Darker after Midnight (2012)

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The climactic novel in Lara Adrian’s New York Times bestselling Midnight Breed series--and her hardcover debut--Darker After Midnight invites readers to enter a thrillingly sensual world where danger meets desire.
In the dark of night, a blood war escalates within the hidden world of the Breed. After existing in secret for many long centuries, maintaining a fragile peace with the humans who walk beside them unaware, a single act of retaliation has put the entire vampire nation at risk of discovery. It falls to the Order--a cadre of Breed warriors pledged to protect their own and humankind alike--to stop Dragos, the power-mad vampire at the center of the conflict, before his push for domination can explode into catastrophe.
At the center of the Order’s quest is Sterling Chase, once a morally rigid enforcer of Breed law, now a warrior fallen from grace, whose biggest battle is the one he wages against his own savage nature. With addiction beckoning him toward eternal darkness, Chase’s path to redemption has never seemed more out of reach--until he finds himself drawn to a beautiful young woman who may be something much more than she seems . . .

A Taste of Midnight (2011)

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For fans who have been been waiting to devour Darker After Midnight, as well as new readers tempted by the seductive thrills of her Midnight Breed novels, New York Times bestselling author Lara Adrian offers up a tantalizing appetizer in A Taste of Midnight. In this spellbinding eBook novella of otherworldly desire, a woman whose destiny was born from a blood kiss discovers that second chances do come . . . even for immortals.
A shimmering holiday gala lights up an ancient castle in the Scottish Highlands, but beautiful widowed Breedmate Danika MacConn feels alone in the crowd. Even among the friends and festivity of the Darkhaven celebration, she can’t forget her lost love, a fallen warrior of the Order. Her brief return to her mate’s homeland has become treacherous after rejecting the advances of a dangerous Edinburgh crime boss with a taste for blood sport.
As Danika seeks to expose the vampire and his dark trade, she discovers an unexpected ally in his forbidding, enigmatic henchman, Brannoc, a man who exudes heat, danger, and dark menace--and seems somehow achingly familiar. Bran has his own reasons for wanting to keep Dani out of his employer’s business . . . and his own secrets he means to keep buried. The last thing he needs is to get tangled up with a woman who tempts the wildest part of his Breed nature--especially when that woman is Danika MacConn, the one woman capable of bringing him to his knees.
Contains a preview of the hotly anticipated nightcap of Lara Adrian’s Midnight Breed series, Darker After Midnight!

Deeper than Midnight (2011)

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Delivered from the darkness, a woman finds herself plunged into a passion that is DEEPER THAN MIDNIGHT . . .

At eighteen, Corinne Bishop was a beautiful, spirited young woman living a life of privilege as the adopted daughter of a wealthy family. Her world was changed in an instant when she was stolen away and held prisoner by the malevolent vampire Dragos. After many years of captivity and torment, Corinne is rescued by the Order, a cadre of vampire warriors embroiled in a war against Dragos and his followers. Her innocence taken, Corinne has lost a piece of her heart as well--the one thing that gave her hope during her imprisonment, and the only thing that matters to her now that she is free.
Assigned to safeguard Corinne on her trip home is a formidable golden-eyed Breed male called Hunter. Once Dragos's most deadly assassin, Hunter now works for the Order, and he's hell-bent on making Dragos pay for his manifold sins. Bonded to Corinne by their mutual desire, Hunter will have to decide how far he'll go to end Dragos's reign of evil--even if carrying out his mission means shattering Corinne's tender heart.

Taken by Midnight (2010)

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At the crossroads of death and desire, a woman tastes a pleasure no mortal is meant to survive . . .

In the frozen Alaskan wilderness, former state trooper Jenna Darrow survives an unspeakable breach of body and soul. But with her narrow escape comes an even greater challenge. For strange changes are taking place within her, as she struggles to understand--and control--a new hunger. To do so, she will seek shelter in the Boston compound of the Order, an ancient race of vampire warriors whose very existence is shrouded in mystery. Perhaps the most mysterious of them all is Brock, a brooding, dark-eyed alpha male whose hands hold the power to comfort, heal . . . and arouse.
As she recovers under Brock's care, Jenna finds herself drawn to the Order's mission: to stop a ruthless enemy and its army of assassins from subjecting Earth to a reign of terror. Yet in spite of their resolve, a purely physical relationship without strings soon binds Brock and Jenna together with a desire fiercer than life and stronger than death itself--until a secret from Brock's past and Jenna's own mortality challenges their forbidden love to the ultimate trial by fire.

