Mytiske væsner: vampyrer, varulve og andre formskiftere

Official job working security? Check.Dragon sidekick along to keep her out of real danger? Check.Mythological monsters let loose on the town? Oh, crud.It's been rough adapting to her new lifestyle, but Danni's gotten used to the fangs and venom, and found strength within to overpower her worst enemy: her own self-doubt.Now she's on her first official job as a member of Rider's security firm.Assigned as security at Gruff's Bar and Grille in Moonlight, West Virginia, Danni is bored to tears until a man stumbles in, missing a few important body parts.The overprotective Rider wants to take her off the case, but she's determined to prove she can handle the job and convince her stubborn sire she's tougher than he gives her credit for.She's taken on shifters and gangbangers, and earned the moniker of Danni the Teste Slayer. Surely she can take on whatever is preying on the people of Moonlight...

Bon Temps's psychic waitress takes a dangerous road trip in the third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series-the inspiration for the HBO® original series True Blood. There's only one vampire Sookie Stackhouse is involved with (at least voluntarily) and it's Bill Compton. But recently he's been a little distant-in another state, distant. Then his sinister and sexy boss Eric Northman tells Sookie where she might find him. Next thing she knows, she's off to Jackson, Mississippi, to mingle with the under-underworld at Club Dead, a dangerous little haunt where the elite of vampire society can go to chill out and suck down some Type-O. But when Sookie finally finds Bill-caught in an act of serious betrayal-she's not sure whether to save him...or sharpen some stakes.

All is Fair in Love and WineAlice Primrose is a witch who has it all: her own wine brand, friends who accept her witchy ways, and her supportive and loving boyfriend, Hugo Dodds. Despite having to run away to protect a powerful spell, Alice is safe and happy in her new home of Newbury Grove.Now, unexplainable events plague Newbury Grove. After the mysterious Sylvia and Sebastian Savino move in next door, Alice and Hugo's lives turn upside down. Their relationship is put to the test as the Savinos unveil their hidden motives-they're vampires who desire Alice's hidden spell for their own nefarious deeds.Alice ran from her past once to keep the spell safe, but this time, things aren't so simple. Alice risks losing more than her home. Will Alice finally confront her past or run away once again?

On her first visit to Clan Stonefire, Department of Dragon Affairs inspector Evie Marshall has an ulterior motive--she needs to seduce its clan leader. If she can't seduce him and become his mate, the dragon hunters will kill her. Of course, Evie doesn't know the first thing about seducing a man, let alone a dragon-shifter, but with her life on the line, she's going to have to become a fast learner or die trying. Bram Moore-Llewellyn has a track record of scaring off DDA inspectors, but when the latest inspector shows up wearing tight clothes and a sexy smile, his inner dragon takes notice. While battling his attraction to the human, he soon finds himself with an impossible choice: he can either break the law to mate the female and risk a backlash from both the dragon hunters and the British government, or he can turn her away and let her die at the hands of the hunters.

She refused to let herself hope, it was too dangerous. Until she met her fated mate and had no choice but to let him in. To let him open her heart and dream of a better life. Hope was dangerous, she knew better. Now it might cost her everything.As Jasira's 18th birthday approaches, with no chance of her shifting, her pack plans to get rid of her. She only has one option if she wants to make it out alive and that is to run. With the help of her best friend, they finally escape the cruel grip of their pack.But Jasira's new life turns out to be nothing like she expected. Fate has bigger plans for her.Another pack has been waiting for her, and their Alpha only has eyes for Jasira. She learns from them that she has a wolf that has been trapped inside of her by magic. The pack helps Jasira release the binds holding her wolf and discover her true self.Only now, a dark secret threatens to destroy everything she loves. There is no running this time because it's not just her life at stake. Jasira has no choice but to fight for her heart. But is she strong enough to protect them?Fighting For My heart is the first book in this spicy wolf shifter and fantasy romance series. recommend for 18+

"Blood Ronin" offers a riveting journey through a world where the way of the samurai is under siege by both progress and betrayal.This story follows a masterless samurai, navigating through peril, political schemes, and personal demons, seeking redemption and a new purpose in life.Set against a backdrop of shifting alliances and ancient prophecies, the narrative delves deep into themes of identity, duty, and the blurred lines between justice and vengeance.With heart-pounding action and emotional depth, it's a tale of resilience, courage, and the unyielding human spirit, promising an unforgettable adventure that challenges the essence of honor and strength.

