Bøger af Kris Austen Radcliffe

Klepto Shifters, chaos ghouls, and a young woman running for her life...BondsDaisy Reynolds doesn't make waves. Hiding from her klepto mother's terrifying Shifter ex-boss makes an invisible life necessary. But when a Burner - a chaos ghoul - catches Daisy's scent, hiding turns into running for her life. Daisy soon realizes the conflicts around her run deeper than nasty ghouls and mean Shifters looking to beat up her mom. Future-seeing Fates want a piece of her, too. But some fates cannot be escaped unless you have courage... and an unlikely ally. BrokenAfter Daisy Reynolds's friend and protector vanishes into the desert, she realizes one option remains: Leave San Diego for Branson, Missouri, and ask for help at the bar favored by the dragons. The Shifters at The Land of Milk and Honey hold the key to finding her missing father, but they also have the power to compel her to spill her secrets. When threatened with an enthralling, Daisy runs. But bad people take advantage of the threatened and the vulnerable-and escaping a very bad person soon becomes Daisy's only option for survival... SilentAs a child, a horrendous accident stole Gavin Bower's hearing. Now, he lives his life and works hard to make it into medical school. But the night the Burners come for his best friend, Gavin suddenly finds himself drowning in a new world of Fates, Shifters, and Burners - until Daisy Reynolds Pavlovich saves his life. While Gavin's best friend, Rysa Torres, fights for her life three states away, Gavin and Daisy fight their own battle. Together, they realize Gavin holds a gift that could save Daisy's mother. And together, they work to take down the most powerful Shifter syndicate on the planet. Enter the explosive, genre-bending World on Fire universe where Science Fiction meets Urban Fantasy: Dragons, immortal warriors, family, love... and unknown science so advanced it's indistinguishable from magic.

Five stories. Five formative sparks before fire takes the world. One World on Fire anthology.Dragon's FateWhen Daniel Drake's simple, Sixth Century life shatters, he and his brothers run for their lives-and directly into the arms of the dragons. But some fates cannot be avoided, and Daniel's uncanny ability to see the future comes with a price, and a choice: enslavement to a Roman Emperor, or the death of the person he loves the most. ConpulsioRome presses outward. Vesuvius smokes. Ladon exacts a terrible vengeance for an unthinkable act-and sets in motion the unavoidable collision of four people: Two Fates bound by the rigidity of the past and the arrogance of the future. One Shifter with a gift too vile to use. And a man and a dragon who must save them all from the mountain's smoldering anger-and the weight of their souls' ashes. Pop RocksBilly Bare's comeback tour was supposed to set him up for a return to arena shows. Then he found himself face-to-face with a demonic creature... Dmitri and the Mad MonkDmitri Pavlovich Romanov: Athlete. Royal. Man who would be Tsar-and the only Shifter alive capable of killing Rasputin. Scent of a DragonWhen Daisy Pavlovich realizes a young boy's true nature - and the true danger his Shifter father presents to both her and the child - she runs headlong into a paranormal fire she should have left alone. But every child deserves a chance, and Daisy's going to get the boy his even if it kills her.... Readers say the depth and world building of the Dragonriders of Pern meets the heroic heart of Mercy Thompson in the explosive, genre-bending World on Fire universe. Dive into a world where Science Fiction blends with Urban Fantasy and immerse yourself with dragons, immortal warriors, family, love... and unknown science so advanced it's indistinguishable from magic. Note: The five stories of this collection were previously published in various box sets and anthologies.

An insane Shifter stole Rysa's talisman, jacked her body, and caused her abilities to nova. Now, she wastes away in front of Ladon's eyes and he can't stop the power that's eating her alive. Watching her anguish triggers flashbacks. When Ladon's soul ruptures, only Rysa can give him the cure he needs, but she's too far away to stop what's eating him alive. With the help of the newly-healed, newly-invincible Derek, Rysa runs from the worst Fates and Burners on the planet as she desperately tries to heal Ladon-and herself. Can she solve their problems-and recover her talisman-before the most powerful Fate on Earth destroys everything and everyone they hold dear? Enter the explosive, genre-bending World on Fire universe where Science Fiction meets Urban Fantasy: Dragons, immortal warriors, family, love... and unknown science so advanced it's indistinguishable from magic.

