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Written by Shana Abe
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A Rose In Winter
A Rose in Winter was my first book; and will always have a special place in my heart. The romance is strong and bittersweet; but like the very best chocolate; leaves you sighing with pleasure. Solange and Damon are childhood soulmates separated by the political machinations of two men; each of whom have their own agenda in controlling the fate of Solange. Her father is determined to wed her off to his enemy; the Earl of Redmond; to broker peace. Redmond; however; wants her for a much darker purpose. Forced to pretend an aversion to the man she loves; Solange is finally reunited with Damon in the most unexpected of ways. She is now a widow; a haunting version of the girl he once knew; and seems to be hiding something that Damon cannot discover. All he knows is that she is determined to flee the estate of her dead husband; and he is helplessly drawn with her on the journey. Along the way each rediscovers the flame that once united them; slowly; reluctantly; until once again they admit their love for each other. All cannot be well; however; until the secret of Solange\'s past is uncovered and banished.
Intimate Enemies
Romeo and Juliet but with a sexier hero; a kick-butt heroine; and a much happier ending. On a remote Scottish isle two families dwell; divided by centuries of hatred. From them a pair of lovers are about to cross swords and wits.... What if.... What if you had your own wild Scottish island; a place of such rich and rugged beauty that it was coveted by not merely one country but three? What if you and your clan were the lifeblood of this isle; had lived there for generations; the magic of the land woven as deep into your soul as your pride in your family? And now; what if an outside force threatened all that鈥攏ot just the island itself but the very survival of all you love? What would you do to save your home and your people? Would you bargain with the devil himself? Lauren MacRae; fierce and desperate leader of Clan MacRae; certainly would. Brutal Northmen are invading the Isle of Shot; intent on destroying her world. To win this war; she\'s willing to risk everything by striking a deal with her most bitter foe: Arion du Morgan; the Earl of Morgan. Arion rules the English family which claims the island as its own. His people have lived on the other side of Shot as long as the MacRaes have lived on theirs; the feud between these two great houses is ancient and simmering. He and Lauren grew up as adversaries; but now Ari sees a chance for a new future for Shot鈥攁nd he has more in plan for Lauren than he\'s willing to admit. Amid battles and rescues; these two enemies are about to discover that forbidden attraction can become the most dangerous foe of all.... Like all my heroines; Lauren is smart and courageous; a woman who isn\'t afraid to follow her heart and do what she thinks is right. And like all my heroes; Arion is honorable; strong; even a little wounded. The dark violence of his past has steeled him into a man of noble convictions. All of those convictions are about to be put to the test as he finds himself falling in love with the one woman he absolutely cannot have. Intimate Enemies lets their story unfold amid gorgeous vistas and deep; undeniable passion. I invite you to slip into their world and let the dream begin.
Queen of Dragons
There exists a world beyond your own. There exists a world of frozen savagery; of ice and snow; and needle-tipped mountains draped smoky emerald in summer; and dusky blue every autumn. In this world; your safe and pleasant life is vanished; a mere illusion revealed. Comets are born here. Stars are stirred. Glaciers steam; diamonds sparkle; silent music saturates the very air鈥攁nd mighty dragons tear furrows through it all; breathing light and fire in crystalline exhalations. We are the dr谩kon. Maricara of the Zaharen was born an eighteenth century peasant but raised to be a princess. As the hidden leader of the dr谩kon of the Carpathian Mountains; she represents all that is glimmering and elusive in her kind: polished strength; striking radiance...and a will to keep her dragon kin safe at all costs; even if it means she must protect them from herself. Kimber; Earl of Chasen; is more new to his role as Alpha of the English dr谩kon; but there\'s nothing elusive about him. He is powerfully; unmistakably male; and destined to rule his tribe. He\'s also been engaged to Maricara for years鈥攁lthough she doesn\'t know it. The dragons of Darkfrith believed themselves to be the last of their kind. The revelation of the other tribe\'s existence鈥攅ven in far-flung Transylvania鈥攊s considered nothing but a threat to them and their way of life. This threat has to be contained; and Kim is willing do whatever he must to achieve that. Even bloodshed. Even war. There could hardly be a pair of creatures less suited for marriage; much less diplomacy between these two separate; savagely beautiful groups of beings. Yet Kim and Mari\'s destinies are about to collide in a very unexpected way. One hot summer night the princess slips into Darkfrith unannounced; bearing some extremely unwelcome news: the sanf inimicus; human hunters of the dr谩kon; have revived their ancient sect; and are beginning to pick off the shapeshifters one by one. No one is safe. And unless Kimber and Maricara decide to unite after all; it might mean the end of every dragon; in every place....
