C.J. Brookes

★ ★ ★ HE CAME FOR VENGEANCE. HE FINDS HER INSTEAD. ★ ★ ★ Cormac Jareth, greatest hunter the Dardaptoan vampires have ever seen, wants one thing: Vengeance. For his sister. For the unborn nephew murdered at an evil human’s hands. Two thousand Dardaptoans have been victims of Leo Taniss. It’s Cormac's life’s purpose to make Taniss pay for his sins. Starting with Leo Taniss’s granddaughter. And with a blood debt only she can pay… ◆ SHE HAS A QUEST OF HER OWN. ◆ Dr. Joselyn Taniss has dedicated her life to finding cures for cancer-stricken children. Her work filled her with purpose, and she was driven to succeed as the new head of Taniss Industries’ Research & Development department. Her future is clear. ◆ UNTIL THE VAMPIRE CHANGES EVERYTHING. ◆ Cormac will have his revenge from the sweet-looking blond he finds alone on Taniss property. Until he touches her—and realizes the woman he came to kill was the woman he has been waiting six hundred years to find. ◆ NO ONE WILL TOUCH THE MATE DESTINED FOR HIM. ◆ But Taniss has more than just Dardaptoan enemies—enemies who see Joselyn as their ticket to revenge, just the same as Cormac once had.Now Cormac has to keep her safe, before even deadlier enemies take his mate away from him. Forever. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Previously published in 2013 as LIVE OR DIE, book 3 of the Dardanos Paranormal Romance Series. Now expanded and updated! ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

Captured by the Hunter

Calle J. Brookes

★★★FIGHT OR FLIGHT? SHE CHOOSES FLIGHT.★★★ But it doesn't matter. He isn't human. He catches her in an instant... The vampire who'd come to kill Mickey Taniss for her grandfather's crimes is tough, hard, beautiful and dangerous. She has no hope of escaping him in a physical confrontation. So she'll just have to outwit him. That's hard to do with a vampire who claims he sees the future... Theodoric Sebastos, ancient judge of the Dardaptoan vampire race, has sentenced Mickey and her sister to death for their grandfather's actions. Once he catches her, one fact becomes evident--she is the mate he's been searching hundreds of years to find. He will never let her go. Mickey is human and innocent of any wrong-doing--and in danger from far more than just the vampires surrounding them. Theo has to find a way to protect her from his own people before the otherworldly threats stalking her catch up to her. And destroys them both. ★★★★★★ Previously published in 2013 as the novella The Seer's Strength, book 2 in the Dardanos paranormal romance series. The book has been updated and expanded in 2020.​ Watch for more Dardanos titles relaunching in 2020/2021.★★★★★★

Fated to her Vampire

★★★ HE’D DEFY THE VERY FATES FOR HER. ★★★ Aodhan Adrastos is the greatest Dardaptoan vampire warrior to have ever lived. Legends have been written about his heroics in battle. So why is a warrior like him hunting a human female of less than thirty years? Vengeance. But revenge feels cold and wrong once he gets a good look at the human he is supposed to kill... ★ SHE HAD TO ESCAPE FROM HIM. ★ Mallory Taniss had been a victim before—because of her grandfather’s evil choices. She barely survived that horrific attack. The nightmare is about to happen all over again. Before Mallory can escape, she’s abducted by a vampire claiming she’s the mate he’s been destined to find. A vampire who came to kill her—but has just changed his mind. ★ NOW HE MUST PROTECT HER FOREVER… ★ Aodhan takes one look at the fiery but terrified Mallory and knows there is no way in the three hells he’ll ever let anyone—human or vampire—harm her ever again. Mallory’s swept up into a world she can’t understand—and she has just one ally among the Dardaptoans. —The vampire who wants her for his own. Mallory is left with no choice but to trust him. Or she and the younger sister she’ll die to protect will pay the price for her grandfather’s sins once again. ★★★★★★ Previously published in 2013 as the novel The Warrior's Woman, book 4 in the Dardanos PNR series. The book has been updated and expanded in 2020. Watch for more Dardanos titles relaunching in 2020/2021.★★★★★★

Stolen by the Warrior

★★★HE INTENDS TO KILL HER FOR HER GRANDFATHER'S SINS.★★★ Sacrifice--he knows it well. Rydere Dardaptos has sacrificed many things in his six hundred years as king of the Dardaptoan vampires. He's ruled his people for centuries, while always searching for the female vampire chosen by the goddess to be his mate. He has almost given up hope. While on a midnight quest for vengeance for the deaths of two thousand of his people, he finds the mate he has been searching for. But there are three problems. She's human. She is the granddaughter of his people's greatest enemy. And he's there to kill her. Now he has to choose between the people he has led for centuries--or the female destined to be his. Company CEO Emily Taniss is used to leading a company of thousands, but being the vampire queen is not something she would ever have signed up for. She definitely isn't some deranged vampire king's chosen bride--no matter how her body is starting to call out for his. Emily just has to play along with his plans until her father and uncles come to save her. Easier said than done--especially as a life with a vampire king starts to sound as enticing as the blood pounding in his veins. Emily hungers for the king now... But the Dardaptoan vampires have more than one enemy, and a vampire's mate is the perfect target for revenge. If Rydere can't convince her to trust him fast, he and Emily will pay the ultimate price... ★★★★★★ Previously published in 2012 as the novella The Blood King, book 1 in the Dardanos PNR series. The book has been updated and expanded in 2020.​ Watch for more Dardanos titles relaunching in 2020/2021.★★★★★★

Taken by the King

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ SHE DOESN’T THINK SHE IS FULLY HUMAN. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ But what she is, college co-ed Jade Taniss doesn’t have a clue. Until the vampire she is destined to spend the rest of eternity with shows up in the middle of her family’s vacation estate. After his family abducted her older sister and three of her cousins to make them vampire brides. Her sister and cousins were taken against their wills, of course. Didn’t it always work that way in the vampire novels and movies Jade had pored over for years? Nothing in life is free. Jade knows that. To be his mate, she will have to become a vampire. Kind of hard to do when she’s squeamish at the sight of blood. Jade can probably manage. She can handle becoming a vampire bride if it means she gets to be with the one guy destined for her. There is only one problem with her plan… —HER 400-YEAR-OLD VAMPIRE GROOM JUST WON’T GET WITH THE PLAN! Vampire healer Barlaam Dardaptos has been searching for a cure for what has been killing off his people’s females and infants for centuries. He’s finally getting close. The last thing he ever wanted to do is find the mate chosen for him by the goddess of his people. Not if it means he could lose her to the same horrific fate. He just wasn’t ready to find her yet. Not that any male in any of the worlds could ever be ready for her… The human female seems to draw trouble her way—and not just human. There are demons hunting her now…And it is his right and duty to protect her. Keeping Jade safe from the forces gunning for her family won’t be easy—but he’ll fight the coming demon and werewolf mercenaries to protect the female he is destined to love. No matter the ultimate cost… ★ ★ ★ Previously released as The Healer's Heart, book six in the Dardanos series. Now expanded and updated as Cursed by her Blood. ★ ★ ★

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