The Bend-Bite-Shift Collection Volume II

One Bite ParadiseJill's wish gave Doc a new chance at life - literally. Almost a decade of years have passed since Jill watched her lover get killed and now that time is like a chasm between them. Can they learn how to make One Bite of Paradise become an eternity?Sweet Magic SongBelle Bittner was sold to the highest bidder when she was just a child, sought for the magic lying dormant in her blood. She grew up as the adopted daughter of a wealthy vampire couple, and serving the child-trafficking Org seemed her only option in life. But Belle has other plans, and she won't let anyone get in the way of her escape, even if it means betraying those who try to help her.Desperate to stay free of an evil vampire who means to possess her no matter what, Belle decides she can use the protection of the flirtatious faery named Roon. The two of them flee to the faery realm where Rooney believes he can better protect her. What he doesn't know is that taking the beautiful siren through the golden door will set off a cataclysm of events that will threaten the fabric of both the human and the faery worlds.Separating myth from fact to decipher the truth about her powers could mean the destruction of the new life Belle's trying so hard to build.TranscendentTo the Women on the Hill McKenna is a spy who sails the nightwind to keep close tabs on her people. In truth, McKenna is a double operative, an integral part of an underground rebellion. The Women are secretly bleeding the fae of their powers then banishing them to the Island Anethemusa; but the Dissenters, rebels who suffer under the crushing power of the Women, mean to put an end to their reign.When McKenna happens upon a talking weasel, she knows she's found the perfect envoy for her covert mission. Robin Weir's punishment for a life of betrayal is to be stripped of his magic and exiled as an animal in a foreign realm. He's used to dirty jobs and subterfuge so becoming McKenna's errand boy should be a simple task.But things heat up when Robin finds he has the power to shift into a man again. For McKenna the pet she's invited into her home now wants nothing less than to possess her heart, body and soul. With the uprising at the ready, lives could be lost if McKenna can't balance her separate identities of spy, rebel and lover.A Dangerous SeasonPain, joy, death, life, magic: All of it fits. Or does it...The faery realm is in a frenzy now that the Women on the Hill are no longer united in power. The fabric of life as the fae know it is changing, and with it the dynamics of friends, lovers and neighbors.Devan will risk both her life and Kent's love to locate her missing father. Nicky must follow Gerry headfirst into danger as she runs from the new demons within herself. Doc and Jill choose an ally in the cold war between faery factions as Robin struggles to help McKenna recover from a loss that could cripple her forever. Kristana and Langston seek answers and follow a ghost into enemy territory, while Rooney confronts the challenges of Belle's growing powers and the path revealed for their lives.A collision of forces could create a new order between the faery and human realms, but will everyone survive the fallout of the cataclysm?