Bøger af Kristen Ashley

"Nick Sebring has issues. Born feeling like an outsider in his own family, growing up under the shadow of a brother who could do anything, Nick isn't that great of a guy. But when this culminates with Nick lashing out to hurt his brother through the woman he loves, Nick turns inward and makes some decisions about the man he intends to be. And as he does this, he falls in love and truly learns the man that he's grown to be. When his love is murdered right before Nick's eyes, Nick knows he has to avenge her. He knows how he's going to avenge her. And he has no qualms using Olivia Shade to exact that vengeance. Olivia Shade has grown up on the outside of her family too. Her problem is that they don't want her outside. They want her all the way in, right under their thumbs. She pays the price for seeking escape and learns her lesson--she'll never see a dawn where she wakes up free. Then she meets Nick Sebring, and even as she fights it, the hope that died years ago starts to blossom. She can find love. She can have a man of her own. She can be happy. She can be free. Olivia hopes while Nick schemes. However, as Nick peels back the layers of all that is Olivia Shade, he finds something surprising. He understands its fragility. He falls in love with its beauty. He seeks to protect it. But he forgets to protect his Livvie from one thing: Nick Sebring."--Page 4 of cover.

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Deke Hightower has watched all his friends fall in love with the women who gave them what they needed. He wants that for himself. But he knows that search isn't going to be easy because he's a rider. When Deke meets Justice Lonesome, he knows she's not that woman. So he holds her at arm's length. And Justice will take it because she wants Deke any way he'll let her have him. But when Justice finds herself a pawn in a dangerous game, Deke makes a decision.

Leah Buchanan's family has been in service to vampires for five centuries. Even so, Leah wants nothing to do with her family's legacy. But when she's summoned to her Selection by the Vampire Dominion, under familial pressure, she has no choice but to go.Lucien has been living under the strict edicts of the Vampire Dominion for centuries but he's tired of these ancient laws stripping away everything that is the essence of the vampire.So he's taking it back.This is because Lucien has been watching and waiting for decades for Leah to become available for a Selection and he will not be limited with what he can do with her. He will have her, all of her.Therefore, Lucien is going to tame Leah, even if he gets hunted and killed for doing it.What neither Leah nor Lucien expects is the strong bond that will form between them, connecting them on unprecedented levels for mortals or immortals. And what will grow between them means they will challenge their ways of life and their union will begin the Prophesies which makes them one of three couples who will save humanity...or die in the effort.

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From the balcony of his house, Mike Haines can see the quiet, commonplace beauty of the Holliday farm. But what he remembers is Dusty, the little sister of his high school girlfriend, who grew up there. As a teen, Dusty had gone off the rails but when she was a kid, she was sweet, she was funny and she had a special bond with Mike. After high school, she took off and Mike never saw her again.Tragedy strikes Dusty's family and she comes back to town. Mike thinks she hasn't changed back to the sweet, funny girl he knew but instead continued to be selfish and thoughtless, leaving her family alone to deal with their mourning. He seeks her out and confronts her in an effort to understand what went wrong and to force her to sort herself out.He finds out quickly he's wrong about Dusty Holliday. Very wrong. After Mike discovers that, the bond they had years before snaps back into place in ways he would never suspect.But Mike Haines had a bad marriage and then played games of the heart for a good woman...and lost. In order to protect himself and his kids, he's cautious, he's careful to read the signs and he's not interested in finding a woman he has to fix.When he learns what happened to Dusty, he thinks she needs to be fixed.He swings, he misses and in this new game of hearts, Mike just got strike three.

Cora Goode has woken up in a fairytale world where she can understand what birds are saying to her, men ride horses and have fluffy feathers in their hats and furniture zigs, zags and whirls in miracles of construction.The problem is, she thinks she's in a dream but she's actually taken the place of the parallel universe Cora and without realizing it, our Cora does something that starts a centuries old curse that will sweep the land if she gets captured by the evil Minerva.At this point, her dream world becomes a nightmare.Luckily, hot guy, fantasyland Noctorno is there to save her from the clutches of the grotesque vickrants sent by Minerva to capture her. Unfortunately, hot guy, fantasyland Noctorno doesn't like the Cora of his world all that much (to say the least) and he thinks our Cora is her. And no matter what our Cora says or does to try to convince him, he won't be convinced.But Cora needs Tor to keep her safe and guide her through this fantastical world as she hopes one day to wake up in her not-so-great apartment in her not-so-great life in her world. The problem is, the more time she spends with the gorgeous warrior Tor, the faster she falls in love with him.

As a Rock Chick, Shirleen Jackson lived through all the kidnappings and explosions. Along the way, she also watched the dramatic love stories that came with those rides unfold.But long ago, Shirleen made her choice. It affected who she was and would always be. She decided to settle for what she had and not want more. She had good friends. She was raising two fine young men who weren't hers, but she loved them anyway.She was good.And then Moses Richardson crashed into her life, literally...and deliberately.Moses has different ideas about Shirleen. He's more interested in the Shirleen of now, mostly because she's interesting. And funny. And loyal. Smart. Beautiful.But Moses has a big challenge on his hands. He has to convince Shirleen of all that.And then convince her she deserves to have more.

