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Deadly Descendant

An ancient evil is unleashed in the modern world— unless one fearless P.I. can hunt it down. . . . Nikki Glass, Immortal Huntress, returns in this new novel in the acclaimed series by Jenna Black.

As a living descendant of Artemis the Huntress, private investigator Nikki Glass knows how to track someone down. But when an Oracle shows up, warning the Descendants about wild dog attacks in Washington, D.C., Nikki is afraid it might be a trap. The Olympians believe the “dogs” are really jackals, controlled by a blood-crazed descendant of the Egyptian death-god Anubis. Whatever. . . . If Nikki hopes to muzzle Dogboy, she’s got to catch him in the act. But when she stakes out a local cemetery, she ends up face-to-snout with a snarling pack of shadow-jackals whose bite is worse than their bark. These hellhounds are deadly—even for an immortal like Nikki. “Dog” spelled backward may be “god,” but that won’t stop Nikki from teaching these old gods some new tricks. Like playing dead.


Sirensong

When Dana is invited to Faerie to be officially presented at the Seelie Court, it’s no easy decision. After all, everyone knows Titania, the Seelie Queen, wants her dead. But Titania claims not to be the one behind the death threats; and her son, Prince Henry, makes the decision a whole lot easier when he suggests Dana might be arrested for (supposedly) conspiring with her aunt Grace to usurp the Seelie throne. So she and her father better do as they're told…

The journey through Faerie is long – and treacherous. Dana thought it would be a good idea to have friends along, but her sort-of-boyfriend, Ethan, and her bodyguard’s son, Keane, just can’t seem to get along, and Kimber’s crush on Keane isn’t making things any easier. When a violent attack separates Dana from their caravan, the sexy Erlking saves her just in the nick of time… and makes it clear that he hasn’t given up on making her his own.

Arriving at Titania’s beautiful palace should be a relief. But Dana is soon implicated in an assassination attempt against Titania’s granddaughter, and is suddenly a fugitive, forced to leave her father behind as she and her friends flee for their lives. Will she be able to prove her innocence before the forces of the Seelie Court – or, worse, the Erlking – catch up with her? And will she save her father before he pays the ultimate price in her stead?

Reviewer: ReaderGirl
Review: Jul 12, 2011
Genre(s): YA / Teen, Paranormal / Supernatural, Fae / Elves
Dana has been "requested" to visit the Seelie Queen, who is known to want her dead. Dana and her father don't want her to go, but know they can't refuse the invitation. Dana will make the trip with Ethan, her on-again, off-again boyfriend, her trainer Keane and her friend Kimber. What can go wrong when you're surrounded by the prince's knights? So who is to blame when unexpected dangers start to befall the tr

Dark Descendant

From the acclaimed author of the Morgan Kingsley, Exorcist books comes the gripping first novel in a new series about a private eye who discovers, to her surprise, that she’s an immortal huntress.

Nikki Glass can track down any man. But when her latest client turns out to be a true descendant of Hades, Nikki now discovers she can’t die. . . . Crazy as it sounds, Nikki’s manhunting skills are literally god-given. She’s a living, breathing descendant of Artemis who has stepped right into a trap set by the children of the gods. Nikki’s new “friends” include a descendant of Eros, who uses sex as a weapon; a descendant of Loki, whose tricks are no laughing matter; and a half-mad descendant of Kali who thinks she’s a spy. But most powerful of all are the Olympians, a rival clan of immortals seeking to destroy all Descendants who refuse to bow down to them. In the eternal battle of good god/bad god, Nikki would make a divine weapon. But if they think she’ll surrender without a fight, the gods must be crazy. . . .

