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What would you do to win your freedom? This is the question that sets bondwoman, Martise of Asher, on a dangerous path. In exchange for her freedom, she bargains with her masters, the mage-priests of Conclave, to spy on the renegade sorcerer, Silhara of Neith. The priests want Martise to expose the sorcerer's treachery and turn him over to Conclave justice. A risky endeavor, but one she accepts without hesitation--until she falls in love with her intended target. Silhara of Neith, Master of Crows, is a desperate man. The god called Corruption invades his mind, seducing him with promises of limitless power if he will help it gain dominion…

During a foray into the woods of Neith, Martise stumbles upon a ruined temple and reawakens not only a power she thought lost, but also something far more malevolent. An ancient darkness, imprisoned in an eternal cage, sees a chance at freedom in a woman once held in bondage. Desperate to save her, the Master of Crows will break the barriers of time and worlds to challenge an entity born of forgotten magic and the remnants of souls—a demon king who once led hordes of the damned across the face of the world. The destroyer of gods will battle the destroyer of men to reclaim her and discover a truth the keepers of history once conspired…

A short follow-up to THE BRUSH OF BLACK WINGS in which a terrified Silhara finally learns why his beloved wife Martise is fading before his eyes.

НЕНУЖНЫЙ ПРИНЦ
Бришен Хаскем, принц Каи, был вполне доволен своим статусом последнего в очереди на престол. Однако торговый и политический союз между человеческим королевством Гаур и королевством Баст-Харадис требует заключения брака с девушкой гаури. Бришен соглашается на свадьбу и обнаруживает, что невеста уродлива, как он и ожидал... и прекрасней, чем он мог себе вообразить.
НЕНУЖНАЯ ДЕВУШКА
Ильдико, племянница короля Гаура, всегда знала, что ее единственное предназначение — политический брак. Смирившись со своей судьбой, она сталкивается с неожиданной новостью: ее жених — не просто аристократ-иностранец, а младший принц и притом даже не человек.
Если она свяжет с ним свою судьбу, то навсегда будет отрезана от старой жизни. Ей придется посвятить себя мужчине, окутанному покровом тьмы, но чья душа хранит в себе свет.
Они оба угодили в ловушку долга и политики и обречены быть вместе вопреки всем, кто желает их разлучить.

A cultural divide is resolved in the most delightful way between Brishen and Ildiko Khaskem. Takes place after RADIANCE and before EIDOLON.

Something hunts the surf at night, luring villagers to their deaths with a lullaby of sorrow and the torture of nightmares.
Blessed with the gift of water-sight, Zigana Imre senses the presence of an ancient predator drawn by a hunger for human flesh sweetened by grief. With the help of a child of earth, she will battle a spawn of the sea to protect a loved one and save a man who will one day fight to save a world. Previously published in the now unavailable Teeth, Long and Sharp anthology, Night Tide is a 21k-word, stand-alone novella that takes place in the world of the Wraith Kings series.

В стремлении к безграничной власти Сумеречная королева Баст-Харадиса выпускает в мир темные силы. Ее младший сын, принц Бришен, внезапно становится правителем страны, охваченной ужасной эпидемией и стоящей на грани войны. А его супругу-гаури, Ильдико, заставляют принять трудное решение: ради безопасности трона она должна отказаться от любимого. Три враждующих королевства будут вынуждены объединиться ради спасения. А одноглазому королю придется собрать армию мертвых, чтобы одолеть войско проклятых.

The mark Jahna Uhlfrida was born with has made her a target of the cruel and idle all her life. During the long, crowded festivities of the winter holiday known as Delyalda, there's nowhere to escape and no one to save her from the taunts and mockery.

Until a handsome swordmaster promises to teach her how to save herself.

Originally published in the 'Amid the Winter Storm' anthology, In The Darkest Midnight is a stand-alone novella that takes place in the world of the Wraith Kings series.

The demonic horde that threatened to devour the world has been defeated, but at great cost.

Plagued by guilt and nightmares, Serovek Pangion sets out to deliver the soulless body of the monk Megiddo to the heretical Jeden Order for safekeeping. Accompanying him is sha-Anhuset, the Kai woman he admires and desires most--a woman barely tolerant of him.

Devoted to her regent, Anhuset reluctantly agrees to act as a Kai ambassador on the trip, even though the bold margrave known as the Beladine Stallion gets under her skin like no other, and Anhuset fears he'll worm his way into her armored heart as well.

But guilt and unwelcome attraction are the least of their problems. The demons thought vanquished are stirring again, and a warlord with blood-soaked ambition turns a journey of compassion into a fight for survival. When the Beladine king brands Serovek a traitor, Anhuset must choose between sacrificing the life of a man she's grown to love and abandoning lifelong fealty to the Kai people.

