Amalia Dillin

"Honor Among Orcs [...] takes you by surprise and doesn't let go of your imagination..." -- Shannon Mayer, Author of the Rylee Adamson Series For lovers of Warcraft, Tolkien, Beauty & the Beast--or all three... As featured on Buzzfeed's "21 Types of Romance Novels You Have to See to Believe," Honor Among Orcs is the fantasy you've been waiting for... After nearly a decade as the king's whipping-girl, Princess Arianna has no intention of going quietly into marriage to some treasonous noble, or serving obediently as the king's spy until her death is more convenient. When she discovers a handsome orc, chained and trapped inside a magic mirror, Arianna cannot help but see a lasting freedom from her father's abuse. Left to rot inside a mirror by the king, Bolthorn never imagined his prayers would be answered by a princess. Nor did he ever expect to meet so worthy a woman after knowing her father's cruelty. He needs her help to escape the mirror before the king marches against the orcs, but all he can offer Arianna is ice and darkness in exchange for her aid. If Arianna can free the monster behind the glass, perhaps she might free herself, as well. But once they cross the mountain, there will be no return, and the deadly winter is the least of what threatens them on the other side. Fans of Kristin Cashore's FIRE and GRACELING will appreciate the collision of romance, adventure, and epic fantasy -- all with a new adult edge -- in Honor Among Orcs.

Honor Among Orcs

Less Beauty and the Beast and more Tolkien, this second Orc Saga adventure will force Arianna and Bolthorn to overcome their greatest fears, with the life of their unborn child and the safety of their world hanging in the balance.Princess Arianna never wanted to return to her human kingdom of Gautar. Not after she helped murder her abusive father to escape. Not since the orc Bolthorn defied death and tradition to make her his wife. And though the coldest days of winter are behind them, Arianna is still recovering the strength she needs to bring their half-orc child safely into the world.The Ancestors, however, have other plans. Bolthorn's kin disappeared through the mountain passage to Gautar months ago and Arianna won't abandon any orc to the cruel mercy of her father's people. Just as worrisome, Arianna's sister is trapped within the castle, a pawn and plaything of the new king.But there is power at work in Gautar that even the Ancestors fear. Power and magic that a princess and an orc cannot hope to conquer alone. Hiding their expedition from human eyes would be difficult enough, but the growing dangers they face across the mountain threaten to destroy not just the human kingdoms, but the safety and freedom of the orcs, as well.

(Series) Orc Saga: Book Two

Blood of the Queen

Before Arianna met Bolthorn, Signy, Queen of Gautar, struck a bargain with a brook horse. A princess sent to marry a cruel foreign king, far from home, friends, or aid, Signy must find a way to protect herself and her people. But brook horses are fickle creatures and their magic is wild at best; if Signy cannot keep her promises, it will cost them both--and the blood that's spilled between them will be the least of it. This Orc Saga prequel novella should be read as book 2.5 in the series.

An Orc Saga Novella

The Queen and Her Brook Horse

Amalia Theresa

When dating is a lottery, you have to play to win. Best friends since freshman year at Midwestern State University, Sully and Kate have been playing, and losing, the dating game for four long years, comparing notes along the way. Kate is sure that personality trumps all, and Sully refuses to settle for anything less than perfect chemistry, but they're both determined to find The One. Finally, after graduation, it looks like they might have landed their winning tickets--there's just one problem: it turns out, after years living as strictly platonic roommates, sparks have begun to fly at home. But Kate needs her best friend--Sully is the only safety net she has left. Add in the stress of figuring out her life plan post-college, a hot mess of a family situation threatening to suck her back in, and the fear of not living up to Sully's super high bar for sexual chemistry, and feelings or not, kissing that frog might be too big of a risk. Either way, the rules of the game they've been playing have changed. And Kate and Sully are rapidly approaching a crisis their friendship might not survive. Not unless they're willing to go all in. For fans of Christina Lauren's Wild Nights and Cora Carmack's Rusk University series, Playing to Win is the first book in an all new, scorchingly hot romantic comedy series from the author of Daughter of a Thousand Years and From Asgard, With Love, Amalia Dillin/Carosella.