Shades of Midnight (2009)

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IN A FROZEN WILDERNESS STEEPED IN DARKNESS, THE LINES BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, LOVER AND ENEMY, ARE NEVER BLACK OR WHITE BUT DRAWN IN SHADES OF MIDNIGHT . . .

Something inhuman is stalking the frigid Alaskan wilds, leaving unspeakable carnage in its wake. For bush pilot Alexandra Maguire, the killings stir memories of a horrific event she witnessed as a child and evoke in her the inexplicable sense of otherness she has long felt but never fully understood . . . until a darkly seductive stranger with secrets of his own enters her world.
Sent from Boston on a mission to investigate the savage attacks and stop the slaughter, vampire warrior Kade has his own reasons for returning to the frigid, forbidding place of his birth. Haunted by a secret shame, Kade soon realizes the stunning truth of the threat he faces--a threat that will jeopardize the fragile bond he has formed with the courageous, determined young woman who arouses his deepest passions and most primal hungers. But in bringing Alex into his world of blood and darkness, Kade must confront both his own personal demons and the even greater evil that could destroy all he holds dear. . . .

Ashes of Midnight (2009)

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A WOMAN DRIVEN BY BLOOD. A MAN THIRSTING FOR VENGEANCE. A PLACE WHERE DARKNESS AND DESIRE MEET . . .

As night falls, Claire Roth flees, driven from her home by a fiery threat that seems to come from hell itself. Then, from out of the flames and ash, a vampire warrior emerges. He is Andreas Reichen, her onetime lover, now a stranger consumed by vengeance. Caught in the cross fire, Claire cannot escape his savage fury--or the hunger that plunges her into his world of eternal darkness and unending pleasure.
Nothing will stop Andreas from destroying the vampire responsible for slaughtering his Breed brethren . . . even if he must use his former lover as a pawn in his deadly mission. Blood-bonded to his treacherous adversary, Claire can lead Andreas to the enemy he seeks, but it is a journey fraught with danger--and deep, unbidden desires. For Claire is the one woman Andreas should not crave, and the only one he's ever loved. A dangerous seduction begins--one that blurs the line between predator and prey, and stokes the flames of a white-hot passion that may consume all in its path. . . .

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Una mujer impulsada por la sangre. Un hombre sediento de venganza. Un lugar donde convergen la oscuridad y el deseo…
Cuando cae la noche, Claire Roth huye de su casa, impulsada por una feroz amenaza que parece provenir del mismo infierno. Luego, de entre las llamas y las cenizas, aparece un guerrero vampiro. Él es Andreas Reiche, que antaño fuera su amante, y que ahora es un desconocido consumido por la venganza. Atrapada en un fuego cruzado, Claire no puede escapar de su furia salvaje, ni del hambre que la arrastra a su mundo de eterna oscuridad e infinito placer.
Nada impedirá a Andreas destruir al vampiro responsable de la masacre de su raza… aunque eso signifique utilizar a su ex amante como peón en su mortífera misión. Vinculada por la sangre a su peligroso adversario, Claire puede conducir a Andreas hasta el enemigo que busca, pero es un camino cuajado de peligros… y de profundos e inesperados placeres. Pues Claire es la única mujer que Andreas no debe ansiar, y la única a la que ha amado. Se inicia así una peligrosa seducción que difumina la línea que separa a la presa del depredador, y aviva las llamas de una ardiente pasión que puede consumir todo a su paso…

Veil of Midnight (2009)

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BOUND BY BLOOD, ADDICTED TO DANGER, THEY'LL ENTER THE DARKEST--AND MOST EROTIC--PLACE OF ALL . . .

A warrior trained in bullets and blades, Renata cannot be bested by any man--vampire or mortal. But her most powerful weapon is her extraordinary psychic ability--a gift both rare and deadly. Now a stranger threatens her hard-won independence, a golden-haired vampire who lures her into a realm of darkness . . . and pleasure beyond imagining.
A combat-loving adrenaline junkie, Nikolai dispenses his own justice to enemies of the Breed--and his latest quarry is a ruthless assassin. One woman stands in his way: the seductive, cool-as-ice bodyguard, Renata. But Renata's powers are put to the test when a loved one, a child, is threatened and she's forced to turn to Niko for help. As the two join forces, as desire fans the flames of a deeper hunger, Renata's life is under seige by a man who offers the exquisite pleasure of a blood bond--and a passion that could save or doom them both forever. . . .

