Moon Sworn (2010)

English

Some nights never end. Some desires never die. . . .She ventures where no one else dares—into realms of peril and pleasure. But will this next journey be her last?

Shape-shifting werewolf and vampire Riley Jenson is through with death–causing it, solving it, surviving it. Her soul mate, Kye Murphy, is dead–and at Riley’s own hands. Not even the seductive embrace of her vampire lover, Quinn, can fully ease her mind, for she has begun questioning everything that makes her Riley–including her job at the Directorate.
Now, the ritualistically slain bodies of ex-cons have started turning up. Reluctantly, Riley takes the case, but something even worse is waiting in the wings. For a vicious enemy from her past is determined to strip Riley of everything that gives her life any meaning: her lover, her brother–and even her own identity. Can Riley survive this ultimate assault? All she knows is, she must fight one last time to find answers, before everything goes dark forever…

Bound to Shadows (2009)

English

Part vampire, part werewolf, Riley Jenson knows what can happen when vamps don’t play well with others. But she’s never seen anything like this: a series of brutal murders surrounding the latest hot spot for vampire-human hookups—and the victims aren’t just killed, they’re beheaded. Now Riley is launching into action, toying with a seductive—and highly suspicious—club owner, and finding herself in the middle of another mystery: women being killed one by one, without a trace of violence.
For Riley, solving multiple cases—in a world going mad with human and vampire passions—would have been tough enough. Instead she has two jealous lovers on her hands: Kye Murphy, the amber-eyed werewolf who makes Riley’s wolf blood howl—and Quinn, the cool, elegant vamp who has over a thousand years’ experience at fulfilling women’s desires. While she’s busy juggling these two sexy beasts, Riley’s detective work takes a stunningly violent turn. Finding a murderer is now a matter of life and death. Especially since the killer has long since found her . . .
 

Deadly Desire (2009)

English

Guardian Riley Jenson always seems to face the worst villains. And this time’s no different. For it’s no ordinary sorceress who can raise the dead to do her killing. But that’s exactly what Riley expects to find at the end of a trail of female corpses used—and discarded—in a bizarre ritual of evil. With pressure mounting to catch one fiend, another series of brutal slayings shocks the vampire world of her lover, Quinn. So the last thing Riley needs is the heat of the upcoming full moon bringing her werewolf hormones to a boil—or the reappearance of a sexy bounty hunter, the rogue wolf Kye Murphy.
Riley has threatened Murphy with arrest if he doesn’t back off the investigation, but it’s Riley who feels handcuffed by Kye’s lupine charm. Torn between her vamp and wolf natures, between her love for Quinn and her hots for Kye, Riley knows she’s courting danger and indulging the deadliest desires. For her hunt through the supernatural underworld will bring her face-to-face with what lurks in a darkness where even monsters fear to tread.

Italiano

Riley Jenson, giovane guardiano del Dipartimento Razze Diverse di Melbourne, è sempre alle prese con gli assassini più spietati. Ancora una volta una scia di sangue sta sconvolgendo la città: diverse donne sono morte, vittime di un rituale inspiegabile e misterioso, e la stessa sorte è toccata ad altrettanti vampiri, uccisi in maniera cruenta ed efferata. Due serie di crimini che non sembrano in relazione fra loro, ma che forse sono opera della stessa mano omicida… La coraggiosa Riley procede con le indagini, aggiungendo un tassello alla volta al complicato mosaico, ma nel frattempo la luna piena comincia ad avvolgere la città con la sua luce magica e sensuale, impedendole di tenere a freno i suoi istinti. Soprattutto se un uomo sexy e pericoloso, il cacciatore di taglie Kye Murphy, riappare improvvisamente nella vita di Riley…

The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance (2008)

English

Paranormal romance is a supernatural force to be reckoned with. Although packed with a menagerie of werewolves, shapeshifters and assorted demons, its undisputed king is none other than our favourite centuries-old bloodsucker – the vampire. We’re now living in a post-Buffy world of dark urban fantasy a la Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake, Sherrilyn Kenyon’s irresistible Dark Hunters and the blood-lusting soul mates of Christine Feehan. But it doesn’t stop there. This Mammoth collection opens a vein to reveal the mind-boggling scope of the supercharged phenomenon created when vampires met romance. Let the biggest and brightest names in the paranormal romance business take you hot on the haemoglobin trail of the sexiest creatures of the night. Witness the bewildering array of complex vampire codes of conduct, dark ritual and dating practices, as they chat up the locals and engage in the most erotic encounters you will sink your teeth into this side of un-Death. These ain’t your mother’s vampires!

