Wings in the Night

The vampire-romance series Christine Feehan says is "My inspiration!" Tamara's dreams are tormented. She is lost, alone, and calling out for someone, but when she wakes she can never remember his name. Then she meets an enigmatic stranger during a midnight skate on a frozen pond, and is overcome with a sense of familiarity and powerful longing. Eric Marquand is a vampire, drawn to the beautiful Tamara because of the rare Belladonna antigen in her blood. It connects them. From the shadows, he has watched over her since childhood, a dark guardian. But when he returns after years away, he finds her living in the home of a man who's devoted his life to the annihilation of vampire-kind. Tamara's parents had died during Eric's absence. Daniel St. Clair, a high-ranking agent of the secretive Division of Paranormal Investigations, had become her legal guardian, had raised her. Worse, she now works for the DPI too. Tamara soon finds herself torn between her love and devotion for the dear, aging man who raised her, and her passionate desire for Eric, the man whose touch she craves. Daniel insists that Eric is a vampire who will drain Tamara's blood and leave her a lifeless husk, given the chance. Eric says Daniel is a vampire hunter who performs sick experiments on his kind to find their weaknesses. He says Daniel will kill him, given the chance. But she hasn't much time to choose, because St. Clair's protégé, DPI vampire-researcher Curtis Rogers, has his own nightmarish plans for them both. Strong sexual content BONUS! A never-before published short story:Rhiannon in the Temple of Isis, 1: Jewels of the GoddessLook for Book 2, Twilight Memories

The classic vampire-romance series that started it all…Strong sexual contentQueen of the dead, daughter of a pharaoh, and goddess among mortals, Rhiannikki is back in town, and Roland de Courtemanche doesn't stand a chance. She goes by Rhiannon now, but she's still the same ancient, mystical vampiress who has driven him mad all his preternatural life. She is the one who made him, he desires her like no other, and she's a bigger threat than the deadly forces on his trail-to his sanity, at least.Roland is protecting 14-year-old Jameson Bryant, who is one of the Chosen. He has the Belladonna antigen, which creates a bond to the undead and because of it, government vampire researchers are eager to get their hands on him. Before she died, Roland promised the boy's mother he would keep him safe.In normal times, Roland lives quietly, stays under the radar, and doesn't engage in modern-day nonsense. He likes his drafty old castle in France's Loire Valley. His solitary existence is necessary to contain the bloodthirsty demon that lives in his soul.Rhiannon stirs that beast to life like no one and nothing else. She is vibrant, hot-tempered, passionate, and impulsive. She calls a black panther her familiar, and he's damned if they don't have a psychic bond. She was a priestess of Isis. She is the most powerful, magnificent woman he has ever known. His hunger for her is a fire inside him.And she knows it.What Rhiannon doesn't know is what makes her stubborn Roland think she's going to take no for an answer. BONUS! A never-before-published short story:Rhiannon in the Temple of Isis 2: A Lesson in Magic Look for Book 3: Twilight Illusions

He is thousands of years old, and the story of his origins is carved in the clay tablets of Ancient Sumer, for he was first known as Gilgamesh, King of Uruk. In today's world, he is Damien the Eternal, master of illusion. The sexy, beguiling stage magician's persona is that of a vampire. He closes each show by pretending to bite the neck of a lovely audience volunteer. Sometimes he really does so, later, in mutually desired sexual encounters that sate his needs and feed his hunger. Afterward, though, his eager partners will remember only an erotic dream, and the marks he leaves on their necks vanish with the first touch of sunlight. But the last two audience volunteers' marks never went away, because they were dead long before the dawn-drained of their blood by a vampire. Has Damien become a harbinger of his lifelong enemy, Death? Or is someone messing with his mind? The illness that is slowly taking Shannon Mallory's life is progressing fast, but she is determined to live long enough bring her best friend's murderer to justice. Tawny was found dead of blood loss with two puncture wounds in her neck only hours after serving as an audience volunteer to magician, Damien the Eternal, who pretends to be a vampire onstage. Shannon doesn't think it's a coincidence. Shannon is fearless because she has nothing to lose. Even the most powerful vampire in existence is no match for her stubborn persistence. She breaches his security and his hard-won solitude. She gets into his house and under his skin. The desire that flares between them is as irresistible to her as it is risky. He might be a predator, after all. But an ancient evil has followed the once great king down through the ages, always anticipating the time when he could exact his sweet vengeance. And now that Gilgamesh has fallen in love, that time has come. BONUS! A never-before-published short story:Rhiannon in the Temple of Isis 3: The Wish-Granter.

