I wanted her.

She was just two floors away from me here in my castle.

And some piece of her—naïve and inexperienced—wanted me.

The man who was doomed to die at her hand.

I could mostly ignore that fact, now that I was used to her presence, and my intermittent lust. But I wondered if not telling her about it was a bigger betrayal than not telling her about my arrangement with her father. If she did manage her Ascension—and when she found out what that meant—then she would know the truth.

That there hadn't been a moment, ever since we met, that I didn't see my death inside her eyes.

I could only hope that the shame of her learning that would be absolved by a second realization: that I had loved her anyway.

Tarian lost her for eight hundred years. He won’t let her go again.

Kenna Murillo’s biggest concern should be passing organic chemistry—not the dragon shifter who crashes into her life, furious, half-feral, and swearing she belongs to him.

But Tarian has spent centuries imprisoned, cursed to live without the one soul who was always meant to be his. Now he’s free—and so is she. Only, the ones who killed her previous incarnations? They never stopped hunting. And this time, they don’t just want her dead. They want to unmake her.

Kenna can deny the past. She can fight the pull between them. She can run.

Or she can stand beside the dragon who would burn everything down—except her.

Jack: You would think that rescuing my boss and helping deliver her happily-ever-after would earn me a few points with Karma, or at least a couple nights off, but luck has never been on my side. I've got to make my own way in this new reality: my Mistress is dead, but Maya needs help fighting off other vampire gangs, a sacred warrior is after me for my part in their partner's death, I've got a bloodslave following me like a pup, Francesca is breathing down my neck, the Dark Ink staff are in revolt, and the perpetual temptation of Zach is right next door. Oh, and Paco's going to become a vampire in three nights.

I guess no good deed goes unpunished. Especially when you're already dead.

Welcome to Dark Ink Tattoo, where needles aren't the only things that bite.

<p><b>Power, Love, Money: Pick One</b></p><p><b></b><br></p><p>I'm her father's best friend. She's twenty years younger than me. He'll kill me if I touch her—but I'll die if I don't.</p><p><br></p><p>The last time I saw Lia Ferreo I was helping her with a skinned knee—and now she wants to run her father's company. She has no idea the dark lengths her father and I went through to build the mafia-financed hotel empire we currently run, or where any of the bodies are buried, but I know better.</p><p><br></p><p><em>So much better.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Lia's gentle, I'm cruel.</p><p><br></p><p>She's innocent, I'm a murderer.</p><p><br></p><p>She deserves to be free—all I want to do is control...]]> Sat, 23 Nov 2024 00:35:28 +0200 https://www.bookfrom.net/cassie-alexander/503-shapeshifted.html https://www.bookfrom.net/cassie-alexander/503-shapeshifted.html
SHAPESHIFTEDCassie AlexanderNurse Edie Spence is once again called upon to save a life...and this time, it's personal. Can her new community of zombies, vampires, and shapeshifters come to her rescue when she needs them most? When Edie was fired from her paranormal nursing job at County Hospital, her whole world came crashing down. Now she's is once again shaken to her core. Her mother is deathly ill and there's only one thing that will save her: vampire blood. But with the paranormal community shunning Edie, where can she obtain it...without losing her own life in the process? SHAPESHIFTED Edie hopes to procure it at her new job at the clinic across town, where the forces of evil loom large. Vampire gang wars are rampant. Old underground enemies are rising to the surface. And Edie's zombie ex-boyfriend has arrived at the scene-but is he the same man he used to be? And what should she make of the enigmatic doctor with whom she shares an unexpected connection? She'll have to figure it out soon, because all hell is about to break loose-literally-and time is running out..."Shapeshifted is the third Cassie Alexander novel I've read, and I enjoyed it just as much as the first. Edie Spence, Alexander's nurse protagonist, has a real talent for getting into trouble and somehow getting out of it, but each time she seems to have sacrificed something, even if it's only her couch. And she's so often sleep-deprived, I worry a little about her patients. But Edie is loyal and tough and determined, and these are all characteristics you want in an urban fantasy hero, which she certainly is. In this book, Edie finds her mother has cancer, and Edie wants some vampire blood to cure her. But Edie's being shunned by the supernatural community. How's she going to get it? A loose plot point or two get tied up in this book, but other threads are left open. We can all look forward to what happens next."--New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris]]> Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:21:04 +0300 https://www.bookfrom.net/cassie-alexander/679514-blood_at_dusk.html https://www.bookfrom.net/cassie-alexander/679514-blood_at_dusk.html

