Results for "Melissa" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

A battle-scarred knight who dreams of peace. A secret princess who knows the Empire's darkest truths. And a marriage written in blood and betrayal. After seven years of war, Remin of Andelin returns as the Empire's most infamous hero . . . and the son of its greatest traitors. His reward is a...

Meena is a powerful Seer on a mission to fulfill a prophecy that will save her people. Zakiah is an ambitious inventor who dreams of becoming a scholar against all odds. They are both stuck in The Dead Realms, a patriarchal empire that is literally rotting away. When two women’s lives collide...

There are whispers about what lurks in Witch Knell—the forest where sinners go to die. The villagers call it The Eating Woods because what's taken is never given back. Only those who've lost their senses would dare to go near it. Or the banished. Maevyth Bronwick knows better than to breach the misty labyrinth of trees, but a tragic turn of events compels her beyond the archway of bones to a boundary no mortal has crossed before. One that cloaks a dark and fantastical world that's as dangerous as it is alluring. It's there that he dwells, the cursed lord of Eidolon.

A brewing war. A goddess's game. Two souls woven by secrets and blood. After meeting her fated mate, Kai, on the eve of her warrior trial, Isla's life has changed forever. She's never felt passion or love greater than what burns between them, but it comes at a cost. Thrust into the role of queen...

Owned by a ruthless Assassin Lord, Scarlett Monrhoe and her two sisters have been trained since they were children to torture and take life. They are the most feared trio on the continent, but they are also wild and unpredictable. A tragic night has Scarlett finding herself locked away in a noble's household, trapped and forgotten, until she's ready to fall into line.

After fifty wearisome years of searching for his fated mate, vampire Cordon Shaw, Viscount Grayson, compiles a list of activities to complete before the lack of a mating bond kills him. In his pursuit of some sense of satisfaction, he stumbles upon a gorgeous woman who rebuffs his advances—and...

Tessalyn Ausra ha finalmente ottenuto ciò che bramava: la sua vendetta è compiuta e ora, temuta dai sovrani di Devram, si trova sotto la protezione del Regno di Achaz, pronta a compiere la propria missione. Ma con un potere che ancora non riesce a controllare e un legame che la tiene incatenata al passato, Tessa sa che la tentazione e il caos si nascondono dietro l'angolo.

Scarlett Semiria knew the cost of her actions the day she sacrificed everything to keep her family, her Courts, and her twin flame safe. At least she thought she did. When she discovers the cost was more than she could have ever anticipated, she finds herself once again forced to choose between saving innocents or saving the ones she loves. But this choice might just leave her so broken, even the stars won’t be able to bring her back.

As danger rises and love blooms, Claire must uncover the secrets about herself to save a kingdom. Claire's relationship with King Talon is deepening, but the weight of duty has pulled him away. When she learns that she is the only one who can help Dragonwall's people against the vodar, she...

It is ten years after the great War with Lucifer, and the Coven has rebuilt. Leader of the Fallen, Oliver Hazard-Perry, plans to celebrate this prosperity by throwing a 400 Year Ball-and all Blue Blood society will be there. And then, all hell breaks loose....

La magie est peu fréquente dans l'Empire raverrain, et ceux qui naissent avec ce pouvoir sont étroitement contrôlés : repérés dès l'enfance, ils se retrouvent enrôlés de force dans le régiment des Faucons. Zaira a évité ce sort ; elle a grandi dans les rues en volant pour survivre et...

The sorcerer threatening Dragonwall is closing in. After fulfilling an unbreakable promise, Claire is determined to settle into her new life. With powerful magic coursing through her veins, she must save Dragonwall. The path to victory is uncertain, and the magic she wields, even more so. She must learn to control it. King Talon would rather turn a blind eye to his past behavior than apologize. Despite the deep animosity she feels towards him, Claire must learn to forgive him. Their only hope is in working together. 

Vampires don't exist. It's a mathematical certainty. But the mathematical reality? I'm trapped in a gothic mansion filled with them. Laurent claims that my blood will make him the most powerful vampire alive. So he kidnapped me from a college party. I was supposed to be celebrating my graduation...

All Kembral Thorne wants is to finish her maternity leave in peace. But when her best friend drags her to a will reading at a decrepit island mansion—along with her once-rival, now-girlfriend Rika Nonesuch—she finds an unexpected reunion of her childhood crew . . . and a deadly curse she must now unravel. To save her friends, Kem and Rika must once more race against the clock and descend into other realities. But the mansion is full of old secrets and new schemes, and soon the game becomes far more dangerous than they could ever have imagined.

Orphaned at a young age and taken in by Telvan’s most notorious bandit gang, Kinrou had no real expectations in life. He knew nothing of his past, nor did he care to. Then, one day, with the death of a Dragon Warrior, everything changed. After a trip to Karath, the capital city of Telvan, he was told about a threat to the peace and that he had been handpicked by the Sky Lords themselves to stop it if only he could discover what this threat was in time.

Scarlett Sutara Aditya has finally learned the full cost to save her world and correct mistakes that are not hers, but she refuses to accept the fate that has been decided for her. Making demands of her own, she fights for her twin flame, her family, and the realm that balances on her destiny. She has always played games by her own rules, but this time, winning might cost her everything.

Women in 22nd-century sovereign America are expected to be seen and not heard. Caitriona Hayden did not get that memo. As she struggles to make her way in the world after her powerful uncle dies, being "seen" is the least of Cait's problems.

In this witty and charming love story, a buttoned-up math professor is forced to rely on her carefree doorman when her identity mysteriously disappears. Catherine Lipton carefully calculates everything, and not just because she’s a math professor. She had a chaotic childhood growing up with a...

The brilliant conclusion to Melissa Caruso’s Echo Archives trilogy; a whip-smart adventure fantasy where a detective has to solve the greatest mystery of all—her own murder. Kembral Thorne is back on the job. Everything is going great—she hasn’t been in mortal peril for months, her...

A whip-smart adventure fantasy packed with reality-bending magic, and sapphic romance, The Last Hour Between Worlds is the brilliant launch of a new series from David Gemmell Award-nominated author, Melissa Caruso. In the Deep Echoes, no one can save you. Kembral Thorne has a few hours away from...