New Releases by Sherrilyn Kenyon

''A publishing phenomenon... [Sherrilyn Kenyon] is the reigning queen of the wildly successful paranormal scene.'' Publishers Weekly ''Kenyon builds a story that is wall-to-wall action, yet touched with poignancy.'' Romantic Times Mack Hinto came into the world in the middle of a vicious firefight. It''s said her own mother refused to leave her battle-station or cut the cord to her daughter until after they were safely away from the authorities out to end them. She''s happily lived her life in danger and turmoil ever since. As a member of the Septurnum Tavali, Mack knows the face of her enemy like the back of her hand. So when she sees a chance to avenge her family''s honour by figuratively blackening Ryn Dane''s eye and stealing his Wasturnum cargo, she seizes it. What she never expects is the lengths the competing Tavali captain will go to to reclaim his cargo . . . and his dignity. The illegitimate son of the queen of a pirate guild and a murdered aristocrat, Ryn Dane has always been torn between two worlds and classes. Two destinies at war with each other. Because of that, there is nothing he hates more than politics and family feuds. Nothing more than treachery and duplicity. So when the woman who seduces him to steal his cargo turns out to be the daughter of his mother''s sworn enemy, whose family has a generational grudge-match against his own, his need for vengeance goes into overdrive. No one will play him for a fool, especially not over politics. Yet Mack is a formidable force, and as war tears their universe apart, old enemies return pitting the two of them against each other. Now, if Ryn doesn''t find a way to make peace, more than just their lives will be at stake.

Previously published under her alter ego Kinley MacGregor, these beloved medieval romances from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon return—retitled, refreshed, and restored to the author''s original vision. She wants a home of her own. He''s vowed never to share his with anyone else. Neither expected this battle. All her life, Emily has had one dream—to leave her father’s home and live on her own terms. Her father has other plans. But when he crosses one of the most powerful men in England, King Henry II decides the best way to keep peace is to hand Emily over as a political hostage to Draven, Earl of Ravenswood. This may be Emily’s only chance to find a life for herself outside of her father’s domain. Draven has known no kindness. Bred to be a warrior, he has lived his life on the battlefield as a dedicated servant to the crown. He has sworn to Henry he will place no hand on Emily. If only the lady would give him peace. Instead, she pursues him relentlessly. And with every clash, Draven finds his resolve crumbling against a woman who refuses to see him as the monster he believes himself to be. The Forsaken is a medieval romance for readers who love warriors who resist and women who refuse to let them. Perfect for readers who love: Determined heroines pursuing reluctant heroes Cursed warriors afraid to love Medieval settings with political intrigue The slow unraveling of a guarded heart

Jayne Erixour believes she knows everything about the universe. As a bounty hunter and assassin, she’s seen the worst dregs of humanity and every sentient species ever spat out of a hell realm. To her, there is no truth outside of her blaster’s recoil and her resolve to let no one get too close. Hadrian Scalera is on the run from the same brutal assassins who slaughtered every member of his family, both birth and foster. He has no refuge and no one he dares to call friend, as it will mean the end of them. He expects no mercy from anyone, until the day one assassin hesitates to pull the trigger. An assassin’s code is simple: Kill or be killed. No prey, no pay. Every life has a price. If Jayne doesn’t fulfill her contract and kill Hadrian, she’ll be the next target on the League’s menu. But as old enemies return to hunt them both, they quickly learn that neither will survive unless they can learn to trust each other. Yet things are never so simple and survival means only one of them can be left standing . . .

One of the fiercest soldiers the Phrixians have ever produced, Maris Sulle has been an outsider from the moment he was born different from the rest of his family. He grew up with a secret that cost him everything-his birthright, his family, and his military career. In all his life, he''s only had one love, and he has sacrificed his own happiness to see his best friend reunited with the woman he loves. But now that his good deed is done, he feels lost and adrift. Even though they do their best to include him in their new family, Maris is once again on the outside looking in. Ture has spent his life hiding from everyone around him-his family, the world, you name it-while trying desperately to fit in. Badly hurt by everyone he''s ever known, he trusts no one except his own best friend. And honestly, he can''t understand why he trusts her. Nor can he believe her when she describes a loyalty between friends the likes of which he''s never seen. But when Ture is in his darkest hour, he''s saved by a hero he thought only existed in novels. A man who is every bit as scarred and mistrusting as he is-one who has no interest in being dragged into another relationship with anyone. Having spent his life as a living study of doomed relationships, Maris is well aware of the courtship and fiasco that invariably follows. Still, there is something about Ture he can''t resist. Something that won''t let him walk away when he knows he should. But when old enemies return to threaten them both, they either have to stand together or die alone.

