Nerren Ason was an omega human, a male capable of bearing children. I'd ordered him from Omega Consort Systems to bear mine. As a powerful, dominant Virikan lord, I could take any mate I chose to bear my young. But I did not want a mate. Mates proved costly, in more ways than one. I wanted only a child. I'd reached that point in my life when I wanted someone to share my wealth and knowledge with, who might carry on my legacy after I'm gone. Someone who might, if I was lucky, grow to love m...

Can the vow of a warrior king win a heart and save a kingdom?Feared by enemies and allies alike, Naxaris reputed to be utterly merciless, without a human heart or soul. As he captures the throne of Kenta, a letter summons him to Ashwall Castle in the land of his birth, a place he left behind years ago to wage war and take his place in the world. Ashwall is caught in the grip of famine, and Prince Adonias, his childhood friend, desperately needs his help. When Naxar arrives...

A desperate outlaw, a captive in chains, and a collision course between two different worlds...When the man known as the Outlaw Wolf kidnaps Randall Degarre, the son of a general, in a daring night raid, he gets far more than he bargained for. Alan Gyard is a freedom fighter, battling the king's corrupt forces as they raze villages and displace peasants in his homeland. His brother is held in prison by the king, and the blue-eyed warrior is determined to trade Randall for ...

A challenge between rivals will either lead to suffering...or to love.Chieftain Rygar Idras must lead his warriors on a dangerous raid into Astor to rescue his men from captivity. But an ambush brings him face-to-face with Vash Terric, a powerful and ruthless king, and the raid ends with Rygar in chains. He's imprisoned within a castle in Astor, but his spirit remains unbroken, and he's determined to escape and save his men. But Vash gives him an ultimatum. The king will f...

Will a warrior choose to give his heart to the beautiful enemy he has captured?Rafek Morroson is a warrior known for his bravery and strength. While alone in the forest, he encounters a man he believes to be an outlander spy from a rival hold. The man's name is Shoro, and he has the look of a male concubine: pretty, delicate, and lean. Capturing Shoro when he's bathing in the river unaware is an easy matter, but things grow complicated when Rafek learns the man he has take...

This thief has only one chance to steal the prince's heart...Elliyan was never anything more than a thief. A good one. So how can he pass up the chance to steal the priceless signet necklace worn by Rayne Baalor, the crown prince, when he first sees the stunningly handsome man? Unfortunately, he misjudges the prince as simply another clueless royal and finds himself locked in a prison cell. But instead of having Elliyan hauled to the nearest gallows, Prince Rayne intends t...

A knight exiled to a frozen wasteland, and the one man who can save him from himself...Andrion Denlas was a knight until he rebelled against the usurper king who poisoned the prince and seized the throne. The sentence for Andrion's rebellion is exile. He's banished through a portal to the frozen wasteland of the Steppe, a land where only the hardiest creatures have any hope of survival. Alone and freezing to death in a blizzard, Andrion is saved by a huge ice bear, a bear ...

Alone behind the mask, only his Chosen could touch him.Raine held no hope for his future. Youngest in a line of brutal, warlike brothers, he is judged to be weak and worthy only to be sold off for political gain. Now the worst of his brothers is taking him to the heart of the empire that has conquered their homeland. Taldan, the Imperial Heir of Anrodnes, is holding a traditional choosing of a companion, a Chosen, for when he ascends to become emperor. Forced into the competition f...

An assassin, an emperor, and his Chosen. Will their bonds survive intrigue, exile, and war…?Exiled by the emperor he loves, Hredeen Leesian chooses to travel to the once-peaceful kingdom of Bhantan to stop a brutal invasion. Armed with only a blade and his skills as an assassin, he means to stop Raine's cruel brothers from killing and looting their way across the kingdom. But as Hredeen hunts his prey, he discovers another assassin who knows the darkest secrets of their gu...

Can a deadly assassin hold on to a love he thought lost…?Hredeen has been exiled from his emperor's side, the only place he had found a home, friendship…love. Now after changing the course of the invasion of Bhantan, he faces an uncertain future. Unable to return to Anrodnes, he faces years of torture and isolation as his masters in the War Guild eradicate every precious memory he held of his former life with Emperor Taldan. But after meeting a rogue assassin, one who escaped from ...

The echoes of a war four years' past still resounds in the minds of those who endured it. Jaden longs to search for his sister, though he is bound in the fetters of slavery. When he is given to the very man who conquered his country, he is caught up in his own hatred, yet fascinated by the mystery of his new master, the Emperor of Tranaden, who all say is demonic, without mercy. Trapped in the snare of his master's beauty, Jaden begins to realize that there is much more beneath the surface...

A looming war. A pirate's revenge. A young noble caught in the middle…Dradin Sharlain is the youngest son of the most feared family in Malseenia. Scorned by his father and tormented by Vax, his sadistic brother, Dradin is seen as weak and vulnerable, despite his talents in diplomacy. When his carriage breaks down in a remote area known to harbor pirates, he soon falls prey to Captain Rastay, the merciless commander of the pirate ship Siren. Captain Rastay kidnaps him, intending to ...