Is anything easy when you're saving the world?
After a demon comes calling and Megan Murphy's bar blows sky-high, she's suddenly on the run with her klutzy day shift bartender, the exceedingly gorgeous Quinn Fitzpatrick.
Quinn has been in love with Megan from the moment he saw her. Too bad he's living a lie. He isn't as klutzy as he makes out, nor as human as she believes. Quinn was sent to protect Megan from anything that slithers.
But there's danger afoot, and the best place for them both is one that's far, far away. A place Quinn Fitzpatrick once called home. Ireland-land of fairies and gargoyles, shape-shifters, dragons and more.
Once they begin their dance with demons, will Megan uncover every secret Quinn has?
Dances with Demons is a novella set in the popular urban fantasy world of the Phoenix Chronicles, an urban fantasy series written by multiple RITA award-winning author, Lori Handeland. If you enjoy the novels of Laurell K. Hamilton and Charlaine Harris download Dances with Demons today!
It's not the end of the world-yet. But Doomsday once again lies in wait for demon-slayer Elizabeth Phoenix. Several weeks ago she had no choice but to kill a man she loved. Sawyer was a witch and shape-shifter, a sorcerer of incredible strength. And now he's started to invade her dreams ... in the most dangerous and sensuous ways imaginable.
Through her nighttime visits with Sawyer, Liz has acquired a new set of paranormal powers. She has also received a special new gift in the form of Sawyer's baby. Now nothing is as it seems as Liz combs through the chaos of her new life while trying to outrun death at every turn. She's going to need all the help she can get-even if that means dealing with her embittered ex-lover Jimmy Sanducci. He may be the only one left she can trust ... since every other demon on earth is hell-bent on her destruction.
Elizabeth Phoenix is one of a select few with the power to battle those who have escaped from the darkest level of hell-demons bent on destroying humanity and reclaiming earth once and for all. Liz is determined to stop yet another Doomsday. But this time, it's going to be more difficult than ever because someone she thought was dead isn't dead anymore ... and is bound and determined to destroy Liz and everyone she loves in the upcoming Apocalypse.
Liz has arrived in Los Angeles to ferret out a nest of varcolacs: half human, half dragon creatures who crave the destruction of the sun and moon. But before she can prevent the kind of eclipse that would bring the world to an end, Liz must mine the depths of her own heart. She and her former lover Jimmy Sanducci have some personal demons to battle?and there's always her mentor, the Navajo shaman Sawyer. Is he on their side or isn't he? In the end, the three of them must find a way to fight together ... or perish alone.
It took the near annihilation of humanity for Liz Phoenix to understand the true meaning of her premonitions. Liz is one of the sacred few on earth who has the psychic powers to fight the malevolent forces that have tried to wipe out the human race since the beginning of time. She battled these beings once, thwarting Doomsday but losing most of her soldiers in the massacre. Now she must replenish her troops quickly-because the supernatural war isn't over yet.
As the new leader of the federation, Liz is marked for death by a Navajo witch with a link to her past. To survive, she must rely on her few remaining allies-her mentor, a shaman with too many secrets, as well as ex-lover, Jimmy Sanducci. Bringing Jimmy into the mix is a dangerous move, for Liz's darkest desires are razor-sharp-and her longing for Jimmy is at a fever pitch. But can Liz afford to give into the cravings that burn inside her, with the next shot at Doomsday just around the corner? This time, if evil wins, chaos will reign-and the world as we know it will be lost forever ...
Elizabeth Phoenix once used her unique skills as a psychic to help in the Milwaukee Police Department's fight against injustice. But when Liz's foster mother is found viciously murdered-and Liz is discovered unconscious at the scene-her only memory of the crime comes in the form of terrifying dreams ... of creatures more horrific than anything Liz has seen in real life. What do these visions mean? And what in the world do they have to do with her former lover, Jimmy Sanducci?
While the police question Jimmy in the murder, Jimmy opens Liz's eyes to a supernatural war that has raged since the dawn of time in which innocent people are hunted by malevolent beings disguised as humans. Only a chosen few have the ability to fight their evil, and Jimmy believes Liz is among them. Now, with her senses heightened, new feelings are rising within Liz-ones that re-ignite her dangerous attraction to Jimmy. But Jimmy has a secret that will rock Liz to her core ... and put the survival of the human race in peril.
Once upon a time, Tim Luchetti went searching for a daddy and found one in Dean Luchetti. Now it's time for Tim's Mommy Quest, and he has the perfect woman picked out: his principal, Stella O'Connell. Unfortunately, Dean and Stella have history...a lot of it. Stella left Gainsville, Illinois right after high school, never planning to come back. But an attack at her Los Angeles school has put her on mandatory leave. When the Gainsville Elementary principal is injured, Stella slides right into her chair. Why does her problem child have to be Dean's son? In a plot to get Dean and Stella together, Tim misbehaves. He sets his father up on all sorts of terrible dates. The Mommy Quest is in full swing. However, when history rears its ugly head, can Dean and Stella overcome it and find happiness together? Most importantly, can they keep from hurting Tim, who has been hurt enough?
