Captain Pyr Dhakynn Kaddani is one of the People. He is also a pirate and a telepath with extraordinary hearing and strength. None of which prevents his being fatally poisoned with stralisara. Physician and wife of Captain Merkrates of the United Systems ship “Tigris,” Roxanne is also a Kaltiri, a telepath who can heal. On their journey to heal a planet overcome by plague, her ship is attacked and captured by slavers, but in a twist of fate, Pyr’s ship attacks the slaver. On board the slaver he recognizes Roxy for a Kaltiri and claims healing from her—then claims all of her as well. Now begins their true adventure: the hunt for the origin of the plague and the fight to save the worlds.

Vampire Prime Jake Piper and mortal witch Dee McCoy are the least likely members of the Dark Angels paranormal commandos to be ordered to work as partners. She doesn't trust that Jake has truly renounced his former evil ways. He resents dealing with a mortal female as an equal no matter how attracted he is to her.Despite their personal conflicts they've been ordered to work together to save the world from dark magic. But will a growing sexual and psychic need for each other prevent them from carrying out their assignment in time? Will the price of bonding and bliss be the destruction of the universe?Show More Show Less

Four all-new stories of forbidden passion and dark desire. You never forget your first blood...Susan Sizemore returns to the universe of her Laws of the Blood novels with a sizzling story of the relationship between a vampire enforcer and a werewolf. Erin McCarthy's Sasha Checkikov flees the bright lights and dangerous slayers of Vegas for New Orleans, where she is saved by a vampire haunted by his past—and hungry for passion. Set in the Vampire Babylon world, Chris Marie Green's story puts the bond between twin female vampires to the test when one of them falls for her prey. Meljean Brook's vampire Annie Gallagher needs help to save a young human girl, but she doesn't expect the help to come from the FBI agent she loved—and had to give up— when she was transformed.

The New York Times bestselling author lays down the laws.As a rebellion brews among the vampires of Vegas, the dissidents target three visiting Enforcers of the Nighthawk line. And only their mortal companion can save their immortal souls.

Futuristic Romance short story set in the Vampire Primes universe.