Bøger af Tricia Owens

With his team battered and broken, Lieutenant Black of the JCPD is forced to incorporate yet another psypath into the ranks, this time the beautiful prescient named Parker. But Parker is more than a new teammate, he's an important link to the past Black has been working so diligently to erase, and he's the first man who has ever claimed to love him. Black isn't happy to have him for a variety of reasons, but he needs JC2 up and running before the next threat hits. As far as Calyx Starr is concerned, Fate is conspiring against his love life. Laid up because of Parker's deception, Calyx just wants to get back to the business of seducing Black. He's convinced JC2's sexy young leader is on the verge of falling for him, but now that Parker is on the team, Calyx's hands are full dealing with jealousy and misunderstandings. When a revenge plan is hatched against Black, the men of JC2 face their biggest challenge yet, but how can they band together to defend their leader when they can't come together as a team?

In Juxtapose City, two men from seemingly vastly different backgrounds struggle to find love despite the forces aligned against them... While Lt. Black and the empath, Calyx Starr, work to deepen their relationship in the wake of the Consortium disaster, enemies and lovers from Black's past rise up to drag him and JC2 into a gang war against the telepath Genesis that will test everyone's loyalties and force Black to decide who he is and who he fights for... and who he will bring with him.

Ethan has moved to Las Vegas to become the lover of Maxmillian Poole, and although things sizzle between them in the bedroom Ethan is frustrated by his lack of employment. How can he be an equal partner if he doesn't hold a job? When a reputed mob boss forces Maxmillian to hire Ethan as a bodyguard at the Elite Poole, Ethan is therefore thrilled. But having Ethan work for him strains Max's ability to separate business from pleasure. Max can't keep his hands off Ethan even though it may end up hurting them both, especially when the Mafia becomes involved.

After betraying the only man he ever loved, Hadrian ni Leyanon waits for death amid the ruins of a sorcerous battle. Before that can happen, he is recruited by the Council of Elders, which governs the use of magick in Juxtan. The Council needs him to track down his evil sorcerer father and force him to face the justice they aren't powerful enough to inflict on their own. Wracked with guilt, Hadrian agrees to join the mage-led mission in the hopes it will allow him to redeem himself. But when Caled, the handsome mercenary whom Hadrian betrayed, insists on joining the mission too, Hadrian discovers that redemption needs to come from the man who hates him most.Caled has forsaken his family name to become an instrument of justice. Stalking Hadrian through the halls of the mage school where the young sorcerer is recovering, Caled is determined to see that justice comes not just to the father but to the son, even if his heart cries out for him to reconsider.

Black might be a lieutenant and the leader of a special forces police team, but long ago he was something else, something worse. And now his past lovers have risen up to oppose him, becoming enemies where he thought he had allies. Calyx Starr's empathy is a curse rather than a gift, as he and Black struggle to survive conspiracies and obsession. The two men are chased relentlessly by the mad telepath Genesis, who also has a connection to the lovers Black can't put behind him. Black and Calyx try to grow closer to each other, but in Juxtapose City love is hard to come by. With a war between normals and psypaths looming on the horizon, the two men fight a fate that changes with every uncertain step they take.

In the clutches of Captain Dickerson once again, Black suddenly finds a reason to remain in the employ of the JCPD: his team has been handed over to another lieutenant, and it's not Lieutenant Sundhill. Alarmed by the identity of this man, Black knows he can't leave his teammates to fend for themselves, especially now that the lines of war are finally being drawn in the sand. Worse, Dickerson's experiments appear to be expanding their focus. Forced to take a side, Black does what Calyx believes is the unthinkable and agrees to lead an army. Is Black leading them all to war? Or is he playing a game with Genesis that could change everything, and which might leave Calyx as the last psypath standing?

The dramatic finale of this exciting urban fantasy series! Under investigation by the military for treason, dragon sorceress Anne Moody is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Forget about running her cursed pawnshop--she needs to find the Oddsmakers and stop them before the government locks her and her friends away for good. But as she follows the trail of the magickal bosses, uncovering darker and darker secrets, she learns that everything that has happened until now has been child's play. The Oddsmakers have set their sights on the ultimate evil: summoning the Devil himself. As allies fall and loved ones are hurt, Anne struggles to accept the realization that there may be no happy ending to this. If she fails, the world will end. Even for Las Vegas, the odds look grim.