Jenna wasn't good enough to be the mate of an Elite. She was way past damaged and she had one goal. Vengeance upon those who had wronged her. She was a killer and the last thing she wanted to do was kill an Elite Warrior. Hawk and Cassidy would never forgive her, lest let her live to tell the tale.Marcus was home from a mission when his demon finally locked onto Jenna. Smart, cunning, beautiful and maybe just a little bit deadly. His ideal mate. Jenna needed time and as an immortal he had that in spades, until a problem at Rogue Stone threatened to take it all away.Could they give it all up to save Rogue Stone?

Alexandre has everything he desires except for that which he wants most of all: His Blood Queen.Amidst the backdrop of the Hundred Year War, Alexandre Marseille, a centuries-old vampire, seeks his fated mate. Having established his empire in New York City, he is living an opulent life and running a successful law firm. But his ultimate goal is to find her. Once he sets eyes on Venus Anderson, he will stop at nothing to get her, and the relentless, sensual pursuit begins.Venus Margaret Anderson remembers vividly what it was like to be human. To smell the yellow Jessamine flowers and feel the warm sun on her flesh in the South Carolina heat. But being human sometimes meant she wasn't treated humanely at all, for Venus once lived as a slave on a plantation owned by a cruel master. Now a Professor of Art History, she runs from her true self. Until she is hunted and found by Alexandre.The two twisted soulmates are bitten from the same bloody cloth, but it will take all the demons of Hell and all the prayers in Heaven to convince Venus that Alexandre is not always the ruthless monster he appears to be. Separate, they are forces to be reckoned with; together, they are an explosive power couple destined to leave an indelible, blood-stained mark upon the world. But, with all good things, there are those who wait in the shadows, working their black magic to drain and destroy this love at the onset, casket officially closed. From USA Today bestselling author Tiana Laveen comes a dark and twisted dystopian romantic rollercoaster, packed with suspense, vengeance and passion. Le Roi Du Sang is a dark paranormal, steamy romance. This book includes mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all audiences; reader discretion is advised. Please look inside under "Trigger Warnings" for possible topics that may be deemed personally objectionable.

Aggie is a witch in hiding from her coven and the magickal world at large, after her virginity contract was sold at birth to an incubus; a sex demon who would surely kill her during her magickal inheritance ceremony.Now turning forty, her magick is tired of being contained, and attracts the attention of a few nearby supernaturals, all vying for her attention:Karl, a grumpy, self-effacing vampire who fusses like a mother henLuka, a rowdy werewolf with golden retriever energyQuinn: a player warlock with a pet hawk.If they can sense her, then surely her jilted betrothed can as well.And they aren't about to let Aggie go without a fight.This special edition omnibus puts all three books in this series into one book: The Forty-Year-Old Virgin Witch, The Witch Who Couldn't Give Amuck, and Hex Appeal.

The Great Awakening approaches . . .After eons in exile, the naturi have broken their chains and now roam the Earth bent on revenge. It is the sworn duty of Mira, the Fire Starter, to protect the nightwalker race?though even she may be powerless to withstand the horrific onslaught. As Mira and her brave lover, the vampire slayer Danaus, stand ready to do battle, thousands of winged shapeshifters darken the skies. The war of ultimate extermination has begun, and thebattleground is Mira's home turf.The humans don't yet recognize the doom descending upon them. And the nightwalkers will surely perish unless they unite with outcast naturi who claim to want peace. But these unexpected "allies" are the same demons who have long worked for Mira's destruction?and in these darkest of days the lines between friend and foe will blur treacherously before the bloody end of all things.