The Dream Thief
Return to a world of smoke and mist; where clouds enshroud bejeweled dragons; and a pair of illicit lovers will risk their lives to save a people who are not people at all. Return to the world of the dr谩kon... In the hidden mines of the Carpathian mountains rests Draumr; a legendary singing diamond so powerful it has to potential to enslave the most magnificent beings on earth: the dr谩kon; shapeshifters with the ability to Turn from human to smoke to dragon. And in rural eighteenth-century England; only one woman can hear its hypnotic call... Lia Langford is the daughter of the tribe\'s Alpha; the result of generations of potent dragon bloodlines; but by all appearances she is Giftless. Fifth of five children; quiet and shy; Lia harbors a secret; one that would tear apart her people should they discover it: She dreams the future. And in it; she is the final witness to the end of her kind. She realizes that the only man who can help her stop what is to come is the very mortal destined to destroy her world: Zane; a darkly clever master thief; the sole human trusted by the tribe鈥攁nd; Lia knows; her future lover. A London urchin who was once rescued by the dr谩kon; Zane has grown into a man of feral practicality and knife-edged control. His loyalty to the tribe is tested only by his desire for power; with Draumr in his hands and Lia at his side; Zane will truly become a force beyond reckoning. Lia is determined to reach the diamond first and change her fate. But love is not so readily swayed; and destiny is not so easily denied...
The Last Mermaid
Who doesn\'t love mermaids? Three seductive love stories; three passionate couples; all linked by one of the most romantic myths of all... The Last Mermaid is a single volume containing three separate romances. No fretting for sequels! The three different books composing it span three different time periods; with three different couples. Myth; magic; and the descendants of a legendary couple link all three stories. In other words; this a trilogy without the wait; LOL. The first book is set in the Kingdom of the Isles (today part of Scotland) just after the Romans abandoned what we call Great Britain; where a fabled king owes his life to the siren who loves him. Which is better: to rule a kingdom or embrace true love? Hmmm; if only he could have both.... The second book takes place in eighteenth-century Scotland. Ronan MacMhuirich is the Earl of Kell. He\'s rich and powerful and knows that someone wants him dead. Too bad the hired assassin turns out to be both a gifted psychic and the most fascinating woman he\'s ever met. The third book is contemporary; a big leap for me as a writer (don\'t worry; it\'s plenty historical!); taking place in both Scotland and the United States. Ruriko Kell is an American who has just inherited a far-flung Scottish island she\'s never seen; from a family she\'s never known. And just who is this gorgeous Scotsman so intent to get her there鈥攁nd how does he know so much about her? I love magic; and I love happy endings. I bet you do; too.
The Secret Swan
I just love bad boys... What happens when a man\'s true love has been hidden right before his eyes? Ever have a secret crush? Oh; come on! We all have! He was that fascinating boy in school; the popular athlete; charming; handsome; splendid鈥攁nd completely unattainable. He was the one all the girls wanted: tousled hair; sparkling eyes; a smile that could melt your bones with its sheer sexual intensity. Maybe he even had a subtle edge of danger to him; a rebel at heart; every inch of him promising a wild; wild ride. That\'s Tristan Geraint; Earl of Haverlocke. And you: dreaming of him; craving him; silent and unseen; too shy to speak; far too in love to resist those sweet fantasies of him; that dangerous gleam to his eyes.... That\'s Amiranth St. Clare. Amiranth has been in love with Tristan almost all her life. She was just a girl when she saw him first; struck instantly and incurably by the glamour of this boy; his beauty; his smile; his searing sensuality. Plain and demure; Amiranth never quite gathers up the nerve to speak to him. Wrapped in his own world; Tristan never even notices. But still; she dreams. And then one day; her dreams come true. Amiranth and Tristan wed. She is overcome; amazed. The fact that Tristan still has trouble noticing when she\'s in the same room doesn\'t bother her. She loves him with all her heart; and knows that someday; somehow; he will love her just as much. But then Tristan disappears in combat. Amiranth\'s \"someday\" slowly fades away. By the time Tristan Geraint finds his way home again; eight years have passed; and his shy young bride has died. Or so he\'s told. In her place is a stranger; a coolly beautiful woman with a heart full of secrets. Tristan knows all about secrets; he\'s endured a trial not many could survive. He\'s a battle-weary warrior who has a few dreams of his own鈥攁ll of them centered on his wife; the life he used to know. The danger surrounding Tristan is not yet over; his trial not yet done; but he has found a reluctant ally; this woman who scorns him even as she saves his life. Now; amid treachery and betrayal; Tristan is going to have to risk all that he has; and everything he is; to discover who she is to him; and to regain what matters most: the steadfast heart of his secret swan.
