New Releases by Kresley Cole

Trehan Daciano, known as the Prince of Shadows, has spent his life serving his people, striking in the night, quietly executing any threat to their realm. The coldly disciplined swordsman has never desired anything for himself -- until he beholds Bettina, the sheltered ward of two of the Lore''s most fearsome villains. Desperate to earn her guardians'' approval after a life-shattering mistake, young Bettina has no choice but to marry whichever suitor prevails -- even though she''s lost her heart to another. Yet one lethal competitor, a mysterious cloaked swordsman, invades her dreams, tempting her with forbidden pleasure. Even if Trehan can survive the punishing contests to claim her as his wife, the true battle for Bettina''s heart is yet to come. And unleashing a millennium''s worth of savage need will either frighten his Bride away -- or stoke Bettina''s own desires to a fever pitch...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole introduces The Arcana Chronicles, post-apocalyptic tales filled with riveting action, the dark mysticism of Tarot cards, and breathtaking romance. She could save the world—or destroy it. Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux. But she can’t do either alone. With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. She knows she can’t totally depend on Jack. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him? Who can Evie trust? As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of twenty-two teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it’s not always clear who is on which side….

An exclusive Kresley Cole eBook box set featuring her New York Times bestselling Immortals After Dark titles! Includes Warlord Wants Forever, No Rest for the Wicked, Dark Needs at Night''s Edge, and Untouchable.

In the aftermath of a cataclysmic event, 16-year-old Evie, from a well-to-do Louisiana family, learns that her terrible visions are actually prophecies and that there are others like herselfNembodiments of Tarot cards destined to engage in an epic battle.

Cadeon Woede está dispuesto a todo, incluso a sacrificar a su alma gemela, con tal de recuperar su reino. Está convencido de que podrá utilizar a Holly Ashwin para conseguir sus propósitos y luego olvidarla sin más. Holly se ha criado entre humanos y siempre ha pensado que los seres legendarios son sólo una fantasía, por eso se aterroriza cuando un grupo de vampiros la ataca... y cuando un atractivo demonio se empeña en protegerla. Cade consigue ganarse la confianza de Holly poco a poco. Cuanto más tiempo pasan juntos, más sencillo es para el demonio ver que ella es la única criatura capaz de satisfacer sus deseos más oscuros. ¿La traicionará finalmente para salvar a su pueblo?

Aidan el Fiero fue asesinado por un vampiro. Antes de morir, juró que regresaría a buscar a Regin la Radiante, la valquiria de la que está enamorado. Desde entonces, se ha reencarnado una y otra vez, pero cada reencarnación conlleva un precio, ya que Aidan está condenado a morir de nuevo cuando recuerda su pasado. Ahora, ha vuelto convertido en el brutal Declan Chase, un soldado entrenado para capturar y torturar a los inmortales, incluida Regin. Si quiere subsistir a los tormentos de Declan, Regin tiene que conseguir que él reviva la pasión que compartieron, aunque eso signifique perder de nuevo al único hombre que ama.

El corazón del licántropo Bowen MacRieve se convirtió en hielo cuando perdió a su compañera; desde entonces ha olvidado lo que significan la pasión y el calor del amor. Sin embargo, un inesperado encuentro con Mariketa, su gran enemiga, hace que renazcan en él sus deseos e instintos más oscuros. Mariketa corre un grave peligro: algunas de las fuerzas más siniestras de la Tradición se han unido para acabar con su vida; ha perdido todos sus poderes y necesita desesperadamente la protección de Bowen. Aunque intenta resistirse, pronto cede a los ardientes abrazos de su antiguo enemigo. ¿Arriesgarán sus vidas por un amor imposible?

