I will make them pay. The demons who sealed my fate and betrayed me. I may be just a witch, but I will revel in their ashes. Waking up in the underworld left me reeling, tricked, enraged… I confronted a prince of hell and believed I had won. It was all a lie—all because I refused to lift a blood curse. The demons who betrayed me will bleed for their treachery. Forming an uneasy truce and unlikely alliance with a teacher who is willing to help, I will do whatever I need to get out of this infernal pit. To seek revenge on those who ruined me. For hell hath no fury like a witch scorned… *A Flame of Stars & Midnight is book 2 in the Watcher Series and ends on a cliffhanger. If you enjoy reading paranormal romance packed full of action, adventure, and heat, with a funny, sarcastic heroine and a deeply dark antihero, then this series is for you.

The elves of Waters Edge have set upon the world of men to find Legna and make him pay for the treason against his own kin; though they are not the only ones to have breached the pools into the human world. As more prophecies come to light, there are also more surprises as the small Elvin party A'lior is leading align themselves with the humans. It is the only way to win against King Errin who now possesses the black stone of Dalbhach; and as is the stone's nature, the human king has also fallen to its call in the form of a green dragon. When the battles converge on both worlds, the chosen one is finally revealed atop the thousand steps and it's not what the elves expected. The One with blood still pure is the only one who can wield the blood-sword of a blue dragon forged by the blue flame. How had the Elvin child been hidden for so long? And who are the other elves that have lived among men that now come to their rescue? Death waits for many...and yet Death itself will fail."

A king will die, another will emerge; two worlds will battle, one will have to start over. As Death converges on the land of Midnight it will draw all the cursed of the dark realm to its side in a final battle along with the black dragon. The elves of Waters Edge will also have to battle the unexpected as the Nel'laf converge on their ancient city. As war ravages both worlds, the prophecy plays out its hand as those whose fate has been drawn and sealed try desperately to return one of their own to his rightful place. All the while, the stone of Dalbhach cannot be conquered nor subdued for one's own purpose lest it take him, which Legna had discovered long ago, and the human king has now discovered, all too late. As the elves struggle to protect their kingdom, they discover their pendants have lost their power; have they also lost their beloved king? Can both elves and men fight along side together after so many years of mistrust? And who will be king when all is said and done?

Diamonds and Sand Adele Bloch-Bauer (1882-1925) did not seek fame—but acclaimed and passionate artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) thrust her into the public’s eye by painting two portraits that assured her lasting admiration and speculation. Both portraits were commissioned by her wealthy industrialist husband—and each illustrated different, almost contradictory views of the intellectually curious, mysterious woman. As a child, Adele escaped the rules of a repressive Vienna in the last decades of the 19th century, by conjuring a secret tunnel that gave life to her fantasies. Only when she began sitting for Klimt’s portrait of her did her fantasies slide into reality, bringing both blinding ecstasy and paralyzing guilt. Her journey is intriguing... Join her...

Regency Vows - Six steamy tales of seduction, of lords and ladies, in the Regency and Georgian period A Gentleman ‘Til Midnight by Alison DeLaine