Though Black managed to defuse the escalating war for the time being, he has left himself, Calyx, and the rest of JC2 in a vulnerable position. Friendless on the streets, mistrusted by the police, Black knows that when his enemies come he will have no defense against them...and that is not an option. To keep Calyx out of danger and to reposition himself where he needs to be when the Silent City recovers and gears up for war again, Black decides to throw himself on the mercy of Captain Dickerson. But will the price he have to pay be too much? Or is there no limit to what Black is willing to do to keep the man he loves safe from harm?

Falling in love with a man wasn't supposed to happen to Detective John Stonebrook after two decades of marriage. Falling in love with a young man who is also is an Angel is just the icing on the very strange cake that is Finn. But Finn makes John happy, and the detective gives Finn hope that there might be a happy ending yet for him and Jeremy. But the Beneath isn't content to allow the Angel and the detective to find their peace. When societal pressures and accusations at work threaten to drive them apart, and when the Angel Hunter pulls out his final ace in the hole, Finn and John find themselves fighting their greatest battle yet, against humans and Demons alike.

Now that the terrible truth is out, life has only grown more complicated. Genesis has full control over the men of JC2, forcing them to commit atrocities across the city and destroying Black's reputation in the process. Even if Black succeeds in rescuing his teammates, the JCPD and Captain Dickerson may not be forgiving. Meanwhile, anti-telepath sentiment in Juxtapose City is on the rise, spearheaded by a man from Black's dark past who wants all telepaths dead. Black and Calyx find themselves in a unique and unenviable position: on the run from both fellow psypaths and the police. The only way to survive is to go on the offensive. Together they must do their own manhunt and bring down Genesis and the mysterious man who saved him seven years ago. Only by eliminating these final threats do Black and Calyx have a chance at the life Black wants for them.

As the most hated magickal being in Las Vegas, Anne is on edge and nervous about what's on the horizon. Sure, she has her boyfriend Vale by her side along with her quirky friends, but the magickal community is large, and the target on her back is even larger. When she and her friends find a dead shapeshifter in the streets who's carrying a piece of paper with her name on it, she just knows things are about to get hairy...and she's not wrong. A gut-wrenching encounter with an exotic animals breeder and a brush with ancient beings from North Africa are only the beginning, for Vagasso and the Oddsmakers are making their biggest move yet: opening the Infernus Rift to allow Hell to take over the Earth. Only Anne and her friends can stop it from happening. But will a dragon be enough? Or have they finally met their match?

Lieutenant Black, the young, driven leader of the Special Forces team JC2, has reluctantly brought the sexy and distracting empath, Calyx Starr, onto his team. To Black's dismay, he finds himself fending off not only Starr's relentless flirtations but also his growing curiosity about Black's past. While Black tries to keep things professional between them and protect his secrets, he and Starr go undercover to infiltrate a pornography ring that caters to deviant psypaths. It's an assignment that risks everything Black is fighting for. Contains strong scenes of dubious consent and noncon.

After breaking up with his girlfriend, Lucas is eager to get away from reminders of their relationship so he answers an ad to join a pirate show in the Caribbean. What he doesn't learn until he gets there is that there are two shows: one gay and one straight, and he's been hired for the gay show. Determined to stay, Lucas vows to 'play gay', but he hasn't counted on becoming the target of the show's pirate captain, Adam, and his first mate and lover, Tyler. Adam will only let Lucas stay in the show if he plays by Adam's rules. But Adam wants more than a good performance from Lucas, he wants Lucas to surrender to a desire he's about to learn he can't resist.

A joint mission between JC1 and JC2 can only lead to trouble for Lieutenant Black and his team. Convinced JC1 is running surveillance on them, Black and his men close ranks as they go undercover at a nightclub where a psypath gang is trafficking psypaths into the Silent City. For Calyx Starr, this is an opportunity to escape to the psypath haven and leave the abuse he's suffered in Juxtapose City behind. For Black, it's his nightmare: the clashing of the psypath world with the future he has been working diligently to attain. When the mission goes horribly wrong and Calyx is faced with the terrible truth about Black, is his love for Black strong enough to keep them together, or is the pull of life among his own kind too powerful for the empath resist?

The Oddsmakers have been overseeing the use of magick in Las Vegas since the city's inception. For a dragon sorceress like Anne Moody, who tries to stay beneath the radar while running her cursed pawn shop, the Oddsmakers are the boogeymen she never wants to meet. They have the power to strip of her of her magick or worse if they deem her to be a danger to the city. Unfortunately, the Oddsmakers want her for a mission, and they're willing to kidnap and torture her friend Vale to force her hand. Anne can't refuse, however she has her own agenda: investigating a sorcerer who possesses the power to not only create life, but to raise the dead. With the gargoyle Vale by her side and with the help of her magickal friends, Anne tracks strange creatures through the seedy underbelly of Las Vegas. But when tragedy strikes close to home, Anne realizes she may have to risk the wrath of the Oddsmakers and call upon her dragon for help. Because in the isolated desert, far from the eyes of mortals, she is about to confront her parents' killer and nothing is going to stop her from finding vengeance.