Strong sexual content Jameson Bryant is a rare man. He's one of the Chosen, a mortal with the Belladonna antigen, the only kind who can become a vampire himself. But he's not ready to make that decision, despite that vampires helped raise him. The undead are some of his best friends. Now a man grown, Jameson knows more about vampires than most-so when he hears the cries of one who is alone and suffering, he's not afraid to go to her. He finds her alone, half-starved, and mad with hunger. But when he tries to help the beautiful, violet-eyed vampiress, she attacks. Angelica was a novitiate nun about to take her solemn vows when a creature of the night changed her against her will. On her own, unsure how she'll survive or whether she even wants to, she refuses to feed on the living and further damn her soul… until the hunger takes over. When a young man tries to help her, she loses control. Nine months later, the virgin nun is giving birth-in captivity. Jameson would have died that night if not for his vampiric family. The dark gift didn't preserve his life-it gave him a new one, along with the power to rescue his daughter. He'll save Amber Lily and her murderous mother from the vampire hunters who've been his lifelong enemies. And all the powers of heaven and earth won't stop him. BONUS! A never-before-published short story:Rhiannon in the Temple of Isis 5:The Reckoning

The beautiful screenwriter who lost it all finds the diaries of a long-dead madman in her tumbledown mansion's attic. The stories are too good to resist, and she turns them into screenplays that launch her to stardom. Dante, the subject of the film, is neither a madman nor long dead. He's undead. And the ingenue scribbler who's gained fame and fortune by exposing his secrets to the world must be found and stopped. Permanently. But Dante isn't the only one seeking Morgan. Vampire killer Frank Stiles is after her, too, in hopes he can find Dante through her. Her films aren't made up. They are taken straight from the files of the dark ops agency he used to work for-before the vampires destroyed it. When Dante and Morgan come together, the passion between them will not be denied, for it is born of a preternatural bond they can neither understand nor fight. They cannot bear to be apart - but being together might cost them both their lives. Maggie Shayne is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling, RITA® Award-winning author.

Gutted by betrayal, the vampire Sarafina interacts only with humans she can control.Wounded war hero Willem Stone is a man who cannot be broken. During his captivity and torture by the enemy, Willem's tormented mind created a haven for him. Pain triggers visions of a mesmerizing and beautiful woman who seems aware of his presence and calls him her ghost. Sarafina's phantom has shown up a handful of times over her centuries-long life. She has no idea what he is or how he infiltrates her mind, but he touches long dormant parts of her soul and ignites her passions in a way no mindless, enthralled servant ever has. When teenage Amber Lily Bryant, the only half-mortal, half-vampire in existence, is taken by the evil Frank Stiles, torturer and murderer of countless undead, Willem is hired to rescue her, and Sarafina is sworn to protect her. Willem must put aside his disbelief to save an innocent girl's life. And he must thaw Sarafina's frozen heart to save his own soul. Includes Wings in the Night 9, Run from Twilight, a novella Strong Sexual Content

Strong sexual contentSexy rebel Edge (aka Edgar Poe) is on a mission to find and kill Frank Stiles, the obsessed vampire-hunter who murdered his entire undead family. And the path to Stiles leads straight through the legendary half-vampire, half-mortal "child of promise" Amber Lily.Amber Lily Bryant is a legend among the undead, yet even she doesn't know the full extent of her nature or her powers. She's one of a kind. But now, she's on a mission of her own to protect Frank Stiles from Edge's vengeance, even though he once abducted and tortured her. She must keep the vampire killer alive because he might possess the secret that could save the life of her dear friend.They are opposite sides in a deadly race against time, yet the passion between Edge and Amber is too potent to be denied. And soon, both their lives hang in the balance.

Strong sexual contentWomen are vanishing and the quiet town of Endover seems to be under a thrall... because it is. A powerful and ancient vampire, possibly the very first of his kind, has taken the town over, and his victims have no one to turn to for help. No one, that is, except for Maxine Stuart. Mad Max has been digging into conspiracy theories about the undead since her teens, and now she has two secret weapons--the cop she adores and is determined to bed despite his resistance, Lou Malone, and her best friend Tempest "Stormy" Jones. Once in Endover, however, Stormy falls victim to inexplicable visions and odd fugue states, and it soon becomes apparent that this entire vampiric attack has been little more than performance art designed to get the three of them right where the vampire wants them. And they have no idea why. Lou's an ordinary mortal man. His ability to resist Maxie's allure is as doomed to fail as his efforts to protect her and Stormy from the most dangerous vampire of them all. And yet, he will try… even if it kills him.

