by Lexi Blake
“When we get home, I want you to fly with me more.” He picked me up and we floated through the air. “I miss our adventures.”
I loved to be in his arms. “I do not miss all the terror. Little adventures only from here on out.”
He winked at me. “Promise. Here you go. Remember, keep your head down and I’m right behind you.”
He pushed me through, and I had to blink because it was very dark. Even without being able to see anything, I knew we weren’t in Daniel’s office. His office smells of old leather and pine and books. This place smelled like gun oil. And it was rather chilly.
“Hey, hold on,” Kelsey was saying. “I’m trying to find a light. It’s like we’re in some kind of storage shed. It’s big, but I think we’re alone.”
A flame flickered. “Got it. This should help.”
I felt Danny at my back as he came through.
Dean had a smile on his face as he held up his hands. There was a flame coming from his fingertips. “Simple fire spell.” It flickered out. “Damn it. I’ll work on that.”
Lights flickered overhead and the room was illuminated by bright LEDs. I looked around because the room seemed familiar.
“This is the armory,” Dev said with a frown. “But someone moved everything around. I haven’t been down here in months. I’m going to have a talk with Zack.”
“He moved the painting.” I looked back and the painting sat there except now the canvas was blank.
“Come on.” Kelsey opened the door. “We need to move out of here. My phone’s dead because I couldn’t charge it in a faery forest. I need to find one. Trent will know what’s going on. He won’t have left the kids.”
“There’s one in my manager’s office,” Dev offered. “It’s down the hall from here. God, I’m going to tell Albert to make all the food. I’m starving.”
“I didn’t even get to try pizza again,” Daniel complained.
Something was wrong. I could feel it. It was an instinct deep inside me, one my father had told me to always trust. “I think we should stay here for a moment.”
“Holy shit.” Dean was standing by a desk that I was pretty certain hadn’t been here before. There was a printer I knew hadn’t been in the armory and a bunch of stacks of papers all around it.
“What is it?” I moved toward him.
“This might be easier than we think. Who’s this guy?” Dean held up a poster. “Because I’ve been dreaming about this dude at night. Him and a gorgeous blonde. Didn’t you say your kid’s name was Lee?”
He turned it around and my jaw nearly dropped.
It was a wanted poster.
Wanted for crimes against our good King Myrddin
Lee Donovan-Quinn, outlaw, traitor, and thief
Dead or alive
The face staring back at me was my son, but he was at least twenty years old, and something had happened to his eye. He wore a patch and his hair was loose around his broad shoulders.
“Oh, god.” Kelsey picked up another and her hands were shaking. “It’s Fen. This is Fen? It can’t be. He’s only nine.”
He wasn’t nine in the picture. Fenrir Owens was wanted for the same crimes as Lee. We found one for Rhys and one for Evangeline. My little girl was now a gorgeous young woman who was pointing a bow and arrow at whoever had taken the photo.
“What’s the date?” I asked, panic rising.
“It’s four calendar days after we left,” Dev said, looking at the system that secured the armory. It had a time and date stamp on the computer interface. “But according to this, we’ve been gone twelve years.”
“And Myrddin is the king now,” Kelsey said, holding up the last of the wanted posters. It was Trent Wilcox, one of her husbands. “It says he’s wanted for sheltering enemies of the king.”
Time. That was what we had lost.
And I found myself once again in the middle of a war I had to win.
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Zoey, Daniel, and Dev will return in Outlaw.
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Faery Story
By Lexi Blake
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If you’d like the story of how Beck and Cian became the kings of Tír na nÓg, check out my Faery Story trilogy, now available!
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Book 1
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A stranger in a strange land
Megan Starke has given up believing in knights in shining armor. With an unrewarding job and a failed marriage, no one would confuse her life with a fairy tale. No one is coming to save the day or carry her off to a romantic fantasy. So when she wakes up in a magical world and discovers she is to be the grand prize in a fierce and bloody tournament, she isn’t sure if she’s having a sexy dream or a horrible nightmare.
Two kings without a kingdom
Beckett and Cian were raised to be the saviors of their people. Prepared all their lives to lead the Seelie Fae, prophecy proclaimed they would find a bondmate whose love would complete them and unleash their magical powers. But the thrust of a traitor’s blade stole that future and now it threatens to take their lives. Struggling in exile, their glorious destiny has become a curse. Unless they can find the perfect woman to save them, they will descend into madness and ruin. When all hope seems lost, Beck sees Meg and knows she’s the key to their salvation.
An epic battle begins
In a world filled with dethroned kings, upwardly mobile vampires, and dangerous, feline-loving hags, Meg will need all her strength to survive. Finding herself caught between Beck and Cian, she’s willing to do whatever it takes to claim her happily ever after.
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Beast
Book 2
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A playboy who needs to grow up
Fresh from his latest tabloid scandal, vampire playboy Dante Dellacourt has been given an ultimatum. Either he takes a consort and settles down, or his family will disown him. Unwilling to lose everything he has, he reluctantly agrees to find a wife. Marriage is just another kind of contract, after all. No one said anything about love being a part of the bargain.
An outcast who has only known hardship
Exiled by her pack, Kaja is a werewolf without a home. Her life was never easy in the frozen tundra she grew up in, but it was familiar. Waking up in a foreign landscape, surrounded by bright lights, loud noises, and far too many people has left her overwhelmed. Frightened and with no one to trust, she savagely fights to get free of this strange new world.