A monster is hunting Anne and her friends. Curses are running rampant through the Moonlight Pawn Shop. And now she's learned that her mother was an enemy of the shapeshifter community. What is going on? Dragon sorceress Anne Moody isn't about to sit around bemoaning the mess that her life has become. She wants to know the truth: is her mother being unfairly accused, or was Iris Moody indeed the deadly weapon of the Oddsmakers? And who is the mysterious creature that is attacking Anne and her friends? As she soon discovers, sometimes the truth isn't what you hope it will be. From the depths of a dangerous speakeasy for shapeshifters to the city's tallest landmark, Anne begins to unravel a terrible conspiracy she never expected to find. Even worse, her gargoyle boyfriend Vale stands at the heart of it all. With the Oddsmakers putting on the pressure, Anne is torn between the need to protect her loved ones and the desire to correct an injustice that might require the ultimate sacrifice...her humanity.

The Special Forces team JC2 was created by the police to combat violence and drug crimes in Juxtapose City. Lieutenant Black, an intense young man with a mysterious past and a hatred of the street drug Bliss, is the leader of the police team which frequently targets psypaths, those with psychic powers. When the empath Calyx Starr is pulled from the streets and forced onto his team as part of the police captain's secret agenda, Black must deal not only with Starr's relentless attempts at seduction but also a dangerous telepath with a deadly grudge who has targeted the empath and JC2. Calyx Starr isn't used to being denied. Born on the streets and forced into a life of prostitution to fuel his Bliss habit, Calyx is street-wise and tough, and thinks he can use Black for his own secret plans. However the more Calyx learns about Black and his team, the more the empath begins to think Black may be more than a challenge...he may be the only man Calyx can trust with his life and his heart.

Now that he is deeply involved with Adam and Tyler, Lucas can't help questioning if things are too good to be true. On the surface, he seems to have it all: a place in the pirate show, an exciting sex life with the two hottest men on the island, and a home in paradise. But he's still unsure of his place in his lovers' lives, torn between wanting to become serious with them and afraid he's being used as a tool to strengthen the other men's relationship. Believing that all of this is temporary, Lucas begins keeping secrets, and in the process he raises the stakes for all three of them and leads them to a make it or break it moment that will determine their future together.

Beneath the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas lies another city. A secret city in plain sight, full of warlocks and demons, shape-shifters and golems. A city that feeds off the chance magick that is generated by gamblers and which is ruled by mysterious beings called the Oddsmakers. It is in this strange underbelly of the occult that Anne Moody runs a cursed pawn shop for the desperate, the curious, and the magickally inclined. Though the job is boring, it keeps her under the radar. None of her customers have any inkling that she is a dragon sorceress with a power that's been feared throughout history. However dragons are no help when a stone statue ends up in her shop that is more than it appears. The statue is a gargoyle named Vale, who is shrouded in mystery and secrets. When she learns that Vale is possessed, and that the person responsible for cursing him plans to take over Las Vegas with a horde of demons from Hell, Anne realizes it is up to her to defy the Oddsmakers and save the city, and possibly the world.

When a man calling himself Dorian Gray moves into the coastal town of Fair Haven and opens an antiques and collectibles shop, the residents are intrigued. This impossibly beautiful man with old-fashioned charm who dresses in clothing from another century seems the perfect partner for illicit romantic encounters. But Thomas Brand knows that Dorian Gray is actually Hayden March, a man with the extraordinary ability to make people immortal by painting their portraits. Unfortunately, too many of the wrong people know who Dorian is, too, and they either want to use his power to extend their lives or they want to kill him for possessing a power they believe is too god-like. Too bad for them, then, that Thomas is a Guardian. Sworn to protect the Painters at all costs, Thomas will do whatever it takes to keep Dorian safe. Even if Dorian resists him. Even if Thomas sees past the clever words and the handsome face to the tortured man within...and recognizes Dorian for the danger to Thomas' heart that he is.

While the human Ryan has made an enemy of the greatest Angel in Heaven--Anifiel, the Commander of Heaven's Army--Ryan has somehow managed to befriend Anifiel's kind and gentle battle companion, Vithius. Ryan adores the handsome Angel and is all too happy to teach Vithius the ways that humans make love. But how much knowledge is too much? Is he corrupting Vithius as Anifiel has accused? Meanwhile, Demons are beating at the gates of Heaven with renewed aggression. Vithius believes he knows why the Demons are so determined, but Anifiel and Ryan refuse to listen to his theory, afraid to believe what it signifies about their relationship to each other. Can Vithius bring the three of them together? Or will the desire that they continue to resist bring down the entirety of Heaven?

