witch as the heroine and a wicked, sexy djinn instead of a fairy godmother.
Dahlia, the step-daughter of a power hungry wizard, promises to free a djinn trapped in a mirror if he rescues her from impending death. But Ashmael the djinn has his own agenda: to trick & seduce his way to freedom. The only problem is he ends up falling for Dahlia. Can he win his freedom and save the girl?
Okay I've never reviewed an anthology before so I'm just going to say a few words about each story.
Marion, Missing was an interesting story. Not a traditional romance story but I liked it. And I've never read anything by Rachel Caine so this one was a new to me author and an unusual story.
Femme Fatale was a vamp story by one of my favorite authors and it was great. I really liked it.
Dance with the Devil was a really really really different story. And I wasn't sure I liked it but it turned out to be a great story at the end but it was one of the darker stories in this anthology.
The Consort was by another new to be author. I really liked this story. Even though I wanted Faulk to seriously beat down that Prince. This author is one I am going to read more of.
Heart's Blood was a DNF since it wasn't my cup of tea.
The Djinn in the mirror was another new to me author and I finished the story but this wasn't my cup of tea either. The heroine was not to my taste and the hero was too much of a dick for me.
All in all this was an interesting anthology and added a couple of authors to my like to read list. Not bad for an anthology. That is what makes anthologies fun, the surprise and maybe finding a favorite author in the bunch. I give this one a 4 stars even though there was a couple of stories not to my taste but that wasn't the authors writing it was me and the story.I was given this book by one of the authors in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Dahlia, the step-daughter of a power hungry wizard, promises to free a djinn trapped in a mirror if he rescues her from impending death. But Ashmael the djinn has his own agenda: to trick & seduce his way to freedom. The only problem is he ends up falling for Dahlia. Can he win his freedom and save the girl?
Okay I've never reviewed an anthology before so I'm just going to say a few words about each story.
Marion, Missing was an interesting story. Not a traditional romance story but I liked it. And I've never read anything by Rachel Caine so this one was a new to me author and an unusual story.
Femme Fatale was a vamp story by one of my favorite authors and it was great. I really liked it.
Dance with the Devil was a really really really different story. And I wasn't sure I liked it but it turned out to be a great story at the end but it was one of the darker stories in this anthology.
The Consort was by another new to be author. I really liked this story. Even though I wanted Faulk to seriously beat down that Prince. This author is one I am going to read more of.
Heart's Blood was a DNF since it wasn't my cup of tea.
The Djinn in the mirror was another new to me author and I finished the story but this wasn't my cup of tea either. The heroine was not to my taste and the hero was too much of a dick for me.
All in all this was an interesting anthology and added a couple of authors to my like to read list. Not bad for an anthology. That is what makes anthologies fun, the surprise and maybe finding a favorite author in the bunch. I give this one a 4 stars even though there was a couple of stories not to my taste but that wasn't the authors writing it was me and the story.I was given this book by one of the authors in exchange for a fair and honest review.
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