*When the darkness of despair casts shadows on life, the spark of hope flickers, just waiting to burst into flame once more.*

Zann Blackseed is the huntsman for the king of Evandorm in the land of Mura. Zann has the power to shapeshift into a white wolf, and does so to help in the hunt. But when the king decides to send Zann to hunt in the forests of Glint, things take a nasty turn. Glint is one of the magical realms on the other side of the mountain. While in his shapeshifting form of a wolf, Zann is struck by an arrow and wounded. Little does he ever expect to see that a beautiful wench shot him, and that she happens to be the elven queen of this magical land.

Lord Hugh de Bar has been taken prisoner by Baron Roland Chaserton, and also cursed by the evil witch, Hecuba. In the dungeons of Tavistock, Hugh’s curse is revealed that he will be man by day and shapeshift into a wolf at night. After managing to escape, he and his brother go back to Castle Babeny where he resides as lord. Hugh vows to kill his captor if it is the last thing he ever does. While in the woods, he sees a woman in a red cloak armed with a crossbow killing wolves. He needs to stop her. He captures the woman only to discover she is the granddaughter of his enemy, Lord Chaserton. With her as his captive, he finally has the bait needed to lure his enemy out into the open and extract his revenge.

Sir Arnon de Bar has just been released from a curse by the old witch Hecuba. The problem is, some side effects still linger. He sees a beautiful but mysterious woman at the swamp one night, and he catches her kissing a frog before she vanishes into thin air. The baron of Slapton is holding a competition with the winner being rewarded his daughter's hand in marriage. To his surprise when he approaches the castle, he discovers the baron's daughter is also the girl he saw in the swamp.

Sir Stefan de Bar is cursed by the old witch, Hecuba, and his curse may just be worse than any of the curses bestowed upon his siblings. After an ambush and seizing Breckenridge Castle, he is left bruised and bloodied and with damage to his face. Hecuba curses him, telling him he is naught but a beast, and when his anger arises, the beast inside him shall start to emerge. If he doesn't find someone to love him for who he is before the last petal falls, he will stay a beast forever.

At the wedding of his brother, Sir Kin de Bar tries to save the book of alchemy from the old witch, Hecuba, but it crumbles in his hands. He is then cursed with the touch of gold, and only can stop it from happening by wearing the golden gauntlets. When he secures the position of escort to a beautiful woman, he realizes that he is not the only one keeping secrets. He finds himself attracted to her, and instead of exposing who she really is, he decides to help her.

Rapunzel de Bar has been kidnapped by the old witch Hecuba, and imprisoned in a tower with no doors and only one window. Tired of waiting for her brothers to rescue her, Rapunzel decides to escape on her own. Since she's been cursed, her hair keeps growing longer and longer. She hangs from her braid out the window, and with her eyes closed, cuts her hair, dropping to the ground.

The de Bar siblings continue to be cursed by the old witch, Hecuba, as Cinderella's memories of her past are stripped away. Living with an evil stepmother and two mean stepsisters, Ella can't remember who she is, and neither can she remember her true family, or even Sir William, the man she loves.

MacKay de Bar is the only one of the siblings yet to be cursed by the evil witch, Hecuba. In an attempt to stop her, he breaks her magic mirror. When a shard gets embedded into his chest, strange things begin to happen and he realizes he, too, has been cursed after all. Hecuba banishes him to an island with a wicked queen. In this frozen land, MacKay's curse makes all that is good look evil, and all that is evil look good.

Meet the MacLauchlan Berserkers...Roderick – (Highland Secret)He’s death for hire, cursed by a malicious enemy who left him unable to speak. She’s a refugee with a dangerous secret that could cost her life. Outnumbered by thousands, he’s fated to die in battle like so many Berserkers before him. Could the strength of their love defy destiny?

Included are nine stories of men who battle the beast within, and the woman who are strong enough to tame them.

His heart was made of ice...Born a nameless bastard into the Berserker horde, Finn is the measure of strength, ferocity, and brutality at the Temple of Freya. Sent to the Highlands bent on revenge and murder, he stumbles on an infant deserted in the snow. What he chooses next may seal his fate.