Hotter than Hell (2008)

English

Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form both titillating and terrifying—and love has teeth and claws. Get ready to give in to your craving for something exquisitely dark . . . and different.
Hotter Than Hell gathers together a baker's dozen of today's boldest and best authors of supernatural fiction and paranormal romance in a breathtaking anthology that blends black magic with red-hot desire. From the tantalizing tale of a conflicted psychic vampire driven by a powerful, savage love to the strange saga of a Greek warrior woman battling to save the world, these are stories outside the limits, as hypnotic as the full moon . . . and hotter than the sun.

The Darkest Kiss (2008)

English

Riley Jenson hunts evildoers—and does it with a style all her own. With vamp blood coursing her through her veins, and a werewolf’s uncanny instinct for danger, Riley wears snakeskin stilettos and pure, in-your-face attitude when she plunges into her latest case: hunting down a killer whose victims are high-society strumpets—and the rich and powerful men they’ve dated.
But for Riley, the case takes a chilling turn when a second killer starts trailing mutilated bodies of his own: a crazed young vamp choosing victims from a past marked by tragedy. Riley knows she’s got the skill and cunning to catch two serial killers at once…until one of them strikes inside her own tight-knit clan—and a sexy beast of a vampire reenters her life to aid in the hunt. His name is Quinn. He’s lived forever, shed blood, and shared pleasure…and he’s the only man over whom Riley has absolutely no control….

Italiano

Riley Jenson è una donna molto sexy e molto determinata. Nelle sue vene scorre sangue di vampiro e l'istinto di un lupo mannaro la salva dalle insidie e dai guai. Ha preso a cuore il suo lavoro al Dipartimento Razze Diverse, e nulla può distoglierla dal suo obiettivo di sconfiggere i malvagi. Riley non ha paura di dire la sua, né di confrontarsi con il pericolo. Neppure stavolta, quando il suo compito è scovare un killer che infierisce sulle prostitute e si aggira nel patinato mondo dei VIP. Ma quando nell'indagine entra anche Quinn, la sua vecchia fiamma, le cose si complicano: insieme hanno vissuto momenti di bruciante passione e lui è l'unico uomo su cui Riley non ha assolutamente nessun controllo...

Niente è più pericoloso del desiderio.

Embraced by Darkness (2007)

English

Part vamp, part werewolf, Riley Jenson plays by her own rules, whether it’s her stormy love life or her job as a guardian. But when her family’s alpha male demands that she solve the mystery of a vanished girl, Riley can feel a trap closing in around her. Because the job comes with a catch: if Riley fails, her own mother will die.
Now the stakes are raised, the hunt is on…and when more women vanish, Riley is caught between a lover who demands that she give up her work, a serial killer who knows no boundaries, and a club where humans and supernaturals mix—at their own peril. Thrust into a realm of seduction and violence unlike any she could have imagined, Riley has to battle to save everything she holds dear. But the ultimate hunt has only just begun….