Tras años de cautiverio en manos de los vampiros, Lachlain MacRieve, el jefe del clan licántropo, no puede creerse que la compañera a la que lleva siglos esperando pertenezca a la raza que más odia, la de los vampiros. Emmaline Troy viaja a Europa para tratar de resolver el misterio que envuelve la muerte de sus padres, pero un hombre-lobo furioso la reclama para sí y la arrastra hasta Escocia. Sin embargo, sus más oscuros deseos acaban materializándose en el sensual cuerpo de Lachlain. ¿Podrá el odio transformarse en amor?

The Warlord Wants Forever…the sensually charged novella that started it all, now with an exclusive excerpt from MacRieve! In this scorching series opener, #1 New York Times bestseller Kresley Cole introduces the captivating Immortals After Dark Series. The ebook also includes an exclusive extended excerpt from MacRieve, the highly anticipated next installment in the series. The Warlord Nikolai Wroth, a ruthless vampire general, will stop at nothing to find his Bride, the one woman who can “blood” him, making his heart beat and filling him with strength. Coldly interested only in the power his Bride will bring, he can hardly believe when Myst the Coveted awakens him body—and soul. The Seductress Famed throughout the world as the most beautiful Valkyrie, Myst has devoted her life to protecting a magical jewel and to fighting the vampires.Wroth provides her with the perfect opportunity to torment her sworn enemy—for with his new heartbeat comes a consuming sexual desire that can only be slaked by her. Denying him, she flees, struggling to forget his searing, possessive kiss. The Hunt is on… She eludes him for five years, but he has finally chased her to ground and stolen her enchanted jewel, giving him absolute power over her. Now that she’s his for the taking, he intends to make her experience first-hand the agonizing, unending lust she subjected him to for half a decade. Yet when Nikolai realizes he wants far more than vengeance from Myst and frees her, will she come back to him?

Book 1 in Kresley Cole’s internationally bestselling Immortals After Dark series Nikolai Wroth was once a ruthless human warlord in the 1700s. Now a general in the rebel vampire army, he needs to find his bride. As a turned human, his heart doesn''t beat making him significantly weaker that fully blooded vampires. So when his heart beats for Myst the Coveted, a mad fey mythological creature held captive by his army, he decides she is the only woman who can truly make him feel alive. After eluding him for five years, Nikolai steals the jewel which commands her, giving him absolute power over her. He plans to use it to agonize her with the same unending lust she subjected him to for half a decade. But when Nikolai realises he wants more from her, he frees her. The question is, will Myst the Coveted return?

Der Dämonenkönig Rydstrom wird von seiner Erzfeindin, der mächtigen Zauberin Sabine, entführt. Sabine will den Dämon dazu zwingen, einen Erben mit ihr zu zeugen. Doch noch während Rydstrom seine Flucht plant, muss er feststellen, dass er unerwartet tiefe Gefühle für Sabine entwickelt. Schon bald finden sich die Zauberin und der Dämon in einem Sturm der Leidenschaft wieder, der sie ihre alte Feindschaft beinahe vergessen lässt ...

Néomi Laress war in den zwanziger Jahren eine berühmte Balletttänzerin in New Orleans. Doch als sie von ihrem Verlobten getötet wird, verwandelt sie sich in einen Geist und versucht seither vergeblich, Kontakt zu den Lebenden aufzunehmen. Da begegnet ihr der Vampirkrieger Conrad, der sie als Einziger sehen kann. Néomis Erscheinung treibt Conrad an den Rand des Wahnsinns, und er entbrennt in wilder Leidenschaft zu der schönen Tänzerin. Doch Néomi wird von dunklen Mächten bedroht, und Conrad muss alles aufs Spiel setzen, um sie zu retten...