When Detective John Stonebrook's friends hire a male stripper for his fortieth birthday party, his life takes a strange turn. For the stripper is Finn, a vibrant, headstrong Angel who has accidentally been bound as the Guardian Angel of a serial killer, possibly the same killer who murdered John's wife and daughter. As John battles his unexpected feelings for this young and beautiful male, and as Finn struggles to protect a man who may be a murderer, they are hounded by creatures of the dark, who seek to drag both Angel and detective down to the horror of the Beneath.

Detective John Stonebrook suspects there is something very strange about his attractive new friend, Finn, but he's so infatuated with the mysterious young man that it's difficult for him to think clearly. It's a bad time to be distracted, because someone is sending John ominous messages that suggest Finn may be in danger... or may be the actual source of the danger. It's the last thing John wants to deal with when he's already troubled by his unexpected feelings of desire for Finn...after forty years of believing that he is straight.

Ethan Winter has known since he was a kid that he wants to work for the FBI. Until then he's stuck modeling underwear and photographing cheating spouses for a private investigator. But when a trip to Las Vegas for a security conference brings him into contact with the magnificently dominant Maxmillian Poole, Ethan finds himself faced with a dilemma: pursue his childhood dream or become the partner of a man who seems to know him inside and out, a man who offers him a life any submissive would crawl for.

Ryan thought becoming an Angel would be easy. Well, besides the whole dying part. But it's difficult when he's hounded by bouts of insecurity and a secret, unrequited love. The only good thing to happen to him is his friendship with the lovable Angel Finnian. But Finnian is lover to the Commander of Heaven's Army: Anifiel, the most magnificent Angel in Heaven. Anifiel doesn't approve of his lover befriending a measly human, and when Finnian's curiosity about Earth compels him to leave Heaven to investigate it, Anifiel points to Ryan's bad influence. Ryan doesn't know how to appease the fearsome if hunky Angel. Everything that Ryan does is wrong in the great Angel's eyes. It doesn't help that every time Anifiel draws near, Ryan is overcome with a lust too powerful to resist, a lust that Anifiel resents. Can Ryan manage to behave long enough to find a way to bring Finnian back? Or is Ryan doomed to remain a human in Heaven, never quite good enough for anyone?

Who decides which is the "right" side? Arrow is now a Special, wanted by the police for murder and for the illegal use of magic, even though she's innocent of the former and feels justified for the latter. But it's too late to plead her case. She's thrown her lot in with the magic criminals of the Sinistera Hotel and, like them, she's doing the strange jobs assigned to her by the mysterious hotel manager, Mr. Tower. Her latest job, stopping a guest accused of assault, rubs her the wrong way. It feels like a set-up, and if there's one thing Arrow knows how to sniff out, it's deception. Skeptical of The Architect's claims that the job is what it appears to be, Arrow begins to investigate, and unravels the threads of a plan to kill the hotel's most deadly resident: the vampire Count Ionesceau. Most want him dead, so the list of suspects is a mile long, but Elliott declares his intention to protect the vampire, even if it pits him against Sheridan. Conspiracies are everywhere. With deadly confrontations looming, Arrow learns more about the ice demons from her grandmother, who is gradually recovering her memories of the war. Her grandmother hints that Dr. Febrero wasn't the only scientist working for the military and that one in particular directed the demons. Tracking down this second scientist proves to be difficult until Arrow finds a trail that leads her in an unexpected direction: back to the Sinistera Hotel. Suspicious of everyone she's supposed to trust, Arrow might find herself alone as she faces the dual dangers of a vicious vampire and a cruel, demented scientist. Vertigo Vampire is the exciting second book in The Specials!

Now that Lucas is committed to staying on the island and performing with the pirates, he begins preparations to join the show. But it's not easy being Lucas. Besides dealing with anxieties over fitting in with an all gay crew, he struggles to understand his reactions to pirate captain Adam and his first mate, Tyler. The two men, who are lovers with a sizzling sex life, dominate Lucas' thoughts and inspire unwanted feelings in him. To cope, he turns to his friend Ben, who is all too eager to initiate Lucas into the island pirate lifestyle. But is Ben enough to distract him? Lucas isn't so sure.When a rival island gang threatens him, it's Adam and Tyler who defend him, and whom Lucas turns to for comfort.