The Smoke Thief
You are cordially invited to taste the clouds and hunt the moon. You are invited to learn how to fly.... Imagine a world where clouds could be dragons; and dragons could be people...where diamonds beckon with silent songs and a beautiful runaway turns out to be an infamous jewel thief who dissolves into smoke with just a whisper of a thought. Now imagine the dr谩kon lord sent to capture her. For centuries they\'ve lived in secret amid the green and misted hills of northern England; shapeshifters who have the ability to Turn from human to smoke to dragon; and back again. They skim the sky and haunt the stars; powerful beyond thought; beautiful; sensual. They are the dr谩kon. Like any hunted beast; they\'ve survived the centuries by learning silence; by keeping the secret of the tribe absolutely sacrosanct. But one of them has broken the rules; has run to eighteenth-century London and is using his powers to steal fabulous gemstones. Dubbed the \"Smoke Thief;\" he\'s the most serious threat to the dr谩kon in memory. Christoff Langford; Marquess of Langford and Alpha of the tribe; has sworn to bring the runner home at any cost. But even Kit doesn\'t realize that the Smoke Thief is a woman. Rue Hawthorne is a halfling: half dr谩kon; half mortal; and an outcast in both worlds. As a little girl she loved Kit from afar. As a woman she knows better to trust her heart to anyone; especially the charismatic; ruthless leader of the dr谩kon. She fled her home to escape a forced marriage to him; as the first female in four generations to complete the Turn; she knows she\'ll be considered Kit\'s property. Rue; however; has much bigger dreams than that. A spectacular diamond is missing; Kit\'s hot on her heels; and Rue\'s about to find out that even thieves can have their hearts stolen鈥?
The Time Weaver
What if everything you loved; and everyone; suddenly vanished? Your parents; your children; your friends. Your home. Your town. Your species. Now鈥hat if it were your doing? Your future unfurled before you like a map marked with a thick black arrow drawn irrevocably; relentlessly straight toward Extinction. You never knew. You never guessed; until the end. What would you sacrifice to erase that map? Honor Carlisle is a figurative mouse among lions. At least; that\'s how she sees herself: awkward; friendless; timid. Born into a tribe of fabulously powerful shapeshifters; she\'s the one dr谩kon who absolutely knows she will never be comfortable with own her kind. While the rest of her tribe celebrates their ferocity by Turning to dragon and soaring into flight; Honor hides in books and solitude; cursing her own fear but unable to break free of it. Until one day; she discovers a letter鈥攆rom her future self. And suddenly her life is forever changed. Honor is a Time Weaver; the only one born to the dr谩kon. She\'s been blessed with the Gift of being able to Weave through time...whether she wants to or not. But the blessing is also a curse: she\'s paying a terrible price for her Weaves; one she won\'t even notice at first. Drawn through her Weaves over and over again to a dark dr谩kon prince in a faraway land; Honor grows up gradually realizing that he is her future. What she doesn\'t realize is that falling in love with Prince Alexandru of the Zaharen will lead to the eventual annihilation of her species. Alexandru has no idea who this mysterious dragon-woman who haunts him may be; or even if she\'s actually real. He doesn\'t know her name; only that she appears and disappears throughout the hours of his life without warning; at times older; at times younger; and always a dangerously fascinating creature. Their love is beyond magic; foretold and undeniable. But perhaps even time may be bent when two such remarkable dr谩kon surrender to their hearts...
