Lothaire

A VAMPIRE LORD WITH THE FACE OF A FALLEN ANGEL BUT A HEART AS COLD AS ICE.

HIS MORTAL CAPTIVE, SNATCHED FROM ONE IMPRISONMENT TO ANOTHER PERIL EVEN MORE TERRIFYING.

CAN A SINISTER WARRIOR AT LAST CHOOSE LOVE OVER VENGEANCE?

KRESLEY COLE’S
IMMORTALS AFTER DARK

“Stands out as one of the best paranormal series available on the market.”
—
Examiner.com

“You can trust Cole to always deliver sizzling sexy interludes within a darkly passionate romance.”
—
Romantic Times

“Kresley Cole knows what paranormal romance readers crave and superbly delivers on every page.”
—Single Titles

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole continues her electrifying Immortals After Dark series with this thrilling tale, revealing secrets of the Lore, fierce realm of the immortals. . . .

ALL FEAR THE ENEMY OF OLD

Driven by his insatiable need for revenge, Lothaire, the Lore’s most ruthless vampire, plots to seize the Horde’s crown. But bloodlust and torture have left him on the brink of madness—until he finds Elizabeth Peirce, the key to his victory. He captures the unique young mortal, intending to offer up her very soul in exchange for power, yet Elizabeth soothes his tormented mind and awakens within him emotions Lothaire believed he could no longer experience.

A DEADLY FORCE DWELLS WITHIN HER

Growing up in desperate poverty, Ellie Peirce yearned for a better life, never imagining she’d be convicted of murder—or that an evil immortal would abduct her from death row. But Lothaire is no savior, as he himself plans to sacrifice Ellie in one month’s time. And yet the vampire seems to ache for her touch, showering her with wealth and sexual pleasure. In a bid to save her soul, Ellie surrenders her body to the wicked vampire, while vowing to protect her heart.

CENTURIES OF COLD INDIFFERENCE SHATTERED

Elizabeth tempts Lothaire beyond reason, as only his fated mate could. As the month draws to a close, he must choose between a millennia-old blood vendetta and his irresistible prisoner. Will Lothaire succumb to the miseries of his past . . . or risk everything for a future with her?

KRESLEY COLE is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Immortals After Dark paranormal series. Her IAD books have been translated into seventeen foreign languages, garnered two RITA Awards, and consistently appear on the bestseller lists in the United States and abroad. She has also written five award-winning historical romances. Visit her website at
www.KresleyCole.com
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LOTHAIRE

BOOKS BY KRESLEY COLE

The Sutherland Series

The Captain of All Pleasures

The Price of Pleasure

The MacCarrick Brothers Series

If You Dare

If You Desire

If You Deceive

The Immortals After Dark Series

The Warlord Wants Forever

A Hunger Like No Other

No Rest for the Wicked

Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night

Dark Needs at Night’s Edge

Dark Desires After Dusk

Kiss of a Demon King

Pleasure of a Dark Prince

Demon from the Dark

Dreams of a Dark Warrior

With Gena Showalter

Deep Kiss of Winter

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cole, Kresley.
    Lothaire / Kresley Cole.—1st Gallery Books hardcover ed.
      p. cm.—(Immortals after dark)
1. Vampires—Fiction. I. Title.
    PS3603.O4287L68 2012
    813'.6—dc23            2011043576

ISBN 978-1-4391-3682-9
ISBN 978-1-4391-7702-0 (ebook)

To Swede—a good sport, a great guy, and a remarkable husband. As I’m writing this, it’s four in the morning Deadline Standard Time, and you’re still at the desk with me. How can I surprise you with a dedication when you refuse to desert the command center?

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