<p><strong>Jack wasn't always a vampire, and Angela wasn't always a werewolf—delve into the events that brought them together.</strong><br></p><p><strong>Angela:</strong> I thought my best friend Willa was crazy when she wanted us to flirt with the leader of a motorcycle gang but somehow, the three of us fell in love...at least that's what I thought. Then I realized the horrific truth about Gray's gang—everyone in it was a werewolf. Monsters were real. And suddenly, Willa and I were expendable, unless we became monsters, too.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br></p><p><strong>Jack</strong>: I wasn't expecting to see my high school crush at a strip club—but once I saw Thea spinning around a pole, I knew I'd gamble everything I owned for a night with her. Too bad in order to save her, I would have to make a deal with a vampire: become a monster, or watch Thea...]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:05:11 +0300 https://www.bookfrom.net/cassie-alexander/504-moonshifted.html https://www.bookfrom.net/cassie-alexander/504-moonshifted.html
MoonshiftedAn Edie Spence NovelCassie Alexander After surviving a brutal vampire attack, Nurse Edie Spence is ready to get back to work―attending to supernatural creatures in need of medical help. But her nursing skills are put to the test when she witnesses a hit-and-run on her lunch break. The injured pedestrian is not only a werewolf, he's the pack leader. And now Edie's stuck in the middle of an all-out were-war…With two rival packs fighting tooth and nail, Edie has no intention of crossing enemy lines. But when she meets her patient's nephew―a tattooed werewolf named Lucas with a predatory gleam in his eye that's hard to resist―Edie can't help but choose sides. The question is: can she trust this dangerous new ally? And can she trust her own instincts when she's near him? Either way, Edie can't seem to pull away―even if getting involved makes her easy prey…]]> Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:21:04 +0300 https://www.bookfrom.net/cassie-alexander/679515-blood_of_the_pack_dark_ink_tattoo_book_one.html https://www.bookfrom.net/cassie-alexander/679515-blood_of_the_pack_dark_ink_tattoo_book_one.html
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<p><strong>Angela:</strong> My secret is out, and now both Mark and Jack know that I'm a werewolf. Worse, my abusive ex-boyfriend, the one who made me this way, has escaped from prison and he's after one thing: our son. The Pack is a brutal, criminal motorcycle gang: I don't want that life for Rabbit. Jack says he can protect us, but the Pack is strong and if they catch us, they'll kill me and take Rabbit. But if I'm going down, I'm taking Gray with me.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Jack:</strong> She's a monster like me, but that doesn't change how I feel about her. I'll do everything I can to save her and her son. When old enemies reappear and my Mistress betrays me, I might have to give up everything to protect them from the Pack. Angela's entrusted me with her son, and I won't let her down.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>A werewolf ready to make her last stand.</p><p>A...]]> Sat, 18 Jun 2022 23:56:43 +0300 https://www.bookfrom.net/cassie-alexander/639834-blood_of_the_dead.html https://www.bookfrom.net/cassie-alexander/639834-blood_of_the_dead.html

<p>Everything's been upside down since I helped Maya and the Faithful with the Rojo clan: Luna said no when I offered to turn her as per our arrangement, a sentiment I agree with but don't understand—and Sam, my "favorite" Faithful, is telling <em>me</em>, an unholy being, to stay "topped up."</p><p>And if there's a hell for vampires, I'm living in it: Paco hasn't come back since I turned him, and I need to break up with an all-too-human Zach for his own well-being.</p><p>When Luna's kidnapped by a cult attempting to summon the Sleeper, I have absolute proof that it's safer for everyone for me to be alone—but I'm going to need Paco's help to find her, because he's the only one who knows what her blood tastes like.</p><p>Will Paco forgive me for making him what I am, and will I get another chance to change Luna before she becomes a human sacrifice?</p>

<p><strong>The final book in the Transformation Trilogy, an intense fantasy romance retelling of Beauty and the Beast:</strong><br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Rhaim produced a key from somewhere upon his person. "The collar has a lock." He tossed it out onto the table. "If I cannot solve the Deathless, I will become your loyal servant, until the end of my time."<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I was suddenly in danger of fainting. Rhaim had just as much as admitted he didn't have an answer yet, and the price he would pay for failure was too great for me to bear.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I knew what it was like to be trapped in a cage.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I would never, ever, send anybody else—much less the man I loved—into one.<br>&nbsp;...]]> Fri, 07 Apr 2023 16:05:14 +0300