Brand-new stories of witches and witchcraft written by popular female fantasy authors, including Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine and Sherrilyn Kenyon writing in their own bestselling universes! These are tales of wickedness... stories of evil and cunning, written by today''s women you should fear. Includes tales from Kelley Armstong, Rachel Caine and Sherrilyn Kenyon, writing in their own bestselling universes. Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery will take the classic tropes of tales of witchcraft and infuse them with fresh, feminist perspective and present-day concerns--even if they''re set in the past. These witches might be monstrous, or they might be heroes, depending on their own definitions. Even the kind hostess with the candy cottage thought of herself as the hero of her own story. After all, a woman''s gotta eat. Bring out your dread. From TI 9781789090345 HC.

Born before man recorded time, Urian lived for thousands of years believing himself to be something he''s not. Lied to and betrayed by gods, Daimons and Dark-Hunters, he struggled in a world where he has been cursed since the moment he was prematurely ripped from his mother. Trained as a slayer and predator, he became a tool for evil ... until he was sent to kill the one woman he couldn''t. His hesitation cost her life ... or so he thought. Phoebe still lives, and Urian will have to travel into the very pits of Hades to try and save her. -- adapted from jacket.

The first historical fantasy title in #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon''s Deadman''s Cross series...(Book jacket). When Devyl Bane, an ancient dark warlord, is returned to the human realm as a pirate, he and his crew are tasked with saving humanity by recapturing the escaped damned and returning them to Hell.

A fate worse than death . . . Bastien Cabarro survived the brutal slaughter of his entire family only to have his wife pin their murders on him. Made Ravin by The League, he is now a target for their assassins-in-training to hunt and kill. The average life expectancy for such beings is six weeks. But defying the odds is what this Gyron Force officer does best, and Bastien won’t rest until he lays his betrayers in their graves. Ten years later, he has one chance to balance the scales of justice, provided he relies on his former wingman— the very sister of the woman who testified against him. Major Ember Wyldestarrin joined the outlaw Tavali the day Kirovar fell into the hands of a tyrant, and she and her sister-team were left on an outpost to die under the barrage of enemy fire. The last thing she wants is to be involved in politics again. But the one thing she wants more than anything is revenge on the tyrant who murdered her parents and forced her and her sisters into exile. Carrying a secret she knows Bastien will annihilate her over, she must find some way to trust her former wingman before he catches on and kills her. Even so, treachery doesn’t come easy to a woman who took a loyalty oath to protect her homeworld and comrades-in-arms, especially when Bastien is much more to her than just a former wingman. Yet as she tries to do right for her family, she learns that Bastien doesn’t just hold the key to the fate of Kirovar, he is vital to The Sentella-League war, and to The Tavali. If she doesn’t ensure he survives this mission, three nations fall, and time for all of them is quickly running out.

A Dark-Hunter on a dangerous mission finds his life and love on the line when he meets Dangereuse St. Richard, a beautiful and distracting Dark-Hunter who is out to prevent him from carrying out his duty to destroy her friends.

Previously published in the anthologies My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding and Dark Bites, Sherrilyn Kenyon''s A Hard Day''s Night Searcher is now available as a standalone e-novella! As a Dark-Hunter and an immortal pirate who once intimidated the entire Spanish Main, Rafael Santiago thinks he has it made. Until his Squire writes a story that threatens to expose their covert world and Celena shows up to kill him for the story. In order to protect his Squire, he is now forced to endure Celena who is the greatest aggravation of his life. Celena, for all her bluster, only wants what’s best for all Dark-Hunters, but there’s something about Rafael that makes her want to forsake her deepest held oath. That is if her well intentions don''t kill him first.

The first book in the Dark-Hunter world that kicks off the thrilling Dragons Rising mini series.

Previously published in the anthologies Midnight Pleasures and Dark Bites, Phantom Lover is now available as a standalone e-novella! Haunted by recurring nightmares of terrifying beasts, Erin McDaniels is afraid to sleep-until a hero arrives in her dreams to save her...and makes erotic, incredible love to her. But can she find him again when she is awake?

Born an Outcast, Talyn Batur has spent the whole of his life fighting against the prejudice of his people. An Andarion without a father is not something anyone wants to be. But when his companion''s brother draws him into a plot against the Andarion crown, he finds himself torn between the loyalty to their planetary government that his mother has beaten into him and his own beliefs of justice and right. Now, he must decide for himself to remain a pawn of their government or to defy everything and everyone he''s ever known to stand up to tyranny. It''s a gamble that will either save his life or end it. And when old enemies align with new ones, it''s more than just his own life at risk. And more than just his homeworld that will end should he fail, in Born of Defiance, the next League novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon.

