Life is good for physician Cameron, explorer Blake, and scholar-duke Ashley, or so it seems. They've moved in together, Cam's practice is going well, Blake's published a new memoir, and Ash is planning to build a library with his inheritance. But that inheritance is exactly Ash's problem.He never expected to be a duke, with Parliamentary politics and an estate to manage. Ash isn't even good at household accounts. And he's got a lecture to give to the Royal Antiquarian Society in a ...

Apprentice magician Edwin has several problems. The Lantern of Illumination has gone missing. Unexpected snow is threatening his garden. And he's always been anxious and awkward about talking to people, even fellow apprentices. Especially the gorgeous and self-confident Khiy.Khiy enjoys helping people and making friends; his magical gifts involve communication, and he's good at it. But he's found a challenge in Edwin, who's avoiding him. On top of that, he's facing a first assignme...

Apprentice magician Talisman Morning has always been lucky. It's a problem.Talis knows his luck is a magical talent -- but he can't control it. And good luck for him can mean bad luck for other people, and a lot of trouble. He's beginning to wonder whether he belongs with the magicians at all, or whether he should give up and run away ... until he meets a royal guard who asks for his help.King's guard Jeryn de Machaut could use a magician. He thinks he's overheard a plot ag...

Evander Roche doesn't want to kill anyone. But he's one of the Queen's bowmen, and the kingdom's been invaded. Now Van, and his loyal best friend Milo, and their fellow soldiers, are standing at the brink of war.Fortunately, the greatest magician in the world has shown up to help. Lorre will either win a war or prevent it -- after all, he always gets what he wants. And tonight he wants Van for company.The magician's beautiful and powerful. The invitation's an honor. But Mil...

Prequel to The MagicianGarrett Pell, Second Sorcerer of the Middle Lands, is just trying to build a school. Unfortunately, he's also got missing mage-students, disobedient goats, and a Grand Sorcerer who likes to disappear. Not to mention the distracting presence of the attractive local prince, who keeps mysteriously turning up right when Garrett could use a hand.Prince Alexandre de Berri knows perfectly well that he's the youngest and least talented of his brothers....

A very long time ago, in the very old forests of Brittany, a werewolf loved a king ...The Lord Bisclavret has a secret. A family enchantment. A wolf's curse, transforming him when the moon is full. He hopes to be a good lord for his people, and he's always been a loyal king's man, even if the new king is inexperienced and scholarly. But one betrayal might leave him trapped in wolf-shape forever ... unless his king can save him.Andreas would rather be a University scholar th...

Colin is not having the best time lately, being a runaway shifter with a less than stellar reputation, hiding beneath a car in the pouring rain hoping to evade the angry warlock looking for him.David's had a long day. Being the local white witch and healer is a worthwhile occupation, but it's rarely an easy one.When he spies a stray kitten under his car, he figures he'll be able to rescue at least one living thing that night ...

Daniel Rose should be having a good night. He's a bestselling author; he's had film adaptations of his books; he's met movie stars. And there's a storm outside tonight, electric and wild. Dan's always liked storms.Tonight, though, he's stuck staring at his computer and suffering from writer's block, out of ideas and inspiration. But when an adorable young man knocks at his door, asks to borrow Dan's kitchen spices, and announces witchcraft's real and their apartment building needs ...

As a teenager, Sebastian Barrett found himself pulled into a fantasy realm, where he helped the beautiful young Elf King Eirian save the world. Twenty years later, it's 1984, and Sebastian's thirty-five years old, working in a thoroughly boring insurance office, living a perfectly ordinary life, and trying to pretend his memories of magic and adventure -- and his feelings for Ri -- were never real. And that's when the Elf King walks into his office.Eirian has a problem. In fact, he...

Stephen Hunt's having a terrible holiday season. It's mid-December, and he's about as far from the familiar scholarly walls of his Oxford professor's office as he can get -- Southern California, in fact, for an academic conference. Back home, his ex-boyfriend's moved out, and Stephen's alone and miserable in the hotel bar with his research on obscure ancient Roman holiday traditions. The bartender's adorable, though, so at least that's a good distraction from his thoughts.Brian Dwy...

A Frost spirit who runs a coffee shop. A Cupid who works as a divorce lawyer. And magic in the air ...Raine's never been a conventional Cupid. He likes organization, his job as a successful lawyer, and black coffee, and he dislikes messiness, physical and emotional. He tries hard not to use his powers, because he'd rather not manipulate anyone's desires, and he's not planning to fall in love himself -- and he wouldn't trust it if someone fell in love with him. But the owner of Rain...

Lily learned magic from the last of the kingdom's great sorcerers who disappeared a year ago, leaving her with a baby and with the responsibility of finding magical solutions for everyone's problems. She's overworked and exhausted, and not in the mood to have the king's disreputable illegitimate half-brother knock on her door, demanding her help. But the king is ill, and the kingdom needs her ... and the king's brother might not be as dreadful as the rumors say.Will knows his own re...