"From essence to embers, and embers to dust. A Queen will always do as she must!" With the Kingdoms united and the stolen spell books retrieved, Lily and Alder face their greatest challenge yet—merging their families. As the sisters' new elemental powers grow, they must learn to control them but quickly find themselves at odds when a strange pull toward the Dark begins to affect Lily and Daisy in unexpected ways. With Bennett’s true self revealed and new love in the air, one thing becomes clear; It’s up to the “flower girls” and the men they love to protect the lives they’ve fought so hard to achieve. Even if that means bringing Hexx to the Fae realm. “Thanks for shopping, and remember… Practice safe hex!”
Once, I was a broke college student. Now, it seems I'm destined to rule as the Lightbringer--queen of the demon realm. Except I have competition in the form of Orion, the Lord of Chaos. Like me, he has been marked as a leader. We can't keep our hands off each other, even if he swore an oath to kill me. It seems we both want the same thing--the crown. And in this battle of wills, only one of us will be left standing.
The only thing Ember wants out of this life is to kill Lilith--the demon that's been outrunning her for the last four thousand years. Well, that and to spend some quality time with the 3 men she has in her life. Ryan, Jake, and Carson give her everything she needs in the bedroom--and they help her kill demons. They make an awesome team. But when they save a human from certain death at the hands of a demon, Ember has no choice but to take Zach into her home to keep him safe. He's annoying, immature, and well, human--at least, she thinks he is. However, the more time she spends with Zach, the more she begins to realize he's not really a human at all. He's a Seer. And he might just be the key to her catching--and killing--Lilith at last. Will Zach turn out to be the weapon she's been looking for, or will Lilith continue to evade her for another thousand years? Ember's Flames is a reverse harem romance series with lots of steam. You'll need to read the complete trilogy to reach full satisfaction.
From the author of How Paris Became Paris, a sweeping history of high finance, the origins of high fashion, and a pair of star-crossed lovers in 18th-century France. Paris, 1719. The stock market is surging and the world's first millionaires are buying everything in sight. Against this backdrop, two families, the Magoulets and the Chevrots, rose to prominence only to plummet in the first stock market crash. One family built its name on the burgeoning financial industry, the other as master embroiderers for Queen Marie-Thérèse and her husband, King Louis XIV. Both patriarchs were ruthless money-mongers, determined to strike it rich by arranging marriages for their children. But in a Shakespearean twist, two of their children fell in love. To remain together, Louise Magoulet and Louis Chevrot fought their fathers' rage and abuse. A real-life heroine, Louise took on Magoulet, Chevrot, the police, an army regiment, and the French Indies Company to stay with the man she loved. Following these families from 1600 until the Revolution of 1789, Joan DeJean recreates the larger-than-life personalities of Versailles, where displaying wealth was a power game; the sordid cells of the Bastille; the Louisiana territory, where Frenchwomen were forcibly sent to marry colonists; and the legendary "Wall Street of Paris," Rue Quincampoix, a world of high finance uncannily similar to what we know now. The Queen's Embroiderer is both a story of star-crossed love in the most beautiful city in the world and a cautionary tale of greed and the dangerous lure of windfall profits. And every bit of it is true.
To know the Sweet Potato Queens is to love them, and if you haven't heard about them yet, you will. Since the early 1980s, this group of belles gone bad has been the toast of Jackson, Mississippi, with their glorious annual appearance in the St. Patrick's Day parade. In The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love, their royal ringleader, Jill Conner Browne, introduces the Queens to the world with this sly, hilarious manifesto about love, life, men, and the importance of being prepared. Chapters include: • The True Magic Words Guaranteed to Get Any Man to Do Your Bidding • The Five Men You Must Have in Your Life at All Times • Men Who May Need Killing, Quite Frankly • What to Eat When Tragedy Strikes, or Just for Entertainment • The Best Advice Ever Given in the Entire History of the World From tales of the infamous Sweet Potato Queens' Promise to the joys of Chocolate Stuff and Fat Mama's Knock You Naked Margaritas, this irreverent, shamelessly funny book is the gen-u-wine article.
After some forty years on the throne of England to be rehoused on a council estate in the Midlands comes as something of a shock to the Queen. In fact it is a nightmare.
Discover how you, too, could put into practice some of Her Majesty's traits to help overcome adversity, find inner strength and present yourself with composure, even when all about you seems in chaos.
For years, Pandora has sought her revenge. And now that her box has been opened, she has what she needs to succeed. Under the guise of a goddess sent to help, she arrives in Elysium to work with the other deities to stop the box's dark magic from spreading. But it's all a ruse... In truth, she is planting seeds of destruction that will bring Elysium to its knees. Her ultimate goal is to take down Apollo, the one who cursed her and doomed her to a life of misery. Nothing will stop her—not even his handsome apprentice, Sol. But when Pandora must work alongside Sol to keep up appearances, she finds the sun god as infuriating as he is seductive, and she falls victim to his charms. As her plan unfolds, she begins to doubt what she truly wants. Bringing down Elysium would mean the end of all gods—even Sol. Can she fulfill the task she has spent her entire existence planning? Or will her loyalties shift in favor of the gods she is meant to despise? Oak & Ember is Book 3 of the Ivy & Bone series, a Hades and Persephone retelling with a twist, full of steamy romance, dark paranormal themes, and allusions to Greek mythology. Perfect for fans of Kingdom of the Wicked and A Touch of Darkness.
Five sisters share one business like no other. Warded by fae magic, this shop's inventory shifts to meet the needs of its customers, summoning the sister whose expertise is required. With Lily behind the counter, it's a candle boutique. Aster manages the bookstore. Crystals are Iris's specialty. Fern sells flowers and herbs. And Daisy tends to the apothecary and oils. It's a seamless system until a particularly perplexing customer crosses the threshold and causes the store's magic to go haywire. As it wildly shifts between facades, one thing becomes obvious: it's up to the "flower girls" to save this handsome stranger from the ominous threat closing in, if they hope to regain control of their magical shop again. "Thanks for shopping, and remember... Practice safe hex!"
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