Italiano

Metà vampiro e metà lupo mannaro, Riley Jenson è sempre stata una donna decisa e determinata, sia in amore sia nel suo lavoro come Guardiana per il Dipartimento Razze Diverse di Melbourne. Ma stavolta deve affrontare un caso molto personale: sua cugina Adrienne è scomparsa nel nulla, e come lei altre tre ragazze, tutte appena rientrate da una vacanza a Monitor Island. L’unico indizio è un identikit dell’uomo che è stato visto per l’ultima volta con Adrienne, ma che nessuno sembra riconoscere. Nei club notturni dove umani e non umani si uniscono in una danza lasciva di orrore e seduzione, Riley cercherà le tracce dell’assassino, ma si ritroverà ad affrontare rischi ben più grandi di quelli che immaginava…

Dangerous Games (2007)

English

In Melbourne’s urban underworld, there’s a nightclub for every fantasy and desire. But for Riley Jenson, one such club has become an obsession. Riley, a rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, hasn’t come in pursuit of pleasure but of an unknown killer who’s been using the steamy nightspot as his hunting grounds.
Leave it to Riley to find the only ticket into the heavily guarded club: Jin, a deliciously hot-bodied bartender who might just provide the key to unmasking a killer unlike any other in the Directorate’s experience. Taunted by a former colleague turned rogue, distracted by an ex-lover’s attentions, Riley follows Jin into a realm of pleasure she could never have imagined. And as danger and passion ignite, a shocking mystery begins to unravel—one where Riley herself becomes the ultimate object of desire….

Italiano

I bassifondi di Melbourne pullulano di nightclub in grado di soddisfare ogni tipo di desiderio. Ma la Guardiana Riley Jenson non è qui per cercare il piacere: è sulle tracce di un killer che proprio in questi locali a luci rosse viene a cercare le sue prede. Riley, metà vampiro e metà lupo mannaro, è sempre stata una donna forte e coraggiosa. Stavolta però entrare in un covo così protetto non sarà per niente facile. C’è solo una persona che può aprirle le porte dell’inferno: Jin, un attraente barista dal corpo statuario. Lui, così giovane, sembra conoscere quegli ambienti meglio di chiunque altro ed è l’unico che può aiutarla a smascherare il killer. Ma Riley dovrà seguirlo nei meandri di quel mondo di lussuria e desiderio. Un mondo che le riserverà non poche sorprese e in cui lei sarà l’oggetto di una bruciante, pericolosissima passione…

Tempting Evil (2007)

English

In a world of sorcery and seduction, the nights bring out the beautiful, the damned, and the desired. Here, Riley Jenson is on her own–half werewolf, half vampire, working for an organization created to police the supernatural races. Trusting her superiors and lovers barely more than she trusts her worst enemies, Riley plays by her own set of rules. Her latest mission: to enter the heavily guarded pleasure palace of a criminal named Deshon Starr–a madman-scientist who’s been messing around in the gene pool for decades.
With two sexy men–a cool, seductive vampire and an irresistibly hot wolf–vying for her attention, Riley must keep focused. Because saving the world from Deshon Starr will mean saving herself–from the trap that’s closing in around her. . . .

Italiano

L’azione, il sesso e il pericolo non finiscono mai per Riley Jenson, l’unica eroina affascinante come un vampiro e indomita come un lupo mannaro.Riley Jenson è sopravvissuta agli attacchi di lupi mannari impazziti, alle sperimentazioni di scienziati perversi e ai pericoli di un complotto oscuro in cui sembrano invischiati tutti gli uomini che hanno contato qualcosa nella sua vita. Una donna come lei, che ha nelle vene sangue misto di vampiri e lupi mannari, non teme nulla, se non la terribile smania che si impossessa del suo corpo nelle notti di luna piena… Finalmente Riley ha scoperto chi c’è dietro gli esperimenti genetici che hanno creato razze orribili e deformi, per quanto potenti. Dopo tante lotte, il male ha finalmente un volto e un nome. Ma per infiltrarsi tra le sue schiere, Riley dovrà essere pronta a infilarsi nel letto dei suoi peggiori nemici…

Kissing Sin (2007)

English

From Melbourne’s gleaming skyscrapers to its throbbing nightclubs, Riley Jenson’s world is raging with danger and desire. A drop-dead-gorgeous werewolf–with a touch of vamp coursing in her blood–Riley works for an organization created to police the supernatural races. But when she wakes up naked and bruised in a barren alley, she knows only that she must run for her life.
Within moments Riley collides with the sexiest man she’s ever seen: steely, seductive Kade, who is fighting a life-and-death battle of his own. With old lovers and enemies gathering around her, Riley knows she is being pursued by a new kind of criminal. Because in Riley’s blood is a secret that could create the ultimate warrior–if only she can survive her own dangerous desires….

