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Embraced by a Warrior
by Marisa CheneryPreviously Published Ellora's Cave (2012). As a warrior of Anubis, Darius always believed he was destined to be alone. Never to come into contact with others like him, or experience passion in the arms of a woman for more than just one night. After eight hundred years alone, he begins to question what he has always known. He finds a woman who stirs not only his desire, but his heart as well.Brisa's not blind, so she's very much aware of the hot man who frequents the bar where she works. But he's always been aloof. Throwing caution to the wind, she approaches the sexy stranger and finds herself completely swept away. But a shocking secret and an unsavory demon stand between them. Brisa must decide if she can love a man like Darius...for eternity.
Embraced by Blood (Sweetblood #2)
by Laurie LondonAlfonso Serrano is a hunted man. For months he's managed to elude the Darkbloods, vengeful foes who won't rest until he's dead. But he still craves one dangerous temptation: Lily DeGraff, the sexy Guardian agent he'll risk anything to protect.Lily is a wanted woman. Her talent for tracking Sweet-a rare blood type that's addictive to vampires-makes her a prime target for enemy capture. Her only hope is the stealthy vampire operative who stole into her bed...then left her in despair. Danger aside, Lily won't let Alfonso near her heart again-until an irresistible hunger threatens to draw them back together... and into an assassin's snare.
Embraced By Darkness: Number 5 in series (Riley Jenson Guardian #5)
by Keri ArthurJust when guardian Riley Jenson thought her life was getting back on track, fate throws another curve ball. The alpha of her estranged pack - and the man who tried to kill her by throwing her off a mountainside - demands her help to find his missing granddaughter. Riley would love to refuse, but if she does, her mother dies. And if that isn't enough, something is tearing humans to shreds, and it's up to Riley to track down the killer before another soul is embraced by darkness
Embracing Darkness
by Margaret CarterCRAVING HER, HE COULD HANDLECaring about her beyond a basic need to keep her safe, he could not. Maxwell Tremayne never should have touched her, kissed her, tasted her. It was foolish--dangerous--for a vampire to get involved with a human, let alone a flesh-and-blood spitfire of a woman with curves like Linnet's. Maxwell had to remember that it was tragedy that had brought them together on this dangerous quest to catch a cold-blooded killer. Even if they survived this struggle unscathed, imagining that they could share anything more than a fleeting affair was as ridiculous as...imagining that he could live another hundred years without her.
Embracing Fate (A Series of Fates #2)
by C. C. DadoA Series of Fates: Book TwoSometimes you just have to embrace your fate. Seth has a secret: he has a crush on the human next door. His brilliant plan to meet Jack, the man of his dreams who happens to be an animal trainer? Take wolf form and ask his best friend, Max, to take him next door for training. Seth is the only one surprised when things go horribly awry. Still, can this shy wolf and a human meet their fate as mates?
Embracing His Past: An Uplifting Inspirational Romance
by Christina MillerHe came to find his son… but might discover love along the way. Stunned to learn he has an adult son, widower Harrison Mitchell&’s eager to track him down and build a relationship. But when he uproots his life and moves to Natchez, Mississippi, he&’s hit with another surprise: his new boss, Anise Armstrong, is his son&’s adoptive mother. Now he must win her trust to prove he deserves to be a father and grandfather…and possibly a husband.From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.
Embrujado (Los Silverwalkers #Volumen 4)
by Chris de WitUna nueva entrega de la apasionante serie Los Silverwalkers. Jackie Thygesen es una mujer de armas tomar. Su vida siempre ha sido así y de la misma manera quiere que continúe siéndolo. Sin embargo, la pesadilla convertida en hombre, Metanón Lemark, uno de los silverwalkers que la persigue desde hace tiempo, no la dejará en paz. Él quiere el símbolo que ella, supuestamente, tiene en su poder. Jackie confía en su inteligencia para vencer al rubio, pero no cuenta con que, para ello, primero deberá confrontar los profundos temores y anhelos que ese sujeto despierta en su interior. Metanón Lemark, desde que se cruzó con Jackie, la bruja de cabellos color fuego, no ha dejado de pensar y de soñar con ella. Harto de las profecías de la Estirpe de Plata y de rastrear a esa mujer, pretende conseguir una tregua. Pero nada resulta como él piensa y Jackie vuelve a escurrírsele de entre los dedos para caer en manos de los caídos, sus acérrimos enemigos. A partir de allí, una lucha incansable se desatará entre ellos, la cual los llevará no solo a enfrentarse a un enemigo implacable, sino también, a exponer sus deseos y sus almas a la más oscura perdición.