The addictive Immortals After Dark series by internationally bestselling author, Kresley Cole, continues with an electrifying love story between a brooding vampire warrior and a ruthless fey assassin. Three hundred years ago, Sebastian Wroth''s brothers forced him to become a vampire. Burdened with shame, he lurks in the shadows and yearns for death to free him from life''s torment. Until he meets Kaderin The Cold Hearted, a beautiful valkyrie assassin intent on killing him, and begins to reconsider. After Kaderin lost her two beloved sisters to a vampire attack long ago, an unknown benefactor extinguished all of her emotions in an attempt to save her from sorrow. She became known as Kaderin the Cold Hearted, a prolific vampire slayer. But when she encounters the handsome Sebastian Wroth, she is flooded with feelings again. For the first time, Kaderin is unable to complete a kill. Faced with the possibility of resurrecting her sisters through a prize in a mythical contest, Kaderin is determined to claim victory, and Sebastian is determined to claim her heart. Even if it means seducing her while she faces opponents. As the end of the competition approaches, their relationship begins to blossoms. But what happens when Kaderin is forced to choose between the vampire she couldn''t help but fall for and reuniting her family once again?

A ruthless Norse warrior will defeat anything standing between him and his beautiful obsession - even Death itself. A millennium ago, Aidan the Fierce lost his heart to the Valkyrie Regin the Radiant, but he was murdered before he could win her. Since then, he has reincarnated into different identities, with his memory of the past buried deep. This time he has returned as Declan Chase, a human soldier bent on exterminating all immortals - including Regin, his newest captive. The proud Northman that Regin still mourns has been replaced by a twisted madman. Once tortured by immortals, Chase now metes out vengeance against them, and he''s fixated on her. Regin''s only hope is to make him remember her, though she knows that whenever he recovers his memories, history will repeat itself, and he''ll be lost to her again. . . .

“The Clan MacRieve collection is a perfect intro for readers new to the Immortals After Dark Series. If you haven’t tried Kresley Cole’s scorching paranormal tales, now’s your chance to be swept away!” - Gena Showalter, New York Times bestseller Three dark heroes, three destined heroines, a trio of legendary love stories. In this sizzling Immortals After Dark collection, bestselling author Kresley Cole delves deep into the sensual but dangerous world of the Lykae, a Highland clan of werewolves. The mighty king: In A Hunger Like No Other, Lachlain MacRieve will stop at nothing to capture his ethereal vampire mate and make her his queen. As passion burns between them, can the tormented beast win the gentle beauty’s heart? The ruthless warrior: In Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night, Bowen MacRieve must protect his former enemy, a vulnerable young witch whose breathless kiss haunts him. He’ll demand her body and soul, and no deed is too wicked for her seduction. The fierce prince: In Pleasure of a Dark Prince, Garreth MacRieve aches to claim the Valkyrie archer he’s long coveted from afar. But when his need for her reaches a feverpitch, will the proud huntress dare surrender to his uncontrollable desires?

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Calling continues her scorching Immortals After Dark series following a demon outcast poisoned with vampire blood and the vulnerable young witch he vows to protect—even from himself. A DANGEROUS DEMON SHE CAN’T RESIST... Malkom Slaine: tormented by his sordid past and racked by vampiric hungers, he’s pushed to the brink by the green-eyed beauty under his guard. A MADDENING WITCH HE ACHES TO CLAIM... Carrow Graie: hiding her own sorrows, she lives only for the next party or prank. Until she meets a tortured warrior worth saving. TRAPPED TOGETHER IN A SAVAGE PRISON... In order for Malkom and Carrow to survive, he must unleash both the demon and vampire inside him. When Malkom becomes the nightmare his own people feared, will he lose the woman he craves body and soul?

Can the beast seduce a beauty and make her love him . . .? A promise of pleasure . . . from a brutal warrior determined to protect her. Never far from her bow, Lucia the Huntress is as mysterious as she is beautiful. But the secrets she harbors could destroy her - and those she loves - and every day brings more danger. It isn''t safe for her to be with Garreth MacRieve, yet whenever she sees the fierce werewolf with his smoldering eyes, she finds herself surrendering to his kiss. An uncontrollable need . . . that can only be sated with her touch. From the shadows, Garreth, prince of the Lykae, has long watched over Lucia, the lovely little Valkyrie who alternately maddens him and inflames his lust. He aches to claim the seductive creature as his own and keep her safe from harm, but first he must convince her to accept him as her guardian. To do that he''ll exploit Lucia''s greatest weakness-her desire for him.

