While dealing with the mysterious disappearance of a bartender and the arrival of a necromancer, Menolly, an acrobat-extraordinaire-turned-vampire, must stop the chaos unleashed by a secret society bent on winning the Shadow Wing's favor and devouring her sister Delilah's soul. Original.

Menolly, Camille, and Delilah are the D'Artigo Sisters-half-human, half-Faerie operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. Their latest assignment is to root out the secret society responsible for unleashing chaos magic against the city-and to stop a demon from devouring Delilah's soul.

Lord Vandeimen returns home from Waterloo to ruined estates, his family all dead. His attempts to recreate something of his heritage leave him deep in debt, and he is ready to commit suicide when a woman bursts into his room with an extraordinary proposal. Mrs. Maria Celestin, widow of a wealthy foreign merchant, will pay him a small fortune to pretend to be her betrothed husband for six weeks. Van cannot refuse, but he is wary of this outrageous good fortune. He is also intent on getting into the widow’s bed. He doesn’t expect to be dragged back into life, and into love, or into a battle to win the woman who bought him.

Lord Vendeiman has returned from war to find his estate bankrupt and his father dead. When wealthy widow Maria Celestin offers to hire him to pose as her fiance, he agrees, but forbidden passion ignites between them. Dare he reach for happiness? But what will happen when Vandeiman learns the truth about the woman he has come to love?

The Lady of Linshui—the goddess of women, childbirth, and childhood—is still venerated in south China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Her story evolved from the life of Chen Jinggu in the eighth century and blossomed in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) into vernacular short fiction, legends, plays, sutras, and stele inscriptions at temples where she is worshipped. The full-length novel The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons narrates Chen Jinggu’s lifelong struggle with and eventual triumph over her spirit double and rival, the White Snake demon. Among accounts of goddesses in late imperial China, this work is unique in its focus on the physical aspects of womanhood, especially the dangers of childbirth, and in its dramatization of the contradictory nature of Chinese divinities. This unabridged, annotated translation provides insights into late imperial Chinese religion, the lives of women, and the structure of families and local society.

A feisty demon. A sexy angel. A forbidden love.A demon in control, Arabella was content. She didn't need to get married like her twin sister. She didn't want a life in suburbia with some human to take care of and no ties to the demon world. Arabella had no problem hunting souls and seeking the comfort of another when it suited her. She enjoyed her solitary life, even if that meant giving up her sister and starting over on her own.But when Arabella is sent to collect a delinquent soul, she doesn't expect to run into a guardian angel. Especially not one that makes her second guess every decision she's made. Tall, handsome, witty, and undeniably sexy, Jericho is a formidable opponent to her demon. Unable to complete her job, Arabella soon learns there's more to that lost soul-and the angel protecting it-than she understands. With her own eternity on the line, she's forced to confront the striking angel and finish what she started...despite the fact she's starting to enjoy his broody ways.Yet fate has a different plan. One that involves corrupt angels, headstrong archdemons, delicate humans, and an attraction neither can deny. Arabella and Jericho must work together to fight for the lives of those they've chosen to protect. But that may mean losing their identities-and each other-for all eternity if they fail.Each of my novels is a stand-alone, but take place in the same world and are part of a greater series. The suggested reading order is: The Vampire Huntress, Obeying the Bear, Releasing the Bear, Catching the Bear, Lured by the Bear, Tempted by the Tiger, Caught by the Cougar, Desired by the Bear, Wanted by the Wolf, Charmed by the Cougar, Donovan, Maximus, Rhys, The Demon Mistress, and The Green Mountain Pack.