Playing to Win

To win the world, Adam will defy the gods, but his fate rests in Eve's hands. - Since the gods returned Adam's memory six hundred years ago, Thor has been a scourge on his lives. But when Adam learns that Thor has been haunting his steps out of love for Eve, he is determined to banish the thunder god once and for all. Adam is no fool: Eve still loves the man she knew as Thorgrim, and if she ever learned he still lived, that he still loved her, Adam would lose any chance of winning Eve to his side, never mind liberating the world. But after everything Thor has done to protect Eve, everything he's sacrificed, the thunder god won't go without a fight. Not as long as Eve might love him again.Which means Adam has to find a new ally. The enemy of his enemy, complete with burning sword and righteous resentment of the gods. But in order to attract the Archangel Michael's attention, he needs Eve - an unmarried Eve, willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.It shouldn't be too difficult to find her in the future. Not now that he knows how to look.

Fate Forgotten

When Adam left Eve, abandoning his wife and their newborn daughter Elah, he thought he was saving the world. But he hadn't counted on the influence of Michael, twisting Elah's love for her parents into paranoia, or the slow, leaching death of the world she rules. How could he have known the blame for the world turning barren would fall on Eve? Eve only had two years to teach her daughter love, to cement Elah's sense of morality and ensure the safety of all Creation. Even with the help of Raphael, Elah is becoming her father's daughter, a master manipulator, and she's determined to have her way, even if it means betraying her own mother's trust. With Loki and the Aesir gone, Thor thinks he's protected Eve from the ravages of Ragnarok, but there are forces in play even the gods can't see. When Thor arrives in Eve's next life, offering her everything she ever wanted from Adam, and more - eternity without death or rebirth, and the freedom to live outside of her daughter's reach - Eve is more than tempted. Being part of the world has grown physically painful. If she can escape to Asgard, maybe she can live again. Maybe she can love again. But can the world survive with only Adam to protect it?

Beyond Fate

Two New Fate of the Gods Novellas collected together for the first time in one Volume. Enduring Fate (Book 2.75) In the early 20th Century, far from the powder keg of Europe, in Connecticut, Eve endures a marriage to an abusive, jealous, monstrous man. When her husband commits her to an asylum for the mentally ill as a convenient means by which to control her, delivering her into the care of a doctor determined to drive her mad, she endures that, too. Until, after seeing her DeLeon family safe from the ravages of World War I in France, Thor finds her trapped inside the ward, beaten and broken. Until the doctor and her husband conspire to push her just too far beyond the limits of her self-restraint, unleashing a devastating power she fears she is no longer able to control. Concealing Fate (Book 0.5) After the events of Enduring Fate it's no wonder that Eve would choose to return to France, eager to live her new life honestly among the only people she can trust. Until she meets Garrit and finds hereslf caught again in a relationship built on a foundation of secrets and lies. Of all the men in the world she might meet, Garrit is the only one who knows the truth of her Creation, of her entire history from the dawn of time--but heir to the House of Lions or not, he absolutely refuses to believe in it. Even when the proof is standing right in front of him. And, in addition, a bonus scene previously only available to Patreon Patrons, exclusive to this paperback collection!

A Fate of the Gods Collection

Faults of Fate

One Novelette, three flash fiction stories, and five short stories, previously digitally published or otherwise released independently, but collected all together in print for the first time, including: Imaginary Friends Frost Bitten, Twice Shy A Norse Lullaby I am Europa Favor of God The Foundation of Rome The Rule of Fate Refuge Ned Thrall Encompassing subjects from Samson and Delilah and the founding of Rome, to the thread of myth and even the experience of the divine in our present day, and onward to the far future of advanced science and its role in how we make sense of the limits of our DNA and the ramifications of genetic modification, there's something for everyone in this collection: fantasy, historical fiction and mythic retelling, romance, contemporary fiction, and even some sci fi!

A Collection of Short Stories

Of Gods and Jotuns

Since the gods returned Adam's memory six hundred years ago, Thor has been a scourge on his lives. But when Adam learns that Thor has been haunting his steps out of love for Eve, he is determined to banish the thunder god once and for all. Adam is no fool: Eve still loves the man she knew as Thorgrim, and if she ever learned he still lived, that he still loved her, Adam would lose any chance of winning Eve to his side, never mind liberating the world. But after everything Thor has done to protect Eve, everything he's sacrificed, the thunder god won't go without a fight. Not as long as Eve might love him again. Which means that Adam has to find a new ally. The enemy of his enemy, complete with burning sword and righteous resentment of the gods. But in order to attract the Archangel Michael's attention, he needs Eve -- an unmarried Eve, willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. It shouldn't be too difficult to find her in the future. Not now that he knows how to look.

For the first time in her many lives, Eve would rather be anywhere but home.In 15th Century France, Eve would have burned as a witch if it hadn't been for the too-timely arrival of the Marquis DeLeon to save her skin. But Eve didn't ask to be rescued, and their hasty marriage is off to anything but a smooth start. As tensions in the town grow and plague threatens, Ryam DeLeon knows if he and Eve cannot find common ground, their first Christmas may be their last.