Strong sexual content Dracula is far older than his legend. For centuries, he has awaited the reincarnation of his one true love, Elisabeta, foretold by the vampire Rhiannon centuries ago. And now he has found her. But she has not returned to him in the way he expected. Instead, her restless and frustrated spirit is possessing a modern-day woman named Tempest, who is called "Storm." The nickname, he finds, is fitting. Stormy has been sensing a presence inside her fighting to take control. That feeling becomes even more overwhelming when the dark prince is near. She is torn between her own passion for Vlad Dracul, and the passion of the entity lurking within. The parasitic and jealous Elisabeta wants to kill her hostess when she realizes they both love the same man. It's a fight to the death within a single body.But only Vlad can choose which of his loves will live and which will die.

Wings in the NightVampire Romance that set the standard Killer in Life…In life, he was Raphael Rivera, a trained CIA assassin. But they messed with his mind, programming him with a trigger that can send him into a murderous rage beyond his control. Killer in Death…He goes by Reaper now. He's a vampire-the one the elders call on when one of their own goes rogue and needs putting down. As he sets off on his latest mission, to stop a ruthless, reckless vampire called Gregor from littering the mortal world with the bloodless corpses of innocents, Reaper picks up strays along the way. The Hero…Seth is an avid gamer and part-time hero who nearly lost his life to protect his friend from a mugging. Seth's been having visions of a red-haired beauty he believes is his destiny. It turns out she's real, and being held captive by the very guy Reaper is after, so obviously, Seth has to tag along. The Shapeshifter…Vixen spent part of her time as a fox before she was made into a vampire. Now changing back is getting harder, and she fears she's losing a part of herself. The Heiress…Topaz is a rich, beautiful vampire who's just been burned by charming sexy con, Jack Heart. Jack is Gregor's right-hand man, and Topaz might know where he is, but she won't say unless she gets to ride along. The con-man…Jack's a grifter with a heart of gold, who thinks the only reason he joins the gang is that it looks like they're winning. The traitor…Blindly loyal to Gregor until he tortures and tries to kill her, Briar is an abusive street-tough survivor he plucked from a path of self-destruction. She owes Gregor everything, and yet she's undeniably, irresistibly attracted to Reaper, his sworn enemy. This is book 1 of 3 involving this undead ensemble cast.

Wings in the NightYour next vampire romance obsession Vengeance, thy name is Topaz…Before she joined up with a ragtag band trying to hunt down a killer, Topaz had been on a different mission. To find Jack Heart and make him pay. The sexy-as-sin vampire had conned his way into her bed and bank accounts and all she wanted was to get her money back, and maybe an ounce of flesh besides. He'd hurt her. But now she and Jack are on the same side. The hunt for the big bad has gone cold, so the gang has taken a break, and Topaz will spend the time solving a mystery that's plagued her all her life-what really happened to her Hollywood starlet mother when Topaz was just a baby? With four men claiming to have fathered her, why had she been so alone? And what the hell does Jack care about any of it? He's there, trying to help, and digging up his own family skeletons while he's at it. And how is she supposed to keep her damn hands off him when he's so close and so willing?

Wings in the NightYour next vampire romance obsession Blood and VengeanceThe first sustains Briar's life, the second gives it meaning. But in her pursuit of Gregor, the vampire she's determined to kill, Briar falls in with a gang of do-gooders who are after him, too. Their reluctant leader, Reaper, the vampire hitman with the heart of gold, keeps trying to see good in her. She keeps telling him he's mistaken. There isn't any. Briar tells herself that Reaper and his gang of misfit vamps mean nothing to her, that she'll be gone as soon as she's achieved her goal and watched Gregor die slowly for all he did to her. Even after repeated, mind-blowing sex with Reaper, she insists there are no feelings involved. And when she has to share blood with the odd little vampire Crisa to save her life-- an act that always creates a powerful bond between undead beings--she still denies caring. But when their lives are on the line, Briar finds herself risking her own ass to save them. Also, she learns to love stilettos.

Wings in the NightYour next vampire romance obsession She awakens cold and naked in the pouring rain, with no idea who she is or how she got there. But she does know one thing–she has to run for her life. When Ethan finds the terrified woman hiding in his stable, he knows exactly who Lilith is. He's never forgotten her, not in the three years since he escaped the facility where they were both captives, along with dozens of others, humans bred into vampires and brainwashed to be killing machines. They'd shared one, innocent kiss. And then he'd escaped and left her behind. How can he tell her that he'd have taken her if he could, or that he planned to go back for her one day, once he found his brother and enough resources and help? He can't, especially not once her memory begins to return. But a new goal is even more vital then. How can he convince her that going back for the other captives would be suicide?