Reviewer: Missyb0103
Review: Jun 14, 2011
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy
I am a huge Jenna Black fan, her Morgan Kingsley series is one of my top favorites! When I heard she was doing a new series I was very skeptical that it would be as good the Morgan series. I was wrong. After reading Dark Descendant I was hooked from the first sentence, till the last page. I could not put it down. Dark Descendant starts a new series featuring Nikki Glass a private eye who on an assignment fin

Shadowspell

On top of spending most of her time in a bunker-like safe house and having her dates hijacked by a formidable Fae bodyguard, Faeriewalker Dana Hathaway is in for some more bad news: the devastatingly handsome Erlking and his followers known as the Wild Hunt have descended upon Avalon. With his homicidal appetite, immortal powers, and striking good looks the Erlking has been long been the nightmare of Faerie, the Fae realm. A fragile treaty, sealed with a mysterious spell, is the only thing that keeps him from hunting unchecked in Avalon, the only place on Earth where humans and Fae live together. He can only hunt there with a Faerie Queen's permission. Which means Dana's in trouble, since it's common knowledge that the Faerie Queens want her, and her rare Faeriewalker powers, dead. The smouldering and sexy Erlking's got his sights set on Dana, but does he seek to kill her, or is there something else he has in mind?

Reviewer: ReaderGirl
Review: Dec 23, 2010
Genre(s): YA / Teen, Paranormal / Supernatural
Dana Hathaway is having adventures in Avalon that she never dreamed or wished for. Dana is spending most of her time in a secret bunker put there by her father. As if being a Faeriewalker couldn't be bad enough, she even has to sneak out to her best friend's birthday party, just to be pulled out by one steamed Fae bodyguard. On top of it all, the mysterious Erlking and the Wild Hunt come roaring into Avalon.

Glimmerglass
Dana Hathaway doesn't know it yet, but she's in big trouble. When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, again, Dana decides she’s had enough and runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the captivating, magical world of Faerie intersect. But from the moment Dana sets foot in Avalon, everything goes wrong, for it turns out she isn't just an ordinary teenage girl—she's a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds, and the only person who can bring magic into the human world and technology into Faerie.  

Soon, Dana finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat game of Fae politics. Someone's trying to kill her, and everyone seems to want something from her, from her newfound friends and family to Ethan, the hot Fae guy Dana figures she’ll never have a chance with… until she does.  Caught between two worlds, Dana isn’t sure where she’ll ever fit in and who can be trusted, not to mention if her world will ever be normal again… 

Reviewer: ReaderGirl
Review: Jul 16, 2010
Genre(s): YA / Teen
Dana Hathaway lives in the human world with her alcoholic mother. After her mom shows up at her recital drunk, Dana runs away to live with her Faerie father in Avalon, a magical place where the human world and Faerie world connect. Dana is taken by her aunt and locked up, because Dana is central to Fae politics. After being rescued, Dana stays with Kimbler, one of her rescuers. Dana discovers that she is a Fa

The Devil's Playground
Morgan Kingsley, a kick-ass exorcist, can deal with Lugh, the super-sexy demon living inside her, but does he have to moan softly during her intimate moments with her mortal lover? Understandably, Brian is reluctant to share the pleasures of Morgan's flesh with a gorgeous rogue from the Demon Realm.
 
But personal matters will have to wait when the opportunistic owner of The Seven Deadlies demon club in Philadelphia enlists Morgan's help in heading off a crisis: It seems that demons have started showing up at the hot spot in alarming numbers and in the unwilling bodies of rough trade club-goers. Morgan is sure that Dougal, Lugh's sworn enemy, is behind this, but why? To find out Morgan must summon every ounce of power at her command—or risk becoming just another casualty in an all-out demon war.
Reviewer: Vicci
Review: May 21, 2010
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy
“The Devil's Playground”, is a worthy edition to the Morgan Kingsley series, by Ms. Jenna Black; filled with twisted plots and a fist full of chaos. The Devil's Playground”, the 5th installment of the Morgan Kingsley Exorcist series, picks up after the events of the "Speak of the Devil". Morgan has been suspended from her exorcism duties and is facing a law suit. The book success

Speak of the Devil

For a kick-ass exorcist, it’s all about staying alive . . .

Morgan Kingsley, America’s most successful exorcist, is paying the price for an exorcism gone wrong. The victim’s family is suing the daylights out of her, the Exorcism Board has suspended her, and now she’s living on a diet of ramen noodles and bad coffee. But Morgan has a few good men at her side. One is her current boyfriend, nice-guy legal-eagle Brian, who’s starting to reveal his inner bad boy. The other is Philly cop Adam White, who’s trying to help Morgan find out who sent her a little present—a severed human hand—and why someone seems determined to destroy her.

