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Moon Sworn

Some nights never end.

Some desires never die. . . .

Shape-shifting werewolf and vampire Riley Jenson is through with death—causing it, solving it, surviving it. Her soul mate, Kye Murphy, is dead—and at Riley’s own hands. Not even the seductive embrace of her vampire lover, Quinn, can fully ease her mind, for she has begun questioning everything that makes her Riley—including her job at the Directorate.

Now, the ritualistically slain bodies of ex-cons have started turning up. Reluctantly, Riley takes the case, but something even worse is waiting in the wings. A vicious enemy from her past is determined to strip Riley of everything that gives her life any meaning: her lover, her brother—and even her own identity. Can Riley survive this ultimate assault? All she knows is, she must fight one last time to find answers, before everything goes dark forever.

Reviewer: Orangepeacock
Review: May 22, 2012
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Werewolves
In the final installment on Keri Arthur's Riley Jenson Guardian Series, Riley is dealing with the loss of her Mate. The catch is she didn't love her mate. See she is half vampire half werewolf and she has a mate for both halves. Her werewolf mate was a murder, and he killed one of Riley's best friends. Now she knew she never loved Kye but, now that her werewolf mate is dead she is left with an empty feeling t

Darkness Devours

Half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones can enter the realm between life and death, and she can see the Reapers who collect the souls of the dead. Now, she is using her gifts—and the investigative know-how of a man who broke her heart—to find a cabal searching for the power to control time, reality, and fate. And this is besides her work for the Vampire Council, half of whom want her dead.

But for now the Council needs her alive. Someone is killing blood-whore addicted vampires, and Risa must find the guilty party. If she succeeds, she may finally convince the council to lift the execution order on her life. But before she succeeds, she must first survive…


Darkness Rising

The sexy, thrilling adventures continue in bestselling author Keri Arthur’s new Dark Angels series, starring half-werewolf/half-Aedh Risa Jones.

Risa will go to any lengths to avenge her mother’s murder—even if it means making a pact with the most evil vampire she’s ever met. Lethal and powerful, Madeline Hunter is leader of the vampire council, and will put her resources behind finding the killer—for a price. The venerable vampire requires the assistance of Risa’s psychic powers. Quid pro quo.

Someone—or something—is targeting the elders of the local council, cursing the immortal vampires to rapidly age, sink into madness, and die. Risa must track down the vengeful being responsible. But Risa’s father, a rogue Aedh priest, also enlists her in a dangerous mission. And not even the great Madeline Hunter may be able to protect her from the shadowy forces that desire nothing less than Risa’s destruction.

Reviewer: Sarah Dizon
Review: Nov 4, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Werewolves, Witches
Darkness Rising by Keri Arthur is a great second installment to her Dark Angels series. Kari Arthur has created a highly imaginative world with memorable characters. Risa is a head-strong and genuine character. She cares about her mother and would do anything to avenge her death, even if it means she has to do something she never believed she would. Darkness Rising has everything a fan of Romance and Urban

Darkness Unbound

The fight against darkness rages on for the next generation—in New York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur’s exciting new series set in the world of the Guardians.
 
Being half werewolf and half Aedh, Risa Jones can enter the twilight realms between life and death and see the reapers, supernatural beings that collect the souls of the dead. But she soon makes a terrifying discovery: Some sinister force is stealing souls, preventing the dead from ever knowing the afterlife.

Reapers escort souls—not snatch them—but Risa is still unnerved when a reaper shadows her in search of someone Risa has never met: her own father, an Aedh priest, who is rumored to be tampering with the gates of hell for a dark purpose. With the help of her “aunt”—half-werewolf, half-vampire Riley Jenson—and an Aedh named Lucian who may have lost his wings but none of his sex appeal, Risa must pursue whatever shadowy practitioner of blood magic is seizing souls, and somehow stop her father . . . before all hell breaks loose.

Reviewer: Karla
Review: Oct 20, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Werewolves
Risa has a problem and no it is not the ability to see reapers or ghosts...that is normal. Her problem is that she has discovered that souls are being stolen out of the living. They are being taken way before their time. She is not the only one searching for the truth. Azriel is a Majai, a warrior reaper that is in charge of maintaining order within the reapers ranks. He and Risa team up using their combin

Mercy Burns

DARKNESS DESCENDS.
LOVE ABIDES. BUT . . .
 
