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This is an anthology edition of the Kinsmen Universe, which includes Silent Blade and Silver Shark, plus a new short story. Family is everything. Talent is power. And revenge is sweet. In a distant, future world Kinsmen - small powerful groups of genetically and technologically advanced families - control vast financial empires. They are their own country, their own rulers, and their only limits are other Kinsmen. The struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport: in business, on the battlefield...and sometimes in the bedroom.

Hugh d'Ambray, Preceptor of the Iron Dogs, Warlord of the Builder of Towers, served only one man. Now his immortal, nearly omnipotent master has cast him aside. Hugh is a shadow of the warrior he was, but when he learns that the Iron Dogs, soldiers who would follow him anywhere, are being hunted down and murdered, he must make a choice: to fade away or to be the leader he was born to be. Hugh knows he must carve a new place for himself and his people, but they have no money, no shelter, and no food, and the necromancers are coming. Fast.

After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate - former Beast Lord Curran Lennart - are adjusting to a very different pace. While they're thrilled to escape all the infighting, Curran misses the constant challenges of leading the shapeshifters.

Drafted into working for the Order of Merciful Aid, mercenary Kate Daniels has more paranormal problems than she knows what to do with these days. And in Atlanta, where magic comes and goes like the tide, that’s saying a lot. But when Kate's werewolf friend Derek is discovered nearly dead, she must confront her greatest challenge yet. As her investigation leads her to the Midnight Games—an invitation only, no holds barred, ultimate preternatural fighting tournament—she and Curran, the Lord of the Beasts, uncover a dark plot that may forever alter the face of Atlanta's shapeshifting community.

Maud Demille is a daughter of Innkeepers - a special group who provide "lodging" to other-planetary visitors - so she knows that a simple life isn't in the cards. Once a wife to a powerful vampire knight, Maud and her young daughter, Helen, were exiled with him for his treachery to the desolate, savage planet of Karhari. Karhari killed her husband, and Maud - completely abandoned by his family - has spent over a year avenging his debts. Rescued by her sister Dina, she's sworn off all things vampire.

Life is busier than ever for Innkeeper Dina DeMille and Sean Evans. But it’s about to get even more chaotic when Sean's werewolf mentor is kidnapped. To find him, they must host an intergalactic spouse-search for one of the most powerful rulers in the Galaxy. Dina is never one to back down from a challenge. That is, if she can manage her temperamental Red Cleaver chef; the consequences of her favorite Galactic ex-tyrant's dark history; the tangled politics of an interstellar nation; and oh, yes, keep the wedding candidates from a dozen alien species from killing each other.

Maud Demille is a daughter of Innkeepers—a special group who provide "lodging" to other-planetary visitors—so she knows that a simple life isn't in the cards. But even Maud could never have anticipated what Fate would throw at her. Once a wife to a powerful vampire knight, Maud and her young daughter, Helen, were exiled with him for his treachery to the desolate, savage planet of Karhari. Karhari killed her husband, and Maud has spent over a year avenging his debts. She's sworn off all things vampire. Then she met Arland, the Marshal of one of the most powerful vampire houses.

Mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate, Curran, the Beast Lord, are struggling to solve a heartbreaking crisis. Unable to control their beasts, many of the pack’s shape-shifting children fail to survive to adulthood. While there is a medicine that can help, the secret to its making is closely guarded by the European packs, and there’s little available in Atlanta. Kate can’t bear to watch innocents suffer, but the solution she and Curran have found threatens to be even more painful.

It was a dark and stormy knight, and nine dark defenders embarked upon a most perilous quest. They're the ultimate defenders of humanity, modern day knights who do dark deeds for all the right reasons. In this all-star collection, nine of today's hottest paranormal authors bring us thrilling, all-new stories of supernatural knights that are brimming with magic mystery and mayhem.

Thank you for joining us at Gertrude Hunt, the nicest bed-and-breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, during the Treaty Stay. As you know, we are honor-bound to accept all guests during this oldest of innkeeper holidays, and we are expecting a dangerous guest. Or several. But have no fear. Your safety and comfort is our first priority. The inn and your hosts - Dina Demille and Sean Evans - will defend you at all costs. But we hope we don’t have to.

Dina DeMille isn't your typical bed and breakfast owner. Her inn defies laws of physics, her dog is secretly a monster, and the only permanent guest of the inn is a former galactic tyrant with a price on her head. The inn needs guests to thrive and guests have been scarce, so when an arbitrator shows up at Dina's door and asks her to host a peace summit between three warring species, she jumps on the chance.

Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest...the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about. Guests like a former intergalactic tyrant with an impressive bounty on her head, the Lord Marshal of a powerful vampire clan, and a displaced-and-superhot werewolf; so don't stand too close, or you may be collateral damage.

Fall under the intoxicating spell of their hex appeal…In the magical world that lies hidden beneath our own, witches and conjurers play deadly games. They know just the right spell to kill a man with one kiss—or raise him back again. And they’re not afraid to exact sweet revenge on those who dare to cross them. But what if you’re the unlucky soul who falls victim to a conjurer’s curse? And if you had the power to cast a magic spell of your own, would you use it?

Save the date! Nevada Frida Baylor und Connor Anders Rogan laden Dich sehr herzlich zu ihrer Hochzeit ein. Beschwörungen, Wettermanipulation und andere magische Aktivitäten sind strengstens untersagt! Nevadas kleine Schwester Catalina kann es kaum erwarten, ihr Brautjungfernkleid vorzuführen... und zuschauen, wie Nevada vor den Altar tritt. Als jedoch der Weddingplaner gewaltsam vom Gelände entfernt werden muss, die unbezahlbare Tiara der Braut spurlos verschwindet und dann auch noch Rogans exzessive Familie über das Haus herfällt, scheint das junge Glück in großer Gefahr.

Söldnerin Kate Daniels ist aus dem Orden der Ritter der mildtätigen Hilfe ausgetreten, um sich selbstständig zu machen. Doch das ist gar nicht so einfach, denn der Orden lässt keine Gelegenheit aus, um ihren Namen in Verruf zu bringen. Als der oberste Nekromant von Atlanta Kate um ihre Hilfe bittet, ist sie deshalb froh über den Auftrag. Doch der Job erweist sich als weitaus gefährlicher, als es zunächst den Anschein hat.

Alle sieben Jahre wird die Stadt Atlanta von einer magischen Flut heimgesucht, die das Gleichgewicht der Mächte gefährlich ins Wanken bringt. Als die Söldnerin Kate Daniels von Curran, dem Herrn der Gestaltwandler, den Auftrag erhält, gestohlene Landkarten aufzuspüren, wird ihr bald klar, dass diesmal weitaus mehr auf dem Spiel steht: Zwei uralte Gottheiten wollen das Aufflammen magischer Energie nutzen, um die Herrschaft der Welt an sich zu reißen.

Nachdem sie dem Orden der Ritter der mildtätigen Hilfe beigetreten ist, kann sich die Söldnerin Kate Daniels vor übernatürlichen Katastrophen kaum noch retten. Und in einer Stadt wie Atlanta, die von den Gezeiten der Magie beherrscht wird, will das schon etwas heißen! Doch als Kates Freund, der Werwolf Derek, halb tot aufgefunden wird, steht sie einer noch weitaus größeren Herausforderung gegenüber. Bei ihren Ermittlungen erfährt Kate von einem geheimen Turnier zwischen den übernatürlichen Wesen der Stadt.

Kate Daniels erhält den Auftrag, in einer blutigen Auseinandersetzung zu ermitteln, die in einer Bar zwischen den Gebieten der Gestaltwandler und der Nekromanten stattgefunden hat. Schon bald stößt sie auf einen neuen gefährlichen Gegner, der Atlanta unsicher macht -- ein uraltes Geschöpf, das einst an der Seite von Kates Vater gekämpft hat.

Kate Daniels verdient ihr Geld damit, übersinnliche Phänomene zu bekämpfen. Bewaffnet mit ihrem Schwert "Slayer" und ihren magischen Fähigkeiten macht sie auf den Straßen Atlantas Jagd auf Vampire und andere finstere Kreaturen. Ihr Leben nimmt jedoch eine unerwartete Wendung, als ihr Freund Greg ermordet wird. Bei der Suche nach dem Täter stößt Kate auf Ungereimtheiten: Neben Gregs Leiche wird ein geköpfter Vampir gefunden, und alles deutet darauf hin, dass bei der Tat nekromantische Magie im Spiel war.

Das Gleichgewicht der Magie steht auf dem Spiel! Als das Haus Baylor angegriffen wird, braucht Catalina Baylor die Hilfe von Alessandro Sagredo, der ihr einst das Herz gebrochen hat. Obwohl dieser erneut von dem Albtraum heimgesucht wird, gegen den er seit seiner Kindheit kämpft, setzt Alessandro alles daran, Catalina zu beschützen. Und Catalina kann wirklich jede Unterstützung gebrauchen, denn sie ist fest entschlossen, die Quelle für das gefährliche Serum zu finden, das Menschen magische Kräfte verleiht und ihre Welt auseinanderzureißen droht.