Лучшие книги Грейс Дрейвен

НЕНУЖНЫЙ ПРИНЦ Бришен Хаскем, принц Каи, был вполне доволен своим статусом последнего в очереди на престол. Однако торговый и политический союз между человеческим королевством Гаур и королевством Баст-Харадис требует заключения брака с девушкой гаури. Бришен соглашается на свадьбу и обнаруживает, что невеста уродлива, как он и ожидал... и прекрасней, чем он мог себе вообразить. НЕНУЖНАЯ ДЕВУШКА Ильдико, племянница короля Гаура, всегда знала, что ее единственное предназначение — политический брак. Смирившись со своей судьбой, она сталкивается с неожиданной новостью: ее жених — не просто аристократ-иностранец, а младший принц и притом даже…

В стремлении к безграничной власти Сумеречная королева Баст-Харадиса выпускает в мир темные силы. Ее младший сын, принц Бришен, внезапно становится правителем страны, охваченной ужасной эпидемией и стоящей на грани войны. А его супругу-гаури, Ильдико, заставляют принять трудное решение: ради безопасности трона она должна отказаться от любимого. Три враждующих королевства будут вынуждены объединиться ради спасения. А одноглазому королю придется собрать армию мертвых, чтобы одолеть войско проклятых.

Afflicted by a centuries-old curse, a warlord slowly surrenders his humanity and descends toward madness. Ballard of Ketach Tor holds no hope of escaping his fate until his son returns home one day, accompanied by a woman of incomparable beauty. His family believes her arrival may herald Ballard’s salvation.

...until they confront her elder sister.

Determined to rescue her sibling from ruin, Louvaen Duenda pursues her to a decrepit castle and discovers a household imprisoned in time. Dark magic, threatening sorcerers, and a malevolent climbing rose with a thirst for blood won’t deter her, but a proud man disfigured by an undying hatred might. Louvaen must decide if loving him will ultimately save him or destroy him.

A tale of vengeance and devotion.
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Author note: This fantasy romance/fairytale retelling contains adult situations and graphic descriptions of physical intimacy.

Кастиль-иль-Верас — хранительница бессмертных историй, писец, рождённая в семье младших бояр, приглашена на свадьбу своей лучшей подруги с печально известным королём Хеленрисии. Хотя белокурый владыка для неё под запретом, Кастиль очарована таинственным королём-магом. Доранис из Хеленрисии прибыл в Каскадиан, дабы заключить торговый союз с южным королевством, связав свою жизнь со знатной наследницей, ненавидящей его род. Отмеченный древней магией Пустоши Доранис неожиданно встречает женщину, для которой он прекрасен, а не омерзителен. К сожалению, происхождение, обстоятельства и расстояние делают Кастиль для него недосягаемой. Однако у…

What would you do to win your freedom? This is the question that sets bondwoman, Martise of Asher, on a dangerous path. In exchange for her freedom, she bargains with her masters, the mage-priests of Conclave, to spy on the renegade sorcerer, Silhara of Neith. The priests want Martise to expose the sorcerer's treachery and turn him over to Conclave justice. A risky endeavor, but one she accepts without hesitation--until she falls in love with her intended target. Silhara of Neith, Master of Crows, is a desperate man. The god called Corruption invades his mind, seducing him with promises of limitless power if he will help it gain dominion…

Бришен и Ильдико Хаскем находят восхитительный способ сгладить культурные различия между их народами. Примечание: маленькие дополнения к истории принца каи и его очаровательной супруги гаури. Действия обоих рассказов происходят до событий, изложенных в романе «Эйдолон». «Главное — доверие» первоначально издавалось в сборнике, а «В лучах заката» — крошечный подарок фанатам серии, опубликованный на страничке Грейс Дрейвен в фейсбуке.

Пострадавший от многовекового проклятия, военачальник медленно теряет свою человечность и впадает в безумие. Баллард родом с Кетах-Тор не надеется избежать своей судьбы, пока его сын не возвращается однажды домой в сопровождении женщины несравненной красоты. Его семья считает, что ее приезд может означать спасение для Балларда. … пока они не сталкиваются с ее старшей сестрой. Будучи преисполнена решимости спасти свою сестру от верной гибели, Луваен Дуенда находит старинный замок и обнаруживает семью, заточенную во времени. Черная магия злостной колдуньи и жестокие заросли из роз с жаждой крови не сдержали ее, как и гордый мужчина, обезображенный бессмертной ненавистью власти. Луваен следует решить, полюбит ли она его в конечном результате, чтобы спасти, или уничтожит. Сказка о мести и преданности.

