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Cautious after a lifetime of disappointments, Eva is mistrustful of Bhathian's professed feelings of love. She accepts him as a lover and a confidant but not as a life partner. Jackson suspects that Tessa is his true love mate, but unless she can overcome her traumatic past, he might never find out. Carol gets an offer she can't refuse - a chance to prove that there is more to her than meets the eye. Robert believes she's about to commit a deadly mistake, but when he tries to dissuade her, she asks him to leave. This time for good.

Promised to the power-hungry god Mortdh, the young Annani is determined to find a way out of the prearranged political union that would one day put Mortdh on the throne. Even though Khiann is the son of a merchant and not a member of the leading circle, the handsome young god is a much more appealing choice. Now all she has to do is convince him that she is worth chancing an all-out civil war over succession and, possibly, his very life.

As Ell-rom's latent abilities resurface, he confronts an unexpected nemesis – himself. Haunted by emerging memories that paint him as the monster everyone feared, he grapples with a visceral aversion that threatens not only his relationship with Jasmine but her transition into immortality as well. With his sister still comatose, Ell-rom must conquer his inner demons on his own and secure their future.

Her memory loss must have been catastrophic because almost nothing was familiar. The language was foreign to her, with only a few words bearing some similarity to the language she thought in. Still, a full moon cycle had passed since her awakening, and little by little she was gaining basic understanding of it—only a few words and phrases, but she was learning more each day.

When Alena and Orion join Kalugal and Jacki on a romantic vacation to the enchanting Lake Lugo in China, they anticipate a couple of visits to Kalugal’s archeological dig, some sightseeing, and a lot of lovemaking. Their excursion takes an unexpected turn when Jacki’s vision sends them on a perilous hunt for the elusive Kra-ell. As things progress from bad to worse, Alena beseeches the Fates to keep everyone in their group alive. She can’t fathom losing any of them, but most of all, Orion.

Celebrating 100 Books in the Children of the Gods Series! For one hundred books, you've journeyed alongside Annani's clan of immortals—celebrating their triumphs, lamenting their setbacks, and, most of all, cheering them on as they pursued their trueloves. Now, in this landmark installment, witness the culmination of Tamira and Eluheed's story. What began with a lost treasure and blossomed into a love found now reaches a stunning conclusion. Some prisons are made of more than walls. Some treasures are worth more than gold. And some hopes burn eternal.

Margo's life takes an unexpected turn when she reunites with old friends aboard a cruise ship and discovers a world beyond her wildest dreams. She soon learns that the man who saved her from the cartel is not human, but an alien with god-like mind-control abilities who was genetically engineered to embody physical perfection. He also holds the key to unlocking her own immortality, but for that to happen, she must fall in love with him first.

The thrilling next installment in the bestselling Children of the Gods series! As Aru and his team embark on a perilous mission, their past and present converge in a meeting that holds the key to their fate.

After two decades in captivity, Jade is finally free, her quest for revenge within grasp, but danger still looms large. A storm is brewing on the horizon, gathering momentum and threatening to obliterate Jade’s tenuous hold on hope for a better future.

Marcel takes a big risk by telling Sofia his greatest sin. Can he trust her to keep it a secret? Or maybe it’s time to confess his crime and submit to whatever punishment Edna deems appropriate? Three miserable centuries of living with guilt and remorse are long enough. Once the dust settles on the Kra-ell crisis, he will gather the courage to put himself at the court’s mercy.

What would you do if you stopped aging? Eva runs. The ex-DEA agent doesn't know what caused her strange mutation, only that if discovered, she'll be dissected like a lab rat. What Eva doesn't know, though, is that she's a descendant of the gods, and that she is not alone. The man who rocked her world in one life-changing encounter over 30 years ago is an immortal as well. To keep his people's existence secret, Bhathian had been forced to turn his back on the only woman who ever captured his heart, but even though he thought she was human, he'd never forgotten and never stopped looking for her.

Toven might have failed in his attempts to improve humanity's condition, but he isn't going to fail to improve Mia's life, making it the best it can be despite her fragile health, and he can do that not as a god, but as a man who possesses the means, the smarts, and the determination to do it. No effort is enough to repay Mia for reviving his deadened heart and making him excited for the next day, but the flip side of his reviviscence is the fear of losing its catalyst.

Something is very fishy about the stories her brothers have been telling her lately. Her niece, a 19-year-old prodigy with a PhD in bioinformatics, has gotten engaged to a much older guy she met while working on some top-secret project, and if Gabi's older, overprotective brother's approval of the engagement wasn't suspicious enough, he also uprooted his family and moved to be closer to the couple.

As Turner and Bridget’s relationship deepens, living together seems like the right move, but to make it work both need to make concessions. Bridget is realistic and keeps her expectations low. Turner could never be the true-love mate she yearns for, but other than his emotional limitations, he’s perfect in every way. Turner’s hard shell is starting to show cracks. He wants immortality, he wants to be part of the clan, and he wants Bridget, but he doesn’t want to cause her pain. His options are either abandon his quest for immortality and give her his few remaining decades.

Some warriors are born. Others are chosen by fate and forged by circumstances. In the mountains of Kurdistan, a mysterious woman fights for freedom while her own past remains locked away.

The new ghost in Nathalie's head remembers who he was in life, providing Andrew and her with indisputable proof that he is real and not a figment of her imagination. Convinced that she is a Dormant, Andrew decides to go forward with his transition immediately after the rescue mission at the Doomers' HQ. Fearing for his life, Nathalie pleads with him to reconsider. She'd rather spend the rest of her mortal days with Andrew than risk what they have for the fickle promise of immortality.

Brundar is fighting a losing battle. Calypso is slowly chipping away his icy armor from the outside, while his need for her is melting it from the inside. He can't allow it to happen. Calypso is a human with none of the Dormant indicators. There is no way he can keep her for more than a few weeks.

In the next epic installment in I. T. Lucas’s best-selling Children of the Gods series, a hardened leader finds reprieve in the arms of an unlikely ally and discovers the healing power of love.

Onboard the Anna, Amanda suspects that something fishy is going on. But when her investigation of the peculiar all-female Russian crew fails to uncover anything other than more speculation, she decides it's time to stop playing detective and face her real problem - a man she shouldn't want but can't live without.

Since the dawn of human civilization, two warring factions of near-immortals - the descendants of the gods of old - have been secretly shaping its destiny. Amanda's small clan champions progress and peace, while their powerful enemy, the Doomers, propagates ignorance and war. Descending from a single goddess - the only one to survive the ancient cataclysm that wiped out her kind - Amanda's clan members are forbidden to each other.