These Alpha shifters are about to fall HARD!Come to the small town of Aspen Ridge, Alaska and get ready to watch these swoon worthy wolf and bear shifters fall in love with their fated mates!Books in this set include:The Alpha's WardThe Alpha's PrizeThe Alpha's CaptiveThe Alpha's Obsession

Read Tessa Adams's posts on the Penguin Blog. A new erotic paranormal series, starring dragon shapeshifters, kicks off with a very sexy debut... Prince Dylan MacLeod is one of the last pure-blood dragon shape- shifters-and ruler of a dying race, the Dragonstar clan. It falls to him to protect his people and their ancient magic. But he has one important duty: to provide an heir... Like all dragons, Dylan, who has a dark, rampant sexual appetite, can only procreate with his destined mate-for whom he's searched for the last five hundred years. But his quest is delayed when a disease sweeps through the Dragonstars, and Dylan must venture to the human world to find a cure. He tracks down bio-chemist Phoebe Quillum, never imagining the beautiful scientist would be the mate he's been seeking. But even with the fate of the clan on their shoulders, Phoebe and Dylan are overcome by their sexual desire. Their passion turns to something truer, but when Phoebe is kidnapped by Dylan's oldest enemy, he must risk everything for his love and his clan...

From New York Times bestselling author Nina Bangs comes the first book in her sizzling Castle of Dark Dreams series.Welcome to the Castle of Dark Dreams, the yummiest attraction in an adult theme park where women take erotic role-playing to new heights with only the most dangerously tempting men. Okay, so they're not quite human, but that's a secret. Tonight, Eric, the castle's resident vampire, will prove that he's everything bad should be.Talk-show host Donna Nolan-on the lookout for a weird and wacky story-finds it when she braves the Castle of Dark Dreams and meets Eric. With the coldest blue eyes and the hottest mouth she's ever seen, he's a primitive call to the wild in every woman.Love between a talk-show host and a vampire shouldn't be possible. But then, strange things happen in the Castle of Dark Dreams...

Dorina Basarab is a dhampir-half-human, half-vampire. Subject to uncontrollable rages, most dhampirs live very short, very violent lives. But so far, Dory has managed to maintain her sanity by unleashing her anger on those demons and vampires who deserve killing... Dory is used to fighting hard and nasty. So when she wakes up in a strange scientific lab with a strange man standing over her, her first instinct is to take his head off. Luckily, the man is actually the master vampire Louis-Cesare, so he's not an easy kill. It turns out that Dory had been working with a Vampire Senate task force on the smuggling of magical items and weaponry out of Faerie when she was captured and brought to the lab. But when Louis-Cesare rescues her, she has no memory of what happened to her. To find out what was done to her-and who is behind it-Dory will have to face off with fallen angels, the maddest of mad scientists, and a new breed of vampires that are far worse than undead…

"For thousands of years, the passion between Alexander, Archangel of Persia, and Zanaya, Queen of the Nile, burned furious and bright, seemingly without end. But to be an archangel is to be bound to power violent and demanding. Driven by its primal energy, Alexander and Zanaya fought as fiercely as they loved, locked in an endless cycle of devotion and heartbreak. It is only Zanaya's decision to Sleep that ends their love story. Eons later, the Cascade of Death wakens them both. The passion between them a flame that yet burns, Alexander and Zanaya stand together in one last battle against the ultimate darkness. But even a warrior archangel cannot win every war. Alexander's scream shatters the world as Zanaya falls, broken and silent...only to rise again in a miracle that may be a devastating curse. For is it truly the Queen of the Nile who has been resurrected? Only one thing is clear: This is the last beat of their passionate, angry dance. The final song for Alexander and his Zani . . ."--Publisher marketing.

