Blood Bound

The second novel in the international No. 1 bestselling Mercy Thompson series - the major urban fantasy hit of the decade. 'I love these books!' Charlaine Harris 'The best new fantasy series I've read in years' Kelley Armstrong MERCY THOMPSON: MECHANIC, SHAPESHIFTER, FIGHTER Like most people who own their own business, I work long hours that start early in the morning. So when someone calls me in the middle of the night, they'd better be dying ... Mechanic Mercy Thompson is woken at 3am by a vampire calling in a favour. He has to deliver a message to a fellow undead and needs a witness that won't be noticed - and Mercy's shapeshifting abilities make her the perfect candidate. But the assignment turns into a bloodbath and Mercy attracts the attention of not just a powerful vampire, but the even more powerful demon possessing him. She can count on the supernatural community for protection - and alpha werewolf Adam would like her to rely on him in other ways too - but when it comes to being proactive, she's on her own. Praise for the series: 'Plenty of twists and turns . . . Kept me entertained from its deceptively innocent beginning to its can't-put-it-down end' Kim Harrison, bestselling author of Dead Witch Walking 'I enjoyed every minute of it. I love Mercy and can't wait for her to kick some more ass' Lilith Saintcrow The Mercy Thompson books: Moon Called Blood Bound Iron Kissed Bone Crossed Silver Borne River Marked Frost Burned Night Broken Fire Touched Silence Fallen Storm Cursed Shifting Shadows (Stories from the world of Mercy Thompson)

"When the LA heroin-addicted vampire and gang leader named RJ relunctantly takes in a twelve-year-old prostitute called Bait, humanity is introduced to his otherwise lifeless existence"--P. [4] of cover.

Most can't touch the power, but Liv Warren is special. A paranormal tracker who follows the scent of blood, Liv makes her own rules and the most important one is trust no one. When her friend's daughter goes missing, Liv has no choice but to find the young girl. And thanks to a childhood oath, she can't rest until the child is home safe. Except that means trusting Cam Caballero the former lover forbidden to her. Bound by oath and lost in desire for a man she cannot have, Liv is racing to save the child from a dark criminal underworld where secrets, lies, trauma and danger lurk around every corner, every touch and every kiss... But more blood will be spilled before it's over

A girl named Alena is kidnapped by a cartel leader, in order to get revenge on her mother. While in captivity she learns of a secret that not only changes her life, but her kidnapper's as well, forever bound.

Of all those in the King of Alden’s retinue, the bloodbinders are the most prized. The magic they wield can forge invaluable weapons, ones that make soldiers like Lady Alix Black unerringly lethal. However, the bloodbinders’ powers can do so much more—and so much worse… A cunning and impetuous scout, Alix only wishes to serve quietly on the edges of the action. But when the king is betrayed by his own brother and left to die at the hands of attacking Oridian forces, she winds up single-handedly saving her sovereign. Suddenly, she is head of the king’s personal guard, an honor made all the more dubious by the king’s exile from his own court. Surrounded by enemies, Alix must help him reclaim his crown, all the while attempting to repel the relentless tide of invaders led by the Priest, most feared of Oridia’s lords. But while Alix’s king commands her duty, both he and a fellow scout lay claim to her heart. And when the time comes, she may need to choose between the two men who need her most…

When sixteen-year-old Rhemy Larousse gets sent off to Rosedown Seminary, an old plantation recently bought, she discovers life in small town St. Francisville, Louisiana, is more than it seems. What was once only folklore and supernatural myths would soon become reality for Rhemy. Rhemy starts for the first time to feel like things are going to be okay...until the day she meets Brick Southwood, the boy she has strangely been dreaming about all summer. Rhemy tries fighting her growing attraction for him. Unsure if Brick will be the death of her or will be who awakens who Rhemy really is, she tries to keep her distance. However, the two can't stay away from each other. Together, with some friends, Rhemy and Brick will begin a journey together that neither of them had dreamed could be possible, confronting the demons of the Shadow World as well as those of being a sixteen-year-old teenage girl. Rhemy will embark on an adventure where she faces the challenges of the proverbial young love triangle as well as face the devil himself.

"She is his curse, the one thing that Athea created to be Konstantin's downfall, and inside, Van holds a monster who is falling for it." Walking among humans are beings far different from their own. However, both their worlds are more intertwined than it seems. Revered as a god by his own kind, Van Volkov holds one of the four remaining Lycans, Konstantin. His golden eyes command great attention. Bound to protect the shifters for eternity, he has blocked out all forms of emotions he considered a weakness and formed a steel wall around him. That was until a group of rogue shifters attacked and killed a nearby campsite. Because of the Alpha that he is, Van has to safeguard the territory and keep the attack under wraps. But something made Konstantin ill at ease - a human child had survived. And as if by fate, he finds the key to unlocking his hidden humanity. But after he took the child under his care, something that he has never imagined, nightmarish things start to unfold, and a prophecy of long ago begins to unravel. Just when he thought that everything has been put under control, the truth is, the story has only just started. What if the prophecy is true? Finding out that the child is the reason for his demise and all the shifters he is supposed to protect, he has but one crucial decision to make... Will he choose the lady or the wolf? Prepare to be enthralled with the mysteries that bound the lady and the Lycan in this first book of the Lady and the Wolf series. Grab a copy now!

Mike and Dwain are Foley artists for the porn industry in the famed San Fernando Valley. After meeting an amputee porn star, the guys decide to make their own movies portraying a wide variety of "monsters." While Mike wants to make tastefully erotic films featuring abnormally shaped performers, Dwain sees greater profits on the horizon if they push "Freak Porn" to its nauseating extreme. "Monster Porn is beautifully written, descriptive to the Nth degree, with a shocking twist that will leave you gasping for air." - Brandon Wilkinson, Author of Memoirs of the Messed Up Minds

“Kick-ass were-coyote auto mechanic Mercedes Thompson” (Publishers Weekly) has leapt to the forefront of today’s urban fantasy heroes, thanks to bestselling author Patricia Briggs. Now, Mercy finds herself in the middle of a bloodbath—with only one way out... Mercy has friends in low places—and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor. Since she can shapeshift at will, she agrees to act as some extra muscle when her vampire friend Stefan goes to deliver a message to another of his kind. But this new vampire is hardly ordinary—and neither is the demon inside of him. When the undead and the werewolves sent to find him don’t return, the local vampire queen turns to Mercy for help. A coyote is no match for a demon, but Mercy is determined to get her friends back—including the two werewolves circling around her heart.