MERCY BURNS

 
Mercy Reynolds is a reporter in the San Francisco Bay area, but she’s also more—and less—than human. Half woman, half air dragon, she’s a “draman”—unable to shift shape but still able to unleash fiery energy. Now something will put her powers to the test.

Mercy’s friend Rainey has enlisted her help to solve her sister’s murder. Then a horrible accident claims Rainey’s life, leaving Mercy only five days to find the killer: If Mercy fails, according to dragon law, Rainey’s soul will be doomed to roam the earth for eternity. But how can Mercy help when she herself is a target? With nowhere else to turn, she must join forces with a sexy stranger—the mysterious man they call “Muerte,” or death itself, who’s as irresistible as he is treacherous. But can even Death keep Mercy alive for long enough to find her answers?

Reviewer: Dianna
Review: Mar 14, 2011
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy, Dragons
Mercy Reynolds has found out the hard way that there are very few people that a “Draman” can depend on and the death of her best friend Rainey has her down by one such person. Rainey was a full blooded dragon and Mercy’s best friend since childhood. Having her die with no one to perform the required rituals to allow her to pass into the beyond is more than Mercy can take. Since it was mur

Bound to Shadows

Part vampire, part werewolf, Riley Jenson knows what can happen when vamps don’t play well with others. But she’s never seen anything like this: a series of brutal murders surrounding the latest hot spot for vampire-human hookups—and the victims aren’t just killed, they’re beheaded. Now Riley is launching into action, toying with a seductive—and highly suspicious—club owner, and finding herself in the middle of another mystery: women being killed one by one, without a trace of violence.

For Riley, solving multiple cases—in a world going mad with human and vampire passions—would have been tough enough. Instead she has two jealous lovers on her hands: Kye Murphy, the amber-eyed werewolf who makes Riley’s wolf blood howl—and Quinn, the cool, elegant vamp who has over a thousand years’ experience at fulfilling women’s desires. While she’s busy juggling these two sexy beasts, Riley’s detective work takes a stunningly violent turn. Finding a murderer is now a matter of life and death. Especially since the killer has long since found her . . .

Reviewer: Deidre
Review: Feb 4, 2010
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy
Riley Jenson works for the directorate, a company that helps police supernatural beings and keep humanity safe. Riley is part vampire and part werewolf, dealing with a soul mate for her wolf half that she despises all while she is in love with a vampire. A new series of murders have begun occurring that she needs to investigate. Women are dying with no sign of trauma and very vampires are being

Deadly Desire

Seduction that kills. Pleasure to die for.
She just can’t resist . . .


Guardian Riley Jenson always seems to face the worst villains. And this time’s no different. For it’s no ordinary sorceress who can raise the dead to do her killing. But that’s exactly what Riley expects to find at the end of a trail of female corpses used—and discarded—in a bizarre ritual of evil. With pressure mounting to catch one fiend, another series of brutal slayings shocks the vampire world of her lover, Quinn. So the last thing Riley needs is the heat of the upcoming full moon bringing her werewolf hormones to a boil—or the reappearance of a sexy bounty hunter, the rogue wolf Kye Murphy.

Riley has threatened Murphy with arrest if he doesn’t back off the investigation, but it’s Riley who feels handcuffed by Kye’s lupine charm. Torn between her vamp and wolf natures, between her love for Quinn and her hots for Kye, Riley knows she’s courting danger and indulging the deadliest desires. For her hunt through the supernatural underworld will bring her face-to-face with what lurks in a darkness where even monsters fear to tread.