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Unidos por la sangre, adictos al peligro, entraran en el lugar más oscuro -y más erótico- que jamás hayan conocido...
Entrenada en el manejo de armas y explosivos, a Renata es muy difícil que la supere cualquier hombre... ya sea mortal o vampiro. Pero su baza más poderosa es su extraordinaria habilidad psíquica -un extraño y mortífero don. Ahora un desconocido amenaza la independencia que tanto le ha costado conseguir, un vampiro de cabellos dorados que la introducirá en un reino lleno de oscuridad... y placeres inimaginables.
Un adicto a la adrenalina y los combates, Nikolai imparte con mano dura su propia justicia a los enemigos de la Estirpe y ahora ha puesto su mira en una mujer de armas tomar, seductora y fría como el hielo. Ella no está dispuesta a someterse pero sus poderes serán puestos a prueba cuando la vida de un niño se ve amenazada y se ve obligada a pedir ayuda a Niko.
Ahora, unidos en una causa común, y mientras el deseo se hace mucho más profundo y ardiente, Renata se verá asediada por un hombre que le ofrece el exquisito placer de un lazo de sangre... y una pasión que puede salvarlos o condenarlos para siempre.

MIdnight Rising (2008)

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IN A WORLD OF SHADOWS AND DARK, CONSUMING HUNGERS, DESIRE IS THE DEADLIEST WEAPON. . . .

Fueled by pain and rage over a shattering betrayal, the warrior Rio has pledged his life to the war against the Rogues. He will let nothing stand in his way--least of all a mortal woman with the power to expose the entire vampire race. But now an ancient evil has been awakened, and a stunning darkness is on the rise.
For journalist Dylan Alexander, it began with the discovery of a hidden tomb. Suddenly she is at the center of a gathering storm of violence and secrets. But nothing is as dangerous as the scarred, lethally seductive man who rises from the shadows to plunge her into his world of dark desire and endless night. Here she is powerless to resist Rio's touch, even as she uncovers a shocking link to her own past. Now Dylan must choose: Leave Rio's midnight realm, or risk it all for the man who has shown her true passion and the infinite pleasures of the heart . . . .

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En un mundo lleno de sombras, oscuridad y hambres insaciables, el deseo es el arma más mortífera...
Para la periodista Dylan Alexander todo comenzó con el descubrimiento de una tumba escondida que la metió de lleno en un tempestuoso mundo lleno de violencia y secretos. Pero nada es tan peligroso como ese hombre marcado y mortalmente seductor, que sale de las sombras para introducirla en su mundo de oscuros deseos e interminables noches.
Alimentado por el dolor y la rabia a causa de una terrible traición, el guerrero Rio ha renunciado a toda esperanza de redención y ha dedicado su vida a la guerra contra los Renegados y no dejará que nada ni nadie se interponga en su camino –y mucho menos una mortal con el poder de exponer a toda la Raza. Pero un mal ancestral acaba de renacer y la oscuridad está al acecho. De pronto, Rio se encuentra anhelando a esa periodista que está más cerca de la verdad de lo que jamás pudo imaginar y Dylan se ve incapaz de resistirse a las caricias del guerrero, incluso cuando se descubre un espantoso vínculo con su pasado.
Ahora ella debe escoger: abandonar el nocturno mundo de Rio... o arriesgarlo todo por el hombre que le ha mostrado lo que es la verdadera pasión y los infinitos placeres del corazón.

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Dans un monde d'ombres et sombre, la faim et le désir est l'arme la plus mortelle...
Pour la journaliste Dylan Alexander, elle a commencé par la découverte d'un tombeau caché, la poussant dans le centre d'une tempête réunissant violence et secrets. Mais rien n'est aussi dangereux que cet être traumatisé, l'homme mortellement séduisant qui se lève des ombres pour l'entraîner dans son monde de désir sombre et la nuit infinie.
Alimenté par la douleur et la colère d'une trahison qui a fait tout voler en éclats, le guerrier Rio a investi sa vie à la guerre contre les Renégats. Il ne laissera rien se mettre en travers de sa voie encore moins une femme mortelle ayant le pouvoir d'exposer la race de vampire entière. Car un mal antique a été éveillé et une obscurité stupéfiante est en progression. Dylan est impuissante à résister au contact du Rio, même quand elle découvre une liaison choquante à son propre passé. Et maintenant elle doit choisir : quittez Rio au monde de la nuit, ou risquez tout pour l'homme qui a montré sa vraie passion et les plaisirs infinis du coeur....