A prophecy pressed into ancient stone tablets predicts the end of vampirekind. This can only be avoided, the cuneiform symbols say, by the intervention of "the two who are opposite and yet the same." Part-human, part-vampire twins James, who can heal, and Brigit, who can destroy, believe they are those two. James' first step in saving his friends, his family, and his people, is to get his hands on the rest of that tablet and the woman who can translate it-Professor Lucy Lanfair. To save his species, he'll abandon the very values and principles he's lived by. He'll pluck an innocent woman from her life and drop her into the middle of his kindred's fight for survival. And he will extract her aid whether she wants to give it or not. Archaeologist and translator Lucy Lanfair has no idea that she holds the key to preventing the annihilation of an entire species. But she soon realizes she holds far more than just that-for the vampire's soul is also in her hands. To love him is to rise to the call of destiny, despite the danger. To save her love, she must save his entire race. Includes a brand new story of Young Rhiannon in the Temple of Isis

Genre-defining vampire romance!They tell 20-year-old Charlie O'Malley that they have a cure for the condition that will eventually kill her–an untested, experimental cure. All they want in return is for her to join their elite team and train to kill the Undead. She takes the deal because it will make her stronger than ordinary humans, strong enough to kill the vampire who took her blood, used her body, and murdered her mother--the vampire who'd lied when he said he loved her. Killion is sure he's the last of his kind, destined to walk in endless solitude, endless night. Charlie is a spark of light in his eternal darkness. His desire for her is powerful and impossible to resist, and he'll destroy anything that stands between them. Even though it will probably get him killed. Ancient vampire elders Rhiannon and Roland come out of exile, risking their lives to help a furious, raging girl fulfill her destiny as a savior of their kind. But before the tale ends, their lives will be forever changed. Join Maggie Shayne in her most beloved series of all time: WINGS IN THE NIGHT

WINGS IN THE NIGHTThis is vampire romanceThe most powerful love in existence faces the most sinister threat imaginable.I am Rhiannon, and this is my story…Century upon century, the love between my Roland and I has deepened into something as rare and powerful as immortality itself.We are leaders among our kind. And recently, we've taken in three orphans, mutants known as the Offspring, created by DPI for one purpose; to hunt and kill vampires.I never thought I would have the chance to be a mother, and I adore the three seven-year-olds. But DPI is desperate to get them back. They captured Roland, nearly got us all, and naturally, I turned over heaven and earth to get him back. And did.But he's not the same. Something happened to him in DPI's evil hands, and now it feels as if the threat to the children is coming from within my own home.I might be forced to choose between the innocent children I adore and the man who is my very heart and soul.What is a Queen of Darkness to do?

I am Rhiannon.This is my origin story.My original name was Rhianikki, firstborn of Pharaoh. My bare feet sank into the sands of Egypt when the pyramids were new. My mother was a divine queen who died giving birth to me and they say the walls of the palace trembled when they took me, wailing, from her cold arms.I was special and not just by virtue of my inherent divinity.But rather than honor my gifts, my father feared them. And when I was five years old, he and his new queen sent me far away from their newborn twin sons, to live at the Temple of Isis, where I learned and grew and became the woman I still am, more than three thousand years later.That temple is where I was raised, by holy women who taught me the secrets of the gods and of the goddesses and all the ways of magic.There I met Luca, a father figure like my own had never been, who could only visit me by night and who said we were related in a way I would not understand until I was older.During those years, I rescued stolen children; I answered women's prayers; I helped artists find their calling; I caused a poor, small village to thrive, and I saw the face of my beloved in the glass-like crystal ball of a prophet.I communed with Isis nightly and became convinced she lived within me, that my soul was divine.That assumption has never left me.

On an Irish country road in 1808, Donovan O'Roark is killed by a vampire, his bloodless body carried home by grieving loved ones. Later, he wakes in a coffin at his own funeral. His family turns on him. His own father tries to drive a stake through his heart. For a time he finds refuge in the nearby castle with a new friend, but a mob of villagers drives them out into the rising sun. He barely escapes with his life. His friend is not so lucky. Tonight, Donovan O'Roark returns to Dunkinny. So does Rachel Sullivan. After earning a degree in the States, she's again slinging beers in her hometown. But her true goal in coming home is to unravel the legends of the Castle of Donovan O'Roark. They say he was a vampire. A stranger with a striking resemblance to his ancestor, who bears the same name, has taken up residence in the castle. The locals fear he's the vampire, back for revenge. Rachel thinks he's her way in. But it's getting out that's the problem. As passion explodes between captive and captor, a deadly superstition smolders in the village below, and when violence erupts, they'll need more than their burgeoning love to survive.