He's the reason to be careful what you wish for. After her jealous boyfriend makes an angry, careless wish, Maya DeLuca finds herself trapped in a traveling demonic circus and at the mercy of a devious jinni, Bell Madoc. She joins the other lost souls of Arcanium who suffer in perpetual purgatory under the weight of their wishes, all making the best of a cursed situation. But Maya's not even cursed because of her own wish, which means she still has three for Bell to grant. He may be fond of her-the passion they share is as hellfire hot as it is wrong-but that doesn't mean she's safe from his endlessly inventive, wicked imagination. He might twist her wishes at his whim for his own pleasure. Or he might just give her what she wants...which could be even worse.
Friends are supposed to stick together, but now they can never let go. Seth and Lars are drawn into the dark world of Arcanium when Seth makes a throwaway wish in front of the circus fortune teller Bell Madoc, who decides that Arcanium needs a little something extra in the ring. The jinni tears Seth and Lars from their lives of university soccer, on-campus parties and bright futures, cursing them to remain in contact at all times. Now they perform beautiful aerial acts for the circus, but these two otherwise straight men must also adjust to living their lives always touching, sleeping together in the same small bed and never having any privacy. The curse also alters the way they express and experience desire for others, like conjoined twins Joanne and Jane. And, to their horror and confusion, each other.
Arcanium's fun and games until someone takes it all away. Neve's getting into the creepy, sexy spirit of demon hands in inappropriate places--claws, teeth and an incubus who agrees to just date for a while. Despite her initial trepidation, the dark circus of Arcanium is growing on her. But Arcanium's a slice of heaven meant to be a hell, and a demon sneakier and more powerful than Bell Madoc slithers into the circus with his eye fixed on Neve for his own. When he tears everything away from Bell, leaving him weak in the wake, the entire cast and crew land in a new Arcanium with a new Master who has much darker intentions for its inhabitants. A stadium with glass rooms for display... Leather and metal stained with blood... A horde of monsters who have been waiting for Arcanium to fall... And a red-skinned, black-hearted demon who lusts for his new pet's pleasure and pain...
The vampire keeps trying to make a mate. The gravedigger keeps killing them before they rise. Ivory's got a bone to pick with Fletch ... and a proposition. Ivory, a Wild West whore of renown and an unrepentant vampire, has tried without success to create herself a mate. Obviously, something's gone terribly wrong, and she suspects the interference of the pious gravedigger. Fletch Conroy has been trained all his life to fight the forces of darkness through ritual and consecration. But after a rash of mysterious slasher deaths, Fletch decides it's time for him to start hunting for the vampire responsible. What he finds turns out to be more than he bargained for. And Ivory intends to take full advantage of that fact to show Fletch she's not the monster he expects. Reader Advisory: This book contains some scenes of violence and vampiric dubious consent; bloodsport (of course) and one of the characters undergoes some personal religious conflict/shame.
These days, she's traveling in some unusual circles... Before her father can kick her out of the house, Caroline runs away to join the circus. She's far from the oddity or performer that Arcanium is known for, but the fortune teller grants her wish to become a part of his circus and assigns her to run the carousel. It's repetitive work and the quarters are cramped, but it's the perfect job while Caroline figures out what the hell she's going to do with her life. Then some of the creepy carousel mounts-the ones that look like tormented human men-start coming to life at night. At first she thinks they're just dreams, but she quickly discovers that Arcanium is no ordinary circus. Caroline must not only come to grips with the shady motivations and affections of her new colleagues, but also with the driven desire inside her for Riley and Colm-the men bound to the carousel to atone for their sins, who beg her to save them.
He's the master of the ring, but he cannot master her. Kitty has been part of Arcanium as Pretty Kitty the Bearded Lady for over fifteen years, taking care of the circus' inhabitants-both human and demon-when the curtains close. But she's kept a dark secret from the rest, one that she shares with the sadistic demon known only as the Ringmaster. Though it would be a stretch to call the arrangement he and Kitty share tender, the Ringmaster finds himself curiously drawn to the kind but dark heart of Arcanium. When Kitty convinces a long-time lover of hers from outside Arcanium to join the circus-Victor, a sweet, handsome, charming man in love with every square inch of hair on Kitty's body-the secret between Kitty and the Ringmaster not only risks coming to light, but the strange relationship itself threatens to crumble and throw Arcanium into chaos.
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