A passion strong enough to change them both
Called to defend the gnomes of the marketplace, Dante is almost blinded by the radiant light coming off the fierce werewolf. Kaja glows like no consort he has ever seen. Gorgeous and wild, she calls to him in ways he had not dreamed possible. For Kaja, she finds in Dante a man unlike any she has ever known. They could not be more different, but she finds him irresistible.
In order to claim his werewolf bride, Dante must first discover how to overcome their differences. Will he tame his ferocious beauty, or will she unleash his inner beast?
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Beauty
Book 3
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The princess in the tower
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bsp; In one horrifying night, Bronwyn Finn lost her family, her kingdom, and the princes who had haunted her dreams for years. Left alone, years pass as she fights for survival and craves revenge against the uncle who took everything from her. But she’s never forgotten her Dark Ones. Now she hides along with her guardian, but the war rages ever closer.
Two dark princes
A tragedy marred Lach and Shim’s lives. The future kings of the Unseelie Fae are obsessed with finding their promised wife—Bronwyn. Lach and Shim have never stopped believing that Bronwyn is their mate. She is the bond that connects the halves of their shared soul.
A destiny that will change a kingdom
With the blessing of the renegade kings, Beck and Cian Finn, Lach and Shim begin a dangerous quest to find their bride before Torin and his hags take her life.
Across two planes, a war will rage. Lives will be lost. Love will be found. And the Seelie Fae will welcome their true kings home.
No Love Lost
By Lexi Blake
Masters and Mercenaries: The Forgotten Book 5
Coming September 29, 2020
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When Ezra Fain joined the ranks of the CIA, the last thing on his mind was romance. After meeting Kim Solomon, it was difficult to think of anything else. A tragic mistake drove them apart, leaving him shattered and unable to forgive the woman he loved. But when his greatest enemy threatens her life, Ezra leaps into action, prepared to do anything to try to save her.
Solo accepted long ago that she won’t get over Ezra. She’s worked for years to get back into his life, looking for any way to reignite the love they once shared. Unfortunately, nothing seems to penetrate the wall he has built between them. When she’s arrested for a crime she didn’t commit, she believes she’s on her own.
Racing across the globe, Ezra and Solo find themselves together again, caught in the crosshairs of the agency they sacrificed so much to serve. Days on the run soon turn to steamy nights, but Levi Green isn’t about to let them find their happily ever after. And when the smoke clears, the men and women of McKay-Taggart will never be the same again.
About Lexi Blake
New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake lives in North Texas with her husband and three kids. Since starting her publishing journey in 2010, she’s sold over three million copies of her books. She began writing at a young age, concentrating on plays and journalism. It wasn’t until she started writing romance that she found success. She likes to find humor in the strangest places and believes in happy endings.
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Other Books by Lexi Blake
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ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Masters and Mercenaries
The Dom Who Loved Me
The Men With The Golden Cuffs
A Dom is Forever
On Her Master’s Secret Service
Sanctum: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella
Love and Let Die
Unconditional: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella
Dungeon Royale
Dungeon Games: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella
A View to a Thrill
Cherished: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella
You Only Love Twice
Luscious: Masters and Mercenaries~Topped
Adored: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella
Master No
Just One Taste: Masters and Mercenaries~Topped 2
From Sanctum with Love
Devoted: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella
Dominance Never Dies
Submission is Not Enough
Master Bits and Mercenary Bites~The Secret Recipes of Topped
Perfectly Paired: Masters and Mercenaries~Topped 3
For His Eyes Only
Arranged: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella
Love Another Day
At Your Service: Masters and Mercenaries~Topped 4
Master Bits and Mercenary Bites~Girls Night
Nobody Does It Better
Close Cover
Protected: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella
Enchanted: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella
Charmed: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella
Masters and Mercenaries: The Forgotten
Lost Hearts (Memento Mori)
Lost and Found
Lost in You
Long Lost
No Love Lost, Coming September 29, 2020
Butterfly Bayou
Butterfly Bayou
Bayou Baby, Coming August 25, 2020
Bayou Dreaming, Coming December 1, 2020
Lawless
Ruthless
Satisfaction
Revenge
Courting Justice
Order of Protection
Evidence of Desire
Masters Of Ménage (by Shayla Black and Lexi Blake)
Their Virgin Captive
Their Virgin’s Secret
Their Virgin Concubine
Their Virgin Princess
Their Virgin Hostage
Their Virgin Secretary
Their Virgin Mistress
The Perfect Gentlemen (by Shayla Black and Lexi Blake)
Scandal Never Sleeps
Seduction in Session
Big Easy Temptation
Smoke and Sin
At the Pleasure of the President
URBAN FANTASY
Thieves
Steal the Light
Steal the Day
Steal the Moon
Steal the Sun
Steal the Night
Ripper
Addict
Sleeper
Outcast
Stealing Summer
LEXI BLAKE WRITING AS SOPHIE OAK
Texas Sirens
Small Town Siren
Siren in the City
Siren Enslaved
Siren Beloved
Siren in Waiting
Siren in Bloom
Siren Unleashed
Siren Reborn
Nights in Bliss, Colorado
Three to Ride
Two to Love
One to Keep
Lost in Bliss
Found in Bliss
Pure Bliss
Chasing Bliss
Once Upon a Time in Bliss
Back in Bliss
Sirens in Bliss
A Faery Story
Bound
Beast
Beauty
Standalone
Away From Me
Snowed In