As her stalker turns more violent, leaving dead bodies in his wake, Morgan turns to the dark side of her life: a group of demons seeped in secrets, sinful eroticism, and otherworldly family feuds, including one sexy beast who shares Morgan’s body—and some X-rated fantasies. Soon Morgan must choose between her friends, her enemies, and her libido: to escape a mad demon determined to destroy her completely.

Reviewer: Rachael
Review: Sep 6, 2009
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy
Morgan Kingsley has been through a lot in her life working as an exorcist, but now the worst possible thing has happened. The family of someone she exorcised is suing her. As a result, Morgan is now suspended from exorcising and is pretty much penniless because of the lack of work.  She is still possessed by the King of the Demons, Lugh, but as always she is the one in the driver’s seat and in cont

The Devil's Due

POSSESSION WAS NEVER THIS MUCH FUN.

Trust me or die…That’s the choice Morgan Kingsley, exorcist, is given by the gorgeous rogue demon who’s gotten inside her. The truth is, Morgan has dozens of reasons not to trust anyone, from the violence that torched her house and killed her father to a love life that’s left her questioning her relationship with her erstwhile boyfriend, Brian. But Lugh, a king among demons, won’t take no for an answer. He’s prying into her body, her mind, even her sex life. And he’s just pulled Morgan into a power struggle that could have devastating consequences for both the human and demon worlds.

But Morgan still has a job to do: investigating the highly bizarre possession of the son of a wealthy Philadelphia couple. That hunt leads Morgan into a realm of sexual depravity, then a terrifying kidnapping.… Now a woman who makes her living prying demons from their hosts finds her day job colliding with the night: a darkness that is attracting demons of the damnedest sort, including the one who’s about to demand his ultimate due.…

About the Author

Jenna Black is your typical writer. Which means she's an "experience junkie." She got her BA in physical anthropology and French from Duke University. Once upon a time, she dreamed she would be the next Jane Goodall, camping in the bush making fabulous discoveries about primate behavior. Then, during her senior year at Duke, she did some actual research in the field and made this shocking discovery: primates spend something like 80% of their time doing such exciting things as sleeping and eating. Concluding that this discovery was her life's work in the field of primatology, she then moved on to such varied pastimes as grooming dogs and writing technical documentation. 

Reviewer: Rachael
Review: Nov 20, 2008
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy
I gave this book my highest score of 5/5, but this book deserves a higher score!   The Devil’s Due is the third book in urban fantasy author Jenna Black’s phenomenal series featuring Morgan Kingsley, an exorcist who is possessed by Lugh, the King of the Demons. Morgan has always been able to fight Lugh’s attempts at fully gaining control of her body and they have a mutual underst

The Devil You Know

The beautiful. The bad. The Possessed.

Some people worship them. Some people fear them. And some people—like Morgan Kingsley—go up against them toe-to-toe, flesh-to-flesh, and power against power. An exorcist by trade, Morgan is one of the few humans with an aura stronger than her possessor, even though her demon can tease her body senseless. She's also a woman who has just discovered a shocking truth: everything she once believed about her past, her identity, may have been a lie…

With a family secret exploding around her and with a full-scale demon war igniting, Morgan is a key player in an unsettled world. Then a rogue, sociopathic demon enters her life with a bang. His name is The Hunter. And since she is the prey, Morgan has only one choice: to hunt The Hunter down—no matter what heartbreaking truths she uncovers on the way…

Reviewer: Wendy
Review: Jul 3, 2008
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy
We met Morgan Kingsley in THE DEVIL INSIDE, she's an exorcist that get pays by the government to well, exorcist unwanted demons. What makes things even more complicated - and deadly - is that somehow Morgan ended up possessed by a demon herself. And just as a ironic twist of fate - it's the Demon King, the most powerful demon there is. But no matter how powerful Lugh is, Morgan's mental barriers are pretty go

Shadows on the Soul

Gabriel is a five hundred year old vampire with the soul of a Killer. He has defeated his mother in a battle for the territory of Baltimore, and vowed to take vengeance upon his father, the Master of Philadelphia, for a centuries-old betrayal.

