The plan is simple. Executing it will be the real challenge. Can Ridley restore magic to a world that fears it?Magic, once an integral part of everyday life, is forbidden. Ridley has lived her life in fear, constantly hiding what she truly is.When the opportunity to change this presents itself, Ridley is fully on board. Restoring magic to society will change the world for everyone just like her.But when the Shadow Society discovers her safe haven and Archer is taken, Ridley's priorities are split.She takes off on her own, unearthing life-shattering secrets as she goes and discovering just how much power she truly possesses.Power that can make a difference. Power that can change the world.But the Shadow Society is prepared to fight back, and they have power of their own ...
She's a thief with forbidden magic. He's the guy she just stole from. Now they must work together.In a city where magic is outlawed, teenage thief Ridley uses her special powers to steal from the rich and give to those in need-until the night someone follows her home after a heist and ends up murdered outside her apartment.When her best friend is accused of the crime, Ridley is determined to prove his innocence.But things get messy when the artifact Ridley stole turns out to contain secrets that could endanger many lives. Forced to team up with wealthy Archer-the guy she stole from-Ridley must hunt down the artifact before it winds up in deadly hands.Which means following a trail into the hidden parts of the city ...... and hopefully not winding up dead.- - -"OH MY GOSH THIS WAS SO GOOD " ★★★★★"A real page-turner, couldn't put it down." ★★★★★"... mesmerizing from the word go " ★★★★★"Love, love, LOVE this " ★★★★★
Family secrets, powerful magic, a slow-burn romance ... Ridley Kayne has discovered she's not alone. There are others with magic just like hers. Those who are also hunted by the Shadow Society. Elementals. With Archer's help, Ridley sets out to find the other elementals living in Lumina City. They'll have to be careful not to draw the attention of the Shadow Society or the law--or Ridley's dad, who would prefer she stay away from those with illegal magic like hers. So Ridley does whatever she can to pretend life is back to normal. Until the night her magic is discovered.
The plan is simple. Executing it will be the real challenge. Can Ridley restore magic to a world that fears it?Magic, once an integral part of everyday life, is forbidden. Ridley has lived her life in fear, constantly hiding what she truly is.When the opportunity to change this presents itself, Ridley is fully on board. Restoring magic to society will change the world for everyone just like her.But when the Shadow Society discovers her safe haven and Archer is taken, Ridley's priorities are split.She takes off on her own, unearthing life-shattering secrets as she goes and discovering just how much power she truly possesses.Power that can make a difference. Power that can change the world.But the Shadow Society is prepared to fight back, and they have power of their own ...
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The first two novels in the New York Times bestselling Morganville Vampires series together for the first time in a new trade paperback edition. Morganville is a small college town in the heart of Texas-not a place that exactly screams "hotbed of creatures of the night". But college freshman Claire Danvers is about to discover why, in Morganville, you should never, ever stay out after dark... Glass Houses College freshman Claire Danvers moves off campus and into an old house in the small town of Morganville. Her new roommates have her back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood... The Dead Girls' Dance Claire may have a great roommate and a new boyfriend, but when she's invited to the Dead Girls' Dance all hell breaks loose-literally. Because this time, the living and the dead are ready to tear up the night...
Two of the New York Times bestselling Morganville Vampire novels-in one bloodthirsty volume. Midnight Alley Claire Danvers has pledged herself to Amelie, the most powerful vampire in town. But her protection doesn't offer much comfort when people start turning up dead and an ancient bloodsucker extends a chilling invitation for private lessons in his secluded home, giving a terrifying new meaning to "night school"... Feast of Fools The tenuous good-neighbor policy between the vampires and humans of Morganville is turned on its head with the arrival of bad-to-the-bone Mr. Bishop. What the ancient old-school vampire wants from the town is unthinkably sinister. It's only at a formal ball that Claire realized the elaborately evil trap Bishop has set for the warm-blooded souls of Morganville.
Now in one volume-two of New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine's Morganville Vampire novels. Lord of Misrule In Morganville, violent black clouds promise a storm of devastating proportions. As student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against the elements the unexpected happens: Morganville's vampires begin to vanish. Discovering why leads Claire to one last choice: swear allegiance to the evil master vampire Bishop- or die... Carpe Corpus An underground resistance is brewing, and in order to contain it Bishop vows to obliterate the town and all its inhabitants. Claire and her friends are the only ones who stand in his way. But even if they defeat Bishop, will the vampires go back to the old rules, after having such a taste of power?
Two of New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine's Morganville Vampire novels in one volume. Fade Out Without the evil Bishop ruling over Morganville, the vampires have made major concessions to the human population. But when a filmmaker goes missing after starting work on a documentary about vampires, Claire Danvers and her friends feel anything but safe... Kiss of Death Vampire Michael Glass's music has attracted the attention of a music producer-giving Michael the opportunity to leave Morganville. But between a horde of hateful humans and a savage party of feral vampires, Michael may not make it to the show on time...or ever.
Feast of Fools In the town of Morganville, vampires and humans live in relative peace. Claire Danvers has never been convinced, though-especially with the arrival of Mr. Bishop, an ancient, old-school vampire who cares nothing about harmony. What he wants from the town's living and its dead is unthinkably sinister. It's only at a formal ball, attended by vampires and their human dates, that Claire realizes the elaborately evil trap he's set for Morganville. Lord of Misrule Morganville, Texas. Just south of normal. In the college town of Morganville, vampires and humans coexist in (relatively) bloodless harmony. Then comes Bishop, a master vampire who threatens to abolish all order, revive the forces of the evil dead, and let chaos rule. But Bishop isn't the only threat. Violent black clouds promise a storm of devastating proportions. As student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against the elements - both natural and unnatural - the unexpected happens: Morganville's vampires begin to vanish one by one. Discovering why leads Claire to one last choice: swear allegiance to Bishop...or die.Carpe Corpus In the small college town of Morganville, vampires and humans lived in (relative) peace - until all the rules got rewritten when the evil vampire Bishop arrived, looking for the lost book of vampire secrets. He's kept a death grip on the town ever since. Now an underground resistance is brewing, and in order to contain it, Bishop must go to even greater lengths. He vows to obliterate the town and all its inhabitants - the living and the undead. Claire Danvers and her friends are the only ones who stand in his way. But even if they defeat Bishop, will the vampires ever be content to go back to the old rules, after having such a taste of power?
