C A Varian

Having been taken from her home as a child after her parents made a deal with the Sea Goddess out of fear, Ocevia Kallallis became one of Miris' enslaved mermaids, tasked with luring souls to the depths for the remainder of her life. It was a lonely existence, with only the screams of her nightmares keeping her company. Until she met Azure Galanides, that is.After living her first eighteen years as a human, Azure was forced to make a deal with the Sea Goddess when her little sister drowned, trading her life for the child's. A stubborn nature, and a burning desire to return to her former life, made Azure's transformation into a cursed mermaid something she couldn't help but fight against, even if it meant beatings. Ocevia never broke the rules, however, as her fear of the whip always kept her in check.The decision Azure makes to rescue a human man instead of sacrificing him to the sea forces Ocevia to break out of her monotonous life, becoming something she never imagined she would again, and discovering things she never knew were possible. After years of never dreaming for something more, her longing for the forbidden grows ever stronger as she and her friend fight to escape Miris' reach.Are Ocevia's dreams of freedom and love possible? Or will she spend her entire life as one of the cursed?TRIGGER WARNINGSThere are many mature themes throughout this book. It is not intended for readers under 17 years of age.The following themes are explored in Goddess of Death: graphic (consensual) sexual content, captivity/slavery, abduction, graphic descriptions of aberrant violence and torture, vulgar language, and murder.

In the years since the death of her father, Holera Glowbrook has never given much thought to finding a mate, investing herself completely in her warrior training instead. As one of the few born as a phoenix shifter in the fae kingdom of Aegricia, she was born to be just that. A warrior. A protector of the portal between the realms of fae and humans.When her best friend insists that she join her at the local tavern, something Holera never does, she finds more than just the male of her dreams. She finds trouble with her general, and barbarians.Trigger WarningThere are mature themes throughout this book, and it is not intended for readers under 17 years of age.The following themes are explored in Mate of the Phoenix: Graphic (consensual) sexual content, captivity, slavery, abduction, vulgar language, and murder.

The enchanted golden key recognizes her destined mate, but her heart says it has the wrong male. A year has passed since Zoe Lawson used her enchanted key to cross into the fae world of Ecromos to receive a cure for her cancer, knowing she would never be able to return home. After receiving that cure, rumors claimed she would spend the rest of her life with a fated mate, bringing new life to a dying species. The reality, however, was quite different. Zoe had no idea that, when she left the human world, she would be captured by a fae nobleman who traded human women for breeding and sexual slavery. In such a world with too few females, she wasn't the only human woman who'd been stolen for such purposes, and she knew she wouldn't be the last. That is, until she met Elianna. As a cancer patient herself, Zoe's new friend's magical cure swung the pendulum in her favor, making freedom a possibility none of the enslaved women could have imagined. When Zoe and her friend escape the lord who'd enslaved them, they seek freedom in another court, protected by Elianna's newly found mate and a family of fae males. Zoe's key tells her that her mate is searching for her. However, with Cailean by her side, she is not sure if the enchanted key has the right male. As Zoe plans to return and free the other human women, danger lurks from those searching for them, and her heart battles against her key. Will Zoe and her friends be able to find enough allies to help them free their friends from a court where they are being hunted? In the meantime, will Zoe listen to her key, the only thing that can lead her to her destined mate, or will she abandon it entirely out of love for another?

The darkness of her mind keeps pulling her in, begging her to prevent a tragedy she's powerless to stop.Settling down and getting married was never something Hazel Watson saw in her future. At least, not before she'd opened her heart to the man she'd had a crush on for more than five years. Now, after everything they'd gone through since her abduction by an infamous New Orleans serial killer, he was someone she knew she could never live without. So, once she and her ghost best friend moved into his suburban home, the natural next step was to walk down the aisle, settling down into a low-stress life now that her career as a public defender was a thing of the past. But the spirits she's been seeing since she was a child won't leave her in peace... but are they even spirits at all?When Hazel and her fianc fly to Las Vegas with their ghostly best friends in tow to have a no-frills wedding, ominous visions plague Hazel's dreams, giving her cryptic warnings from the mouth of an innocent child, a child whom Hazel knows isn't actually dead. Adding to the fear and stress caused by her dreams, a family emergency brings Hazel back home to New Mexico, and to the family she's been estranged from for many years.Hazel's never been able to see into the future before, and surely, she cannot prevent events from happening. Yet the living child who's found a way to infiltrate her mind from afar seems to think she can.Are the warnings Hazel receives from an unexpected ally, in the darkness of her mind, real? And how are these meetings in her darkened mind connected to the sightings of an infamous urban legend in her hometown? Hundreds of lives hang in the balance as Hazel tries to solve this mystery before it's too late.

The darkness of her mind keeps pulling her in, begging her to prevent a tragedy she's powerless to stop.Settling down and getting married was never something Hazel Watson saw in her future. At least, not before she'd opened her heart to the man she'd had a crush on for more than five years. Now, after everything they'd gone through since her abduction by an infamous New Orleans serial killer, he was someone she knew she could never live without. So, once she and her ghost best friend moved into his suburban home, the natural next step was to walk down the aisle, settling down into a low-stress life now that her career as a public defender was a thing of the past. But the spirits she's been seeing since she was a child won't leave her in peace... but are they even spirits at all?When Hazel and her fianc fly to Las Vegas with their ghostly best friends in tow to have a no-frills wedding, ominous visions plague Hazel's dreams, giving her cryptic warnings from the mouth of an innocent child, a child whom Hazel knows isn't actually dead. Adding to the fear and stress caused by her dreams, a family emergency brings Hazel back home to New Mexico, and to the family she's been estranged from for many years.Hazel's never been able to see into the future before, and surely, she cannot prevent events from happening. Yet the living child who's found a way to infiltrate her mind from afar seems to think she can.Are the warnings Hazel receives from an unexpected ally, in the darkness of her mind, real? And how are these meetings in her darkened mind connected to the sightings of an infamous urban legend in her hometown? Hundreds of lives hang in the balance as Hazel tries to solve this mystery before it's too late.

