A duke who needs to be tamed...a lady who refuses to be rescued.

No one expected anything of Adam Chamberlin, the third son of a duke, known for gambling and drinking. And then tragedy strikes. Now Adam is the new Duke of Rothford, determined to right his mistakes. Except a secret in his past means helping the one woman who doesn't want his help at all...

The Legend... Long ago there lived a group of women known as the Daughters of the Earth, revered for their wisdom and knowledge, skilled in healing and white magic. But as time passed, they came to be known by a far more sinister term . . . witches.

Ariane Cheney, the Lady of Faire Isle is famed for her mystical skills and keeping her island secure from danger. A difficult task during a time of strife when Catherine de Medici is known and feared by other Daughters of the Earth as the Dark Queen. One night a wounded stranger arrives on Faire Isle and whispers to Ariane a secret that the Dark Queen would kill to possess.

The vampire’s missing lover…

Ever since he escaped captivity on The Anemone, a government research vessel where they kept vampires for use in training vampire-killers, Reaper has been searching for Briar, his bristly, hard-shelled, beloved mate. His closest friend Seth’s love Topaz, and close friends Jack and Topaz are also missing. In a time when both human vigilantes and government forces hunt the undead, it’s a dangerous time to be unaccounted for.