Embrujo
by Nina BlazonUna historia de amor situada en un fascinante universo mágico.El misterioso Faun ha llegado a la ciudad donde vive la joven Jade con una misión: capturar a los Ecos, las criaturas que desde hace un tiempo ensombrecen la tranquilidad del Reino de la Señora. Proveniente del Norte, Faun ha sido reclutado por la tiránica gobernadora y, cumpliendo con sus designios, se hya instalado en el pequeño hotel que regentan Jade y su padre. El primer encuentro entre Jade y Faun es hostil, pero con el paso de los días Jade se siente cada vez más atraída por su huesped, con quien sólo comparte algunas horas al caer el sol, porque durante el día se comporta como si fueran dos extraños. Al cabo de algunas semanas, Jade cae, por accidente, en el río y se da cuenta de que su imagen reflejada en el agua cobra vida. Entonces tiene una revelación: ¿y si ella fuera portadora de sangre de Eco? Esto la convertiría en acérrima enemiga del chico del que está enamorada...
El embrujo del Páramo de Hawke
by Camille OsterEl Londres victoriano muestra poca misericordia, cuando por divorcio deja a Anne Kinelly en la indigencia siendo abandonada por su esposo. Anne logra evitar su futuro sombrío gracias a las acciones misericordiosas de su abogado, que por golpe de suerte, encuentra una casa olvidada y dejada en sucesión por las generaciones anteriores. Los desolados páramos de Yorkshire serán su hogar mientras intenta revivir una casa abandonada, donde el viento susurra en los alféizares de las ventanas. En poco tiempo, Anne descubre que las advertencias que le hacen los vecinos pueden ser más que supersticiones. Anne, a medida que se le revela la historia brutal de la casa y de su fundador Richard Hawke, descubre que pueden haber más entidades en la casa que solo ella y su doncella.
Emelyn's Monster (Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading)
by Peter Ferland Marty KelleyNIMAC-sourced textbook. It's Just a Small Monster. But it has very big, sharp teeth!
Emerald and the Friendship Bracelet: Book 1 (Pixie Magic #1)
by Daisy MeadowsBest friends Alice and Leo love making things, and they're never happier than when they're working together in Leo's garden shed, which they've turned into an arts and crafts studio. Then one day they are transported to a miniature world where magical creatures - the Pixies and Glitterbugs - use their creative talents to make special objects from items that were once treasured. The Pixies' magic gives these objects the power to solve people's problems!But disaster strikes when Grimble and Grumble, the mean Nixies, steal Emerald the Jewellery Pixie's magical tools. Now Emerald can't use her special crafting skill to make a magical friendship bracelet to help a child at Leo and Alice's school. Can the friends work together to use their talents - and a dash of Pixie Magic - to save the day, so that everyone can enjoy the magic of creativity?This magical new series is tailor-made to appeal to young readers including existing Daisy Meadows fans, with a winning combination of magic, friendship and craft.
The Emerald Atlas
by John StephensKate, Michael, and Emma have been in one orphanage after another for the last ten years, passed along like lost baggage.Yet these unwanted children are more remarkable than they could possibly imagine. Ripped from their parents as babies, they are being protected from a horrible evil of devastating power, an evil they know nothing about.Until now.Before long, Kate, Michael, and Emma are on a journey to dangerous and secret corners of the world...a journey of allies and enemies, of magic and mayhem. And--if an ancient prophesy is correct--what they do can change history, and it is up to them to set things right.The Emerald Atlas brims with humor and action as it charts Kate, Michael, and Emma's extraordinary adventures through an unforgettable, enchanted world.From the Hardcover edition.