Jezebel, Gabriel's new fledgling, is a soul as scarred as his own, yet Gabriel finds that the ice around his heart slowly melts when she is near. But one of Gabriel's ancient enemies has targeted her--and if Gabriel wants to save her, he will have to abandon his plans for revenge and join forces with his father.

The question is not whether or not Gabriel can redeem himself from his past, but whether he can ever forgive himself.

Reviewer: Deidre
Review: Oct 23, 2007
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Jezebel is a newly turned vampire. Gabriel turned her after a horrific attack, which would have killed her. Gabriel offered Jezebel a way to forget the pain associated with her attack but in exchange she must integrate herself into Eli's graces. Eli is the Leader of the Guardians, and he is Gabriel's father. Gabriel plans on using Jezebel to learn the inner workings of the Guardians and to learn more of E

The Devil Inside

Synopsis Posession. Murder. Mayhem. Let the games begin... Exorcism isn’t a job, it’s a calling—and a curse. Just ask Morgan Kingsley, a woman who has a stronger aura than any Demon. Or so she thought. Now, in a pair of black leather pants and a kick-ass tattoo, Morgan is heading back to Philadelphia after a nasty little exorcism—and her life is about to be turned upside down…by the Demon that’s gotten inside her. Not just any Demon. Six foot five inches of dark, delicious temptation, this one is to die for—that is, if he doesn’t get Morgan killed first. Because while some humans vilify Demons and others idolize them, Morgan’s Demon is leading a war of succession no human has ever imagined. For a woman trying to live a life, and hold on to the almost-perfect man, being possessed by a gorgeous rebel Demon will mean a wild ride of uninhibited thrills, shocking surprises, and pure, unadulterated terror. . .

Reviewer: Tamazon
Review: Nov 14, 2007
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy
Morgan Kingsley, an exorcist, is called in to remove a demon from a young girl. The demon illegally possessed the girl while she was on vacation. Getting the demon to leave a host is a complicated business and quite often leaves the host brain dead. Once Morgan gets into a trance she can view auras. Humans are blue and demons blood red. Once a human has been possessed their aura looks red. To transfer hosts a

Reviewer: Rachael
Review: Jan 1, 2008
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy
Morgan Kingsley is an exorcist. You know those people who exorcise demons out of you like in the movies? If the demon can't be exorcised out of the person, then they must be burned alive. So you can see why Morgan takes her job pretty seriously, after all she's saving lives. Morgan's latest exorcism is that of a possessed little girl. During the exorcism, things get a little crazy and the girl reaches ou

Secrets in the Shadows

Vampires They hunt in every major city, hidden by the crowds, shielded by disbelief. They are Killers, and their prey is human. Not all vampires are Killers. The Guardians of the Night sacrifice the superior physical and psychic strength that comes with feeding on humans to protect them. But the Guardians walk a thin line, for even a single kill could leave them helplessly addicted to murder. Jules Gerard has vowed that he will never become a Killer. But when he discovers that the man who turned him into a vampire is dead and kicking in Baltimore, the allure of extra power is tempting. Standing in his way is a human, spitfire Hannah Moore, who has followed him to Baltimore to help him confront his past. Hannah doesn't seem to realize how dangerous vampires can beand despite his façade of disdain, Jules has a real soft spot for the petite P.I. Jules is going to have to choose: vengeance or love? Damnation or redemption?

Reviewer: Deidre
Review: Sep 18, 2007
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Hannah Moore is a private investigator and has recently learnt that scary things do, in fact, go bump in the night. Hannah is a feisty, fun woman and a pleasure to meet. Her former business partner has been drawn into the dark world of vampires and the group that stop Killers, the Guardians. She has been asked by her friend to follow a Guardian to Baltimore to keep him safe during the day. Killers are vam

Watchers in the Night

Vampires. They hunt in every major city, hidden by the crowds, shielded by disbelief. They are Killers, and their prey is human.

Reviewer: Tamazon
Review: Feb 19, 2007
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Jenna Black writes and intriguing and deep paranormal romance. In Jenna's first book Watchers in the Night she introduces Carolyn Mathers and Gray. Three years ago Carolyn, a Private Investigator, went thought the horrific event of having her fianc‚ Gray leave her at the alter. Since that day she has not seen him and lives with the heartache of loving him and wondering why he disappeared from her life. No

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