Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole is an electrifying tale set in the Immortals After Dark universe. It follows the journey of Cadeon Woede, a ruthless demon mercenary driven to atone for the one wrong that haunts him. He encounters the lovely young halfling, Holly Ashwin, who becomes the key to his redemption. Yet, she proves to be more than just a means to an end, haunting him as much as his past.
A seductive beauty he can never have, yet can’t resist... Cadeon finds himself irresistibly drawn to Holly, who was raised as a human and never knew that some frightening legends are real until she encounters Cadeon, a brutal demon who inexplicably guards her like a treasure.
Thrust into a sensual new world of myth and power, with Cadeon as her protector, Holly begins to crave the demon’s wicked touch. Surrender to dark desires... Yet, just when he earns Holly's trust, will Cadeon be forced to betray the only woman who can sate his wildest needs—and claim his heart?
Welcome to a seductive nighttime world where Dr. Emily Drake's psychotherapy patients are a little unusual. Instead of midlife crises and mother fixations, Emily treats vampires with blood phobias and sex-demons looking for meaningful relationships. But healing these powerful beings requires an important rule: Never trust a shifter. Especially not one like Detective Colin Gyth, whose gold-flecked eyes and predatory air make Emily realize how much she longs to lose control.
A dark and dangerous hunger arises as Colin can't believe the doctor he has to work with on the Night Butcher murder case is the one person who could expose his true identity as a wolf shifter. Smart and sexy, Emily brings out the alpha male in Colin, unleashing a wild desire that takes them both over the edge.
But in the shadows, the Night Butcher waits, eager to spill Emily's blood and taste her terror. And he'll use any means to destroy her, including the one person she has grown to trust.
Beauty's Punishment is the delicious and erotically charged sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, from the author of Beauty's Kingdom. This sequel continues the explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire.
Now Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away from the Satyricon-like world of the Castle. Sold at auction, she will soon experience the tantalizing punishments of "the village," as her education in love, cruelty, dominance, submission, and tenderness is turned over to the brazenly handsome Captain of the Guard.
Once again, Rice's tale of pleasure and pain dares to explore the most primal and well-hidden desires of the human heart.
Imriel de la Courcel's blood parents are history's most reviled traitors, but his adoptive parents, the Comtesse Phèdre and the warrior-priest Joscelin, are Terre d'Ange's greatest champions.
Stolen, tortured, and enslaved as a young boy, Imriel is now a Prince of the Blood, third in line for the throne in a land that revels in art, beauty, and desire. It is a court steeped in deeply laid conspiracies... and there are many who would see the young prince dead. Some despise him out of hatred for his birth mother Melisande, who nearly destroyed the realm in her quest for power. Others because they fear he has inherited his mother's irresistible allure - and her dangerous gifts. And as he comes of age, plagued by dark yearnings, Imriel shares their fears.
At the royal court, where gossip is the chosen poison and assailants wield slander instead of swords, the young prince fights character assassins while struggling with his own innermost conflicts. But when Imriel departs to study at the famed University of Tiberium, the perils he faces turn infinitely more deadly. Searching for wisdom, he finds instead a web of manipulation, where innocent words hide sinister meanings, and your lover of last night may become your hired killer before dawn.
Now a simple act of friendship will leave Imriel trapped in a besieged city where the infamous Melisande is worshiped as a goddess; where a dead man leads an army; and where the prince must face his greatest test: to find his true self.