Emerald Bane: Mixologists And Pirates (Mixologists and Pirates #2)
by Frost KayFact 384: Allie’s bad luck knew no bounds. After surviving a pirate attack by the skin of her very unlucky teeth, she believes life will get better. It had to, right?Wrong, dead wrong. Literally dead. Fact 443: Revenge always bites you in the butt. One little prank leaves her as a prime murder suspect and her newfound friends in jail. If she can’t prove her innocence, she can kiss what's left of her life goodbye - not that she had much of one to start.Fact 537: Human-hating aliens had no right to be so sexy. At least she’d have something pretty to look at while being blackmailed into espionage. It was just one mistake... maybe two."I need more, so much more." - Jasmine, Goodreads"I was blown away by Frot Kay's style of writing. Each sentence is delicately crafted and paints the perfect scene in my mind." - Katelyn, Goodreads
Emerald Blaze: A Hidden Legacy Novel (Hidden Legacy #5)
by Ilona AndrewsIlona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author, continues her spellbinding series set in the Hidden Legacy world where magic controls everything…except the hearts of those who wield it.As Prime magic users, Catalina Baylor and her sisters have extraordinary powers—powers their ruthless grandmother would love to control. Catalina can earn her family some protection working as deputy to the Warden of Texas, overseeing breaches of magic law in the state, but that has risks as well. When House Baylor is under attack and monsters haunt her every step, Catalina is forced to rely on handsome, dangerous Alessandro Sagredo, the Prime who crushed her heart. The nightmare that Alessandro has fought since childhood has come roaring back to life, but now Catalina is under threat. Not even his lifelong quest for revenge will stop him from keeping her safe, even if every battle could be his last. Because Catalina won't rest until she stops the use of the illicit, power-granting serum that's tearing their world apart.
The Emerald City of Oz (The Land of Oz #6)
by L. Frank BaumDorothy speaks freely of her adventures to her only living relatives, her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. Neither of them believes a word of her stories, but consider her a dreamer. <P><P>Later, it is revealed that the destruction of their farmhouse by the tornado back in "The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz" has left Uncle Henry in terrible debt. In order to pay it, he has taken out a mortgage on his farm. If he cannot repay his creditors, they will seize the farm. He is not afraid for himself, but both he and his wife, Aunt Em, fear very much for their niece's future. Dorothy arranges with Princess Ozma to take them to the Land of Oz, where they will be safe. Using the magic belt (a tool captured from the jealous Nome King Roquat), Ozma transports them to her throne room. They are given rooms to live in and luxuries to enjoy, including a vast and complex wardrobe. They meet with many of Dorothy's animal friends, including the Cowardly Lion and Billina, the Yellow Hen.
The Emerald City of Oz (The Land of Oz #6)
by L. Frank BaumIn the Emerald City of Oz, Dorothy, her Aunt Em, and Uncle Henry move from Kansas to Oz.<P><P> Unknown to them the wicked Nome King is plotting to conquer Oz and enslave its people. Dorothy and her friends go on a grand tour of Oz that is packed with excitement and adventure. While they are gone the Nome King sets his elaborate plan to conquer Oz into motion. Will Dorothy and her friends return to the Emerald City in time to prevent the Nome King and his hordes of warriors from conquering Oz? <P>This lavishly illustrated edition has more than one hundred illustrations by John R. Neill.
The Emerald City of Oz (The Land of Oz #6)
by L. Frank BaumDorothy and the Wonderful Wizard take Aunt Em and Uncle Henry on a fabulous tour of Oz. <P><P>During their journey they encounter such amazing and amusing people as King Kleaver with his Spoon Brigade and Miss Cuttenclip of the land of paper dolls. But while Dorothy and her friends play, the wicked Nome King has joined forces with the terrible Whimsies, the fearsome Growleywogs, and the evil Phanfasms in a plot to capture the Emerald City.<P> Will Dorothy's friends discover the danger before it's too late?
The Emerald Embrace
by Jacqueline BriskinWriting under the nom de plume Diane du Pont, New York Times-bestselling author Jacqueline Briskin presents a captivating, novel about a nineteenth-century American woman who embarks on a passionate, exotic journey when she is given an ancient necklace with strange erotic powers Fleeing Washington in 1814 as the British sail up the Potomac and her powerful guardian prepares to make her his wife, Liberty Moore seeks refuge on a ship bound for France, determined to continue the work of her late father, a renowned Egyptologist. On the high seas, she falls passionately in love with an American naval hero named Stephen Delaplane, but a pirate attack alters her destiny. Sold to the most powerful ruler in the East, Liberty must adapt to life as the newest member of her husband's harem. When the pasha gives her a coveted, ancient necklace known as the Emerald Embrace, she begins to experience the passions of a woman who lived centuries ago. Swept into the dangers and temptations of a strange new land, Liberty must unlock a secret that dates from classical antiquity to determine her own future as two very different but equally alluring men vie to possess her for all time.
