Rune and her people have been taken under the mysterious wing of the Annex, an agency that works toward Other equality. But with the new regime comes changes and some monstrous enemies the Annex seems to have brought with it. The crew finds themselves up against a group called the Shop, whose leader cares only about his lab and the monsters he creates there. But he hasn't been able to build monsters he can use or sell...until now. Now Rune must follow a path of horror that leads from a little werefox named Megan to a town full of evil in Reverence, Kentucky, and find a way to defeat something worse than blades or guns or bombs. Magic. She can't use her claws on magic. Can she? In book five of the Rune Alexander series, Rune must deal with not only the monsters, but the escalating tension between the berserker and Owen, flashbacks from the COS attack, and the fear that she's losing Levi to the chasm of darkness started by Karin Love and deepened by the slayers. She and her crew will fight with everything they've got to defeat the evil, even if some of that darkness lives inside each one of them. Because they're Shiv Crew, and that is what they do.
Rune Alexander wants to get through her days doing her job, which is protecting the humans against the myriad supernatural creatures, known as Others, who exist uneasily in a human's world. But she is unstable and damaged. She realizes how broken she is even as she continues to submit to the unspeakable things her lover does to her, craving desperately the strange peace she finds in the aftermath. When she discovers things are not as they seem and a faceless human is torturing the supernatural groups in her city, she and her crew must break the rules and begin to protect the Others from the humans. But as the darkness inside her becomes stronger and she ends up on the wrong side of a battle she must not lose, who will save Rune from herself?
Shadows Past, book 5.5 of the Rune Alexander series. A Rune Alexander SHORT story. Glimpse a night in Shiv Crew's past before the twins and Lex entered the picture, before Owen got under Rune's skin, and before the berserker gave her his heart. This is a short story of the original Shiv Crew. Enjoy.
The hypnotic third installment of the exciting new reverse harem Silverlight series by Laken Cane. A mystical home, a powerful sword, and five fierce, passionate men of my very own. Life is suddenly sweet for a vampire hunter. I'm given about five minutes to enjoy it before everything starts going sideways. The city is determined to put new regulations in place--regulations that will harm the supernaturals. My men are wrestling with issues I can't fix, no matter how badly I want to. An irate demon blows into Bay Town, bringing with him a newly forged sword that challenges my precious Silverlight and threatens one of my most vulnerable men. When I think the situation is about as dire as it can get, it gets worse. Much, much worse. An ancient evil is coming. I'll have to resurrect the dead to have an army to defeat it--but I'll do whatever it takes to protect the supernaturals, even as I defend the sometimes brutal humans who oppress them. But my priority is protecting the men I love. Angus, the tortured werebull, Amias, the master vampire, Shane, the sexy hunter, Rhys, the gorgeous mystery, and Clayton, the newly freed ex hunter. And now there's a sweet but dangerous half giant sneaking his way into my heart. They're mine. I am theirs. And I will do whatever it takes to save them. Even if it means sacrificing myself. ****THE SILVERLIGHT SERIES IS A DARK REVERSE HAREM SERIES and may contain triggers for some readers****
Making mistakes is part of life.But sometimes, a mistake can cost you everything. When her world is invaded by an influx of demons, slayer Krista Lennox calls upon something even worse to help her defeat them. Too bad he's more inclined to cause her trouble than to fix her problems. And too bad he thinks she's...interesting. As the city begins to lose hope and Krista's situation becomes dire, she knows two things for sure. Magic is not enough.And time is running out. If you like snark and humor with your emotion and darkness, kickass female protagonists and dangerous, protective men, you need to read this series!"This is so good!! Seriously, Laken's ability to develop character personalities in a couple of paragraphs is amazing. I just gave up on a book last night (which is rare for me) because I couldn't connect with the characters. I'm already invested in Krista's story. Love it!" Taryn Rich Chancellor ★★★★★
Final book in the Silverlight series. Death, rebirth, change...and Darkness.Trinity struggles with her new reality, but her biggest challenge isn't the tug-of-war within. She must mature quickly to face a formidable opponent--a powerful man known as Darkness--before he destroys everything and everyone she cares about. He has one target in mind.The dragon.But in his pursuit of power, the enemy will threaten everyone in his path--including the most innocent of the supernaturals. Will Trinity bring the only light capable of defeating Darkness? Or will she lose herself, her sword, and her supernaturals to the one man who can extinguish the light in them all? **Lightbringer is the FINAL book in this series. Books are not standalone and must be read in order: Bloodhunter, Caretaker, Peacemaker, and Lightbringer.