Midnight Awakening (2007)

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HE HAS RESISTED TEMPTATION FOR CENTURIES, A STONE-COLD WARRIOR WHOSE FROZEN HEART REFUSES TO THAW--UNTIL HER . . . .

With a dagger in her hand and vengeance on her mind, Darkhaven beauty Elise Chase prowls Boston's streets in search of retribution against the Rogue vampires who took from her everything she cherished. Using an extraordinary psychic gift, she tracks her prey, well aware that the power she possesses is destroying her. She must learn to harness this gift, and for that she can turn to only one man--the deadliest of the Breed warriors, Tegan.
No stranger to loss, Tegan knows Elise's pain. He knows fury, but when he slays his enemies it is with ice in his veins. He is perfect in his self-control, until Elise seeks his aid in her personal war. An unholy alliance is forged--a bond that will link them by blood and vow--and plunge them into a tempest of danger, desire, and the darkest passions of the heart . . . .

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Solitario, hierático, uno de los mejores guerreros que pertenecen a la Raza. Tegan es diestro en la lucha pero contrario a las leyes del corazón. Un ser que vive enclaustrado y que únicamente despierta de su letargo para clamar justicia e impartir venganza desde que perdió a su pareja hace ahora más de quinientos años.
Elise Chase le busca ahora. Sabe que Tegan es el único que puede ayudarla en su lucha contra los que le arrebataron lo que ella más quería en la vida. Vaga por las calles de Boston armada con una daga, un poder psíquico extraordinario que poco a poco la está consumiendo, y un único pensamiento: venganza.
Cuando Tegan y Elise se unen para arremeter conjuntamente contra aquéllos a quienes tratan de combatir por separado, saben que están arriesgando mucho más que su vida. Existe una ley de supervivencia en la especie que crea vínculos muy fuertes entre un vampiro de la Raza y mujeres que portan la marca y poseen alguna capacidad psiquíca. Tegan y Elise afrontarán su destino, lucharán contra sus enemigos y se verán arrastrados por la más fuerte de las pasiones.

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Il a résisté à la tentation durant des siècles, un guerrier froid comme la pierre dont le cœur de glace refuse de battre...jusqu'à ce qu'elle arrive dans sa vie...
Avec une dague dans sa main et la vengeance dans son esprit, Elise Chase, une beauté de Darkhaven, est en chasse dans les rues de Boston pour châtier les vampires rebelles qui lui ont pris tout ce qui lui était cher. Usant d'un extraordinaire don psychique, elle traque sa proie, consciente que le pouvoir qu'elle possède est en train de la détruire. Elle doit apprendre à exploiter son don, et pour cela elle ne peut se tourner que vers un homme...le plus dangereux des guerriers de la Lignée : Tegan.
Familier avec la perte d'un être cher, Tegan connait la douleur d'Elise. Il connait la colère mais quand il tue ses ennemis, c'est avec sang-froid. Son self-control était parfait, jusqu'à ce qu'Elise viennent lui demander son aide dans sa vendetta personnelle. Une alliance contre nature se forge, un lien qui va les unir par le sang et par un serment... et va les plonger au cœur d'une tempête de dangers, de désirs et des sombres passions de leurs cœurs.

Kiss of Crimson (2007)

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BONDED BY BLOOD AND DARK SECRETS, THEY ENTER A PLACE OF DANGER AND INFINITE PLEASURE . . . .

He comes to her more dead than alive, a towering black-clad stranger riddled with bullets and rapidly losing blood. As she struggles to save him, veterinarian Tess Culver is unaware that the man calling himself Dante is no man at all, but one of the Breed, vampire warriors engaged in a desperate battle. In a single erotically charged moment Tess is plunged into his world--a shifting, shadowed place where bands of Rogue vampires stalk the night, cutting a swath of terror.
Haunted by visions of a dark future, Dante lives and fights like there is no tomorrow. Tess is a complication he does not need--but now, with his brethren under attack, he must shield Tess from a growing threat that includes Dante himself. For with one reckless, irresistible kiss, she has become an inextricable part of his underworld realm . . . and his touch awakens her to hidden gifts, desires, and hungers she never knew she possessed. Bonded by blood, Dante and Tess must work together to thwart deadly enemies, even as they discover a passion that transcends the boundaries of life itself . . . .

