"Nightmares and humans collide in the second book of the thrilling Nightstrider dark fantasy series, as allyships are formed and bonds are strengthened while a bloody battle looms on the horizon.
Three weeks have passed since Wren's vengeful path collided with those of Prince Caine, Queen Ila, and fellow nightmare Alaric. Three weeks since she nearly struck her creator down with the arcane magic now threatening to burn her from the inside out. Stalked by spectral half-remembered dreams and haunted by the impossible choices they were forced to make, the unlikely allies seek refuge in Marrowrun, the last free city in the dream realm and supposedly home to an exiled weaver who can teach Wren to wield her newfound power.
When they are ambushed and brought before to the ruler of the city they expect the worst, but instead the baron proposes a bargain: protection from Warwick and the leagues of mercenaries at his disposal in exchange for Warwick's head. Despite their hesitation, Wren and the others accept and prepare to battle the foul king from the lavish halls of the Pale Citadel. Their bonds deepen as they grow stronger in relative safety-until the first ritualistic slaying stains the ivory halls of the citadel.
All the while a fathomless voice from beyond the fabric of reality thrums through Wren, potent as her magic and just as terrifying. It calls her not Wren nor even Nightstrider, but Vessel. "
"Never rescue an injured barn owl . . . he might be a dark fae king in disguise . . .
There's nothing worse than fighting with her stepmother, and Kate Winslow can't take it anymore. Ever since she moved into her college dorm, her stepmother rarely acknowledges she is part of the family. Kate would love to belong, to dote on her little half-brother, but she doesn't feel welcome.
Everything changes when she rescues a beautiful injured barn owl during a storm and whispers a wish as she buries her face against his white and gold feathers.
'Take me away from here . . . let me forget everything . . .'
When the feathers against her cheek transform, she's suddenly trapped in the arms of a towering, harshly beautiful man. As darkness closes in on her, she hears his silken promise. 'You are mine now and forever, little one, I shall steal you away by twilight . . .'
When Kate wakes, she learns she is the war prize of the Lord of the Labyrinth, a dark fae king. And she has but thirty nights to find her way out of the Labyrinth if she wishes to see her family again or else she belongs to her captor forever . . .
Contains mature themes."
"The epic finale to the bestselling The Wolf King trilogy – the sizzling sensation that has the internet obsessed!
"I won't be a pawn. Not again."
"Darling, we're the ones who move the pieces."
Readers are obsessed with the Wolf King series!
'It's a little bit Outlander, a little bit ACOTAR, and its own thing in just the perfect way.'
'Now that's what I call ROMANTASY.'
'Gahhhh. I AM OBSESSED with this series.'
'I thought I was emotionally prepared. I wasn't.'
'There will NEVER be a shifter romance series better than this.'"
"A grieving King, a lost island girl, and a love that changes them forever…
After losing her intended Mate, Artemis Brimwood, future King of Nestia, is bereft. Broken. Beyond consolation. There's simply no room in her heart for someone else—anyone else. Yet her mother's incessant pressure to wed and continue the Brimwood name leads Art to Aeryn Sweetwater, an island girl at heart who desires nothing more than her mother and her Alpha's approval.
But Art doesn't need a Mate—she has no use for one. So she concocts a mutually beneficial scheme with Aeryn: the omega will agree to bear her pups through artificial insemination, and they will lead separate, fulfilling lives. Everyone's happy.
But there's more to Aeryn than meets the eye, and day after day, Art falls deeper into the spell cast by bouncing curls, milky moonlit skin and a soft, submissive heart.
Just as balance is restored to Art's life, the past returns to hurt those she loves the most."
"Sarah J. Maas, the #1 bestselling author of the Court of Thorns and Roses series, returns to the courts of Prythian...
The magic continues in the next exciting installment!
