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Into the Dreaming
Between the Highlander and Fever worlds lies a place beyond imagining. This new edition of the novella contains more than 100 pages of bonus material, including: • a deleted scene from Kiss of the Highlander • a proposal for a never-published romance • an alternate opening version of The Dark Highlander • a sneak peek at art from the upcoming graphic novel Fever Moon For the first time in hardcover, here is #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning’s novella Into the Dreaming, a tale of Highland fantasy, star-crossed lovers, and the timeless manipulation of the ancient, immortal Unseelie king. This is Moning at her romantic, funniest finest. Free him from his ice-borne hell . . . Stolen from his beloved home in the Highlands of Scotland, imprisoned in the Unseelie king’s dark, frosty kingdom, Aedan MacKinnon endured centuries of torture before becoming the icy, emotionless Vengeance, the dark king’s dispatcher of death and destruction in the mortal realm. And in his century you both may dwell . . . Aspiring romance novelist Jane Sillee has always believed that she was born in the wrong century, but she’s managed to make a decent enough life for herself—if only she could stop having those recurring dreams about a man too perfect to exist. In the Dreaming you have loved him . . . Haunted every night of her life by a devastatingly sexy Highlander who comes to her while she sleeps, Jane tries to write him out of her head and heart. As a child he protected her, as a woman he loves her. Now in the Waking you must save him . . . When an ancient tapestry bearing the likeness of her beloved Highlander arrives on her doorstep, Jane is whisked back in time to fifteenth-century Scotland, to the castle of Dun Haakon on the isle of Skye, where she is given one chance to save her dream lover . . . or lose him forever to the Unseelie king. Caught in a deadly game between the light and dark courts of the Fae, Jane must find a way through the ice to the heart of her Highander. But will the love of one mortal woman be enough to defeat such ancient and ruthless immortal enemies?
Shadowfever
“Evil is a completely different creature, Mac. Evil is bad that believes it’s good.”
MacKayla Lane was just a child when she and her sister, Alina, were given up for adoption and banished from Ireland forever.
Twenty years later, Alina is dead and Mac has returned to the country that expelled them to hunt her sister’s murderer. But after discovering that she descends from a bloodline both gifted and cursed, Mac is plunged into a secret history: an ancient conflict between humans and immortals who have lived concealed among us for thousands of years.
What follows is a shocking chain of events with devastating consequences, and now Mac struggles to cope with grief while continuing her mission to acquire and control the Sinsar Dubh—a book of dark, forbidden magic scribed by the mythical Unseelie King, containing the power to create and destroy worlds.
In an epic battle between humans and Fae, the hunter becomes the hunted when the Sinsar Dubh turns on Mac and begins mowing a deadly path through those she loves.
Who can she turn to? Who can she trust? Who is the woman haunting her dreams? More important, who is Mac herself and what is the destiny she glimpses in the black and crimson designs of an ancient tarot card?
From the luxury of the Lord Master’s penthouse to the sordid depths of an Unseelie nightclub, from the erotic bed of her lover to the terrifying bed of the Unseelie King, Mac’s journey will force her to face the truth of her exile, and to make a choice that will either save the world . . . or destroy it.
Reviewer: Vicci
Review: Feb 26, 2011
"Shadowfever" book 5 in the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning is a rollercoaster ride of thrilling excitement, passionate desires and shockingly twisted outcomes.
The novel picks up moments after the last page of “Dreamfever”. Mac has been on a long journey of discovery and some of the revelations to her origins are a little hard to swallow, but oh! What an exciting turn if events. In
Dreamfever
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
They may have stolen my past, but I’ll never let them take my future.
When the walls between Man and Fae come crashing down, freeing the insatiable, immortal Unseelie from their icy prison, MacKayla Lane is caught in a deadly trap. Captured by the Fae Lord Master, she is left with no memory of who or what she is: the only sidhe-seer alive who can track the Sinsar Dubh, a book of arcane black magic that holds the key to controlling both worlds.
