Dahlen, also known as the assassin The Tigress, has embraced her role as the new prophet of the Eternal Realm. However, after being forced to make a painful sacrifice, her faith in her newly-found religion is tested. Determined to break away from whatever plans the gods may have for her, she embarks upon her own quest to eliminate the Order of Zeln, a secret and deadly society responsible for the murder of her mother. No matter how much she runs, she soon discovers there is no escape from ...

Georgia Hamilton is not pretty. Her complexion is not bright, and her figure is not elegant. Her less than intriguing eyes are hidden behind glasses, and her nose is often stuck in either a book or her own writings. Long used to her mother's unfeeling comparisons between her and her younger, beautiful sister Evangelina, Georgia knows she is not meant for greatness. With a sharp tongue and a head full of witticisms, however, she bears the pain of being unnoticed with a satirical view toward...

After solving the mystery behind the Beast of Blindburn, Agrippina Greystone is asked by her friend Richard to accompany him to Essex and uncover who-or what-is tormenting his uncle, Eugene Bolten. Plagued by whispers and the ghostly apparition of a woman in black, Richard's uncle raves about a family curse several generations old. Though quick to write off the illogical, Agrippina cannot dismiss his claims as he is not the only one to have seen her. When she herself witnesses her haunting...

Celeste Willoughby, a beautiful heiress, full of wit and disdain for societal expectations, only has two problems: her most intimate friend Margaret, still pining over her lost love, has plans of joining a convent; and her father, vocally disapproving of her behavior, has threatened to send her to an asylum for her promiscuity.Unable to let her friend consign herself to such a boring, fashion-less life, Celeste makes a deal. If she can find another man for Margaret to love by the e...