Bøger af Elizabeth Corrigan

With Friends Like These Not too long ago, Detective Kadin Stone's life goal was to get married and fulfill the role of everywoman she knew. Instead, she ended up befriending the king and a sentient revolver andgaining a blossoming career in the process. Despite her dubious fortune, she does her best tokeep her head down and solve the murders that make their way to her desk. Staying invisible proves difficult when the king's cousin Baurus narrowly survives anassassination attempt. Baurus has made no secret of his attraction to Kadin, and he has everyintention of using his Imperial power to make her both be his bodyguard and figure out who triedto kill him. The combination of duties means that instead of using her usual methodicalinvestigation tactics, she's trying to protect a duke without the good sense to know he shouldn'tbe solving his own crime---especially when he's convinced the culprit uses magic. Baurus is determined that this time, he's not letting Kadin out of his life without a fight, and asshe uncovers more secrets leading up to the investigation, their fates become more intertwined.But she's still not sure there's a future for a detective and a duke, especially when one of themcould get shot at any moment.

Seven StrangersThree Students: Bliss Bhanushali feels an instant connection to her roommate Lexi and Lexi's boyfriend Will, though both girls can't help but feel Will is keeping something from them.Two Scoundrels: Jack and Cobalt Zhao find themselves on the run after their foolproof plan to rob a space train goes inexplicably awry.A Soldier: Gavin Ibori must fight for his very survival in a challenge designed to test the mettle of the most promising new warriors.A Servant: Roslyn Turin wants nothing more than her freedom, but her dreams of another life send her into psychiatric care instead.One HistoryBy day, they are seven strangers from different moons. At night, they dream of their interconnected lives twenty years ago. Their visions send them to the mysterious moon of Arachne, where an archaeological dig turns up strange alien artifacts.Then the dreams get darker, filled with images of glowing symbols and spattered blood.In their last lives, they were murdered. And if they don't find out why, history is doomed to repeat itself.

Kadin Stone's life is finally going according to plan. She's starting her new job as a homicide detective's aide at one of the premier criminal investigation companies in Valeriel City, the capital of a 1950's-style kingdom. Kadin is certain her new position will introduce her to any number of eligible men, so she'll finally be able to get married and stop burdening the brother who insists on supporting her.On Kadin's first day, the royal family calls in her team to investigate the murder of gossip-rag cover girl Queen Callista. Kadin's superiors think it's an open and shut case. The queen's jilted lover Duke Baurus DeValeriel had motive, means, and opportunity, but Kadin can't help but spot holes in their theory.After checking into a few leads of her own, Kadin inadvertently ends up in the confidence of Duke Baurus. When she tries to share what she knows with the rest of the team, she finds them unwilling to listen to the opinion of a girl who they know is only after a ring on her finger. In order to see justice served, Kadin finds herself doing the last thing she expected when she started working for a homicide detective-solve a murder!

Kadin Stone should be over the moon---or at least one of the two moons that grace the sky of Valeriel City. She has a great job working as an aide for one of the best homicide detectives in the city, and her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing. Getting married means she'll have to give up her day job, but wedding bells have been her life goal for as long as she can remember. But she's not happy, and she can't quite figure out why.Until Duke Baurus DeValeriel walks back into her life.Kadin cleared Baurus of a murder charge six months ago, and she thought that was the last she'd see of him. After all, they move in completely different circles. But Baurus has need of a homicide detective after a rising film star dies at one of his parties. He's convinced Kadin is the only one who can solve the case. Kadin's only too happy to lend her expertise, but as the case progresses, she gets the feeling that Baurus wants more from her, and she's not sure what she has to offer.As the case leads Kadin from one tawdry secret to another---secrets only she seems capable of uncovering---she questions whether marriage is what she wants out of life. But it's not always easy to decide whether to follow your dreams or follow your heart.

Michael is supposed to be the Leader of the Host of Heaven's angels, but lately he spends his days ignoring his responsibility and going on the offensive against demons. His extracurricular damnations couldn't avoid the gaze of Hell forever, though, and before long, he finds himself captured by the demon Asphodel.As Asphodel tortures a despairing Michael, Heaven's second-in-command, Gabriel, sends former demon Bedlam to look for the missing archangel. Bedlam wants nothing to do with a Heavenly mission, especially one that involves helping Michael, so he decides the best way to never get another order is to disobey this one. Instead, he drags his friend Khet on a road trip that may change their relationship forever.While Bedlam shirks his duty, Asphodel spins a web around Michael. Can the already-broken archangel discern truth from fiction in time to escape? And if not, will he be able to face the real motivation for his kidnapping when it finally comes to light?