Clawing her way back from oblivion is only the first step Mac must take down a perilous path, from the battle-filled streets of Dublin to the treacherous politics of an ancient, secret sect, through the tangled lies of men who claim to be her allies into the illusory world of the Fae themselves, where nothing is as it seems—and Mac is forced to face a soul-shattering truth.
Who do you trust when you can’t even trust yourself?
Don’t miss the entire MacKayla Lane series:
• Book 1: Darkfever
• Book 2: Bloodfever
• Book 3: Faefever
• Book 4: Dreamfever
• Book 5: Shadowfever
Reviewer: ELF
Review: Dec 6, 2010
Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning picks up after the horrendous events of the previous novel and follows MacKayla Lane (Mac) as she tries to recover herself. Nobody has ever recovered from being Pri-ya but Mac has resources, allies and friends beyond that which is available to the typical person and she and Jericho Barrons resume the struggle against the Unseelie and Seelie who are destroying humanity.&n
Faefever
He calls me his Queen of the Night. I'd die for him. I'd kill for him, too. When MacKayla Lane receives a torn page from her dead sister's journal, she is stunned by Alina's desperate words. And now MacKayla knows that her sister's killer is close. But evil is closer. And suddenly the sidhe-seer is on the hunt: For answers. For revenge. And for an ancient book of dark magic so evil, it corrupts anyone who touches it.
Mac's quest for the Sinsar Dubh takes her into the mean, shape-shifting streets of Dublin, with a suspicious cop on her tail. Forced into a dangerous triangle of alliance with V'lane, an insatiable Fae prince of lethally erotic tastes, and Jericho Barrons, a man of primal desires and untold secrets, Mac is soon locked in a battle for her body, mind, and soul.
As All Hallows Eve approaches and the city descends into chaos, as a shocking truth about the Dark Book is uncovered, not even Mac can prevent a deadly race of immortals from shattering the walls between worlds with devastating consequences.
Reviewer: Heather
Review: Dec 20, 2008
Karen Marie Moning’s latest book, Faefever, is the third book in her Fever series. This book is a dark urban fantasy that has quite a few surprises that the readers will not be expecting.
MacKayla continues her dangerous search for the deadly Sinsar Dubh. In this installment, she is trying to surround herself with as many allies as she can and is trying to gather as much information about her s
Reviewer: Deidre
Review: Feb 9, 2009
MacKayla “Mac” Lane was a young woman with no more to worry her mind than what color to paint her toes, until her sister; Alina was brutally murdered in Ireland. Mac journeyed to Ireland to investigate her sisters’ murder and stayed after falling in love with the history and beauty of Dublin.
Mac has learnt that Alina was looking for an ancient book, the Sinsar Dubh, a bo
Darkfever
MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks…until something extraordinary happens. When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death–a cryptic message on Mac’s cell phone–Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister’s killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed–a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae…. As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister’s death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane–an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women–closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac’s true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book–because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands….
Reviewer: Tamazon
Review: Aug 25, 2007
Not many people can see the fae, and those who can guard their secret or they die. MacKayla Lane is a bit of a novelty. She grew up in small town USA and has never seen a fairy, but when she travels to Ireland in search of her sister things change. Here sister has been murdered and MacKayla must pick up the pieces. When Mac arrives she sees some of the most gorgeous people of her life and they are not locals.
Reviewer: Deidre
Review: Feb 9, 2009
MacKayla “Mac” Lane is a young woman with no more to worry her mind than what color to paint her toes, until her sister, Alina is brutally murdered in Ireland and the only clue is a cryptic message left on Mac’s phone days before her murder. Mac goes to Ireland to try to talk the police into reopening the case and tries to investigate for herself what her sister was trying to let her kn
BloodFever
New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning returns with the second novel in her scorching-hot, undeniably sexy "Fever" series, continuing the chronicles of sidhe-seer MacKayla Lane and the world of the immortal Fae. After a brush with death and a taste of the mind-bending evil of the Sinsar Dubh, a book of dark magic, Mac faces an even greater threat: not only are Lord Master's Unseelie minions trying to capture her, but a murderous, inhuman enemy wants revenge - and is determined to kill the last living O'Connor Null, at any cost. Thrilling, seductive, and throbbing with the heat of a sensual and mysterious Otherworldly realm, Bloodfever is just the second book in the series that fans of paranormal suspense are already feverish for.
