Getting close to the king will kill him.After saving her village with the Dagger of Protection, Aldora's village hoped peace might finally return. But when a blood-gifted killer called Jules arrives with a grudge and a deadly plan, that hope shatters fast, and the village doubts Aldora’s ability to protect them.Meanwhile, Raneth (still chasing violent criminals across the kingdom) is abruptly summoned to escort the king to a crucial royal summit.Whe...

If everyone you grew up with were relying on you to save them, would you be able to do it?Thrust into the deep end, Aldora has to do exactly that. To save her village she has to find the Dagger of Protection, one of six so-called Weapons of Protection created by the kingdom's strongest sorcerer. With nobody else near enough to hunt down the thief, Aldora can't say no. Aided by the talking prince of the cats and a law enforcer hunting a murderer, failure is not an o...

They saved the kingdom.But their enemy doesn’t need a blade to destroy them — just the right lie.Two weeks ago, Raneth and Aldora ended the reign of Aldora’s uncle and reclaimed Giften. Now, Raneth is acting regent, holding the kingdom together until the royal family returns. Aldora has lost the Dagger of Protection, her village, the people’s trust, and has been pushed to the edges of the life she helped protect.The kingdom may be s...

One wants to rule the kingdom. The other wants to save it.Aldora stands between them.When Aldora and Raneth return to Giften, they expect celebration. Instead, they find the palace abandoned, the village destroyed, and a new ruler on the throne — Aldora’s uncle.Styling himself as the Kingdom’s Guardian, Denzel Leoma has claimed power with the backing of his Brethren — gifted enforcers with no loyalty to the crown — and a growing arm...

Everyone believes Princess Lemuela died when the kingdom fell.They're wrong.Held in secret beneath the sewers by the very group that destroyed her family, Lemuela has survived, but barely. Now, after eleven months of captivity, she escapes into a kingdom she no longer recognizes. A place torn between rebellion and renewal, where allies are scarce and enemies wear her face.Because Mila, a powerful healer and traitor, has used forbidden magic ...

A deadly weapon. A working holiday. What could possibly go wrong?Newly promoted and repeatedly injured, Captain Raneth Bayre is drowning in responsibilities. Between continuing tensions in the Bayre-Frey Feud and his need to set a strong example for the royal officials under his command, he’s burning out fast, and all he wants is a few quiet days with the woman he loves.Dagger Bearer Aldora Leoma wants that for him too; crime across the kingdom is spiking, ...

You know him from the hit A&E® show Duck Dynasty®—now you can enjoy Uncle Si’s tall tales, crazy exploits, and quirky one-liners in one raucous collection!“These hands are so fast, I can get your wallet before you know it. In a minute, you’ll be standing there buck naked and won’t know what hit you!” “Look here—if it wasn’t for my tripped knee, I’d be playing in the NBA today.” “Hey, Jack!” Any of these sound familiar? If they do—or even if they ...

Today, I called him my fiancé. Tonight, I'll call him daddy.When I claimed to be Roman Romanov's fiancé, I just wanted a Russian to leave me alone at a club. I didn't know another bratva boss was upstairs at that very moment trying to get Roman to marry his daughter, and I definitely didn't expect to end up going home with Roman that night.Or to be calling him daddy with my cheeks blushing and my bottom sore from a spanking...He says we have to pret...

First he made me his. Then he made me his bride.Arman Romanov has looked out for me since I was a little girl, yet now when I need him more than ever I can't stand the idea of accepting help from the son of a man my father betrayed.But it isn't up to me.A powerful mafia family is demanding that I pay my father's debts and Arman is the only one who can protect me, but that isn't the reason I'm sore, spent, and sleeping by his side tonight.I'm...

He didn't come for me just to make me scream his name. He came to make me his.When Luka Romanov burst into the bar where I work to take care of some mafia business, I was still an innocent virgin. I woke up the next morning sore, spent, and feeling much less innocent.He tracked me down to punish me for trying to run from him, but it wasn't just his hard hand reddening my bare bottom that left me soaking wet and ready to be ruthlessly claimed. I was breathle...

He didn't ask for my surrender. He took it.Maybe I let myself get a little too tipsy this evening, but I didn't expect to wake up next to a Russian mobster without my panties on. Fortunately, Maxim Volkov isn't here to ravage me.At least not tonight...He's made it his business to look out for me, and if that means taking me over his knee with my bottom bare for a spanking with my own hairbrush, then that's exactly what he's going to do.I sho...

He wouldn't take my money. He wanted my innocence instead.When Nikolai Romanov came looking for my brother, I emptied my savings hoping I could pay off his debt. But I didn't have even close to enough, so the bastard decided to take me instead.I didn't expect a Russian mafia boss like him to be gentle with me...and he wasn't.Not when he spanked me for daring to wear panties under the dress he chose for me, and certainly not when he stripped me out o...