Night's Darkest Embrace by Jeaniene Frost-- Looking to avenge her cousin Gloria's death at the hands of a Pureblood, half-blood demon Mara returns to the dimension of Nocturna, a place of eternal night, to find the killer. As a half-blood, Mara and her kind are the food of choice for Purebloods. Rafael is the leader of the Nocturna and also the man who saved Mara seven years ago from sharing her cousin's fate. Mara knows Rafael is hiding something, and she'll use any means possible, even seduction, to find out what. But who's really seducing whom?

Mated by Shayla Black-- With a family curse that has taken away their ability to sense their mates, Raiden Wolvesey is determined to never settle for one woman. Tabitha Lowery is carrying Raiden's child but, figuring she's better off without him, he's agreed to let her mate with another man. When her family is murdered by the evil wizard that Raiden and the rest of the Doomsday Brethren are trying to bring down, Raiden finds himself comforting and protecting Tabitha. Though he wants her like no other female he's ever met, without the mating sense, Raiden doesn't know if she's meant to be his. With the enemy catching up, he may no longer have the opportunity to choose between keeping her and letting another man mate with her.

Darkest Temptation by Sharie Kohler-- Treating herself to a rare and much needed night out turns tragic when Lily is attacked by a werewolf. In order to avoid the curse of becoming a werewolf, Lily is told she must kill Luc, the one they believe to be the Alpha of the pack. Luc is a dovenatu, half human, half werewolf, who kills werewolves to keep humanity safe. Something about Lily calls to his long and lonely life and, even though he knows he should kill her, he can't. Instead, he starts a search for her real Alpha so Lily can go back to her normal life but, now that's she's come into his life, Luc finds he doesn't want her to leave.

Jeaniene Frost ventures away from her vampire series, bringing us a new world in another dimension. This was an exciting read with an intriguing and engaging plot. Hopefully she'll turn this into a series so we can learn more. Shayla Black brings us back into the lives of the Doomsday Brethren and we finally get the story I know a lot of us fans have been waiting for. Raiden is the ultimate bad boy and watching him fall was sheer pleasure, start to finish. Sharie Kohler revisits a couple from one of her previous Moon Chaser series books and tells us exactly how they got together. Though the shortest of the three stories, Luc and Lily will quickly endear themselves to you. If you're a fan of the paranormal, this is a must read anthology.

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