Emerald Embrace
by Heather GrahamFrom a New York Times–bestselling author, &“readers will thrill&” to this historical novel, a &“sensual and mysterious gothic romance&” set in 1865 Scotland (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Martise St. James came to the Scottish Highlands in search of answers after her friend&’s mysterious death—and to bring home the legendary St. James emerald. But once she encounters the darkly handsome Lord Creegan, she wonders if she dares to share the lonely castle with the alluring widower. Everything about him arouses her suspicions—as well as her every desire. Even as she investigates his secrets, she surrenders to the devastating power of his desire. Soon the question becomes whether she will lose her heart—or her life. Praise for Heather Graham &“A master storyteller!&” —Romantic Times &“[Graham] writes high-quality, addicting romances.&” —Publishers Weekly &“Each page keeps one eager to get to the next.&” —Affaire de Coeur Emerald Embrace was originally written under the pseudonym Shannon Drake
Emerald Fires (The Bloodlines Chronicles #2)
by S. M. ButlerNicola Casimir has a talent for finding trouble, or rather, it finds her. Six months after most of downtown Austin was leveled, her new case with the sexy federal agent assigned as her handler pits her back up against the shadowy forces that almost killed her. There's no hiding the sparks between them as they navigate their evolving relationship. Old adversaries become new allies. New enemies are unimaginally powerful, and both of them will learn that nothing burns as hot as someone who has nothing to lose.
The Emerald Forest
by Robert HoldstockDeep in the sounds, scents and shifting rhythms of the Amazon forest, a family have lost their seven-year-old child, stolen by the mysterious 'Invisible People', the tribe which has never been seen.Through ten years their agonised search for him takes them beyond the world's last great natural frontier into the cruel beauty of the Brazilian jungle.When at last father and son do meet - in a dramatic and terrifying encounter - it is in the emerald forest, a place where the mythical and magical powers of primal existence must clash with the cold-hearted greed of modern man.
Emerald Green (The Ruby Red Trilogy #3)
by Kerstin Gier Anthea BellGwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is. She's only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of the Circle, Count Saint-German, is up to something nefarious, but nobody will believe her. And she's just learned that her charming time-traveling partner, Gideon, has probably been using her all along. Emerald Green is the stunning conclusion to Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red Trilogy, picking up where Sapphire Blue left off, reaching new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate.
The Emerald Key
by Vicky BurkholderBound through time to protect the key to magic, Nic and Cass discover that true power lies in the magic of love. Vicky Burkholder weaves an enticing tale of passion and suspense in The Emerald Key, book one of her exciting new series, Crystal Keys.For centuries, four women have held the keys to Lemuria, a land where magic is real. They and their Protectors are all that stand against The Brotherhood, a group of exiles who want to return to and control both Lemuria and the gateway.Cassandra Richards, Keeper of the emerald key, has grown up knowing about her powers but not about the amulet she wears or why it is suddenly so important. Stalked, kidnapped, and threatened with a horrible death, she must turn to the one man who scares her more than the Brotherhood. They'll just take her body. Nicodemus will take her soul.Nic wants nothing more than to protect Cass, but he can't do that if she won't let him. Nor can he deny the pull she has over him, but he's not sure if he's under a witch's spell, or something deeper. Both Nic and Cass struggle to deal with their powers and their attraction while on the run from a cult with murderous intent.Content Notes: Spicy, Fantasy, Contemporary, Paranormal, Magic
Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy
by Ray Bradbury Jacqueline Carey Cecilia Dart-ThorntonIrish magic comes alive in this collection—“a sheer delight of grand storytelling” —featuring Ray Bradbury, Tanith Lee, Charles de Lint and others (Publishers Weekly).From the great Celtic myths featuring the bard Taliesin, the terrible Morrigan, the heroic Cuchulain, to strange and mysterious tales of today, the storytelling traditions of Ireland hold a strong attraction for many. Emerald Magic brings together some of today’s finest fantasy authors to explore these immortal myths, bringing their own vision to these ancient tales of luck, love, and honor. Edited and with an introduction by bestselling author Father Andrew M. Greeley, Emerald Magic contains fourteen wonderful stories of legend and lore, including:In Ray Bradbury’s “A Woman Is a Fast Moving Picnic”, a group of pub regulars set out to discover the truth behind a local song and answer that age-old question: Just how fast does a person sink in a bog? “The Isle of Women” by Jacqueline Carey tell the tale of a warrior sailing for vengeance who happens upon an island ruled by a woman like no other. And when a woman finds her grandfather’s diary, she unleashes the specter of an old debt in Tanith Lee’s “Speir-Bhan”. These and other fantastic tales capture the stirring drama and unique flavor of Emerald Magic.