The full Court of Thorns and Roses series includes:
1) A Court of Thorns and Roses
2) A Court of Mist and Fury
3) A Court of Wings and Ruin
4) A Court of Frost and Starlight
5) A Court of Silver Flames
6) A Court of Thorns and Roses 6: Publishing on October 27, 2026
Also available from Sarah J. Maas is the bestselling Crescent City series, beginning with House of Earth and Blood, and the bestselling Throne of Glass series, starting with Throne of Glass."
"Sarah J. Maas, the #1 bestselling author of the Court of Thorns and Roses series, returns to the courts of Prythian…
Romance, danger, and intrigue await you in the stunning new installment.
The full Court of Thorns and Roses series includes:
1) A Court of Thorns and Roses
2) A Court of Mist and Fury
3) A Court of Wings and Ruin
4) A Court of Frost and Starlight
5) A Court of Silver Flames
Also available from Sarah J. Maas is the bestselling Crescent City series, beginning with House of Earth and Blood, and the bestselling Throne of Glass series, starting with Throne of Glass."
"Bridgerton meets A Court of Thorns & Roses in this sweeping Regency romantasy, in which a mortal bride-to-be who fled the Underworld must return to a glittering court of gods-and the dangerous, silver-eyed god of death who still claims her as his.
Death wants her. Love won't let her go.
England, 1815. Years after an impossible abduction shattered her world, Miss Phoebe Browning prepares to wed and begin the ordinary life she has fought hard to reclaim. Once, she vanished from the road outside a glittering ball and found herself in the Underworld-a realm of old gods, arcane bargains, and the silver-eyed god of death who bound her to him as tightly as fate. Phoebe escaped at a price she dares not speak of, and has sworn never to belong to that world again.
Now living quietly among distant relatives at Stoke Hall, Phoebe means to put the past behind her. Her betrothal to a charming military officer promises safety, respectability, and a future among the living. Yet the closer her wedding day comes, the more she feels the pull of the realm she left behind-in dreams of unending halls, in strange magic seeping into the mortal world, and in the silvered gaze of Lord Aron, who once called her both beloved and prisoner.
When a single turn on the road to the altar sends Phoebe tumbling back into the dazzling, perilous Underworld, she finds herself at the center of a court that has not forgotten her escape.
The gods are divided, old alliances are breaking, and the mortal girl who slipped through Death's grasp has become both scandal and prize. As rival powers rise, Phoebe must choose between the life she fought to live and the god who claims her still-before a war between realms destroys them both.
"
"Power. Corruption. Desire.
At Serpentine Academy, nothing and no one is safe.
Rose grew up believing she was a powerless witch, hidden from the ruthless world of the academy and the Coven that controls it. When her protection ends, it reveals her magic, and she is forced into Serpentine under contract. Behind the gates, alliances are bought, secrets are currency, and love is dangerous.
And three men won't let her forget it: Lucien, the vampire who serves the Coven, watching her with hunger in his eyes. Drake, the ghost who slips past locked doors and sees everything. Soren, the insatiable incubus professor no student should crave . . . but Rose can't help herself.
The Coven thinks they own her.
Rose will burn their world to the ground before she lets them break her.
Contains mature themes."
"Thaddeus is half Grim Reaper with the power to take people's souls. As a child, his ability led to him having issues at school, as his strangeness made him a target for bullies—who never stood a chance when he got mad. Needless to say, his social life sucked.
Upon his rescue from a lab where scientists forced him to use his ability, this loner tries to get through life without any trouble, but apparently Mother Earth has other plans. She's set him on a quest to find the person behind his creation and expects him to put an end to their experiments. The problem is finding the culprit. The decades-old trail is cold, unlike his super-hot female companion.
Must not give in to temptation. The last thing Thad needs is to lose control and accidentally steal her soul.
Thankfully, he's got the mission to concentrate on, which has now switched to rescue mission. The mastermind behind his birth has taken his mom hostage, and it's up to Thad to free her, but infiltrating the secret lab leads to revelations that are almost too much to handle.
To prevail, he's going to have to do the impossible.
Contains mature themes."
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