Reviewer: Dianna
Review: Feb 18, 2009
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Guardian Riley Jensen is at it again.  This time the bad guy is a sorceress that enjoys using the dead to do her dirty work.  As if that wasn't bad enough, now a second set of murders is stirring up trouble with the Vampire community.  Add to that, it is coming up on a full moon and the moon heat has Riley just wishing to be home with her vamp steady Quinn.  Things don't get any easier whe

Destiny Kills

DESIRE CALLS. DANGER LURKS.
BUT…
DESTINY KILLS
When Destiny McCree wakes up beside a dead man on an Oregon beach, she knows only this: she has to keep moving, keep searching, and keep one step ahead of the forces that have been pursuing her from the heart of Scotland to this isolated spot. Why? The death of her lover has left her alone, with little memory of her past. A glimmering serpent-shaped ring is the one clue she has—and a bargaining chip in a most dangerous game…
Enter Trae Wilson, a master thief with a sexy, knowing grin and a secret agenda of his own. Destiny and Trae both have powers far beyond the human—and both are running for their lives. Together they’re riding a tide of danger, magic and lust…but with killers stalking their every move, they must use any means necessary, even each other, to survive—until the shocking secret of one woman’s destiny finally unravels…

Reviewer: Aemelia
Review: Oct 17, 2008
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy
Waking up on a deserted beach battered, next to the dead body of a man, with no memories of who you are or what brought you there is unsettling to say the least. Though not long after awaking Destiny McCree is flooded with knowledge of the past, who the man was, what she is, and the cause that joined them together, landing them on the Oregon coast.    Trae Wilson is a sexy thief who has been calle

The Darkest Kiss

Riley Jenson hunts evildoers-and does it with a style all her own. With vamp blood coursing her through her veins, and a werewolf's uncanny instinct for danger, Riley wears snakeskin stilettos and pure, in-your-face attitude when she plunges into her latest case: Hunting down a killer whose victims are high-society strumpets-and the rich and powerful men they've dated.

But for Riley, the case takes a chilling turn when a second killer starts trailing mutilated bodies of his own: a crazed young vamp choosing victims from a past marked by tragedy. Riley knows she's got the skill and cunning to catch two serial killers at once.until one of them strikes inside her own tight-knit clan -- and a sexy beast of a vampire re-enters her life to aid in the hunt. His name is Quinn. He's lived forever, shed blood and shared pleasure.and he's the only man over whom Riley has absolutely no control.

Reviewer: Tamazon
Review: Apr 4, 2008
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Riley Jensen is back in action in this 6th installment of the Riley Jensen Guardian series. This time the heat and sex steaks take a back seat in her life. She is dealing with two serial killers and that leaves little time for hanky panky. If you have been reading this series you know that this really cramps Riley's style. She likes to get around and play with many men, while she is also seeking her mate for

Embraced by Darkness

She's hunting a killer-

and shattering every boundary-

she's ever known..

Part vamp, part werewolf, Riley Jenson plays by her own rules, whether it's her stormy love life or her job as a guardian. But when her family's alpha male demands that she solve the mystery of a vanished girl, Riley can feel a trap closing in around her. Because the job comes with a catch: if Riley fails, her own mother will die.

Now the stakes are raised, the hunt is on...and when more women vanish, Riley is caught between a lover who demands that she give up her work, a serial killer who knows no boundaries, and a club where humans and supernaturals mix-at their own peril. Thrust into a realm of seduction and violence unlike any she could have imagined, Riley has to battle to save everything she holds dear. But the ultimate hunt has only just begun....

Reviewer: Tamazon
Review: Jul 1, 2007
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Keri Arthur's fifth book starts out with a bang. Riley is at the end of her vacation and pretty antsy to get back to the city. She has enjoyed her vacation, but it's hard for a wolf to be away from her pack. Within a week prior to her departure date she hears a voice calling her. Her pack leader wants her to find his granddaughter. Riley is pretty ticked off that the red pack would even contact her since

Dangerous Games

In Melbourne's urban underworld, there's a nightclub for every fantasy and desire. But for Riley Jenson, one such club has become an obsession. Riley, a rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, hasn't come in pursuit of pleasure but of an unknown killer who's been using the steamy nightspot as his hunting grounds.

Leave it to Riley to find the only ticket into the heavily guarded club: Jin, a deliciously hot-bodied bartender who might just provide the key to unmasking a killer unlike any other in the Directorate's experience. Taunted by a former colleague turned rogue, distracted by an ex-lover's attentions, Riley follows Jin into a realm of pleasure she could never have imagined. And as danger and passion ignite, a shocking mystery begins to unravel-one where Riley herself becomes the ultimate object of desire....