From Valerie Laken, the Pushcart Prize–winning author of Dream House, comes a powerful collection of short stories charting the divisions and collisions between cultures and nations, families and outsiders, and partners and misfits searching for love. Set in Russia and the United States, these are boldly innovative stories—tales of fractured, misplaced characters moving beyond the borders of their isolation and reaching for the connections that will make them whole. A family, shaken by an industrial accident, is divided, its members isolated in their home and only able to understand one another from their separate rooms. A young gay couple travels to Russia to meet the child they're desperately trying to adopt, but the experience reveals an emotional divide between the parents-to-be. A recent amputee removes herself from her body to keep her husband at bay. And the idyllic village life of a blind Russian boy is disrupted by an American dentist and the wonders of racy Western magazines. Separate Kingdoms is a rich and satisfying collection that traverses the distances between people and places in each marvelously rendered story.
In this gritty anthology, fourteen mystery stories show the seedier side of the Wisconsin city beyond beer, butter burgers, and Laverne & Shirley. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respect city. Now, fourteen authors who’ve experienced life in the Cream City share its mysteries in Milwaukee Noir. With stories from: Jane Hamilton, Reed Farrel Coleman, Valerie Laken, Matthew J. Prigge, Shauna Singh Baldwin, Vida Cross, Larry Watson, Frank Wheeler Jr., Derrick Harriell, Christi Clancy, James E. Causey, Mary Thorson, Nick Petrie, and Jennifer Morales. Praise for Milwaukee Noir “Luxuriate in the seedy, wallow in the angry and shiver at the horrors that surely await you around the corner . . . The sheer localness of Milwaukee Noir is superb, and the seediness of many characters here would qualify them for membership in a Tom Waits song.” —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “A very strong collection of short fiction. . . . A richly textured collection that is, by turns, gripping, thought provoking, and simply entertaining.” —Booklist “The violent, dark stories in this anthology fit the bill perfectly with the intention, as editor Hennessy writes, to be social commentary . . . . Tales by Jane Hamilton and Christi Clancy stand out, evidence that ordinary people can get swept up in hatred, even if they did not start out living with violence, drunkenness, or poverty.” —Library Journal “Milwaukee bookseller and writer Hennessy does justice to the harsher aspects of his hometown in this fine anthology . . . The 14 contributors show that violence is not a prerequisite to crafting a haunting depiction of despair . . . The selections make the different neighborhoods, seedy or otherwise, come to life, even for those who have never set foot in them.” —Publishers Weekly “Fourteen free-wheeling stories document the grit and glory of Milwaukee . . . A nod to Milwaukee’s blue-collar heritage, a frank look at racial disharmony, and a peek at the future make Hennessy’s collection a find for fans of urban noir.” —Kirkus Reviews
When Charlie Lovely woke up on Halloween morning, the day after his sixteenth birthday, he had no idea that by that evening, he would be diagnosed with cancer. Charlie's life changed dramatically with the utterance of one word, leukemia. Charlie, the star basketball player and class favorite, was now confined to a hospital room, fighting for his life. Only three days after being diagnosed with leukemia, he began writing in a journal, keeping accounts of his daily routines and emotions as a teenager living with cancer and receiving treatment. Charlie gave his journal to his big sister, with his scribbled handwriting inside and asked her to tell his story. This is the true story of Charlie's battle for his life at the sweet age of sixteen, through his eyes.
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