A trilogy of short stories from the worlds of Master of Crows, Entreat Me, and Radiance.

STRONG BLOOD (3,504 words) – Ballard de Sauveterre from ENTREAT ME crosses time to share a drink with Silhara of Neith from MASTER OF CROWS and discovers a connection that spans generations.

CROW AWAKENED (2,975 words) – A short follow-up to THE BRUSH OF BLACK WINGS in which a terrified Silhara finally learns why his beloved wife Martise is fading before his eyes.

A MATTER OF TRUST (5,336 words) – A cultural divide is resolved in the most delightful way between Brishen and Ildiko Khaskem. Takes place after RADIANCE and before EIDOLON.

The demonic horde that threatened to devour the world has been defeated, but at great cost.

Plagued by guilt and nightmares, Serovek Pangion sets out to deliver the soulless body of the monk Megiddo to the heretical Jeden Order for safekeeping. Accompanying him is sha-Anhuset, the Kai woman he admires and desires most--a woman barely tolerant of him.

Devoted to her regent, Anhuset reluctantly agrees to act as a Kai ambassador on the trip, even though the bold margrave known as the Beladine Stallion gets under her skin like no other, and Anhuset fears he'll worm his way into her armored heart as well.

But guilt and unwelcome attraction are the least of their problems. The demons thought vanquished are stirring again, and a warlord with blood-soaked ambition turns a journey of compassion into a fight for survival. When the Beladine king brands Serovek a traitor, Anhuset must choose between sacrificing the life of a man she's grown to love and abandoning lifelong fealty to the Kai people.

A tale of loyalty and acceptance.

Something hunts the surf at night, luring villagers to their deaths with a lullaby of sorrow and the torture of nightmares.
Blessed with the gift of water-sight, Zigana Imre senses the presence of an ancient predator drawn by a hunger for human flesh sweetened by grief. With the help of a child of earth, she will battle a spawn of the sea to protect a loved one and save a man who will one day fight to save a world. Previously published in the now unavailable Teeth, Long and Sharp anthology, Night Tide is a 21k-word, stand-alone novella that takes place in the world of the Wraith Kings series.

Two fantasy romance tales by bestselling and award winning authors Jeffe Kennedy and Grace Draven~

***The Crown of the Queen: a novella of the Twelve Kingdoms by Jeffe Kennedy

It's been a lifetime since librarian Dafne Mailloux saw the coronation of the tyrant who destroyed her family. She did her part to pull him off the High Throne. But his daughter, the would-be Queen, and her sisters must still tame their conquest. If her victory is to last, Dafne must forge peace with the subtle, ruthless methods of a diplomat--and the worst memories of her life...

***The Undying King by Grace Draven

The stories are told in whispers, even after so long: of a man whose fair rule soured when he attained eternal youth. Imprisoned by a sorceress wife in a city out of time and place, he has passed into legend. Few believe in him, and fewer would set their hopes on his mercy. But Imogen has no choice. To break the curse that's isolated her since birth, she'll find the Undying King--and answer his secrets with her own...

The mark Jahna Uhlfrida was born with has made her a target of the cruel and idle all her life. During the long, crowded festivities of the winter holiday known as Delyalda, there's nowhere to escape and no one to save her from the taunts and mockery.

Until a handsome swordmaster promises to teach her how to save herself.

Originally published in the 'Amid the Winter Storm' anthology, In The Darkest Midnight is a stand-alone novella that takes place in the world of the Wraith Kings series.

During a foray into the woods of Neith, Martise stumbles upon a ruined temple and reawakens not only a power she thought lost, but also something far more malevolent. An ancient darkness, imprisoned in an eternal cage, sees a chance at freedom in a woman once held in bondage.

Desperate to save her, the Master of Crows will break the barriers of time and worlds to challenge an entity born of forgotten magic and the remnants of souls—a demon king who once led hordes of the damned across the face of the world.

