Russian Alek Dragovich, head enforcer for the Undead, is feeling the weight of his years and has yet to find the elusive affaire d’amour that would lighten his burden. When Gypsy Marya Jaks, daughter of a vampire hunter, tries to kill Drago, the two are thrust into a deadly game of betrayal where no one can be trusted.
IMMORTAL IMAGE
Vampire Revelin Scott, the Directorate’s cockiest and youngest enforcer, is ordered to go undercover with mortal Deni Geron to infiltrate and destroy a society of rogue vamps. When the Voodoo priestess who rules the society becomes more than Rev can handle, only Deni’s sacrifice can save him.
AFTERIMAGE
Russian Alek Dragovich, head enforcer for the Undead, is feeling the weight of his years and has yet to find the elusive affaire d’amour that would lighten his burden. When Gypsy Marya Jaks, daughter of a vampire hunter, tries to kill Drago, the two are thrust into a deadly game of betrayal where no one can be trusted.
Welcome to Aces, Arizona, where the big excitement on Saturday night is the sand drags, and folks look forward to the annual sidewalk egg fry contest. That's just fine with Devon Dawes. Peace and quiet are just what she's looking for after the very public death of her brother in a big-city police chase. Small town life is also just right with Rick Tredino, whose career as an undercover Phoenix cop nearly cost him his life when the woman he loved betrayed him.
But Aces has also attracted a stalker bent on revenge.
The stalker, dubbed "Mr. Ace" for his habit of sending an ace playing card with each threat, brings Devon together with Rick, now a security consultant and part-time private investigator. But Rick's progress on the case goes nowhere. Are the threats a result of Devon's strong stand against police pursuits at a town hall meeting? Or are they connected to the youth center Devon now runs-retribution from troubled teens Devon was forced to turn over to police? Rick's efforts to protect Devon are hampered as much by her dislike of cops as by Mr. Ace himself.
When Devon and Rick's tumultuous professional relationship turns personal, the past catches up to both of them. In spite of her attraction to him, Devon doesn't want Rick invading the walls she's built up to deal with her grief. And the last time Rick got this close to a woman, he almost died. The strain of the past breaks them apart just as Mr. Ace gets ready to deal his final card, only this time it isn't just vengeance on his mind…it's murder.
JAYE ROYCRAFT
JAYE ROYCRAFT'S VAMPIRE SERIES:
DOUBLE IMAGE
Dalys Aldgate has been a survivor for 235 years. In present day Mississippi, ex-convict “Dallas” is the reclusive owner of a haunted inn who tries to forget his even more haunting past. Ex-cop Tia Martell has her own dark years to forget, but murder brings the two together in an unlikely alliance against forces from the past that threaten their very lives. Tia’s survival hinges on trusting the man with the double image, but which side of him is real--the mysterious lover, or the Vampar of Natchez, who knows death even better than she does?
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
"Jaye Roycraft writes with bone chilling hypnotic words that ultimately demand the reader's full attention."~Suzie Housley, MyShelf.com
"Having read paranormal and time-travel romances almost exclusively for the last eight to ten years, I didn't think there was much more to learn about vampires. This author has other ideas and opens up totally new avenues of thought for the reader. Ms. Roycraft has a very definite gift for grabbing the reader ‘by the throat’, and holding on through the entire book."~Irene Marshall, Escape to Romance
"I've been a long time fan of vampire fiction beginning with the original Bram Stoker's Dracula, which I read more years ago than I'm willing to admit. My love of vampire lore has carried over into my love of romance novels, and the two combined make up one of my favorite reading genres. With all the vampire romances I've read, you would think they would start to become common place, but there is nothing at all usual or common about Ms. Roycraft's vampires..."~Terrie Figueroa, Romance Reviews Today
HALF PAST HELL:
War is hell, even when you're already dead.
It's been twenty years since the vampire-mortal war nicknamed Hell ended, but underneath the gloss of political correctness and affirmative action, old hatreds die hard, especially in the heart of Chi-No, Wisconsin. It is here that many of Chicago's young vampires, burned out during the war, have resettled. The sucklings live in Chi- No's old inner-city neighborhoods, trying to abide by the covenants of their new world, but many are mysteriously dying the true death. Chi-No Police detectives Kilpatrick and Duvall have been assigned to the latest case.
Cate Greenbush knows that a strip club isn’t the way to meet men, but when your job is talking to dead people, boyfriends are hard to come by. She also knows that the club’s sexy headliner is nothing more than a fantasy—and a dangerous one at that. During the man’s performance, she sees an image of a murdered woman and fears the dancer is the woman’s killer.
Vampire Garran Lux has no such lack of sexuality, and he flaunts it to the world as an instructor at a dance studio and as an exotic dancer. But the beast that rules his vampiric side is becoming stronger and harder to control. Without the control of his “human” side, he fears he’ll start killing again. He decides to seek help from an urban shaman who specializes in spiritual healing and soul retrievals.
By coincidence—or is it fate?—Cate is the urban shaman Garran comes to for help. She’s shocked to discover her new client is her fantasy lover from the strip club, and for some insane reason she agrees to help him despite her fear that he may be a killer.
The quest for Garran’s lost soul becomes an exploration of human desire and inhuman lust that quickly evolves into a search for love. . .if Cate and Garran can survive the perilous journey to the Land of the Dead to rescue his soul.
