Sacred Games

“Touch my throne and lose your hand. Touch her and lose your soul.” • • • • • In the fading kingdom of Arkenholt, King Kaelric sits on a crumbling throne. Thirty-two maidens were prepared by sacred ritual to carry his child and thirty-two have failed to conceive. As Arkenholt withers without the continuation of his bloodline, King Kaelric is scarred from battle and cold with a duty to protect his people while his foes sharpen their swords and spears. Elira, a slave girl with markings on her back and a past she barely remembers becomes pregnant with his heir after a wine-intoxicated night with King Kaelric. As dark shadows stir, King Kaelric finds himself breaking every vow to protect his unborn child and the woman who bears his seed—and heart. But when the pregnancy threatens her life, King Kaelric must choose between the heir fated to restore his kingdom...or the woman who gave him back his soul. • • • • • Cursed Bloodline is the first book in The Bloodline Series-a dark, steamy fantasy romance full of fated mates, sacrifice and twisted magic.

At first, I believed that the worst thing that could happen was my father abandoning me in that store, but I was mistaken. I was kidnapped, sold, and betrayed by the only man I trusted: my father. And I was bought by Lucian Moretti, my childhood love, Luke, who I thought was gone. "Do you remember me, Jules?” His voice was velvet over steel, low, threatening, and hauntingly familiar. Julia hadn't heard Lucian Moretti's name in almost a decade, since the boy next door disappeared without a goodbye, leaving her with only a stolen summer and a thousand unsolved questions.  Now he was no longer the boy I used to know. He was Lucian Moretti, the man who had just taken control of her life.  Julia is lured into the shadows to settle a debt she never owed, and she ends up confined in the home of the city's most feared mafia don.  BCaptivity is just the beginning.  Lucian isn't just after her body; he's seeking the truth that she is unaware she is concealing. This truth has the potential to destroy his empire.  Their reunion is not nice; it is nasty.  His smile is not tender; it is poisonous.  And what games are they playing?  It concludes with one of them kneeling. But in the dark, the line between revenge and passion blurs, and Julia is unsure if she is his prisoner... or his obsession.  Lucian desires more than just retribution; he wants "her." This time, he won't let go.