La famosa bailarina Néomi Laress se convirtió en fantasma la noche en que la asesinaron. Ahora, invisible a los ojos de la mayoría de criaturas, vaga por su antigua morada.El vampiro Conrad Wroth se ha convertido en un monstruo sanguinario. Para que recupere la cordura, sus hermanos deciden encerrarlo en una vieja mansión abandonada. Sin embargo, la presencia de una sensual mujer a la que tan sólo él puede ver amenaza con volverlo loco.

Two sexy paranormal stories to delight the senses and tantalize the imagination from New York Times bestselling authors Kresley Cole and Gena Showalter! Kresley Cole delivers a breathtaking tale of a brutal vampire soldier about to know love for the first time...and a Valkyrie aching for his touch. Murdoch Wroth will stop at nothing to claim Daniela—the delicate Valkyrie who makes his heart beat for the first time in three hundred years. Yet the exquisite Danii is part ice fey, and her freezing skin can’t be touched by anyone but her own kind without inflicting pain beyond measure. Can they conquer an agony of frustration and slake the overwhelming desire burning between them? Gena Showalter puts a daring spin on a tale of huntress and hunted...and concocts a sensual chemistry that is positively explosive. With only skin-to-skin contact, Aleaha Love can change her appearance, assume any identity. Now she’s an AIR (alien investigation and removal) agent on a mission to capture a group of otherworldly warriors. Only she is held captive when dangerously seductive Breean, a golden-skinned, iron-willed commander, threatens her new life—and for the first time, Aleaha wants only to be herself.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole comes a spellbinding tale set in the Immortals After Dark universe: the story of a demon king trapped by an enchantress for her wanton purposes—and the scorching aftermath that follows when he turns the tables and claims her as his captive. His obsession… Sabine, Sorceress of Illusions: the evil beauty who surrenders her body, but not her heart. Her downfall… Rydstrom Woede: the ruthless warrior who vows to keep her at all costs. They were never supposed to want each other this much... With each smoldering encounter, their shared hunger only increases. If they can defeat the sinister enemy that stands between them, will Sabine make the ultimate sacrifice for her demon? Or will the proud king lay down his crown and arms to save his sorceress?

Ethan MacCarrick era un joven atractivo, hasta que fue brutalmente castigado por un crimen que no había cometido. Ethan se vengó del noble que ordenó su tortura arruinándolo y consiguiendo que tuviera que exiliarse junto con su familia. Diez años más tarde, Madeleine van Rowen, una muchacha bella y misteriosa, lo hechiza con sus encantos, pero cuando Ethan descubre que se trata de la hija de su enemigo, no duda en utilizarla para vengarse...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole, an electrifying standalone tale of a ruthless demon mercenary and the lovely young halfling who enchants him, set in the Immortals After Dark universe. A seductive beauty he can never have, yet can’t resist... Cadeon Woede will stop at nothing to atone for the one wrong that will haunt him forever. But once he secures the key to his redemption, the halfling Holly Ashwin, Cade finds that the woman he thought he could use for his own ends and then forget haunts him as much as his past. A tormented warrior she should fear, but can’t deny... Raised as a human, Holly never knew that some frightening legends are real until she encounters a brutal demon who inexplicably guards her like a treasure. Thrust into a sensual new world of myth and power, with him as her protector, she begins to crave the demon’s wicked touch. Surrender to dark desires... Yet just when he earns Holly’s trust, will Cade be forced to betray the only woman who can sate his wildest needs—and claim his heart?

Conrad Wroth, a half-mad vampire imprisoned in a haunted manor to prevent him from harming others, finds himself tormented by the ghost of the once-famous ballerina Neomi Laress and decides to set her free in order to take her as his own.