Dark Ones (MacAlister)

Joy Randall's Top 5 Tips for Vampire Hunters: Location, location, location. Vampires won't be caught dead (ha!) in places like discos, ten-minute lube shops, or Switzerland. Remember, if you wouldn't be there, neither would a bloodsucker. Trust your eyes. You know the handsome, annoyingly arrogant, self-assured man in the shadows with long hair and a cleft in his chin? He's your vampire. No matter how tempting it might be, do not "accidentally" acquire a paper cut on your finger and suggest your vampire kiss it to make it better. Play it cool. Don't offer to accompany your prince of the night on the talk-show circuit, and whatever you do, don't offer him your heart! Most of all, remember: being a vampire is nothing to laugh about.

It's not easy finding love when you're nine hundred years old . . . And undead Romance novelist Christian Dante is sexy and arrogant, a true alpha male. He's also a Dark One (aka vampire), doomed to spend eternity cruising the singles scene in search of the one woman who can redeem his soul. But finally he's found the love that Fate has chosen for him. Too bad she sees dead people and likes to play with demons. Allie Telford is a Summoner-and she needs to rustle up a ghost pretty darn quick or her paranormal career will be over. Luckily, she's just stumbled upon a naked and unquestionably hot specter in a haunted hotel . . . who looks disturbingly like the tall, dark, handsome fantasy man who's been coming to Allie in her dreams. But it seems he's no phantom after all-he's a real flesh-and-blood- fed immortal who's determined to make Allie his lover for forever . . . or longer. Which may not be a totally bad thing . . .

Are you responsible for lifting a centuries-old curse from the sexiest vampire you've ever seen? Does a demon lord want to destroy you? Have you somehow inadvertently bound several mummies to your soul? Are you the last hope for a lost little boy? If you've answered "yes" to any of the above . . . you're in big trouble! Those are a few of the problems facing Nell Harris, a real charmer-no, really . . . a real Charmer-once she hooks up with Adrian Tomas. A devastatingly hot Dark One who's earned the unfortunate title "the Betrayer" for selling out his own kind to a very nasty demon, Adrian needs Nell in the worst way. Though she'd be way better off keeping her distance, Nell can't help but find this tormented, undead Betrayer dude just a little too tempting. And this time her penchant for bad boys might cost her more than her heart . . . but her immortal soul as well!

Paen Scott is a Dark One: a vampire without a soul. And his mother is about to lose hers too if Paen can't repay a debt to a demon by finding a relic known as the Jilin God in five days. Half-elf Samantha Cosse may have gotten kicked out of the Order of Diviners, but she's still good at finding things, which is why she just opened her own private investigation agency. Paen is one of Sam's first clients and the only one to set her elf senses tingling, which makes it pretty much impossible to keep their relationship on a professional level. Sam is convinced that she is Paen's Beloved-the woman who can give him back his soul . . . whether he wants it or not.

Physicist Portia Harding's life is grounded in facts. There's nothing that can't be explained by logic and science. Until she travels with her best friend to England-and accidentally summons an ethereal Virtue who bequeaths her gift of weather control to Portia . . .Now Portia's walking around with a literal cloud over her head-and a heart-stoppingly handsome maniac trying to kidnap her. But Theondre North is no run-of-the-mill maniac. He's a nephilim-the son of a fallen angel-who needs Portia's help to change his fate. Problem is, Portia's down-to-earth attitude frustrates beings from both heavenly and hellish realms-and gets Theo turned into a vampire. But at least he has Portia to satisfy his newfound hungers-and possibly save his soul.

Katie MacAlister gets listeners hearts racing with her unique brand of paranormal romance. While on a singles tour of Europe, Seattle’s own Pia Thomason is looking for a man and trying not to think about her 40th birthday. Too bad her choice of suitors is less than appealing. But when she meets two mysterious strangers in Iceland, Pia becomes immersed in an undead love affair.

Humor and romance mix delightfully in Katie MacAlister's New York Times best-selling novels. In this installment of the Dark Ones series, Pia is discovering that wedded bliss with a vampire is a very elusive proposition. With her hubby not trusting her, and his best friend missing, Pia finds solace in her plain old Seattle life. But that all changes when she and Kristoff are falsely implicated in crimes against vampire-kind.

Katie MacAlister's sultry paranormal romances zip to the top of best-seller lists across the globe. Here, Francesca Ghetti returns to GothFaire in order to deal with her latest problem, Loki-the Norse god of mischief. However, Fran is surprised to once again encounter her ex, the vampire Benedikt, who just happens to have his new girlfriend on his arm. And that's just the beginning, as Vikings, shapeshifters, and rabid opera fans soon work their way into her life.

Katie MacAlister's sultry paranormal romances zip to the top of best-seller lists across the globe. Here, Corazon Ferreira discovers she was the mate of a gorgeous vampire in a previous life. But despite the lingering attraction Corazon feels, the image of the vampire killing a victim just won't leave her mind. Only when her life depends on him does she finally decide to ignore her head and listen to her heart.

A powerhouse in paranormal romance, best-selling author Katie MacAlister crafts another hit with A Tale of Two Vampires. When Iolanthe Tennyson enters a haunted wood during her stay in Austria, she never expects to be sucked back into the 18th century. Now she's face-to-face with Nikola Czerny, a sensuous vampire living a cursed existence. Iolanthe knows what fate awaits Nikola, and she'll do anything to save him -- even change the future.

They call me soulless. A destroyer of innocents. An apocalypse waiting to happen. That's what getting dumped at the altar will do to you. Keeley Moore was as happy as a proverbial clam when he found his Beloved, the one woman fated to be the love of his immortal life. And then she left him at the altar without so much as a single word of explanation. One hundred and thirty years later, he's still trying NOT to think about her. Jenna Boyle has no idea who is the tortured, tormented, and sexy-as-sin man who claims she betrayed him a century ago. It's the present that concerns her, mostly in getting Keeley free from the monsters who have turned him from a peaceful vampire into a Thrall, the dreaded ancestor of all Dark Ones...one who is about to go into a murderous, unstoppable killing spree. Then there's the Weaver's Council, who threaten to banish Jenna for crimes she doesn't remember committing. Although Keeley is determined to keep Jenna from hurting him again, he's drawn to her time after time. If only he could find the source of his enthrallment...if only he could find a way to save Jenna without destroying himself...if only he had a future. Contains mature themes.

A sexy-as-sin grumpy vampire hiding from the world . . . a cursed woman who can hear colors . . . and a demigod determined to take over Instagram. When Finch Dante settles in Ravenfall, the last thing he expects is to find himself on Axegate Walk, a boardwalk of Otherworldian vendors. Keeping his head down and his secrets tight was all Finch wanted . . . but fate had other ideas in the form of a bubbly, quirky woman with a penchant for the weird, and an uncanny ability to know what he was feeling. Tatiana Romanoff might sell haunted dolls, but she doesn't believe in the paranormal . . . until she realizes the town council has cursed her romantic endeavors. So when the mysterious and incredibly handsome Finch strolls into her life, she is determined to keep him at arm's length lest he be blighted by her curse. Once a body is discovered, it's up to Tatiana and Finch to overcome their own emotional wounds to untangle the mystery surrounding them . . . one that risks their life together if they want to save humankind from destruction. Contains mature themes.