Two millennia of battling malicious Fates, Shifters, and Burners have taken their toll. All Ladon wants is to leave his violence behind and to live a nice, quiet life with his Dragon and his beloved Rysa. We don't always get what we want. When a vicious group of Shifters rains death down onto everyone Ladon loves, Rysa's developing abilities turn into a raging cyclone. Her body - and his mind - rip apart. Violence edges back in. But Ladon needs to find the strength to save his family before his rupturing soul destroys everything.... Enter the explosive, genre-bending World on Fire universe where Science Fiction meets Urban Fantasy: Dragons, immortal warriors, family, love... and unknown science so advanced it's indistinguishable from magic.

Acid-spitting monsters. Deadly visions. And a man and a dragon willing to sacrifice everything to keep a reluctant Fate alive....When monsters attack Rysa Torres, her latent Fate abilities activate - and drop her headfirst into a world of future-seers, shifters, and dragons. Rysa's escalating visions reveal a shattered future engulfed in flame. Other powerful Fates see the same ignited future - Fates who think the only way to stop the coming apocalypse is to kill the man and the dragon who might be the planet's only salvation. The same Ladon and his companion Dragon who, when they find the newly-activated, terrified Rysa, quickly realize she's not only the key to saving the world, but their own broken, lonely souls.... Readers say the depth and world building of the Dragonriders of Pern meets the heroic heart of Mercy Thompson in the explosive, genre-bending World on Fire universe. Dive into a world where Science Fiction blends with Urban Fantasy and immerse yourself with dragons, immortal warriors, family, love... and unknown science so advanced it's indistinguishable from magic.

Rysa, Daisy, and the people of the Dragon's Legion work frantically to bring Ladon and Dragon back together before hallucinations and debilitating seizures kill both the man and the beast. Can the group heal a ruptured human-dragon bond? Will they contain an evil Fate from Daisy's past before he becomes an unstoppable demon? On the eve of Rysa and Ladon's wedding, ghosts-both real and phantom-haunt souls. Echoes and revelations rip open the fabric of space and time. The universe of Fate - Fire - Shifter - Dragon teeters on the cusp of the Burning World. Who will survive?

Can a Fate and her dragon lover live a normal life?Rysa Torres survived the hell of her Fate activation. She survived the weight of healing the wounds inflicted on her fiancé Ladon's tattered soul. So how could her final year as a normal college student at a normal university be anything but... normal? But sometimes the ordinary masks chaos. Sometimes, monsters lurk in crevices so deep not even a Prime Fate like Rysa - or bloodhound Shifter like her friend, Daisy Pavlovich - sense the coming attack. When the worst Fates and Shifters on Earth come calling for one last dance, Rysa must fight - and embrace the darkness within her Fate heritage. Will her heart - and her soul - survive? Enter the explosive, genre-bending World on Fire universe where Science Fiction meets Urban Fantasy: Dragons, immortal warriors, family, love... and unknown science so advanced it's indistinguishable from magic.

Part One: You know what brings people's secrets to the surface? The end of the world. A blister opened in the sky, and now death rains down onto the Earth. No one expected the oldsters living at Paradise Homes to respond in any way-not me, and certainly not any of the other staff. But it turned out we're a home for retired super-beings, and now the only thing standing between me and a demon is a not-so-little old man and an old lady who speaks to Russian ghosts. For some weird reason, they think I'm going to save the world. When a second blister opens and floods Paradise Homes with hellhounds, we have no choice but to fight back. Now to survive the hounds so I can stop the apocalypse....Part Two: I thought I had the end of the world under control. Closing the reality blister at Paradise Homes should have granted me a moment to breathe. No more hellhounds came through. We were somewhat safe. Finding our ghost's ring should have been a breeze. I didn't count on the super-soldiers. Or Nax's illness. Or that my sword's guiding "voices" might be something utterly malicious.Part Three: I thought I'd reached pinnacle bad with the gaslighting spaceship. I was wrong. Multiverse-level wrong. The Fate Progenitor stole my Midnight Blade. Then he stole Nax and Leif. And now that horrid ship, all the equally horrid human factions vying for control, and the terrifying dragons who invaded our planet-they all want mouthfuls of my mind. My body. My soul. Thing is, someone has to save the world. How much can I take before my psyche bleeds out? I was supposed to stop the apocalypse. I was supposed to be a hero. But sometimes we're only the hero we deserve.... Join Del Parrish and the original Draki Prime as they take up the second battle of the World on Fire universe against gaslighting spaceships, evil Fates, and timeline-jumping super-soldiers in this full series edition of Witch of the Midnight Blade.