After U.S. Special Forces officer Bobby Luchetti discovers that the woman he loves has married his brother, he accepts the next mission he's offered-a solo assignment deep into the heart of Mexico to rescue a kidnapped doctor.Dr. Jane Harker practices medicine in places no one else will go. When the super-soldier shows up to rescue her, she points out that she doesn't need rescuing. She hasn't been kidnapped. Then, someone tries to kill her.Circumstances send the two on the run through the Mexican jungle, to Washington D.C. and finally to Bobby's home on a farm in Illinois, dragging along Lucky, Jane's one-eyed rescue mutt. As they try to stay one step ahead of whoever has it in for Jane, they move from lust to friendship to love. But does this relationship stand a chance? Because getting through this alive is only the beginning...
Jilly Hart has been called many things: gold digger, trophy wife, serial bride. She's led a difficult life, so she doesn't believe in love or magic-only assets. She doesn't ever plan to be poor or hungry again. However, when she finds herself a widow for the fourth time, she discovers that all she has left is a nineteenth-century inn in South Fork, Arkansas. She heads there with plans to sell the place and start her quest for husband number five. Unfortunately, the inn is not only a wreck but also haunted. Evan Luchetti's brothers tease him about being just a gigolo. But all he wants is a family. When his latest relationship falters after he proposes, he decides to change his life-in Arkansas. He accepts a job restoring a nineteenth-century inn. When the two meet, sparks fly. But Evan wants forever, and Jilly has three rules she lives by: 1. Never, ever marry for love. 2. Poor men are for play; rich men are for keeps. 3. Old men are like fine wine. Once tasted, they don't last very long. They strike a partnership to restore the inn and sell it so that Evan can be paid the money he's owed and Jilly can move forward with her quest. But the more time they spend together, the more things change. Can Evan convince Jilly that love is magic and that it will make her so much richer than any life money can buy?
If anything ever happens to me, go to 445 Briar Lane, Wind Lake, Minnesota. Foreign correspondent Colin Luchetti receives this cryptic note from his missing brother, Bobby, an Army Special Forces officer. The address leads to Chasing Rainbows Day Care Center owned by Bobby's pen pal, Marlie Anderson, who knows nothing about his brother's disappearance. With all avenues closed, Colin decides to stick around Wind Lake in hopes of finding a clue that will lead to Bobby. Marlie believes everything she needs is in Wind Lake-until Colin Luchetti comes along. She doesn't think someone who lives a James Bond life would ever be interested in a shy, bespectacled, slightly overweight preschool teacher. But Colin is fascinated by her zest for life and the way she is the calm in everyone's storm. For his family's sake, Colin knows he should focus on the mystery of Bobby's disappearance. But can he do it without falling for his brother's girl?
Youngest sibling and only sister Kim Luchetti returns to the Illinois family farm after her father's heart attack. Eight years ago she vowed never to come back, believing only distance would allow her to forget the tragedy that broke her heart. Returning means she must face everyone's questions, including those of her first love, Brian Riley, the only one who knows her secret. Brian has always loved Kim, despite his hurt and anger over her abandoning him when he needed her the most. When she appears at his farm, surprise causes him to tumble off the barn roof and break both his wrists. Kim's guilt makes her agree to move in and help until he is healed. But Kim never wanted to be a farmer's wife, and her lack of skills leads to daily humorous disaster. Laughing together and living together forces Kim and Brian to face the past and their unresolved feelings. Will talking about what happened help them heal? Or will the memories of their heartbreak keep them apart forever?
After discovering that the father she'd been told was dead is, in fact, alive, thirteen-year-old Rayne Houston runs away. She takes along her new friend, the Timinator, aka Tim, a young boy she found hiding behind a garbage can in her hometown of Las Vegas. Tim needs a daddy too, so the two of them hop a bus to Illinois and begin The Daddy Quest. Nicole Houston is frantic when she discovers her daughter is gone. Her lies are coming back to haunt her, but when she told them, she believed she was doing the right thing for everyone. Nicole lived a life no child ever should. Dumped as a baby, unwanted and unloved, she ended up in Vegas, working as a stripper. Then one night of love with a man bound for the priesthood set her on a new path...as a mother. Aaron Luchetti never became a priest. Instead, he has been working on the family dairy farm and trying to forget his past and his failures. But he never got over his time in Las Vegas; he never got over Nicole. When he discovers he has a daughter, he is both thrilled and horrified. From the moment Nicole steps back into his life, Aaron awakens. Everything about Nicole enthralls him. Everything about his daughter enchants him. He wants them to be a family. But is it too late?
Frankie Sicari is roused from sleep late one night by a key rattling in the front door lock. It's her ex-husband, Charley Blackwell, a man she hasn't seen for nearly a quarter of a century. What's baffling is that Charley seems to think they are still married and has no recollection of his current wife, Hannah. When medical tests reveal shocking findings, Frankie finds herself reluctantly caring for the man who left her twenty years earlier, while Hannah is relegated to the sidelines. How can Frankie forgive the man who abandoned her when she needed him most? And how can Hannah cope with the impending death of the man she's loved for the past twenty years-especially now that she's faced with the shattering truth that he never stopped loving Frankie?