The Treasure Keeper
Something Dark is coiled around your heart. Something scaled and glistening; and ferociously beautiful. It has been with you all your days and nights; all your years; in all your thoughts; shaping every single movement: your hands; your lips; your respiration. It lives because you live. It lives because magic is real. You are a dragon. Dr谩kon. The lush green shire of Darkfrith; England hides a sparkling secret: a tribe of shapeshifting creatures who have the ability to Turn from human to smoke to dragon. Fierce; lovely; and dangerous; they\'ve lived for centuries disguised as people; undetected by the human beings surrounding them. Until now. The sanf inimicus; human dragon hunters; have found the shire. And now members of the tribe are going missing; one by one: a little girl. A devoted fianc茅. And the reckless; handsome youngest son of the Alpha of the dr谩kon: Lord Rhys Langford. Zoe Lane is only the village seamstress. Her intellect and ice-cold beauty has left her isolated even amid her own kind. Her final chance to fit in among the tribe was the promise of marriage to Hayden James; a loyal dr谩kon scout sent out into the world to help battle the sanf. When Hayden vanishes without word; Zoe at last lets loose the Gifts she\'s kept hidden from her clan: the power to Turn invisible. The ability to see ghosts in glass; to hear the voices of the dead. To read thoughts. She\'s determined to find her fianc茅 and bring him home again if she can. But when she reaches glittering; simmering eighteenth century Paris; she discovers the ghost who haunts her every move isn\'t Hayden; but Rhys. Her childhood love. Rhys\'s world has gone gray and thin; he isn\'t even certain if he\'s alive or dead. His existence is focused solely around Zoe; the only spark of color and true life left to him. Protecting her is going require all of his dr谩kon skill鈥攅ven as a ghost鈥攂ecause she\'s determined to strike a blow against the sanf they won\'t soon forget. She\'s his last lifeline to the living world. And he\'s the one dr谩kon who ever touched her heart. Only together can they discover the true fate of their kind; and save them all from the traitor in their midst who would destroy them in a heartbeat....
The Truelove Bride
I\'m not supposed to have a favorite; am I? But I admit it鈥攅xcept for the Dr谩kon Series; The Truelove Bride tops my list. (Shhh. Don\'t tell the other books!) One hundred years ago there lived a laird and his lady; and she was the fairest lady to ever grace the lands. Her hair was light as moonlight; her eyes were the color of the rarest heather flowers; her brows black as jet. The laird loved his lady fair and she him; both of them ruling just and right over their clan. It was the days of riches for them; of long summers and gentle winters; when the mountains still sang their songs at night and the deer were plump and plentiful. Each day was a jewel in the mind of God; and the Clan Kincardine was the most blessed of all people. Into this peace came an evil faerie; who had watched the laird\'s lady for such a time until he fell into envy.... The Truelove Bride is the story of Avalon d\'Farouche and Marcus Kincardine; two people whose fates are irrevocably intertwined into a fabulous lover\'s knot. This is a romance with magic and mystery; and the promise of a rich; satisfying adventure in love. Lady Avalon was born with a secret; one she is desperate to hide from the rest of the world and even from herself: she has the gift of second sight; a strange power within her that can allow her to know the hearts and the minds of others. She was also born with a burden: she represents the end of a hundred-year-old curse laid upon the Clan Kincardine; a proud but hungry people who will do anything to get her into their family. Avalon fulfills all the requirements of the warrior maiden foretold to end their curse: She has the unique beauty of her ancestress; the wife of the laird in the legend. She has the Sight. And she has the fighting skills necessary to be a true warrior. She is the destined bride of their laird; Marcus Kincardine; who has been away on a crusade for most of Avalon\'s life. Betrothed since her birth; Avalon grew up with the story of the curse so deeply ingrained into her tumultuous childhood that she is desperate to escape it. When a savage raid on her family castle killed her father; the child Avalon was rescued by the father of Marcus; Hanoch Kincardine; and then hidden away in a remote Highland village. For seven long years she was presumed dead but secretly raised by him; yet Hanoch proved to be a brutal man. To fulfill the requirements of his family\'s legend he molded Avalon ruthlessly into a reflection of the warrior maiden said to end the curse. Now grown and living in London; Avalon has no plans to marry anyone. And the last thing she intends is to hand over her life to the son of the monster who raised her. She wants nothing to do with the legend that has ruled her life up to now; despite her own gift; she despises superstition and the Kincardine curse that has manipulated her very identity. In a sense she is a woman without a home; without any allegiances at all except to survival. When her English cousin and guardian summons her back to her childhood castle of Trayleigh; Avalon leaps at the opportunity. But all is not what it seems at Trayleigh; Avalon finds herself in the midst of a dangerous plot to wed her to yet another man in an effort to gain her wealth. She plans her escape; but before she can act; she is kidnapped on the very night of her wedding by a new man; a stranger whose touch makes her feel strangely alive again. This is Marcus Kincardine; back at last from his crusade in the Holy Land to claim his promised bride. A dark knight with secrets and mysteries riddling his own past; Marcus has every intention of wedding Avalon and fulfilling his destiny with her. Yet he senses immediately that this lady is more than a prize to him; more than even a woman of vivid beauty and uncommon intelligence. She is his match. Avalon and Marcus begin their battle of wits and willpower; each one determined to win the war鈥攂ut it\'s going to take both of them to realize that their destiny is more than just marriage and the completion of a legend. It is true love.