Being a teen is never easy... Zombies, demons, vampires, shapeshifters-another day in the life of sixteen-year-old Nick Gautier-and those are just his friends. But now that he''s accepted the demon that lives inside him, he must learn to control it and temper the very emotions that threaten the lives of everyone he cares for. Something that''s hard to do while trying to stay off the menus of those who want his head on a platter. And no one wants him more than the dark gods who created his race. Now that they know where he is, they will stop at nothing to reclaim him. And without knowing it, Nick has just embraced the one person he should never have trusted. The one person who will hand him over to his enemies to get back the life they lost. Nick has finally accepted his fate, now he must learn to defy his destiny, and the dark, deadly forces that will stop at nothing to destroy everyone he loves so that they can again return to the world of man and own it, in the next Chronicles of Nick novel, Instinct, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon.

Reine amazone devenue Chasseuse de la nuit, Samia Savage a vendu son âme à la déesse Artémis pour pouvoir venger sa mort et celle de sa famille. Depuis, elle refuse de laisser quiconque l''approcher. Mais Dev Peltier, du clan des ours, est bien décidé à abattre les défenses de cette farouche guerrière et à lui venir en aide. Car si la divine Samia paraît invulnérable, elle a une faille : sa faculté à lire dans les pensées d''autrui. L''impitoyable Stryker, déterminé à employer ce don rarissime à des fins meurtrières, s''engage dans une traque sans merci pour s''emparer d''elle. Une traque à laquelle Dev va s''opposer, en dépit de toute raison, mais au nom de l''amour...

Darling Cruel walks a dangerous line of deception. He is part of the ruling family his alter ego, Kere, is trying to destroy. More importantly, Darling''s out to get the man who murdered his father . . . his uncle. But one wrong move will cost him his own life, and his family''s.

In the war against vampires, mankind has only one hope: The Dark-Hunters. Ancient warriors who died of brutal betrayal, the Dark-Hunters have sworn themselves into the service of the goddess Artemis to protect us. It''s a pact with pretty good perks. Immortality, power, psychic abilities, wealth and a cool wardrobe. But it comes with a few drawbacks: fatal sun poisoning and a new, irreparable dental problem. But aside from the fangs and nocturnal lifestyle, it''s not so bad. Until Kyrian meets the most frightening thing imaginable. An accountant who''s being hunted by one of the most lethal vampires out there. If Amanda Devereaux goes down, so does he and no offense, he doesn''t want to die (hence the whole immortality thing). And he doesn''t want humanity dead either which is a good thing for us since he and Amanda are all that stands between us and oblivion. Let''s hope they win. From the wild imagination of Sherrilyn Kenyon comes the humorous and suspenseful manga debut of the #1 internationally bestselling Dark-Hunter series. The world of manga will never be the same again.

As he learns new powers, sixteen-year-old Nick leans towards the dark side and glimpses his future.

From #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Kenyon comes the next thrilling installment in her blockbuster Dark-Hunter series.

The third exciting novel in the popular Belador paranormal series, featuring a league of international warriors with extraordinary abilities who rise up to save mankind from supernatural terrorists. Evalle Kincaid will fight to the death for her supernatural friends. But when Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love’s tough-as-nails heroine reveals her darkest secret, who among those she had trusted will be left standing? With the freedom of an entire race hanging in the balance, Evalle has two days to make good on a promise that she suddenly has no hope of fulfilling when demonic Svart Trolls invade Atlanta. She takes a leap of faith, seeking help from the one man who recently put Evalle in his crosshairs—Black Ops specialist Isak Nyght. While trying to stop the bloody troll-led gang wars, Evalle unwittingly exposes a secret that endangers all she holds dear and complicates her already tumultuous love life with the mysterious Skinwalker, Storm. But when Evalle discovers she’s the number one target in the Medb coven’s ruthless plan to destroy all Beladors, the deadly Alterant is forced to make a game-changing decision with no time left on the clock.

For Caillen Dagan, a defiant soldier of fortune, survival isn''t a right: it''s a brutal daily battle. Moving through the Ichidaian universe like a wraith, his brushes with the law and death are legendary. But when an act of rare heroism reveals his hidden birthright, he''s forced into a world much more dangerous and cold-hearted than the bloody streets where he was raised - one of obscene wealth and lethal politics. Ferocious and determined, Desideria serves as an official bodyguard for her queen. Born of questionable genetics, she will do anything to prove herself worthy of the weapons she carries and the position she''s won by combat. But when she uncovers a ruthless plot to assassinate the queen and overthrow her country''s government, Desideria is caught in the crossfire. With assassination contracts out on both of them, Caillen and Desideria must learn to fight together or die alone. And if they fail, their governments will fall into the hands of an unimaginable evil.