Taming Fate

The only peace Eve found in her last life was the time she spent with her family, her House of Lions, so it's no wonder that in the modern world she'd choose to return to France, eager to live her new life honestly among the only people she can trust. Until she meets Garrit, a man she has no business falling in love with, and finds herself building a relationship on a foundation of secrets and lies. Because of all the men in the world she might meet, Garrit is the only one who knows the truth of her Creation, of her entire history from the dawn of time--but heir to the House of Lions or not, he absolutely refuses to believe in it. Even when the proof is standing in front of him. Concealing Fate takes place about two years before the events of Forged by Fate, the first book in the Fate of the Gods trilogy.

A Fate of the Gods Novella

Concealing Fate

Amalia Carosella

Pirithous is back! But after 3000 years trapped in Hades, what does he have left to live for? Pirithous, son of Zeus, stumbles out of the Underworld into Upstate New York, a land nothing like the one he left behind so long ago. The price of his freedom: revive the worship of his gods and build Persephone a temple for her help in his escape. But the world is so changed, Pirithous, once a wealthy and honored king, doesn't know where to begin. Raised in a strict Greek Orthodox family, Thalia has always been something of a wild child. Wild enough to pick up an attractive man off the side of the road in exchange for his help, no questions asked. When he claims he's a son of Zeus, she gives him the benefit of the doubt. But Pirithous is more pirate than anything else, and an interstate road sign isn't the only thing he's happy to steal... Hunted by centaurs sent by Hades himself, Pirithous is a danger to more than the woman who's taken him in, and even for love and the help he needs to repay his debts, it's hard to justify the risk. Pirithous must find a way to work around the threat of his gods and the complications of the modern world to become the man and the hero Thalia deserves. Unless he'd prefer to return to the Underworld-without any hope of coming back. A fan-favorite hero in Helen of Sparta and Tamer of Horses, Pirithous returns for another adventure, set in the world you know.

Son of Zeus

Ordinarily, Gwen likes goats, even makes her living by milking them, but these two are some kind of devil-spawn, and one of them is pawing the ground, horns aimed at her guts. The fact that they were followed by a blonde farmhand with a much too charming smile isn't all that much of an improvement, either. But Thjalfi makes himself useful. He's lean and smart, with a warmth in his pale blue eyes that makes her shiver, and she can't deny that he has a way with her horses. He seems to have a way with her, too. There's just one problem: Thjalfi's a slave, a bondservant to the god of thunder, Thor, and no matter how far they fall in love, he can't stay. But this so-called god who owns him? He's about to learn just how far a Midwestern girl will go to free the boy she loves.

Postcards from Asgard

Tempting Fate

Imaginary Friends

Enduring Fate

Samantha Connelly has no idea what she's doing with her life. That feeling leads her into the woods, where she pours a libation to a different god--a god of thunder--praying just once for a response. There's no lightning or ominous rumbles, but she does meet a man with a bow strapped to his back and an easy smile. A man named Ullr, who isn't really a man at all. Unfortunately, he's brought ill-tidings. If Sam thought her life was a mess before, it's nothing to what's coming. Loss and pain and sorrow hang like a dark cloud over her fate, and now that she's called to the Norse gods, Ullr is determined to see her through it. Maybe it's foolish, but Sam agrees to let him. After all, with all signs pointing to ruin, how could accepting some help from the gods make things worse? *** Fans of POSTCARDS FROM ASGARD and DAUGHTER OF A THOUSAND YEARS won't want to miss this contemporary adventure from Amalia Dillin!

From Asgard, with Love

A complete collection of Fate of the Gods novellas and stories, together for the first time in one volume, featuring an all new novella, Finding Fate, the newly revised and republished short story, Bride Price, and a never before seen bonus scene set during the events of Forged by Fate. Tempting Fate (Book 1.5) Mia's lived in her sister's shadow long enough. (First time in paperback!) Bride Price (Book 1.75) Mia may have chosen Adam, but that doesn't mean Jean is through with him yet. (Newly revised, first time in paperback!) Taming Fate (Book 2.5) As tensions in the town grow and plague threatens, Ryam DeLeon knows if he and Eve cannot find common ground, their first Christmas may be their last. Finding Fate (Book 3.5) An All New Epilogue to Beyond Fate: Now that Marcus knows the truth about Eve, what is he going to make of it?

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