Seven years ago Dr Shea OHalloran experienced an unexpected & horrendous pain unlike anything she had ever known. It felt as if she were being tortured. Eventually the pain disappeared but Shea never forgot. She has since devoted her life to trying to understand the cause of the rare genetic blood disorder that is slowly killing her. The answers to some of Sheas questions start to reveal themselves when she is approached by two men who accuse her of being a vampire. Shea runs for her life &
- following a feeling she cant explain
- her desperate wanderings lead her to Romania. The ancient one known as Jacques Dubrinsky can explain. Seven years ago Jacques was captured tortured & buried alive by several humans & a Carpathian betrayer. The years of extreme pain & lack of sustenance that followed have nearly driven Jacques insane. He has been using what is left of his powers to psychically draw Shea to the region. But is Shea to be his healer or his prey?

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Twenty stories of sex thats out of this world. Explore your darkest fantasies in this spooky new anthology of paranormal erotica. From virgins to vampires ghostly encounters that are far from cold to ghoulish girl fun the stories will send a shiver down your spine. Xcite Books offer the very best erotic writing. Clear branding & consistently good reviews in magazines such as Forum Desire & Scarlet have helped build Xcite into a bestselling br&. Xcite Books have achieved the Number One position in three erotic categories on Amazon & are core-stocked by Waterstones. ...

As a child Destiny saw her family butchered by a vampire who then attacked her & turned her into a creature of the night. The only thing that saved her sanity was a strange psychic connection with a soothing male voice that gave her hope & taught her how to survive. Nicolae Von Shrieder is an ancient Carpathian vampire hunter & it is he who has been helping Destiny. Convinced she is his lifemate he has been desperately searching for her as only she can save him from turning into the very abomination he hunts. Destiny however does not recognise any difference between Carpathians & vampires & repeatedly refuses his advances. But for the first time vampire forces are gathering together in a deadly unified plot against the Carpathians. Nicolae must find a way to earn Destinys trust & fast as they may be the only ones able to unravel the secret that could save the Carpathian race from total destruction. ...

You live in Eden. You are a member of the Family one of 532 descendants of Angela & Tommy. You shelter beneath the light & warmth of the Forest's lantern trees hunting woollybuck & harvesting tree candy. Beyond the forest lie the treeless mountains of the Snowy Dark & a cold so bitter & a night so profound that no man has ever crossed it. The Oldest among you recount legends of a world where light came from the sky where men & women made boats that could cross between worlds. One day the Oldest say they will come back for you. You live in Eden. You are a member of the Family one of 532 descendants of two marooned explorers. You huddle slowly starving beneath the light & warmth of geothermal trees confined to one barely habitable valley of a startlingly alien sunless world. After 163 years & six generations of incestuous inbreeding the Family is riddled with deformity & feeblemindedness. Your culture is a infantile stew of half-remembered fact & devolved ritual that stifles innovation & punishes independent thought. You are John Redlantern. You will break the laws of Eden shatter the Family & change history. You will be the first to abandon hope the first to abandon the old ways the first to kill another the first to venture in to the Dark & the first to discover the truth about Eden. ...

Dark sexy & erotic paranormal romance... Janine Ashbless brings you more breathtaking tales of lust & magic dark fantasy & even darker desires. An unearthly stranger who pursues a newlywed on her Mediterranean holiday an opera production where emotions run out of control & a ghost who wants one thing only from the descendant of her murderer are just three of the seductive & stylishly written stories that will tease tempt & transport you to fantastic realms where dreams fantasies
- & nightmares
- can come true.

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The Dark Film Paul Farleys first collection since the highly acclaimed Tramp in Flames expands the poets research into the art of seeing & all that humans project of themselves into the world. Farleys great poetic gift is his ability to switch between the local & the universal the present & the historical past with the most apparently effortless of gear changes; he brings to our immediate attention things previously hidden -- whether out of sight in the periphery of our vision or right under our noses. The Dark Film is a profound meditation on time on the untold stories of our history & on the act of human beholding -- as well as Farleys most richly entertaining & rewarding collection to date. ...

It is 1540 & the hottest summer of the sixteenth century. Matthew Shardlake believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell is busy trying to maintain his legal practice & keep a low profile. But his involvement with a murder case defending a girl accused of brutally murdering her young cousin brings him once again into contact with the king's chief minister -- & a new assignment.. . The secret of Greek Fire the legendary substance with which the Byzantines destroyed the Arab navies has been lost for centuries. Now an official of the Court of Augmentations has discovered the formula in the library of a dissolved London monastery. When Shardlake is sent to recover it he finds the official & his alchemist brother brutally murdered -- the formula has disappeared. Now Shardlake must follow the trail of Greek Fire across Tudor London while trying at the same time to prove his young client's innocence. But very soon he discovers nothing is as it seems.. . ...

With the Earth on the brink of recolonisation by dragons David Rain is sent on an important mission: to seek out & destroy a trace of dark fire the deadliest force in the universe. But with success could come a terrible price the sacrifice of a beloved clay dragon. How much does the life of one small dragon count when the alternative is the birth of a darkling...? ...

When Darius the leader of a small band of Carpathian musicians first sees the new mechanic hired to work on the band's touring vehicles he is astonished to see the red colour of her hair. It has been centuries since he last saw colours or even felt emotions. Although mechanic Tempest Trine needs the job she quickly realises she's bitten off more than she can chew. Tempest has always felt different apart from others. But from the moment his arms close around her enveloping her in a sorcerer's spell Darius seems to understand her unique gifts. But does his kiss offer the love & belonging she seeks or a danger more potent than anything she has ever known? ...

Held captive in the palace of the Emperor Frederick Boy & Willow are plunged into a world of gilded finery & splendour. But beneath its golden veneer lies cruelty madness & desperation. They are in terrible danger as they confront the whirlwind furies of the Emperor the calculating ambitions of his confidante Maxim & follow a deadly trail wihch will lead them to the Phantom. Packed with mystery & intrigue the truth about Boys identity & many other shattering secrets are all revealed as THE BOOK OF DEAD DAYS is opened for the final time in Marcus Sedgwicks conclusion to a mesmerising story. ...