Reviewer: Tamazon
Review: Sep 21, 2007
Karen Marie Moning produced another winner with BloodFever. It's not your typical romance, but many romance fans will still rate this as one of their favorites. This is book two in the Fever Series and has links to Moning's Highlanders. This is not directly connected by still deals with the idea of the compact between fae and humans. This is a very dark fantasy romance and the story continues in each book. Do
Reviewer: Deidre
Review: Feb 9, 2009
MacKayla “Mac” Lane was a young woman with no more to worry her mind than what color to paint her toes, until her sister; Alina was brutally murdered in Ireland. Mac journeys to Ireland to investigate her sisters’ murder.
Mac has learnt that Alina was looking for an ancient book, the Sinsar Dubh, a book that holds the darkest of magic and the key to save mankind. Mac uses
To Tame A Highland Warrior
Only her love could gentle his savage soul-- He was born to a clan of warriors of supernatural strength, but Gavrael McIllioch abandoned his name and his Highland castle, determined to escape the dark fate of his ancestors. Hiding his identity from the relentless rival clan that hunted him, he called himself Grimm to protect the people he cared for, vowing never to acknowledge his love for ravishing Jillian St. Clair. Yet even from afar he watched over her, and when her father sent an urgent summons, "Come for Jillian," he raced to her side--into a competition to win her hand in marriage. Why had he run from her so many years before? And why return now to see her offered as a prize in her father's manipulative game? Furious, Jillian vowed never to wed. But Grimm was the man she loved, the one who urged her to marry another. He tried to pretend indifference as she tempted him, but he could not deny the fierce desires that compelled him to abduct her from the altar. She was the only woman who could tame the beast that raged within him--even as deadly enemies plotted to destroy them both....
Reviewer: Susan
Review: Jun 18, 2007
Genre(s): Historical Romance
Moning's skillful storytelling abilities take the reader through the hills of Scotland with a tale of lore and love that you'll never forget. To Tame a Highland Warrior has a captivating plot of page-turning adventure with memorable characters you'll keep forever in your heart.
Gavrael is a legendary Berserker. A warrior with blood on his hands and a desire for one woman he believes he doesn't deserve.
Beyond the Highland Mist
AN ALLURING LAIRD He was known throughout the kingdom as Hawk, legendary predator of the battlefield and the boudoir. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever stirred his heart—until a vengeful fairy tumbled Adrienne de Simone out of modern-day Seattle and into medieval Scotland. Captive in a century not her own, entirely too bold, too outspoken, she was an irresistibly challenge to the sixteenth-century rogue. Coerced into a marriage with Hawk, Adrienne vowed to keep him at arm's length—but his sweet seduction played havoc with her resolve. A PRISONER IN TIME She had a perfect "no" on her perfect lips for the notorious laird, but Hawk swore she would whisper his name with desire, begging for the passion he longed to ignite in her. Not even the barriers or time and space could keep him from winning her love. Despite her uncertainty about flowing the promptings of her own passionate heart, Adrienne's reservations were no match for Hawk's determination to keep her by his side...
Reviewer: JessicaC
Review: Apr 26, 2007
Genre(s): Time-Travel, Romance
Hawk is known throughout the kingdom as the man no woman can refuse. Beautiful beyond belief and skilled on the battlefield he has caught the eye of the Queen of the Fae. She provokes her king and the court fool, by pretending to have had Hawk and found him superior. The king and fool retaliate by choosing a woman who hates beautiful men and sending her to Hawk as a mate. Unfortunately they had to travel to m
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