When Margaret L. Carter first read Dracula at the age of twelve, her spontaneous reaction was to wonder how the undead Count saw the events in which he was portrayed as the villain. She's always been fascinated with the "monster's" viewpoint and relationships between human and nonhuman beings. Most of the stories in this collection can be described as romances, and all involve love and passion in some form. Here you'll encounter vampires, elves, ghosts, and at least one human-monster hybrid. The vampire stories in the first half of the book are part of an ongoing series in which the creatures we know as vampires belong to a naturally evolved, nonhuman species secretly living among us. Readers can get better acquainted with them in Crimson Dreams, Sealed in Blood, and Passion in the Blood.

An alpha always puts his pack first.Alpha Silas Flynn wants revenge. Since the day Alex Bloodright murdered his parents, Silas has made it his mission to bring the rogue werewolf to justice. After months of hunting his nemesis, he's closer than ever to neutralizing Alex for good. But when he's unexpectedly assigned a new partner, Meredith, his wolf takes an unusual interest in her. Now is not the time for the goddess to grant him a fated mate.Fox shifter Meredith has her own reasons for wanting revenge on Alex. Her werewolf father's pack was slaughtered by him. But convincing Silas to let her help while dodging the feelings she has for him leaves her struggling to keep her eye on the target.As the two close in on Alex, it becomes apparent that someone on the inside is helping him. Stopping the rogue will force Silas to question everything, including his ability to be the alpha fate has demanded him to be and exactly how far he's willing to go for the woman he loves.

In the shadows, I found a destiny that was never meant to be mine.All my life, I've been an outcast and the target of cruel jokes. But fate flings me onto a different path when I receive a full-ride scholarship to a prestigious university I never applied to.As the new girl at Evergreen Elite, I'm surrounded by whispered secrets and danger that lurks in every corner.Then I meet Raffe Wright, the university's sexy, broody quarterback, whose presence stirs something deep within me.Every instinct warns me away from him, yet I can't fight the magnetic pull between us.As I unravel the mysteries of the university, I uncover truths about my own past and secrets that could change everything.Each step leads closer to Raffe, and the destiny that brought me here.But the deeper I delve, the more I realize that Raffe might be both the answer to my questions and the greatest danger of all.Get this steamy and suspenseful touch her and unalive, broody male, forbidden love, fated mates, royal wolf shifter romance today!

They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light...Gabriel woke deep within the ground, and the first sensation he felt was hunger. An overwhelming hunger for blood that demanded satisfaction. But as he hunted the dark streets of Paris for prey, a voice called to him, soothing, calming, giving him the strength to control his craving.Francesca Del Ponce was a healer, a woman who radiated goodness as powerfully as the sun did light. But surely his obsession with her would turn him as his twin brother had turned, leaving the world with two monsters instead of one.Though he knew she would be like hot silk in his arms, though he knew the taste of her would be addictive, he feared for her life and his soul if he took her. Then with one mind-shattering vow she gave herself??I offer freely, without reservation, I offer my life for your as is my right??and with a firestorm of long-forgotten feelings, he glimpsed salvation.

In the sixth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, coyote shifter Mercy Thompson and Alpha werewolf Adam finally reach the alter. But when they make the Columbia River their honeymoon destination, their newlywed bliss turns into a fight for survival... Being a different breed of shapeshifter-a walker-Mercy can see ghosts, but the spirit of her long-gone father has never visited her. Until now. An evil is stirring in the depths of the Columbia River-and innocent people are dying. As other walkers make their presence known to Mercy, she must reconnect with her heritage to exorcise the world of the legend known as the river devil.

The second novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris's "addictively entertaining"(Locus) Sookie Stackhouse series-the inspiration for the HBO® original series True Blood.Even though Sookie has her own vampire to look out for her-her red-hot, cold-blooded boyfriend, Bill Compton-she has to admit that the bloodsuckers did save her life. So when one of the local Undead asks the cocktail waitress for a favor, she feels like she owes them.Soon, Sookie's in Dallas using her telepathic skills to search for a missing vampire. She's supposed to interview certain humans involved. There's just one condition: The vampires must promise to behave-and let the humans go unharmed. Easier said than done. All it takes is one delicious blonde and one small mistake for things to turn deadly...