Long has man dreamed of changing the world around him using only his mind. We must ask ourselves though, what price would we pay to bend reality to our will? Would we be willing to trade our sanity in order to warp the world to our own ideal?Hugh must find the answers to these questions for himself after discovering that he is a Shadowbinder. He finds that he has the power to alter the physical world by manipulating Shadows, but the power comes with a heavy cost. He must battle mysterious and powerful forces which desire his new found Power, and all the while struggle to maintain his sanity. To survive he must kill, but to live he must determine what is real. This is the world of the Shadowbound, the realm within the shadows of our own world.

Spread throughout the dark corners of our world lies the Shadow World, a society of vampires who feed off the living. In Austin, Texas, one woman must quell the cravings rising within her, as the very fate of the world rests in her hands… Ever since her Prime, David Solomon, returned from the dead, Miranda Grey has been hungry. The transformation from ordinary vampires into the ultrapowerful children of Persephone has left both Miranda and David craving the taste of death—and their appetites are growing. Meanwhile, a formerly vague threat from a fringe group of humans has turned into a full-on war. The Order of the Morningstar has devoted itself to eradicating vampires and has begun to assassinate Primes all over the globe. The Shadow World’s fate depends on the Circle of Signets descended from those who subdued Morningstar hundreds of years ago—but if even a single one is killed, the war is almost certainly lost. Now, with the help of a strange new ally, Miranda must put aside her hunger and access long-forgotten magic to save the Circle, but time is running out…

When a powerful relic goes missing from a secret society that dabbles in the occult, Miss Ianthe Martin is charged with finding it at all costs. She needs help, but all clues point to someone on the inside being the thief. The only sorcerer she knows that can't possibly be involved, is the very man she saw locked in Bedlam a year ago... The mad, bad, dangerous Earl of Rathbourne. When the seductive Miss Martin appears in his Bedlam cell, Rathbourne fears he's finally lost his mind. The devilish sorceress played a hand in his incarceration, and now she comes asking for help? Perhaps she should begin by begging for mercy... But Ianthe's offer of freedom is one he can't refuse, although he has a clause of his own to add. She may bind him with her power–the only way to still the demons haunting him–but for every day spent under her command, the nights will be his... to wreak delicious revenge on her willing flesh. The Dark Arts series: —Victorian gothic romance —myth and magic —sorcerer romance —enemies to lovers romance —witches romance —demons romance —demon romance paranormal —marriage of convenience romance —gaslight fantasy

The voice broke into his thoughts, everywhere and nowhere at once, deafening, yet somehow a whisper. "Are you ready to learn the truth?" Heir to a notorious crime syndicate, sixteen-year-old Vincent Wilder is determined to live up to his father's intimidating legacy, and expand his violent empire. The Wilders have terrorised the city of Pabell for decades and Vincent knows the business inside and out - and has dirtied his own hands more times than he dares to count. But no matter how ready he thinks he is, nothing could have prepared him for life at the helm. His father was a man of many things, but secrets wasn't one of them. Or so Vincent had thought. The deeper Vincent gets into his leadership role, the more terrifying and inexplicable skeletons he uncovers. With the threat of a revolution, a mysterious and intrusive voice in his head, and a long-lost history he knew nothing about, is he really up to the challenge?

The conclusion to The Binding series sees Shadow Queen Matilde returned to her throne, but with many more battles to fight before she can secure a free future for herself and her people.

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