The world's going to die. Whole nations burn.How? The Fates saw dragons. They just saw the wrong dragons.In the final, pulse-pounding installment of the Fate - Fire - Shifter - Dragon series, fate abandons the people of the Dragon's Legion - and the world. While death rains from the sky, a fog shrouds Rysa's ability to future-see a path out of the apocalypse - and to help Daisy as she manifests a terrifying, new Shifter ability.When an unlikely hero joins the Legion for one last battle, all might not be lost. But they quickly learn that they're fighting not just in the present, but also in the past and the future, as well. Sacrifices were made. Heroes will be lost. Who will stop the Burning World?

I didn't mean to be an outsider. A photographer's life means always moving, always documenting. I create brilliant, soul-melting photos, but every morning, I wake up alone. Until I met my brother's roommate. Robert Quidell understands the side effects of his bad boy behavior: No bonds. No commitment. No connection. He gives his goddesses one night of wish fulfillment and supernova sex. But, like me, he always wakes up alone. Rob thinks graduate school will allow him to shed his bad boy reputation. For me, crashing at my brother's apartment should be a momentary opportunity for stability. We never expected to find each other. But connection means sacrifice. Can we leave our old ways behind? Or will commitment mean sacrificing brilliantly fulfilled wishes? Join Isa and Rob in this story readers compare to Colleen Hoover's CONFESS and Jessica Park's 180 SECONDS.

Love is more than brilliant sex. It's been a year since my whirlwind affair with Thomas Quidell. Good jobs and wedding plans now swirl around us-as do a mortgage and the stress of Tom's blossoming art career. But when a job vanishes and a parent becomes ill, the trauma becomes too much. We're pulled in opposite directions. Now separated by distance and desperation, we must come to terms with what it means to be apart-and how to work as a team to stay together. Sacrifice may be our only route forward. Will our love survive? Join Sammie and Tom in this new story readers compare to Colleen Hoover's CONFESS and Jessica Park's 180 SECONDS.

Regrets pepper my life. Years ago, an artist touched my soul, and like an idiot, I walked away. Now I'm drowning in my colorless nine-to-five job, and I can't stop thinking about the hot guy with the brilliant hands who could have given me a life worth living. Then I met Thomas Quidell. Again. Tom awakens needs I thought long dead. I hunger for his art-and his touch. This could be our second chance. But he's younger than me, and just started in my company's Art Department. And I live with a cheating boyfriend who loves his own abs more than me. Once again, our stars have not aligned. When Tom realizes our forgotten connection, he offers me a lifeline out of my mind-numbing life. But what if I don't have the strength to be what he needs? Join Sammie and Tom in this story readers compare to Colleen Hoover's CONFESS and Jessica Park's 180 SECONDS.

A blaze destroyed more than my firefighting career. It destroyed my life. Court cases, therapy, and five pins in my bones later, I'm a divorced father working myself ragged trying to provide a good life for my son. I'm exhausted, and honestly, I don't know what to do. And to make things worse, the only person who can soothe my aches and pains is Camille Frasier, my son's preschool teacher. She's beautiful. She's empathic. But I might not be able to give her the fire she needs. Some wounds don't heal correctly, and no matter how much heat Camille offers, I'm trapped inside the cold box of my past, wondering if I'll ever find my way out... Join Dan and Camille in this story readers compare to Colleen Hoover's CONFESS and Jessica Park's 180 SECONDS.

The Vampire God escaped to Japan. Now he's reaping the reward of the kelpies' blood syndicate.When a kitsune calls in Frank's debts, Frank and Wrenn find themselves in Tokyo embroiled in a Frankenstein family reunion no one wanted-nor thought possible. Brother's back and he's building a cult of like-minded yōkai. Add angry kami, needy mate magic, a language neither Frank nor Wrenn understands, fragile international magical diplomacy, and... well, culture really can be a shock. Join the man formerly known as Frankenstein's Monster and the woman formerly known as the Bride face vampires, kami, and terrifying yōkai in a page-turning urban fantasy that will capture your imagination. God Forsaken's unexpected twists and turns and world-building reminiscent of Patricia Briggs and Neil Gaiman will keep your eyes glued to the page. Dive into the fantastical, fast-paced Northern Creatures series today!Northern Creatures: The lovechild of American Gods and Penny Dreadful raised by its doting Midwestern aunt, Fargo.