The swamps near New Orleans harbor more than snakes and gators... There are monsters of legend... and the spirits left behind whisper in your ear.Many changes are happening in the life of Hazel Watson... good changes... but the demands of the spirit world remain the same. The exhausting, stressful obligations she's dealt with since she was a child. Helping them is inescapable.So, when the bodies of two women are discovered in the swamps of South Louisiana, the people of New Orleans are shocked... but not Hazel. She had been seeing the faces of those same two women in her dreams for weeks, haunting her and beckoning her to find their killer.Having never been comfortable with sharing the nature of her abilities with others, Hazel struggles with having to do just that when she receives a ghostly warning about the impending abduction of another woman.Can Hazel overcome her fear of being exposed, and of the swamp itself, before more women fall victim to the killer who stalks the Louisiana wetlands?

The swamps near New Orleans harbor more than snakes and gators... There are monsters of legend... and the spirits left behind whisper in your ear.Many changes are happening in the life of Hazel Watson... good changes... but the demands of the spirit world remain the same. The exhausting, stressful obligations she's dealt with since she was a child. Helping them is inescapable.So, when the bodies of two women are discovered in the swamps of South Louisiana, the people of New Orleans are shocked... but not Hazel. She had been seeing the faces of those same two women in her dreams for weeks, haunting her and beckoning her to find their killer.Having never been comfortable with sharing the nature of her abilities with others, Hazel struggles with having to do just that when she receives a ghostly warning about the impending abduction of another woman.Can Hazel overcome her fear of being exposed, and of the swamp itself, before more women fall victim to the killer who stalks the Louisiana wetlands?

The swamps near New Orleans harbor more than snakes and gators... There are monsters of legend... and the spirits left behind whisper in your ear.Many changes are happening in the life of Hazel Watson... good changes... but the demands of the spirit world remain the same. The exhausting, stressful obligations she's dealt with since she was a child. Helping them is inescapable.So, when the bodies of two women are discovered in the swamps of South Louisiana, the people of New Orleans are shocked... but not Hazel. She had been seeing the faces of those same two women in her dreams for weeks, haunting her and beckoning her to find their killer.Having never been comfortable with sharing the nature of her abilities with others, Hazel struggles with having to do just that when she receives a ghostly warning about the impending abduction of another woman.Can Hazel overcome her fear of being exposed, and of the swamp itself, before more women fall victim to the killer who stalks the Louisiana wetlands?

What would you do if those who were murdered didn't leave the plane of the living, but instead entered your dreams... haunting you until their stories were told?After surviving an abduction and near death herself, Hazel, along with her police officer boyfriend, Tate, and Candy, are looking forward to their brand of normalcy.But the spirit of a murdered man shows up in Hazel's apartment. He's not just any man, however. He's the man Candy was murdered over. This, once again, throws their world into chaos, causing her to rethink what had never been questioned.Did the police have the right man in prison?Hazel tests powers she never knew she had and finds herself caught up in a tangled case of obsession and murder.The more she navigates the killer's past, the more entangled her life becomes, until it endangers those she loves.Forced to put those closest to her in the line of fire, Hazel marches into the dangerous world of a psychotic killer, to put their havoc to an end before it's too late.

After surviving an abduction and near death herself, Hazel, along with her police officer boyfriend, Tate, and Candy, are looking forward to their brand of normalcy.But the spirit of a murdered man shows up in Hazel's apartment. He's not just any man, however. He's the man Candy was murdered over. This, once again, throws their world into chaos, causing her to rethink what had never been questioned.Did the police have the right man in prison?Hazel tests powers she never knew she had and finds herself caught up in a tangled case of obsession and murder.The more she navigates the killer's past, the more entangled her life becomes, until it endangers those she loves.Forced to put those closest to her in the line of fire, Hazel marches into the dangerous world of a psychotic killer, to put their havoc to an end before it's too late.

What would you do if those who were murdered didn't leave the plane of the living, but instead entered your dreams... haunting you until their stories were told?After surviving an abduction and near death herself, Hazel, along with her police officer boyfriend, Tate, and Candy, are looking forward to their brand of normalcy.But the spirit of a murdered man shows up in Hazel's apartment. He's not just any man, however. He's the man Candy was murdered over. This, once again, throws their world into chaos, causing her to rethink what had never been questioned.Did the police have the right man in prison?Hazel tests powers she never knew she had and finds herself caught up in a tangled case of obsession and murder.The more she navigates the killer's past, the more entangled her life becomes, until it endangers those she loves.Forced to put those closest to her in the line of fire, Hazel marches into the dangerous world of a psychotic killer, to put their havoc to an end before it's too late.

Candy Townsend enjoyed her life as a young bartender in the city of New Orleans. Sure, she had a complicated relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Brad, but she was in love with a new man and was hopeful for the future. Sadly, her life, and her future, changed forever after one fateful night. Candy struggled in her new state of being until nearly a year later when a young woman with a special ability entered her apartment. A young woman named Hazel Watson.Hazel Watson had newly graduated from law school and it was time for her to move into her own apartment and join the adult world. Something she was admittedly dreading. Unfortunately, the only place she could afford in the popular city of New Orleans had a reputation for being haunted. Undeterred, and desperate to find a place of her own, she moved in regardless. Using her hereditary ability to communicate with the dead, she befriends her new apartment's resident ghost and teams up with the feisty spirit to help other lost souls she encounters.