Italiano

La vita di Riley Jenson, nata dall’unione tra un vampiro e una femmina di lupo mannaro, è molto complicata. E piena di pericoli. Qualcuno sta effettuando delle sperimentazioni genetiche su di lei. Misteriosi cloni le danno la caccia, creature nate da esperimenti di laboratorio cercano di eliminarla, il suo fratello gemello finisce sempre nei guai, e in più il richiamo della luna la attrae con tutta la sua forza, la brucia, la spinge a soddisfare i suoi istinti… Come se non bastasse, Riley ha la tendenza a innamorarsi sempre della persona sbagliata: prima dello sfuggente Quinn, poi di un inaffidabile mutante, mezzo uomo e mezzo cavallo. Un mistero sempre più fitto, loschi progetti militari, un complotto che mira a modificare il corpo e la natura delle razze non umane: Riley Jenson deve tornare in azione. La luna piena pretende il suo tributo.

Full Moon Rising (2006)

English

A rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, Riley Jenson and her twin brother, Rhoan, work for Melbourne’s Directorate of Other Races, an organization created to police the supernatural races–and protect humans from their depredations. While Rhoan is an exalted guardian, a.k.a. assassin, Riley is merely an office worker–until her brother goes missing on one of his missions. The timing couldn’t be worse. More werewolf than vampire, Riley is vulnerable to the moon heat, the weeklong period before the full moon, when her need to mate becomes all-consuming.
Luckily Riley has two willing partners to satisfy her every need. But she will have to control her urges if she’s going to find her brother….Easier said than done as the city pulses with frenzied desire, and Riley is confronted with a very powerful–and delectably naked–vamp who raises her temperature like never before.
In matters carnal, Riley has met her match. But in matters criminal, she must follow her instincts not only to find her brother but to stop an unholy harvest. For someone is doing some shifty cloning in an attempt to produce the ultimate warrior–by tapping into the genome of nonhumans like Rhoan. Now Riley knows just how dangerous the world is for her kind–and just how much it needs her.

Italiano

Riley, così come il gemello Rhoan, è un rarissimo caso di ibrido vampiro/lupo mannaro, figlia di una mannara posseduta da un vampiro appena “risorto” e con qualche “residuo procreativo” ancora in corpo (passatemela così). Poichè la razza vampira, di regola, è completamente sterile, i due fratelli sono un caso scientificamente anomalo (e in possesso di molti poteri).
Riley e Rhoan fanno parte di un organismo che controlla gli esseri soprannaturali e che ha compiti di vigilanza e - per gravi reati contro gli umani - anche di punizione. La loro sede lavorativa è a Melbourne, Australia. Inizialmente Riley è una tranquilla amministrativa, una coordinatrice, mentre il fratello è un operativo (un Guardiano). Ma quando Rhoan sparisce, la ragazza decide di entrare in azione e scoprire cosa sia successo a lui e ad altri agenti misteriosamente scomparsi. E mentre la parte crime fa il suo movimentato corso - portando Riley vicina al mondo della ricerca genetica -, molti aspetti della sua vita vengono progressivamente alla luce. Tra questi, ad esempio, la grande libertà sessuale, tipica dei licantropi (con due dei quali ha storie hot senza impegno). Poi un giorno “incontra” - in modo decisamente particolare (Eric Northman docet) - Quinn, un antico vampiro che, a causa di un doloroso tradimento, non vuole legarsi ai mannari in modo “significativo”. Sfortuna vuole, però, che arrivi proprio qualche giorno prima della luna piena, il periodo di maggior desiderio sessuale dei lupi mannari…

Kiss the Night Goodbye (2004)

