On the run, Tess knows that she's vulnerable on her own amongst the Elder Races. So she becomes the human attendant of a powerful Vampyre of the Nightkind. While her position gives her safety, her protector turns out to be more than she bargained for. Xavier is both terrifying and alluring, and Tess can't ignore his innate sense of integrity and self-restraint. She must learn to navigate the dangers of Xavier's world, both to her life and to her heart....

When tragedy strikes, Grace Andreas inherits a host of new responsibilities, none of which she is prepared for.

In the latest novel of the Elder Races, a Queen on the brink of sanity has no one to rely on except the Wyr warrior whose conviction is every bit as strong as his passion.

For Beluviel, consort to the Elven High Lord, and Graydon, gryphon and First Sentinel of the Wyr, even the slightest desire for each other is forbidden. But two hundred years ago, after a desperate play to save Beluviel's stepson left them indebted to the cruel Djinn Malphas, they found their fates inexorably linked together-and the hunger between them growing too strong to ignore ...