A tale of loyalty and acceptance.

Two fantasy romance tales by bestselling and award winning authors Jeffe Kennedy and Grace Draven~

***The Crown of the Queen: a novella of the Twelve Kingdoms by Jeffe Kennedy

It's been a lifetime since librarian Dafne Mailloux saw the coronation of the tyrant who destroyed her family. She did her part to pull him off the High Throne. But his daughter, the would-be Queen, and her sisters must still tame their conquest. If her victory is to last, Dafne must forge peace with the subtle, ruthless methods of a diplomat--and the worst memories of her life...

***The Undying King by Grace Draven

The stories are told in whispers, even after so long: of a man whose fair rule soured when he attained eternal youth. Imprisoned by a sorceress wife in a city out of time and place, he has passed into legend. Few believe in him, and fewer would set their hopes on his mercy. But Imogen has no choice. To break the curse that's isolated her since birth, she'll find the Undying King--and answer his secrets with her own...

The stories are told in whispers, even after so long: of a man whose fair rule soured when he attained eternal youth. Imprisoned by a sorceress wife in a city out of time and place, he has passed into legend. Few believe in him, and fewer would set their hopes on his mercy. But Imogen has no choice. To break the curse that's isolated her since birth, she'll find the Undying King--and answer his secrets with her own...

Бришен и Ильдико Хаскем находят восхитительный способ сгладить культурные различия между их народами. Примечание: маленькие дополнения к истории принца каи и его очаровательной супруги гаури. Действия обоих рассказов происходят до событий, изложенных в романе «Эйдолон». «Главное — доверие» первоначально издавалось в сборнике, а «В лучах заката» — крошечный подарок фанатам серии, опубликованный на страничке Грейс Дрейвен в фейсбуке.

Кастиль-иль-Верас — хранительница бессмертных историй, писец, рождённая в семье младших бояр, приглашена на свадьбу своей лучшей подруги с печально известным королём Хеленрисии. Хотя белокурый владыка для неё под запретом, Кастиль очарована таинственным королём-магом.
Доранис из Хеленрисии прибыл в Каскадиан, дабы заключить торговый союз с южным королевством, связав свою жизнь со знатной наследницей, ненавидящей его род. Отмеченный древней магией Пустоши Доранис неожиданно встречает женщину, для которой он прекрасен, а не омерзителен. К сожалению, происхождение, обстоятельства и расстояние делают Кастиль для него недосягаемой.
Однако у судьбы на короля и писца свои планы...

The treacherous waters of the Gray have widowed many women in the village of Ancilar. But the sea gives back as well as takes away, something Brida Gazi discovers one bleak autumn morning while harvesting sea wrack on its storm-battered shore. Wounded and stranded ashore, the merman Ahtin lies dying among the tidal pools until a land-walker woman, who can call forth magic with a mysterious flute, rescues him. Ahtin finds himself unable to resist Brida's allure - or her magic - despite the risk to himself and his people. But Ahtin isn't alone in his fascination. Another, driven by bitterness and relentless purpose, seeks Brida and her unusual talent to manipulate for his own schemes, and neither Ahtin's devotion nor the sea's ancient sorcery will stop him from realizing those ambitions. --A WILDERNESS OF GLASS is a 33k-word novella that takes place in the world of the Wraith Kings series and can be read as a stand-alone. It is also part of the Seasons of Sorcery anthology.--

Two delightfully dark tales of Gothic romance from Elizabeth Hunter and Grace Draven.

In A VERY PROPER MONSTER, Josephine Shaw spends long nights filling the pages of her Gothic stories with the fantastic and the macabre, unaware that the suitor her father has arranged is one of the dark creatures she’s always dreamed. For Tom Dargin, courting an ailing spinster was only one duty in a long life of service to his sire. But after he meets the curious Miss Shaw, will Tom become the seducer or the seduced? Can a love fated to end in tragedy survive a looming grave?

In GASLIGHT HADES, Nathaniel Gordon walks two worlds—that of the living and the dead. Barely human, he's earned the reputation of a Bonekeeper, the scourge of grave robbers. He believes his old life over, until one dreary burial he meets the woman he once loved and almost married. Lenore Kenward stands at her father’s grave, begging the protection of the mysterious guardian, not knowing he is her lost love. Resolved to keep his distance, Nathaniel is forced to abandon his plan and accompany Lenore on a journey into the mouth of Hell where sea meets sky, and the abominations that exist beyond its barrier wait to destroy them.