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Dante ha sufrido un gravísimo ataque y está al borde de la muerte. Sin tiempo que perder, entra en la primera clínica que encuentra: una clínica veterinaria.
Un altísimo extraño vestido de negro riguroso y acribillado a balazos se desangra en su sala de curas y, pese a hacer lo humanamente posible, Tess no es consciente del peligro que se le viene encima. El hombre que yace en una de sus camillas no es un hombre corriente, es un vampiro de la Raza, un guerrero contratado para una batalla desesperada. En un instante la vida de Tess dará un giro brusco en otra dirección, adentrándola en otro mundo muy diferente al hasta ahora conocido. Un mundo donde acechan los peligros, donde el terror anida en las entrañas más profundas.
Atormentado y acosado por las visiones, la vida de Dante se rige por una sola regla: pelear para seguir luchando mañana. Tess es una complicación que no necesita pero, un error fatal cometido en un duro momento de su existencia, la ha encadenado a él de la manera más visceral. El contacto con la chica le resulta inevitable y genera en ambos una atracción y un deseo difícil de controlar.
Vinculados por la sangre, Dante y Tess deberán enfrentar juntos a los enemigos de la Raza a la par que intentan dominar esa pasión incipiente arraigada en la más ancestral de las maldiciones.

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La Lignée est parmi nous depuis toujours : de puissants guerriers vampires mènent une guerre secrète contre les Renégats pervertis par la Soif sanguinaire.
Il vient vers elle plus mort que vif : un inconnu vêtu de noir, criblé de balles. Tandis qu’elle s’efforce de le sauver, Tess Culver ignore que celui qui se fait appeler Dante n’est pas un homme, mais un vampire.
Hanté par de funestes visions, Dante vit au jour le jour, mais sa rencontre avec Tess va tout changer. De son côté, elle se découvre des dons et des désirs dont elle n’avait pas conscience. Emportés par une passion qui transcende les frontières de leurs mondes, ils doivent s’allier pour vaincre de redoutables ennemis.

 

Kiss of Midnight (2007)

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INSATIABLE DESIRE. ENDLESS SEDUCTION. ONE TOUCH IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

He watches her from across the crowded dance club, a sensual black-haired stranger who stirs Gabrielle's deepest fantasies. But nothing about this night--or this man--is what it seems. For when Gabrielle witnesses a murder outside the club, reality shifts into something dark and deadly. In that shattering instant she is thrust into a realm she never knew existed--a realm where vampires stalk the shadows and a blood war is set to ignite.
Lucan Thorne despises the violence carried out by his lawless brethren. A vampire himself, Lucan is a Breed warrior, sworn to protect his kind--and the unwitting humans existing alongside them--from the mounting threat of the Rogues. Lucan cannot risk binding himself to a mortal woman, but when Gabrielle is targeted by his enemies, he has no choice but to bring her into the dark underworld he commands.
Here, in the arms of the Breed's formidable leader, Gabrielle will confront an extraordinary destiny of danger, seduction, and the darkest pleasures of all . . . .

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El club está atestado y el gentío atrapa a Gabrielle, pero alguien acapara su atención. A lo lejos, un extraño joven de cabellos negros despierta sus fantasías.
Nada, ni la noche ni el hombre, es lo que parece. Cuando Gabrielle presencia un asesinato se da cuenta de que hay algo fuera de lo común en el ambiente, algo oscuro y letal. Desde ese momento se ve empujada a un mundo que nunca pensó que existiera, un mundo donde los vampiros acechan en la penumbra y una guerra que acaba de empezar.

Lucan Thorne aborrece la violencia que llevan a cabo sus hermanos renegados. El propio Lucan es un guerrero que ha jurado proteger a su Raza y junto a ésta, a los humanos que coexisten con ellos. Lucan no puede arriesgarse a atarse a una humana, pero cuando Gabrielle se coloca en el punto de mira de sus enemigos, solo puede hacer una cosa por ella, protegerla.

En el seno de la raza, Gabrielle, encontrará su destino, la pasión y los placeres más oscuros.