Reviewer: Deidre
Review: Apr 1, 2007
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
This is the fourth book of the Riley Jenson, Guardian series. As this book is fourth in the series, I really recommend reading the other books in the series. This book takes place in close proximity to the others, so it is a pleasure to be able to read all of these as close together as they have been published. Riley is a rare breed of half werewolf and half vampire. Riley is in training to become a Gua

Tempting Evil

In a world of sorcery and seduction, the nights bring out the beautiful, the damned, and the desired. Here, Riley Jenson is on her own-half werewolf, half vampire, working for an organization created to police the supernatural races. Trusting her superiors and lovers barely more than she trusts her worst enemies, Riley plays by her own set of rules. Her latest mission: to enter the heavily guarded pleasure palace of a criminal named Deshon Starr-a madman-scientist who's been messing around in the gene pool for decades. With two sexy men-a cool, seductive vampire and an irresistibly hot wolf-vying for her attention, Riley must keep focused. Because saving the world from Deshon Starr will mean saving herself-from the trap that's closing in around her. . . .

Reviewer: Tamazon
Review: Mar 8, 2007
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
MS. Arthur produces another spellbinding read. Once you start Tempting Evil it's hard to put down. This is the third book in the Riley Jenson Guardian Novel series. These books need to be read in order, as it's basically one really long paranormal romantic suspense story. We have been lucky that MS. Arthur's publisher, Dell Publishing, has granted us a quick fix. Most of the books are coming out at one

Kissing Sin

From Melbourne's gleaming skyscrapers to its throbbing nightclubs, Riley Jenson's world is raging with danger and desire. A drop-dead-gorgeous werewolf-with a touch of vamp coursing in her blood-Riley works for an organization created to police the supernatural races. But when she wakes up naked and bruised in a barren alley, she knows only that she must run for her life.

Within moments Riley collides with the sexiest man she's ever seen: steely, seductive Kade, who is fighting a life-and-death battle of his own. With old lovers and enemies gathering around her, Riley knows she is being pursued by a new kind of criminal. Because in Riley's blood is a secret that could create the ultimate warrior-if only she can survive her own dangerous desires..

Reviewer: Tamazon
Review: Jan 1, 2007
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Ah. I've been waiting for this book for the last month! Ms. Arthur pens another successful book. The Riley Jenson Guardian Series has pumped it up another notch in book 2. This series is not your typical romance and you probably will not find it in the romance section. You will find Ms. Arthur's books in the same section as Laurel K. Hamilton. Ms. Arthur's books are Horror, Suspense, and romance all wrapp

Full Moon Rising

In this exciting debut, author Keri Arthur explodes onto the supernatural scene with a sexy, sensuous tale of intrigue and suspense set in a world where legends walk and the shady paths of the underworld are far more sinister than anyone envisioned.

A rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, Riley Jenson and her twin brother, Rhoan, work for Melbourne's Directorate of Other Races, an organization created to police the supernatural races-and protect humans from their depredations. While Rhoan is an exalted guardian, a.k.a. assassin, Riley is merely an office worker-until her brother goes missing on one of his missions. The timing couldn't be worse. More werewolf than vampire, Riley is vulnerable to the moon heat, the weeklong period before the full moon, when her need to mate becomes all-consuming....

Luckily Riley has two willing partners to satisfy her every need. But she will have to control her urges if she's going to find her brother....Easier said than done as the city pulses with frenzied desire, and Riley is confronted with a very powerful-and delectably naked-vamp who raises her temperature like never before.

In matters carnal, Riley has met her match. But in matters criminal, she must follow her instincts not only to find her brother but to stop an unholy harvest. For someone is doing some shifty cloning in an attempt to produce the ultimate warrior-by tapping into the genome of nonhumans like Rhoan. Now Riley knows just how dangerous the world is for her kind-and just how much it needs her.

From the Hardcover edition.

Reviewer: Tamazon
Review: Feb 1, 2007
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
This series is not your typical romance and you probably will not find it in the romance section. You will find Ms. Arthur's books in the same section as Laurel K. Hamilton. Ms. Arthur's books are Horror, Suspense, and romance all wrapped into one fast paced read. The characters are not monogamous and have several partners. The Riley Jenson Series is not your linear man meets woman and they marry. Each book i

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