Authors: Lauren Dane
At Blade's Edge (25 page)
Acknowledgments
THANK YOU, CARINA PRESS! My editor, the fantastic folks behind the scenes in art, the blurb writers, the copy and line editors, formatters, publicity and marketing—thank you for all you do.
Also Available from Lauren Dane
and Carina Press
Second Chances
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Goddess with a Blade series
Goddess with a Blade
Blade to the Keep
Blade on the Hunt
At Blade’s Edge
From Lauren Dane
and HQN Books
The Best Kind of Trouble
Broken Open
Back to You
From Lauren Dane
and Cosmopolitan Red-Hot Reads from Harlequin
Cake
And watch for the next book in the Goddess with a Blade series, coming soon!
About the Author
There was a time back in the early days when Lauren Dane figured writing books got easier with time. She was totally wrong. (A lot like how she promised herself she’d never let
her
kids eat crackers in the grocery store like those awful people and then
totally
opened up crackers to deal with a hungry toddler and a need to finish shopping!)
But she can admit it’s really hard and it kills her ego sometimes and she cries when her characters do and wants to punch some of her heroes just as much as the heroine and readers might.
One thing she didn’t know at the start over ten years ago was how the love of writing—that magic of finishing a book and sending it out into the world after the sometimes agonizing process of getting it that far—does get easier.
So she’s written a few books—over sixty novels and novellas at this point—and she’s grateful every single day, even when she’s been on deadline and she’s stressed and shower deficient and her family has been surviving on cereal and pizza.
Relive the missions and adventures of Rowan Summerwaite in the
Goddess with a Blade
series!
GODDESS WITH A BLADE
Goddess with a Blade
, book one
“
Goddess with a Blade
is like two alphas battling for dominance. That makes the sparks all the more hot.”
—
USA TODAY
Rowan Summerwaite was raised by the leader of the Vampire Nation and is a supercharged Hunter with the power to slay any Vampire who violates the age-old treaty.
A recent string of murders—that have the mark of Vampire all over them—has her at odds with Clive, an arrogant and powerful Scion.
Though her dealings with Clive are adversarial to say the least, Rowan is intensely aware of her attraction to him. But she can’t let it distract her from her duty: to find and battle the killer before more women die.
BLADE TO THE KEEP
Goddess with a Blade
, book two
“Vampire stories always seem to have incredibly convoluted politics, and this series is no exception. But it is Rowan Summerwaite, caught among multiple worlds, who always steals the show.”
—
Library Journal
, Best Books of 2014, eOriginals
Rowan Summerwaite has the power of an ancient goddess in her belly, making her the perfect candidate to renegotiate the fragile Treaty keeping the peace between the Vampire Nation and the last line of defense for humanity, The Hunter Corporation. And she’s got to do it as she attempts to manage a politically awkward romance during a trip back to a place she escaped nearly fifteen years before. No pressure.
BLADE ON THE HUNT
Goddess with a Blade,
book three
“If you have not tried the versatile and oh-so-gifted Dane’s absorbing [
Goddess with a Blade
] series, then you’ve been missing out. This ride is filled with high-stakes action, sizzling sensuality and devious politics!”
—
RT Book Reviews
“When you awaken, you will have to find her yourself. Or she will find you.”
These were the words given to Rowan Summerwaite by the Goddess as Rowan lay clinging to life. Broken—but not defeated—by the ancient Vampire Enyo. But the Blood Front was far bigger than Enyo. There’s a war brewing and Rowan will fight it to the death. It’s what she was born to do.
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If you love Lauren Dane’s Goddess with a Blade series, you won’t want to miss WOLF’S ASCENSION.
WOLF’S ASCENSION
by Lauren Dane
Cherchez Wolf Pack
, book one
(February 2016)
Attacked by werewolves. Mated to the Alpha. Declared a queen. Kari is having an unusual day.
In the Cherchez wolf pack, loyalty is earned, not given. For Andreas, the pull he feels toward Kari cannot be ignored, a physical bond immediate and unbreakable—though Andreas wants to win Kari’s heart as well as her body. But someone isn’t happy about his new mate, and Kari’s just beginning to trust him and the pack when attempted murder threatens their newfound happiness.
Andreas brings out the deepest hunger in Kari, a sexy, passionate side of herself she never knew was there. And her new life as werewolf queen is turning out to be surprisingly emotional in other ways, as well. The bond she feels with Andreas extends to the others in the pack—others she’s now bound to protect.
And as the pack’s enemies are about to discover, Kari will do anything to protect her new family.
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