English

Sometimes the past not only haunts, but destroys…
One hundred years ago, Michael Kelly hunted down and killed the sorcerer responsible for murdering his lover. Now the brother of that man is out for revenge, and he intends to destroy all that Michael holds dear in the process.
Nikki James wants nothing more than to pass the Circle’s strict entry exams so she can get on with the business of planning her wedding to Michael. But when one of the testers attempts to kill her, she realises buying a wedding dress is the least of her worries.
Especially when Michael is shot and kidnapped.
The trail leads her to the ghost town where Michael had once killed a madman. She’s not surprised to discover that Weylin Dunleavy, the brother of that long ago murderer, has set in place events that will mirror the past in order to raise his brother’s spirit from hell. Nor is she truly surprised to discover that a barrier of magic surrounds the old town, leaving her to battle Weylin with only her wits, strength and the one psychic gift she cannot fully control.
The one thing that does surprise, the one thing she cannot accept, is the fact that Michael no longer remembers who she is…

Chasing the Shadows (2002)

English

Four wealthy women kidnapped.
Three ransoms demanded and paid.
Two bodies returned, mutilated and drained of blood.
One man determined to avenge the wrongs of his past.

Nikki James is in San Francisco at the request of her partner and best friend, Jake. The wife of an old friend is missing, and Jake intends to find her–whatever the cost. While the authorities believe the kidnapping’s to be the work of a sick mind, Nikki knows it is something much worse. Vampires. Six of them. And they who she is, and why she’s there.
Michael Kelly has just returned from a vampire hunting expedition in his homeland, wants to spend some much-needed relaxation time with Nikki. But when he discovers she’s gone to San Francisco to pursue the vampire gang currently terrorising the city, he has no choice but to follow. Not only to keep her safe from the gang, but because he fears the psychic talents she’s beginning to develop. Abilities she should not have and cannot control.
The chase takes them through the sewers and tunnels of San Francisco. As the body count begins to rise, so too does the danger. Michael isn’t the only one aware of Nikki’s new abilities, and she becomes a target. But Nikki has no intention of obeying Michael’s demands that she leave. She’s tired of playing it safe, and wants him to realise it’s all or nothing. She’s either a full partner in his life, or she’s out.
But nothing prepares her for the price she has to pay for her stubbornness–the life of someone she loves.

Hearts in Darkness (2001)

English

Life has never been so insane for Nikki James. There’s another teenager missing. She has another vampire to contend with. Her partner and best friend Jake is in the hospital dying. And a madman is kidnapping the wealthy.
Just when it seems nothing else could possibly go wrong, Michael returns—but not for her. This time, however, Nikki has no intention of running from either the case or from what still lies between her and Michael. And she isn’t going to let him run, either.
The last thing Michael Kelly needs is a confrontation with Nikki—especially when his control over his bloodlust is still so tenuous. But when a kidnapper steps up his agenda to murder, he’s forced into a partnership with Nikki to keep her safe. Soon Michael discovers the biggest danger he faces may not be from his need to “taste” her, but from his desire to make her a permanent part of his life—a life that is sure to get her killed.
Nikki is determined to make Michael see that life apart is worse than death. But before she can make him see the light, a specter from Michael’s past rises that could destroy any hope she has of a future with him. Because this time the threat isn’t physical. It’s a matter of the heart.

Dancing with the Devil (2001)

English

Private Investigator Nikki James grew up on the tough streets of Lyndhurst and believes there’s nothing left to surprise her. All that changes the night she follows teenager Monica Trevgard into the shadows-and becomes a pawn caught in a war between two very different men. One fills her mind with his madness, the other pushes his way into her life-and her heart. Nikki knows how dangerous love can be, but if she wants to survive, she must place her trust in a man who could easily destroy her.
Michael Kelly has come to Lyndhurst determined to end the war between himself and another brother of the night. For 300 years he has existed in life’s shadows, gradually learning to control the life from death cravings of a vampire. Nikki not only breaches his formidable barriers with her psychic abilities, but makes Michael believe he may finally have found a woman strong enough to walk by his side and ease the loneliness in his heart. But will his love be enough to protect her from a madman hell-bent on revenge? Or will it drive her into his enemy’s deadly trap?
Only together can they overcome the evil threatening to destroy them both. But the secrets they keep from each other might prove to be the greatest threat of all.