Dream-Hunter Lydia has been charged with the most sacred and dangerous of missions: To descend into the Nether Realm and find the missing god of dreams before he betrays the secrets that could kill her and her kind. What she never expects is to be taken prisoner by the Realm''s most vicious guardian... Seth''s time is running out. If he can''t hand over the entrance to Olympus, his own life and those of his people will be forfeit. No matter the torture, Seth hasn''t been able to break the god in his custody. Then there''s the beautiful Dream-Hunter Lydia: She isn''t just guarding the gates of Olympus—she''s holding back one of the world''s darkest powers. If she fails, an ancient curse will haunt the earth once more and no one will be safe. But evil is always seductive...

In this explosive world of betrayals and shaky alliances created by New York Times bestselling authors Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love, the only free Alterant, faces an impossible task—recapture three dangerous escaped creatures before they slaughter more humans…or her. The way Evalle Kincaid sees it, saving mankind from total destruction should have cleared her name. But when words uttered in the heat of combat are twisted against her, she''s blamed for the prison break of three dangerous Alterants. She has one chance to clear the cloud of suspicion hanging over her…for good. All she has to do is recapture the escapees. But deals with gods and goddesses are tricky at best, and now the lives of all Beladors, and the safety of innocent humans, rides on Evalle''s success. The only person she can ask for help wants to see her dead...

Live fast, fight hard and if you have to die then take as many of your enemies with you as you can. That is the Amazon credo and it was one Samia lived and died by. Now in contemporary New Orleans, the immortal Amazon warrior is about to learn that there''s a worse evil coming to slaughter mankind than she''s ever faced before. Shapeshifter Dev Peltier has stood guard at the front of Sanctuary for almost two hundred years and in that time, he''s seen it all. Or so he thought. Now their enemies have discovered a new source of power- one that makes a mockery of anything faced to date. The war is on and Dev and Sam are guarding ground zero. But in order to win, they will have to break the most cardinal of all rules and pray it doesn''t unravel the universe as we know it.

At fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough, and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends. . .until the night when his best friends try to kill him. Saved by a mysterious warrior who has more fighting skills than Chuck Norris, the teenaged Nick is sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters: immortal vampire slayers who risk everything to save humanity. Nick quickly learns that the human world is only a veil for a much larger and more dangerous one: a world where the captain of the football team is a werewolf and the girl he has a crush on goes out at night to stake the undead. But before he can even learn the rules of this new world, his fellow students are turning into flesh-eating zombies--and he''s next on the menu. As if starting high school isn''t hard enough. . .now Nick has to hide his new friends from his mom, his chain saw from the principal, and keep the zombies and the demon Simi from eating his brains, all without getting grounded or suspended. How in the world is he supposed to do that?

Werewolves, vampires, witches, voodoo, Elvis---and weddings An "ordinary" wedding can get crazy enough, so can you imagine what happens when otherworldly creatures are involved? Nine of the hottest authors of paranormal fiction answer that question in this delightful collection of supernatural wedding stories. What''s the seating plan when rival clans of werewolves and vampires meet under the same roof? How can a couple in the throes of love overcome traps set by feuding relatives---who are experts at voodoo? Will you have a good marriage if your high-seas wedding is held on a cursed ship? How do you deal with a wedding singer who''s just a little too good at impersonating Elvis? · L. A. Banks · Jim Butcher · Rachel Caine · P. N. Elrod · Esther M. Friesner · Lori Handeland · Charlaine Harris · Sherrilyn Kenyon · Susan Krinard Shape-shifters, wizards, and magic, oh my!

A stunning and suspenseful new landscape emerges in the thrilling Dark-Hunter world—a world where nothing will ever be the same again.

Kenyon and Dianna Love’s newest romantic suspense novel, a gutsy female agent from the BAD (Bureau of American Defense) Agency must come out of hiding to bring down a secret organization—that has become America’s number one threat. Sherrilyn Kenyon’s sensual and suspenseful novels featuring the agents from the sexy Bureau of American Defense offer plenty of satisfaction for readers. In Whispered Lies, the agency intercepts an anonymous tip, and agent Carlos Delgado leads his team through a daring midnight mission to flush out the informant sought by every agency on the planet. Victoria Tynte Saxe has spent the last ten years hiding—from the criminals she snitches on, a threatening ex-husband, and her aristocratic family—using her electronic genius to share information on criminal activity with international intelligence agencies. But she made one critical mistake that exposed her identity and location to the very people she’s hiding from. When teenagers become pawns in a dangerous game that threatens to throw the United States into financial and political chaos, Carlos makes the bold decision to team up with Victoria. Then it’s a race against time to save the teens and protect America...before anyone dies from whispered lies.

In this Dark-Hunter series book, Delphine must win over Cratus, the son of Warcraft and Hate—or the world we know will soon cease to exist.