The destroyer of gods will battle the destroyer of men to reclaim her and discover a truth the keepers of history once conspired to conceal.

A tale of revelation and redemption.

GASLIGHT HADES is a 39k-word novella-length gaslamp fantasy romance with a sprinkling of airships, monsters and ghosts. This story may also be found in the duology, Beneath a Waning Moon, alongside an Elizabeth Hunter tale.

Nathaniel Gordon walks two worlds—that of the living and the dead. Barely human, he's earned the reputation of a Bonekeeper, the scourge of grave robbers. He believes his old life over, until one dreary burial he meets the woman he once loved and almost married.

Lenore Kenward stands at her father’s grave, begging the protection of the mysterious guardian, not knowing he is her lost love. Resolved to keep his distance, Nathaniel is forced to abandon his plan and accompany Lenore on a journey into the mouth of Hell where sea meets sky, and the abominations that exist beyond its barrier wait to destroy them.

The stories are told in whispers, even after so long: of a man whose fair rule soured when he attained eternal youth. Imprisoned by a sorceress wife in a city out of time and place, he has passed into legend. Few believe in him, and fewer would set their hopes on his mercy. But Imogen has no choice. To break the curse that's isolated her since birth, she'll find the Undying King--and answer his secrets with her own...

Magic is outlawed in the Krael Empire and punishable by death. Born with the gift of earth magic, the free trader Halani keeps her dangerous secret closely guarded. When her uncle buys a mysterious artifact, a piece of bone belonging to a long-dead draga, Halani knows it's far more than what it seems.

Dragas haven't been seen for more than a century, and most believe them extinct. They're wrong. Dragas still walk among the denizens of the Empire, disguised as humans. Malachus is a draga living on borrowed time. The magic that has protected him will soon turn on him--unless he finds a key part of his heritage. He has tracked it to a group of free traders, among them a grave-robbing earth witch who fascinates him as much as she frustrates him with her many secrets.

Unbeknownst to both, the Empire's twisted empress searches for a draga of her own, to capture and kill as a trophy. As Malachus the hunter becomes the hunted, Halani must risk herself and all she loves to save him from the Empire's machinations and his own lethal birthright.

In this USA Today bestselling novel, a woman with power over fire and illusion and the enslaved son of a chieftain battle a corrupt empire in this powerful and deeply emotional romantic fantasy.

Every year, each village is required to send a young woman to the Empire's capital - her fate to be burned alive for the entertainment of the masses. For the last five years, one small village's tithe has been the same woman. Gilene's sacrifice protects all the other young women of her village, and her secret to staying alive lies with the magic only she possesses.

But this year is different.

Azarion, the Empire's most famous gladiator, has somehow seen through her illusion - and is set on blackmailing Gilene into using her abilities to help him escape his life of slavery. Unknown to Gilene, he also wants to reclaim the birthright of his clan.

To protect her family and village, she will abandon everything to return to the Empire - and burn once more.

Two delightfully dark tales of Gothic romance from Elizabeth Hunter and Grace Draven.

In A VERY PROPER MONSTER, Josephine Shaw spends long nights filling the pages of her Gothic stories with the fantastic and the macabre, unaware that the suitor her father has arranged is one of the dark creatures she’s always dreamed. For Tom Dargin, courting an ailing spinster was only one duty in a long life of service to his sire. But after he meets the curious Miss Shaw, will Tom become the seducer or the seduced? Can a love fated to end in tragedy survive a looming grave?

In GASLIGHT HADES, Nathaniel Gordon walks two worlds—that of the living and the dead. Barely human, he's earned the reputation of a Bonekeeper, the scourge of grave robbers. He believes his old life over, until one dreary burial he meets the woman he once loved and almost married. Lenore Kenward stands at her father’s grave, begging the protection of the mysterious guardian, not knowing he is her lost love. Resolved to keep his distance, Nathaniel is forced to abandon his plan and accompany Lenore on a journey into the mouth of Hell where sea meets sky, and the abominations that exist beyond its barrier wait to destroy them.

A short follow-up to THE BRUSH OF BLACK WINGS in which a terrified Silhara finally learns why his beloved wife Martise is fading before his eyes.