Sadie Townsend is known by all as The Ice Princess, and she's worked hard to earn her reputation. Her father, a now-incarcerated Drug Lord, has kept her under his thumb her whole life, and she's learned enough from living in his world to give everyone the cold shoulder.But one inebriated night, she shows Hector the Real Sadie, and he knows he'll stop at nothing to have her.Hector Chavez makes one (huge) mistake: he waits for Sadie to come to him.Tragedy strikes and Sadie's got a choice. She can retreat behind her Ice Fortress, or she can embrace the Rock Chick/Hot Bunch World.Guided by Hector, the Rock Chicks, the Hot Bunch and her new roommates, Buddy and Ralphie, Sadie negotiates a life out from under her father's thumb.A life that includes poison, arson and learning how to make s'mores.

Ally Nightingale has secrets. Secrets she doesn't even share with the Rock Chicks. But two men know what she's up to. One has her back. The other has her heart, but he doesn't know it.As Ally rewinds the last year of her life, she knows two things. One, she's never going to get what every Rock Chick should have-her own Hot Bunch guy. And two, she's a Nightingale through and through. She just isn't sure what to do about it.But as her secrets are revealed, the men in her life react. Darius Tucker, a lifelong friend, as usual, takes her back. Ren Zano, the man she loves, isn't quite so sure. The Rock Chicks, Hot Bunch and the entire gang at Fortnum's weigh in, and a Rock Chick Revolution starts brewing.It's up to Ally to control it and prove what she knows down to her bones.She's a Rock Chick, she deserves her hot guy and she's going to keep the one she wants...Because bottom line: she's a Nightingale.

Juliet Lawler has a score to settle against the drug dealers of Denver. Vance Crowe has made it his mission that Jules won't get dead while dishing out vigilante justice. Jules doesn't have time for romance, she's too busy saving the world.In this effort, she enlists Zip (a gun store owner), Heavy (an ex-PI) and Frank (a mysterious recluse) to help. The Rock Chicks get involved to provide advice and guidance. The Hot Bunch adopt Jules as one of their own.Even though Jules tries to hang on to her inner Head-Crackin' Mamma Jamma, the Rock Chicks, Hot Bunch, Jules's long-suffering Uncle Nick and her Jackie-O wannabe friend May, will stop at nothing to wear her down. Not to mention Vance, who has his own unique ways of digging into Jules's heart.But Jules makes some bad guys pretty angry, and one will stop at nothing to take her out.And Vance may be too late in making sure that doesn't happen.

Ava Barlow hates men. She has reason and she's vowed not only never to get involved with another man again, but also to exact vengeance on her best friend's lying, cheating, rat-bastard husband. Since Luke Stark, Ava's childhood crush, is now a badass mother, she thinks to enlist him, but changes her mind at the last second.Too late.Luke knows she's up to something and he's already seen many a Rock Chick try to fight her own battles without the Hot Bunch stepping in.He's having none of it.She's having none of him.The problem is, Ava and Luke find themselves in a house torn apart in a hail of gunfire. And just like that, Luke isn't about to give in to Ava's brush off.The clash of the Rock Chick and Hot Bunch Guy begins, but Luke's got the advantage. He has handcuffs and he's not afraid to use them.

Abel Jin and Delilah Johnson have lived their lives with a hole in their soul, yearning for something they don't understand.Until one night Delilah is in mortal danger and a man who's otherworldly strong and supernaturally fast saves her. Delilah is then cast into a world where fiction comes to life in the form of Abel, her destined mate, a vampire/werewolf hybrid who claims her at first breath as his.But Abel knows the danger isn't done. He's dreamed for centuries that his mate will perish and he will stop at nothing to keep her safe.For Delilah, she's not only coping with fantasy come to life, but a mingling of very different families. Not to mention, she has on her hands a man who doesn't understand his true nature and has lived his long life thinking he's a monster.Abel and Delilah together fills the hole that has been clawing at them for decades. But finally finding each other, it also tips their destinies as the last of The Three. They must unite with the other destined lovers who, with Abel and Delilah, are fated to save the world.Or die trying.

One night, Callum is driven into the woods by instinct, an instinct to protect. In the form of wolf, he meets a young human child who he's instantly drawn to in a fierce way he doesn't quite understand.Sonia Arlington has lived a lonely life. She has certain abilities that make her strange and she has a rare disease that, if untreated, could kill her. Her father makes her vow she'll never let others discover her abilities. This forces Sonia to stay distant, always guarding against exposure.Intelligence leaks that Sonia is Callum's human mate. He is now King of the Werewolves and has war on his hands. He's forced to claim his mate and integrate Sonia into a world that's strange and frightening.As Sonia attempts to adjust, Callum attempts to cope with the knowledge that his mate is mortal. He'll have her beauty and gentleness only the length of a mortal life, making their union unbearably bitter even as Sonia makes it unbelievably sweet.

Stella Gunn is the lead singer and lead guitarist of the Blue Moon Gypsies and Stella used to be Mace's girl. But Kai "Mace" Mason ended things and the loss of him rocked her world.One night, Stella gets a call, late (again), from one of the members of her crazy band. She has to go play clean up (again), runs into Mace (and a shed load of police) and ends up getting shot.Mace finds he doesn't like it much that his ex-girlfriend got shot right in front of him, but it's worse. A very bad man has thrown down the gauntlet and all the Rock Chicks are in the firing line.Stella doesn't want Mace to be the one to keep her alive, but she has no choice.Mainly because Mace isn't giving her one.