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A series of short stories and novellas set in the Blood Stone universe and including the same characters.

'Winter, a professional thief who can manipulate others’ biologies by touch, accidentally “healed” her former partner—and former vampire—Sebastian, whom she secretly loves. Her healing created a symbiot pairing between them that neither of them wants.

'Nathanial, a sexy thousand-year-old vampire and Sebastian’s ex-lover, talks Sebastian and Winter into stealing evidence that will expose all vampires to the world. But Nathanial is a puppet-master who doesn’t believe in falling in love with humans, leaving Winter unsure of his real feelings for her once he seduces her, or how he feels about Sebastian, the former vampire-now-human whose life he has turned upside down once more.

'But the evidence they steal is hot property. The future of all vampires is on the line and others will stop at nothing to get it, leaving Sebastian, Winter and Nathanial with no allies but each other. They must trust each other to survive. Only…can they?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Survival becomes a deadly game where lovers might be enemies.

'Nial orders Calum Garrett to get close to Hollywood producer Kate Lindenstream. Garrett reluctantly complies for he has held himself apart from humans for centuries. Kate doesn’t fall into Garrett’s arms, either. She already has someone for that. Roman Xerus – whom Kate knows as Adrian — and Garrett go way back to the sixteenth century Scottish highlands, but they parted bitterly two hundred years ago.

'With Roman’s support, Kate battles Garrett in wills and business as he methodically forces himself into her life. However, on the closed-in movie set in the Californian desert, Garrett’s calm, orderly world crumbles for Garrett is drawn to Kate. He has begins to experience real, human feelings.

'Kate doesn’t cooperate in the chess game Nial orchestrates, despite being unaware of the strategies swirling around her film set. Demanding and expecting only the best for her movie, Kate’s agenda forces Roman and Garrett to work together to protect her and keep the humans around her ignorant of the Pro Libertatus, the anonymous and all-powerful vampire group who nearly killed Nial, Sebastian and Winter, and shield Kate from the excesses of the League for Humanity. But could Roman really be with the Pro Libertatus?

'There’s hidden intentions everywhere, and centuries of repressed feelings, along with at least two different groups that mean them harm. Then there’s the rumours that Kate has found the mythical Blood Stone, the key to unlocking vampire history and lifting their curse. Who is Kate, really? Because once Garrett begins to notice, things about Kate don’t quite add up, either…'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Who is the real enemy?

'Marcus Anderson, chemical weapons expert and CIA handler of assets like world famous Kate Lindenstream, finds vampires troubling. He'd rather have nothing to do with them, until the world-class sniper known only as The Whisper takes a shot at him...and misses. While Marcus' supervisors wrangle over red tape, Marcus follows the trail back and meets Ilaria, a hot-tempered, diminutive, smoldering Italian beauty who captures his scarred and defensive heart.

'Meanwhile, Cyneric Pæga's radar is prickled by a trail of clues that he puts together to reveal that Ilaria Scarvo, a vampire assassin just like Rick once was, is in town. He doesn't know who The Whisper's target is but Nial, leader of the revolutionaries, is at the top of the list. Then Rick meets Ilaria and finds she's not at all a cold-hearted killer. Ilaria is a wounded woman with a terrible secret that binds Rick to her.

'Is Ilaria working for the League for Humanity, or the Pro Libertatus? Is she involved with Menes Heru's plans to use the doomsday weapon, the Blood Stone? Or is she as innocent as both Marcus and Rick want desperately to believe?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Collection of the first three novels in the Blood stone series.

'To save their world, vampires and humans must fight together…against the deadliest enemy ever unleashed.

'Nial, leader of the vampires, assembles his loyal followers yet again—and this time they must not fail. For the mythic Blood Stone has been broken and doomsday evil unleashed upon the world of humans in the form of The Others. To save the innocents, Nial and his kind must lift a centuries’ old veil of secrecy, revealing who they truly are.This has never gone well in the past—will it be different this time? Maybe, if three unlikely heroes can be convinced to join the fight. When an action movie star, a deaf empath and an ex-soldier join forces, the action explodes—both on the battle front and in the bedroom.

'Patrick Sauvage, Hollywood A-list actor, ‘comes out’ as a vampire. Good thing he’s learned a few extra skills as an action star—because he needs a new career. What actress wants to star opposite a guy who gives new meaning to the term ‘drop dead gorgeous’?

'Dominic Castellano lost his hearing in a freak accident—and everything he loved along with it. But he has other talents to wield in the coming war—he can now sense what others can’t. And his charisma casts a spell on both Patrick and the third member of their triad.

'Blythe Murray, LA single mom and ex-soldier, would rather forget her military service—but she’ll resurrect it when The Others invade their city. She’ll give her all to fight evil, and protect her children.

'But no human woman can withstand the powerful and instant bond between her, Patrick and Dominic. The world is at war, the future uncertain, the enemy nearly unstoppable—so why fight the best thing they’ve ever found? The three can only hope it will be enough to carry them through the devastation to come.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'The wildly explosive finale to the Blood Stone series!

'The Summanus eat humans. There are more of them every day. Humanity can’t win.

'Rory Rafferty, theoretical physicist and stunning beauty, is an eight hundred year old vampire with no time for men who want to control her. At night, she kicks Summanus butt.

'Dante Santana is a recently retired pro football player in love with Rory, and more than eager to kill Summanus while he’s waiting for her.

'Sasha Mikhailov spies for the GRU, roams the world, an independent man with a gun…until he meets Rory and Dante.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.