New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with a sizzling Angels of the Dark tale about a winged warrior renowned for his ruthlessness, and the woman who becomes his obsessionâ¦.
A tormented past has left Thane with an insatiable need for violence, making him the most dangerous assassin in the skies. He lives by a single code: no mercy. And as he unleashes his fury on his most recent captor, he learns no battle could have prepared him for the slave he rescues from his enemyâs clutchesâa beauty who stokes the fires of his darkest desires.
Elin Vale has her own deep-rooted scars, and her attraction to the exquisite warrior who freed her challenges her every boundary. But Thaneâs unwavering determination to protect her means she must face her greatest fearsâand enter a world in which passion is power, and victory means breathtaking surrender.
Praise forNew York TimesandUSA Today bestselling author
GENA SHOWALTER
âShowalterâs signature blend of sizzling attraction, breathtaking worlds and lethal stakes rocks me every time!â
âSylvia Day
âAnother sizzling page-turner ⦠Gena Showalter delivers an utterly spell-binding story!â
âKresley Cole
âOne of Showalterâs biggest strengths is her ability to create wounded characters who are riveting and intense, but who also hold out the hope of redemption.â
âRT Book Reviews on Beauty Awakened
âShowalter does her magic with an intricately developed world, complex and intensive character arcs and dark, compelling paranormal themes. She releases that literary punch to the gut with excruciatingly detailed scenes that haunt the senses long after reading the pages.â
âUSA TODAY on Wicked Nights
âGena Showalter knows how to keep readers glued to the pages and smiling the whole time.â
âLara Adrian, New York Times bestselling author
Angels of the Dark series WICKED NIGHTS BEAUTY AWAKENED
Lords of the Underworld series THE DARKEST NIGHT THE DARKEST KISS THE DARKEST PLEASURE THE DARKEST WHISPER DARK BEGINNINGS THE DARKEST PASSION THE DARKEST LIE THE DARKEST SECRET THE DARKEST SURRENDER THE DARKEST SEDUCTION THE DARKEST CRAVING
Atlantis HEART OF THE DRAGON JEWEL OF ATLANTIS THE NYMPH KING THE VAMPIREâS BRIDE
GENA SHOWALTER is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the White Rabbit Chronicles, Other-world Assassins, Angels of the Dark and Lords of the Underworld series. She has written over forty novels and novellas. Her books have appeared in Cosmopolitan and Seventeen magazines and have been translated into multiple languages.
To learn more about Gena and her books, please visit www.genashowalter.com and www.genashowalterblogspot.com.
To Jill Monroe. Youâre pretty freaking amazing. You deserve only the bestâwhich is why I hang around you so much. (Yes, I somehow managed to make your awesomeness all about me. Iâm THAT good.)
To Emily Ohanjanians. You always go above and beyond the call of duty and Iâll be forever grateful.
To Kathleen Oudit, Tara Scarcello, Glenn Mackay and Alan Davey. You guys gave me the cover of my dreamsâmy sweet, sexy dreams. Thank you!
To Donna Hayes, Loriana Sacilotto, Craig Swinwood, Brent Lewis, Christina Clifford, Stacy Widdrington, Diana Wong, Ana Luxton, Amy Jones, Melissa Anthony, Erin Craig, Michelle Renaud, Margaret Marbury, Susan Swinwood, Natashya Wilson, Emily Martin, Don Lucey, Lisa Wray, Aideen OâLeary-Chung, Larissa Walker, Arista Guptar, Reka Rubin, Jayne Hoogenberk, Kate Studer and Chris Makimoto (and Emily O, of courseâyou get it twice!). You guys are an awesome team and Iâm blessed to have you in my corner!
To Deidre Knight and Jia Gayles. I think Hard Work and Dedication are your middle names. Thank you!
CHAPTER ONE
HE LIVED SEX. Breathed sex. Ate sex.
He was sex.
Maybe that was his name.
No. That wasnât what she called him. Sheâhis heart. His reason for being.
She would straddle his waist, feed his aching length into her hungry body, and say, âMy slave needs me more than air to breathe, doesnât he?â
My Slave. Yes. That was his name.
My Slave wanted his woman. Craved her like water to drink.
Must have her.
Only she would do. He couldnât live without her smoke-and-dreams scent...mmm, or her too-close-to-the-sun heat...or her fiery claws. How deeply those little daggers cut into his bare chest. And her peekaboo fangs...how deliciously they nipped at the vein in his neck.
She was perfect, and only when she was with him, her strong body taking and receiving pleasure, was the gnawing hunger within him finally satisfied.